Moonraker was the best Bond movie for the following reasons:
Bond used his wit and gadgets well in that movie, and got some great tail while doing so.
It had “Jaws”, the bad guy afflicted with gigantism who had sharp steel teeth. He even snapped right through a giant gondola cable with a single bite. Not a scarier bad guy out there.
The main villain of the movie was especially evil, brilliant, and well funded
The fate of the entire human population on earth, save for the villain and his cult followers, was in Bond’s hands.
It had astronauts floating in space shooting at each other with lasers like it was Star Wars, complete awesomeness.
It had the hottest chick in a bond movie. Actually, it was Jaws’ girlfriend, the dorky blonde chick with the pigtails and the awesome rack. Not a Bond girl out there with a hotter looking body than that.
The only thing that didn’t make the movie the best action movie of all time, let alone the best Bond movie, was that it was Moore and not Connery. Pierce Brosnan is Remington Steele, not James Bond. He’ll never live that one down. It was discovered during the filming of Casino Royale that Daniel Craig didn’t know how to drive a car with a manual transmission. James Bond can’t even drive a stick? Give me a break. The newer Bonds are dime a dozen action actors and don’t do justice to the unique style and feel of Bond movies with Connery and Moore. The new James Bond movies would be better served with John Statham playing the part. I love John Statham movies, but he’s not James Bond, either.
[quote=“louisfriend”]Moonraker was the best Bond movie for the following reasons:
Bond used his wit and gadgets well in that movie, and got some great tail while doing so.
It had “Jaws”, the bad guy afflicted with gigantism that had sharp steel teeth. He even snapped right through a giant gondola cable with a single bite. Not a scarier bad guy out there.
The main villain of the movie was especially evil, brilliant, and well funded
The fate of the entire human population on earth, save for the villain and his cult followers, was in Bond’s hands.
It had astronauts floating in space shooting at each other with lasers like it was Star Wars, complete awesomeness.
It had the hottest chick in a bond movie. Actually, it was Jaws’ girlfriend. The dorky blonde chick with the pigtails and the awesome rack. Not a Bond girl out there with a hotter looking body than .[/quote]
it has one of the best, if not the best, bond double-entendres of all time. “I think he’s attempting re-entry Sir”
[quote=“pungnan”][quote=“louisfriend”]Moonraker was the best Bond movie for the following reasons:
Bond used his wit and gadgets well in that movie, and got some great tail while doing so.
It had “Jaws”, the bad guy afflicted with gigantism that had sharp steel teeth. He even snapped right through a giant gondola cable with a single bite. Not a scarier bad guy out there.
The main villain of the movie was especially evil, brilliant, and well funded
The fate of the entire human population on earth, save for the villain and his cult followers, was in Bond’s hands.
It had astronauts floating in space shooting at each other with lasers like it was Star Wars, complete awesomeness.
It had the hottest chick in a bond movie. Actually, it was Jaws’ girlfriend. The dorky blonde chick with the pigtails and the awesome rack. Not a Bond girl out there with a hotter looking body than .[/quote]
it has one of the best, if not the best, bond double-entendres of all time. “I think he’s attempting re-entry Sir”[/quote]
McGregor was fantastic in Roman Polanski’s The Ghost (The Ghost Writer is the American title), a straight up spy thriller. Most if not all of McGregor’s film characters seem to have a certain quality of pensiveness, something in common with Craig’s and Lazenby’s Bonds if not Moore’s. I wouldn’t rule him out.
By the way, that’s a very enjoyable movie, The Ghost. It also has a former Bond, Pierce Brosnan, as well as a terrific turn by Olivia Williams. And Eli Wallach, too, in a memorable bit part.
[quote=“flike”]McGregor was fantastic in Roman Polanski’s The Ghost (The Ghost Writer is the American title), a straight up spy thriller. Most if not all of McGregor’s film characters seem to have a certain quality of pensiveness, something in common with Craig’s and Lazenby’s Bonds if not Moore’s. I wouldn’t rule him out.
[/quote]
Yeah, i gotta admit you’re right about Ursula Andress. I still like Jaws’ girlfriend better than the rest of your list though. Can’t argue that Lana Wood didn’t have a big rack on her
By the time I was out of college, I just couldn’t take the whole James Bond thing seriously. James Bond, the well-known international spy, unable to leave his house without a fan entourage forming behind him on his way to ferret out military secrets and drug dealers’ hidden bases. Ok.
Im leaning towards THE SPY WHO LOVED ME as being the best all arounder. For a sense of adventure mixed with a right blend of panache and a perfect villain. Fast cars , faster women . Barbara Bach being the right blend of bond girl while still being possibly girl next door.
[quote=“TheGingerMan”]From Russia With Love.
Goldfinger gets an honourable mention due to Pussy Galore, as does the original Casino Royale of 1967 for sheer satire.[/quote]
goldfinger for the car, i never got From Russia with Love. Seems the best thing bout it was the theme song by Matt Monroe (IIRC)
Goldfinger for the LOOK of it (comic book), and for the golf scene (the ball switch causing Goldfinger to go tilt). Among the best golf scenes ever in film.
Speaking of great scenes in Bond films, was it FRWL where a blonde Robert Shaw and Connery’s Bond had the claustrophobic fistfight, in a train car? That was a great fight scene, among the best fistfight scenes of all time I think.
[quote=“flike”]Goldfinger for the LOOK of it (comic book), and for the golf scene (the ball switch causing Goldfinger to go tilt). Among the best golf scenes ever in film.[quote]
It was a good scene, but how many good golf scenes are there ever in film? Actually, how many mediocre golf scenes are there ever in film? I can think of Caddyshack (which has awesome scenes) and that stupid one with Adam Sandler (which has stupid scenes, as his films typically do).
Yes, it was in FRWL. He impersonates a British agent called Nash, the irony being that Nash is (if I recall correctly), Russian for “ours”.
I don’t think the next Bond is going to be good. This song may work when better when combined with the opening credits, but on its own it feels worryingly Sam Smith to me:
