DWW's Merry Bond Adventure

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And I dig diamond-faced Zao.
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Mmmmm dat Miranda Frost
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I need to rewatch Die Another Day at some point I guess. I remember some high peaks and some low lows, but I think I like it better than Tomorrow Never Dies at least. That one I just found dull. With these movies, I will take dumb fun over boring.
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To me the low lows are consistently the bad CGI and Jinx. I even enjoy the ridiculous refurbished Moonraker plot.
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Swinging' back around to Daniel Craig with Quantum of Solace
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Halle may be hot, but her bad acting with terrible one liner delivery brings down that Bond Girl grade hard.
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Camille would rank very high for me for girls.
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As unthrilling/dull as this one is, that opera scene is pretty awesome.
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Skyfall. Naomi Harris is such a doll in this.
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The way Daniel Craig hesitates from the fight when he spots the komodo dragon will never not be funny, lol. I love the sudden look on his face.

Also, when I saw Black Panther in the theatre, their "espionage" scene was so remarkably close to this one, I actually expected a komodo dragon pit.
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The day of the dead opening is still spectacular in Spectre
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Don't care if that train fight was basically a remake of From Russia With Love's fight, it was a damn good one.
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Done. So done. Woof. What a warmup for the challenge.
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New ranking:

1. From Russia With Love
2. Skyfall
3. Casino Royale
4. Goldfinger
5. License To Kill
6. You Only Live Twice
7. Dr. No
8. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
9. Thunderball
10. Goldeneye
11. The Man With The Golden Gun
12. The Spy Who Loved Me
13. Live & Let Die
14. Spectre
15. The Living Daylights
16. Die Another Day
17. The World Is Not Enough
18. Moonraker
19. Quantum of Solace
20. Diamonds Are Forever
21. Octopussy
22. For Your Eyes Only
23. A View To A Kill
24. Tomorrow Never Dies

The only one I didn't enjoy watching on some level was Tomorrow Never Dies.
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Top 10 Bond Girls

1. Solitair - Live & Let Die
2. Vesper Lynd - Casino Royale
3. Plenty O'Toole - Diamonds Are Forever
4. Xenia Onatopp - Goldeneye
5. Mary Goodnight - The Man With The Golden Gun
6. Camille - Quantum of Solace
7. Naomi - The Spy Who Loved Me
8. Fiona Volpe - Thunderball
9. Corinne Defour - Moonraker
10. Jenny Flex - A View To A Kill
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Top 10 Villains:

1. Ernst Blofield - You Only Live Twice (don't care if my Donald bias got him there)
2. Auric Goldfinger - Goldfinger
3. Ernst Blofield - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4. Red Grant - From Russia With Love
5. Silva - Skyfall
6. Scaramanga - The Man With The Golden Gun
7. Le Chiffe - Casino Royale
8. Dr. No - Dr. No
9. Alec Trevelyan - Goldeneye
10. Largo - Thunderball
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Top 10 Henchmen:

1. Jaws - The Spy Who Loved Me/Moonraker
2. Oddjob - Goldfinger
3. Xenia Onatopp - Goldeneye
4. Dario -License To Kill
5. Baron Semadi - Live & Let Die
6. Nick Knack - The Man With The Golden Gun
7. Fiona Volpe - Thunderball
8. Hinx - Spectre
9. Zao - Die Another Day
10. Tee Hee - Live & Let Die

Interesting to see that other people list Red Grant as a henchman, when I thought he was too prominent and dominant in From Russia With Love to count as a henchman.
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Top 10 Bond Songs:

1. A View To A Kill (yeah, I'm putting it here, it's just so damn good)
2. Goldfinger
3. The World Is Not Enough
4. Skyfall
5. Dr. No (for purely bringing us the theme)
6. Live And Let Die
7. You Know My Name
8. Living Daylights
9. License To Kill
10. Diamonds Are Forever
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No Carly Simon?
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Tiggnutz wrote:No Carly Simon?
Close, but I tend to be fond of the Bassey voice.
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