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Bond Movie A vs. Bond Movie B (Diamonds Are Forever vs. The World Is Not Enough)

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  • DiscoVolanteDiscoVolante Stockholm, Sweden
    Posts: 1,347
    <b>Dr. No</b>. After recently re-watching it, I was reminded how great it is, and how stunning Ursula Andress is.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    edited April 2012 Posts: 12,837
    Dr No If Moonraker didn't ruin the Jaws character then I'd like it more, and there are some great moments (the skydiving PTS, the bit when Bond is trapped on the spinny thingy, the fight with Chang, the fight with Jaws on the cable car), I can even get past the whole space thing, but what they did to Jaws was just awful.

    I don't really like Dr No that much though. I think it's a bit boring.
  • BorisScaramangaBorisScaramanga
    Posts: 53
    Moonraker. My favourite Bond of all time.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    MOONRAKER
  • 007RogerMoore007RogerMoore
    edited April 2012 Posts: 1,082
    MR, even though DN is good. And regarding Ursula Andress, I was in love with her when I was 12.
  • SirHenryLeeChaChingSirHenryLeeChaChing
    Posts: 3,494
    DR. NO as in NO contest. Only DAD is worse than Muckraker.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, this one is serious too?!

    Do I really need to say it?!?!

    Fine.

    DN
  • AussieBondAussieBond
    Posts: 185
    DR. NO
  • VolanteVolante
    edited April 2012 Posts: 774
    DN, obviously.
  • SJK91SJK91
    edited April 2012 Posts: 1,310
    Okay this one is a complete no brainer for me. Dr. No tops Moonraker in every regard with the exception of "number of minutes spent in outer space."

    4. Dr. No (1962) - 9/10
    5. Thunderball (1965) - 8.5/10
    6. The Living Daylights (1987) - 8.5/10
    7. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) - 8.5/10
    8. GoldenEye (1995) - 8/10
    9. You Only Live Twice (1967) - 7.5/10
    10. License to Kill (1989) - 7.5/10
    11. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - 7/10
    12. Octopussy (1983) - 7/10
    13. For Your Eyes Only (1981) - 7/10
    14. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) - 7/10
    15. Live and Let Die (1973) - 7/10
    16. Quantum of Solace (2008) - 6/10
    17. The World Is Not Enough (1999) - 6/10
    18. Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - 5.5/10
    19. Moonraker (1979) - 5.5/10
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
    edited April 2012 Posts: 7,854
    DN for reasons of it's a better movie. This also puts the score at 8-3 in DN's favor.
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    It was harder than I first imagined but Doctor No wins this round

    At least bond is serious, keeps his feet on the ground, and no embarrassing return of a henchman. Joseph Wiseman makes for a very good adversary too, and it has the lovely and exciting Andress instead of a cardboard, banal, Chiles as main Bond lady

    There's more action in Moonraker and that it keeps the interest but that's not everything in a Bond film, therefore I went with Doctor No
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    Posts: 11,139
    Dr.No without hesitation.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    10-3, DN is winning.
  • ChuckChuck
    Posts: 212
    Dr. No by the widest of margins.
  • DoubleOhhSevenDoubleOhhSeven
    Posts: 1,778
    This is gonna sound crazy but I enjoy Moonraker more. It was the very first Bond movie I ever saw and has alot of centimental value to me.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    11-4, still DN.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,330
    MOONRAKER!
  • 00Beast00Beast
    Posts: 4,762
    Bond Himself: Tough one, but I say Sean Connery here because I've always felt that Roger wasn't as good in his fourth as he was with the other six.
    Action: Moonraker, no question there!
    Locations: Moonraker, no doubt
    Music: Once again, Moonraker
    Villains: Dr. No- the title villain is better than Drax, and I'll take Professor Dent over the ruined Jaws anyday
    Girls: Dr. No, for sure- Honey, Sylvia, and Taro beat the others
    Gadgets: Moonraker, though it's not exactly an even match here
    Fun Factor: Obviously Moonraker!
    Nostalgia: Dr. No, I bought it before Moonraker and watched it many more times

    Moonraker takes this hand with 5 categories to Dr. No's four. Though both are below my Top 15 line, I still have found Moonraker to be better than Dr. No in recent viewings. However, both are very close, as shown below.

    18. Moonraker
    19. Dr. No
    (official rankings of as recently)
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    11-6, MR is catching up.
  • KerimKerim Istanbul Not Constantinople
    edited April 2012 Posts: 2,629
    I vote yes to No.

    Unlike MR, what should have been in space made it into space.
  • commandbond007commandbond007
    Posts: 660
    12-6 Dr.NO obviously........Moonraker is not a Bond movie but science fiction....
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    commandbond007 wrote:
    12-6 Dr.NO obviously........Moonraker is not a Bond movie but science fiction....

    H.G. Wells himself would scoff at MR.
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    Actually they insisted at the time that Moonraker was 'Science Fact'
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    Baltimore_007 wrote:
    Actually they insisted at the time that Moonraker was 'Science Fact'

    Codeword for let's try to make a lot of $$$ by cashing off of Star Wars. Way to be original.
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    And look at how successful they were with it, $200,000,000, six times over the budget for that years release, but of course the idea to send Bond into space is outrageously stupid whichever way you look at it, they took the Star Wars route and the money rolled in as a consequence, a dumb idea in retrospect but I bet they weren't thinking about that as they counted the profits
  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
    Posts: 3,262
    I wish one of my "outrageously stupid" ideas garnered me $200,000,000.

    Anyway, I love both films competing this round but I'm casting my vote for the highly underrated Moonraker.
  • Agent005Agent005
    Posts: 562
    Dr. No
  • Jones_The_BondJones_The_Bond
    Posts: 344
    Gosh. I was about to write: "mismatch! Throw in the towel! Rog is getting killed out there!" But, Moonraker is making much more of a fight of it than I imagined.

    Moonraker is quite a production, and, regardless of its merits as a Bond movie, it is a remarkable achievement on many levels (the Academy Award nomination is testament to the special effects).

    All that being said, I can't possibly vote against Dr No
  • WVPoefWVPoef
    Posts: 147
    DN wins but not by much.

    List of rating.
    DN - 9
    MR - 10
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