Just viewed Skyfall and really enjoyed it. I liked the switch to the old school in the last quarter of the film. Love that car!
My favourite Bond film (controversial) "On Her Majesties Secret Service" the best music in a Bond film, the best girls in a Bond film and a very underrated Bond IMO.
Thatās my favorite 007, too.
I believe had Connery returned to the character for that film, it would be much higher regarded amongst fans.
So the latest Bond film has its title revealed, Spectre (quite a good one I feel) and its pretty excellent cast:
[url]http://deadline.com/2014/12/bond-24-title-1201308576/[/url]
Monica Bellucci, nice 
āLIVE AND LET DIEā, written and ālivedā by the late, great maestro of spy fiction, Ian Fleming.
This was the second Ian Fleming novel ever produced, immediately produced after āCasino Royaleā
Personal note:
Having read the āBondā novels at least twice, the scene that really stands out is when āBondā is being questioned by āMr. Bigāā¦
IN the original novel, Bondās little finger is bent back to such an angle that it audibly snapsā¦Bond passes outā¦ Felix Leiter has several body parts snapped offā¦
ā¦IN the film, we are treated to Sir. Roger having his little finger placed under the hook of āTEE-HEEā (played to perfection by the ever-excellent, Julius T. Harris).
In my 50 years of knowing and loving āJAMES BONDā, āLIVE AND LET DIEā is, without question, the āBONDā film that has stood the test of timeā¦not so regarding fashion, suits, musicā¦but rather the attitude of the ageā¦
When I say āStood the test of timeā, I mean that it is - to my mind, at least- the āBondā that consistently amuses, enthrals, and has a memorable and and powerful theme tune by Sir Paul McCartney and Wings.
'LIVE AND LET DIE ā also has the greatest speed-boat chase imaginable, a speed-boat jump that entered the Guiness book of records; the delicious Madeleine Smith (as Roger Mooreās first āconquestā); and a beautiful script to die for.
If you wish, add a dash of humour, and memorable quotes such as 'Just browsing, thank you"; "Butter-hook; ; āThereās no point in going of half-cockedā; āJust being dis-arming,darlingā ā¦
And, as for the fantastic action scenesā¦!
Being a fan of both the Ian Fleming novels, and the films, I would like to think even Fleming, himself, would have been happy with Sir ROGER in the part of 007.
My thoughtsā¦others would be most welcomeā¦
Toscano.
P.S. In the immortal words of Sheriff J.W. Pepper: āWhat are you?, some kind of doomsday machine, boy!!ā
If ever there was a better Bond, then I have never seen itā¦
I doubt that Fleming would have liked the film.
And I donāt think it is the best Bond film, not even of the old ones, but it is the best Moo7e Bond. Well, together with The Spy Who loved Me.
I liked Man with the Golden Gun, Spy Who, Moonraker, and Thunderball the best, as I felt they were 'more epic than the others. No offense to the other Connery and Moore, series, as they were good movies too. Dont like the newer Bonds though with Graig. To me the franchise has gone downhillā¦
Alas, Iāve never been especially keen on Bond. And I always feel as though Iām missing out somehow, too. I have tried, though. Iāve actively sat down and tried to watch quite a few of them, I just canāt take to them. Ah well.
FWIW, here are the Bond movies ranked from best to worst, according to filmsite.org* (LINK[url]http://www.filmsite.org/bondfilms-ranked.html[/url]):
- Goldfinger (Hamilton, 1964)
- Casino Royale (Campbell, 2006)
- From Russia with Love (Young, 1963)
- The Spy Who Loved Me (Gilbert, 1977)
- Dr. No (Young, 1962)
- Skyfall (Mendes, 2012)
- On Her Majestyās Secret Service (Hunt, 1969)
- Thunderball (Young, 1965)
- For Your Eyes Only (Glen, 1981)
- GoldenEye (Campbell, 1995)
- Licence to Kill (Glen, 1989)
- The Living Daylights (Glen, 1987)
- You Only Live Twice (Gilbert, 1967)
- The World is Not Enough (Apted, 1999)
- Diamonds Are Forever (Hamilton, 1971)
- Live and Let Die (Hamilton, 1973)
- Die Another Day (Tamahori, 2002)
- Moonraker (Gilbert, 1979)
- Octopussy (Glen, 1983)
- Tomorrow Never Dies (Spottiswoode, 1997)
- The Man With the Golden Gun (Hamilton, 1974)
- Quantum of Solace (Forster, 2008)
- A View to a Kill (Glen, 1985)
*List omits the āBastardā Bonds, Casino Royale (the David Niven one from 1967) and Never Say Never Again (1982)
This thread should really be merged with the already existing James Bond one[url]http://forum.spaghetti-western.net/index.php/topic,614.520.html[/url].
One Bond thread is enough for me.
In sixteenth position Live and Let Die is undoubtedly underrated.
On the other hand in my opinion Goldfinger is valued too highly, I definitely prefer From Russia with Love.
And what about A View to a Kill? The movie is so underrated. At least, itās far superior to Diamonds Are Forever and Die Another Dayā¦
I only like Bond girls
Re A View To A Killā¦Moore was getting to old for the part, but he is my favourite Bond so I did not mind that much. Yes much better than Diamonds Are Forever for me as Connery had been eating so many pies before that film 
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A View to a Kill might not be necessarily a good film, as a matter of fact, itās a pretty ludicrous one and thereās no doubt about it. However, as far as I remember, itās quite well paced, itās got a catchy soundtrack and remains one of the most entertaining Bonds out there.
I mean I couldnāt stop laughing throughout the whole movie, itās smashingly bloody dumb and absurd. The final sequence at the bridge is absolutely enrapturing in its preposterousness.
My thoughts exactly 
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Merged
For me A View to a Kill is one of the weakest Bond movies. It all goes on so mechanical that it gets boring. The only reason that it is slightly better than Moonraker is the enthusiastic performance by Christopher Walken. These 2 are the bottom of the series.
First half hour of A View to a Kill is okay, then it starts getting boring.
It had a few assets: a good villain, good posters and Tanya Robertsā looks
I liked watching Bond films when I was a kid (so to me, Roger Moore is THE Bond). Today they appear too silly and mainstream to me (I havenāt seen any of Craigās).