007 Top Ten List

Insidious Von

Insidious Von

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So I watched Spectre on the weekend.........shit........and it was a stonking good thrill ride. It had one minor flaw, everyone who is a Bond fan knew whom Christofph Waltz was portraying going in. Ralph Fiennes is a worthy successor as M and Dave Bautista added to his mantra for mayhem. It was also nice to see the Richard II (The Hollow Crown) boys; Ben Whishaw (Q) and Rory Kinnear (Tanner) reunited in a film. I've seen every 007 film as portrayed by Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig. The other two guys were too glib, not obdurate enough, to play a secret service assassin.

I'm sure there are many 007 fans, so I'm interested in finding out what are the best of the 24 films. Please participate.

Top 10 James Bond films.

1. Casino Royale
2. From Russia With Love
3. Goldfinger
4. License to Kill
5. Skyfall
6. The Living Daylights
7. Spectre
8. Dr No
9. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
10. Thunderball

 
Personally, Clive Owen would make a more than worthy successor to Daniel Craig but he wasn't on the list in the theatre. The choice was between, a) Michael Fassbender, b) Tom Hardy and c) Idris Elba. Hardy took it with 73% of the vote.

 
When asked about the possibility of playing 007, Tom Hardy said only if Jonathan and Christopher Nolan write and direct the film.

Da Man explains the meaning of the word obdurate.

 
I don't know but I like Daniel Craig the most I think.

Of course, Thunderball and Dr. No are immutable classics.

I might see Spectre after the hockey game Saturday if it's playing late downtown.

P.S. BTW, you forgot David Niven who played Bond in the original Casino Royale, which was a spoof.
 
Insidious Von said:
How about Jayne Bond?
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I could see Angelina Jolie pulling it off as a double 'O' agent.

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Maggie50 said:
Spectre is my favorite Bond experience for the simple reason that I saw it with my current ATF. But my favorite Bond film is Casino Royale and Daniel Craig is the best choice as 007 but I wonder how Sean Connery would in it the exact same movie as Craig's.
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I like Craig but Sean Connery seemed to match the book more accurately. I hated Roger Moore's Bond. I liked the first Brosnan 'GoldenEye' the rest tailed off from there. Of course GoldenEye for me was probably more about the sexy females characters Natalya and Onatop.
 
IM469 said:
I like Craig but Sean Connery seemed to match the book more accurately. I hated Roger Moore's Bond. I liked the first Brosnan 'GoldenEye' the rest tailed off from there. Of course GoldenEye for me was probably more about the sexy females characters Natalya and Onatop.
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I'm old school, Connery all the way. I think he's the closest to what Ian Fleming was writing about. I just don't like any of the other Bond's.
 
GPIDEAL said:
P.S. BTW, you forgot David Niven who played Bond in the original Casino Royale, which was a spoof.
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Maybe this is more of an imitation than a spoof. I think
Neil Connery is worthy of a footnote in the history of
the OO7 series.

 
Insidious Von said:
So I watched Spectre on the weekend.........shit........and it was a stonking good thrill ride. It had one minor flaw, everyone who is a Bond fan knew whom Christofph Waltz was portraying going in. Ralph Fiennes is a worthy successor as M and Dave Bautista added to his mantra for mayhem. It was also nice to see the Richard II (The Hollow Crown) boys; Ben Whishaw (Q) and Rory Kinnear (Tanner) reunited in a film. I've seen every 007 film as portrayed by Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig. The other two guys were too glib, not obdurate enough, to play a secret service assassin.

I'm sure there are many 007 fans, so I'm interested in finding out what are the best of the 24 films. Please participate.

Top 10 James Bond films.

1. Casino Royale
2. From Russia With Love
3. Goldfinger
4. License to Kill
5. Skyfall
6. The Living Daylights
7. Spectre
8. Dr No
9. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
10. Thunderball

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I am assuming your number 1, Casino Royale, is David Niven as Bond! RE, GPIDEAL

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It is interesting how as the world has changed Bond has evolved vis-à-vis his dealings with women.

Of recent "Bond Girls" Eva Green is my favorite, although Rosamund Pike and Léa Seydoux aren't far behind.
 
Aardvark154 said:
It is interesting how as the world has changed Bond has evolved vis-à-vis his dealings with women.

Of recent "Bond Girls" Eva Green is my favorite, although Rosamund Pike and Léa Seydoux aren't far behind.
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Yes, Connery's Bond had no problem belting a woman if she needed it.
 
Insidious Von said:
Since it was the crown jewel of the British Empire, why not an Indian 007?
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They would have to make it a musical. While bond movies are very well choreographed, I am not sure if a big dancing singing extravaganza in the middle of the main chase scene is the right thing for a Bond film.
 
LOL definitely the 2006 version, Eva Green and Mads Mikkelsen made the film as much as Craig did.

I'm surprised there is no love for Timothy Dalton, the two films he made were both outstanding. License To Kill is perhaps the grittiest film (depending on your pov) of the entire franchise. He left after that film over creative differences and Pierce Brosnan stepped in. The producers wanted the suave ladies man 007, not the stone killer. Essentially, by casting Craig, Dalton was proven right. The franchise has been hugely successful ever since.

Not that Dalton lost any sleep over it, he already had a solid career prior to 007. And his show Penny Dreadful, ironically co-starring Eva Green, has been renewed for another season.

 
License to Kill was also the feature film debut of Benicio Del Toro.

If you're looking to see the origins of Daniel Craig's 007 watch Layer Cake. It was the film that got him the role. Director Matthew Vaughan went on to make Kick Ass and X-Men: First Class.

 
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