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[iceberg]

I'd have to go with OCTOPUSSY. I know Bond films have a certain tongue in cheek quality to them. But in OP, it's not so much tongue in cheek, as tongue plunging through the cheek, to emerge on the other side.

[Kara Milovy]

Originally posted by iceberg
But in OP, it's not so much tongue in cheek, as tongue plunging through the cheek, to emerge on the other side.

This, I hope, will remain the most unattractive image I read all week. :eek:

[Mourning Becomes Electra]

The nadir for me is TMWTGG. It's wretched; the only film during the recent TNN marathon of Bond that whenever it came on I wouldn't even keep it on as background noise. I find Moore's Bond here an almost detestable character; smug, smarmy just plain ewwww (it ranks for me as the least likeable Bond chracterization), the portrayal of women repugnant (nothing more than **** toys and/or morons), the "humor" idiotic beyond belief, and the film unlike say AVTAK or Moonraker isn't even nice to look at. BLECH And no Christopher Lee isn't even enough to make me watch it, but it was the one Bond film where I hoped the villain would put a bullet in Bond's head. The worst condemnation, it makes AVTAK and LTK almost watchable in comparison.

[Mr. Big]

Live and Let Die....just bores me. To me it just drags along, I am not even that interested in the story at one point. No Q, no real interesting gadgetry, just dullsville. I didn't even thing Kananga was that bad of a guy sadly.

[bobafett]

I like alll 20 or 21 if you want to count NSNA. But my least favorite would have to be Goldeneye. I felt it was lacking in too many departments.

1. Musical score (Title track was fine though)
2. Lack of action
3. Action didn't feel right (except for opening sequence)
4. Only 1 sex scene (and it was badly placed in the film. Bond meant to go after the Goldeneye times running out)
5. One-liners not up to par
6. Good story idea but not done as good as it could be
7. Camera work lacked imagination
8. Model work looked unconvincing
9. Sets not that great compared to previous bond films and rest of Brosnan bonds
10. Not great performance by Brosnan doing Bond. (Since then he has nailed the part.)
11. Cinematography lacked excitement.
12. I seem to fall asleep watching this Bond film.

[11 11]

well seems like just about every Bond movie has been mentioned by someone.

I however have my own special candidate, for me if i had to pick one I mean come on is there any doubt?

NSNA NSNA NSNA

And to be truthful it is not even close

As far as the "official" Bond movies go, I would say that somehow TWINE just annoys me, it is that stupid Denise Richards. God what were they thinking?

Anyway TWINE was a perfectly good Bond and she ruined it. I still like it, but she annoys me. I am also annoyed by the Stacy Sutton character in AVTAK, but not nearly as much as Richards annoyed me.

So I guess in terms of being annoyed TWINE would win. All thanks to the idiot who cast Richards.

[goldengun]

Worst Bond movies are:

1. LTK
2. TWINE
3. TND

I bought the DVD for LTK wothout seeing the movie - man did I make a mistake, even the DVD special features are awful. "DELLA!" - yeah he sounded quite wimpy on that one - and Carey Lowell as a BOND girl - ugly/boring and completely sexless - dare I say more than MAYDAY?!

Only redeeming factors for LTK are Q's invaluable assistance, stunts involving the trucks, and Talisa Soto.

AVTAK had probably the best music score - some really good stunts and the plot is still relevant today, just like the energy-crisis plot for TMWTGG - this movie also contains the best stunt of all time with the AMC vehicle.

Roger looked a lot better in AVTAK than Sean did NSNA. Still unbelievable the amount of hated that is directed at Roger's portrayal of James Bond...

MR didn't contain the best dialogue - but it is better than any Timothy movie and better than DAF and NSNA.

Roger Moore is James Bond.

[Spectre001]

DAF gets my vote as the worst. The car chase was too long. Sugjecting Connery to riding around in a moon buggy and mini trike is un-dignified and Las Vagas is a completelt boring place to shoot a movie (unless your movie is along the lines of "Oceans Eleven".

[Dr Noah]

01) Licence To Kill (what WERE they thinking!)
02) A View To A Kill
03) The Man With The Golden Gun
04) Die Another Day
05) Moonraker


Are the ones that I've enjoyed the least.

[walther ppk]

4 OHMSS- Hate "the other fellow" line so much and lazenby never seems to get comfortable with the bond role

3.DAF- Connery shouldn't have done this he was just too old, lazenby could have done this far better

2.Ltk- "Nice Honey mooooon" just too americanised bond, more like an eighties cop film, tackey moments (bullet bond sound) and a bland bond girl

1.Thunderball- Just drags on

These are a lot of small niggles rather than a hatred of the films as i can pick out bad points in almost all of the films, but i would rather watch ANY bond film over probably any other action film.
Also my worst films usually alter as after i watch one of my "worst" i usually remove it from my worst list and replace it with another, for example until recently moonraker was on there but so long as you forget about the bad bits, such as the stupid space laser battle the film is not that bad.

My main critisim is that some films just seem to drag in places, a prime example being TWINE but there are usually good bits in the films which cancel out the bad, such as the jetpack in thunderball and the boat chase in TWINE.

[Jriv71]

My three least favorite are
1-Diamonds Are Forever
2-Diamonds Are Forever
3-The Sound of Music

(I know that #3 is not a Bond film, but, neither are #1 or 2.)

* Honorable mention to You Only Live Twice and Live and Let Die.

[Contessa]

Outside of FYEO and TSWLM, I don't much care for any of Roger Moore's films. Too jokey (if I want to see Bond parodied, I'll watch "The Pink Panther" films or even the Ausin Powers flicks) and Roger Moore radiates the danger and sexual charisma of cold bologna (sorry to Moore fans who might be reading this, but I gotta be honest )
If I had to pick the worst, it would be TMWTGG. Why?

1. Weak plot, production values look cheap, movie looks rushed
2. "The dark side of Bond"? Where? Nowhere in evidence in Moore's bland performance. The scene where he smacks Maud Adams still doesn't convince me he's tough. I would've kicked him in the family jewels.
3. Sumo wrestlers, the posterior-squeezing of. Not remotely funny.
4. Herve Villachaize as a villain. 'Nuff said.
5. Mary Goodnight. 'Nuff said.

[Aces High]

Moonraker...the title sone slips me into a coma,Lois Chiles the only woman is is well too old,the villian all he needed was a slap & the 'Star Wars' battle this is just not 007.

[Fraternal]

There is no way I can't say Tomorrow Never Dies is the worst Bond film, I fall asleep everytime I watch it, it just bores me.

[Mr. Kidd]

As Bond is an action film,and for my money the only BAD action films, campy, or otherwise are action films that are BORING. Let's face it, even
the Bond films generally considered "lightweight" such as MR & MWTGG
move along and contain some wonderful Bondian moments. For my money
the one Bond that I consider the worst is THUNDERBALL, for the reason that it is the most BORING bond. The shrublands scenes lack tension
as do the underwater "action" sequences which crawl at a snail's pace
compared to other Bonds. Claudine Auger although pretty is perhaps the dullest Bond girl of all time! But the worst aspect has to be that Connery
himself seems quite bored throughout the entire film. For me, Luciana
Paluzzi is the only reason to watch it. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[kevrichardson]

Each Bond Film , who ever played Bond (Connery, Lazenby , Moore ,Dalton and Brosnan ) . Are for me as a "true James Bond fan" ,none of them are truly the worst" . Each has it's merits , none are flawless . If your want flawless film making , sorry try David Lean . So for people to post there list of the worst Bond film or films . Well you should just unsubscribe to this group. There is a great line in the pre-title of YOLT . it's before Bond is "Assassinated" ,it's about chinese girls taste different than all other girl , and the female says "you think we better" and Bond replies "no just different like Peking duck is different from Russian caviar , but i love them both" . Well that how i fell about the Bond films i love them all. For my money ,still the best entertainment for the buck.

[walther ppk]

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OHMSS - Lazenby just wasn't Bond for me - not even sure why - and I have watched it several times, hoping it might grow on me......

[SamuelKevlar]

For me, the least enjoyable is FRWL, closely followed by OHMSS.

[Righty007]

My least favorite Bond film is Frrom Russia With Love, followed by On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The Living Daylights.

[Ed King]

DAD
Moonraker
DAF

[Tarl_Cabot]

DAD is the worst. It has a great 45 minute start and it gets mind numbingly stupid, even for Bond film standards .

Ridiculous villians
OTT CGI stunts(I think we've covered this)
unsexy women
invisible cars
a tired and old, doing it for the money star
Jinx is James Bond with Boobs and not interesting

I have the DVD in a package sent to me by a DVD club. I'm going to send it back. I don't want it, certainly not for $25-30 after shipping costs.Anyone want it?

I liked TWINE's pretitle but it is also a bad film.Brosnan's least appealing performance as Bond.If I have to wait 3 years for mediocredy than I may stop caring about this series...

TND is also pretty weak but it was entertaining. Stupid villian, unsexy women,really bad last act.Made in '97 and already dated.

Goldeneye was vastly over praised.It's a joyless film. Brosnan looks constipated. That scene is the sauna is embarrassing. Sean would have slapped her silly and then given her a good rogering! Roger, George and Tim too!

Conclusion:Brosnan era films are the least appealing. I don't enjoy rewatching them like I do with all the other films.

[Triton]

Casino Royale starring David Niven, Peter Sellars, and Woody Allen takes the prize as the WORST James Bond movie ever.

Peter Sellars takes the prize as the WORST James Bond.

Regarding the Eon Productions 007 series, you have to consider the time in which the movie was made. Although some films have cringe worthy moments, these same films have action sequences and eye candy that make up for their low points. For example, The Man with the Golden Gun has some truly terrible and cringe worthy moments, especially those with JW Pepper, but the film redeems itself with the exciting chase through the "clongs" of Bangkok and the breath-taking scenary of Phuket and the "James Bond" islands.

The worst James Bond films are still better than 97% of the action films released in the past 40 years.

[Doubleshot]

Hmm... I'd have to say Diamonds are Forever, Moonraker (though it does have a lot of fun moments that I'll grant it, as Neil Bulk helped me realize), and A View to a Kill take the cake for me as the worst Bond films. It's not because the majority of Bond fans picks them as their least favorite films, it's because they really are terrible.

[Jmart007]

Its a shame that I have to pick Diamonds are Forever because this movie has two sexy Bond girls. I didn't like it, because there wasn't too much action in it.

[Kingdom Come]

Don't know about worst Bond film - they re all watchable many hundreds of times. But FRWL, although great locations, it is very dull and that fight on the train is dreadful. OHMSS is another im not keen on. FYEO / AVTAK / LTK / TND.
I always seem to not mention TMWTGG, which has gotten a fairly weak reputation. I always looked upon this film in the series as the one where Bond feels like he is on holiday and so for that reason it lends a pleasentness to the film and so I cannot name it as a worst Bond film.

[YOLT]

Worst is a ugly word for Bond I think. But Moonraker, Licence to Kill, Diamonds are Forever, Thunderball and Goldeneye arent good enough for me.

[Defender007(2)]

I would have to say TWINE was the worst bond movie of all time. It was an insult to the Bond line. Bond doesn't even wear a stealth/combat outfit! And the weapons weren't that great. Also, If you were shot in the head and you survived, you wouldn't be alive for as long as Renard did. You would probably die because the bullet would hit a lobe or severely damage the sense thing. I also didn't like Moonraker. I mean, Drax's death was stupid and pointless. "Take a giant leap for mankind," was also a pointless quote. I don't understand why the Bond movies can't be more war-like.

[Dr.Carl Mortner]

TWINE, TWINE and TWINE again. TMWTGG is second from the bottom, but it's still a hundred leagues above TWINE because at least it's fun to watch on a particularly grey-matterless evening.