tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post5697793323428844046..comments2024-03-13T06:28:44.715-04:00Comments on And So It Begins...: Top 5 James Bond FilmsAlex Withrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-57487241857150331712023-03-20T13:34:53.320-04:002023-03-20T13:34:53.320-04:00Anytime is a good time to comment here! Great list...Anytime is a good time to comment here! Great list, Diamonds rocks.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-45121865045881188942023-02-25T23:00:19.184-05:002023-02-25T23:00:19.184-05:00Late to comment.
1. Thunderball
2. Diamonds
3. ...Late to comment. <br /><br /><br />1. Thunderball<br />2. Diamonds<br />3. Yolt <br />4. Dr <br />5 . Frwl Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-16857578732754906242018-09-26T16:01:37.575-04:002018-09-26T16:01:37.575-04:00Nice list. So happy Russia and Diamonds made your ...Nice list. So happy Russia and Diamonds made your list.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-11462365763808324562018-09-24T15:17:13.510-04:002018-09-24T15:17:13.510-04:00Diamonds
Russia
Yolt
Thunderball
#1 dr.Diamonds<br />Russia<br />Yolt <br />Thunderball <br />#1 dr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-73764810529892027102014-04-07T14:57:34.764-04:002014-04-07T14:57:34.764-04:00Awesome! I actually really love that one as well. ...Awesome! I actually really love that one as well. Never gotten the credit it deserves. Have you read Steven Soderbergh's essay about it? Concise and rather brilliant. http://extension765.com/sdr/2-most-irrelevant-no-1Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-90156409296755819782014-04-06T05:59:44.060-04:002014-04-06T05:59:44.060-04:00I love the James Bond franchise...........and my f...I love the James Bond franchise...........and my favorite is "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"! Lazenby is surprisingly sensational. Bond actually falls in love and marries and becomes a shattered man over it. Is James Bond actually crying? The best Bond girl.......Diana Rigg rules! Telly Savalas..........a great villain! Great action.......the ski chase is sensational!<br />Great film!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10622456195892684575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-32968531610533757272012-11-15T12:45:05.676-05:002012-11-15T12:45:05.676-05:00Nice. I loooove GoldenEye. I thought Brosnan kille...Nice. I loooove GoldenEye. I thought Brosnan killed it and the gals were awesome indeed. Enjoy discovering Bond!Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-18753502899070075272012-11-15T12:31:33.848-05:002012-11-15T12:31:33.848-05:00I'm only in the process of rewatching - or wat...I'm only in the process of rewatching - or watching for the first time - Bond movies pre-Brosman, I only saw Dr. No so far, really liked it, though I liked Skyfall more than this one. <br /><br />Glad to see Goldeneye here, it's one of my favorite Bond movies, never been a fan of Brosman but he was really good here and Bond girls were definetly awesome in this one.s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-87160565734049246142012-11-14T10:37:54.541-05:002012-11-14T10:37:54.541-05:00My god, the amount of time I spent on that game. W...My god, the amount of time I spent on that game. Wow.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-79743375025361416112012-11-14T10:35:56.469-05:002012-11-14T10:35:56.469-05:00That GoldenEye game really was the bomb!!That GoldenEye game really was the bomb!!Shane Slaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04527212913193906828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-83868120307952878142012-11-13T21:12:46.657-05:002012-11-13T21:12:46.657-05:00Thanks man! Solid picks. I remember us talking abo...Thanks man! Solid picks. I remember us talking about GoldenEye all the time. Love that flick.<br /><br />Live and Let Die is completely ridiculous. Ha, love it.<br /><br />Hey man, fair enough about Skyfall, that is topping tons of Bond lists right now, and I actually think it'd be 6th or 7th for me. It was a solid Bond flick through and through. Bardem fuckin' killed it.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-25710225767061495002012-11-13T21:09:50.735-05:002012-11-13T21:09:50.735-05:00I'm in the minority here, but Moore is easily ...I'm in the minority here, but Moore is easily my least favorite Bond. Or, perhaps more accurately, his films are my least favorite of the franchise. You could blame poor scripts and/or direction for me not liking his work, but Moore never did it for me. The Spy Who Loved Me is the exception. That's a superb Bond flick right there.<br /><br />I'd go: Connery, Craig, Brosnan, Lazenby, Dalton, Moore.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-90958311608017149552012-11-13T21:06:15.099-05:002012-11-13T21:06:15.099-05:00Glad you liked the list! "I fell for it becau...Glad you liked the list! "I fell for it because I'm a woman, and that's what we do." That has to go down as one of the all time best sentences I have ever received in a comment. That was priceless.<br /><br />The titles for Bond flicks are so epic, it's kind of a shame that they've forgone them. I honestly think The World is Not Enough may be my favorite. Bad movie, great title.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-44439029581124965702012-11-13T21:03:36.845-05:002012-11-13T21:03:36.845-05:00Niiiiice. The GoldenEye game fucking rocked. I'...Niiiiice. The GoldenEye game fucking rocked. I've never been a fan of video games, but goddamn, the hours I wasted on that game. Epic.<br /><br />I am thrilled From Russia with Love is your number one pick. That train scene is amazing. Never grow tired of that one. I too agree that all of Moore's are guilty pleasures and nothing more.<br /><br />Nice picks, Jeff!Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-30452156828906125422012-11-13T21:01:14.036-05:002012-11-13T21:01:14.036-05:00Dalton, here I come! Ha.Dalton, here I come! Ha.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-54833758108706116402012-11-13T20:43:27.147-05:002012-11-13T20:43:27.147-05:00Great list, Dr. No and From Russia with Love are n...Great list, Dr. No and From Russia with Love are near the top for me. <br /><br />For a top 5 I'd have to go:<br />1. You Only Live Twice<br />2. Casino Royale <br />3. Goldfinger<br />4. Skyfall<br />5. Goldeneye<br /><br />My guilty pleasure bond would be Live and Let Die, it's just so ridiculous I have to love it.<br /><br />It might be the initial glow, but there was just something about Skyfall that I loved, maybe it was that it felt like to me that it was halfway between new bond and old bond, or maybe it was Javier Bardem (to my mind, the second best bond villain, just behind Goldfinger). And of course, you can never go wrong with Ralph. I don't know if it will stay in my top five forever, or even another week, but for now it's there.BKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-5348146039777486842012-11-13T19:00:22.360-05:002012-11-13T19:00:22.360-05:00I'm no Bond expert by any stretch of the imagi...I'm no Bond expert by any stretch of the imagination but I have to say that after watching "The Spy Who Loved Me" for the first time last week, I absolutely loved it. And loved Moore in it. Though that made me check out "The Man With The Golden Gun" and I was sorely disappointed.<br /><br />Seeing as how you're much more versed in the ways of Bond and seeing as how no Moore films were in your Top 5, I gotta ask: What's your feeling on the Roger Moore Bond?Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-27409029235178550582012-11-13T18:56:31.872-05:002012-11-13T18:56:31.872-05:00Yeah, you might want to give them another look, bu...Yeah, you might want to give them another look, but I can't promise you'll like them now. ;)Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596682195753811295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-4577612937407371312012-11-13T18:38:49.416-05:002012-11-13T18:38:49.416-05:00That's a good list, I like the amount of Conne...That's a good list, I like the amount of Connery films (he was to die for) and because of that I was really skeptic about Craig at first - he looked way to dirty (literally) for Bond. But then, like you, the first scenes of Casino Royale convinced me that this modern, rugged, tough Bond, who looks like a muddy dog when wearing a suit, is a different but great Bond. Or maybe he's just handsome, and wounded, and I fell for it because I'm a woman, and that's what we do. <br /><br />But the one tiny detail I always enjoy about Bond films it's the titles - You Only Live Twice, Live and Let Die... Especially the ones from the Brosnan era, I mean... Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough... pretty awesome. simple, but awesome. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12100758997830469219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-78693762247181254182012-11-13T17:46:34.678-05:002012-11-13T17:46:34.678-05:00Let's see, we're going to have a lot of cr...Let's see, we're going to have a lot of crossover...<br /> <br />5). License to Kill, by far the most graphically violent Bond with one of the very best villains in Robert Davi's Drug Lord, Carey Lowell isn't just window dressing and there's even a young Benicio Del Toro as a henchman who gets the most gruesome death scene in the franchise. <br /><br />4). Goldeneye, because of all the reasons you listed and because the N64 game changed my life as a kid.<br /><br />3). You Only Live Twice/Thunderball/Goldfinger, the three Connery outings that defined the genre for decades<br /><br />2). Casino Royale, brought Bond from a seemingly franchise killing Die Another Day and gave us the best Bond girl ever in Vesper. <br /><br />1). From Russia With Love, because there has never been better villain casting than Robert Shaw as Red Grant. The train compartment scene between Connery and Shaw is one of my absolute favorite scenes of all time. <br />So yeah pretty much the same choices, interesting to see. Anyone of the Roger Moore Outings are guilty pleasures but especially Live and Let Die. Lordy is that one dated... holy crap. Jeffhttp://cityuponahillmedia.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-47057420120380278242012-11-13T14:20:01.239-05:002012-11-13T14:20:01.239-05:00Thanks Dan! (or do you prefer Fogs? Still trying t...Thanks Dan! (or do you prefer Fogs? Still trying to figure it out, ha). Fair enough about FRWL, that one has always hit for me in the best possible way, without much precise reasoning. <br /><br />Dr. No rocks, as does good old GoldenEye. LOVED your list as well.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-46298268211113603232012-11-13T13:51:00.755-05:002012-11-13T13:51:00.755-05:00Great list. Personally, I'm not one of the FRW...Great list. Personally, I'm not one of the FRWL stalwarts... they're out there though, you certainly have plenty of company putting that at number one.<br /><br />Glad to see you give Dr No its due, after all the Bond blogging I did this month, I'm beginning to think that one's underrated. :( Goldeneye DEFINITELY is rewatchable. LOL. I've seen it 8,000 times!!! :D <br /><br />Nice list, solid choices. Strong top five. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979759398907002081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-41932178320792889532012-11-13T12:47:16.161-05:002012-11-13T12:47:16.161-05:00Thanks man! I'd love to see your ranked Bond f...Thanks man! I'd love to see your ranked Bond films, not sure if you did a post about that recently. Diamonds is so so bad, but I felt I had to keep in the spirit of the Bond guilty pleasure motif by listing it, so there it is. I still love GoldenEye. Watched it a few weeks ago and was charmed by it, no doubt.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-4259623629009339992012-11-13T11:48:02.700-05:002012-11-13T11:48:02.700-05:00Good list, Alex. I would call Diamonds are Forever...Good list, Alex. I would call Diamonds are Forever a VERY guilty pleasure, as it's one of the worst Bond films for me. Even so, it does have its strangely hokey charms. I've found that while Goldeneye is the best Brosnan film, it doesn't hold up as well now. It's in the middle of the pack for me. Nice job!Danhttp://ptsnob.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-21510476670488560352012-11-13T09:32:13.048-05:002012-11-13T09:32:13.048-05:00That's interesting that Casino was lost on you...That's interesting that Casino was lost on you for that reason - I've always wondered if people who didn't understand poker could get enjoyment out of poker movies. For the record, the poker hands in Casino Royale are completely fucking absurd. The odds for <i>most</i> of those hands to happen are in the high millions, but it's a Bond flick, so it's all good.<br /><br />Tomorrow Never Dies is one I've never liked. Maybe because I love GoldenEye so much and was expecting so much more, but I dunno, that one's never worked for me.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.com