Best Bond film?


I used to be a huge James Bond fan, and just adored all of the movies (yes, even 'Moonraker'. No, I'm not kidding). But now that I'm older and a little wiser, I've seen more movies and drifted from the Bond films.
And now I've come to the conclusion that 'Licence To Kill' is the best of the Bond movies.

Reasons:
1 - Bond goes rogue.
I've seen so many people, both online and in real life, who hate James Bond because they don't like spy stuff. They don't like the gadgets, or the doomsday weapons, and yet there's hardly any of these in this movie. It's a gritty story of revenge and a guy who just got pushed too far.
2 - Bond is angry.
For literally decades we've seen Bond as the slick, suave, martini slurping, woman sexing prick who deserves a slap in the face for being so undeservedly classy about everything.
Yet, here, we see Bond pushed to his very limit, and doing everything he can, pulling every resource, every favour, doing everything possible to get vengeance for his best friend. I've not seen any of the movies after Casino Royale, so I can't say if they did this again, but even if they did, Dalton would have done it best.
3 - the finale
Again, in Bond films we often see gadgets and doomsday weapons. But in this movie, we have a drug smuggling plot, and the finale boils down to this:
A lighter and some gasoline
Not a sword fight on a mountain side, not a shootout in a bar, not even falling off a satellite. You could even call it anti-climactic if it weren't for the fact that it's such a fitting end to such a bastard of a villain.

Anybody else feel the same, or have any comments?

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Those are 7 movies out of 23. Check.

I never said those qualities made him a prick, but you have to admit it, he is.

Ye, but this is an entire movie devoted to one guy. Not an opening, and not an organisation. One single guy, for a whole movie.

Once again, those are 3 out of 23 movies. Check and mate.

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LTK is one of the best Bond films. Dalton did essentially what Craig is doing with Bond now. Oh, and Skyfall was very good, also one of the best and very down to Earth.

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Because they're 7 movies out of 23. The odds of you reaching into a bag and pulling out one of the 7 as opposed to one of the 23 is pretty slim.

His womanizing, his cockiness, the fact that he makes a 'funny' line after brutal murder... need I go on?

I never said BOND was the one guy. SANCHEZ is the one guy.
Like I said, this film isn't about an organization or a team or a group, just one dude that Bond spends the entire movie going after.

I'll probably wind up making a different post about this on it's own, but...
James Bond cannot be too serious. It can't be gritty and dark. It can't have emotional weight. Unless it includes a super-weapon, some one-liners, etc...
The newer Bond movies are all the same. Muted colours, sad opening song, hammering in the emotional impact of being Bond.
Personally, I miss the days when we had henchmen with metal teeth. :/

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Because they're 7 movies out of 23. The odds of you reaching into a bag and pulling out one of the 7 as opposed to one of the 23 is pretty slim.


Slim or not, the characteristics of the films aren't changed; you can't ignore those other films for comparison.

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Well, the characteristics kinda have
Compare 'Moonraker' to 'Casino Royale'. They're very different movies.

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It's definitely up there for me.

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OP, I agree with you, and I also think that Timothy Dalton was the best James Bond.

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Along with The World is Not Enough this is my favorite.

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I don't know about being the best Bond film. But I would say Licence to Kill is in the top 5 for me. I thought Dalton was great in the role. The film had a very good villain and some great actions scenes. I also love How Bond Made Franz Sanchez Think He could not trust anyone around him.

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While it's not my first choice for best Bond ever it's definitely up there and very underrated. I would rank it 3rd best in my opinion.

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if it where not for Casino Royale/Skyfall i would say this would be the best Bond movie.

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