Monday, January 28, 2008

Bond Top Five

So, I've been trying to do a Top Five every week (what can I say, I enjoy it) and I thought that, in honour of BOND 22 getting a title, I'd do a James Bond-themed list.

But what? I thought about a Bond Girls list, a Villains list, a Theme Songs list, even one for the Titles (which, in retrospect, should've been the topic for this week). But the year is not over and my soul cancer hasn't seemed to metastasize yet, so I may get back to them when the first trailer hits or in November.
Basically, I asked what everyone's favourite Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, and Barry Nelson/Peter Sellers et al/George Lazenby/Timothy Dalton Bond films were, then asked for everyone's five favourite James Bond films overall.

My list would have to be (though it was hard to decide on a number one and five):
1. Your favourite Sean Connery Bond film
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, I think.
2. Your favourite Roger Moore Bond film
LIVE AND LET DIE
3. Your favourite Pierce Brosnan Bond film
GOLDENEYE
4. Your favourite Barry Nelson/Peter Sellers et al/George Lazenby/Timothy Dalton Bond film
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
5. Your five favourite James Bond films
1. CASINO ROYALE ('06)
2. LIVE AND LET DIE
3. GOLDENEYE
4. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
5. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE


Merrill was first out of the gate this time (sending his response at the same time as last week's Heath Ledger poll), with:
1. Favourite Sean Connery Bond film - Never Say Never Again.
2. Favourite Roger Moore Bond film - Octopussy (I just like the title)
3. Favourite Pierce Brosnan Bond film - Goldeneye
4. Your favourite Barry Nelson/Peter Sellers et al/George Lazenby/Timothy Dalton Bond film - License to Kill (That had Grace Jones in it didn't it? I mostly just liked the see through dress in the poster, it was better than the whole movie)
5. Your five favourite James Bond films - Goldeneye, Casino Royale 2006, The spy who shagged me, Goldmember...and Alotta Fagina


Sorry man, I'm just not a bond guy, this isn't really my thing. I tried though. Most bond movies I've seen were terrible. But Goldeneye and Casino Royale were rather good.
My cousin Ryan was second with his responses (he actually sent me two different lists for some reason, maybe one for each of his Harvey Dent personalities), which were:
1. You Only Live Twice
2. For Your Eyes Only
This one was hard, as I really like the Moore Bond films (those that I've seen). Live and Let Die was great, I liked Moonraker (there was a Batman: The Animated Series episode that had a similar plot (though the bad guy's base wasn't in space), For Your Eyes wins because Fiddler on the Roof was my father's
favorite movie while I was growing up, I've probably seen it more times than anything else (even Star Wars), so it was really fun to see Topol in a roll very different from the Jewish character I knew him from. Plus, the Greek chick is totally hot.

3. On Rish's recommendation I will never see Die Another Day, so I can't claim to have seen all the Brosnan films, but I'd have to say Tomorrow Never Dies was my favorite. It was actually the film that hooked me on Bond films, the first one I ever saw.
4. I've only seen License To Kill, so I guess I'll list it as my favorite, though I didn't care for it a whole lot - except the line - He disagreed with something that ate him.
5. 1 Tomorrow Never Dies
2 For Your Eyes Only
3 Live and Let Die
4 You Only Live Twice
5 Goldeneye
6 Casino Royale was good, but I missed all the neat/impossible gadgets

Jeff the Sexual Predator wrote:
Connery film: Dr. No. - Quintessential spy thriller.
Moore Film: Moonraker - My first Bond film (saw in the theater) and I just liked Jaws. "He kills people".
Brosnan: Goldeneye - For whatever reason, they seemed to try harder with this one. Die Another Day COULD'VE been my favorite of all of them, but it munched carpet for the last half.
Other: I'll have to say Lazenby in "Majesty's Secret Service". Not great, but better than the rest. (though I didn't see the latest one with Daniel Craig)
Top 5: that's tough... The older ones all sort of run together in my memory, and I don't really care for most of the newer ones. Dr. No is certainly there. From Russia w/ Love is a maybe (which one was the Thunderball look alike? I liked the first version) Moonraker.

Octopussy, Never Say Never, and View to a Kill certainly are not on the list.

Prison guard John was a little late in getting back to me, and when he did, it was just his top five. Still, it's a lot better than nothing.
1. From Russia with Love
2. For your eyes only
3. Goldeneye
4. Casino Royale
5. A View to a Kill

Tyranist is a huge Bond fan (he came damned close to naming his firstborn son Oddjob). His list:
1. You Only Live Twice
2. Octopussy
3. Goldeneye
4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Casino Royale
Octopussy
You Only Live Twice
Goldeneye


This has been quite a surprise. Of those who responded, it looks like our winners (of the Top Five, which I really should've asked in a separate post) are:
1. CASINO ROYALE
2. GOLDENEYE
3. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
4. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
5. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE


James Bond Top Five will return.

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