Montana Smith said:
Rocket, what's your top pick of the Bond movies - which one would you place closest to Raiders? From my impression of the Bond films I've seen, none of them come close to the engaging nature of an Indy movie.
Picking the top one is tough, the Connery ones have to be Guy Hamilton's Goldfinger/Diamonds are Forever.
Never liked Lazenby, though the story line was pretty good, getting married/quitting...would have been interesting to see Connery deal with the character development.
Roger Moore's outings with Hamilton are my favorite too, then Bond goes (outterspace) all all the way Temple of Doom "cartoony".
Dalton, eh, Brosnan's were an interesting mix between the Connery/Moore films, (the digital "stunts" were crap! ...but the guitars got better!) and the move to Craig didn't seem like Bond, although the final product was leagues better than expected, and closer to the books I believe.
Top Bond? Not too many fans to upset here, but I really like Craig and everything they've done so far, most especially keeping him grounded and not psuedo sci-fi!
Connery playing a round of golf with Frobbe, the Nazi gold etc has to be one of my top segments. The way they dance around knowing who each other is, the banter is tops to me. Goldfinger/Casino Royale (2006).
I'm with Joose, Casino Royale comes closest. The parallels are more than just the character, but the the obvious co-op of the films structure, (the opening epilogue, action etc). But Casino comes very close, the character is tough and raw, then displays a "cultured side" complete with understanding the etiquette, (though there's no evidence he could teach a class!
). The action is well done; a nice truck chase and sword fight with his (headstrong/independent/brunette) leading lady getting into the action. Le Chiffre/Belloq both have an uneasy alliance with the other villainous faction, and they sit across the table from one another trading quips.
There are a lot of little things, as mentioned and others like tone...
Peru1936 said:
I'm actually quite surprised there's an idea of some strong parallel between Indy and Bond. There are other characters more relative to Indy, ...and even Don Quixote ...in our beloved Indy than there is anything of Bond.
Don Quixote? More relative than Bond?