The Room 102 thread - for things you love or just having a bloody good praise!

[Maturin]

My turn.

1. From Russia With Love
2. Casino Royale
3. Dr No
4. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. Licence To Kill

Controversial opinions:
1. You Only Live Twice is a fucking awful film. Terribly directed, atrociously acted, sloppy & tiresome. Only Die Another Day is worse IMO.
2. For Your Eyes Only is just outside my top 5 or 6, my 2nd favourite with Moore. It's a snappy, understated, dark Bond film and too often overlooked.
3. The rot was already starting to set in for Connery in Goldfinger. He was already "doing his Bond" in that film and lost the more serious, gritty performances from his 1st two.

[Wrathbone]

Now that’s some proper opinioning!

I do kind of get what you’re saying about Goldfnger, but the less serious nature is why I love it. Dr No and From Russia with Love are great films, but the mild irreverence of Goldfinger is where it lands for me.

[Animalmother]

The Spy Who Loved Me, interesting choice. Always found that (and Octopussy) to be the weakest Moore films.

[Snowy]

Just because they remind me of my childhood, not because of any real preference, so pretty interchangeable:

1 The spy who loved me
2 You only live twice
3 The man with the golden gun
4 Goldfinger
5 Diamonds are forever

[Snowy]

The Spy Who Loved Me, interesting choice. Always found that (and Octopussy) to be the weakest Moore films.

Lotus submarine. Nothing more needed.

[Animalmother]

The Spy Who Loved Me, interesting choice. Always found that (and Octopussy) to be the weakest Moore films.

Lotus submarine. Nothing more needed.

Had a toy of that Lotus as a kid. Lost it in a puddle

[Hatredsheart]

The Spy Who Loved Me, interesting choice. Always found that (and Octopussy) to be the weakest Moore films.

Lotus submarine. Nothing more needed.

Had a toy of that Lotus as a kid. Lost it in a puddle

Ironic.

[Lenny Solidus]

I'd honestly be surprised if all of us here didn't have that particular toy car in the bath at some point.

This may ruffle some feathers, but here it is anyway...



And I mean this in a more consecutive manner, he only did two films but absolutely nailed it in both.

Craig was monumentally great in Casino of course, but I don't feel the same Bond we were given in that movie properly carried over to the rest of his stint losing what made him so compelling with each new release, you could almost sense Craig checking out piece by piece beyond Casino - again Casino was quite frankly just on a level all its own and shall forever be remembered as such.

Dalton to me just feels much more like he fully encompasses Flemings' true vision of Bond up there on the big screen.

[Wrathbone]

I think he was a great Bond with a very different tone and interpretation to the others, somewhat angry and disturbed. I like both his films.

[Raid]

Dalton was my favourite Bond until I rewatched both films a couple of years ago. I do like Dalton in the role, he's a bit more believable, still charming without the smarm of Moore, but The Living Daylights wasn't as good as I remembered, and License to Kill doesn't feel much like a Bond film (though it's the better of the two films).

[Animalmother]

Licence To Kill is the only pre-Craig Bond film I saw in the cinema so it holds a special place for me. The guy bursting in the pressure tank was quite shocking at the time.

I think it helps that Dalton is such a likeable person in general.

[Rusty]

Moore is my goto Bond but I can put that down to him being the one that was always on over Christmas as I was a youngster. I'd creep away from the boring old people chatting and get stuck into whatever bond film was showing.
Great stuff

[Mantis]

I rewatched Octopussy over the weekend because I wanted to see if it stood up as one of my top five Bond's.

The answer is yes. I cannot dislike a Bond movie that has scenes like these in:

Spoiler

[Wrathbone]

The inexplicable speed of furniture removers. I've got a new sofa coming this afternoon and the old one's just been removed. I'd been concerned about how they were going to get it out as it weighs a tonne and is pretty huge, but within seconds of them entering the room they'd removed the back off it (which I didn't even know was possible) and about a minute later the whole thing was out the door.

This is the sort of expert, no-nonsense service that has become a rare thing worth noting in our world of enshitification.

[Rusty]

I saw a Tiktok video (Yes, I'm trying to keep up with these kids things) and saw a teeny tiny dishwasher. It fits on your draining board...
I bought one (through Amazon not through tiktok shit) and it turns up today. Wonder how long it will last?

But the Room 102 thing is - I never knew these things even existed! I've wanted a small dishwasher but can never be arsed to plumb one in and this one literally sits on the draining board with a pipe into the sink. As I spend most of time round my girlfriend's (where we handwash) this'll be great for the 4 plates, 4 knives, 4 bowls etc that need a quick wash.