Your favourite/ideal Bond film Double Features

Brosnan_fanBrosnan_fan Sydney, AustraliaPosts: 521MI6 Agent
Inspired by the DN/FRWL double bill, I think this is a fun way to express how we like to watch Bond. Simply put, what are your favourite Bond double features, or ones you feel are ideal depending on your mood?

Mine:

-DN/FRWL: Classic Connery; the two most quintessential of his films which embody the spy thriller. A great intro to Bond for beginners.

-OHMSS/FYEO: For me the most Fleming-esque of the franchise, and quite enjoyable viewing to boot.

-OP/TWINE: Now THIS would have to be required for me; my two most favourite Bond films of all time.

-TLD/LTK: Dalton fans, rejoice! I quite like these two, as well.

-TB/GE: Terrific Saturday night escapism. Get some friends over, get the drinks and munchies and settle in for a good time.

-LALD/TMWTGG: Considering it's Roger Moore's first two Bonds, he comes off looking not too shabby in the role. Bonus points for having a character like J.W. Pepper in these two.

-TSWLM/MR: Unbelievable, over-the-top and silly (well at least in MR's case), but well-made escapist fare. Bond for the popcorn crowd.

-GE/TND: If it's action you're looking for, look no further; Pierce Brosnan is your man to give it to you.
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Comments

  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    OP and TWINE is a good one.

    I once caught Dr No and MR together at the London Pavilion cinema in the early 1980s, that worked well. Both sci-fi Bonds.

    OHMSS and SF might work well, they're both a bit outside the loop for me, a bit different. I'd like to see OHMSS and FYEO, but I'd heavily reedit the latter, Barryise the score and redo the Blofeld demise to make it more credible.

    Which makes me wonder, is there an edit of OHMSS with Lazenby's original voice for Bray? In Oz I belive that's the version that went out. And ironically I'd love to have Savalas dubbed by a more appropriate voice, he looks right but I can't have Blofeld as an American.
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  • Jimmy BondJimmy Bond Posts: 324MI6 Agent
    Octopussy/Never Say Never Again

    You gotta admit, that was almost the archetypical.
  • Jimmy BondJimmy Bond Posts: 324MI6 Agent
    Other ones would be:

    OHMSS/CR: They are the Bond films in which Bond falls in love, and are rather long too.
    OHMSS/LTK: The latter really gives a good idea of what a Bond-revenge film could've been like, had it not been YOLT, of course.
    OHMSS/FYEO: The John Glen connection, and also Tracy/Blofeld.
    TWINE/SF: Introspective Bond.
    YOLT/DAF: Sean Connery's Bond at his silliest.
    FYEO/OP: Roger Moore's Bond at his most serious.
    DR. NO/NSNA: The beggining and the end of a Bond.
    TB/OHMSS: Fleming continuity!
    TB/DAD: Bond at his most epic.
    GE/TWINE: The Zachovsky connection.
  • JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent
    DN/FRWL - The first two, and always interesting to watch together
    DN/LALD - Island/Caribbean feel, I love this combination
    YOLT/TMWTGG - Oriental fest, watch if in the mood for that
    FYEO/AVTAK - IMO the two darkest Moore films
    TLD/LTK - Dalton's only 2 make for great back-to-back viewing
    MR/DAD - A useful way for deciding what the worst bond film ever is
    GE/TWINE - For valentin zukovsky
    CR/QOS - Although not my favourites, they're connected so...
    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
  • LastRatStandingLastRatStanding ScotlandPosts: 296MI6 Agent
    LTD/LTK is a good one as it covers all of Daltons work in one go.
    OP/AVTAK if you're in the mood for some good laughs and some Classic Moore.
    LALD/TSWLM if you want to see Moores best.
    OHMSS/FYEO for some darker Bond and a tiny bit of Blofeld continuity.
    GE/TND for some all out action.
    Now, they only eat rat.
  • AdamOmegaAdamOmega Edmonton, AB, CanadaPosts: 297MI6 Agent
    From Russia With Love/Goldfinger - Best of Connery

    Goldfinger/Thunderball - Aston Martin Double Feature

    Live and Let Die/The Spy Who Loved Me - Best of Moore

    The Spy Who Loved Me/For Your Eyes Only - Lotus Esprit Double Feature

    The Living Daylights/Licence to Kill - Dalton Double Feature

    GoldenEye/Tomorrow Never Dies - Best of Brosnan

    Casino Royale/Skyfall - Best of Craig

    Goldfinger/GoldenEye - Golden Double Feature

    Live and Let Die/Licence to Kill - Drug Lord Double Feature
    "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
  • lahainelahaine Posts: 44MI6 Agent
    From Russia with Love/ GoldFinger- Connery's best

    Casino Royale/ Skyfall- Craig's masterpiece's

    OHMSS/LTK- Best of the rest of Bond
  • AdamOmegaAdamOmega Edmonton, AB, CanadaPosts: 297MI6 Agent
    Diamonds Are Forever/Die Another Day - Laser Satellite Double Feature

    The World Is Not Enough/Skyfall - "M in Peril" Double Feature

    You Only Live Twice/Octopussy - Outrageous Disguises Double Feature
    "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
  • BIG TAMBIG TAM Wrexham, North Wales, UK.Posts: 773MI6 Agent
    I used to love the Bond double bills of the '70s. Saw LALD/TMWTGG in 1975 & TSWLM/MR in 1980. My Dad left the cinema to go for a walk part-way through MR. It must have been the Jaws overload, possibly his most hated screen character of all time!
  • AdamOmegaAdamOmega Edmonton, AB, CanadaPosts: 297MI6 Agent
    BIG TAM wrote:
    My Dad left the cinema to go for a walk part-way through MR. It must have been the Jaws overload, possibly his most hated screen character of all time!

    Or the fact that Moonraker gets bogus roughly halfway through... :p
    "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
  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    great lists everyone. This only inspires me to redouble my Bond watching efforts.

    ps- AdamOmega I just noticed you have the same signature as silhouette.
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
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