State your unpopular film related opinion - Part 8

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Eesh, you guys make it feel like a crime to like both BB and TDK.

I like them both for different reasons, but I feel like TDK is the stronger movie, but it only was by sacrificing aspects of Batman, like that mystique he usually has in his movies, and him being more a character on par with the others than the de facto main character.

And I feel like of all the live action movies, the one with most failed potential is Batman Forever. I used to go on about this a lot when I was a newbie, but the script for Batman Forever was great. It didn't say anything about neon lights, buttshots or Batman being in court when Harvey Dent got hit with acid (seriously, wtf?).

Still, it's an okay Batman movie but it's potential got squandered not when they said movie needed to be family friendly (because it could have been that), but when Joel Schumacher was hired to do it and made a bunch of stupid decisions (that he to this day blames WB for but we all know that's BS).

And Batman Returns I dislike as a Batman movie because Batman comes off as an a*****e more than a hero and Burton's style started to become overbearing, but it's not a bad movie overall.

Still with all of that said, here's what I think is the defining Batman movie:

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

That should be considered sacrilege.

Nope.

BR's little fun to watch for me.

Unpopular opninion:

I think that Thunderball is better than Goldfinger.

TB, QOS & LTK are very underrated. Connery, Craig & Dalton are the best Bonds.

While I don't agree that it's better than Goldfinger, I do think Thunderball is underrated. Those underwater scenes are among the best parts of the whole franchise.

I remember liking Quantum of Solace better than most after seeing it in theaters, but now I don't remember much about its plot. Not quite sure what to make of that.

I haven't seen Licence to Kill but Dalton was really good in The Living Daylights. Otherwise, the movie was unfortunately by-the-numbers.

Personally, I think Thunderball isn't over or underrated. It's a great movie, but I don't find it to be as good as From Russia With Love or Goldfinger with Connery's movies. While the underwater scenes were groundbreaking at the time, it's dated by how overbearingly long they are. Those scenes early in the movie kill the pacing of the movie, and

I made a personal ranking of favorite Bond movies: Here are all the Bond movies I think are better than Thunderball (which I have at #7).

1. From Russia With Love
2. Goldeneye
3. Goldfinger
4. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
6. Casino Royale

 

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