Best Bond Film

[nat]

There is only one clear choice here, but let's see what YOU think....

BTW, anyone who votes "Golden Eye" will have a discreet encounter with the BAN HAMMER.

[rolins]

Dunno, i've only seen one Bond movie from beginning to end and that was Casino Royale. Wasn't all that and bag chips, but it didn't bore me to sleep like Bronson. Never got around to watching the older ones.

[Tatsujin]

very hard since only one option to choose from

[TR0N]

"The spy who loved me" though i enjoyed roger moore period of bond flims becuase they were so campy.

[Joe Redifer]

I can't really get into Bond films.  I remember Moonraker being way long and having many, many space shuttles just ready to launch whenever someone felt like going into space.  It also had a big dude with braces.  I also remember another Bond movie where they were in a speed boat.  And then there was one with Russians and Pierce Brosnan.  Then there was that one with Daniel Craig and the lame plot about the bitch who deceived him, and he was doing that weird lip thing that he does.  I can't wait until they pick an even more inappropriate Bond, like Queen Latifah.

[Keranu]

The Living Daylights (which also had the best song too!).

[Sinistron]

I voted Quantum  <--(runs away from the ban hammer and the wrath of classic Bond freaks)

[guyjin]

Bond: Do you expect me to talk?
Goldfinger: [looks back, laughing] No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die!

[Tatsujin]

I voted Quantum  <--(runs away from the ban hammer and the wrath of classic Bond freaks)

sometimes i ask myself what such people do in a classic videogame forum with tons of since decades outdated games and frowsy lumpy plimpy grafx

[Nazi NecroPhile]

Goldfinger's probably my favorite, though it's a bit of a toss-up with License to Kill.  I enjoy the dark seriousness of License to Kill, but the killer bowler hat, the first appearance of the DB5, and Pussy Galore bring Goldfinger out on top.

[Sinistron]

I voted Quantum  <--(runs away from the ban hammer and the wrath of classic Bond freaks)

sometimes i ask myself what such people do in a classic videogame forum with tons of since decades outdated games and frowsy lumpy plimpy grafx

Some such people aren't huge on camp and so were probably never that into Bond- which is why some such people may prefer Craig's Bond- and some such people may prefer Craig's Bond in Quantum as that Bond cracks the least jokes yet cracks the most heads. 

That said I'm big on revisionist takes of tired old genres and franchises- if the revisions are gritty and more realistic, the direction capable and the actors up to snuff.  HBO's Deadwood- not your father's western show (and HBO's Rome- far removed from I Claudius).  Batman Begins (Dark Knight was overrated to me) is my favorite Batman.  I prefer the vampires in 30 Days of Night (actual monsters) over the Gawsh-he's-so-dreamy vampires of Interview With A Vampire; and I prefer graphics novels to comic books.

There are exceptions of course- I'm an Indiana Jones fan- and Indy's campy as all get out- but Indy pays homage to old Saturday idol matinees whereas Bond films were pretty much paying homage to themselves.  I want my videogames to look like videogames- not actual broadcasts of Monday Night Football or helmet cam killing sprees- and I still rather enjoy campy old horror movies- unless they were franchises that were done to death without revision (like Friday the 13th- and even that is getting a revisionist makeover though it looks like pure shit)- I mean- it's taken Bond over 20 films (if you're counting the two non-EON films) to actually get raw.  I'm also not knocking those who are into classic Bonds- I can see why they're loved especially if they invoke childhood memories (I am on a turbografx/pce site- though my love for turbo/pce runs deeper than mere memories)- but Bond was never really my thing- until now.  Danny Craig FTW- a Bond who when pissed couldn't give a damn if his martini is shaken or stirred.

Crap mockeries like Austin Powers- going as far back as Get Smart! should have made Bond producers more conscious of breaking their mold.  It's pretty unfortunate that it took the Bourne movies to set the pace for a revisionist interpretation of Bond- though I much prefer CR and QOS over the Bourne trilogy.  After the first Bourne movie they should have just left the guy alone- instead of needing two more lessons on it and boring me to tears.

Another thing is that I've read that Craig's Bond's demeanor is more in tune with Ian Fleming's Bond.  I will judge for myself as I have the Casino Royale book on my Christmas wish list.

[Ceti Alpha]

Golden Eye FTW!!!   

*ducks and weaves teh BAN HAMMER* 

The only good thing about Golden Eye was the N64 game.

For me it was an obvious choice between the two Craig movies, which was difficult. In the end I went with Casino Royale. I loved the pace of that movie and watching Bond not be Bond. lol. Both the Craig movies pwn, and maybe I just like CR better because it was the first and really blew my mind. hehe

[Nazi NecroPhile]

The only good thing about Golden Eye was the N64 game.

Are you blind or did you just forget about Famke Janssen?!? 

I actually like Golden Eye; it's not my favorite, but it'd make my top five list.

[nat]

No way! Golden Eye was way overrated. Great to hear everyone's thoughts on this though. And I totally respect the love for the new Craig-based Bonds-- I love 'em too, but I love "The Spy Who Loved Me" much more.

Since that's the clear #1 pick, my runners up would be:

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
You Only Live Twice
License to Kill
Casino Royale

Not specifically in that order, but those picks and "Spy" would definitely make up my top 5.

License to Kill holds special meaning to me-- aside from being darker & grittier and an all-around great movie as has already been mentioned, my Dad designed the Kenworth semi used in the climax sequence at the end of the movie that drives while tipped at a 45 degree angle. It was a special one-off design they did exclusively for that movie.

[blueraven]

Even Though Sean Connery is the best Bond Ever; I voted for "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" with George Lazenby because I figured no one else would.

[nat]

I almost did, but "Spy" edges it out just slightly for me. (But to be honest, it all comes down to how I'm feeling when you ask me.)

[Ceti Alpha]

We should narrow the list at some point and see which movie is loved the most. Have some sort of elimination. 

[rag-time4]

I'm protesting the single vote....

I really liked the plot of Goldfinger. As a Bond story, it broke the mold, I thought.

Also love the fight scene at the end of From Russia With Love... how can I choose between two classics??

[Golgo13]

Craig?  Man, these Canucks are smoking something, and it aint dried up maple leaves.  Everybody knows Connery was the best bond.  Diamonds are forever bitches.

[Tatsujin]

I voted Quantum  <--(runs away from the ban hammer and the wrath of classic Bond freaks)

sometimes i ask myself what such people do in a classic videogame forum with tons of since decades outdated games and frowsy lumpy plimpy grafx

Some such people aren't huge on camp and so were probably never that into Bond- which is why some such people may prefer Craig's Bond- and some such people may prefer Craig's Bond in Quantum as that Bond cracks the least jokes yet cracks the most heads. 

That said I'm big on revisionist takes of tired old genres and franchises- if the revisions are gritty and more realistic, the direction capable and the actors up to snuff.  HBO's Deadwood- not your father's western show (and HBO's Rome- far removed from I Claudius).  Batman Begins (Dark Knight was overrated to me) is my favorite Batman.  I prefer the vampires in 30 Days of Night (actual monsters) over the Gawsh-he's-so-dreamy vampires of Interview With A Vampire; and I prefer graphics novels to comic books.

There are exceptions of course- I'm an Indiana Jones fan- and Indy's campy as all get out- but Indy pays homage to old Saturday idol matinees whereas Bond films were pretty much paying homage to themselves.  I want my videogames to look like videogames- not actual broadcasts of Monday Night Football or helmet cam killing sprees- and I still rather enjoy campy old horror movies- unless they were franchises that were done to death without revision (like Friday the 13th- and even that is getting a revisionist makeover though it looks like pure shit)- I mean- it's taken Bond over 20 films (if you're counting the two non-EON films) to actually get raw.  I'm also not knocking those who are into classic Bonds- I can see why they're loved especially if they invoke childhood memories (I am on a turbografx/pce site- though my love for turbo/pce runs deeper than mere memories)- but Bond was never really my thing- until now.  Danny Craig FTW- a Bond who when pissed couldn't give a damn if his martini is shaken or stirred.

Crap mockeries like Austin Powers- going as far back as Get Smart! should have made Bond producers more conscious of breaking their mold.  It's pretty unfortunate that it took the Bourne movies to set the pace for a revisionist interpretation of Bond- though I much prefer CR and QOS over the Bourne trilogy.  After the first Bourne movie they should have just left the guy alone- instead of needing two more lessons on it and boring me to tears.

Another thing is that I've read that Craig's Bond's demeanor is more in tune with Ian Fleming's Bond.  I will judge for myself as I have the Casino Royale book on my Christmas wish list. 

oh, i was just kidding, you know. hope you knew that but fair said, i agree with most of your wievpoints (except for the bond thing ). but i'm way too much into bond things to talk about on the same level, i believe. for me it is an obssesion almost equal to the PC Engine phenomenon.
i grew up with bond, i'm watching them everytime when ever they run on TV and if not, i grab my DVDs out of the shelfand watch it anyway. hardly a month goes by without watching 2~3 bonds. sometimes just let them run in the BG while doing some other work.
the atmosphere, the score, the quotes, the locations, the sets, the remarable actors (on both side), the choeographs etc. everything just make them wonderful movies.

[Tatsujin]

lol..guess what i've watched today

rated as a bond movie: 3/10
rated as a spyaction movie: 7.5/10

[JoshTurboTrollX]

I just started watching all them from beginning to end.

I just watched GoldFinger and it was excellent.

I've also seen Casino Royale and Quantum, which weren't too bad as a whole.

So I voted goldfinger as a bond n00b!

[nat]

The Spy Who Loved Me needs a few more votes here.

[Tatsujin]

le good choice.