# Which was the best Sean Connery Bond film?

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**Created:** [October 24, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-sean-connery-bond-film/638722 "2012-10-24T13:07:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-sean-connery-bond-film/638722/41 "2012-11-14T18:45:35Z")

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I voted for “You Only Live Twice” because it had some great set pieces and the best Bond theme evah. The ninja assault on Blofeld’s underground volcano missile site was classic, as was the helicopter dogfight with Bond in the missile carrying minicopter. A fun outing, complete with its outdated view of Japanese culture.

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-sean-connery-bond-film/638722/42 "2012-11-15T03:42:09Z")

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For me, it always comes down to _From Russia With Love_ or _Goldfinger_, which both have great stories, locations, villains, henchmen and performances, despite being considerably different in tone. I give the edge to _Russia_, as it came first and I prefer the (admittedly only slightly) more realistic story.

_Thunderball_ has its moments, but seems overblown, overlong and IMO doesn’t really do anything that _Goldfinger_ didn’t. _You only Live Twice_ has one of the all-time iconic sets in Blofeld’s volcano lair, Little Nellie and lots of fun action, but also lots of silliness, such as Connery failing miserably at playing Japanese.

I’ve got a soft spot for _Diamonds are Forever_ as something of a guilty pleasure, but the deeply silly setpieces and obnoxious stereotypes on display put it on par with one of the lesser Roger Moore efforts.

_Dr. No_ and _Never Say Never Again_ are not totally horrible but just didn’t leave much of an impression on me. The latter was definitely one too many Bond movies for Connery, and is basically just a less imaginative remake of _Thunderball_ anyway.

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**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-sean-connery-bond-film/638722/43 "2012-11-15T19:39:33Z")

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Cmon…Golllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllld fingah! The man with the Midas touch!

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