James Bond Appreciation Thread

[LeChampion1992]

So everyone who here was your favorite James bond growing up. I will say something unpopular but Roger Moore is the best bond in my eyes. He has been able to be both over the top yet moderated if needed.

That being said even the worst James bond films are still better then the best fast and the furious films. Anyways that's my view what about yours guys.

 

[MrTroll]

Connery is obviously king but Roger Moore is very underrated. All of his movies are fun as fuck (especially Moonraker, the most underrated Bond movie ever made). Bond went downhill after he was replaced with Dalton and never recovered. Each Bond has been shittier, lamer, and more PC than the last.

Brosnan at least could have been good but he just had one shitty script after another to work with.

 

[KateHikes14]

Casino Royale took a bloated decaying series that pierce Brosnan had all but killed revived it and somehow made a poker movie worth watching. The quality of bond films since has seemed to only go down steeply since his third movie (his third being the second best), I'm scared to see how the newest massacres my boy.
I will consneed however that his bond movies have been a significant departure from bond movies as a whole, but that departure is one towards how the books read and feel.

 

[C0d3]

Since I'm a fan of the books by Flemming I rather enjoyed Timothy Daltons version.
Second is tied for Connery and Brosnan. Third is Daniel Craig and so on.

 

[Chilson]

Casino Royale took a bloated decaying series that pierce Brosnan had all but killed revived it and somehow made a poker movie worth watching. The quality of bond films since has seemed to only go down steeply since his third movie (his third being the second best), I'm scared to see how the newest massacres my boy.
I will consneed however that his bond movies have been a significant departure from bond movies as a whole, but that departure is one towards how the books read and feel.

I feel Brosnan is seriously under rated as Bond. Yes, the last movie under him was fucking terrible and the rest were lackluster at best barring his first outing. But, the man did give us Golden eye which is a fantastic film that actually explores these spy "relics" and their worth in a post-cold war world. For 1995 that was actually pretty relevant.

He also portrayed a bond who was surprisingly genuine about his romantic affairs. They were not just objects for him, but relationships that actually held some form of value. Hell, he almost mourns over the corpse of the main villain of "the world is not enough" because he did care for her.

 

[LeChampion1992]

Connery is obviously king but Roger Moore is very underrated. All of his movies are fun as fuck (especially Moonraker, the most underrated Bond movie ever made). Bond went downhill after he was replaced with Dalton and never recovered. Each Bond has been shittier, lamer, and more PC than the last.

Brosnan at least could have been good but he just had one shitty script after another to work with.

Honestly Dalton is the most underrated. License to kill has aged like a fine wine. Not to mention the living daylights felt like they were phoning it in. But after GoldenEye one could feel the love leave the series. After poor Albert R Broccoli died the series never felt right. After the late Desmond lewellend died bond stopped being bond.

Casino Royale took a bloated decaying series that pierce Brosnan had all but killed revived it and somehow made a poker movie worth watching. The quality of bond films since has seemed to only go down steeply since his third movie (his third being the second best), I'm scared to see how the newest massacres my boy.
I will consneed however that his bond movies have been a significant departure from bond movies as a whole, but that departure is one towards how the books read and feel.

I think the Craig films were good but it took 3 films to actually be a proper bond film ie gunbarrel sequence and etc.... After Spectre it felt boring. Like rewatching the 60s, 70s and 80s bond films you just sense magic that isn't in the films post 1999. Like bond films aren't bond films without the amazing set pieces.

 

[KateHikes14]

I feel Brosnan is seriously under rated as Bond. Yes, the last movie under him was fucking terrible and the rest were lackluster at best barring his first outing. But, the man did give us Golden eye which is a fantastic film that actually explores these spy "relics" and their worth in a post-cold war world. For 1995 that was actually pretty relevant.

He also portrayed a bond who was surprisingly genuine about his romantic affairs. They were not just objects for him, but relationships that actually held some form of value. Hell, he almost mourns over the corpse of the main villain of "the world is not enough" because he did care for her.

The fact that Brosnan only had one good showing despite the world is not enough and tomorrow never dies being phenomenal premises tells me that goldeneye was a fluke.

I think the Craig films were good but it took 3 films to actually be a proper bond film ie gunbarrel sequence and etc.... After Spectre it felt boring. Like rewatching the 60s, 70s and 80s bond films you just sense magic that isn't in the films post 1999. Like bond films aren't bond films without the amazing set pieces.

His third had a phenomenal set piece, watch the whole highrise assassination scene start to finish and tell me any different, plus Javier Bardem is an incredible villain, the story he tells while surrounded by bitcoin mining rigs is incrediblely well composed from the cinematography to the scripting, a very memorable speech.

 

[LeChampion1992]

His third had a phenomenal set piece, watch the whole highrise assassination scene start to finish and tell me any different, plus Javier Bardem is an incredible villain, the story he tells while surrounded by bitcoin mining rigs is incrediblely well composed from the cinematography to the scripting, a very memorable speech.

I mean don't get me wrong Javier Bardem is a wonderful villian and the supporting actors were great in the third film. But Skyfall will never have the magic Thunderball or even on her majesty's secret service had. Skyfall is quite a good film on it's own regard and it's leagues better then die another day or quantum of solace. Heck I'm going to sound old but I think after MGM let their studios get into legal trouble in the late 80s they ruined bond. They should have soft rebooted the franchise with Dalton in 1985 having him do casino Royale, the living daylights, and etc...

 

[5t3n0g0ph3r]

I feel Brosnan is seriously under rated as Bond. Yes, the last movie under him was fucking terrible and the rest were lackluster at best barring his first outing. But, the man did give us Golden eye which is a fantastic film that actually explores these spy "relics" and their worth in a post-cold war world. For 1995 that was actually pretty relevant.

Additionally, the concept of Tomorrow Never Dies seems to be more relevant today than back in 1997.
Yellow journalists stoking the fires of a war with China?
Seems topical to me.

 

[MakaZA]

Casino Royale took a bloated decaying series that pierce Brosnan had all but killed revived it and somehow made a poker movie worth watching. The quality of bond films since has seemed to only go down steeply since his third movie (his third being the second best), I'm scared to see how the newest massacres my boy.
I will consneed however that his bond movies have been a significant departure from bond movies as a whole, but that departure is one towards how the books read and feel.

Its pretty damn bad... Watched it last week.

 

[Sex Cannon Lupa]

Dalton was the most true to the character, imo. Craig had glimpses in his first two movies but TWINE Skyfall, Spectre, and The Unbearable Wokeness of Bond were so fucking boring and generic that they will forever taint his legacy.

Overall, the best has to be Moore. He had a couple really good movies, a darker movie in Golden Gun, and a couple of mediocre movies that were at least fun to watch and had catchy music and hot girls. Connery was ok, but Goldfinger is massively overrated and everything after that was a slog. (But still better than No Time 2 Die.)

I grew up on Brosnan Bond, and even as a kid I knew GoldenEye was his best movie. It's basically the unofficial 3rd Dalton movie. TND was okay (I love it for how 90s it is), and TWINE and DAD had some moments, but he was obviously phoning it in during the latter half of his tenure. I don't know if it's Babs taking over as producer, or making Pervis & Wade permanent writers, but after TND the series really started going to shit and I don't think it will ever recover. At least it won't until society itself changes, which I'm not sure it will.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Octopussy was one of the first curse words that I ever learned as a kid. Thanks Dad.

 

[Captain Syrup]

I grew up on Brosnan Bond, and even as a kid I knew GoldenEye was his best movie. It's basically the unofficial 3rd Dalton movie. TND was okay (I love it for how 90s it is), and TWINE and DAD had some moments

Brosnan is to the 90's what Craig is to today. GoldenEye revived the series and updated it for a modern world. It shook off the lethargy which had set in during the 80's. Bond is played (almost) like a normal guy, not a slick-talking juggernaut. He's seen by M as a throwback to another era; a man out of time. Better: It gave older fans a taste of what they’d been missing.

Unfortunately the next three films were pretty boring.

As many have pointed out, GoldenEye was good mainly because it was written for Dalton's Bond.

Additionally, the concept of Tomorrow Never Dies seems to be more relevant today than back in 1997.

In old days men had the rack. Now they have the press... at the present moment it is the only estate. It has eaten up the other three. The Lords Temporal say nothing, the Lords Spiritual have nothing to say, and the House of Commons has nothing to say and says it. We are dominated by Journalism. - Oscar Wilde

 

[Drdinnermint]

I mean don't get me wrong Javier Bardem is a wonderful villian and the supporting actors were great in the third film. But Skyfall will never have the magic Thunderball or even on her majesty's secret service had. Skyfall is quite a good film on it's own regard and it's leagues better then die another day or quantum of solace. Heck I'm going to sound old but I think after MGM let their studios get into legal trouble in the late 80s they ruined bond. They should have soft rebooted the franchise with Dalton in 1985 having him do casino Royale, the living daylights, and etc...

Skyfall is where Bond hit peak plothole

 

[Drdinnermint]

Craig was no fun. The uggo has been pretending to be Bond since 2006 but as soon as he smiles SIXTEEN YEARS LATER feeble waller Bridge drops a fucking nuke on him

 

[Absolutego]

Skyfall is where Bond hit peak plothole

It really bothered me that they ruined the whole "James Bond is just a codename" out to explain the different actors/eras for the series. When you end the movie at the Bond family mansion and show his parents' graves, that excuse goes out the window. It seems like the kind of thing a producer should've noticed and intervened to stop happening for the sake of the series' longevity.

Also apologize for double posting.

 

[Drdinnermint]

It really bothered me that they ruined the whole "James Bond is just a codename" out to explain the different actors/eras for the series. When you end the movie at the Bond family mansion and show his parents' graves, that excuse goes out the window. It seems like the kind of thing a producer should've noticed and intervened to stop happening for the sake of the series' longevity.

Also apologize for double posting.

It's the villains stupid plan that pisses me off. Allowing himself to be captured and put in a ww2 building, relying on it having only electronic locks, escaping, blowing up tube tunnels all to get on public transport in London and shoot judi Dench, which he could have done anyway.

 

[Uncle June]

Brosnan gets a lot of hate but I think it's misdirected. 3/4 of his movies were poorly written slops that attempted to capitalize on the Bond name and brought nothing to the table otherwise. Even Connery couldn't out-act a shit script.

 

[The Lawgiver]

Absurd shitpost animations from the 2000s show more respect to james bond than the new movie, think about that.

 

[Drdinnermint]

Brosnan gets a lot of hate but I think it's misdirected. 3/4 of his movies were poorly written slops that attempted to capitalize on the Bond name and brought nothing to the table otherwise. Even Connery couldn't out-act a shit script.

Purvis and Wade have a lot to answer for