Grittiness? I watched all the Bonds last year during COVID lockdown in April. There was no grittiness in earlier ones.

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Sep 17, 2021
6:49:41pm

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Grittiness? I watched all the Bonds last year during COVID lockdown in April. There was no grittiness in earlier ones.

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POLL: Best James Bond film (post-Connery/Moore/Dalton)

celtic_ranger_dad

9/17/21 3:39pm

I love Casino Royale for everything it is. I loved the storyline in Skyfall though - probably 2nd for me.

RootieBoy

9/17/21 3:41pm

Agreed - Casino Royale had an emotional undercurrent absent from others. Skyfall

celtic_ranger_dad

9/17/21 3:43pm

That Home Alone montage in Skyfall was a bit much for me. Still a good flick, though.

foofcoug

9/17/21 3:47pm

Goldeneye and Casino Royale IMO

Gustav

9/17/21 3:42pm

Goldeneye gets boosted for being a pretty good game too, I think.

Eddie

9/17/21 3:44pm

It's the best of the lighter toned, more Bond-esque movies

Gustav

9/17/21 3:52pm

It seems like GoldenEye brought back the franchise from some not great Dalton

wabluecoug

9/17/21 3:56pm

Next to Super Smash Bros, it's my favorite N64 game.

Gorgias

9/17/21 3:57pm

64 MarioKart is a solid game too.

Eddie

9/17/21 4:01pm

Yep. I liked Skyfall, but Quantum of Solace was meh and Specter was just boring

Mikey

9/17/21 3:45pm

Spectre was a mess. The only Bond movie I actually hated. Even the campy Roger

fredgarvin

9/17/21 3:50pm

Quantum suuuuuucked

maxpowers

9/17/21 3:50pm

Casino Royale and Skyfall. The Brosnans never did it for me.

Gorgias

9/17/21 3:56pm

Casino Royale had a grittiness to it that had been missing for a long time. Too much smarmy acting in prior movies.

9/17/21 3:58pm

Grittiness? I watched all the Bonds last year during COVID lockdown in April. There was no grittiness in earlier ones.

Spiff

9/17/21 6:49pm

That's what I liked about Casino Royale. It more "true to life" (if it's even possible with Hollywood)... it was more

9/17/21 6:54pm

I misread your post. For some reason I took it as a return to grittiness. You’re correct that it added that missing piec

Spiff

9/17/21 6:56pm

Goldeneye caught the feel of post-communist Russia, and felt very timely for

Emmett Fitz-Hume

9/17/21 3:59pm

Wow - no love for the Brosnan films except for Goldeneye. Casino Royale running

celtic_ranger_dad

9/17/21 4:00pm

Casino Royale

Catholic Cougar

9/17/21 4:07pm

Tomorrow Never Dies storyline was way ahead of it’s time. Media manipulation of

pegushin

9/17/21 6:06pm

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