which is the best James Bond movie?

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I can't see Die Another Day getting many votes, but we shall see...

Poll Results

Option	Votes
From Russia with Love	10
Casino Royale	6
Live and Let Die	6
Goldfinger	5
On Her Majesty's Secret Service	4
Moonraker	4
Never Say Never Again	3
Octopussy	2
A View to a Kill	2
The Spy Who Loved Me	2
The Living Daylights	2
Licence to Kill	1
Tomorrow Never Dies	1
Die Another Day	1
Dr. No	1
The Man with the Golden Gun	1
Diamonds Are Forever	1
You Only Live Twice	1
Thunderball	1
GoldenEye	0
The World Is Not Enough	0
For Your Eyes Only	0

― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 10:11 (eighteen years ago)

Diamonds

'007 And Counting' is my favourite Bond music

― blueski, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 10:37 (eighteen years ago)

oh you have got to be shitting me.

― That one guy that quit, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 11:12 (eighteen years ago)

what is it now mr dead?

― blueski, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 11:13 (eighteen years ago)

DIREmonds are forever morelike

― That one guy that quit, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 11:15 (eighteen years ago)

You Only Live Twice, for Nancy Sinatra and the NINJAS

― stevie, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 11:18 (eighteen years ago)

i can't remember which Bond films are which most of the time.

do you like any Bond films, that one guy who just won't quit?

― blueski, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 11:24 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, most of 'em. but connery had become a bad parody of himself by the end of his run, the film is possibly the most US-centric yet (ha i say that but 'live and let die' is a favourite...), and the homophobia is especially gay.

― That one guy that quit, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 11:28 (eighteen years ago)

but then i probably just vote on bond girls more than anything.

― That one guy that quit, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 11:29 (eighteen years ago)

Bond homophobic? you'll be calling him a misogynist next

― blueski, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 11:30 (eighteen years ago)

it's those two bad guys. there's probably homohpobia in other bond films, but it's rly pronounced in 'diamonds'.

― That one guy that quit, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 11:32 (eighteen years ago)

well at least they never stooped to racial stereotypes

― blueski, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 11:34 (eighteen years ago)

I only like the first Casino Royale.

― emil.y, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 11:36 (eighteen years ago)

no eva green, no credibility

― That one guy that quit, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 11:39 (eighteen years ago)

I voted for A View To A Kill which I know is universally recognized as fucking awful but it's the first one I remeber seeing. I have a vague recollection of my dad having recorded it the first time it was on TV and watching it before I went to school. Nostalgia then I guess.

But I would also argue for Christopher Walken as scariest Bond villain and Grace Jones' Mayday as awesome henchwoman. Did a lot for women's rights that one.

― Uptoeleven, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 15:03 (eighteen years ago)

hint: Oddjob

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 15:05 (eighteen years ago)

A View To A Kill is visually exquisite but maybe the most traveloguesque (ooh the Eiffel tower, ooh the Golden Gate etc.)

― blueski, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 15:05 (eighteen years ago)

Grace Jones' Mayday as awesome henchwoman. Did a lot for women's rights that one.

she still got into bed with him tho.

― blueski, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 15:06 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, but she totally took charge.

― Uptoeleven, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 15:08 (eighteen years ago)

it did a lot for women's rights.

― That one guy that quit, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 15:10 (eighteen years ago)

the only deliriously fun Moore (it seemed back then) was Octopussy cuz it didn't esp care about being a Bond film so much as a nutty cartoon.

Christopher Walken was not a scary Bond villain, he was Billy Zoom.

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 15:11 (eighteen years ago)

scarier than the bloke in CASINO ROYALE with the asthma?! no way!

i went with CASINO ROYALE. that is because it is the best james bond film that has been made.

― pisces, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 15:15 (eighteen years ago)

I let myself be blinded by Casino Royale love in the end, mainly because it most reminds me of reading the books as a teenager. But I probly should have voted one of the Connery movies. You Only Live Twice wins Best Score, anyway.

― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 15:18 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.007news.de/bondgegner/lonsdale.jpg

― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 15:18 (eighteen years ago)

David Brent?

― Uptoeleven, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 15:25 (eighteen years ago)

Goldfinger had the best theme song. Shirley Bassey, wunnit?

― Aimless, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 16:56 (eighteen years ago)

From Russia With Love!

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 18:09 (eighteen years ago)

I voted for [i]A View to a Kill[/], but only because it spawned this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m54yK32Y-Ls

It remains the greatest work of art ever committed to celluloid.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 18:13 (eighteen years ago)

BON, SIMON LE BON

― blueski, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 18:14 (eighteen years ago)

The Man With The Golden Gun

― admrl, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 18:14 (eighteen years ago)

I can't tell any of these films apart

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 18:15 (eighteen years ago)

it's pretty easy to and here's a tip: they have different names and in many cases different actors playing james bond.

― félix pié, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 18:45 (eighteen years ago)

the new casino royale is my pick.

― félix pié, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 18:45 (eighteen years ago)

I can't tell any of these films apart

Try watching them.

― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 19:04 (eighteen years ago)

I have (they're on TV ALL THE TIME), they're horrible

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 19:05 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.beastiemania.com/songspotlight/images/bodymovin.jpg

― gabbneb, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 19:07 (eighteen years ago)

I vote for the original Casino Royale

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 19:10 (eighteen years ago)

"I have a very low threshold of death"

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 19:11 (eighteen years ago)

Dr. No or Octopussy? Can't pick. The Spy Who Loved Me has that awesome chase scene on the ski slopes.

― Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 19:17 (eighteen years ago)

From Russia with Love. Robert Shaw vs. Sean Connery in the train--it just don't get no better than that.

― Joe, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 20:02 (eighteen years ago)

Plus Lotte Lenya with a poisoned shoe (!!)

― Joe, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 20:02 (eighteen years ago)

from russia with love

― s1ocki, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 20:15 (eighteen years ago)

I might go for from russia with love if the Bond vs helicopter scene wasn't blatantly ripped off from North by Northwest.

cmon: Goldfinger. Pussy Galore. the best song. girl killed with gold paint. a guy with a blade in his hat. NO, MR BOND, I EXPECT YOU TO DIE! and only 112 minutes.

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 20:21 (eighteen years ago)

okay I do kinda like Goldfinger

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 20:22 (eighteen years ago)

"Goldfinger" isn't as good a song as "You Only Live Twice".

― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 20:59 (eighteen years ago)

Spy Who Loved Me. Probably seen it 25 times. Taped it from HBO when we had a Betamax.

― Mark Rich@rdson, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 21:17 (eighteen years ago)

but Noodle, it's a better record.

― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 21:35 (eighteen years ago)

I dunno. Maybe "Goldfinger" is too over-familiar, or too camp. I like the sadness in "YOLT".

― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 21:37 (eighteen years ago)

Goldfinger isn't necessarily the "best" Bond film, but it's the only "good" one, if that makes sense.

― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 22:24 (eighteen years ago)

By which I mean I love them all, even the shite ones.

― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 22:24 (eighteen years ago)

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I assumed this was on the New Answers because the terrible end of Spectre is on TV.

― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 31 December 2019 23:06 (five years ago)

Moonraker seems to me the most striking example of good book/bad movie, whereas The Spy Who Loved Me might be the best example of bad book/good movie (which have nothing in common plotwise).

― Josefa, Tuesday, 31 December 2019 23:24 (five years ago)

when Diana Rigg or snow chases aren't onscreen, OHMSS is boooooooooring

― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, February 15, 2012 8:30 PM

I stand by this. However, the NY Times just did a piece on its high status with the Bondfreaks, including new quotes from Lazenby and Rigg. (came out 50 years ago this month)

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 00:01 (five years ago)

whereas The Spy Who Loved Me might be the best example of bad book/good movie (which have nothing in common plotwise).

incorrect, the book is incredible

― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 02:13 (five years ago)

two weeks pass...

https://i.imgur.com/2mfoNWP.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/7WDnTrd.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/hK8ax8F.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/ujFwoK9.jpg

― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Saturday, 18 January 2020 07:15 (five years ago)

https://i.imgur.com/qzCwng1.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/KWo9Z2Y.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/rpFO1An.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/r2HhbUY.jpg

― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Saturday, 18 January 2020 21:38 (five years ago)

Gotta give that a rewatch

― omar little, Saturday, 18 January 2020 21:52 (five years ago)

sic otm

― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 January 2020 22:45 (five years ago)

I know that's not her in the pics but as an aside I often think Diana Rigg is the most beautiful woman who ever lived

― the Swedish taboo (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 18 January 2020 22:47 (five years ago)

who?

https://i.imgur.com/7Fmt9Ir.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Yw0S4yk.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/zFTJXvv.jpg

― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Saturday, 18 January 2020 22:59 (five years ago)

swoon

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 18 January 2020 23:00 (five years ago)

Soderbergh on OHMSS.

https://i.imgur.com/CTrXrH0.jpg

― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Saturday, 18 January 2020 23:24 (five years ago)

Good piece

― the Swedish taboo (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 18 January 2020 23:41 (five years ago)

That’s a great piece and this

What seems obvious to me, though, is no one was helping him during the shoot or the edit (they won’t even let him finish a fucking sentence onscreen). It feels like everyone was so focused on what he wasn’t (Sean Connery) that they didn’t take the time to figure out what he was (a cool-looking dude with genuine presence and great physicality).

Cut because zing, but incredibly otm. Like he was Not Sean Connery and this in and of itself did a huge number on him. It’s ridiculous when you see how cartoonish the role got with later actors. If he’d been the third Bond, would we remember him better? Feel like his working reputation did for him too.

― steer karma (gyac), Saturday, 18 January 2020 23:48 (five years ago)

(they won’t even let him finish a fucking sentence onscreen)

and he's dubbed half the time anyway

would totally watch a version of this film with isolated score

― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Sunday, 19 January 2020 02:21 (five years ago)

I can't tell any of these films apart
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 18:15 (twelve years ago) link

This might be peak Shakey.

Anyway, I remember seeing OHMSS when I was 11-13 after having seen at least Dr. No, From Russia with Love, and Goldfinger. Probably Thunderball as well. Sad to say I was just devastated at the end. It seemed soooooo real, lol.

― The Traveling Wilkes-Barre's (PBKR), Sunday, 19 January 2020 04:00 (five years ago)

Dr. No? Quantum of Solace? Moonraker? what am I watching here?

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 19 January 2020 04:29 (five years ago)

two years pass...

watching from russia with love bcz it's on tv and it's too hot to channel-surf

― mark s, Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:25 (three years ago)

it's bad

― mark s, Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:25 (three years ago)

Because it's on ITV1 and there's likely a commercial break every 10 minutes?

― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:40 (three years ago)

the commercials are a blessed relief from how bad it is

― mark s, Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:40 (three years ago)

as is the small screen

― mark s, Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:40 (three years ago)

you gotta be fuckin kidding me

if From Russia w Love is bad, what rates for you as good?

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:45 (three years ago)

they're still all bad

― mark s, Tuesday, 31 December 2019 16:51 (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

― mark s, Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:49 (three years ago)

!

Just been looking at a really good book called The Music of James Bond, by Jon Burlingame.

― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:49 (three years ago)

lol I see you are unfamiliar with mark's Bond opinion

― pasty drunks fuck off (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 17 July 2022 17:52 (three years ago)

Seems to be coming back to me now.

― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 18:08 (three years ago)

i forgot where i was, continue

― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 17 July 2022 18:34 (three years ago)

*strokes white cat complacently*

― mark s, Sunday, 17 July 2022 18:37 (three years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2jOaqmtuWE

― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 18:45 (three years ago)

Do u see?

― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 18:45 (three years ago)

Octopussy and Never Say Never Again are best ones, mainly because you get Roger Moore telling a snake to "hiss off" and Sean Connery wearing a ridiculous toupee, apart from when he's on the motorbike.

― calzino, Sunday, 17 July 2022 18:52 (three years ago)

I just learned quite a bit about the 1967 Casino Royale, which is almost nobody’s idea of the best James Bond movie, but still.

― L.H.O.O.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2022 18:58 (three years ago)

two years pass...

I saw On Her Majesty's Secret Service on a big screen last night and now I firmly believe it's a top 3 Bond film. Once you get past the obvious casting flaw, you've got great '60s colors and interior decor, relentless and incredibly breathtaking action sequences, a bizarre Blofeld scheme, a credible romance, tragedy. It has you constantly laughing at Bond doing Bond things in the most Bondian way.

And Telly Savalas is wonderful in it - not only is he giving delicious line readings but he's jumping around doing his own stunts much of the time.

― Josefa, Saturday, 18 January 2025 22:57 (eight months ago)

"We'll head him off at the precipice!"

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 18 January 2025 23:09 (eight months ago)

Until the Craig films, this was the only Bond with emotional resonance, though the ending pretty much relieves Lazenby of quipping five minutes later in the film.

Used to think it was too bad Lazenby was one and done, but then I watched the Bond Icons Unleashed series (on the Vice channel).

― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Saturday, 18 January 2025 23:15 (eight months ago)

It’s crazy how different George Lazenby looked just three years later in the Italian giallo Who Saw Her Die?. Had no idea it was him on initial viewing.

― Josefa, Saturday, 18 January 2025 23:24 (eight months ago)

It's definitely a shame that Hunt was one and done as director, given that conflict with Lazenby would not have been an issue going forward. I enjoy a lot about Diamonds and extremely like Let Die, but both would have been much stronger with his storytelling.

Lazenby's really fun in Man From Hong Kong, kinda/sorta playing Bond as an international villain.

― milms and foovies (sic), Sunday, 19 January 2025 00:45 (eight months ago)

this guy knows what's up

Lazenby is also better than Moore in Moore’s last five
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Wednesday, January 1, 2020 9:42 AM (five years ago)

― milms and foovies (sic), Sunday, 19 January 2025 00:48 (eight months ago)

Current URL for the Soderbergh piece.

― milms and foovies (sic), Sunday, 19 January 2025 00:58 (eight months ago)

Thunderball seems to be underrated. The underwater sequences I always thought were really cool. The stealing of the plane is a good segment.

― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Sunday, 19 January 2025 01:44 (eight months ago)

that underwater sequence is deeeeeeeeply (lol) boring and SO LONG i have no love for it except the song

― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 19 January 2025 02:14 (eight months ago)

three months pass...

What about 'To Ransom the World'?

let's think of fictional Bond films

― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 1 May 2025 23:47 (five months ago)

actually TO BANKRUPT THE WORLD

― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 2 May 2025 00:12 (five months ago)

I think Goldeneye is the only Bond I'd want to watch again.

― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 2 May 2025 00:29 (five months ago)

Goldpussy

― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 2 May 2025 00:31 (five months ago)

THE SIBERIAN MOLE

― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 2 May 2025 00:36 (five months ago)

THE ATHENS CRYPTO AFFAIR

― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 2 May 2025 00:38 (five months ago)

You’re doing Dirk Pitt novels now

― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 2 May 2025 00:42 (five months ago)

lol

― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 2 May 2025 00:44 (five months ago)

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