If a Bond movie deserved an Oscar for best film it would be...?

chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
in The James Bond Films
Is it possible to be objective? Throw out all your personal prefrences & vote for a 'best' film? One with the best screenplay, best direction, editing, music...etc?

Let's see.

I nominate the following Bonds for your consideration:

Doctor No
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
Thunderball
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Living Daylights
Licence To Kill
Goldeneye
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World Is Not Enough
Casino Royale

Okay, being 'objective' here (or trying to be), I find I must vote for Doctor No (far from my own favourite Bond movie) for its many excellent aspects, originality, photography, and inital definition of the entire franchise.

Thoughts? Rebukes? Votes? Other nominations?
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

Comments

  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    I must say a view to a kill for best score. John Barry at his best if you want proof go on YouTube and listen to bond wines with Stacey
    “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
    -Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I thought it was stacy who did most of the whining in AVTAK. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I thought it was stacy who did most of the whining in AVTAK. :))

    no, that was Dalton! :D
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    DAD should have won an Oscar for best special effects for the amazing ice furniture and miniature lamposts :)
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    minigeff wrote :
    DAD should have won an Oscar for best special effects for the amazing ice furniture and miniature lamposts :)

    Well mabey a little one. :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,437MI6 Agent
    I think the question was about "Best film". If so I would nominate OHMSS and CR. I suspect Skyfall will be in that class too
  • superadosuperado Regent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,656MI6 Agent
    When I think of Oscars, I have flashbacks of "critically aclaimed" movies that make you conclude that a finely crafted film is not always entertaining. With that said, I'd narrow down the most likely Oscar-like Bond movies to DN and FRWL, but because of the sci-fi elements of DN, FRWL is it.
    "...the purposeful slant of his striding figure looked dangerous, as if he was making quickly for something bad that was happening further down the street." -SMERSH on 007 dossier photo, Ch. 6 FRWL.....
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    That's quite a feat considering Dalton wasn't even in AVTAK!
    Bondtoys wrote:
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I thought it was stacy who did most of the whining in AVTAK. :))

    no, that was Dalton! :D
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter wrote:
    That's quite a feat considering Dalton wasn't even in AVTAK!
    Bondtoys wrote:
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I thought it was stacy who did most of the whining in AVTAK. :))

    no, that was Dalton! :D
    Nailed.
    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
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I didn't want to mention his slight faux paux on this subjet. As most
    of us know by now, that Bondtoy's grip on reality is tenuous at the best
    of times. :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Yeah, and you guys go back to see what the underlined text was :v
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I thought it was a bit odd, then again it must be hard typing in a jacket with the
    arms strapped at the back. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • BIG TAMBIG TAM Wrexham, North Wales, UK.Posts: 773MI6 Agent
    At the risk of taking the question a tad too seriously, I honestly think the Oscars are a load of rubbish. Why? To wit, Alfred Hitchcock is one of the greatest directors ever to have committed imagery to celluloid. His legacy is unparalleled & continues to influence generations of film-makers. But somehow, neither his films nor he were ever deemed worthy enough to receive an Oscar. A travesty if one is to take the Oscars seriously as a mark of cinematic quality.

    The Bond films don't need to ever win an Oscar. Their continuing longevity is achievement enough. And they'll live in the memory a damned sight longer than DRIVING MISS DAISY or OUT OF AFRICA.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I've always been told that you can have oscar winning films or
    successful films but not both.
    That's why the likes of Hitchcock never got one, as he was successful. :))

    If you want to make an oscar winning movie, Here's How.
    http://youtu.be/rbhrz1-4hN4
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I thought it was a bit odd, then again it must be hard typing in a jacket with the
    arms strapped at the back. :))

    and how do you know, TP? :v
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent
    AVTAK should be awarded an oscar for paypack from being the most underrated one of them all {:)
    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
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    it must be hard typing in a jacket with the
    arms strapped at the back. :))
    I punch the keys with a Q-tip in my mouth that the nice men let me use...
    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
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I have a trained Monkey but he keeps meeting up with an Infinite
    group of other Monkeys to write shakespeare or something. :#
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
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    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
  • Agent007jamestAgent007jamest usaPosts: 163MI6 Agent
    How SC won an Oscar for the untouchables & not for one of his first four Bond's is a crime of the quality of SPECTER! :007) The Oscars are a joke anyway! Imho
  • Helpful chap77Helpful chap77 Posts: 26MI6 Agent
    I would say The Spy Who Loved Me which isn't on your list :( I just don't think that there's a Bond film that tops it, the ending with the big shoot out, the characters, the plot, the locations, I think it's the best.
    aaahhgh!...Thud..(sorts out tie) what a helpful chap
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Or a Rasberry Award for the Worst Bond Movie! :))
    Jarvio wrote:
    AVTAK should be awarded an oscar for paypack from being the most underrated one of them all {:)
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
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