Quantum of Solace vs. A View to a Kill

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Bond showdown! I actually like both of these more than the average fan. Going with QoS, but I really dig the chemistry between Moore & MacNee and Barry's score in AVTAK.

My favourite Bond vs. my least favourite Bond. AVTAK wins this one easily.

Quantum of Solace was a huge disappointment, whereas AVtoK has Christopher Walken in it. You can't go wrong there.

Quantum of Solace is highly underrated, so it is the easy choice here.

surprised by the comments on these so far. Both of these rank extremely low for me in the Bond canon, bottom five material for sure. Quantum beats View though because at least Craig wasn't extremely over the hill like Moore was at that time.

Quantum of Solace looks awful when compared to Casino Royale and Skyfall, but it really isn't too bad. It's certainly better than the dreck that is A View to a Kill.

Neither is as bad as it's often made out to be, but whereas Quantum of Solace was a messy and very lackluster follow-up to Casino Royale, A View to a Kill was indeed far more cringe-inducing. I wouldn't be surprised if Roger Moore's stuntman had more screentime than Moore himself.

My least favorite Craig beats one of my more favorite Moores.

A View To A Kill gets a bad rap nowadays and... yeah, it's justified. Is it a bad film? Kinda... there's still good moments where Bond does spy work and impressive sequences. Octopussy was more of a fitting end to Moore and some of the "darker Bond" fans are embarrassed AVTAK. Can I enjoy it in a "so bad it's hilarious sense"? Absolutely! A 58 year old James Bond takes on Christopher Walken while sleeping with women young enough to be his granddaughter. That's what a Bond guilty pleasure should be. And the fact that the movie looks a little dated adds more personality and makes it more laughable. I can understand why most Bond fans consider it "one of the worst" but it's still incredibly joyful to watch. And it isn't completely void of good moments and aspects. Now for Quantum Of Solace, my least favourite Bond film. Bad direction, bad editing, bad action, Bourne ripoff. But most of all, where's the joy to it? Casino Royale made Bond more human and filmic, then they follow it up with QoS? I can watch AVTAK and have a good time, QoS is one of the three Bond films I find unwatchable (Die Another Day and Spectre are the other two)!

Frankly....I don't enjoy either...

Both underrated, but QoS is in my top five so I'll go with that