Most underrated Bond film in the 80s ???

DevilMayCare007DevilMayCare007 Posts: 196MI6 Agent
in The James Bond Films
Your pick and why?
Top 10 Bond Films
1. Thunderball 2. FRWL 3. Casino Royale 4. TLD 5. OHMSS 6. SkyFall 7. GF 8. TSWLM 9. GE 10. FYEO
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  • ProjectormanProjectorman Burnley Lancashire Posts: 37MI6 Agent
    Ltk - if not just for a good story and some great action - the submarine dock scene and the wet dress - yay
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    OP, good story with great action, sure it has a couple
    of silly scenes but it seems to take a lot of flak, but I
    like it. :))
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  • JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent
    AVTAK which is also the most underrated in the series. Brilliant action, wonderful locations, and the best main villain of the series.
    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
  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    Jarvio wrote:
    and the best main villain of the series.
    Agreed! A right nutter if ever there was one. Love how he explains to Howe his plan to frame Bond and Stacey for his murder,right before he kills him.

    "But that means, i would have to be..."

    "DEAD!" *BANG!*


    Love it
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    +1, {[] I love that scene too. -{
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Projectorman wrote:
    Ltk - if not just for a good story and some great action - the submarine dock scene and the wet dress - yay

    That's the one! -{
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :)) It's not underrated by me, it's my #3 Bond film. :007)
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  • samurai4114samurai4114 Alberta, CanadaPosts: 129MI6 Agent
    For Your Eyes Only. I think it's one that gets a raw deal. A View to a Kill close second. I think the Dalton films are sufficiently ranked because it has its fans and detractors. Octopussy is usually retty well regarded too. And FYEO isn't usually in peoples top tens and I really enjoy it.
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    samurai4114 wrote:
    For Your Eyes Only. I think it's one that gets a raw deal. A View to a Kill close second. I think the Dalton films are sufficiently ranked because it has its fans and detractors. Octopussy is usually retty well regarded too. And FYEO isn't usually in peoples top tens and I really enjoy it.

    FYEO - not in my top ten, but definitely my top Roger Moore Bond film.
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    +1 IMHO it is Moore's best performance as 007 -{
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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    features one of the best moments of Moore's tenure. Glad the car kick was kept in, even though Moore was against it.
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  • samurai4114samurai4114 Alberta, CanadaPosts: 129MI6 Agent
    FYEO is probably my second favourite Roger film.
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  • SilentSpySilentSpy Private Exotic AreaPosts: 765MI6 Agent
    If we are talking official then I would say one of the Dalton movies since it seems like people forget about them. If non official then I would include Never Say Never Again. It's not better than Thunderball. But it's Connery and a better final movie from him than Diamonds are Forever.

    Some times I think For Your Eyes Only is a bit overrated. I like the movie but people always say it is Moore's serious title. I think there is silly stuff in FYEO just like in Moore's other entries.
    "Better late than never."
  • DEFIANT 74205DEFIANT 74205 Perth, AustraliaPosts: 1,881MI6 Agent
    For Your Eyes Only. Just misses out on my top 10, but to me, it is by far Roger Moore's best Bond film.
    "Watch the birdie, you bastard!"
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    I think the most underrated is TLD.
    It has a perfect blend of the outrageous (like TB) and the uber-serious (like CR).
    Of course, that Dalton's two are my top two may make me a bit subjective here... :))
    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
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    LTK in my Opinion is very underrated -{
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • King KamalKing Kamal Posts: 85MI6 Agent
    I think in recent years both the Dalton films have been much more appreciated, rightly so to a point.
    I enjoy FYEO but I feel Moore's Bond here is 007 behaving like an old man whereas I prefer OP and ocassionally AVTAK more because he is more of an old man behaving like 007. Both films I feel are unfairly ridiculed.
  • Smiert-SpionamSmiert-Spionam Posts: 318MI6 Agent
    Sorry but there's so many! Both of Dalton's entries are harshly overlooked because most people don't give him a chance as Bond. Both very different films with a different feel but both equally brilliant.

    Of the Moore entries I would say FYEO is the most underrated. Again I would say it doesn't get the praise it deserves due to it's darker feel (sandwiched between two more lighter films in MR and OP). Moore puts in his most convincing performance to date, the women are stunning and the villains are great without being OTT. Also Columbo is best ally since Kerim Beye. What's not to love?
    Smiert Spionam
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    How much Money did FYEO make exactly?
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • AdamOmegaAdamOmega Edmonton, AB, CanadaPosts: 297MI6 Agent
    I can't think of a more unfairly maligned Bond film in the 80's -- let alone the entire Bond franchise -- than Octopussy. This essay I wrote for the #Bond_age_ social media project on Twitter says everything you need to know: http://www.007hertzrumble.com/favorite-bond_age_-octopussy-adam-slusar/
    "The secret agent. The man who was only a silhouette..." -- Ian Fleming, Moonraker

    1) The Spy Who Loved Me 2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 3) GoldenEye 4) Casino Royale 5) Goldfinger
  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    AVTAK, totally underrated. Granted, Moore is old, but just imagine it for a second with a 38 year old Timothy Dalton. It could have very well been his first. The film would become one of the best IMO. Great villain, good plot, Grace Jones, great title song, amazing John Barry score, great locations, good PTS.
  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    I think the most underrated is TLD.
    It has a perfect blend of the outrageous (like TB) and the uber-serious (like CR).
    Of course, that Dalton's two are my top two may make me a bit subjective here... :))

    I love TLD, but I don't think it's underrated. I don't read about it what I read about LTK or AVTAK.
  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    FYEO has become overrated. So has the car-kicking scene. As a RM fan I would consider FYEO his worst performance as 007.

    Any 80's Bond film other than FYEO is definitely underrated. Including NSNA.

    If I had to pick one it would be AVTAK. As Virgil37 pointed out, AVTAK is actually very good film and hardly deserving to be considered the worst Bond of all.
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    It is an oddity that Goldfinger is considered one of the Best Bond films.
    While AVTAK ( which is basically a copy ) is considered ( by many)
    as one of the worst. :)) I'm not agreeing, just pointing it out. ;) l
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  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia, PAPosts: 754MI6 Agent
    All of the 80's is underrated in my book. Many see it as the low point in the series when it was running out of steam. I couldn't disagree more. OP while it had some cringeworthy moments, also took the series to new heights with the stunts. TLD and LTK were a great changeup that crowds just weren't ready for yet.
  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    It is an oddity that Goldfinger is considered one of the Best Bond films.
    While AVTAK ( which is basically a copy ) is considered ( by many)
    as one of the worst. :)) I'm not agreeing, just pointing it out. ;) l

    I don't see the similarities myself between GF and AVTAK, really, apart from the scene where Zorin explains his plot, then kills one of the investors.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    It's got the villain with horses and the explaining his plan
    Before killing one of his guests. With his plan being not
    To steal anything but rater destroying something he already
    Has a lot of, so increasing its value.
    I'm not saying it's a remake just that it has many similarities. :D
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  • JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent
    The plots are similar, but IMO that's hardly a reason to deem it a "rip-off". By that logic, TSWLM is a rip-off of YOLT, and MR a rip-off of TSWLM, and so on...
    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
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I don't think anyone has used the term "Rip Off", I know I haven't.
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  • JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I don't think anyone has used the term "Rip Off", I know I haven't.

    I know you haven't, I was just making a point as I know that some others in the past have -{
    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
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