tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post958222947408501606..comments2023-10-23T00:04:35.356-04:00Comments on The Vault of Buncheness: JAMES BOMB: WHAT IS THE WORST 007 FLICK?Bunche (pop culture ronin)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11831085937894725459noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-83037404843020409932009-06-03T11:29:42.538-04:002009-06-03T11:29:42.538-04:00I enjoy Bond movies from both ends of the credibil...I enjoy Bond movies from both ends of the credibility spectrum: the grittier, more realistic ones (Casino Royale, OHMSS, From Russia...) and the utterly absurd ones (Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, Die Another Day)...<br /><br />alI ask is they don't bore me.... and the Bond film guiltiest of that sin is Quantum of Solace in MY book; a film utterly devoid of charm, fun or thrills of any kind.Chris Westonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985544401929303121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-57367509800307543112009-05-20T19:39:06.177-04:002009-05-20T19:39:06.177-04:00Having finally seen QoS... it flows badly/confusin...Having finally seen QoS... it flows badly/confusingly and at times is lamely predictable/a rehash, but I didn't hate it *all*. Neither did I pay $12.50.<br /><br />I remember the audience groaning at the "California Girls" bit in AVTAK's orig. release -- maybe we were in the same room. But that one at least has Walken, which OCTOPUSSY and MOONRAKER lack. He's in a different movie -- the successful version of an SNL riff on Bond, perhaps.<br /><br />I would replace on the all-time awful list the two Brosnans you did list with the ones you didn't -- TOMORROW NEVER WHATEVER and especially DIE ANOTHER DAY are both unwatchable.<br /><br />My least favorite Connery? GOLDFINGER, so sue me.Oznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-87796590674631877562009-04-03T13:05:00.000-04:002009-04-03T13:05:00.000-04:00easy Octopussy - James bond swimming as a fake cro...easy Octopussy - James bond swimming as a fake crocodile does it. What cool about that?Cdefelippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07712587222383763872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-29565883508790243892009-03-29T22:35:00.000-04:002009-03-29T22:35:00.000-04:00Die Another Day is the vomit filled sack of suck. ...Die Another Day is the vomit filled sack of suck. Fucking producers, studio moneymen, Broccoli heirs all basically realized that they wet shit the bed with that one.<BR/>Reboot with Casino Royale to mixed success.<BR/>The Diamond face, the cunt-stunt casting of Halle Berry, the abortion-like fencing scene, the pod people-like changing of appearances, the death beam in the sky, the WHOLE FUCKING Ice Station Loser De Tutti location and set pieces, the Electro-Iron Man armor on the baddie, and all the plot hammered references to every fucking previous Bond Movie<BR/><BR/>By a country mile people.<BR/><BR/>The corporate sponsorship that was all over the films, Wayne's World style, beginning with Goldeneye was also really douchechill inducing.Tyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289673395726968877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-5856345328439880432009-03-29T19:26:00.000-04:002009-03-29T19:26:00.000-04:00Steven, a terrific rundown of the worst of Bond. ...Steven, a terrific rundown of the worst of Bond. My vote also goes to A View To A Kill. The nadir. It is awful on every level. I am also in agreement regarding Licence To Kill - not bad at all. Having just seen Quantum of Solace again, on DVD, I didn't hate it as much as when it first came out. Still not a great one, but some nice touches here and there. Most especially at the Opera, when the violence starts up - the often annoying quick edits and cuts work pretty effectively over the Opera score. Not sure what else to add - hilarious observation about Connery's wardrobe in Diamonds Are Forever - what the hell were they going for with that look?Walternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-57743511442169652152009-03-29T16:27:00.000-04:002009-03-29T16:27:00.000-04:00Moonraker was just too far over the top, and not i...Moonraker was just too far over the top, and not in an entertaining enough and campy way, so I have to give it the "worst ever" title for Bond flicks.<BR/><BR/>And Roger Moore, whom I think was an OK Bond at times, was already too long in the tooth by that point to be playing the role, IMHODeacon Bluehttp://holyhell.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-33738513782540126622009-03-27T17:18:00.000-04:002009-03-27T17:18:00.000-04:00My vote goes to MOONRAKER. It was the first new Bo...My vote goes to MOONRAKER. It was the first new Bond movie I ever saw, and liked it at the time (as a 12 year old) only realizing years later how cheezy and bloody awful it was, eventually leading me to conclude that Roger Moore was the worst thing to ever happen to the Bond franchise, and never brought even one positive attribute to the role of Bond. OCTOPUSSY may be worse, but MOONRAKER occupies a special circle of hell in my personal memory.Steve Crouserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15882856378893906474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-90754486661942330382009-03-27T17:02:00.000-04:002009-03-27T17:02:00.000-04:00I vote for the Living Daylights. Timothy Dalton lo...I vote for the Living Daylights. Timothy Dalton looked too much like Michael Dukakis for me. He had no spark and when he would turn around to shoot someone, he looked like a wooden puppet. I stopped watching any new Bond movies after that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-59085603466999938492009-03-27T16:27:00.000-04:002009-03-27T16:27:00.000-04:00I can only feel affection for the 70s Bonds as tha...I can only feel affection for the 70s Bonds as that's where I was introduced to the whole Bondiverse, almost always via the ABC Sunday Night Movie. <BR/><BR/>The first one I remember seeing all the way through was DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, and it blew my 9-year-old noggin to smithereens.<BR/><BR/>For the pits, I'm with you on A VIEW TO A KILL. I'm sure OCTOPUSSY is also terrible, but I saw it with a bunch of my younger cousins, and we had a good time (although I haven't seen it since). <BR/><BR/>LICENCE TO KILL is a real stand-out and, I think, the most severely underrated Bond movie. <BR/><BR/>The Brosnan Bonds were pretty much OK in my book.Mike McPaddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684930395001726761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-69852786948825586352009-03-27T16:25:00.000-04:002009-03-27T16:25:00.000-04:00First of all you have to just take the entire Roge...First of all you have to just take the entire Roger Moore canon and throw it all in a big heap at the bottom. There's no point trying to pick a worst one because we all have better things to do than argue the finer points of Octopussy vs. View to a Kill. And I'm including Diamonds Are Forever in that because that is for all intents and purposes a Roger Moore film. Having Sean Connery being in that film is like having a decapitated chicken that keeps running around for a few minutes while it bleeds out.<BR/><BR/>I have a soft spot for old Timothy Dalton because at least he tried to bring seriousness back to the series and was badly served by the material thay gave him. And I like both the Daniel Craig films, so that leaves me with Brosnan. I love Goldeneye if only for the frumpy Russian girl. I'll go with The World is not Enough for a cinematic turd that just sat there steaming for two hours.<BR/><BR/>Great topic!Kevie Metalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908746632909933648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-870611957564329202009-03-27T12:06:00.000-04:002009-03-27T12:06:00.000-04:00Why Didn't we mention "FOR YOUR EYES ONLY". What a...Why Didn't we mention "FOR YOUR EYES ONLY". What a piece of shit! I was going to say "A VIEW TO A KILL" but in some ways all Bond movies are entertaining just some much more than others, and Walken KILLS me in that movie! <BR/><BR/>Honestly it might be a toss up for me between,"FOR YOUR EYES ONLY" which was boring and a complete disastrous disappointment after the wonderful "SPY WHO LOVED ME" and The completely out of character crying clown Bond of "OCTOPUSSY". That is just plain wrong! Add Louis Jordan as a complete Douche of an unwatchable villain and you will find the real losers were Bond Fans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-22070861125000568622009-03-27T11:48:00.000-04:002009-03-27T11:48:00.000-04:00Hey man:Tim Dalton totally vagified the franchise....Hey man:<BR/><BR/>Tim Dalton totally vagified the franchise. by far and away the LEAST manly Bond. Also the last two Roger Moore starred in butthat would be the fault of whoever decided to continue casting him as a ladies man/killer. Who in thier right mind would ever think he could ever score with ANY of those chicks in Octopussy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-9634604584019771152009-03-27T11:31:00.000-04:002009-03-27T11:31:00.000-04:00"Octopussy." James Bond as a clown fights Louis Jo..."Octopussy." James Bond as a clown fights Louis Jourdan. No, really. <BR/><BR/>But as unwatchable as this is, it really only wins the title because the much worse, almost eyebleedingly bad License to Kill redeems itself ever so slightly with the casting of Benicio Del Toro and Robert Davi as he baddies. <BR/><BR/>Let me also say I will not argue the point too strongly with anyone who chooses Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only or A View to a Kill. They have strong cases. Likewise with Die Another Day. Madonna theme+ Madonna cameo + Halle Berry +invisible car = Turd, James Turd"<BR/><BR/>-skelter67Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-52324288278742954862009-03-27T11:28:00.000-04:002009-03-27T11:28:00.000-04:00Geeze, what a hard choice. With the exception of L...Geeze, what a hard choice. With the exception of <I>License to Kill</I> (actually one of my favorites, for just the reasons you describe) and <I>Quantum of Solace</I> (which I haven't seen yet), the bottom of that barrel looks more like the bowl of a frat-room toilet on a Sunday morning! <BR/><BR/>My vote for the biggest turd in that fecal wasteland is a two-way tie between - <I>Octopussy</I> and <I>Moonraker</I>. Both films are utterly without salvation. <I>A View to a Kill</I> had its theme song and the scene where Walken chuckles as he mows down his own men. The first two are without any redemption whatsoever. Even as a teenager, I found all three films excruciating. The few times I've glimpsed a scene of the rear-screen "heroics" or campy "humor" involved in them, I find myself wondering, "How much cocaine did folks have to inhale during the screenings of these films before any element of them looked good?"Satyrbladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18015786983800102480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-27526168871186203472009-03-27T11:20:00.000-04:002009-03-27T11:20:00.000-04:00My vote is for Octopussy, but frankly I can't even...My vote is for Octopussy, but frankly I can't even remember it--or A View To a Kill, I think I blocked them out of my mind. I just remember leaving the theater after Octopussy cursing the franchise.<BR/><BR/>Haven't seen "Solace" yet. Trying to keep my expectations low, but I did really enjoy Casino Royale.Steve Buccellatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07465853293584074247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-90840487960681627752009-03-27T10:56:00.000-04:002009-03-27T10:56:00.000-04:00Both NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN and the 1960's CASINO R...Both NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN and the 1960's CASINO ROYALE are ineligible for inclusion here because neither are part of the official Gildrose 007 series that started with DR. NO back in 1962. That caveat was mentioned in the first draft of this piece but later edited out.Bunche (pop culture ronin)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11831085937894725459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-80099716376711666212009-03-27T10:46:00.000-04:002009-03-27T10:46:00.000-04:00This list is missing "Never Say Never Again", that...This list is missing "Never Say Never Again", that horrifically ridiculous remake of the ever admirable Thunderball. It deserves at least honorable mention!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-62198879511614707782009-03-27T09:50:00.000-04:002009-03-27T09:50:00.000-04:00We are informed that Leiter's wife was raped, poss...We are informed that Leiter's wife was raped, possibly gang-raped, as well as murdered when a young and very creepy Benicio Del Toro states something like, "We gave her a niiiice honeymooooon."Bunche (pop culture ronin)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11831085937894725459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-77251347106720567042009-03-27T09:47:00.000-04:002009-03-27T09:47:00.000-04:00Without a doubt, A VIEW TO A KILL is the worst. I ...Without a doubt, A VIEW TO A KILL is the worst. I saw it opening night and never saw it again. As I recall, it was indeed the Beach Boys version of California Girls--and its use in that scene was utterly perplexing.<BR/><BR/>That said, I nearly walked out on THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS halfway through, I was so bored.<BR/><BR/>I liked LICENCE TO KILL--though I don't remember Felix Leiter's wife being raped and murdered. I thought she was just murdered.Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794313577763452707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-45087083545398008222009-03-27T08:48:00.000-04:002009-03-27T08:48:00.000-04:00View To A Kill is the worst. The others suck, but ...View To A Kill is the worst. The others suck, but View just sucks harder and longer.John Blighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543592173944572738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-88714673904119317932009-03-27T06:02:00.000-04:002009-03-27T06:02:00.000-04:00I've had many friends rave about Christopher Walke...I've had many friends rave about Christopher Walken in "A View To A Kill" but it was pretty plain he was slumming in it and it's just a godawful movie period. I'm not a big Bond fan but I did enjoy the new "Casino Royale" because there was some edge to it, but mostly they're campy lad daydreams. "A View To A Kill" does have the best theme, though--this was one of the few Bond films I saw in the theater (among tons of other teenage girls) directly because I was a huge Durannie at the time and we all went to hear the theme ... and then realized the movie sucked.Laser Rocket Armhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12332672587425641355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-79983239729355798352009-03-27T05:36:00.000-04:002009-03-27T05:36:00.000-04:00ok - I am FAR from a Bond afficionado but Diamonds...ok - I am FAR from a Bond afficionado but Diamonds Are Forever got me hooked on Bond but On Her Majesty's Secret Service made me love Bond but, sadly, so much for whatshisname! Personally the Bond I hated the most was View to a Kill - OY VEY was that bad. I saw that in the theatre and it was so awful I squirmed in my seat I felt so bad for the ACTORS!!! Now I know you won't agree with me but I could watch Die Another Day over and over again. I love every campy bit of it but truth be told my second to Her Majesty's is Casino Royale - hands down, for me, a great movie. Now I have haven't seen Quantum of So' Ass BUT I may rent it just to see what the hoopla was about. Well that's my two cents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com