In reply to wercat:
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> With you on OHMSS, also being old enough to have seen it when released on the big screen it was captivating
I did not see the original cinema release due to not having been born at the time, but I was lucky enough to get to see it on the big screen about 8 years ago and it was fab.
Mind you my only big-screen Bond experiences have been Licence to Kill through to TWINE (skipped DAD as it looked so awful, saw it on telly later) and the two Daniel Craig ones.
Speaking of which, a lot of people hold Casino Royale in high esteem but I think it is actually very dull. Craig and Green are fab, and Craig's characterisation is good, and I enjoyed it at the cinema, but whenever I get a chance to watch it again, I think to myself "what are the classic scenes in this film that I will enjoy rewatching", and there are none, really. It lacks wit, tension and - yes - ACTION (most Bond films are essentially 5 to 7 big action set pieces strung together with some plot exposition scenes; CR has the "free-running" chase at the start and the frankly dull Venice house-collapse at the end, and very little in between, save for a minute of bog-standard thuggery on a stairwell and a car crash. It has a very long card game though!)