Worst bond movie?

[abigsmurf]

Tommorrow Never Dies was a decent bond film, just suffered from a bit of a weak baddie (which is why for TWINE they made a real effort on having a sinister baddie).

[QualityChimp]

After Goldeneye, the Brosnan Bonds were all just average, and to make an average film with the Bond licence takes some real effort!

After a great start (first time the opening titles have forwarded the plot), Die Another Day just became silly. I mean, Berry and Brosnan in that CGI helicopter "falling" from a CGI blimp was pure Star-Trek where they're rolling about the deck of the enterprise after being shot at and they just tilt the camera!

I'd already given up by the time a CGI brosnan was surfing on a CGI wave.

I got into Bond after seeing the stunts like the Astro Spiral Loop jump in Golden Gun, Lotus sub chase in Spy Who Loved Me, horse-bum Nellie 2 scene and the various car chases. What's the point in watching it all done in CGI? I might as well be at home playing videogames...

I'm also a Moore man. He was the first Bond I remember in the same way Tom Baker is my fave Doctor.

I had forgotten how glorious a rack that blonde girl had in Moonraker - thanks!

Conversely, what's your fave Bond moment?

Although I love the Spiral Loop jump in Golden Gun, the silly sound effect and lack of gadgets knocks a few points off.

I think mine is after an amazing car chase (oil slicks, Lotus and Jaws), unexpected trip underwater and escape, James' Lotus Esprit drives out of the water and drives off to *that* music while astounded beach-goers look on (including the guy who looks at his drink to see what's in it!). It's a real full-stop on the last 15 mins of action.

Classic!

[jezzace]

Easily that last Brosnan one. Was that Die Another Day? Yes, it must be - it was the one with the invisible car (that was an effect in some shots and then just not there in others - lazy).

Had a great opening too. Seemed like it would be really good. Then turned into complete cack that ended with tin foil Korean Robocop. It was so atrocious I vowed never to watch a Bond film again and that's why I still haven't seen Casino Royale.

Not just the worst Bond, but one of the worst films I've seen.

This man speaks the truth. Awful, awful film.

[Richard.John]

DAD was terrible on many levels. Shocking ****e....and a good thing PB was dumped.

Anything with Roger 'give me' Moore is classic Bond. He's the best imo.

[Daragon]

To be fair, it wasn't PB that made DAD a cop out - bad director/bad script I think would have done it.

He was very good in Goldeneye and TND

[Rick]

We had a marathon at work and went through all the bond films. Until we got to the Roger moore ones, and skipped those. Watched the Dalton ones, then skipped the brosnan ones.

The Brosnan ones really are the worst of the lot

[buster_broon]

probably for me the worst is license to kill or license revoked or whatever its called

the best for me is the Spy who loved me

just loads of lovely girls including a baddie helicopter pilot who looked like she just finished touring with heart



And Barbara Bach - just lush



lets not drool over the lotus submarine

[paperghost]

die another day. has a stunning opening premise - what happens if james bond *doesn't* escape the bad guys in the obligatory intro splash sequence? - then goes rapidly downhill.

the surfboarding sequence is a cavalcade of bad playstation 1 programming.

[fallenangle]

I quite liked TWINE mainly because I think Sophie Marceau was one of the best female leads in any Bond and he ends up shooting her which was quite unusual too.

[buster_broon]

I quite liked TWINE mainly because I think Sophie Marceau was one of the best female leads in any Bond and he ends up shooting her which was quite unusual too.

yeah - after finding the photos i've put in my post it seems the helicopter pilot has the honour of being the first female that James Bond killed, so it seems pretty rare

[JazzFunk]

I've seen all the Brosnan Bond flicks - bar Die Another Day - and whilst they weren't actually bad, they just felt really soulless and lacking in spirit. Very 'brown' films. Brosnan just hasn't got the gusto to be Bond, and David Arnold makes a poor substitute for John Barry.

I'm also a Moore man. He was the first Bond I remember in the same way Tom Baker is my fave Doctor.

Me too. I have to say that For Your Eyes Only was pretty bad, though, especially the opening bit with Blofeld being dropped down a chimney.
I watched A View To A Kill semi-recently and it has aged pretty badly. Moore is clearly too old to move at a velocity beyond a gentle walking pace and comes across as some rubbery, smarmy, quaintly sleazy oddity, some bizarre creaking predator, getting the horn for Grace Jones (who looks like a questionable pre-op shemale). Still far more fun than the Brosnan films, but it hasn't stood the test of time as well as his previous efforts. Gosh, when I saw that film as a nipper, I shed a tear when Patrick MacNee died.

Trouble is, I was always a Moore fan but a few months back, ITV2/3 were showing old Connery films on Sunday afternoons and I was surprised how brutal and cold they were, with Bond coming across as a callous, flippant kerhunt. From Russia With Love has this claustrophobically sweaty, underhanded, plain nasty-feeling fight between Connery and Robert Shaw and it's uffin' brilliant, you actually sense the guy could lose. The Connery films seemed so old when I was younger, but I have to say I might actually be starting to prefer them to the more stunty, gimmicky Moore ones now (wow, did I say that?)

Having said that, The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker ftw.

[Welrain]

You were so close to turning towards the light, then you had to put that last sentence in.

[Mr_Pie]

Then turned into complete cack that ended with tin foil Korean Robocop.

Lol!

I'd say there have been quite a few bad ones.. namely anything with Rodger Moore, aside from For Your Eyes Only..

Did Another Day was utter bollocks too..

[Dazzyman]

Have any of you guys what raving about Moore watched them recently? Just as I said earlier as a child he be da best (think Spy who loved me was first ever bond I was as 4yr old back in 77) but as of an adult recently I was suprised he didnt say oo er missus in it

John Barry is god bring him back ffs! And added bonus hes from my home city of York

[Skull Commander]

Another vote for 'The Moore' as the best Bond here. Being from Scotland there is always a lot of pro Connery propaganda in conversations for the best Bond, but for me Moore IS James Bond.