Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The Bond Films In Retrospect


Having watched the Bond films, let me tell you the things that made them great, and the things that made them...not so much so...

In order of my preference:

The Living Daylights - Highlight: Timothy Dalton
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Highlight: George Lazenby
Casino Royale - Highlight: Daniel Craig
Dr No - Highlight: Terrence Young's direction
Licence To Kill - Highlight: John Glen's direction
A View To A Kill - Highlight: Roger Moore; Lowlight: Roger Moore's age
Live And Let Die - Highlight: Roger Moore; Lowlight: Sherriff J W Pepper
Thunderball - Highlight: Sean Connery & Claudine Auger; Lowlight: The underwater fights
For Your Eyes Only - Highlight: John Glen's direction; Lowlight: the man with the bottle of wine
Octopussy - Highlight: The villains; Lowlight: James Bond doing an impression of Tarzan
The Spy Who Loved Me - Highlight: Lewis Gilbert's direction; Lowlight: The navy band version of the theme
Tomorrow Never Dies - Highlight: Jonathan Pryce; Lowlight: The script
GoldenEye - Highlight: Judi Dench; Lowlight: Jack Wade
From Russia, With Love - Highlight: Terrence Young's direction; Lowlight: The title sequence
Goldfinger - Highlight: Sean Connery; Lowlight: Bond and M's relationship
You Only Live Twice - Highlight: Donald Pleasance; Lowlight: Lack of Fleming based material
Moonraker - Highlight: Micheal Lonsdale; Lowlight: Jaws
The World Is Not Enough - Lowlight: The script
The Man With The Golden Gun - Lowlight: Herve Vellechaize
Die Another Day - Lowlight: The script
Diamonds Are Forever - Lowlight: Sean Connery

No comments: