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Would you rather watch NTTD (83%) OR TSWLM (82%)? Rotten Tomato Ranking battles!

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  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
    Posts: 1,956
    TB.

    Are there any bikinis in Skyfall?

  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,492
    TB, quintessential 60's Bond.
    SF, my least favourite of them all.

    So for me an easy choice for TB.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 8,160
    Thunderball for me!
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,635
    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    TB.

    Are there any bikinis in Skyfall?

    Good point.

    I'd do TB too, although it would depend of my mood and the time of year. TB is my go-to summer Bond, SF is more for #Noirvember.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    Posts: 2,559
    Thunderball.
  • marcmarc Universal Exports
    Posts: 2,615
    TB
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    Posts: 9,236
    SF anytime. TB has great cinematography (but so does SF), a few good scenes and a John Barry score. The rest is either borderline boring (the endless underwater scenes) or cheaply made (the final sped-up scenes). Celi is also a mediocre villain - Brandauer's Largo is far more impressive - while Bardem's Silva is just fantastically creepy and lunatic in his role. He could probably be successful if he ran for president in some places, which I leave to your imagination.
  • ColonelAdamskiColonelAdamski UK
    Posts: 1,141
    Thunderball for me, because it appeals to my purist idea of Bond much more than Skyfall. Those first four Connery Bond movies always seem part of Fleming's world more than anything that came after, (apart from, perhaps, OHMSS, but even then, GL wasn't Connery. Much as I enjoyed his performance).

    Skyfall is great though. A good Bond for the times, and Silva's the best CraigBond villain. But it's not as sleek, sexy, iconic and decadent as Thunderball. Skyfall is a great Bond flick from the modern era, but Thunderball is a classic Bond flick from the golden era. Those first four Connery Bonds are almost beyond reproach.
  • peterpeter Toronto
    Posts: 9,590
    I’d go with SF, BUT @ColonelAdamski ’s sentiments totally align with mine regarding the special nature of the 60s films (please don’t virtually punch me, Colonel, 😂 . You made great points above). They’re magical. And everything that came after felt like it had to re-establish itself and pivot and re-construct itself to the new decade (which they mostly did with aplomb (bumps along the way (TMWTGG, latter 80s Bond trying to find his identity while competing with the new kids on the block).

    And that’s why I also love the Craig Era. It was as confident in itself as the 60s Golden Era was. But the 60s was so close to the decade Fleming was writing that these films were otherworldly. Love ‘em so much.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    edited May 16 Posts: 6,703
    Let the SF. It's a much more confident and watchable film. The opening credits alone I could watch over and over. A master class.

    I like TB in bits and pieces, fits and starts, but it's kind of a mess overall. And the cast is not great; Celi and Auger are definitely sub-par amid the other '60s actors.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    edited 1:32am Posts: 5,794
    TB is something of a dark horse movie for me. I enjoy the spectacle of it all. The coolness of Connery and the gorgeous women in the cast makes it a highly watchable film for me. SF is something of a sentimental pick for me for that was the movie my youngest watched first, the result is a Bond fan.

    Time for our next match up and this one is interesting to say the least.

    Would you watch NTTD (83%) or TSWLM (82%)?

    We have the final Bond film produced by EON with Craig ending his tenure permanently with the death of Bond. Echoes of literary YOLT, the film ties up the loose ends of the Craig era. Bond is a Dad for the first time.

    Rotten Tomatoes says It isn't the sleekest or most daring 007 adventure, but No Time to Die concludes Daniel Craig's franchise tenure in satisfying style.

    OR

    Roger Moore hitting his stride and playing to his strengths in this third film of Moore as Bond. We have Bond and Beyond, and who doesn't love some disco Bond77?

    Rotten Tomatoes says Although it hints at the absurdity to come in later installments, The Spy Who Loved Me's sleek style, menacing villains, and sly wit make it the best of the Roger Moore era.

    Which one are you watching on your screen?
  • 007ClassicBondFan007ClassicBondFan
    Posts: 2,529
    TSWLM for me.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,671
    TSWLM
  • ColonelAdamskiColonelAdamski UK
    edited 2:13am Posts: 1,141
    thedove wrote: »
    Would you watch NTTD (83%) or TSWLM (82%)?

    It's like asking 'would you rather have a slap or a hug?'.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 15,061
    TSWLM


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  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,487
    THE SPY WHO LOVED ME.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    Posts: 5,794
    I did think this one was going to be a rather easy battle. Thought it was interesting how close they were in Rotten Tomatoes scores. They really are very different films.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,671
    thedove wrote: »
    I did think this one was going to be a rather easy battle. Thought it was interesting how close they were in Rotten Tomatoes scores. They really are very different films.

    Yes. While I like NTTD, TSWLM is just a far more iconic and fun feature for me. I imagine while diehard Bond fans would largely side with TSWLM, casual moviegoers would be much more split.
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
    Posts: 303
    TSWLM being 82% is enough reason to distrust rotten tomatoes outright.

    Would rather watch it than any of the Craigs ever again.
  • ColonelAdamskiColonelAdamski UK
    Posts: 1,141
    FoxRox wrote: »
    I imagine while diehard Bond fans would largely side with TSWLM, casual moviegoers would be much more split.

    Definitely.

    I can see why NTTD has a relatively high score on Rotten. As much as I dislike it as a James Bond movie, I can also see it's not a bad action/romance film. It's technically a much better movie than QoS, which was a bit all over the place. But putting it up against The Spy Who Loved Me in the world of James Bond movie fans . . . well. It's a 'no-brainer', as they say.

  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    Posts: 2,559
    The Spy Who Loved Me. I want to make it clearer without an abbreviation :D
  • rollsgoldenrollsgolden
    Posts: 9
    Having recently watched Spy, it's the hands down winner. Not sure how much is nostalgia, but I love the Atlantis base and all the gadgets. I'm in no great rush to revisit No Time because it means going through the other Craig era films
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
    Posts: 303
    ColonelAdamski wrote: »
    FoxRox wrote: »
    I imagine while diehard Bond fans would largely side with TSWLM, casual moviegoers would be much more split.

    Definitely.

    I can see why NTTD has a relatively high score on Rotten. As much as I dislike it as a James Bond movie, I can also see it's not a bad action/romance film. It's technically a much better movie than QoS, which was a bit all over the place. But putting it up against The Spy Who Loved Me in the world of James Bond movie fans . . . well. It's a 'no-brainer', as they say.

    No excuse.
  • 007HallY007HallY
    Posts: 5,214
    TSWLM is one of my top 5 Bond movies, but I will say it was a bit of a slow burn for me in terms of appreciating it. So I can see why it has the score it does (which incidentally is very good).

    TSWLM.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    Posts: 9,236
    TSWLM is incredibly dated, Curd Jürgens sleepwalks through his Stromberg role, Jaws isn't menacing at all because he is being played for laughs about his real-life deformity and artificial bumbling, and need we mention Barbara Bach's acting proficiency? The only thing outstanding is once again Ken Adam's work. Give me several more viewings of NTTD instead, which I consider to be a brilliant Bond movie, in spite of the ending.
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