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Post by cricket-Angel Dameron on Jul 5, 2016 8:51:18 GMT
Favourite Bond? Favourite Bond film? Favourite Bond theme?
I have a favourite film for each official Bond (except Lazenby - that is a horrible film):
Connery: You Only Live Twice Moore: For Your Eyes Only Dalton: Licence to Kill Brosnan: Tomorrow Never Dies Craig: Casino Royale
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Post by cali4ster on Jul 5, 2016 10:49:07 GMT
In order of preference;
Dalton - Living Daylights (though both films are fine)
Connery - Diamonds Are Forever
Craig - Casino Royale
Moore - The Spy Who Loved Me
Brosnan - Goldeneye
Oddly, as Moore is not my favourite, I think "The Spy Who Loved Me" is the best all round Bond film. It may be because it is the first I remember seeing, but also it also captures the feeling I expect from a Bond film of being an adventure (It must have captivated the 8 year old me).
Music is a mood toss up between "You Only Live Twice" or "Another Way To Die" (Quantum of Solace).
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Post by cricket-Angel Dameron on Jul 5, 2016 11:00:32 GMT
Ooh really - you like the Quantum of Solace song??? I can't bear to listen to it all the way through!
I think of Tomorrow Never Dies as quintessential Bond (though Brosnan is not my favourite) - he had grown into the role, there was plenty of Bond music, and an excellent Bond girl. |
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Post by cali4ster on Jul 5, 2016 13:53:31 GMT
Ooh really - you like the Quantum of Solace song??? I can't bear to listen to it all the way through!
I think of Tomorrow Never Dies as quintessential Bond (though Brosnan is not my favourite) - he had grown into the role, there was plenty of Bond music, and an excellent Bond girl. I like Jack White, can take or leave Alicia Keys, but I think it is the best theme of the Craig and Brosnan Bonds, at least. I oft confuse TND with The World is not Enough, but my problem for me with TND is Jonathan Pryce. I like him, a lot, and just like Javier Bardem in Skyfall, ack, over-camped such that Millets share price went through the roof. They are both decent enough actors that they can be villains, Bond villains even, and just be a bad guy (conversely I don't mind Christopher Walken or Stephen Berkoff being wacky, OTT, extra-camp, because it is what they do and they do it well). What I do love about TND is Dr. Kaufman. |
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Post by bethb63 on Jul 5, 2016 20:01:00 GMT
My all around favourite is Diamonds Are Forever. I was 8 when it came out and remember going to see it. The best Bond. The best villains in Blofeld and Mr Kidd and Mr Wint, and also Bambi and Thumper. Probably the best song.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2016 22:08:48 GMT
I can take or leave Bond films although I do have a soft spot for Live And Let Die as it is the first one I went to see at the cinema
My favourite themes are:
Live And Let Die - Wings
Nobody Does It better (The Spy Who Loved Me) - Carly Simon
Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley Bassey
You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra
We Have All The Time In The World (OHMSS) - Louis Armstrong
Licence To kill _Gladys Knight
A View To A Kill - Duran Duran
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Post by cali4ster on Jul 6, 2016 9:04:32 GMT
To go, slightly, OT for the moment, there is a scene close to the beginning of "Grosse Pointe Blank" when Cusack's character is driving with Guns & Roses' version of Live and Let Die playing on the car stereo. The music continues when he stops and gets out of the car but, when he goes into a store, it changes, seamlessly, into a supermarket muzak version of the same. Brilliant. |
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Post by Miranda on Jul 6, 2016 9:06:18 GMT
The score is amazing in that film! It's one of the best ever. Whoever put it together has great knowledge of early eighties music and how to use it.
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Post by bethb63 on Jul 6, 2016 9:41:41 GMT
 Love Grosse Pointe Blank and the Cusacks in general.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 14:32:34 GMT
I like Roger Moore as Bond best, I like Sean too but prefer Roger. A view to a kill is my favourite closely followed by The man with the golden gun (love Christopher Lee)
I absolutely cannot bear Live & let die, all that voodoo stuff is so creepy.
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