Poll Your Best & Worst BONDS! (Actors & Films)

ant-mac

ant-mac

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chainsaw_metal1 said:
I watched this one once as a kid with my folks. My mom went on about how this film was genius-level bad cinema. I had some laughs, but it's not one I could recommend to anyone with any degree of sincerity. I would, however, watch a continuous 48-hour loop of it rather than watch any of the TWILIGHT movies, so it has that going for it.
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You've just managed to do something that I had previously thought to be impossible...

You've actually made me appreciate CASINO ROYALE (1967). I'm going to have to re-evaluate my entire life now...

That's certainly a very effective selling point that you've come up with. It's not a film in the TWILIGHT film series...

Genius!
 
ant-mac

ant-mac

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Do you really need to ask?

Jimmy Bond...?

Sounds like the annoying nephew Bond would try to avoid at family gatherings - if he went to them.
 
MovieKnut

MovieKnut

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ant-mac said:
Yeah, I know what you mean.

If the film told exactly the same story, with the same amount of edits, but was about 10 minutes longer, it would be easier to follow and easier to enjoy. However, that's just my opinion.
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The problem with Quantum Of Solace is that none of the Bond identifiers are on display until the final credits roll (when we see the classic gun barrel sequence). As The Major, stated they tried to hard to copy Bourne that they forgot about Bond. I don't think is was a particularly bad movie (unlike, say, Moonraker or Die Another Day) but it has none of the Bond magic.
 
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Doctor Omega

Doctor Omega

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George Lazenby made another appearance as Bond.... in a tv movie.....

The Return of the Man From Uncle: The Fifteen Year Later Affair (1983)

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/the-return-of-the-man-from-uncle-1983.1553/

George Lazenby's cameo appearance as 'J.B.' – driving an Aston Martin and complete with an On Her Majesty's Secret Service name check – made 1983 the year of three Bonds, with the 'battle' at the box office between Roger Moore's sixth outing (Octopussy) and Sean Connery's return to the role after 12 years (in Never Say Never Again).


Should he have bothered?


 
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Doctor Omega

Doctor Omega

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Could this short snippet actually be the definitive Bond screen adventure?

Albeit a brief one.

Ant-mac, I think I already know your feelings about this tele-visual masterpiece! :emoji_alien:

Hope that nausea has passed? :emoji_alien:
 
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Amyghost

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Doctor Omega said:



George Lazenby made another appearance as Bond.... in a tv movie.....

The Return of the Man From Uncle: The Fifteen Year Later Affair (1983)

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/the-return-of-the-man-from-uncle-1983.1553/

George Lazenby's cameo appearance as 'J.B.' – driving an Aston Martin and complete with an On Her Majesty's Secret Service name check – made 1983 the year of three Bonds, with the 'battle' at the box office between Roger Moore's sixth outing (Octopussy) and Sean Connery's return to the role after 12 years (in Never Say Never Again).


Should he have bothered?


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That made me laugh out loud. I haven't seen Return in years, and had totally forgotten about Lazenby's little cameo. Good one!
 
Doctor Omega

Doctor Omega

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Millicent Mary Lillian Martin (born 8 June 1934) is an English actress, singer and comedienne, who was the resident singer of topical songs on the weekly BBC Television satire show That Was The Week That Was (1962–63). For her work on Broadway, she received Tony Award nominations for Side by Side by Sondheim (1977) and King of Hearts (1978), both for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Other television roles include her recurring role as Gertrude Moon in the NBC sitcom Frasier (2000–04).

Martin had her own BBC television series between 1964 and 1966, titled Mainly Millicent for the first two series, and shortened to Millicent for the third and final series. In one episode, Martin and guest star Roger Moore performed a comedy skit in which Moore played secret agent James Bond some years before he was cast in the role.


 
Doctor Omega

Doctor Omega

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I think that Moonraker is still my favourite film - and Roger Moore my favourite Bond.

Being a kid when I saw it probably helped - and the fact that it was desperately trying to chase the Star Wars audience! :emoji_alien:
 
Doctor Omega

Doctor Omega

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And though this is blasphemy, I can't really get into the Connery Bonds very much.

And I don't know why!

Having said that - and to make matters worse, I DO like Never Say Never Again! :emoji_confused:

In terms of worst Bond film, I would have to say Quantum of Solace. Terrible editing destroyed it for me as a viewing experience.
 
Gavin

Gavin

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The first Bond movie I ever saw was For Your Eyes Only. My parents took me as a teenager to see it and it cemented Roger Moore as "my" Bond. I later saw the Connery movies and I can see why he was so successful in the role but I always preferred Moore with Brosnan as a close second. Never liked Lazenby in the role, he always felt to wooden, although he had fantastic material to work with. I always wished Connery had stuck around for OHMSS because I think with him in the role it would be guaranteed top Bond movie of all time.
 
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