No it isn't.



Ever see The Guns of Navarone? Scarface? King Solomon's Mines? The Secret of the Incas? The Adventures of Robin Hood? Hell, both Ben Hur's including The Tale of the Christ?



There are dozens of films that had more effect on the depletion of the Code than Goldfinger. Some Like it Hot and several of Lumet's films to name a few.


From Russia With Love is an even better movie.

The General (1926)

The Great Train Robbery (1903)

If you watch all those movies mentioned and compare them to a Bourne/Mission Impossible/National Treasure/Transformers/modern Bond movie/whatever franchise or single movie you consider to be the quintessential action movie of the last 50 years, Goldfinger has far more in common.

Just watching Moonraker again tonight and wondered why Jaws bit apart the cable car cable.


None of the cables fell off and both cars were stillin full working order as far ask could make out.

Anyway as far as favorite might actually be Moonraker because its the most fun to me.
Was 14 when I saw it first time in the movies so I was old enough to appreciate a movie like this I guess.

Have seen every one since LALD in the theater. FRwL is probably the best Bond.

If I had to pick only one to see the rest of my life, it would have to be Goldfinger. Connery at his peak, great song/score, best villain, best henchman, best Q scene, best car. Felix Leiter at his most dense ("Where's your butler friend?); iconic Golden Girl. Nuclear bomb countdown--with Bond handcuffed to the bomb!! Even the scenes with M have real bite. Hell, this movie even makes a golf match interesting!

But if I could pick another one, it would be From Russia With Love.

The first Bond film I saw in theaters was Moonraker, and I LOVED it--at the time. Within a few years I was able to see all the Connery Bonds at revival houses--and I came to realize that Moonraker sucks. But I do hold a place for it in my heart--that pre-credits skydiving sequence is still impressive, even if you can spot the stunt doubles on repeated viewings.

Every Bond has had at least one film that rates pretty high in my estimation, but if I had to name just one, it would be On Her Majesty's Secret Service. It has great locales, an excellent villain in Savalas' Blofeld, Diana Rigg, and humanizes Bond where many of the other films turn him into a caricature. George Lazenby was passable as Bond, certainly not as bad as sometimes gets implied from it being his only outing. This would have been a great film for Connery to have signed out with, but I think Lazenby pulls off the final scene in a way that Connery might not have. Unfortunately, Connery came back for the unfortunately not completely forgettable Diamonds Are Forever.

For the record, these are what I consider the best films for each actor and pretty much the best Bond films as far as I'm concerned:

Connery: From Russia With Love
Lazenby: OHMSS
Moore: Live and Let Die
Dalton: Licence to Kill
Brosnan: Tomorrow Never Dies
Craig: Casino Royale

My favorite film for each Bond:

Connery: From Russia With Love
Lazenby: Doi
Moore: The Spy Who Loved Me
Dalton: The Living Daylights
Brosnan: Goldeneye
Craig: Skyfall

i haven't seen 3/4 of the Bond films, but can't wait to dig into the Bond 50 set! from start to finish, i plan, one day.

If I'm picking best Bond movie by Bond actor it would look like this...

Connery - Dr. No
Moore - For Your Eyes Only
Dalton - Licence To Kill
Brosnan - Tomorrow Never Dies
Craig - Skyfall

I just watched Licence To Kill tonight, and it has held up very well. I love that one. Dalton goes from upbeat, one-liner delivering guy with a smile on his face in the beginning of the movie to a determined, stone cold man filled with rage after Leiter is maimed and Leiter's wife is killed. The writing and acting there was excellent. You really get the sense that this hit too close to home for Bond and he's not going to let it go - the man responsible has to pay and Bond is going to be the one to make him pay. Great stuff. The action scenes are excellent (John Glen was an underrated director, especially when it came to action) and the story actually has a character arc for Bond for a change.

Fucking hated Doi

Just re-watched Licence to Kill from my Bond 50 set.

I initially watched it during my Freshman year in High School and didn't really appreciate it as much as I do now. I think it's a really underrated Bond flick. IMO, Dalton was a really underrated Bond. He really humanized the character and made him alot more vulnerable. It sucks that this was his last Bond flick. I heard that he was contracted to do one more movie, but the whole MGM financial mess and too much time passing killed the chances of him coming back.

Also, Carey Lowell was a pretty solid Bond girl. She was pretty damn hot back then in her late 20's. Normally I don't like woman with short hair cuts, but she pulls it off.

Also, I just checked John Glen's bio on IMDB. He directed 5 Bond movies including Licence to Kill. How has he not worked in over 10 years? He's 80 now and probably retired, but the last movie he directed was in 2001.

The best intro cut would be YOLT. It sets the whole movie. The best Bond spin goes to OHMSS. The best intro goes to TMWtGG. What? James Bond is dead? Well this is going to be a short movie.

Interesting sidenote: The first three gunbarrel scenes didn't feature Sean Connery, but Bob Simmons, Connery's stunt double.

The hat disappeared with Roger Moore and LALD. It would have been awesome to see Brosnan to do a gunbarrel cutscene with a Scally cap and General Foggybottom whiskers.

The Spy Who Loved Me

The Spy Who Loved Me; this was the first Bond film I saw in the theaters. Though Moore will always be my favorite for sentimental reasons; I truly like them all and think the producers did well in selecting the right actor for Bond within the right time periods (Yes, even Lazenby did a pretty good job, however it certainly helped that the story is one of the better stories of the series.)

Funny story : The day after I saw License To Kill in the theater, I went with my friend to a Dodgers game. His mom worked for a local L.A. news station and sometimes got their Club Level seats. During this game, somebody a couple of rows back had the audacity to light up a cigar and start smoking the stinky thing! I get up in a huff and storm over to tell the asshole off. I get there and it's Robert Davi who was the bad guy. I just keep on walking like I was headed to the restroom. When I come back to my seat, my friend asked me what happened. I told him I didn't want to get cut up and fed to a shark -- let's just deal with the stench for now.

BTW : I still like the original title of "License Revoked" a lot more. "License To Kill" is stupid and generic. It sounds more like a Bond Spoof than an actual Bond Film.

OHMSS for me. And also the reason why I went to visit the locale in 2012. Went all the way up to Schilthorn Piz Gloria, and played the soundtrack while going up in the cable car. Very geeky

Who hasn't wanted to take a Piz on Gloria?

"License Revoked" sounds like a Bond spoof starring Leslie Neilsen.


The theme for that movie is fantastic.

I love all Pierce Brosnan bond films .He looks good and done stunts in the movie.Casino royale is not so interesting

Funny how many like OHMSS (I voted for this one, too) when G. Lazenby used to get so much hate for his performance (or for being the one who replaced Sir Sean). OHMSS was the first 007 movie I saw on the big screen, and while Lazenby's inexperience showed in some scenes, he excelled in others (even if he was an insufferable ass whom Diana Rigg evidently despised). At least Lazenby admits that the celebrity went to his head; too bad since he might have turned in some good performances in YOLT and DAF.

If Connery had been in OHMSS, I think it would be the overwhelming favorite (at least for the over-30 crowd).

And Spy Who Love Me was a throwback to the epic Thunderball era...great henchman, varied locales, big sets, and Moore playing it straight for a change with the quips held to a Connery-level minimum (and the arched eyebrows under firm control).

I'm sure past polls have asked who the favorite 007 actor would be, and I'd think Connery would still win in a landslide, but Moore has his supporters as do Craig & Brosnan. I actually like all of the actors in the right vehicle, although I find Moore's later films to be the hardest to watch (even while liking Moore personally; the guy is extremely charming and self-deprecating in interviews and seems to have only been giving the tongue-in-cheek performances the producers wanted).

OHMSS was the one Bond movie that I would somehow always end up not seeing during those numerous Bond marathons. On too late, or during another movie/show whatever. I don't think I actually saw it until 2003/4.

I get that people in 1969 would balk at someone else playing Bond, but I grew up with knowing full well that Bond was played by at least two people (until Dalton's movies), and some other person playing Bond didn't seem all that odd. I would hope that had Lazenby done DAF, the movie would have taken a different tone. The movie has a really weird vibe to it. But the charming Blofield making the quip about blasting Kansas and nobody knowing about it for months was worth a chuckle.

I’m still going with Casino Royale as of now. It’s still my most watched, most fun, rewatchable Bond films for me. Though I did love Skyfall, FRWL, and Goldeneye. Loved Brosnan.

And Eva Green’s Vesper Lynd was the best “Bond girl”.