Poll: What is your favourite Bond film made in the 1980's?

Post by **carl stromberg** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:04 pm

What is your favourite Bond film made in the 1980's?

Post by **FormerBondFan** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:41 pm

LTK for me.

Post by **bjmdds** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:01 pm

Of those, OP.

Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:47 am

I'll vote for Octopussy.

Post by **Omega** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:13 pm

Great question! I have to say TLD LTK is right up there too but I think they did a slightly better job with TLD. TLD is one the the movies I watch and ask how can this guy be the same guy Craig is supposed to be.

Post by **FormerBondFan** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 10:30 pm

Unlike DC, Tim's Bond is calm and relax.

Captain Arthurs · Post by **Captain Arthurs** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:39 pm

The Living Daylights

Thunderpussy · Post by **Thunderpussy** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 1:39 am

LTK for me as well, Strange on first viewing I hated it, But either I matured or somehow it got better. But
I feel now it had a great Fleming feel to it and Dalton was Fantastic as Bond. Sad to think of how far
down market the films have become since P Brosnan.

Post by **carl stromberg** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:00 am

I voted for The Living Daylights too.

rryanhall · Post by **rryanhall** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 6:25 pm

Voting for The Living Daylights

The Old Fakir · Post by **The Old Fakir** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:08 pm

octopussy

A Crag-like face · Post by **A Crag-like face** » Mon May 21, 2012 1:29 am

For Your Eyes Only. In my view it is the best mixture of genuine Fleming material with the wit and gadgetry people have come to expect from the series. It is also one of the best action movies ever made. It's my favorite Bond movie overall. TLD is not too far behind though, and I have a great deal of affection for OP as well. Not a huge fan of AVTAK or LTK though.

Post by **James** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:27 pm

Has to be The Living Daylights. The last John Barry score too.

Post by **Kristatos** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:12 am

James wrote:Has to be The Living Daylights. The last John Barry score too.

And the last PG rated Bond film, though that might not be a bad thing. PG these days has connotations of kids' stuff.

bjamesobrad · Post by **bjamesobrad** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:06 am

TLD but FYEO is a close second

Post by **The Saint 007** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 6:37 pm

I actually like all of the 1980's Bond films, but my most favourite is For Your Eyes Only, closely followed by A View To A Kill.

John Drake · Post by **John Drake** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 2:59 pm

I'll go with either of the TD films as I prefer Roger's seventies Bonds over his eighties movies, fun though they were.

Post by **Dr. No** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:06 pm

I think Roger was in better shape in the 70s. Spy who loved me he was in peak form

Of the 80s For Your Eyes Only followed by Octopusssy, View to kill even with Walken was had to take some times. TLD and LTK were a good way to finish off the decade.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 8:18 pm

For a long time I have not been terribly keen on the later Moore outings, although each one seemed to have a couple of really brilliant moments scattered throughout, but lately AVTAK has won me over a lot more, although I still feel it has too many flaws to be amongst my fave Bonds. But Dalton's appearance energised things nicely and his tenure was too short by far, with both his outings as Bond being highly enjoyable. For me, though, LTK was way ahead of all the 80's entries in the series, with so much to relish, not least Davi's really nasty, tough, slippery villain. I thought Sanchez was such a good match for Bond in terms of his physical presence that I thought it was appropriate and creatively inspired to have them both locked together in a gritty hand-to-hand scuffle at the end.

Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:23 pm

Jim wrote:For a long time I have not been terribly keen on the later Moore outings, although each one seemed to have a couple of really brilliant moments scattered throughout, but lately AVTAK has won me over a lot more, although I still feel it has too many flaws to be amongst my fave Bonds. But Dalton's appearance energised things nicely and his tenure was too short by far, with both his outings as Bond being highly enjoyable. For me, though, LTK was way ahead of all the 80's entries in the series, with so much to relish, not least Davi's really nasty, tough, slippery villain. I thought Sanchez was such a good match for Bond in terms of his physical presence that I thought it was appropriate and creatively inspired to have them both locked together in a gritty hand-to-hand scuffle at the end.

Why do you like AVTAK now? I feel there is a lot to like because of the 1980's setting and the great cast.

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