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Not Afraid · 08-06-2010, 10:04 AM

Let's talk Bond Aliases!

I was trying to remember a few favorite Bond moments last night. One is where Sean wears that little blue terrycloth pool suit (there is NO ONE ELSE how could carry that off).

I moved on to my favorite Aliases. Syngen Smyth from "A View to a Kill" is only topped by a close margin by Sir Hilary Bray. Oh HILLY!

Here's a great list of all of the Bond Alias names.

Cadaverous Pallor · 08-06-2010, 10:14 AM

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Daniel Craig made a splash not only with his puggish Bond, but with a superb opening credits sequence featuring a song I love, but not everyone does. You Know My Name is great, and if you don't think so - you are simply wrong.

I watched/listened to it again just to be sure and yeah, I completely disagree. Perhaps with different singer and different arrangement?

Tref · 08-06-2010, 11:06 AM

Connery and Lazenby are good as Bond. Craig was great in Casino Royal, though the follow up was so bad I will have to wait for the next one to really judge. Dalton was OK, though I just didn't buy it. Same with Brosnan, though I think it had to do with the overall quality of the films. I saw them. Liked them. But I never want watch them again.

If it is about repeatability, Moore wins every time.

Best Bond films:

A. Live and Let Die
B. The Man with the Golden Gun
C. The Spy Who Loved Me

When they are on, I will always watch them from start to finish. By total coincidence, Octopussy and A View to a Kill were on last night. They were both pretty bad. I made it all the way through OP though I gave up half through AVtaK.

I recall actually enjoying Moonraker though I would have to watch it again to decide.

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Strangler Lewis · 08-06-2010, 12:43 PM

I can say that, having just watched it on You Tube in the spirit of inquiry, the fight scene in "From Russia With Love" holds up somewhat better than, say, the car chase in "Bullitt" or the dance sequences in "Saturday Night Live."

Tref · 08-06-2010, 01:21 PM

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or the dance sequences in "Saturday Night Live."

Or, MadTV, for that matter.

frodo potter · 08-06-2010, 08:47 PM

Goldfinger is the best bond movie hands down.

It has the best Bond ie. Connery

The best bond girl name "pussy galore"

The best bond line "Bond: do you expect me to talk Goldfinger.
Goldfinger: No mister bond I expect you to Die.

Strangler Lewis · 08-06-2010, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I can say that, having just watched it on You Tube in the spirit of inquiry, the fight scene in "From Russia With Love" holds up somewhat better than, say, the car chase in "Bullitt" or the dance sequences in "Saturday Night Live."

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Originally Posted by Tref

Or, MadTV, for that matter.

Whoops. I meant "Saturday Night Fever."

Tref · 08-06-2010, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Whoops. I meant "Saturday Night Fever."

Duly noted.

Tref · 08-07-2010, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by frodo potter

Goldfinger is the best bond movie hands down.

I know the above comment is a widely held belief, indeed, I just to-day read an article in the Entertainment Weekly that espoused the very same thought -- Goldfinger is the best.

I just watched it and I can not figure out what makes it the gold standard of Bond films. I liked it. It was OK. But I am not convinced of the film's greatness.

I actually was going to go point by point about what I thought was off about that movie, but after writing it, I deleted it. For whatever reason people will always choose Connery as the best, so what can a brother do?

Maybe my fondness and genuine nostalgia for the 1970s clouds my ability to see how Goldfinger could in anyway match a film like The Spy Who Loved Me, which I think ranks not as a great Bond film, but as a great film of the action genre, itself.

Interestingly enough, I read a review that made the claim that TSWLM was the best Bond film -- period, but then went on in the next paragraph to explain by Connery was still better. Ridiculous. It's like Roger Moore was revealed to be a Nazi sympathiser, or something.

Morrigoon · 08-07-2010, 10:13 PM

You guys are costing me a fortune on iTunes right now. Thought you oughta know. BTW: there's a "The Best of Bond... James Bond" album on there.

08-06-2010, 10:04 AM	#21
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Let's talk Bond Aliases! I was trying to remember a few favorite Bond moments last night. One is where Sean wears that little blue terrycloth pool suit (there is NO ONE ELSE how could carry that off). I moved on to my favorite Aliases. Syngen Smyth from "A View to a Kill" is only topped by a close margin by Sir Hilary Bray. Oh HILLY! Here's a great list of all of the Bond Alias names.
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Tref Not Tref Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,188	Oh, James. Connery and Lazenby are good as Bond. Craig was great in Casino Royal, though the follow up was so bad I will have to wait for the next one to really judge. Dalton was OK, though I just didn't buy it. Same with Brosnan, though I think it had to do with the overall quality of the films. I saw them. Liked them. But I never want watch them again. If it is about repeatability, Moore wins every time. Best Bond films: A. Live and Let Die B. The Man with the Golden Gun C. The Spy Who Loved Me When they are on, I will always watch them from start to finish. By total coincidence, Octopussy and A View to a Kill were on last night. They were both pretty bad. I made it all the way through OP though I gave up half through AVtaK. I recall actually enjoying Moonraker though I would have to watch it again to decide. (Pic unrelated) __________________ Tref3.0 Listen in aural 3-D to Pop's muzak! (New songs added semi-bi-daily) j & j Did you know that Emas eht yltcaxe is exactly the same spelled backwards?!
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frodo potter Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 84	Goldfinger is the best bond movie hands down. It has the best Bond ie. Connery The best bond girl name "pussy galore" The best bond line "Bond: do you expect me to talk Goldfinger. Goldfinger: No mister bond I expect you to Die.
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	You guys are costing me a fortune on iTunes right now. Thought you oughta know. BTW: there's a "The Best of Bond... James Bond" album on there. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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