Lt. Commander
Posted 16 February 2014 - 10:57 PM
http://www.imdb.com/...ults?ref_=po_sr
I'm surprised by the first pick. Sometimes i think we live in a bubble as bond fans and then see results like this for the rest of the world. Wow. Hats off to the #1 pic i guess, totally out of left field.
#2 seems more like the flavor of the month, and #3 is typical.
Lt. Commander
Posted 16 February 2014 - 11:39 PM
Wow, that is surprising (though well deserved).
Show's that the lesser Bond films, in terms of those one imagines are remembered in the public psyche, do in fact retain their appeal. Good news 
Edited by Odd Jobbies, 16 February 2014 - 11:40 PM.
Commander
Posted 17 February 2014 - 08:45 AM
These things aren't scientific or anything, but good to see. Thoroughly deserving.
Commander
Posted 17 February 2014 - 09:28 AM
A fantastic range of villains covering all areas of the Bond villain figure, so I'm very pleased indeed.
Commander
Posted 17 February 2014 - 10:15 AM
Interesting first choice. He was definitely the most ruthless and dangerous one.
Lt. Commander
Posted 17 February 2014 - 03:54 PM
He was my favorite. I actually met Robert Davi in 1995 and told him he was the best Bond villain ever.
Lt. Commander
Posted 17 February 2014 - 05:34 PM
That's probably the only thing about LTK that I enjoy is Davi's portrayal of Sanchez. I think Scaramanga should have been in the top 3.
Commander
Posted 18 February 2014 - 02:41 AM
Interesting first choice. He was definitely the most ruthless and dangerous one.
Sanchez felt like the first 'real world' Bond villain in many ways, in contrast to the likes of Goldfinger, Stromberg and Drax. A drug lord who bribes, intimidates and kills to get his way. Charming and brutal is always a good mix for a villain, and he's definitely that.
Commander
Posted 18 February 2014 - 02:45 AM
Good to see Sanchez, and by extension Licence to Kill, getting some of the credit that it deserves. Sanchez has long been my favorite villain and it's nice to see that there's someone else out there that agrees.
Commander
Posted 18 February 2014 - 08:13 AM
An interesting result. Robert Davi's Sanchez was one of the more convincing of the Bond villains, imho - not a caricature, a man with a warped code of honour ("Loyalty is more important to me than money") who seemed genuinely impressed with Bond and genuinely betrayed when he discovers Bond's true intentions. LTK's plot works a little like a Jacobean tragedy in the way Bond plays on Sanchez's code of honour and sets him against his underlings, until he has nothing left. It's just a pity that LTK was promoted badly, was released at a time when other blockbusters had caught the public's imagination, and is now remembered - wrongly, imho - as "007 meets Miami Vice".
Commander
Posted 18 February 2014 - 01:07 PM
For years I've thought Sanchez was an underrated villain. Although I rank Goldfinger at or near the top, the perception of the Bond villain among the general fans always seems to be Blofeld, who has suffered from Dr. Evil comparisons and uneven portrayals. But he always seems to be the choice.
The Bond-Sanchez relationship is really complex, more so for me the Bond-Trevelyan connection, which a lot of fans seem to hold in high regard, but it just doesn't resonate the way. We're meant to just suddenly accept Bond has a long history with another 00 and all that. It just seems a bit much.
If I can fault anything about it is that Sanchez is too trusting of this stranger. He must not have believed in too much digging, accepting this new guy into the fold, the way Kamal Khan just figures Bond is an adventurer. Did he not mention him to Orlov, who you'd think would know about Bond, although he doesn't recognize him either when confronted on the train. That's one of the more underrated Moore moments, IMO.
Of course, back then they didn't have the resources they do now that could nail somebody like Bond more quickly. Bottom line, the Bond-Sanchez relationship is one of the most interesting in the series.
Commander
Posted 19 February 2014 - 04:43 AM
The Bond-Sanchez relationship is really complex, more so for me the Bond-Trevelyan connection
Bottom line, the Bond-Sanchez relationship is one of the most interesting in the series.
It is. Bond's strategy to bring Sanchez and his empire down is so satisfying. He does so from within, keeping his enemies closer. Bond absolutely despises Franz, but he keeps it together. It was his ability to change the context. Exploding his window and about to assasinate Franz? Nope, it was the crew that abducted me. Sanchez takes Bond's word because the dead men among them can't speak. Afterwards he straight-up tells Sanchez he used to work for the British government, appearing to be honest and up-front. Bond plants little seeds of doubt in his mind, with Krest being the pay-off later that night. By the time Sanchez discovers the truth at the factory, it's too late and it's all out war.
Lt. Commander
Posted 19 February 2014 - 04:54 AM
Yeah it was a good one, plus Shang Tsung from Mortal Kombat shows up.