You Only Live Twice was over the top and Diamonds Are Forever was the campfest that ruined the Bond franchise for years to come.
The novel versions are a million times better!
True but the book YOLT wouldnt have translated well into a film on its own, very little action. Also wouldnt have been as dramatic since the films were made out of order. It was a revenge story, but there would have been no real need for Bond to get revenge on Blofeld in the movie, other than just him being the villian.
That's why they were supposed to hold off on filming You Only Live Twice until On Her Majesty's Secret Service was shot but they didn't do that did they?
Nope, but I dont know why. My only guess would be that after the huge success of Thunderball they wanted another action packed big scale Bond movie.
Anyway back to the topic of the thread, what Bond films you own totally depend on which ones you like best. You can't have anyone else tell you what films are your favorite.
The question is, as I understand it, is YOLT and DAF "worth owning."
The question itself is: "Shocking.Positively shocking."
This is 007. James...to his friends.
John, a Bond-fan MUST own the whole series...or else he is a charter member of Quantum, Spectre and Smersh...and sits on the boards of the Drax, Stromberg and Zorin Industries...and plays golf with Goldfinger...and skeet-shoots with Largo.
We're not a country club, John! Come back in from the cold!
22 films and counting! The greatest series in movie history! Even the LEAST Bond film is worthy of ownership.
Not owning every film? Thats like listening to the Beatles without earmuffs.
"Some men don't like to be driven."
"No, some men don't like to be taken for a ride."
I understand where you're coming from sir, you think I should own every Bond film in the franchise for completion sake. Because you figure it's our duty as James Bond fans and I comprehend that stubborn disposition completely. But let me elaborate on own my reasons as to why I don't possess every motion picture in the "official" Bond series on DVD thus far.
You see, I stopped watching DVD's a long time ago because I simply have no patience for DVD's anymore.
With VHS movies you had to rewind them sure, but at least there was nothing prohibiting you from fast-forwarding to the feature presentation if you were impatient. With DVD's it's almost like being in the movie theater but in a bad way. See, nobody complains about trailers, ads, and logos in the theater because the projectionist obviously can't skip over that crap but with DVD's since you're in control now you expect to be able to skip over everything but you can't! So that's why I don't waste time with DVD's I don't want to wait for anything while I'm trying to watch a movie. So that's why I own the first three Bond films on ITunes. Because with ITunes they just give you the movie and that's it. You don't have to watch any ads, trailers, or logos before the movies starts.
The only problem with ITunes is, they're missing about six Bond films in the official series. And those movies are Live and Let Die, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, Licence to Kill, and Tomorrow Never Dies but I suppose I can obtain the remaining Bond flicks from another movie downloading site but it'll look awkward when I put them in my ITunes movie library.
"Your orders were to shoot that sniper!"
"Stuff my orders! I only kill professionals. That woman didn't know one end of a rifle from the other. Go ahead, tell M. what you want. If he fires me, I'll thank him for it."
Well, I see NSNA is avoided from this discussion like a plague. But what the hey, I'll throw my two cents.
YOLT and DAF are definitely Connery's weakest Bonds, NSNA included. They're filled with caricature characters and the suspence and thrill is replaced with gimmick and either too campy for the sake of it (YOLT) or ludicrously stupid (DAF). That said, I will admit that YOLT is worth owning, if not because its so beautifully shot by Lewis Gilbert, the sets by Ken Adams ARE too impressive, and have left an indelible mark on the franchise, and its got some great action sequences. DAF, on the other hand, is dull from beggining to end, the sets are fizzly and cheap-looking, and the action scenes are so obviously not well-handled, and shows how much Peter Hunt's editing skills brought to the table back in the day. Sure, they're both led by a lifeless, uninterested Sean Connery, but at the very least its a great flick to look at.
Oh, and DAF has that elephant playing the slots in Vegas. 'Nuff said.
That said, all seven Bonds are interesting enough to own, if nothing else to see how Connery progressed through the years. Its particularly interesting to see an older Bond in NSNA, yet evidently far fitter than he was in DAF, and conversely to see a young Connery in DR. NO-YOLT struggle in the most memorable entries of the series.
In short, its like with Moore - if you're going to own most of the entires, might as well own them all. Yes, even TMWTGG and AVTAK.
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Nope, but I dont know why. My only guess would be that after the huge success of Thunderball they wanted another action packed big scale Bond movie.
Anyway back to the topic of the thread, what Bond films you own totally depend on which ones you like best. You can't have anyone else tell you what films are your favorite.
The question is, as I understand it, is YOLT and DAF "worth owning."
The question itself is: "Shocking.Positively shocking."
This is 007. James...to his friends.
John, a Bond-fan MUST own the whole series...or else he is a charter member of Quantum, Spectre and Smersh...and sits on the boards of the Drax, Stromberg and Zorin Industries...and plays golf with Goldfinger...and skeet-shoots with Largo.
We're not a country club, John! Come back in from the cold!
22 films and counting! The greatest series in movie history! Even the LEAST Bond film is worthy of ownership.
Not owning every film? Thats like listening to the Beatles without earmuffs.
"Some men don't like to be driven."
"No, some men don't like to be taken for a ride."
You see, I stopped watching DVD's a long time ago because I simply have no patience for DVD's anymore.
With VHS movies you had to rewind them sure, but at least there was nothing prohibiting you from fast-forwarding to the feature presentation if you were impatient. With DVD's it's almost like being in the movie theater but in a bad way. See, nobody complains about trailers, ads, and logos in the theater because the projectionist obviously can't skip over that crap but with DVD's since you're in control now you expect to be able to skip over everything but you can't! So that's why I don't waste time with DVD's I don't want to wait for anything while I'm trying to watch a movie. So that's why I own the first three Bond films on ITunes. Because with ITunes they just give you the movie and that's it. You don't have to watch any ads, trailers, or logos before the movies starts.
The only problem with ITunes is, they're missing about six Bond films in the official series. And those movies are Live and Let Die, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, Licence to Kill, and Tomorrow Never Dies but I suppose I can obtain the remaining Bond flicks from another movie downloading site but it'll look awkward when I put them in my ITunes movie library.
"Stuff my orders! I only kill professionals. That woman didn't know one end of a rifle from the other. Go ahead, tell M. what you want. If he fires me, I'll thank him for it."
YOLT and DAF are definitely Connery's weakest Bonds, NSNA included. They're filled with caricature characters and the suspence and thrill is replaced with gimmick and either too campy for the sake of it (YOLT) or ludicrously stupid (DAF). That said, I will admit that YOLT is worth owning, if not because its so beautifully shot by Lewis Gilbert, the sets by Ken Adams ARE too impressive, and have left an indelible mark on the franchise, and its got some great action sequences. DAF, on the other hand, is dull from beggining to end, the sets are fizzly and cheap-looking, and the action scenes are so obviously not well-handled, and shows how much Peter Hunt's editing skills brought to the table back in the day. Sure, they're both led by a lifeless, uninterested Sean Connery, but at the very least its a great flick to look at.
Oh, and DAF has that elephant playing the slots in Vegas. 'Nuff said.
That said, all seven Bonds are interesting enough to own, if nothing else to see how Connery progressed through the years. Its particularly interesting to see an older Bond in NSNA, yet evidently far fitter than he was in DAF, and conversely to see a young Connery in DR. NO-YOLT struggle in the most memorable entries of the series.
In short, its like with Moore - if you're going to own most of the entires, might as well own them all. Yes, even TMWTGG and AVTAK.