007 Movie Tournament Game Match 5 - Blu-ray Forum

HenriDeadMort · 03-26-2020, 11:59 AM

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For your eyes only won the previous round.
Now, A view to a kill VS Die Another Day

CreasyBear · 03-26-2020, 12:02 PM

I'm going with Die Another Day. A View to a Kill has the better theme song, but that's about it. The first 45 minutes or so of DAD are pretty terrific and the rest of it just goes bonkers, but I just role with it. AVTAK just feels a bit tired and Moore really looks a bit too old by this point. It feels like a Bond Matlock episode. Walken is fun though.

HenriDeadMort · 03-26-2020, 12:02 PM

As much as i like Die Another Day.
A view to a kill is one of the best of the series, i have to choose it.

also, guys dont drop out of the game, last round we only had 30 votes, whereas 1st game we had 44 votes.

also try to get new people to vote too?

DR Herbert West · 03-26-2020, 12:16 PM

A View to a Kill

MJD64 · 03-26-2020, 12:26 PM

DIE ANOTHER DAY and it's not even close. Like MOONRAKER, this gets a lot of hate for its absurdities, and just like that much maligned Bond entry it's great fun. That sword fight between Bond and Graves is terrific and I actually like that atmospheric ice palace that apparently drives most Bond fans up the wall...and I'm highly amused by the fact that even in a brief cameo, Madonna is thoroughly incapable of coming across as even remotely human.

Bonus points for Rosamund Pike's performance feeling like it's her audition for GONE GIRL.

And in the end, Tanya Roberts isn't in this movie so it's the clear winner...

CreasyBear · 03-26-2020, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by MJD64

DIE ANOTHER DAY and it's not even close. Like MOONRAKER, this gets a lot of hate for its absurdities, and just like that much maligned Bond entry it's great fun. That sword fight between Bond and Graves is terrific and I actually like that atmospheric ice palace that apparently drives most Bond fans up the wall...and I'm highly amused by the fact that even in a brief cameo, Madonna is thoroughly incapable of coming across as even remotely human.

Bonus points for Rosamund Pike's performance feeling like it's her audition for GONE GIRL.

And in the end, Tanya Roberts isn't in this movie so it's the clear winner...

I love the sword fight and Rosamund Pike! Also, I don't care, the f**king invisible car is cool. The movie is excess to the extreme and I just don't care. It's fun.

HenriDeadMort · 03-26-2020, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by CreasyBear

I love the sword fight and Rosamund Pike! Also, I don't care, the f**king invisible car is cool. The movie is excess to the extreme and I just don't care. It's fun.

I agree, it's brosnan's 2nd best (or 3rd if you count Everything or Nothing)
But AVTAK is even better than that!
Christopher Walken being almost as great as Nick from The Deer Hunter.
Moore at his best, the gadgets, the locations, Patrick Macnee, Tanya Roberts being a great bond girl, San Francisco chase scene, Duran Duran and John Barry's score, Grace Jones, parachuting from the Eiffel tower, the whole underground part (near the ending), the blimp and the bridge, the opening ski chase (And yes even with the beach boys).
if i have to search really deep my only problem is how Patrick Macnee is treated as an idiot, and is killed off in an unsatisfying way.

kwisatzhaderach · 03-26-2020, 02:32 PM

A View To A Kill is terrible, but it's a masterpiece compared to Die Another Day.

mulscul · 03-26-2020, 02:35 PM

Die Another Day, great Brosnan performance, great score, halle berry in a bikini, rosamund pike in her outfits, and its fun.

HenriDeadMort · 03-26-2020, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by kwisatzhaderach

A View To A Kill is terrible, but it's a masterpiece compared to Die Another Day.

let me fix that

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Originally Posted by kwisatzhaderach

A View To A Kill is a masterpiece

there we go

AKORIS · 03-26-2020, 02:53 PM

A View To A Kill--- John Barry's musical score, Duran Duran's title song, Christopher Walken's fun performance, and the spectacular finale on the Golden Gate Bridge beat anything that Die Another Day offers....

Cherokee Jack · 03-26-2020, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AKORIS

A View To A Kill--- John Barry's musical score, Duran Duran's title song, Christopher Walken's fun performance, and the spectacular finale on the Golden Gate Bridge beat anything that Die Another Day offers....

Die Another Day is the only official Bond entry I've never bothered to finish but I have no doubt that what you say is true.

Markgway · 03-26-2020, 03:43 PM

I went with A View to a Kill, mostly out of the nostalgia I have for 80s Bond.

Die Anther Day is great until Halle Berry shows up and stinks out the place.

This is a tough one because my feelings about both films wildly vary depending on what mood I'm in.

Ask me this again in six months and I may have chosen the opposite.

bmore007 · 03-26-2020, 03:49 PM

Die Another Day is my least favorite out of all of them. View to a Kill wins by default for me

Winslow Leach · 03-26-2020, 05:10 PM

A View to a Kill. I'm pretty sure it was the first Bond film I ever saw, so it has sentimental value. It's also a great action film.

Lordy · 03-26-2020, 05:15 PM

Die Another Day in this match-up. View is awful (nothing against Walken).

How For Your Eyes Only beat out the You Only Live Twice/Spectre match-up in the previous bracket is beyond me. Who seeded these brackets anyways? The Goldfinger/From Russia With Love first round match-up is brutal.

RCRochester · 03-26-2020, 05:18 PM

Neither of these films is all that great to be honest.

Die Another Day does have some cool production design including the cars, plus Rosamund Pike and the easter egg references to the first 19 Bond films are fun, but there are so many strikes against it. The worst, for me, is Bond escaping from the hospital ship in Hong Kong by willfully flatlining his heart... that's some Derek Flint shit right there.

While my head acknowledges that AVTAK is a pretty terrible film too, I have huge nostalgia towards it as it was the first Bond film I saw on the big screen. Walken makes a great villain and as dated as it is now, the Duran Duran song is still one of the best themes. Plus, anything with Brosnan as Bond is pretty much a loser unless it's up against another Brosnan.

HenriDeadMort · 03-26-2020, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Lordy

Die Another Day in this match-up. View is awful (nothing against Walken).

How For Your Eyes Only beat out the You Only Live Twice/Spectre match-up in the previous bracket is beyond me. Who seeded these brackets anyways? The Goldfinger/From Russia With Love first round match-up is brutal.

Read the first post
i even linked it in OP

stardragon9 · 03-26-2020, 10:04 PM

Wow! This one is a hard decision. Both movies have some severe issues.

Die Another Day - was pretty decent up until they brought Bond back into MI6. Then the film goes downhill fast (although the sword fight with Pike and the car stunts on the ice were good). Halle Berry is terrible as a Bond girl though and the theme song is beyond terrible. The villains were also very bland and unmemorable (beyond the really good sword fight in the club).

A View to a Kill - the theme song is one of the best of the series! I also love the villains (Walken and Jones are fantastic in their roles). The two main downsides for me are the fact that Moore is way too old for the role at this point (in fact you can tell when the stunt men took over for him) and as beautiful at Tanya Roberts is...her character just needed to go away! They tried to make her a more progressive character, but then drop it a scene later (JAAAAAMES!).

I guess in the end, the villains win this one for A View to a Kill

Bugg · 03-26-2020, 10:09 PM

I thought they were both terrible when I first saw them, but A View to a Kill has grown on me over time. Die Another Day not so much.

View Poll Results: Vote for the best
A view to a Kill	23	60.53%
Die Another Day	15	39.47%
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03-26-2020, 11:59 AM	#1
HenriDeadMort Special Member Member since:Oct 2019 Location:Hungary Blu-ray reviews:2	007 Movie Tournament Game Match 5 (if you are new to the game, clickThis for instructions) For your eyes only won the previous round. Now, A view to a kill VS Die Another Day

03-26-2020, 12:26 PM	#5
MJD64 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2016 Blu-ray collection:847 DVD collection:854	DIE ANOTHER DAY and it's not even close. Like MOONRAKER, this gets a lot of hate for its absurdities, and just like that much maligned Bond entry it's great fun. That sword fight between Bond and Graves is terrific and I actually like that atmospheric ice palace that apparently drives most Bond fans up the wall...and I'm highly amused by the fact that even in a brief cameo, Madonna is thoroughly incapable of coming across as even remotely human. Bonus points for Rosamund Pike's performance feeling like it's her audition for GONE GIRL. And in the end, Tanya Roberts isn't in this movie so it's the clear winner... Last edited by MJD64; 03-26-2020 at 12:35 PM.

03-26-2020, 05:15 PM	#16
Lordy Power Member Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Minnesota 4K collection:441 Blu-ray collection:5098 DVD collection:1136	Die Another Day in this match-up. View is awful (nothing against Walken). How For Your Eyes Only beat out the You Only Live Twice/Spectre match-up in the previous bracket is beyond me. Who seeded these brackets anyways? The Goldfinger/From Russia With Love first round match-up is brutal. Last edited by Lordy; 03-26-2020 at 05:27 PM.

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03-26-2020, 12:02 PM	#2
CreasyBear Blu-ray Count Member since:Apr 2019 Trading Score:115	I'm going with Die Another Day. A View to a Kill has the better theme song, but that's about it. The first 45 minutes or so of DAD are pretty terrific and the rest of it just goes bonkers, but I just role with it. AVTAK just feels a bit tired and Moore really looks a bit too old by this point. It feels like a Bond Matlock episode. Walken is fun though.

03-26-2020, 12:16 PM	#4
DR Herbert West Blu-ray King Top contributor Member since:May 2018 Location:Arkham, MA Trading Score:8	A View to a Kill

03-26-2020, 02:32 PM	#8
kwisatzhaderach Special Member Member since:Mar 2016	A View To A Kill is terrible, but it's a masterpiece compared to Die Another Day.

03-26-2020, 02:35 PM	#9
mulscul Power Member Member since:Aug 2010 Location:California 4K collection:311 Blu-ray collection:1396 Trading Score:19	Die Another Day, great Brosnan performance, great score, halle berry in a bikini, rosamund pike in her outfits, and its fun.

03-26-2020, 02:53 PM	#11
AKORIS Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Beautiful Pacific Northwest 4K collection:661 Blu-ray collection:3654 Blu-ray reviews:19	A View To A Kill--- John Barry's musical score, Duran Duran's title song, Christopher Walken's fun performance, and the spectacular finale on the Golden Gate Bridge beat anything that Die Another Day offers....

03-26-2020, 03:43 PM	#13
Markgway Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jul 2013 Location:Scotland Trading Score:13	I went with A View to a Kill, mostly out of the nostalgia I have for 80s Bond. Die Anther Day is great until Halle Berry shows up and stinks out the place. This is a tough one because my feelings about both films wildly vary depending on what mood I'm in. Ask me this again in six months and I may have chosen the opposite.

03-26-2020, 03:49 PM	#14
bmore007 Senior Member Member since:Jan 2010 4K collection:190 Blu-ray collection:527 Trading Score:102	Die Another Day is my least favorite out of all of them. View to a Kill wins by default for me

03-26-2020, 05:10 PM	#15
Winslow Leach Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2020 Location:Connecticut 4K collection:55 Blu-ray collection:255 DVD collection:312	A View to a Kill. I'm pretty sure it was the first Bond film I ever saw, so it has sentimental value. It's also a great action film.

03-26-2020, 05:18 PM	#17
RCRochester Banned Top contributor Member since:Sep 2017 Trading Score:9	Neither of these films is all that great to be honest. Die Another Day does have some cool production design including the cars, plus Rosamund Pike and the easter egg references to the first 19 Bond films are fun, but there are so many strikes against it. The worst, for me, is Bond escaping from the hospital ship in Hong Kong by willfully flatlining his heart... that's some Derek Flint shit right there. While my head acknowledges that AVTAK is a pretty terrible film too, I have huge nostalgia towards it as it was the first Bond film I saw on the big screen. Walken makes a great villain and as dated as it is now, the Duran Duran song is still one of the best themes. Plus, anything with Brosnan as Bond is pretty much a loser unless it's up against another Brosnan.

03-26-2020, 10:04 PM	#19
stardragon9 Special Member Member since:Apr 2011 Location:USA 4K collection:33 Blu-ray collection:2042 DVD collection:967	Wow! This one is a hard decision. Both movies have some severe issues. Die Another Day - was pretty decent up until they brought Bond back into MI6. Then the film goes downhill fast (although the sword fight with Pike and the car stunts on the ice were good). Halle Berry is terrible as a Bond girl though and the theme song is beyond terrible. The villains were also very bland and unmemorable (beyond the really good sword fight in the club). A View to a Kill - the theme song is one of the best of the series! I also love the villains (Walken and Jones are fantastic in their roles). The two main downsides for me are the fact that Moore is way too old for the role at this point (in fact you can tell when the stunt men took over for him) and as beautiful at Tanya Roberts is...her character just needed to go away! They tried to make her a more progressive character, but then drop it a scene later (JAAAAAMES!). I guess in the end, the villains win this one for A View to a Kill

03-26-2020, 10:09 PM	#20
Bugg Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 4K collection:760 Blu-ray collection:1935 DVD collection:145	I thought they were both terrible when I first saw them, but A View to a Kill has grown on me over time. Die Another Day not so much.

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