Moonraker holds a special place for me because it was the first I saw in a theater. Plus, Dr. Goodhead, Jaws, the awesome Amazon boat scene, and all the perfect master race hotties = can't be all that bad.

Die Another Day was simply horrible. The World is Not Enough is pretty close.

Tough to pick an overall favorite, but the early ones are all in the running - From Russia, Thunderball, Goldfinger.

Best Theme Song - You Only Live Twice by Nancy Sinatra

I always prefered this version of that song.

I'm one of the few that liked Octop***y. actually one of my favs.

With Moonraker, for some reason I always chuckle at Bond's statement to Goodhead when Jaws is approaching on the cable car - his name is Jaws, he kills people.

My favorite Bond movies tend to be the older Connery movies, especially From Russia With Love and You Only Live Twice. I also rank both Dalton movies, For Your Eyes Only, and Goldeneye very highly. And I enjoyed Never Say Never Again although it is not considered an official Bond movie.

This thread made me think about this funny James Bond parody song I came across a while back. Really funny stuff if you're a Bond fan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkbebJbvu_A

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With Moonraker, for some reason I always chuckle at Bond's statement to Goodhead when Jaws is approaching on the cable car - his name is Jaws, he kills people.

My favorite Bond movies tend to be the older Connery movies, especially From Russia With Love and You Only Live Twice. I also rank both Dalton movies, For Your Eyes Only, and Goldeneye very high lying. And I enjoyed Never Say Never Again although it is not considered an official Bond movie.

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I always think of fyeo as the forgotten bond film...It's not memorably bad but it's not usually talked about in a best bond discussion either

It is pretty decent though

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This thread made me think about this funny James Bond parody song I came across a while back. Really funny stuff if you're a Bond fan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkbebJbvu_A

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I highly recommend Jonathan Coulton's classic "Skullcrusher Mountain." While not specifically based on James Bond, it is about a stereotypical Bond villain attempting to fling some woo at a would-be girlfriend. Hilarious lyrics, especially the line "Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?"

I dont think Goldeneye was as good as some of yall think. It was good but not great. I think the video game helped for Goldeneye. Quantum wasn't that good but the scene at the opera is one of the best bond scenes of all time, IMO. The rest of the movie is below average to mediocre.

Daltons movies are underrated I like them.

I probably like Moore better than most.

I thought On her majesty's secret service was very good.

My favorite bond movies and worst by actor are:

Goldfinger (the best one out of any), diamonds are forever
For your eyes only, a view to a kill
living daylights, license to kill (these are close)
goldeneye (obvious), die another day (obvious)
casino royale, quantum




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From Russia / Diamonds
OHMSS
The Spy Who Loved Me / View to Kill
LTK/ TLD
Goldeneye / Die Another Day
Casino / Quantum

Goldeneye had the built-in advantage of being released after several bad Moore films and two Dalton films that didn't live up to expectations. That probably accounts for most of the nostalgia for it. IMO, it really does deserve the praise it gets.

I think Goldeneye has several advantages. Pierce Bronsan is great in the movie, Sean Bean is an excellent villain, and our generation had Goldeneye 64, which definitely doesn't hurt the movie's cred.

And the double whammy of Famka and Izabella, both Top 10 all time Bond girls, IMO.

I think George Lazenby's best Bond film was "On Her Majesty's Secret Service."






Of course, that one is also his worst.

Worst Songs:
Tomorrow Never Dies
Die Another Day

Best Songs:
Live and Let Die
Nobody Does it Better (Spy Who Loved Me)
The World is Not Enough

What's wrong with the Tomorrow Never Dies theme?

Other great themes:

Goldfinger
Skyfall

Thunderball and Goldeneye themes are great as well.

Absolutely disagree with lumping Tomorrow Never Dies in the "worst theme song" category. Sheryl Crow and the lyrics are great in that song.

Die Another Day definitely reeks, and Alisha Keys' Another Way to Die (QoS) is almost as bad. Another awful, awful theme is All Time High (Rita Coolidge) for Octo*****. Gag.

My top favorites are:

You Know My Name - Chris Cornell (Casino Royale)
From Russia With Love - Matt Monroe
You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra
Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley Bassey
Tomorrow Never Dies - Sheryl Crow
The World Is Not Enough - Garbage
Skyfall - Adele

I like nearly all of the other Bond themes a lot, and listen to them pretty regularly. GnR's remake of Live and Let Die (found on the Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack) is fun, too. I'd love to hear Adele re-record You Only Live Twice.

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the second two of Brosnan's were beyond terrible.

Terrible Bond movies.
Terrible plots.
Terrible villains.
Terrible acting.
Terrible movies.

I even liked Brosnan in the role a lot but they butchered those two.

I know it requires cognitive dissonance to achieve, because it's not factually accurate, but I really do personally choose to consider Brosnan's Thomas Crown Affair remake to be his third Bond film. By that measure, he had two good Bonds, one mediocre-to-bad one, and two total stinkers.

Goldeneye
The Thomas Crown Affair


Tomorrow Never Dies




The World is Not Enough
Die Another Day

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1: The 1967 Casino Royale
2: Her Magesty's Secret Service

I cannot believe I didn't see either of these mentioned.

The 1967 Casino Royal (like Never Say Never Again) are not considered in the Bond canon.

I like OHMSS. Telly savalas played a good blofeld. And diana riggs performance was strong I thought.

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Because it was so bad, or because it wasn't done by United Artists?

It was a comedy spoof, not based on any Ian Fleming material other than some character names. No other reason necessary. (And it was really stupid, too.)

Technically, Never Say Never Again is not an "official" James Bond movie because it wasn't produced by Eon Productions, the production company which held the movie rights to all the other Ian Fleming novels. Although the James Bond character is in the movie and the plot is based on Thunderball (due to a very long legal battle over the rights to that novel) the traditional Bond gun barrel opening is not in the movie and neither are some other trademarked Bond elements. It sort of stands by itself in its own NeverNeverLand category, along with the original TV production of Casino Royale starring Barry Nelson. (Which actually predates Dr. No!)

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Wait, so for a Bond movie to be officially in the canon, it has to be based on a book by Fleming?

I'm confused. Did Fleming write a book behind Skyfall?

No, obviously that's not the deciding factor. Again, 1967 Casino Royale was a comedy spoof, with multiple actors playing "Jimmy Bond."

Yes, I realize it's a spoof...a terrible one. I've seen it.

Jimmy Bond was James Bond's nephew, but I don't recall there being more than one.

The problem with that movie was that three directors did three different parts of the movie. It didn't flow well at all. That and Peter Sellers walked out on the movie. It didn't bode well for the end product.

It does have it's funny parts though. Woody Allen jumping the firing line wall only to end up on another firing line on the other side is gold.

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"Wait, so for a Bond movie to be officially in the canon, it has to be based on a book by Fleming?

I'm confused. Did Fleming write a book behind Skyfall?"

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No, "official" Bond films are the ones that were made by the Broccoli's. They are the family that owns the rights to Ian Fleming's character. However, there are some 'loopholes' that were exploited by other studios that allowed the two "unofficial" Bond movies (Casino and Never Say).

Those are the "non-canon" Bond films and therefore aren't included in almost every Bond film discussion.

'67 casino royal: james bond series :: spaceballs: star war series

Goldeneye - best movie and best video game.