I wandered off topic on the Missed Opportunites thread with something that I indulgently thought deserved its own place. Time will tell if that proves to be the case...
Everyone harps on about the 3rd film Brilliance. For my part, I prefer the mix up of the second film problems that perhaps inadvertantly deliver an edgier film.
I prefer;
FRWL for its spy motif
Gg for its slapdash approach but sprightly allure
LTK for some 'ahead of its time' hardness
TND for, again, a sprightly allure and a straight spy story that was happily lite on the 'it's personal' approach.
QoS for a Bond that, surely no one can deny, is utterly hard and business-like. Even M was more, 'He's my agent and I trust him', than 'Wot's going on - report.'
By contrast;
Gf has Bond doing next to nothing meaningful for the better half of an entire film
Spy is a bit flat and flabby, PTS notwithstanding
Daltons's 3rd never happend - 'nuff said
TWINE is universally ranked as the world's most boring film, like, ever.
SF is a bit motherly and plodding, except for any scene involving Berenice.
When people write in threads asking what one wishes of the next Bond incarnation, my response is, 'Their second film.'