How Do We Categorize Each Bond Film?

edited February 2012 in Bond Movies Posts: 1,092
Which ones are Spy Thrillers? Camp? Big Budget Action? Any other categories we need?

Spy Thriller:
DN
FRWL
YOLT
OHMSS
LALD
TMWGG
FYEO
TLD
CR
QoS

Big Budget Action:
GF
TB
TSWLM
LTK
GE
TND
TWINE
DAD

Camp:
DAF
OP
AVTAK
MR

Some of these could go either way. TSWLM is pretty spy thriller worthy but it goes all out with action, as does QoS and LTK feels like an action movie. And DAD goes camp without wanting to, as does AVTAK.

What does everything think? More categories I am not thinking of? Switch the films around?

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  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    The_Reaper wrote:
    Spy Thriller:
    QoS

    =)) It belong in big budget action
  • I'd put DAD in the camp category.
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    Interesting subject. I'll put my two cents in:
    Spy Thriller
    FRWL
    TLD
    FYEO
    TSWLM

    Action/Adventure
    DN
    GF
    TB
    YOLT
    OHMSS
    OP
    LTK
    LALD
    GE
    TND
    TWINE
    DAD
    CR
    QoS

    Camp
    MR
    DAF
    AVTAK
    TMWTGG

  • edited February 2012 Posts: 401
    Spy Thriller
    Dr. No
    From Russia With Love
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    For Your Eyes Only
    The Living Daylights
    License to Kill

    Pseudo-Spy Thriller
    The World Is Not Enough

    Serious Big Budget Extravaganzas
    Thunderball
    GoldenEye

    Fun Big Budget Extravaganzas
    You Only Live Twice
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    Die Another Day

    Fun
    Goldfinger
    Diamonds Are Forever
    The Man with the Golden Gun
    Octopussy

    Crap
    Live and Let Die
    Moonraker
    A View to a Kill
    Casino Royale
    Quantum of Solace

    I could probably go into more detail if I wanted to, but that's basically the gist of it.
  • edited February 2012 Posts: 1,092
    Dr. M I like what you did with the sub categories. Works well I think. Thanks.

    But CR crap? C'mon, now. Nuts. :P :P :P
  • Tangible Bond

    From Russia With Love
    For Your Eyes Only
    The Living Daylights
    The World Is Not Enough
    Casino Royale

    Exotic Bond

    Doctor No
    Live and Let Die
    License to Kill
    Quantum of Solace

    Big Top Bond

    Moonraker
    Octopussy
    A View To a Kill
    Die Another Day

    Disappointment Bond

    Goldfinger
    You Only Live Twice
    Tomorrow Never Dies

    Replay Bond

    The Man with the Golden Gun
    The Spy who loved Me

    Decision Bond

    Thunderball
    On Her Majestys Secret Service
    Goldeneye

    Bond without a Home

    Diamonds are Forever
  • The Comic Book Bonds
    You Only Live Twice
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    Moonraker
    Die Another Day
  • edited March 2012 Posts: 1,092
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    The_Reaper wrote:

    Not sure how to do that, I think a mod would have to do that for us, but thanks for requesting it! I brought up my old thread on that, but it seems to have gotten pushed back further in the pages again as of lately. I guess we must think on the same brain-wave to come up with these threads! Haha.
  • KerimKerim Istanbul Not Constantinople
    edited March 2012 Posts: 2,629
    True to Fleming (Mostly Faithful to the Novel/Short Story or plot):

    DN
    FRWL
    TB
    OHMSS
    TLD

    Somewhat True to Fleming (Basic Elements are There or Incorporated from Other Fleming Elements):

    GF
    LALD
    TMWTGG
    FYEO
    OP
    LTK
    CR

    Bastardized Fleming (Strayed Away from the Novel/Short Story or Fleming by Title Only):

    YOLT
    DAF
    TSWLM
    MR
    AVTAK
    QOS

    (*Brosnan films omitted as I feel they can't be categorized without coming off as bashing Brosnan)
  • Posts: 4,762
    Cold War Thrillers
    -From Russia with Love
    -You Only Live Twice
    -The Spy Who Loved Me
    -For Your Eyes Only
    -Octopussy
    -The Living Daylights

    Space Bond
    -Dr. No
    -You Only Live Twice
    -Diamonds Are Forever
    -Moonraker
    -GoldenEye (somewhat, with the satellite and all)
    -Die Another Day
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