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The Bond Movies & Actors I Love (Positivity Only Please)

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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    A couple of favourite fights, the as mentioned Bond and Grant on the train in FRWL,
    The stairwell fight in CR, and Bond v Trevelyan in GE. Great fights that look like a couple of blokes out to beat the crap out of each other.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    edited January 2015 Posts: 5,080
    My favourite GBs are FYEO, LALD, LTK, GE, OHMSS, and TSWLM.

    Which all happen to be in my top 10.
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    Moonraker is my favorite Moore film and cracks my top 5 at #5
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    Here are my positive contributions, stolen from @bondjames! ;-)

    Favourite Movies: FRWL, OHMSS, CR
    Also Good: The Rest
    Favourite Bonds: Connery, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan
    Favourite Bond Performance: Connery in FRWL, Dalton in TLD
    Favourite Girls: Honey, Aki, Tracy, Melina, Kara, Natalya, Vesper
    Favourite Villains: Dr No, Grant, Goldfinger, Scaramanga, Drax, Zorin, Sanchez, Le Chiffre, Silva
    Favourite Associates: Lord's Leiter, Kerim, Marc Ange, Colombo, Mathis
    Favourite Sacrificial Lamb: Aki, Vijay
    Favourite Score: GF, TB, YOLT, OHMSS, DAF, MR, AVTAK, TLD, CR
    Favourite Cars: Aston Martin DB5, DBS (1969), Volante, Vanquish (not the invisibility, obviously), DBS 2006
    Favourite GB Music: GF, TB, OHMSS, LALD, FYEO, LTK, TND
    Favourite GB Spin & Shoot: Pierce Brosnan (GE) Darn Tootin'
    Favourite Pretitles: GF, OHMSS, Spy, MR, OP, TLD, CR, TND, CR
    Favourite M: Bernard Lee well duh
    Favourite MP: Lois Maxwell
    Favourite Action Sequence: YOLT and the Kobe rooftop; Spy and Bond's Lotus; LTK – both the WaveKrest escape, and the tanker battle; CR's Crane Fight;
    Favourite Car Chase: FYEO; TLD; DAD; QoS (despite the rather shitty editing)
    Favourite Fight: Grant/Bond in FRWL; OHMSS and the hotel; CR and Obanno
    Favourite Delivery of Bond, James Bond: Connery in Dr. No
    Favourite Bond Suits: Connery in FRWL, GF; Brosnan in TND, Craig in QoS
    Favourite Watch: TWINE
    Favourite Atmosphere: FRWL, TB in Bahamas; YOLT and Japan; TSWLM in Egypt; FYEO in Greece;TLD in Austria; Casino Royale in the Casino Royale
    Favourite Cinematography: TB; YOLT; Spy; MR; QoS; SF
    Favourite Locations: Istanbul; Venice; Bahamas; Austrian Alps
  • doubleohdaddoubleohdad
    Posts: 1,146
    "Last rat standing."

    Awesome.
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
    edited January 2015 Posts: 4,412
    Thank you
  • JohnBarryFanJohnBarryFan
    Posts: 1,405
    I really can't understand what people are talking about when they argue about George Lazenby being a wooden, emotionless James Bond, an impostor.

    OHMSS wouldn't be such a GREAT movie without it's lead actor being less than very good. From the first scene to the last, he delivers a solid performance, waaayyy better than some of Sean Connery or Pierce Brosnan.

    All things being as they are, OHMSS would not have become one the best, if not the very best film of the franchise, without Lazenby. Just imagine OHMSS with a bored Connery.

    It's a shame Lazenby wasn't around for more.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    I too think Lazenby did a great job.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited January 2015 Posts: 23,883
    I agree @JohnBarryFan. I saw OHMSS recently and my qualms with the film do not have to do with Lazenby. He was very good in it and was able to humanize Bond without letting his portrayal drift into sappiness. That was a very difficult feat to pull off, especially for someone who's career was in male modeling.

    It's amazing he actually got the part after Connery for such a prestigious role given his career, but that was the 60's I suppose. Here's a quote from Peter Hunt that sums it up:

    '"We wanted someone who oozed sexual assurance, and we think this fellow has that. Just wait til the women see him on screen ... I am not saying he is an actor. There is a great deal of difference between an actor and a film star. Didn't they find Gary Cooper when he was an electrician    ?"

    Anyway I agree with you. He was great in the movie and I would have preferred him for DAF, given Connery's obvious boredom in that movie.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Pierce Brosnan was awesome in GE & TND, he was excellent in TWINE, and he rocked the shaky casbah in DAD. We were lucky to have him for the time we did, as we were Connery in the 60's and Dalton in the 80's. =D>
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    I love all the Bond actors. Brosnan especially.

    I love Goldeneye the most as it is the Best Bond film ever. :)

    And I love most of the other Bond films as well.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    One of my favourite moments EVER in a Bond movie is when Pierce was setting the explosive in GE and a bullet winged the post he was up against near his head, and he just reacted to the impact but stayed focused on the job at hand. Pure effin' brilliance.
  • doubleohdaddoubleohdad
    Posts: 1,146
    chrisisall wrote: »
    One of my favorite moments EVER in a Bond movie is when Pierce was setting the explosive in GE and a bullet winged the post he was up against near his head, and he just reacted to the impact but stayed focused on the job at hand. Pure effin' brilliance.

    I must admit that's a great gag, makes me smile every time. Great direction by Martin Campbell.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    One of my favorite bits, too, @chrisisall. And no, not at all a gag.
    Just cool. Brosnan was a very cool Bond.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    4EverBonded wrote: »
    Brosnan was a very cool Bond.
    "You were good with those guards."
    "It comes from growing up in a rough neighborhood. You were good on that bike."
    "It comes from never growing up at all."
    Brilliant. I love it.
  • timmertimmer
    Posts: 4,622
    I love every moment that Sean Connery is on screen, in every movie, especially his most awesome.performance in Diamonds Are Forever!

    I love all the screen Blofelds and their cats.
    I love all the Bond girls, especially the sassy girls, Pussy, Tiffany, Goodnight, Stacey, Christmas and Olga, and even including Eva, when she's not being a crabapple.
    I love all the Ken Adam sets. Especially the big volcano.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
    Posts: 13,384
    I absolutely loved Corinne Cléry from MR. :x
  • LicencedToKilt69007LicencedToKilt69007 Belgium, Wallonia
    edited January 2015 Posts: 523
    Excellent thread
  • JohnBarryFanJohnBarryFan
    edited January 2015 Posts: 1,405
    Favourite Movies: OHMSS, CR, TLD
    Favourite Bonds: Dalton, Lazenby, Craig
    Favourite Bond Performance: Craig in CR, closely followed by Dalton in TLD.
    Favourite Girls: Tatiana, Corrine Dufour, Tracy, Vesper.
    Favourite Villains: Frans Sanchez, Le Chiffre, Kronsteen, Savalas's version of Blofeld, Alex Trevelyan, Silva.
    Favourite Associates: Saunders, Kerim Bey, Marc Ange Draco, Colombo, Mathis.
    Favourite Sacrificial Lamb: Aki, Corrine Dufour.
    Favourite Score: OHMSS, TLD.
    Favourite Cars: Melina Havelock's yellow Citroen and the Mercucy Cougar from OHMSS
    Favourite GB Music: OHMSS, CR.
    Favourite GB Spin & Shoot: George Lazenby.
    Favourite Pretitles: OHMSS, CR, TLD
    Favourite M: Judy Dench
    Favourite MP: Lois Maxwell
    Favourite Action Sequence: When Bond enter the Embassy and wreck havok in CR
    Favourite Car Chase: OHMSS.
    Favourite Fight: Necros vs Secret Service Man, Bond vs Che Che, Bond vs Grant, Bond vs Obanno
    Favourite Delivery of Bond, James Bond: Connery in DN
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
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    DrGorner wrote: »
    I also love dear old Q, The much missed Desmond !

    I actually loveee the new young "Q" :P :\">
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
    Posts: 13,384
    I hope to love him as he becomes a familiar face in the Bond family.
    Although I really enjoyed him in SF.
    I also love Dame Judi .
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,690
    Favourite Movies: DN, FRWL, YOLT, TLD, LTK, GE, TND, TWINE, QOS
    Favourite Bonds: Connery, Dalton, Brosnan.
    Favourite Bond Performance: Dalton in either movie.
    Favourite Girls: Honey, Aki, Solitaire, Kara, Wai Lin.
    Favourite Villains: Dr. No, Goldfinger, Kananga, Sanchez, Trevelyan, Carver.
    Favourite Associates: Hedison's Leiter (both times), Saunders, Mathis.
    Favourite Sacrificial Lamb: Aki.
    Favourite Score: TLD.
    Favourite Cars: AM Vantage V8.
    Favourite GB Music: DAF.
    Favourite GB Spin & Shoot: Brosnan.
    Favourite Pretitles: TLD, GF.
    Favourite M: Lee.
    Favourite MP: Bliss.
    Favourite Action Sequence: Tanker chase in LTK.
    Favourite Car Chase: TLD.
    Favourite Fight: Bond vs. Trevelyan.
    Favourite Delivery of Bond, James Bond: Connery in DN
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    edited January 2015 Posts: 12,459
    I love Sean Bean. As Trevelyan ... as anything. Oh yes. 8->

    I love Judi Dench and hope her eyesight improves. I admire her whole career, but I also appreciate and respect her as a person, what I have learned about her (granted I do not know much, but all I have read is pretty darn good).
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited January 2015 Posts: 17,690
    Why TND is my third favourite Bond Movie:
    Okay, Brosnan plays a total hero Bond, not usually my favourite kind, but he is conflicted a bit by Paris' involvement, and he goes pretty dark for a moment dispatching Carver...
    But what I really like is "We'll finish this together." The music as Bond Kisses breath into Wai Lin's mouth.
    Yep, dopey romantic, guilty as charged. :))
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
    Posts: 13,384
    I love David Arnold's music for all the Bond films he's done. :)
  • MartinAstonMartinAston
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    I love DAF, especially the dream sequence.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    As this is a thread about "love", I don't hate DAF, but do feel it has
    More in common with the Derek Flint films. :D
    Luckily for me, I'm very fond of the Flint films ! :)
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    MartinAston wrote: »
    I love DAF, especially the dream sequence.

    According to you, the whole film is a dream.
  • JohnBarryFanJohnBarryFan
    Posts: 1,405
    I don't know if this is the right place but here it goes:

    I often dream there were 1 or 2 Timothy Dalton Bond movies released some years ago and I didn't see them. That's make me mad as hell.

    As luck would have it, I find a theater where the movie is still playing and I go.
    Believe it or not, what little I can watch of the movie before I wake is ALWAYS excellent!
  • MartinAstonMartinAston
    edited January 2015 Posts: 238
    JohnBarryFan wrote: »
    I don't know if this is the right place but here it goes:

    I often dream there were 1 or 2 Timothy Dalton Bond movies released some years ago and I didn't see them. That's make me mad as hell.

    As luck would have it, I find a theater where the movie is still playing and I go.
    Believe it or not, what little I can watch of the movie before I wake is ALWAYS excellent!
    Can you remember what happens in the movie part of the dream?
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