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[DLibrasnow]

I am just happy to see that 10 people voted for AVTAK!

[CommanderBond]

i voted for TSWLM ...LALD came 2nd and AVTAK came 3rd

[DLibrasnow]

Not too shabby CB!

[Agent 76]

I am just happy to see that 10 people voted for AVTAK!

it's a conquest! lol

[DLibrasnow]

Hey, I think it's pretty cool since its in my top 5 of ALL Bond movies!

[00Nothing]

I voted for TSWLM. My top three would be followed up with For Your Eyes Only and then Moonraker, which was my favourite as a youngster and one which I have special affection for.

[DLibrasnow]

I voted for TSWLM. My top three would be followed up with For Your Eyes Only and then Moonraker, which was my favourite as a youngster and one which I have special affection for.

You know growing up MOONRAKER was my favorite of all the movies. When I saw FOR YOUR EYES ONLY two years later I felt let down because I was expecting more OTT space fantasy. However over the years MOONRAKER has slipped down my list and FOR YOUR EYES ONLY has contined to climb to the top. Now FYEO is in the top 5 of all Bond movies!

[00Nothing]

Essentially FYEO was perfect to follow up Moonraker. The only place to go was back down to earth and it worked a charm. FYEO is a great Bond film too and I love it when Moore pushes Locque in his car over the ledge. Classic Moore and shows that the man wasn't just a comedian.

[DLibrasnow]

Essentially FYEO was perfect to follow up Moonraker. The only place to go was back down to earth and it worked a charm. FYEO is a great Bond film too and I love it when Moore pushes Locque in his car over the ledge. Classic Moore and shows that the man wasn't just a comedian.

I agree....its similar to Moore swatting his tie away and sending Sandor to his death in TSWLM.

[00Nothing]

I agree....its similar to Moore swatting his tie away and sending Sandor to his death in TSWLM.

Forgot about that scene. What I love about those two moments, especially in FYEO is that the joke or pun after the act was quite chilling ('he had no head for heights'), whereas in Moonraker everytime he despatched someone it was usually comical and the pun was like something from a comedy ('play it again Sam').

[DLibrasnow]

I agree....its similar to Moore swatting his tie away and sending Sandor to his death in TSWLM.

Forgot about that scene. What I love about those two moments, especially in FYEO is that the joke or pun after the act was quite chilling ('he had no head for heights'), whereas in Moonraker everytime he despatched someone it was usually comical and the pun was like something from a comedy ('play it again Sam').

Yes....and the pun for the Sandor scene (which a lot of people seem to forget about) was "What a helpful chap" as Moore's 007 straightens his tie....It's a classic moment!

[Qwerty]

I don't feel the puns in Moonraker were any worse than in some of the other Roger Moore films, yes, some of them, you may groan at, but I really can't say they're much different to ones in TSWLM or FYEO for example.

[00Nothing]

I don't feel the puns in Moonraker were any worse than in some of the other Roger Moore films, yes, some of them, you may groan at, but I really can't say they're much different to ones in TSWLM or FYEO for example.

In some respects I agree with you, it's just that the no head for heights and helpful chap lines in FYEO and TSWLM have a more chilling aura to them in light that the dispatch of the villain was quite cold hearted, whereas in Moonraker the baddies tended to be killed almost comically the pun was intended to be added for comical effect, like the play it again, Sam line.

[Qwerty]

I can see your point, but I don't think "What a helpful chap" is much different in context of comedy to "Play it again, Sam."

Just the way I feel about it, rather similar many of the puns are.

[DLibrasnow]

I can see your point, but I don't think "What a helpful chap" is much different in context of comedy to "Play it again, Sam."

Just the way I feel about it, rather similar many of the puns are.

Its the way the line is delivered in TSWLM.

[Qwerty]

DLibrasnow, what exactly do you mean?

I don't see much of a difference at all, they both seem to me, to be a quick laugh and then move onto the next scene.

I find them both funny, and relatively the same.

[00Nothing]

DLibrasnow, what exactly do you mean?

The point we're getting at is those lines are not said by Moore in his usual comedic stance. They are almost cold hearted puns, without an inch of comical flavour in them, even though the audience does get a laugh from them.

[DLibrasnow]

DLibrasnow, what exactly do you mean?

I don't see much of a difference at all, they both seem to me, to be a quick laugh and then move onto the next scene.

I find them both funny, and relatively the same.

Its cold and delivered in a chilling way. There is no "wink to the audience" as there is in MOONRAKER's puns.

[Qwerty]

See your points now. However, and this is just in my opinion, I feel the lines in For Your Eyes Only are much different than the quoted puns from The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker here, but that's just the way I see it.

What I'm just saying is that, I don't think Moonraker offered any bad puns compared to his other films.

[DLibrasnow]

Oh the quality of the puns is okay in MOONRAKER there are simply no chilling and cold hearted ones as there are in TSWLM and FYEO.

[Kristatos]

My Vote (what a question) FYEO!

[Agent 76]

The Spy Who Loved Me

[Johnboy007]

Always has been and always will be my favorite:

The Spy Who Loved Me

[THEQUESTFORPEAC]

has to be For Your Eyes Only, followed by Octopussy and A View to A Kill, basically they got better as Moore got older.

[SimplyMoore]

I voted for FYEO. And it looks like it's tailing TSWLM in the polls. I like it because it is down to Earth, Bond's allies are great, especially Topol, and Roger Moore looks and behaves cool and sexy.

[dr.doak]

For your eyes only

i agree. it was my fave too.
it's so down to earth...
you gotta love it!

[SPECTRE ASSASSIN]

I must have missed this poll. TSWLM wins, easily.

[Qwerty]

I'm surprised Live And Let Die, which usually gets an average rating of the Moore Bond films, got the lowest in this poll.

[Brian Flagg]

I voted for For Your Eyes Only, but it could have easily been Octopussy, which has so much going for it, IMO. My favorite Bond villain, the return of John Barry (even though I love FYEO's score), the best Q/007 interaction, especially the larger role for Q, fantastic chemistry with the Maud Adams, a fun pre-titles sequence, and Moore being able to dress as a clown and still convey the seriousness of the scene.

Add Mischa and Grischa, the wonderfully over-the-top General Orlov, the menacing Gobinda, and the numerous gags throughout the movie.

Oh, and I also loved whatever the OP detractors hated.

Too bad I can't change my vote!

Edited by Brian Flagg, 19 July 2004 - 12:49 PM.

[Broncostar44]

I think AVTAK did the best justice to james bond.