Your Unpopular/Controversial James Bond Movie Opinions

I think hes better than Craig. I dont think he was great but he did have charm to him.

I would rank those three as the three best Bonds.

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1. Brosnan
2. Connery
3. Moore
4. Dalton
5. Lazenby
6. Craig

I fully agree. 

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#1 - Licence to Kill
#7 - A View to a Kill
#10 - The Living Daylights

I think the first half of Die Another Day is my favorite Brosnan Bond (though, heh, that may just tell you my low opinion of the Brosnan Bonds). Berry’s acting’s lousy, but other than that we have the North Korea sequence, some interesting sleuthing at the clinic, the fencing scene with Stephens as anti-Bond, the beautiful Rosamund Pike, and callbacks not just to previous Bond movies but (even better) to Fleming’s original books. Even the ice palace is one of the interesting Bond settings, the whole thing feels like a Bond movie in the grand tradition, and Brosnan gives his best performance in the role.

And then of course it all goes to blazes with the invisible car, the stupid twist, and the godawful CGI—but that first half is, I truly think, good.

Similarly, Moonraker’s first half is my favorite Moore Bond, and then the space stuff ruins it (though it’s better than DAD, all things considered). Ah well.

I love Bond, but it is funny how few Bonds I’d consider good movies on their own, rather than good James Bond entries.

Moonraker is not that bad.

I don’t actually mind the Richards character, but yes, the twist would have been far more effective, both dramatically and emotionally, if Marceau were the only Bond girl.

This is a fair point. About half a dozen Bonds I’d say are actually good movies (the first three Connerys, The Spy who Loved Me, Casino Royale, For Your Eyes Only, and maybe Licence to Kill); many others I’d say are good Bond entries. Of course, that’s not the same as “my favorites”: I’d probably pick Moonraker to watch over Spy, and these days I like the goofy Moore years in general more than I used to.

Not to keep linking to the same person, but I really enjoy reading ex-blogger Jaime Weinman’s comments—and agree with his claim that “every post-'60s Bond film (up to the Casino Royale reboot, anyway) [w]as a ‘yes, but…' movie.” His exact movie opinions and mine aren’t the same, but I agree with the gist of what he’s saying here:
As he says, that the Bond series survived despite repeating the same story elements over and over again (or “rendering storytelling and character irrelevant for years”) is remarkable. Now, I don’t necessarily dislike that, but it’s remarkable nonetheless.

- Timothy Dalton is the best Bond. He looks, acts and feels the part.

- There hasn't been a good James Bond movie since at least the late 90s.

- Dr. No (1962) is quite dull in comparison to the later Sean Connery entries.

- Octopussy (1983) is far worse than A View To A Kill (1985), a film that I would describe reasonably favourably.