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  • JinxJinx
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    I'm not a masochist but if you insist.
  • LudsLuds MIA
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    Well, considering the only decent flicks post 1980 and pre-2006 are Daltons, you don't have much choice ;)
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Just watched them both in a Bondathon last night: watch 'em both at the same time. Very good choice, @MajorDSmythe.
  • JBFan626JBFan626
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    Well, considering the only decent flicks post 1980 and pre-2006 are Daltons, you don't have much choice ;)
    Those are broadstrokes there Luds: OP? FYEO?

  • LudsLuds MIA
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    Well, considering the only decent flicks post 1980 and pre-2006 are Daltons, you don't have much choice ;)
    Those are broadstrokes there Luds: OP? FYEO?
    Touché! I certainly should have been more careful, let's make it post 1985!
  • JinxJinx
    edited August 2011 Posts: 102
    well I tried @MajorDSmythe but had to turn it off at the cello case. too ridiculous and artsy fartsy.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Ahh, here it is. I entered the exact same words of the topic title into the Search Bar and could not find it. Anyway:

    It's not a huge choice, but I'm looking to either watch CR or QoS on blu-ray tonight, hoping to enjoy something with my Thanksgiving dinner, but I just can't decide which. Help?
  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
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    CR. The infinitely superior film of the two.
  • commandbond007commandbond007
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    Connery
    FRWL
    Moore
    FYEO
    Dalton
    TLD
    Bronsan
    Goldeneye
    Craig
    CR
  • MrBondMrBond Station S
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    I want to watch a Bond film tonight, but ofcourse i don't know which one. So which one should i watch, i'm thinking instead of watching MI:3 which is shown tonight on television. Do you guys have some examples?
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
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    Why not type the numbers 1 to 22 into a randomiser and see which one comes out? That's always a fun way to do it.
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
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    Moonraker (1979), it's childish adolescent nonsense, but does has some redeeming qualities and simply put is a fun filled two hours of Moore globe trotting to extremes and beyond. When the Saint Marks Square Venice bit comes up, go and make a coffee or something unless you're six years old and like your Bond a bit more straight faced
  • MrBondMrBond Station S
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    I did put the numbers in a randomizer, and the number that appeared was #17. So i go for Goldeneye tonight ;)
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited January 2012 Posts: 13,350
    Enjoy! It's always a fun way of choosing a film yourself as I find Bond fans never can give an unbiased choice.
  • licensetoforumlicensetoforum
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    I say Goldfinger. Classic Bond and it always fun to see Oddjob throw his hat.
  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
    edited January 2012 Posts: 3,262
    Baltimore_007 wrote:
    Moonraker (1979), it's childish adolescent nonsense, but does has some redeeming qualities and simply put is a fun filled two hours of Moore globe trotting to extremes and beyond. When the Saint Marks Square Venice bit comes up, go and make a coffee or something unless you're six years old and like your Bond a bit more straight faced

    I like your style, Baltimore_007. B-)
    MrBond wrote:
    I want to watch a Bond film tonight, but ofcourse i don't know which one. So which one should i watch, i'm thinking instead of watching MI:3 which is shown tonight on television. Do you guys have some examples?

    It depends on whose your favorite Bond actor, Bond decade of films, etc.

    1960s: TB
    1970s: MR
    1980s: TLD
    1990s: TND
    2000s: CR
  • MrBondMrBond Station S
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    So i watched LALD and TMWTGG the other night. I was surprised of how fun and entertaining LALD was. And i do still think TMWTGG is one of the best films in the series, and Moores best.

    But considering to this, which Bond films do you recommend me to watch tonight after a long and stressfull week?
  • 00Beast00Beast
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    In the style of @PrinceKamalKhan, here's my recommendation list:

    1960's: From Russia with Love and Thunderball
    1970's: Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, and The Spy Who Loved Me
    1980's: All 5
    1990's: All 3
    2000's: Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace

    If you're looking for Fleming's 007, then Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, For Your Eyes Only, The Living Daylights, and Casino Royale are your go-to Bonds.

    If you're looking for larger-than-life escapist fun, then Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, Tomorrow Never Dies, and Die Another Day are your choices.
  • MrBondMrBond Station S
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    Thanks @00Beast! :D

    But it is to many options, give me some more specifically! :)
  • 00Beast00Beast
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    MrBond wrote:
    Thanks @00Beast! :D

    But it is to many options, give me some more specifically! :)

    All right, well after a long and stressful week, much like I've had this entire school year, I try and pick the Bond movie that I haven't seen in a few months, or which ever one seems to be most appealing at the moment. For example, about a month ago, I was thinking of a Bond double feature to do, and I remembered that I hadn't seen either DN or MR in a while, and with both of them being space themed, I thought it'd make a good double feature.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    00Beast wrote:
    In the style of @PrinceKamalKhan, here's my recommendation list:

    1960's: From Russia with Love and Thunderball
    1970's: Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, and The Spy Who Loved Me
    1980's: All 5
    1990's: All 3
    2000's: Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace

    If you're looking for Fleming's 007, then Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, For Your Eyes Only, The Living Daylights, and Casino Royale are your go-to Bonds.

    If you're looking for larger-than-life escapist fun, then Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, Tomorrow Never Dies, and Die Another Day are your choices.

    Strangely enough GF is one Bond film where I would hate to actually do Bond's mission in real life. I'd jump at the missions in the other Connery Bond films though. I think I could actually do better in GF that Bond. I sure as hell wouldn't get captured a bagillion times.
  • 00Beast00Beast
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    @Brady: I wish you would jump in and take over the role! Goodness knows Connery didn't do squat in GF!
  • sirseanisbondsirseanisbond
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    Thunderball. I think it's a film that, without being very widly recognized like Goldfinger or Casino Royale as classics, is probably one of the most classic Bond films their are. In it, you have Bond saving the world from SPECTOR, a great villin in Largo, and great Bond girls in Claudine Auger, and Luciana Paluzzi, (perhaps my personal favorit Bond girl of all time). Their's so many great things in Thunderball from the actors, to the locations, but what is perhaps most important of all is that X-factor, that sparcle that makes a good movie amazing. It's a great movie, full stop, and among the Bond movies, it's one of the best...
  • W_PPKW_PPK
    Posts: 172
    Casino Royale...
  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
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    sirseanisbond wrote:
    Thunderball. I think it's a film that, without being very widly recognized like Goldfinger or Casino Royale as classics, is probably one of the most classic Bond films their are. In it, you have Bond saving the world from SPECTOR, a great villin in Largo, and great Bond girls in Claudine Auger, and Luciana Paluzzi, (perhaps my personal favorit Bond girl of all time). Their's so many great things in Thunderball from the actors, to the locations, but what is perhaps most important of all is that X-factor, that sparcle that makes a good movie amazing. It's a great movie, full stop, and among the Bond movies, it's one of the best...

    I'll second that. TB is my favorite Bond film for both the reasons you mentioned and the fact it's the only Bond film to combine Terence Young's directorial style from the first 2 films with the big budget, Panavision epic feel we would later find in the Lewis Gilbert and Peter Hunt films.
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
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    All of them ofcourse! One after the other! @-)
  • UnivexUnivex
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    PrinceKamalKhan wrote:
    sirseanisbond wrote:
    Thunderball. I think it's a film that, without being very widly recognized like Goldfinger or Casino Royale as classics, is probably one of the most classic Bond films their are. In it, you have Bond saving the world from SPECTOR, a great villin in Largo, and great Bond girls in Claudine Auger, and Luciana Paluzzi, (perhaps my personal favorit Bond girl of all time). Their's so many great things in Thunderball from the actors, to the locations, but what is perhaps most important of all is that X-factor, that sparcle that makes a good movie amazing. It's a great movie, full stop, and among the Bond movies, it's one of the best...

    I'll second that. TB is my favorite Bond film for both the reasons you mentioned and the fact it's the only Bond film to combine Terence Young's directorial style from the first 2 films with the big budget, Panavision epic feel we would later find in the Lewis Gilbert and Peter Hunt films.

    Damn right to all of that^
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    I'd recommend Live and Let Die right now, you know it make sense. We talked about how recently what a damn fine Bond adventure it is and I will be watching this later, looking forward to it actually

    If not that, then as second and third choices, Octopussy or Goldeneye respectively
  • nobodydoesitbetternobodydoesitbetter
    Posts: 1,021
    sometimes it depends on the mood and how much time i've got. If I need something quick I will put on QOS...if I need to just chill out and relax...and have a laugh...MR....if I need a well made thrilling dramatic Bond adventure I put on OHMSS....and if I need to remind myself it possibly couldn't get any worse I put on DAD...
  • MrBondMrBond Station S
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    I played it safe and watched on one of the best in the franchise, TLD. Top 3 material without a doubt!
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