 List Your (least) Favourite Bond-movie By Director |
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Cadet Group: Crew Enlisted: 7 January 2004 From: Göttingen, Germany  |
7 January 2004 - 14:00
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Ok, several directors directed multiple entries in the series:
Terence Young: DN, FRWL, TB Guy Hamilton: GF, DAF,LALD,TMWTGG Lewis Gilbert: YOLT;TSWLM; MR John Glen: FYEO, OP, AVTAK, TLD, LTK The others only did one (so far). What was the best bond-movie of the resp. director? My take: Terence Young: TB Hamilton: GF Gilbert: TSWLM Glen: LTK And since we are at it: What´s the worst? My take: Young: FRWL Hamilton: DAF Gilbert: YOLT Glen: FYEO |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 6 August 2001 From: Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
7 January 2004 - 14:36
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Best:
Young: From Russia with love (09/20) Hamilton: Live And let die (08/20) Gilbert: The Spy who loved me (14/20) Glenn: For your eyes only (05/20) Worst: Young: Thunderball (20/20) Hamilton: Goldfinger (19/20) Gilbert: Moonraker (18/20) Glenn: Licence to kill (15/20)  After 1555 Messages and more then 3-4 years iam gone...
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Commander CMG Group: Veterans Enlisted: 13 May 2002 |
7 January 2004 - 14:42
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Best:
Young - FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE Hamilton - GOLDFINGER Gilbert - YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE Glen - LICENCE TO KILL Worst: Young - THUNDERBALL Hamilton - DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER Gilbert - MOONRAKER Glen - OCTOPUSSY |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 9 January 2002 From: Edmonton, Canada |
7 January 2004 - 15:00
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BEST:
Young - From Russia With Love Hamilton - Goldfinger Gilbert - You Only Live Twice Glen - License To Kill WORST: Young - Thunderball Hamilton - The Man With The Golden Gun Gilbert - Moonraker Glen - For Your Eyes Only   |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 3 September 2003 From: Chicago |
7 January 2004 - 15:14
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Best: Terrence Young - From Russia With Love Guy Hamilton - Live and Let Die Lewis Gilbert - The Spy Who Loved Me John Glen - For Your Eyes Only Worst: Terence Young - Thunderball Guy Hamilton - Diamonds Are Forever Lewis Gilbert - You Only Live Twice John Glen - Octopussy |
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Commander CMG Group: Veterans Enlisted: 20 June 2002 From: Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
7 January 2004 - 16:36
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Best:
Terence Young: FRWL Hamilton: GF Gilbert: TSWLM Glen: Tough one... can't choose. Worst: Young: TB Hamilton: TMWTGG Gilbert: MR Glen: AVTAK  Bond: "I didn't mean to get so close to you." Joyce: "But your penis thought otherwise?" The Circle Trilogy Part III - Method to Madness |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
7 January 2004 - 20:49
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BEST:
Young: Thunderball Hamilton: Goldfinger Gilbert: The Spy Who Loved Me Glen: Hmm, right now, it's Octopussy WORST: Young: DN Hamtilton: TMWTGG Gilbert: YOLT Glen: AVTAK I still love them all.  ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Cadet Group: Crew Enlisted: 6 January 2004 |
7 January 2004 - 23:03
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BEST:
Young:FRWL Hamilton:TMWTGG Gilbert: TSWLM Glen: FYEO As for worst, I tend to like something about even the low-end Bond films, but I still find LALD and AVTAK somewhat underwhelming, so those would be my worst choices for direction... |
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Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 28 June 2002 From: Oklahoma |
7 January 2004 - 23:22
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I'm basing the directors on my list purely by their direction and what they brought to their films. For instance, I find FRWL to be a better film than Dr. No, but Terence Young's direction and style implemented on the first 007 film is the better of the two jobs. My comments on the films are in italics below.
BEST: Terence Young (Dr. No) (Set the style for the Bond films in so many ways.) Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day) (Lee, in many ways, reinvented the classic James Bond film with color and glamour. Some gorgeous locales in "Cuba" and Iceland and vibrant, colorful photography.) Peter Hunt (On Her Majesty's Secret Service) (After YOLT, Hunt brought the series back into thriller territory and his hard work on OHMSS helps produce one of the finest 007 films) Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger) (Hamilton took the screen character that Young had shaped and gave him even more trademark style. Hamilton's Bond would give us the character we have today.) WORST: Lewis Gilbert (You Only Live Twice, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker) (I'm sorry, but I find all of Gilbert's films to be too long, too over-the-top, and generally beyond belief. You Only Live Twice is the biggest disappointment of the three. After coming off a high with Thunderball, could the 007 team do any better? My answer - no. The Spy Who Loved Me is the best of the three, but still too OTT for my tastes. Moonraker, probably the worst film of the series IMO. This post has been edited by Doubleshot: 7 January 2004 - 23:25 |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 8 February 2003 From: At the Monsoon Palace with Magda ;) |
8 January 2004 - 01:30
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BEST:
Young: Thunderball Hamilton: Goldfinger Gilbert: Moonraker Glen: The Living Daylights WORST: Young:Dr. No, still great though. Hamilton: Live And Let Die Gilbert: The Spy Who Loved Me, as with DN, still great. Glen: A View To A Kill  Proud defender of Timothy Dalton, Jane Seymour, Teri Hatcher, Kristina Wayborn, Maryam d'Abo, Karin Dor, Caroline Munro, Catherine Schell, Caterina Murino, Lewis Gilbert, The Living Daylights, Moonraker, Thunderball, Octopussy, and You Only Live Twice . President of the "Catherine Deneuve should have been a Bond girl" and "Lee Horsley/Matt Houston should have played Felix Leiter" Societies Dalton's Bond is Craig's Bond 20 years ahead of his time |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 21 December 2006 From: Kansas, not with Toto and Dorothy |
28 January 2007 - 15:43
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Best:
Young - From Russia With Love Hamilton - Live and Let Die Gilbert - The Spy Who Loved Me Glen - The Living Daylights Worst: Young - Dr. No, That is desicion was hard to choose Hamilton - Diamonds are Forever Gilbert - Moonraker Glen - I like all his movies, but A View to a Kill was weak Is there time before we leave, for Lesson number 3? |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 9 July 2006 From: Oslo |
28 January 2007 - 16:11
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QUOTE(Joyce Carrington @ 7 January 2004 - 17:36)  Best: Terence Young: FRWL Hamilton: GF Gilbert: TSWLM Glen: Tough one... can't choose. Worst: Young: TB Hamilton: TMWTGG Gilbert: MR Glen: AVTAK I agree with you, Joyce. As for best Glen film:FYEO. But TLD a really close second. |
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Commander RNR Group: Veterans Reserve Enlisted: 27 July 2001 From: Los Angeles, California |
28 January 2007 - 16:24
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BEST
 �Is it a delicious dessert you live in?� - Me, because I�m funny. |
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Commander CMG Group: Veterans Enlisted: 13 May 2002 |
28 January 2007 - 16:41
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#14
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Best:
Young - DR. NO Hamilton - THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN Gilbert - YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE Glen - LICENCE TO KILL Campbell - CASINO ROYALE (and I'll take the above as my top five Bond films, too) Worst: Young - THUNDERBALL Hamilton - LIVE AND LET DIE Gilbert - MOONRAKER (although I do like this film - I just wouldn't say it's quite as good as his other Bonds) Glen - A VIEW TO A KILL (ditto) Campbell - GOLDENEYE (again, a flick I enjoy, but it's so vastly inferior to CASINO ROYALE it isn't even funny.... then again, that's true of just about all of the Bond movies) |
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