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The James Bond Chronicles: Best of Films 1-7
Big Hollywood ^
| 04.24.11
| Lawrence Meyers
Posted on 04/29/2011 3:00:44 AM PDT by Perdogg
Having now finished with the first Bond era (Sean + George), it’s time to recap the “Best Of.” The only problem is that I knew I wouldn’t be able to rank the Bond films in the aggregate. They are all so disparate that it’s like trying to compare seven different types of fruit. Perhaps, by the time I finish the series, it will be easier. However, through the first seven flicks, there is just no clear ranking to me.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bondjamesbond; iexpectyoutodie; nomisterbond; shakeitupbaby; shotinthehead; smokehimifyougethim; whatnoturbochargersq
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posted on
04/29/2011 3:00:48 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
To: GSP.FAN; Guenevere; SJSAMPLE; Larry Lucido; fieldmarshaldj; Clemenza; Impy; archivist007; ...
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posted on
04/29/2011 3:02:22 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
To: Perdogg
Dr. No. I worked on a project last year in Great Inagua. Where the famous Dr. No lived in the movie. It was called Crab Cay.
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posted on
04/29/2011 3:06:06 AM PDT
by
screaminsunshine
(Shut up and eat your Beans!)
To: Perdogg
1. From Russia With Love
2. You Only Live Twice
3. Goldfinger
4. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
5. Dr. No
6. Thunderball
7. Diamonds Are Forever
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posted on
04/29/2011 3:22:45 AM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
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To: Perdogg
A little too much obsession with Mr Wint & Mr Kidd.
I grant that they were groundbreaking and intriguing characters (gay without throwing it in your face), but Oddjob is a far better foe.
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posted on
04/29/2011 3:36:29 AM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
To: Perdogg
We watched “Thunderball” the other night. The girl was very beautiful.
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posted on
04/29/2011 4:02:48 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
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To: Perdogg
Best line:
Bond: Do you expect me to talk?
Goldfinger: No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!
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posted on
04/29/2011 4:18:12 AM PDT
by
mc5cents
(Government doesn't solve problems, it subsidizes them. -- Ronald Reagan)
To: Perdogg
‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ is my favorite...bar none. Barry’s theme brings it all home...
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posted on
04/29/2011 4:41:25 AM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: Perdogg
I liked From Russia With Love because that movie follows the storytelling style of Ian Fleming's original novels the closest.
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posted on
04/29/2011 5:00:35 AM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: Perdogg
Thunder ball, Goldfinger - the only Bond films that matter. The underwater spear fight in T-Ball always fascinated me.
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posted on
04/29/2011 5:11:17 AM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
( Intellectuals care about ideas over people.)
To: RayChuang88
I liked From Russia With Love because that movie follows the storytelling style of Ian Fleming's original novels the closest. No argument there...
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posted on
04/29/2011 5:11:29 AM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: Perdogg
Up until the other day, I had never seen any of the Bond movies with Pierce Brosnan. Then I saw “Die Another Day.” What an absolutely horrible movie, in just about every possible way. Pierce Brosnan was a terrible Bond. The only upside was Halle Berry, who can’t act very well but is very pleasing to look at.
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posted on
04/29/2011 5:14:59 AM PDT
by
fr_freak
To: Perdogg
Thunderball was the best book ( I read it in 1965, along with all of the others....Freshman in college) Movie came out and it was a mind-blower for it's time, so I vote for Thunderball.
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posted on
04/29/2011 5:26:05 AM PDT
by
johnandrhonda
(have you hugged your banjo today?)
To: johnandrhonda
I'd go with Thunderball. The scene where the Vulcan bomber hits the water always amazes me...
To: Eric in the Ozarks
... and the great underwater battle scene!
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posted on
04/29/2011 5:39:56 AM PDT
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
To: Haiku Guy
Hmmm... I'll have to get back to this thread tonite.
Goldfinger was the classic just because of Honor Blackman, who incidentally was the oldest actress to play the lead part in a Bond Movie.
Nothing against Ursula Andress or Jill St. John, mind you.
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posted on
04/29/2011 5:45:53 AM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Obama confessed "his muslim faith" on the George Stephanopolous show on September 7th, 2008.)
To: mc5cents
“I must have appealed to her maternal instincts.”
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posted on
04/29/2011 5:46:36 AM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Obama confessed "his muslim faith" on the George Stephanopolous show on September 7th, 2008.)
To: Haiku Guy
Pretty good order! I would make a slight alteration:
1. From Russia With Love
2. Goldfinger
3. Dr. No
4. You Only Live Twice
5. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
6. Thunderball
7. Diamonds Are Forever
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posted on
04/29/2011 5:49:20 AM PDT
by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
To: who knows what evil?
FRWL, Goldfinger, and OHMSS are my top picks.
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posted on
04/29/2011 5:50:28 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
To: Perdogg
GOLDFINGER of course. Best title song, and Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore.
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posted on
04/29/2011 5:57:59 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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