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The James Bond Films

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I've recently embarked on a quest to view all of the James Bond films.Dr. NoFrom Russia With LoveGoldfingerThunderballYou Only Live TwiceOn Her Majesty's Secret ServiceDiamonds Are ForeverLive and Let DieThe Man With The Golden GunThe Spy Who Loved MeFor Your Eyes OnlyMoonrakerOctopussy Never Say Never AgainA View To A KillThe Living DaylightsLicense To KillGoldenEyeTomorrow Never DiesThe World Is Not EnoughDie Another DayCasino RoyaleQuantum of SolaceThose are them all in order, there are 24 in order. Never Say Never Again was made by a different production company and released at the same time as Octopussy.I personally think that Goldfinger is the best so far. I'm on A View To A Kill, right now.

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Do your self a favor as well and read all the james Bond books by Ian Flemming. They are rather entertaining though they have to be read with the fact in mind that they are very much a product of their time. "Live and Let Die" and "For YOur Eyes Only" are the best of the Roger Moore films. for some reason they tend to look outdated even more so than the Sean Connery films to me. Of course by the Roger Moore films they had also pretty much given up on making the movies book adaptations. "Living Daylights" and "License to Kill" are, to me, forgettable. Timothy Dalton tried to be a tougher bond with bad scripts and not very much charisma. Those two films nearly killed the franchise. Pierce Brosnan was a great choice to play Bond. Goldeneye remains one of my favorite Bond films. Brosnan was every bit as good looking as Moore and able to pull off the smooth and charming Bond. He was also able to convincingly portray the tougher side of Bond as well. Goldeneye even had a bit of meat to the script with Bonds uneasy relationship to the new M, the Cold War being over, and just plain getting a bit older. My only wish was they would have stuck with that direction. "Die another Day" was just plain awful. The Bond movies have now recovered rather well. Daniel Craig is easily the closest to being James Bond as presented in the books.

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I agree with you that Live and Let Die was the best Roger Moore film. I also liked Man With A Golden Gun, it was cheesy, but I think Scaramanga was a cool villain.I really wish the changing directors would atleast TRY to keep some consistency with the characters. I mean, look at Blofeld. He goes from a bald guy with a scar, to a bald guy with no ears, to some old guy with white hair and then in Never Say Never, he has a beard.And Felix Leiter, Bond's friend in the CIA. His age seems to go up and down so much, it'd make your head spin and then he suddenly becomes black.Also, I do plan on reading the books, when I get the time.

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Ok, now I've seen all of the Bond films, except Quantum of Solace. Here's their ranking so far.Casino Royale (just really well done and bad *bottom*)Goldfinger GoldenEye Live and Let DieFrom Russia With LoveThe Living Daylights (this wasn't that bad)The World Is Not EnoughThe Man With The Golden Gun (good idea, underrated)For Your Eyes OnlyThunderballOn Her Majesty's Secret ServiceTomorrow Never DiesDiamonds are ForeverDr. No (good movie, crappy villain)The Spy Who Loved MeLicense To KillOctopussyNever Say Never AgainDie Another Day (it stopped being Bond when he stopped being Asian)Moonraker And the best Bonds...Sean ConneryDaniel CraigPierce BrosnanTimothy DaltonRoger MooreGeorge Lazenby

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