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For me Moonraker was easily the worst. Jaws falling from an airplane, Jaws flying around in space without oxygen, YUCK. The whole thing was just plain awful. Its the only one that I can't watch.

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License to (K)ill had to be the worst by far. It killed Timothy Dalton's stint as 007 and almost ruined the franchise. Must have been that Shemp from the Three Stooges hair cut they gave Dalton. Or the whole Miami Vice drug angle. Too many things to dislike. Too bad as I liked Dalton as bond.
Moonraker and View to a Kill each have their problems but there are still a few scenes worth watching again in each. Not so with License to Ill.

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service was the worst in my opinion due to George Lazenby.

Moonraker was pretty bad too for the reasons mentioned in comment #1.

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I agree with Jeff - Moonraker was the worst. And at the risk of getting majorly flamed - I think one of my favorites was Licence to Kill and I think Timothy Dalton was the second best Bond. That guy has gotten a bad rap and he was way better than that pencil neck Brosnan.

Have at me!

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I can't put my finger on it, but "Never Say Never Again" really stuck in my craw as a kid. It was the first Bond film I saw in the theater, and I think I expected the cartoonish gadgets of The Spy Who Loved Me (which I had seen on TV).

But now, one of my least favorite Bond memories as a child has become a definite top 5 for me. At least Bond has actual fistfights in this one!

License to Kill is my all-time biggest disappointment. Do I really need to justify it?

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I liked True Lies but how about getting the guys that made the Bourne films to do future Bond flicks? Now that would be something.

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I think Erik is on the money here, but also have to also that Moonraker was rather a let down (unless you go for the comical, like the Margaret Thatcher scene) and I found Goldeneye quite literally unwatchable. However, I think On Her Majesty's Secret Service has been unfairly dissed. While it is not a great film it does have some rather fine moments, such as when Bond catches Moneypenny's eye as she catches the bouquet. It was very touching without becoming mawkish.

Hey, I'm ready for another Spike TV Thanksgiving marathon!

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The Living Daylights. Timothy Dalton: worst bond ever.

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Die Another Day made Moonraker look like a good movie.

OHMSS was an excellent film. Those who hate it have NO IDEA of what truly makes Bond Bond.

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My pick is a toss up between Moonraker and Thunderball, probably Thunderball, though. Moonraker I actually have watched all the way through two or three times. I barely got through my sole viewing of Thunderball.

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I enjoyed most of The Man With The Golden Gun, especially where Bond smacks Mary Goodnight around, and the amusement derived from Hervé Villechaize failing to act his way out of a trunk.

Oh wait, scratch that. TMWTGG is easily the worst EON Bond film.

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Die Another Day was the worst.

By the way, I was taken aback by the heading of this page. "James Bond at his Worst" and then a picture of Craig, I thought it was going to be a thumbs down on Casino Royale. It is a bit misleading and I do not want the anti-Craig idiots to come snooping around with their crap.

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anything Timothy Dalton did was bad. (he always looked like he was either a) constipated or b) was trying to solve a math problem in his head). "The World is Not Enough" was really bad as was "A View to a Kill." "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" on the other hand, was actually a really well made movie. Lazenby was the only thing that brought it down (though he really wasn't THAT horrible). If Connery had stuck around for it, it would have been the best Bond movie by far.

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For me all the Roger Moore 007s where second rate the only decent one was Live and Let Die, but the worst in the sieries where T.M.W.T.G.G and V T A K. I liked both the Dalton films,if George Lazanby had gone on to make more he would have made a good Bond.The worst Brosnan, T.W.Is.N.E. The worst Connary not counting Never say----- is Thunderball.

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I can't think of the name off hand, but it had Jane Seymour as a fortune teller who loses her power after 'bonding' with Roger Moore (The worst Bond in my opinion- an effete dandy who confused arrogance and condescension with the class and character exhibited by Connery).
There was also a ridiculous sub-plot involving red-neck Louisiana cops.
I cringe when I think of this movie. Especially the image of Moore running over the backs of alligators in his flared bottom pants.

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Russ- I agree on Dalton and Lazenby. Dalton for giving us a darker side of Bond that has always existed but fanboys hate to admit was there. Lazenby for giving us the closest thing to Flemings vision ever.
What exactly did you not like about Thunderball?

Chris- You are thinking of Live and Let Die, Moore's first Bond.

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Honestly, anything with Roger Moore was horrible, with exception to Live and Let Die...that one was just oddly entertaining. So Moonraker is definately up there on the top. But the others would definately be Brosnan's Tomorrow Never Dies and Die Another Day. The latter being my least favorite of all...a "fortress" made of ice? Wow.....that is lame. Way lame. Lamer than Moore's bond. So regardless what the new Bond movie is like, it will easily be better than that piece of crap. (Even though I must admit, I did like the twist in the beginning with Bond captured and tortured.)

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I'm not considering Never Say Never Again as a Bond film so for me it has to be Moonraker. Bond meets Star Wars- not a good combination. If the first half of Die Another Day was as bad as the second half, that would get my vote.

I can't believe someone mentioned Goldeneye in this debate. A very well crafted film.

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What gives?!? A View to a Kill isn't getting nearly the kind of ignominy it deserves here. I love San Francisco, and I love James Bond, so this was a double embarassment. Have you forgotten time-share pitchwoman* Tanya Roberts trying to climb the Golden Gate Bridge in high heels? The stupid robot? The night club act with the plastic butterflies that kill? Roger Moore in a really flammable looking ski suit sliding down a mild gradient as "California Girls" by the Beach Boys plays in the background? The villain's plan to flood the Silicon Valley (with, what, a quarter inch deep of water?).
I'm baffled when I hear people describing damn near the best Bond OHMSS as a bad movie, and the thrift shop version of a Bond film True Lies as a good one. (Maybe the problem with Casino Royale is that they should have cast Tom Arnold as Felix Leiter, is that what you're implying?) Really--A View To A Kill. See it, and we won't hear any more Dalton-bashing around here.

*"Las Vegas is cawlin', baby! Act like a high-rollah"--oh, you don't know the meaning of the word irritation until you hear those ads...

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On Her Majesties Secret Service is a horrible film. Just horrible. The fight scenes are hilarious. Bond and Diana Rigg getting together is never adequately explained. Did they know each other before the movie? The opening sequence is a joke, with the worst last line ever ("This never happened to the other guy"). But if you watch it again, pay attention to the editing and story structure. They never line up shots correctly, the story jumps without telling you why. This film is inept and Lazanby has no charisma to carry it through.

License to Kill is also a piece of junk, as are all the Brosnan movies. There is no difference between those movies and all the mindless action movies that were produced from 1983 to 1994 before Pulp Fiction and Jurrassic Park thinned out their herd with snappy dialogue and eye popping CGI.

A View to A Kill and Never Say Never Again are also awful.

In Fact, only From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, and The Spy Who Loved Me could actually be referred to as well made, good movies. The rest are just Blah crap with the 007 name wiping away their sins.

But the ones mentioned are the worst.

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