Movies: next James Bond will be (SHOCKING NEWS...Broccoli family give up control of the ENTIRE BOND franchise)

[Tasty Biscuits]

There are absolutely times when I'm in the mood to watch Moonraker instead of From Russia With Love.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

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I mean not MANY times... but it's happened!

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

I'm not sure why people say the last good bond movie was 20 years ago. Skyfall from 2012 is a pretty good movie and almost certainly a top-10 bond movie or all-time.

Craig's top-2 bond movies were certainly better than Brosnan's top-2, or Hutton's (yeah, I know he was only in 2), and Moore's.

I mean you’re entitled to your own opinion and all that, but I wouldn't say any of Craig's movies are worth putting in the top half of the franchise. They all had this monkeys-paw thing going on where individually strong elements were anchored by terribly bad plot/character choices. Casino had a great villain but wasted way too much time on the poker scene, Quantum had possibly the greatest character development of a Bond film but had a lousy villain and evil scheme, Skyfall's first half was the best we've seen of Craig only to devolve into "he wants to get caught" meets Home Alone, Spectre was so forgettable that the most memorable character was the henchman without any lines, and No Time to Die dragged out the plot to the point where you only figure out what the scheme was like 3/4ers of the way through the movie.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

I mean not MANY times... but it's happened!

I'm the same way, you just don't get an opportunity to appropriately use that gif very often!

 

[blueandgoldguy]

I mean you’re entitled to your own opinion and all that, but I wouldn't say any of Craig's movies are worth putting in the top half of the franchise. They all had this monkeys-paw thing going on where individually strong elements were anchored by terribly bad plot/character choices. Casino had a great villain but wasted way too much time on the poker scene, Quantum had possibly the greatest character development of a Bond film but had a lousy villain and evil scheme, Skyfall's first half was the best we've seen of Craig only to devolve into "he wants to get caught" meets Home Alone, Spectre was so forgettable that the most memorable character was the henchman without any lines, and No Time to Die dragged out the plot to the point where you only figure out what the scheme was like 3/4ers of the way through the movie.

And you are entitled to yours as well. Casino Royale had excellent pacing regardless of the poker scenes which were not too time consuming at all. I have no idea what you are talking about with your home alone analogy in Skyfall.

Terrible plot/character choices?? Have you watched all the previous Bond movies? Name me 2 of Moore's and 2 of Brosnan's Bond movies that are better than Craig's best. Offhand, I remember most of Moore's movies being extremely cheesy.

 

[Fantomas]

Craig's top-2 bond movies were certainly better than Brosnan's top-2, or Hutton's (yeah, I know he was only in 2), and Moore's.

I feel Casino Royale and Skyfall were very enjoyable for the most part. But Craig's other 3 Bond films are just tedious and borderline unwatchable to me. At least Pierce's films are watchable, silly fun. Die Another Day is one of my favorite "so bad it's good" flicks.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Casino is the best Bond movie there is, edging out FRWL. Follows the book very well. Skyfall was good and I think Quantum was underrated. Hated it at first but it really grew on me. The writers strike screwed that one over. I liked NTTD but Spectre is not good.