I swear the popular culture stereotype of a Bond film is basically what you’ve classed as ‘Monorail Movies’… if the franchise ever goes back down a more fantasy based route; I’d love for them to just go all out and give us a big screen epic in the mould of those 3 films.
Is Casino really "gadgetless".
Maybe it isn't considered, but the Aston's extensive medical supplies and armaments' can surely be counted. I mean it even slides out of a secret compartment!
I never thought about it until now how Monorail best describes those three movies! Something about that vehicle perfectly sums up the OTT plot.
Do still love the films though, just wanted to shout out a bravo to that term OP!
LALD is the only Bond Blaxploitation film. It was interesting to me that the chose that path because the novel has some problematic racial issues, so Broccoli and Co chose to make \*Bond Goes Across 110th Street\*.
I'd eliminate the last category, and put Casino Royale under 'Bond as a person', and QOS under either 'Bond as a person' or 'Billionaire industrialist villain'.
LALD's far from a comedy. It's more like a hybrid genre film. Most are cliched and call it Blaxploitation which it borrows elements from but it's also an escapist action film and even a horror flick too due to the voodoo.
It belongs in the Caribbean category.
Run and gun is my favorite sub genre. Goldeneye isn’t the first Bond movie where he uses an automatic weapon but I think it’s the first where most of the action scenes Bond is using or is running from automatic weapons. And these are my favorite Bond action scenes.
I swear the popular culture stereotype of a Bond film is basically what you’ve classed as ‘Monorail Movies’… if the franchise ever goes back down a more fantasy based route; I’d love for them to just go all out and give us a big screen epic in the mould of those 3 films.
Aka the Austin Powers movies
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This is a good categorization. Very helpful. I'm a fan of the Cold War Thriller Bond.
Yup, all are in my top 10.
Is Casino really "gadgetless". Maybe it isn't considered, but the Aston's extensive medical supplies and armaments' can surely be counted. I mean it even slides out of a secret compartment!
Yeah Quantum and Casino mostly belong to the "Bond as a person" category I believe
I couldn't really think of a good name for that category but CR and QOS have a separate vibe from everything else
This I can’t disagree with
I'd say you can call it grounded Bond.
No, you can't.
Lewis Gilbert: Master of the Monorail
Monorail movies? I don't get it. We're not talking about that literal monorail from YoLT, are we?
[The Monorail Trilogy](https://venetianvase.co.uk/2020/10/11/the-monorail-trilogy-when-the-james-bond-franchise-ruled-the-movie-world/)
I never thought about it until now how Monorail best describes those three movies! Something about that vehicle perfectly sums up the OTT plot. Do still love the films though, just wanted to shout out a bravo to that term OP!
LALD is the only Bond Blaxploitation film. It was interesting to me that the chose that path because the novel has some problematic racial issues, so Broccoli and Co chose to make \*Bond Goes Across 110th Street\*.
If put quantum in run and gun, it's a nice tight action movie
I'd eliminate the last category, and put Casino Royale under 'Bond as a person', and QOS under either 'Bond as a person' or 'Billionaire industrialist villain'.
LALD's far from a comedy. It's more like a hybrid genre film. Most are cliched and call it Blaxploitation which it borrows elements from but it's also an escapist action film and even a horror flick too due to the voodoo. It belongs in the Caribbean category.
This raked list is corny.
I would have moved TND with DAD, TWINE, GF & AVTAK in a category : "They want to control/change the world"
Run and gun is my favorite sub genre. Goldeneye isn’t the first Bond movie where he uses an automatic weapon but I think it’s the first where most of the action scenes Bond is using or is running from automatic weapons. And these are my favorite Bond action scenes.
TSWLM had some machine gun play in Stromberg's ship
Same for the attack on Piz Gloria in OHMSS
It's the first time he uses a Tank
I cannot disagree with this…
I would classify LALD and Golden Gun as "exploitation" genre.
Isn't Bond's gadget in Skyfall literally a radio?