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[Cruiserweight]

QOS

[DaveBond21]

I hadn't seen a Connery Bond for some time and I really wanted to watch one. While considering my options I remembered Claudine Auger's Domino, and that immediately settled it. I had to watch Thunderball.

Good choice. I haven't watched a Connery or a Brosnan Bond for some time, either. I need to rectify that soon.

[sharpshooter]

Casino Royale & Quantum of Solace double feature. Strangely, I had not played these two back to back. Definitely the best modern Bond films by a very large margin. Bond 23 can not come soon enough.

[The Dove]

It has been a LONG time since I last watched a Bond flick which was Goldeneye..

[Cruiserweight]

OHMSS

[blueman]

Watched most of Casino Royale tonight, such a fairytale Bond movie: Bond the hero foiling minor bad guy after minor bad guy, then the segue to the big romance, and then the main bad guys being so dasterdly - they cheat at cards, poison Bond, torture him, trick him... nasty bunch. Very mid-60s Bond vibe from it all, just a great reset for the series.

[Cruiserweight]

The Living Daylights

[The Dove]

Watched Quantum of Solace last night and before that had a Bond double marathon a few nights ago of The Spy Who Loved Me and Tomorrow Never Dies.

[karligula]

For Your Eyes Only, because I bought the Blu Ray at the weekend. I actually wanted Licence to Kill but they didn't have it :-(

[elizabeth]

i just watched octopussy last night.

[The Dove]

Watched Goldfinger last night..

[DamnCoffee]

Watching You Only Live Twice, it's on TV now. Cracking good fun really. So atmospheric.

[blueman]

The Man With The Golden Gun

Really appreciated a lot in this film, the plotting (not smooth but it's all there), Moore's more Fleming-like Bond performance, the locations, Lee's great Scaramanga, both leading ladies (Goodnight grows on me somehow), the action, Barry's cool score... just a shame the few bad bits stick out so much and it feels not as well put together as it could be. Here's a rare opinion: not 'til CR do we get a better Bond film.

[Cruiserweight]

The Man With The Golden Gun

Really appreciated a lot in this film, the plotting (not smooth but it's all there), Moore's more Fleming-like Bond performance, the locations, Lee's great Scaramanga, both leading ladies (Goodnight grows on me somehow), the action, Barry's cool score... just a shame the few bad bits stick out so much and it feels not as well put together as it could be. Here's a rare opinion: not 'til CR do we get a better Bond film.

Yes,it's a shame this film gets stuck with the reputation of being a bad Bond film.
I always have a fun time when i watch it.

[elizabeth]

me too! it's my favorite bond film.

i saw moonraker on friday night on wgn.

[Tybre]

I "watched" a part of TWINE earlier today. And by that I mean I got bored in math class and daydreamed, more or less shot for shot, TWINE from the bank sequence up until Bond driving in Azerbaijan. That's when the teacher dropped a text book on the floor and made me literally jump out of my seat. Have to say, I enjoy the Brozzer much more when he's in my head and not on the screen.

[Joe Bond]

The Man With The Golden Gun

Really appreciated a lot in this film, the plotting (not smooth but it's all there), Moore's more Fleming-like Bond performance, the locations, Lee's great Scaramanga, both leading ladies (Goodnight grows on me somehow), the action, Barry's cool score... just a shame the few bad bits stick out so much and it feels not as well put together as it could be. Here's a rare opinion: not 'til CR do we get a better Bond film.

I don't know if I would say there wasn't a better Bond film until CR but I will say that after TMWTGG the series lost something intangible. I agree with your other points and its probably my favorite Moore film and has a place of nostalgia for me since it was the first Bond film I saw as a kid when my dad watched the usual Bond marathon on TNT.

Casino Royale
What can I say that anyone else had not already said. IMO its the best in the series and before I thought some of the action scenes were buffer and maybe they are but they are executed to perfection so it really does not even matter. Did I mention this was the first time I have seen it in HD and it was amazing!

Quantum of Solace
Another great entry in the Daniel Craig era but not as good as CR. However, despite that I thought for an action thriller inspired by 70's spy thrillers like The Day of the Jackal it turned out pretty good and what a great ending to it. Unlike most people, I really like the gunbarrel sequence and I would not mind seeing it at the front of Bond 23.

Die Another Day
I really did not have any expectations going into this one but I wanted to revisit it to see if it was as bad as I remembered. Fortunately, it was not bad as I first thought and there was a stretch at the beginning that was pretty good but when they move to Iceland it gets silly but I still kind of like it because it comes off as a weird self parody of Bond. I think this is one of the biggest problem with Die Another Day since it does not know what its trying to be, a serious action film or a self parody of the Bond series.

[The Dove]

Finally got around to watching The Living Daylights today..

[double o ego]

TND.

[blueman]

The Man With The Golden Gun

Really appreciated a lot in this film, the plotting (not smooth but it's all there), Moore's more Fleming-like Bond performance, the locations, Lee's great Scaramanga, both leading ladies (Goodnight grows on me somehow), the action, Barry's cool score... just a shame the few bad bits stick out so much and it feels not as well put together as it could be. Here's a rare opinion: not 'til CR do we get a better Bond film.

I don't know if I would say there wasn't a better Bond film until CR but I will say that after TMWTGG the series lost something intangible. I agree with your other points and its probably my favorite Moore film and has a place of nostalgia for me since it was the first Bond film I saw as a kid when my dad watched the usual Bond marathon on TNT.

For me what was lost was Fleming's style of thriller with a few push/fantastical bits thrown in (granted TMWTGG stretched that but more in a generational way IMO than abandoning it outright), in favor of straight-up fantasy/quasi-spoofy adventures:

Die Another Day
I really did not have any expectations going into this one but I wanted to revisit it to see if it was as bad as I remembered. Fortunately, it was not bad as I first thought and there was a stretch at the beginning that was pretty good but when they move to Iceland it gets silly but I still kind of like it because it comes off as a weird self parody of Bond. I think this is one of the biggest problem with Die Another Day since it does not know what its trying to be, a serious action film or a self parody of the Bond series.

Case in point.

The not-knowing-how-to-be is pretty much a safe read on Brosnan's Bond in general IMO, although I think he gets it right in TND for the most part.

[dchantry]

Moonraker and Octopussy double bill the other night.
Thoroughly enjoyed 2 films I haven't seen for years.
Amazing that the bigger the screen that I watch Moonraker on, the more I enjoy it. I'd love to see it on the big screen again.
Lovely locations and photography and you can see every penny they spent up there on the screen.

[sharpshooter]

Watching You Only Live Twice, it's on TV now. Cracking good fun really. So atmospheric.

That it is. I gave it a look earlier today. My first Bond film viewing in a while, actually.

[DaveBond21]

Goldeneye

It was on TV on Friday night.

There was a short scene I hadn't seen before - just before Onatopp is killed by being squeezed between 2 tree branches, there was a 4 second moment when Natalya tried to wrestle her off Bond. Onatopp shouts "Wait your turn!" and appeared to head butt Natalya.

I had never seen that bit before.

[Tybre]

Casino Royale

[scaramunga]

Saw a bit of Casino Royale on cable. I also saw the last bit of A View To A Kill on CW.

[Safari Suit]

Goldeneye

It was on TV on Friday night.

There was a short scene I hadn't seen before - just before Onatopp is killed by being squeezed between 2 tree branches, there was a 4 second moment when Natalya tried to wrestle her off Bond. Onatopp shouts "Wait your turn!" and appeared to head butt Natalya.

I had never seen that bit before.

It was originally cut from the UK version to qualify for a "12! certificate, and the cut may have carried over to other countries,

[Conlazmoodalbrocra]

Watched You Only Live Twice on Friday. Enjoyable, but hardly remarkable as far as Bond movies go. I still love the iconic scenes in the volcano though! Priceless!

[volante]

Diamonds are for ever

Sunday afternoon Bond film.

[DaveBond21]

Goldeneye

It was on TV on Friday night.

There was a short scene I hadn't seen before - just before Onatopp is killed by being squeezed between 2 tree branches, there was a 4 second moment when Natalya tried to wrestle her off Bond. Onatopp shouts "Wait your turn!" and appeared to head butt Natalya.

I had never seen that bit before.

It was originally cut from the UK version to qualify for a "12! certificate, and the cut may have carried over to other countries,

Thanks. It looks like it was restored on the Ultimate Edition.

[sharpshooter]

I've been watching segments of Casino Royale over the last few days, and wow. What a film it is. Reaching this kind of level again is going to be a tough ask.