Let's rate swansongs

JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent
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Inspired by Chrisisall's "lets rate thirds" thread...
How would you rank each actor's swansong?

For me:
AVTAK > LTK > DAF > DAD

Overall I think all the swansongs (except for DAD) are pretty decent and underrated.
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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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    For me,

    1, LTK. One of my top Bonds, love it.
    2, AVTAK, It gets a lot of flak but I enjoy it. Good cast and story
    3, DAF, fun movie with some great moments ( I love Wint and Kidd )
    4, DAD, great first half with a disappointind second.
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  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    1. AVTAK - :x
    2. DAD - Actually a pretty good Bond brought down by a few awful scenes.
    3. LTK - too violent for my taste
    4. DAF - This is a Connery Bond?

    How bout Never Say Never Again? Far better swawnsong than DAF
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    #1 LTK, my second favourite Bond movie overall.

    #2 DAF, yep, I said it. It's fun.

    #3 DAD, yep, I actually like this one a bit as well.

    #4 AVTAK, nope don't hate it but no real love for it either. The tire breathing man trick was awesomely cool, 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
  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    Best to worst:

    1. DAF
    2. LTK
    3. DAD
    4. AVTAK
  • ZorinIndustriesZorinIndustries United StatesPosts: 837MI6 Agent
    1) AVTAK
    2) LTK
    3) DAD
    4) DaF
    "Better luck next time... slugheads!"

    1. GoldenEye 2. Goldfinger 3. Skyfall 4. OHMSS 5. TWINE
  • Brosnan_fanBrosnan_fan Sydney, AustraliaPosts: 521MI6 Agent
    1. LTK - terrific one for Dalton; a pity it was his second and last
    2. DAF - good fun, but Connery deserved better
    3. DAD - the first half was decent, then went downhill with the bad CGI
    4. AVTAK - a bad Bond film any way you look at it; really, what was Moore thinking??
    "Well, he certainly left with his tails between his legs."
  • StrangewaysStrangeways London, UKPosts: 1,469MI6 Agent
    Interesting.
    I love em all except AVTAK, which I think is just dire on any level.
    Hardly ever watch it at all. The other three are awesome.

    No one has mentioned OHMSS!!!
  • DieAnotherDayDieAnotherDay Glasgow, ScotlandPosts: 460MI6 Agent
    DAD :x > AVTAK > LTK > DAF
    ....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,320MI6 Agent
    About to say but Strangeways beat me to it ... OHMSS :))
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  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,320MI6 Agent
    OHMSS > LTK > DAD > AVTAK > DAF

    (I really hate DAF, sad to see Sean play Bond looking like crap) :D
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Have to disagree guys, I don't think of OHMSS as a swansong, just one perfect Bond film, :))
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  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,320MI6 Agent
    Well I guess it aint but it is lol
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  • JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent
    I was gonna put OHMSS in the OP... If it was, I'd rank it 3rd
    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
    Well if it's on the list I'd have it at #1. -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia, PAPosts: 754MI6 Agent
    1.) LTK
    2.) AVTAK
    3.) DAD
    4.) DAF

    OHMSS goes to #1 if it counts. If Skyfall was Craig's last, then SF would take the top spot.
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Brosnan_fan wrote:
    1. LTK - terrific one for Dalton; a pity it was his second and last
    2. DAF - good fun, but Connery deserved better
    3. DAD - the first half was decent, then went downhill with the bad CGI
    4. AVTAK - a bad Bond film any way you look at it; really, what was Moore thinking??

    You nailed it for me, both the order of your choices and the reasons. -{
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter wrote:
    Brosnan_fan wrote:
    1. LTK - terrific one for Dalton; a pity it was his second and last
    2. DAF - good fun, but Connery deserved better
    3. DAD - the first half was decent, then went downhill with the bad CGI
    4. AVTAK - a bad Bond film any way you look at it; really, what was Moore thinking??

    You nailed it for me, both the order of your choices and the reasons. -{
    Too much agreement here. :D
    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
  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    1. LTK
    2. DAF
    3. AVTAK
    4. DAD

    Can't include OHMSS...after all, who calls it "Lazenby's swan song"?
    Hilly...you old devil!
  • GoldenEye85GoldenEye85 Posts: 278MI6 Agent
    From first to worst:

    1. Die Another Day

    2. A View to a Kill

    3. License to Kill

    4. Diamonds Are Forever

    5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    1, GE 2, CR 3, SF 4, TWINE 5, Spectre 6, TMWTGG 7, DAD 8, LALD 9, AVTAK 10, LTK 11, Octopussy 12, Moonraker 13, TLD 14, GF 15, QOS 16, Tomorrow 17, FYEO 18. TSWLM Not seen much: Dr. No, Russia, Thunderball, Twice, Majesty.

    1: Brosnan 2: Craig 3: Moore 4: Dalton 5: Connery and 6: Lazenby
  • Agent 00 FrogAgent 00 Frog Edinburgh, ScotlandPosts: 122MI6 Agent
    As much as I love Dalton, he would take second to Lazenby in this one scenario.

    1. OHMSS
    2. LTK
    3. DAF
    4. DAD
    5. AVTK
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Agent 00 Frog wrote:
    As much as I love Dalton, he would take second to Lazenby in this one scenario.

    1. OHMSS
    2. LTK
    OHMSS being such a great movie with a proper Barry score, I can understand your choice, but for ME, Dalton rules. -{
    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
  • TheundeadkennedyTheundeadkennedy Posts: 292MI6 Agent
    1) License To Kill
    2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    3) A View To A Kill
    4) Diamonds Are Forever
    5) Die Another Day
  • BIG TAMBIG TAM Wrexham, North Wales, UK.Posts: 773MI6 Agent
    Can't include OHMSS. It is its own unique entry.

    1. Licence To Kill
    2. Diamonds Are Forever
    3. Die Another Day
    4. A View To A Kill
  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,320MI6 Agent
    Whats the real def of a Swansong?? I would presume it would mean a PLANNED final outing before retiring from a role

    In that case I guess Licence To Kill & DAD are certainly not really Swansong's as I believe both Brosnan and Dalton assumed they were going to do another (Brosnan certainly did as he confirmed this on EON documentary, he thought he was going to film his 5th option).

    OHMSS is prob more qualified as a Swansong as Lazenby had already made his mind up he was not doing another before the Premier!

    I guess DAF and AVTAK are the only two real Swansongs!!!

    Sorry to be pedantic but noted above people not counting OHMSS, however dont believe DAD is judging by how Brosnan described taking that phonecall!!
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    If we have NSNA as a swansong, that's awful, but DAD was in another league, an ugly ugly film.

    DAF>AVTAK>LTK>NSNA>DAD

    I like the fun Bond films.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,320MI6 Agent
    Napoleon Plural wrote:
    If we have NSNA as a swansong, that's awful, but DAD was in another league, an ugly ugly film.

    DAF>AVTAK>LTK>NSNA>DAD

    I like the fun Bond films.

    Hehe counting NSNA is another argument lol!! Such a bizarre film in many ways, need to watch it again as been a very long time.
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  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,320MI6 Agent
    AVTAK gets a bad rap but prob would not be so bad if it wasn't for the lead girl (I find her terrible) and Roger being ancient and making you cringe every time he gets a bird between the sheets!!!

    It has all the right ingredients but badly cooked!! E.g. Has great villains and sidekick, classic soundtrack, plot aint that bad (kinda SPECTRE), nice use of Paris and Moore is quite amusing e.g. dialogue with Tibbet. With a bit more work to it and with a younger Moore it prob would have been pretty good!!!

    I blame bad casting for Stacey Sutton and Bond being a grandad lol
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    welshboy78 wrote:
    AVTAK gets a bad rap but prob would not be so bad if it wasn't for the lead girl (I find her terrible) and Roger being ancient and making you cringe every time he gets a bird between the sheets!!!

    Those are pretty big problems that aren't easy to overlook.
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter wrote:
    welshboy78 wrote:
    AVTAK gets a bad rap but prob would not be so bad if it wasn't for the lead girl (I find her terrible) and Roger being ancient and making you cringe every time he gets a bird between the sheets!!!

    Those are pretty big problems that aren't easy to overlook.

    As I've said before, those problems really don't bother me. For me the positives in AVTAK out-weigh the negatives.
    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
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Jarvio wrote:
    Blackleiter wrote:
    welshboy78 wrote:
    AVTAK gets a bad rap but prob would not be so bad if it wasn't for the lead girl (I find her terrible) and Roger being ancient and making you cringe every time he gets a bird between the sheets!!!

    Those are pretty big problems that aren't easy to overlook.

    As I've said before, those problems really don't bother me. For me the positives in AVTAK out-weigh the negatives.

    I know you're a fan of AVTAK, and I respect that, but it bored me more than any other Bond film. Moore's age and Tanya Roberts are only two of the many reasons.
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
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