Closest thing to an early 90's bond film

JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent
What's the closest thing to an early 90's bond film in your opinion?

It's blatantly between LTK and GE.

I would say LTK, because, if released 1 year later, it would be 1990. Also, I think the first home release of LTK came out in 1990.

Whereas if GE was made 1 year earlier.... 1994 would still be classed as mid-90's IMO.
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

Comments

  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    LTK feels very 80's early nineties as well. The score and revenge themes are in line with Die Hard, Lethal Weapon etc. which came out between 87-93
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  • Agent PurpleAgent Purple Posts: 857MI6 Agent
    This is an insteresting question.

    They are very different films, there's no question about that. But which feels more like an early 90s film?

    YouTuber Alan Caylow expressed that LtK feels like an episode of Miami Vice (a popular TV show in the 80s).

    Plus, those of us who have seen Scarface can find some degree of similarity between that film and LtK.

    GE, on the other hand, I can associate with the sort of heavy action one can see in the first two Terminator movies, as well as the first Die Hard film and the first 3 Rambo films (I think a thread could be opened comparing and contrasting Rambo III with TLD, as both deal with the Soviet-Afghan War).

    Overall, I'd say GE is closer to being an early 90's film because LtK, while having been released in 1989, feels more 80s-ish than 90s-ish imo.
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    New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
    1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
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  • heartbroken_mr_draxheartbroken_mr_drax New Zealand Posts: 2,073MI6 Agent
    LTK to me is more 80s than 90s. Mostly because of the wardrobe and Miami Vice feel. But it isn't ultimate 80s as much as say AVTAK.

    GE to me is very mid-90s, I don't get the early-90s feel from it at all as much as I do with a film like Heat or Basic Instinct.

    It would be cool if there was a very stylish early-90s Bond film, personally I really enjoy films released in the mid-90s because of the look and feel of them.
    1. TWINE 2. FYEO 3. MR 4. TLD 5. TSWLM 6. OHMSS 7. DN 8. OP 9. AVTAK 10. TMWTGG 11. QoS 12. GE 13. CR 14. TB 15. FRWL 16. TND 17. LTK 18. GF 19. SF 20. LaLD 21. YOLT 22. NTTD 23. DAD 24. DAF. 25. SP

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