I voted Quantum 
<--(runs away from the ban hammer and the wrath of classic Bond freaks)
sometimes i ask myself what such people do in a classic videogame forum with tons of since decades outdated games and frowsy lumpy plimpy grafx 
Some such people aren't huge on camp and so were probably never that into Bond- which is why some such people may prefer Craig's Bond- and some such people may prefer Craig's Bond in Quantum as that Bond cracks the least jokes yet cracks the most heads.
That said I'm big on revisionist takes of tired old genres and franchises- if the revisions are gritty and more realistic, the direction capable and the actors up to snuff. HBO's Deadwood- not your father's western show (and HBO's Rome- far removed from I Claudius). Batman Begins (Dark Knight was overrated to me) is my favorite Batman. I prefer the vampires in 30 Days of Night (actual monsters) over the Gawsh-he's-so-dreamy vampires of Interview With A Vampire; and I prefer graphics novels to comic books.
There are exceptions of course- I'm an Indiana Jones fan- and Indy's campy as all get out- but Indy pays homage to old Saturday idol matinees whereas Bond films were pretty much paying homage to themselves. I want my videogames to look like videogames- not actual broadcasts of Monday Night Football or helmet cam killing sprees- and I still rather enjoy campy old horror movies- unless they were franchises that were done to death without revision (like Friday the 13th- and even that is getting a revisionist makeover though it looks like pure shit)- I mean- it's taken Bond over 20 films (if you're counting the two non-EON films) to actually get raw. I'm also not knocking those who are into classic Bonds- I can see why they're loved especially if they invoke childhood memories (I am on a turbografx/pce site- though my love for turbo/pce runs deeper than mere memories)- but Bond was never really my thing- until now. Danny Craig FTW- a Bond who when pissed couldn't give a damn if his martini is shaken or stirred.
Crap mockeries like Austin Powers- going as far back as Get Smart! should have made Bond producers more conscious of breaking their mold. It's pretty unfortunate that it took the Bourne movies to set the pace for a revisionist interpretation of Bond- though I much prefer CR and QOS over the Bourne trilogy. After the first Bourne movie they should have just left the guy alone- instead of needing two more lessons on it and boring me to tears.
Another thing is that I've read that Craig's Bond's demeanor is more in tune with Ian Fleming's Bond. I will judge for myself as I have the Casino Royale book on my Christmas wish list.
oh, i was just kidding, you know. hope you knew that :oops: but fair said, i agree with most of your wievpoints (except for the bond thing
). but i'm way too much into bond things to talk about on the same level, i believe. for me it is an obssesion almost equal to the PC Engine phenomenon.
i grew up with bond, i'm watching them everytime when ever they run on TV and if not, i grab my DVDs out of the shelfand watch it anyway. hardly a month goes by without watching 2~3 bonds. sometimes just let them run in the BG while doing some other work.
the atmosphere, the score, the quotes, the locations, the sets, the remarable actors (on both side), the choeographs etc. everything just make them wonderful movies.
Topic: Best Bond Film (Read 551 times)
