By my clock, this era started with Diamonds are Forever... the era of the Silly Bond.

But Diamonds are Forever was a Connery Bond and it kind of sucked because of it.

So... Live and Let Die is the first of the GOOD silly Bond movies.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm on team Connery. Team Connery all the way... but Live and Let Die is still a GREAT 007 film despite the total change in mood and persona.

It moved away from the heartless assassin to pick up a more comedic and Fx driven fair that worked better for Moore.

And because it is a new 007, the fish out of water setting works to d... read the rest.