Who is your Favorite Bond Director

TRSTN1TRSTN1 NORTH DAKOTAPosts: 20MI6 Agent
My favorite is Terence Young
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  • Le SamouraiLe Samourai Honolulu, HIPosts: 573MI6 Agent
    Without a doubt Peter Hunt.
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,929Chief of Staff
    I suppose your favourite Bond director is basically the director of your favourite Bond film....

    I loved how Peter Hunt directed OHMSS...plus his editing work on the previous Bonds was revolutionary....
    Terence Young did sterling work in setting the formula for the Bond pictures...and in helping Connery with his portrayal of Bond...
    Both Guy Hamilton and Lewis Gilbert took things up a level...Martin Campbell brought 'Bond back' when it was needed too...and John Glenn did a credible job across his tenure - and he had mixed scripts to work with...
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Peter Hunt, and Lewis Gilbert IMNO.
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  • DanielCraig007DanielCraig007 Posts: 588MI6 Agent
    Old era (1962-1985): Terence Young

    New era (1987-2008): Martin Campbell
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Ditto!
    Old era (1962-1985): Terence Young

    New era (1987-2008): Martin Campbell
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • 00-Agent00-Agent CaliforniaPosts: 453MI6 Agent
    Terence Young by a long shot.
    "A blunt instrument wielded by a Government department. Hard, ruthless, sardonic, fatalistic. He likes gambling, golf, fast motor cars. All his movements are relaxed and economical". Ian Fleming
  • josephbevan96josephbevan96 Posts: 4MI6 Agent
    Guy Hamilton all the way! LALD AND DAF Were just brilliant! -{
  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,912Chief of Staff
    I find this a hard question to answer, because the directors who handled more than one film weren't entirely consistent; case in point, Guy Hamilton directed my favorite Bond film, Goldfinger, as well as the one I like the least, The Man with the Golden Gun. And while Terence Young set the stage and directed two classics, Dr. No and From Russia with Love, he also handled the less-than-great Thunderball and overall his work is marred by some clunkiness. Lewis Gilbert did a great job with massive sets, but look at the quality (or lack thereof) of his scripts; and John Glen was all over the map. I guess I'll stick to liking individual films and thinking less about the directors.
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,486MI6 Agent
    Some good posts. Terence Young, I guess I love Dr No because in some ways it reminds me in tone early on of Hitchcock's The 39 Steps - our introduction to the hero at a public place of entertainment, we only see his sleeve at first, then we relocate to his London digs. Tenuous comparisons I guess, oh, also the lack of music on the soundtrack for a lot of it.

    I love Hamilton's GF, LALD and DAF, so he's up there too imo. Actually, all those early ones were great in their own way.
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  • Agent SidewinderAgent Sidewinder Posts: 223MI6 Agent
    I'll go for Lewis Gilbert here, he did direct two of my top 3 Bond films, although Terence Young may be the objective best.
  • Brosnan_fanBrosnan_fan Sydney, AustraliaPosts: 521MI6 Agent
    John Glen for me. FYEO, OP and the Daltons - terrific stuff. -{

    I would however say he had one too many goes at it.
    "Well, he certainly left with his tails between his legs."
  • davidelliott101davidelliott101 Posts: 165MI6 Agent
    Terrence Young, Peter Hunt and John Glen
  • DEFIANT 74205DEFIANT 74205 Perth, AustraliaPosts: 1,881MI6 Agent
    Terence Young, of course. All three of the Bond films he directed are in my top 5. I think he is rightly credited as the man who brought James Bond onto the big screen
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  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    John Glen (FYEO, AVTAK and LD), Lewis Gilbert (TSWLM and MR), and Terence Young (DN and FRWL).

    (favorites in parenthesis)

    Guy Hamilton...good, but kind of a mixed bag. I really like Battle of Britain if that counts for anything. :)
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • raptors_887raptors_887 CanadaPosts: 215MI6 Agent
    Martin Campbell who directed both Casino Royale and GoldenEye. Thats my #1 and #2 Bond movies.
    1: Casino Royale 2: Goldeneye 3: Skyfall 4: Octopussy 5: Goldfinger 6: Tomorrow Never Dies 7: The World Is Not Enough 8: The Living Daylights 9: From Russia With Love 10: The Spy Who Loved Me
  • JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent
    My favourite bond films seem to be directed by John Glen, so I'd have to say him
    1 - LALD, 2 - AVTAK, 3 - LTK, 4 - OP, 5 - NTTD, 6 - FYEO, 7 - SF, 8 - DN, 9 - DAF, 10 - TSWLM, 11 - OHMSS, 12 - TMWTGG, 13 - GE, 14 - MR, 15 - TLD, 16 - YOLT, 17 - GF, 18 - DAD, 19 - TWINE, 20 - SP, 21 - TND, 22 - FRWL, 23 - TB, 24 - CR, 25 - QOS

    1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
  • sniperUKsniperUK UlsterPosts: 594MI6 Agent
    Terance Young, Martin Campbell ,Peter Hunt, Glen shouldn't IMHO have been let near a high budget movie especially a Bond movie and with Iron Eagle III I rest my case.
  • ZorinIndustriesZorinIndustries United StatesPosts: 837MI6 Agent
    I've always loved John Glen for some reason. He puts a good touch on the Bond films.

    Also, I love his trademark of animals jumping out from crevices, like climbing the mountain in FYEO and the monkey in the TLD PTS.
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    1. GoldenEye 2. Goldfinger 3. Skyfall 4. OHMSS 5. TWINE
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Jarvio wrote:
    My favourite bond films seem to be directed by John Glen, so I'd have to say him
    I agree.
    Martin Campbell is probably the 'best' director, though.
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,870MI6 Agent
    Peter Hunt
    John Glen
    Terence Young
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Terence Young
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    Jarvio wrote:
    My favourite bond films seem to be directed by John Glen, so I'd have to say him
    I agree.
    Martin Campbell is probably the 'best' director, though.

    Was he GE and CR? I'd agree that he is the 'best', as he saved the franchise / rebooted the franchise twice, and effectively. While CR is not one of my favourites, it's obviously well-done. And GE is well-done AND brilliant :D
    1 - LALD, 2 - AVTAK, 3 - LTK, 4 - OP, 5 - NTTD, 6 - FYEO, 7 - SF, 8 - DN, 9 - DAF, 10 - TSWLM, 11 - OHMSS, 12 - TMWTGG, 13 - GE, 14 - MR, 15 - TLD, 16 - YOLT, 17 - GF, 18 - DAD, 19 - TWINE, 20 - SP, 21 - TND, 22 - FRWL, 23 - TB, 24 - CR, 25 - QOS

    1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,870MI6 Agent
    Jarvio wrote:
    chrisisall wrote:
    Jarvio wrote:
    My favourite bond films seem to be directed by John Glen, so I'd have to say him
    I agree.
    Martin Campbell is probably the 'best' director, though.

    Was he GE and CR? I'd agree that he is the 'best', as he saved the franchise / rebooted the franchise twice, and effectively. While CR is not one of my favourites, it's obviously well-done. And GE is well-done AND brilliant :D

    Yes, Martin Campbell is a modern great!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • walther p99walther p99 NJPosts: 3,416MI6 Agent
    Sam Mendes and Roger Spottiswoode
  • DaltonFan1DaltonFan1 The West of IrelandPosts: 503MI6 Agent
    Jarvio wrote:
    chrisisall wrote:
    I agree.
    Martin Campbell is probably the 'best' director, though.

    Was he GE and CR? I'd agree that he is the 'best', as he saved the franchise / rebooted the franchise twice, and effectively. While CR is not one of my favourites, it's obviously well-done. And GE is well-done AND brilliant :D

    Yes, Martin Campbell is a modern great!

    Yes, Martin Campbell deserves respect for GE and CR. Two excellent films that revitalised the series after its two longest hiati(is that the correct plural?), also introducing two new Bonds who weren't very good imo.
    Also, check out Edge of Darkness starring Mel Gibson. It's a wonderfully well-made film.
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,870MI6 Agent
    Sam Mendes - how could I forget HIM!?
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Sam Mendes and Roger Spottiswoode
    Very interesting choices! -{
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,870MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    Sam Mendes and Roger Spottiswoode
    Very interesting choices! -{

    Indeed. especially Spottiswoode who directed the most action film oriented James Bond film!
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Indeed. especially Spottiswoode who directed the most action film oriented James Bond film!
    I'd rather have my cake with too much icing than not enough!
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,870MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    Indeed. especially Spottiswoode who directed the most action film oriented James Bond film!
    I'd rather have my cake with too much icing than not enough!

    Yes, but no need for fake cherries at either end! :))
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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