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TMWTGG is a personal favrouite of mine and I know quite a few other on here are very fond of it, also LTK is another which I am a big fan of and It seems the circumstances surrounding it's release have created the myth that it is a rubbish film. TND, for me maybe the best of the Brosnan era and there others who feel the same.
QOS is pretty low in my rankings but it has it moments and was still part of establishing Craig as Bond, but again there are plenty who really rate it.
And for the record, I find TMWTGG to be far superior to the greatly flawed (but still fun) LALD. There goes your curse.
Again, I considered FRWL as an exception and I said this is regardless of personal preferences. This is how the movies were perceived upon release.
The movies were perceived upon release by personal preferences!
How they were generally perceived. I personally enjoyed QOS, I don't think it was nearly as bad as some critics said it was, I certainly find some detractors of it here way unfair, especially looking at how TSWLM (for example) is praised. But it had mixed reviews upon release and it was generally considered much weaker than CR. Like the other second movies, with the exception of FRWL.
Giving the small number of observations it could be a coincidence of course. But even if it isn't, there nothing mystical in assuming that the last movies are the worst ones because of the fatigue of the character and the story. Also the causality could be reversed in some cases: they are the last ones because are the worst.
The thing Bond 25 (Craig's last one) will give us a clue to reinforce or refute the "pattern".
I thought that was a poor effort after the first one. But then the only Scream movies I really like are 1 and 4. The 3rd is ok too I suppose.
Connery- Never Say Never Agian (or Diamonds are Forever if you are a Purist Fan)
Moore- A View to A Kill
Brosnan- Die Another Day (Though this could be undercut by the fact that Brosnans last performance as Bond was in Everything or Nothing but ill let you decided for yourself)
Technically, maybe, but I always thought it was just a rehash of the first one: exact same story, with Arnie in a reversed role.
T2 Judgment Day was awful. If it wasn't bad enough having Schwarzenegger tweaked to be a 'good' terminator, then that annoying kid (John Connor) throughout, just about did it for me. Easily one of the most irritating characters ever, in a movie release. The best thing about it was Robert Patrick's rival terminator T-1000, and apart from one or two decent action sequences, the film was a real disappointment, and nothing like the original. Having Schwarzenegger return to help Sarah Connor, this time, as a friendly and benevolent cyborg, just about left it dead in the water right from the off. I don't know what they were thinking of, and it's almost an insult to the great release that was the first one from 1984
It is still today one of biggest actioners and another big step towards improved CGI technics used by the Director Cameron to enhance his movie, something he has always done so. With T2 JC created two movies that completed eachother while the later Terminator movies always lacked the cohesion the first two movies did show. While T1 was a smallish actioner with a dark tale, T2 was the big actioner with a similar dark tale. Both tales about good and bad and humanity.
the later movies lacked a strong morale, guidance by JC, even if the tv series did go into a direction that was very promesing.
A JC movie is best seen in cinema.
He is a champion of cinema imho.
For us, I'm glad it happens in a way. It means they put their all into that 3rd film for the Bond actor and look what we get? Some of the best entries in the entire franchise. It's like they realize the mistakes of the 2nd so they smooth them over and go full bore. Good for us I say.
Technically yes, but plot-wise it is almost a carbon copy of the first. With an annoying kid, Baltimore is absolutely right about it. He's going to be like the sci fi version of Washington or Danton, really? I don't buy it.
Anyway, back on topic, this is one thing we don't have in Bond's second movies: a repetition of the first. This is the plague of many action movies. Die Hard 2 had the same plot as the first, in a different setting, which makes the premise utterly unbelievable. In Bond at least, every second movie for the Bond actor is different than the first.
TB is great. Classic Fleming, classic Bond.
It is not about personal perceptions, but about general perceptions of the second movie. LTK is loved by many fans, but it was a failure when it was released.
I was about to start arguing but then I saw who had posted.
Ignore this troll and his other accounts everybody. It's probably just Buttons again.
The film whilst somewhat controversial has many fans. There are many Fleming fans who enjoy the inclusion of parts of his stories, whilst others feel the film is to violent, and far removed from the James Bond of old.
I myself have always enjoyed LTK, Dalton gives a superb performance as a vengeful Bond, and the films grittiness, and wonderful villains make it a Bond film with a difference.