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[Kingdom Come]

[In response to simon's post below; I am refering to uk / english langauge versions of the poster artwork].

best:

1. Live And Let Die
2. You Only Live Twice
3. Diamonds Are Forever
4. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. Man With The Golden Gun


weakest:

1. From Russia With Love
2. Goldfinger
3. Moonraker
4. Licence To Kill
5. Tomorrow Never Dies

[JackChase007]

My favorite will always be the DIE ANOTHER DAY teaser poster, with the gun laying on the ice. Hands down, not only my favorite Bond poster, but my favorite one of all time.

[Simon]

Kingdom Come, it might be worth specifying whether you are referring to UK or US poster artworks......and that if you are only referring to English language ones.

[Triton]

For images of the poster campaigns for each James Bond film, check out the following link to the Art of James Bond web site:

Poster Artwork

[Robinson]

I'll weigh in on this by simply saying I prefer the painted/illustrated posters to the photo driven posters from LTK on.

I think the recent posters of the Bronsan Era- namely TND to DAD are lacking. While I like TND's red motif and multiple monitor depictions of the action, I really feel that there hasn't been to much in the way of imagination when it comes the modern Bond poster. GE stands out because they successfully blend the various photos into something that actually looks like the posters of old.

this may put me into the "old " category but give me the painted gems of Bob Peak

http://www.bobpeak.com/

He did the main poster for TSWLM and for my money created some of the best movie posters of the 70's and 80's. ROLLERBALL, APOCALYPSE NOW, ST II: THE WRATH OF KAHN and ST: THE MOTION PICTURE stand out.

The folks in the creative dept at MGM really need to get back to this style of artwork or get someone with some really artistic Photoshop skills

[DLibrasnow]

Best
1. For Your Eyes Only - UK Quad
2. Diamonds Are Forever
3. Octopussy
4. The Living Daylights
5. Live and Let Die

Weakest
1. Tomorrow Never Dies.
2. Die Another Say.
3. The World Is Not Enough.
4. The Spy Who Loved Me.
5. From Russia With Love.

[Brix Bond]

In my opinion the Die Another Day one with Bond/Jinx against the plain blue blackground is the worst. It's totally uninspired and it's boring to look at.

All the painted posters are works of art.

[Tarl_Cabot]

In my opinion the Die Another Day one with Bond/Jinx against the plain blue blackground is the worst. It's totally uninspired and it's boring to look at."

And Pierce's pic is very unflattering. he looks like sh_t. :eek:

[TGO]

I think the best Bond posters never used, was the concept posters for OHMSS. That is the best example of subtle beauty in a poster, I have ever seen. Too bad it wasn't used because the producers felt that "it gave too much away"...and it did.

[BONDFINESSE 007]

my fav has always been avtak poster, just a great picture, sets the tone for the movie

[Righty007]

The US Die Another Day poster is the weakest!

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by BONDFINESSE 007
my fav has always been avtak poster, just a great picture, sets the tone for the movie

I liked the A View to a Kill poster that featured Grace Jones and Roger Moore in the foreground and then a poster of Bond and Stacey on the Golden Gate Bridge as an inset.

[Robinson]

Originally posted by DLibrasnow


I liked the A View to a Kill poster that featured Grace Jones and Roger Moore in the foreground and then a poster of Bond and Stacey on the Golden Gate Bridge as an inset.

Again, another clever use of ARTWORK to promote a film.

I'm not against the use of photography for movie posters. In fact two of my favorites are:

THE LIMEY
http://www.moviegood....._nss=19990064

BAD COMPANY
http://www.moviegood....._nss=19950666

When something's striking it really works. Because the Bond films have often used multiple images to entice the passerby, the creative folks at MGM should really try to stylize the movie's artwork.

[Matt O'S oo4]

With all the formula aspects about the Bond films, I love all of them.

Action.
Drama
Roamance
Intrigue
Suspense
The Equipemnt
The Cars
The Beautiful looking women....


One think, however, I wish we could see a little bit more of

is

Q-Branch.

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[Qwerty]

Originally posted by Righty007
The US Die Another Day poster is the weakest!

Indeed, really quite boring considering the past posters.

[zencat]

Easily the weakest Bond poster was the US LTK (I wasn't too crazy about the UK one either). I'm also not a fan of the final OHMSS poster (I do like the teaser with the faceless 007). DAF is also not as good as it could have been. I was also let down by the US TLD poster (I did like the UK however).

Best? That's a hard one. There have been so many great Bond posters: FRWL, TB, YOLT, LALD, TSWLM, MR, FYEO, OP, AVTAK...hard to say which poster is "best." Each was right for it's time.

I guess I'm in the minority in that I sort of like the US DAD poster.

[Righty007]

Originally posted by zencat
Easily the weakest Bond poster was the US LTK (I wasn't too crazy about the UK one either).

I love that one!

[DLibrasnow]

Originally posted by Robinson
I'll weigh in on this by simply saying I prefer the painted/illustrated posters to the photo driven posters from LTK on.

I think the recent posters of the Bronsan Era- namely TND to DAD are lacking. While I like TND's red motif and multiple monitor depictions of the action, I really feel that there hasn't been to much in the way of imagination when it comes the modern Bond poster. GE stands out because they successfully blend the various photos into something that actually looks like the posters of old.

this may put me into the "old " category but give me the painted gems of Bob Peak

http://www.bobpeak.com/

He did the main poster for TSWLM and for my money created some of the best movie posters of the 70's and 80's. ROLLERBALL, APOCALYPSE NOW, ST II: THE WRATH OF KAHN and ST: THE MOTION PICTURE stand out.

The folks in the creative dept at MGM really need to get back to this style of artwork or get someone with some really artistic Photoshop skills

Although I agree with most of your post, I was never really that impressed with the Bob Peak posters. I talked (and debated) about it at length in another thread on the posters of The Spy Who Loved Me in the Roger Moore forum.

[Harmsway]

Worst: LTK (not a single good poster), DAD (U.S. poster, anyway), FRWL (just a weak campaign, period)
Best: YOLT (beautiful, beautiful work), DAF (nice layout), LALD (great poster with the tarot motif)

[TGO]

Some of the most creative artwork for the Bonds, was the Japanese DAD posters. God those were stylish. WHY couldnt we get that artwork MGM, WHY? I also have a certain fondness for the AVTAK teaser, with Grace Jones and Roger Moore, but not for the main American poster. And I also like the Octopussy poster with Maud Adams with the six arms. And the DAD teaser is easily the sleekest Bond poster ever.

But the weakest Bond poster EVER is this:

http://www.artofjame...r/mr_brazil.jpg

[zencat]

Originally posted by Righty007
I love that one!

Are you sure you're not remembering the teaser poster Righty? That's the closeup of Daltion holding a gold (?) PPK with his tux tie undone. I do like that one.

[Righty007]

This is the one I am referring to: http://www.thehollyw...l/images/31.jpg

I love it!

[Double-Oh-Zero]

I've got the Thunderball US 1-Sheet hanging up in the den, along with the Die Another Day Teaser, so I must be fond of those ones. As for the ones I like the least, the LTK posters are pretty weak. But the Unused Licence To Kill Teaser, which was also designed and painted by Bob Peak, could have made for some interesting stuff. I'm in agreement with zencat that the DAF posters are lacking. With the return of Connery, you'd think they'd come up with something spectacular.

[JackChase007]

I have a framed copy of the DAD teaser (as I mentioned above, my favorite poster EVER) hanging above my bed back at home. To make up for the fact that I'm not at home, I also have a copy of it hanging above my computer here at school.

[TheSaint]

Easier to pick out the worst than the best...LTK(US or UK), DAD, TND, & GE. I'm sick of these photoshoped posters and long for the old days of the painted masterpieces. I would love to see Drew Struzan do a Bond poster!

[Kingdom Come]

It seems the majority of us fans want the old artwork style to come back.

[Blofeld's Cat]

Absolutely, KC.

[Qwerty]

I'm all for it. Give us some more The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, Octopussy, and many others. The latest, Die Another Day specifically, without a doubt have been rather boring really.

[Simon]

Easier to pick out the worst than the best...LTK(US or UK), DAD, TND, & GE. I'm sick of these photoshoped posters and long for the old days of the painted masterpieces. I would love to see Drew Struzan do a Bond poster!

.......and if indeed there is a new direction in the offing, maybe the time would be right to showcase this in poster styles too. One can but hope.

[Gabe Vieira]

Nothing can beat the "Advance UK Quad" Thunderball poster. The "UK Quad" version of The World is Not Enough is good as well. And just HOW much pot were the guys doing when they came up with the Moonraker posters?