The Bond films of the 1960's Vs. The Bond films of the 1970's

LegoBatman008LegoBatman008 USAPosts: 189MI6 Agent
edited March 2014 in The James Bond Films
Which do you prefer? I think I prefer the 60's because it has Goldfinger and From Russia with Love.
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Which do you prefer? I think I prefer the prefer the 60's because it has Goldfinger and From Russia with Love.

    Same here. The 60s all the way.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I'd be another for the 60's {[]
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  • AirJordanFan93AirJordanFan93 Posts: 92MI6 Agent
    60s all the way
  • Smiert-SpionamSmiert-Spionam Posts: 318MI6 Agent
    Or in other words, the serious era versus the silly era...

    60's all the way for me too :)
    Smiert Spionam
  • BIG TAMBIG TAM Wrexham, North Wales, UK.Posts: 773MI6 Agent
    '60s are the best in terms of overall quality, but '70s are the most fun - for me anyway.
  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,107MI6 Agent
    The 60s films are the best as they seem more plot driven rather than character driven.
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    The 60's Films had a certain Charm to them. Whilst the 70's Films felt more bigger Budget.
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,703MI6 Agent
    I too prefer the 60's Bond. more style, character and plot.
  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    60s. Film in general lost its gloss and larger-than-life quality by the 70s, the Bond films no exception. And 007 became less of a character in his own movies.
  • CmdrAtticusCmdrAtticus United StatesPosts: 1,102MI6 Agent
    Outside of YOLT, the 60's films were all Fleming's material. Though LALD was as well, they changed the plot so much and made the villains so lightweight
    it can't be considered Fleming material.

    I think that's why many prefer them. Only Fleming could write Bond. The scriptwriters that tried to recreate Bond's universe just could not measure up.
  • LegoBatman008LegoBatman008 USAPosts: 189MI6 Agent
    edited March 2014
    Outside of YOLT, the 60's films were all Fleming's material. Though LALD was as well, they changed the plot so much and made the villains so lightweight
    it can't be considered Fleming material.

    I think that's why many prefer them. Only Fleming could write Bond. The scriptwriters that tried to recreate Bond's universe just could not measure up.

    If only Fleming could write Bond, then I'm surprised that The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill don't get MORE respect than they do because TLD was basically a Fleming short story expanded into a larger Bond film and LTK basically took scenes from Live and Let Die the Fleming book, and placed them into the film such as Felix getting maimed by a shark...But I digress.
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  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    BIG TAM wrote:
    '60s are the best in terms of overall quality, but '70s are the most fun - for me anyway.

    +1

    Although I would also rank TSWLM and MR has being of the highest quality.

    The 60's seems like an unbeatable decade, until I remember that I'm not a huge fan of TB or OHMSS. Both are near the bottom of my top 20.
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • KabraxalKabraxal Posts: 104MI6 Agent
    Hard to choice.. I mean visually and charm it's 60s easily. Something about that decade just had a certain feel to it that was just amazing. But, story and favourite wise it's 70s with a string of great films. Don't think you could really go too wrong with either :p
    Top Ten Bond - 10:Goldfinger 9:Thunderball 8:The Spy who Loved Me 7:For Your Eyes Only 6: Casino Royale 5:The Man with the Golden Gun 4:Quantum of Solace 3:Licence to Kill 2:Goldeneye 1:The Living Daylights
  • GrindelwaldGrindelwald Posts: 1,294MI6 Agent
    60s (DN , FRWL , GF , TB & OHMSS) vs 70s (TSWLM) , no contest........
  • DEFIANT 74205DEFIANT 74205 Perth, AustraliaPosts: 1,881MI6 Agent
    60s, without a shadow of doubt. All the best Bond films were made in the 1960s.
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  • ManxmanManxman Posts: 122MI6 Agent
    No competition: sixties all the way. Not a dud among them, and the decade climaxed with the greatest Bond film of all time. The seventies offered two excellent films and two duds before climaxing with the worst Bond film of all time.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Good idea for a thread. I prefer the 1960s Bonds to the 1970s Bond by a large majority.
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  • DieAnotherDayDieAnotherDay Glasgow, ScotlandPosts: 460MI6 Agent
    60's all the way
    ....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    As Wayne Rooney can testify to. :)) but the 60's films, are simply great. {[]
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  • MadMaxZorinMadMaxZorin United StatesPosts: 65MI6 Agent
    Well, each decade features a Bond film that I hold in high regard (FRWL and TSWLM). It is hard for me to choose between those two because I love them so much...BUT, looking at the movies that surround each in their respective decades- From Russia With Love is grouped in with other Connery classics and I regretfully have to admit that even the Lazenby film is decent lol. The Spy Who Loved Me has Live And Let Die - which is pretty solid on my personal list, but everything else from the decade doesn't quite measure up. I would have to go with the 60s.
    1. Goldeneye 2. The Spy Who Loved Me 3. From Russia With Love 4. Goldfinger 5. Casino Royale
  • BIG TAMBIG TAM Wrexham, North Wales, UK.Posts: 773MI6 Agent
    Firemass wrote:
    BIG TAM wrote:
    '60s are the best in terms of overall quality, but '70s are the most fun - for me anyway.

    +1

    Although I would also rank TSWLM and MR has being of the highest quality.

    The 60's seems like an unbeatable decade, until I remember that I'm not a huge fan of TB or OHMSS. Both are near the bottom of my top 20.

    Looking at the '60s films now there's the clear sense of a franchise evolving through the decade, with all things we now take for granted gradually slotting into place. That's why, for me anyway, there's a freshness to it all still.
    The '70s films juggle the formula for a new, seemingly younger generation. It interests me how these pictures soak in other genres, adding new elements to the formula.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    With the exception of TLD & LTK, all of the best Bonds were made in the Sixties, so this is an easy choice. :007)
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • KabraxalKabraxal Posts: 104MI6 Agent
    I'd have to go with the 70s probably... I enjoy both but I only really watch one of the 60s films with any regularity.
    Top Ten Bond - 10:Goldfinger 9:Thunderball 8:The Spy who Loved Me 7:For Your Eyes Only 6: Casino Royale 5:The Man with the Golden Gun 4:Quantum of Solace 3:Licence to Kill 2:Goldeneye 1:The Living Daylights
  • AdamOmegaAdamOmega Edmonton, AB, CanadaPosts: 297MI6 Agent
    I'm going with the Bond films of the 70's. Don't get me wrong, the overall quality of the 60's Bonds were better; Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger & OHMSS are masterful. But I'll watch even the worst film of the 70's (Diamonds Are Forever or The Man with the Golden Gun) on a whim at any given time. I'm also going with the 70's because the level of ambition is unparalleled. Even Moonraker, for all its various faults, demonstrates a remarkable sense of scale and cutting edge special effects. And as far as I'm concerned, Live And Let Die & The Spy Who Loved Me rate among the best of the Bonds.
    "The secret agent. The man who was only a silhouette..." -- Ian Fleming, Moonraker

    1) The Spy Who Loved Me 2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 3) GoldenEye 4) Casino Royale 5) Goldfinger
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