Favorite and most fun Bond films.

[Ambient_Malice]

The spirit of this thread is to list your favorite Bond film along with another Bond film that strikes you as the most "fun".

Favorite: GoldenEye.
GoldenEye is, for me, a masterpiece. Rich in subtext, exquisitely scored, and with outstanding performances from all the leads. We are given a glimpse into the hypocrisy and lies that underpin James Bond's world. Bond is a lapdog of the British government, but one that isn't truly loyal to anything or anyone. The film effectively uses Russia and the Cold War to illustrate how "governments change, the lies stay the same."

Fun: Die Another Day.
DAD is a goofy film. But it has the magnificent Toby Stephens, who uplifts the film at every opportunity with priceless quips. "PARACHUTES FOR THE BOTH OF US!" The film is filled with loving homage to the Bond series, and Brosnan embodies a sense of grace throughout. John Cleese is wonderful in his last appearance in the series.

 

[Addendum_Forthcoming]

Say what you like, but I had way more fun watching the Roger Moore stuff than Sean Connery. I think Sean Connery and Timothy Dalton were closest to the psychopathy of the actual James Bond of the novels. Roger Moore ... all of it batshit bananas. If the book got in the way of telling something batshit bananas crazy, then keep the title and toss the book out the Moonraker bay doors.

The Roger Moore Bonds also gave us the greatest supervillain of all time, Jaws.

More to the point; (Peter Sellers as Bond (1967)) Casino Royale, The Man with the Golden Gun, For Your Eyes Only, Licence to Kill, From Russia with Love, Goldeneye and (please don't hit me) A View to a Kill ... in that order (for fun and favourites, I don't really split the two in terms of something like a James Bond film).

 

[Queen Michael]

Favorite? Yeah, gotta be honest, it's Goldeneye.

Most fun? Goldfinger. Just the right amount of silliness.

 

[VintageNHC]

Favourite? Casino Royale (2006). The film is a perfect adaptation of the novel, which makes it my pick.
Most fun? GoldenEye.

 

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[dragoon3zero]

the only one i remember watching all the time was the one with the space fight with lasers

 

[A_Parked_Car]

Tomorrow Never Dies is my favourite, it is also my pick for most fun. James Bond versus evil media mogul/Steve Jobs who is trying to start WWIII so that he can write lots of news stories about it. Die Another Day is also a lot of fun. As is GoldenEye.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Favourite- You only lived twice.
When it come to the action, this is by far my favourite Bond films, the good guys were all ninja while Blofeld minions where all dressed in colourful suit (no I don't think it's a metaphor for something, it was just a way to clearify who is who!)

Ah, I missed the old Bond films when it used to have a cool battle scene at the end pining teh agents against the villain minions!!!

Also second place- Tomorrow Never Dies. I'm guessing I am bias as again I liked this film for the location eventhought the villain in this film was quite silly.

 

[Mr Companion]

Goldeneye is definitely the best

Live and let die is pretty fun

 

[Thaluikhain]

Tomorrow Never Dies was the best of the Brosnan ones, in that it had an actual plot and reasonable spy stuff (which Bond movies usually don't have).

From Russia with Love for Connery, for much the same reasons.

 

[Dwarfman]

Was always a fan of Sean Connery's Bond films, but Roger Moore I think was the best at portraying Bond.

Favourite Bond films would be Dr No and Goldfinger.

Fun Bond films would be Goldeneye and Live and Let Die (Along with it's cracking soundtrack by that guy recently discovered by Kanye West *sarcasm*)

 

[Bizzaro Stormy]

Favorite is the Man With the Golden Gun. I have no idea why it just is my favorite.

Most fun is either Golden Eye, or Moonraker.

 

[RedDeadFred]

Favourite:
I really like Skyfall and Casino Royal, but I think my favourite is still Goldfinger. It was the first Bond film I saw and it's a classic. It has some of the most iconic characters, one of the best theme songs, and one of the more intriguing (though, nonsensical) plots.

Fun:
All of the Roger Moore films. My favourite among them is probably The Man With the Golden Gun. Seeing two masters at killing go at it in a fun house was awesome. Christopher Lee killed it.

 

[Hawki]

Favorite would be Casino Royale.

Most fun? I can't really say, as "fun" can come from comedy as much as action for instance.

Will comment while I'm here that it's nice to see that GoldenEye is still well regarded. It was the first Bond film I ever saw and it would be my third favorite overall, out of all the ones I've seen.

 

[Guffe]

Goldeneye and Pierce Brosnan for the win!
Most likely has to do with the fact that it was one of the first games I saw and one of the most played videogame of my childhood. But even as I watch the movie now, I still enjoy it a lot

 

[Cowabungaa]

Goldfinger on both accounts for me. The delicious 60's cheese, the awful puns, Sean Connery being very Sean Connery, the megalomanic idiocy of the main villain, it has all the right stuff I want from a Bond movie in spades. Connery Bond is best Bond, always.

Close second for Goldeneye and Pierce Brosnan because he had the same level of suave retardation that makes Bond so hilarious. Of course, in the end I love pretty much all Bond. Except Casino Royal and the Dalton mess.

Honourable mention for Moore, because come on:

How can you not love that?

 

[Ralancian]

Always, You Only Live Twice by far the height on the Connery era, often the most lampooned for this very reason.

Probably Skyfall is my second favorite but that's judged on what I think makes a good movie rather than Bond movie.

 

[DSK-]

Certainly not the Craig films, I think they are quite horrible (except for this) which is brilliant:

Spoiler

Die Another Day was just too over the top with the stealth Aston Martin and the like for me, but it was nice seeing a Bond-like villain though.

Connery, Moore, Dalton and Brosnan were great Bonds though.

I still have yet to finish watching Skyfall because it's so fucking boring :/

 

[DSK-]

Certainly not the Craig films, I think they are quite horrible (except for this) which is brilliant:

Spoiler

Die Another Day was just too over the top with the stealth Aston Martin and the like for me, but it was nice seeing a Bond-like villain though.

Connery, Moore, Dalton and Brosnan were great Bonds though.

I still have yet to finish watching Skyfall because it's so fucking boring :/

 

[the_dramatica]

I really like Casino royal, it's probably my favorite. I didn't like quantum of solace or skyfall as much.

Also ironically, I would be closest to the games. Nightfire and goldeneye where amazing, and I even played some of the not so good ones a ton.

Tomorrow Never Dies was the best of the Brosnan ones, in that it had an actual plot and reasonable spy stuff (which Bond movies usually don't have).

From Russia with Love for Connery, for much the same reasons.

Tomorrow never dies didn't have the romantic sets and scenes that other bond films does but it has a very interesting villian. "The difference between madness and genius is failure or success." Sticks with me still.