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Za Za Zoom
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 Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:58 pm Your �Unpopular� Views on James Bond� |
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What "unpopular" opinions do have about the highly successful James Bond franchise with it's myriad films, original novels and countless multi-media spin-offs? Here's my rundown:
1) You Only Live Twice was a superior Connery outing to Goldfinger and Thunderball.
2) Roger Moore is a better actor than Sean Connery.
3) The Living Daylights was the weakest Bond film in the last two decades, with a so-so Cold War plot and weak baddies.
4) License to Kill was (outside of Casino Royale) the strongest Bond film in the last two decades, with a excellent revenge plot and charismatic baddies.
5) Science fiction and fantasy themes has always been integral with James Bond from almost the onset.
6) The Soviet Russians being the arch baddies has always been a Bond brainbug (perpetrated by the overrated GoldenEye).
7) Moonraker was the strongest Bond movie of the 1970s.
8 ) Tommorow Never Dies and The World is Not Enough were better Brosnan outings than GoldenEye.
9) Jaws getting a girlfriend and turning "good" in MR never bothered me, since Jaws was the ridiculous (but fun) character that he always was.
10) Die Another Day was not ruined by sci-fi gadgets or ice palaces, but a weak and needlessly convoluted plot.
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squiggy
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| Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:13 pm |
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You know what? I totally agree with everything said there.
I should also point out:
The sheer amount of pleasure bond got may have helped cause the massive spread of aids in third world countries.
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Sam Kenobi
Not a Duke
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| Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:39 am |
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at least he's impotent (Casino Royale??).....
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squiggy
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| Sat Jun 09, 2007 3:00 am |
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haha. That explains why he has never gotten hitched...
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robbiewebster
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| Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:02 pm |
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| squiggy wrote: | You know what? I totally agree with everything said there.
I should also point out:
The sheer amount of pleasure bond got may have helped cause the massive spread of aids in third world countries.
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lmao, what can you possibly say to that
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Lord Borg
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| Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:56 pm Re: Your �Unpopular� Views on James Bond� |
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| Za Za Zoom wrote: | | 2) Roger Moore is a better actor than Sean Connery. |
I do hope you are kidding. I don't think he is horrible but my least favorite bond film is A View to a Kill, he looked so burned out in that movie. Maybe it was the plot, IDK.
GoldenEye was the best one? (You said unpopular opinion, right?)
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La Forge
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| Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:14 pm |
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I know I'm gonna get some serious flak for this one, but I thought Moore's suit at the halfway point of Moonraker was just plain ridiculous.
A serious unpopular opinion now? Dalton was my favorite Bond, and, although I don't know if this is considered an unpopular opinion, Thunderball was my favorite Bond film.
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