The single best and worst aspect of every Bond movie, In Your Opinion

chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
edited June 2023 in Bond Movies Posts: 17,788
Me first:

Dr. No- It goes from standard spy flick to fantastical megalomaniac stuff in a blink/ No Barry Score
From Russia With Love - The Grant fight/ the rubber mask in the training scene with Grant.
Goldfinger - the crazy climax in Fort Knox/ umm.. umm.. Leiter's hat.
Thunderball - Fiona/ super-speeded up Volante shots.
You Only Live Twice - the sheer spectacle/ they killed Aki.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Diana Rigg/ no Connery
Diamonds Are Forever- the clever dialogue/ no budget for the climax.
Live & Let Die - Great song & score/ Kananga literally pops like a gut-less balloon.
The Man With The Golden Gun - Christopher Lee/ slide whistle.
The Spy Who Loved Me - the effects & model work/ Jaws biting a cable.
Moonraker - Drax/ "Here's to us".
For Your Eyes Only - The PTS/ the fake underwater bubbles on the close ups.
Never Say Never Again - Connery clearly having fun/ slow ending.
Octopussy - the clown scene/ the Tarzan yell.
A view To a Kill - Walken's Zoran/ Moore's age.
The Living Daylights - Dalton/ ummm.... silly visit to the concert by guys that would never be let in armed.
License To Kill - s**t gets serious/ no Barry score.
Goldeneye - Bond vs. Trevelyan/ PTS freefall crap FX.
Tomorrow never Dies - Amazing set pieces/ Crow's song used in the titles instead of Lang's.
The World Is Not Enough - best PTS ever/ Renard turned out to be not so threatening.
Die Another Day - the swordfight at the club/ a director that did not understand Bond movies.
Casino Royale - the action was amazing/ Vesper's death was too melodramatic.
Quantum Of Solace - the action was relentless/ worst title song ever.
Skyfall - Amazing title song/ they killed Severine.
SPECTRE - back to fun Bond/ foster bro BS.
No Time To Die - Ana de Armas/ nonsense SF to create circumstances to support Bond's demanded demise.

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  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited June 2023 Posts: 14,489
    DN: Bond confronts Professor Dent in Taro's villa / Bond's snappy demands at other characters
    FRWL: Bond/Grant conversation before the fight / the end of the end credits!
    GF: perhaps the best first half hour of any Bond film / Tilly's car crash in the ditch isn't staged well
    TB: Bond's snooping around at night / sped-up footage during the end boat fight
    YOLT: "TWICE" is the only way to live! / ditto re: they killed Aki, a real fave Bond girl
    OHMSS: engaging plot / no Connery
    DAF: sly, black comedy tone / somewhat weak PTS (excluding mud bath scene which I like a lot)
    LALD: unique supernatural voodoo theme / footage of Kananga's death is filmed in low quality
    TMWTGG: Bond waiting outside the Bottoms Up club / slide whistle 'screws' with a pivotal stunt
    TSWLM: Jaws stalks Fekkesh in the shadows / Fekkesh sees Jaws in the shadows and runs towards him!
    MR: model work and effects are on point / Jaws flapping his wings, Macleans showing
    FYEO: ski chase with motorcycle machine guns & bob sleds / someone get Tanner a coffee!
    OP: strong military presence throughout / Tarzan yell
    NSNA: Bond's age/fitness is referenced - still in good shape / unlike Nigel's hair!
    AVTAK: Bond and Tibbett snooping around the Chateau / fire truck chase action is entirely unBondian
    TLD: defection/sniper scene is top notch/ Georgi getting sniffy about caviar
    LTK: Professor Joe gives his blessings / Bond interferes with Hong Kong narcotics, that bastard
    GE: cold, sterile, brutalist vibes / music and direction feels very dated on last viewing
    TND: amazing PTS / big cat smuggling is bad
    TWINE: cool custom vehicles / repetitive rope swinging and Movie World stage show-like action
    DAD: abandoned station under MI6 HQ / most of the dialogue is just puns
    CR: great ensemble of characters/actors / Vesper suddenly cries, gets dramatic, I don't buy it
    QOS: the Tosca scene is for me / too short - anything less than 2 hours is unsatisfactory
    SF: Shanghai-Macau section is great / Bond is somehow grizzled; has lost a step since QOS? Even Blood Stone?
    SP: London finale - yes, I like the MI6 ruins & chopper takedown / piss filter ruins a lot
    NTTD: Bond in JM / Bond in the dirt... Part of Bond's appeal to me is that he always escapes! wtf (still)
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    edited June 2023 Posts: 3,787
    Dr. No:
    Best Aspect:
    Honey Ryder emerging from the ocean in a bikini
    Worst Aspect:
    It's obvious it's a low budget film, with some pretty poor effects.

    From Russia With Love:
    Best Aspect:
    The Plot
    Worst Aspect:
    The PTS with that Connery mask!

    Goldfinger:
    Best Aspect:
    Iconic villain
    Worst Aspect:
    The Barn scene!

    Thunderball:
    Best Aspect:
    Tropical setting
    Worst Aspect:
    Underwater scenes.

    You Only Live Twice:
    Best Aspect:
    Blofeld's Volcano lair (thanks to Ken Adam)
    Worst Aspect:
    Connery in Yellowface!

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service:
    Best Aspect:
    Diana Rigg as Tracy, Faithful to the book story
    Worst Aspect:
    Playing the Bond theme at the end credits!

    Diamonds Are Forever:
    Best Aspect:
    Wint and Kidd
    Worst Aspect:
    Not following OHMSS (as a revenge sequel), and not having Lazenby in this film!

    Live And Let Die:
    Best Aspect:
    Great Theme Song
    Worst Aspect:
    Overlong Boat Chase scenes/slow pacing, Rosie Carver

    The Man With The Golden Gun:
    Best Aspect:
    Christopher Lee
    Worst Aspect:
    Mary Goodnight

    The Spy Who Loved Me:
    Best Aspect:
    Jaws
    Worst Aspect:
    Curt Jürgens as Stromberg and Barbara Bach as Anya Amasova, both are weak, underdeveloped, not given much to do and both are wooden acting to me.

    Moonraker:
    Best Aspect:
    The Characters (Drax and Goodhead)
    Worst Aspect:
    Star Wars/Bond in Space!

    For Your Eyes Only:
    Best Aspect:
    Bond climbing St. Cyril's
    Worst Aspect:
    The PTS and Margaret Thatcher

    Octopussy:
    Best Aspect:
    Bond versus the Soviets!
    Worst Aspect:
    Too campy

    Never Say Never Again:
    Best Aspect:
    Bond in a motorcycle chase scenes with Fatima Blush in her red car!
    Worst Aspect:
    Title sequence and score

    A View To A Kill:
    Best Aspect:
    The villains
    Worst Aspect:
    Stacey Sutton

    The Living Daylights:
    Best Aspect:
    The PTS, sniper/defection scenes
    Worst Aspect:
    The Third Act in Afghanistan

    Licence To Kill:
    Best Aspect:
    Robert Davi as Franz Sanchez
    Worst Aspect:
    Cheap generic 80's action filmmaking

    Goldeneye:
    Best Aspect:
    Bond vs. Trevelyan
    Worst Aspect:
    The Fading Transitions (more in the editing)

    Tomorrow Never Dies:
    Best Aspect:
    The Plot about fake news
    Worst Aspect:
    Too much of a generic action film, nothing memorable.

    The World Is Not Enough:
    Best Aspect:
    Sophie Marceau as Elektra King
    Worst Aspect:
    It's coming..... Christmas Jones

    Die Another Day:
    Best Aspect:
    The PTS
    Worst Aspect:
    CGI

    Casino Royale:
    Best Aspect:
    The First Act
    Worst Aspect:
    The Third Act (sinking building in Venice, the sudden romance that comes out of nowhere)

    Quantum of Solace:
    Best Aspect:
    Bond's revenge for Vesper
    Worst Aspect:
    Dominic Greene, Editing

    Skyfall:
    Best Aspect:
    Cinematography
    Worst Aspect:
    Bond being too old so fast after just two movies? What Am I Missing Here?, Also Bond sneaking into Severine's Shower!

    SPECTRE
    Best Aspect:
    Mr. Hinx, and Craig's acting
    Worst Aspect:
    Bro-feld! Foster brother angle!

    No Time To Die:
    Best Aspect:
    Bond in Jamaica
    Worst Aspect:
    Madeleine Swann and the family melodrama!
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited June 2023 Posts: 4,499
    Dr. No:
    Best Aspect:
    Three Blind Mice
    Worst Aspect:
    Krabb key thanks to low pacing.

    From Russia With Love:
    Best Aspect:
    Kerim Bay
    Worst Aspect:
    Besides Pedro death: The PTS. Last favorite of all movies.

    Goldfinger:
    Best Aspect:
    Car trass scene
    Worst Aspect:
    Gass scene.

    Thunderball:
    Best Aspect:
    Secret Blofeld
    Worst Aspect:
    Underwater scenes.

    You Only Live Twice:
    Best Aspect:
    Roof scene
    Worst Aspect:
    Blofeld's Volcano lair

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service:
    Best Aspect:
    Introducing new Bond in the car with mirror/Smoking with Barry great music.
    Worst Aspect:
    Not enough screentime for Tracy her sister.

    Diamonds Are Forever:
    Best Aspect:
    Las Vegas
    Worst Aspect:
    After OHMSS great music Barry returns to his earlier style.

    Live And Let Die:
    Best Aspect:
    Kananga has style.
    Worst Aspect:
    Rosie Carver not enough screentime.

    The Man With The Golden Gun:
    Best Aspect:
    Title song of Lulu is very underrated.
    Worst Aspect:
    PTS

    The Spy Who Loved Me:
    Best Aspect:
    Egypt.
    Worst Aspect:
    Curt Jürgens as Stromberg

    Moonraker:
    Best Aspect:
    Brazil.
    Worst Aspect:
    Music... If scene: PTS exept circus act.

    For Your Eyes Only:
    Best Aspect:
    Greece. Inspecialy pleasent drive in the country.
    Worst Aspect:
    Villian.

    Octopussy:
    Best Aspect:
    India
    Worst Aspect:
    Orlov

    Never Say Never Again:
    Best Aspect:
    Bond in a motorcycle chase scenes with Fatima Blush in her red car!
    Worst Aspect:
    FYEO kind of villian.

    A View To A Kill:
    Best Aspect:
    Horse farm.
    Worst Aspect:
    Bond and Mayday sex scene

    The Living Daylights:
    Best Aspect:
    Music. My favorite Barry score.
    Worst Aspect:
    David Hedison should have been Felix

    Licence To Kill:
    Best Aspect:
    Production Design. I think QOS learn a lot from Yolt and LTK.
    Worst Aspect:
    Asian scene.

    Goldeneye:
    Best Aspect:
    Jump from the bridge/Satelite scenes
    Worst Aspect:
    Cinematography losing a bit after all those years

    Tomorrow Never Dies:
    Best Aspect:
    Balance of Humor, Drama and serieus. A movie who in first place be there to entertain and in time grow with you.
    Worst Aspect:
    Maintitle

    The World Is Not Enough:
    Best Aspect:
    PTS.
    Worst Aspect:
    Besides Desmond died in car crash after movie release: Submarine scene.

    Die Another Day:
    Best Aspect:
    Swordfight
    Worst Aspect:
    Cuba. I only like hidden room moment and Bond walks trow the window/Airplane scene.

    Casino Royale:
    Best Aspect:
    Mads Mikkelsen
    Worst Aspect:
    Aston Martin joke with solange/Clown scene on airport/Stairfight/Bond James Bond

    Quantum of Solace:
    Best Aspect:
    Horse scene with Mr White.
    Worst Aspect:
    Boat chase. Actualy only music/editing element i don't like.

    Skyfall:
    Best Aspect:
    Q and Bond looking to painting. Maintile. Skyfall (Rainbow of light Inspecialy)
    Worst Aspect:
    Batman Elefator theme Scene/train part of pts/Metro scene

    SPECTRE
    Best Aspect:
    L' American/Return of Mr White/Meeting and inspecialy the Silence
    Worst Aspect:
    Bro-feld! Foster brother angle!/24-Nolan element '' destroying Mi6'' and boat-helicopter scene.

    No Time To Die:
    Best Aspect:
    Universal-Moon and Gunbarrel / Pts part 1: The house/ Car chase Blofeld sheep in pts part 2 / Villian lair.
    Worst Aspect:
    Re-use We Have All The Time In The World / Norway wood scene/Madeline in London
  • CharmianBondCharmianBond Pett Bottom, Kent
    Posts: 557
    Dr. No:
    Best Aspect:
    Bond's introduction
    Worst Aspect:
    The yellow face

    From Russia With Love:
    Best Aspect:
    The train fight
    Worst Aspect:
    Everything after the train fight

    Goldfinger:
    Best Aspect:
    Gert Frobe
    Worst Aspect:
    The sexual politics

    Thunderball:
    Best Aspect:
    Fiona Volpe
    Worst Aspect:
    The interminable underwater fight

    You Only Live Twice:
    Best Aspect:
    Aki and her Toyota/Ken Adam's finest hour
    Worst Aspect:
    The yellow face (again)

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service:
    Best Aspect:
    Barry's score/Rigg and Savalas
    Worst Aspect:
    Lazenby *shakes fist*

    Diamonds Are Forever:
    Best Aspect:
    Blofeld in drag
    Worst Aspect:
    The third act/The campy tone after OHMSS

    Live And Let Die:
    Best Aspect:
    Roger Moore bossing it
    Worst Aspect:
    Kanaga is weaker than his book counterpart

    The Man With The Golden Gun:
    Best Aspect:
    'Come come Mister Bond, you get just as much pleasure from killing as I do'
    Worst Aspect:
    Mary Goodnight

    The Spy Who Loved Me:
    Best Aspect:
    ???
    Worst Aspect:
    Anya as damsel

    Moonraker:
    Best Aspect:
    It's just a bloody good time of a movie
    Worst Aspect:
    French California

    For Your Eyes Only:
    Best Aspect:
    Topol
    Worst Aspect:
    Not Topol

    Octopussy:
    Best Aspect:
    Maud and Rog
    Worst Aspect:
    Whatever the plot is

    A View To A Kill:
    Best Aspect:
    Walken and Jones
    Worst Aspect:
    Aging Moore

    The Living Daylights:
    Best Aspect:
    James and Kara are too cute together
    Worst Aspect:
    The plot making no sense come the weak third act

    Licence To Kill:
    Best Aspect:
    Timmy D acting his heart out
    Worst Aspect:
    The dark tone

    Goldeneye:
    Best Aspect:
    Natalya Simonova/Brosnan's comedic chops
    Worst Aspect:
    "Ladies First"

    Tomorrow Never Dies:
    Best Aspect:
    Michelle Yeoh/The BMW set pieces
    Worst Aspect:
    Villain

    The World Is Not Enough:
    Best Aspect:
    Elektra
    Worst Aspect:
    Submarine scene

    Die Another Day:
    Best Aspect:
    Rosamund Pike as Miranda
    Worst Aspect:
    Igor? Vlad? Whatever Graves assistant is called.

    Casino Royale:
    Best Aspect:
    Craig and Green
    Worst Aspect:
    Miami International

    Quantum of Solace:
    Best Aspect:
    Moonraker-esque ending with Camille
    Worst Aspect:
    The brown face (seriously EON)

    Skyfall:
    Best Aspect:
    Cinematography/Themes/Eve and Q
    Worst Aspect:
    The shower scene

    SPECTRE
    Best Aspect:
    Mad but in a fun classic Bond kind of way
    Worst Aspect:
    Tragic third act

    No Time To Die:
    Best Aspect:
    End of an era/Matera chase/Madeleine and Mathilde
    Worst Aspect:
    M's villainous turn/plotting is sketch
  • goldenswissroyalegoldenswissroyale Switzerland
    Posts: 4,444
    What do you mean with "yellow face" and "brown face"?
  • edited June 2023 Posts: 2,153
    What do you mean with "yellow face" and "brown face"?

    I am guessing, at least with QoS, the use of tanning/fake tan on Kurylenko to make her more Bolivian.
  • CharmianBondCharmianBond Pett Bottom, Kent
    Posts: 557
    Mallory wrote: »
    What do you mean with "yellow face" and "brown face"?

    I am guessing, at least with QoS, the use of tanning/fake tan on Kurylenko to make her more Bolivian.

    This. I love Camille, I think Kurylenko portrays her really well. But the fact the script has to bend over to justify her casting and the darkening of her skin that was retrograde even in 2008 is a blemish on the film. Was there really no South American actress who had chemistry with Craig?
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    I would love to see a version of Thunderball in which the crazily sped up Disco Volante sequence is slowed down to believable.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,788
    Mallory wrote: »
    What do you mean with "yellow face" and "brown face"?

    I am guessing, at least with QoS, the use of tanning/fake tan on Kurylenko to make her more Bolivian.

    This. I love Camille, I think Kurylenko portrays her really well. But the fact the script has to bend over to justify her casting and the darkening of her skin that was retrograde even in 2008 is a blemish on the film. Was there really no South American actress who had chemistry with Craig?
    Okay, wait! They didn't fundamentally change Olga's skin colour, they just gave her a tan. I never even noticed that it might be make-up because hey- people get tans when living/working in really sunny areas of the world. When I saw her in November Man I figured she lost her tan working up farther north. Wow, I must be really dense. I am your density....
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