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Like I said earlier in this thread, I've been following Ioan Gruffudd for a while now and I think he is a great actor, and I believe even Bond material.

I just cannot see Clive Owen in the part like you guys can.

And yes, LTK is my second favorite Bond film.
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I'm sure you've probably said it already, but what's your first fave Bond film.

I don't know that Owen would be spectacular as I'm not really familiar with him. I'm about as familiar with him as I am with Gruffaud. But, like I said, of the current candidates, I think he'd be best. But what the hell do I know?
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If you want to see more of Gruffudd, see if you can find the A&E Hornblower series. One of the best TV mini-series I've seen(although the SFX could have used some more work).

From Russia with Love is my first, btw.
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I gotta admit that as fun as the humorous Bond was, I really dug the revenge driven Bond from License to Kill. Dalton was excellent in that movie.


We will have to disagree here. License to Kill is (IMHO) the worst Bond movie of them all with Goldeneye coming in a close 2nd. To me, License to Kill began the Dark ages of the Bonds films from which they have yet to recover. License to Kill felt to me like it belonged in the Lethal Weapon series not Bond.

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Brosnan, on the surface, is the ideal Bond. He looks the part, can be a tough guy or a suave and smooth guy. He's not too young, not too old. And he's the epitome of cool. But the movies he was in sucked. Plain and simple. I'd be more than willing to give him another chance if they bring in new writers, a director with his own vision, and a whole new route for Bond. I think Brosnan would have been great with a script like L2K. But alas.


On this we agree.

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Female M doesn't bother me at all.


Maybe it is just that the part was originated by a male. I don't know, it just bothers me.

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You all think Cleese will be back in the next one?


I think he should be.





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License to Kill is (IMHO) the worst Bond movie of them all with Goldeneye coming in a close 2nd.


You obviously didn't watch a monstrosity called "Die Another Day".
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You obviously didn't watch a monstrosity called "Die Another Day".


I did, I didn't like it, but its still better than License to Kill and Goldeneye. I'll rank it the 3rd worst Bond movie.


As for who would make the Better Bond Gruffudd, or Owen. Gruffudd seems to me, to be too short for the part and Owen looks the part more. But Gruffudd might still be good Bond material. I will try my best to keep an open mind.

My Favorite Bond movie: Goldfinger
2nd Favorite Dr No.

Here is how I rank the Bonds (from Best to Worst (imho) )
Sean Connery
Roger Moore
Pierce Brosnan
Timothy Dalton
George Lazenby

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Mine are ranked:

Sean Connery
Timothy Dalton
Pierce Brosnan
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
and David Niven

(okay, the last one was a joke)
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My favorite Bonds:

Roger Moore
Sean Conery
Pierce Brosnan
Timothy Dalton
George Lazemby (altough I've seen only 10 minutes of him as Bond)

My favorite Bond movies:

Moonraker (because it's silly and fun)
The Spy Who Loved Me (got the soundtrack!)
Diamonds Are Forever
Goldfinger
The World is Not Enough
Octopussy
Live and Let Die

and others follow...
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Okay, let me list out the films in order of "whoa, how cool" to "wtf is this"

FRWL
LTK
Goldfinger
Dr. No
TLD
OHMSS
LALD
Thunderball
FYEO
YOLT
TMWTGG
TSWLM
Goldeneye
TND
Octopussy
TWINE
DAD
DAF
Moonraker
AVTAK
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Ok... What was Brosnan's other film. I know TWINE, DAD, Goldeneye.. but wasn't he in another one?

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Tomorrow never dies?
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He said he remembered after he posted his question.
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Could've, should've, would've, BUT DIDN'T!

Princess Leia: I happen to like nice men.
Han Solo: I'm a nice man.

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I only edit posts for comedic effect or to rectify an internal error within the post, like grammar, spelling, or lack of clarity. The relevance of a question is irrelevant.

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Originally posted by: Warbler
License to Kill is (IMHO) the worst Bond movie of them all with Goldeneye coming in a close 2nd.


License to kill is the best Bond film and Goldeneye comes a close second. It's definitely the only good Brosnan one (not his fault though - he's a good Bond, just bad films).

I think that all you guys who don't like the Dalton Bonds and think that Die another day is a good movie are all smoking crack.

War does not make one great.

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Not that I agree on Goldeneye, but I do agree on L2K. Thank you YIYF and Sessler.

And I would just like to point out that, for once... I'M NOT THE ONE SMOKING CRACK!!!!
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Originally posted by: Warbler
License to Kill is (IMHO) the worst Bond movie of them all with Goldeneye coming in a close 2nd.


License to kill is the best Bond film and Goldeneye comes a close second. It's definitely the only good Brosnan one (not his fault though - he's a good Bond, just bad films).

I think that all you guys who don't like the Dalton Bonds and think that Die another day is a good movie are all smoking crack.


*too busy smoking crack to respond*
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I only edit posts for comedic effect or to rectify an internal error within the post, like grammar, spelling, or lack of clarity. The relevance of a question is irrelevant.


Makes for a lot of pointless posts though does it not?
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I might not have realized that it was TND.

I did, but until I did, the question was valid. BTW, Day Another Die wasn't that bad really. If they just tookout everything related to Jinks, Miranda Frost, and that white guy who used to be asian...

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They should wait 5 years then make a new bond movie, much darker, less gadgets (in Dr.No he had his watler PPK and that was it - I'm thinking we still have gadgets, but keep it to a minimum, and no invisible cars). Bond should be in his mid to late 30s. Something happens and MI5 gets fucked up, lots of people, including M, dead. Bond goes into hiding. He meets Q (a new Q, not R or any other shit and not John Cleese) secretly and Q kits him out with all that he could manage to get hold of - a few guns and gadgets. Bond then goes about getting the people who done this and saving the world. The Bond music can stay, but that's about it. We need to go back to a Dalton style Bond. The Dalton movies did have humour, despite what some people say (what about the bit where he parachutes onto the girl's boat, shouts 'nothing to declare' as he bobsleighs over the border on a double bass? - that was bond humour, not all this Brosnan era 'Cunning luinguist' crap). They should also cast an unknown. And Irvin Kershner should direct (Never say never again may be unofficial, but it's one of the 5 best in my opinion).

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