Best Example of James Bond Film as an Action Movie?

At a glance, online pals’ top picks for all the official Bonds seem to go as follows:
* Sean Connery: Thunderball
* George Lazenby: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (his only outing as Bond but with more stunts and other action than many others)
* Roger Moore: Live and Let Die, followed by A View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only
* Timothy Dalton: License to Kill
* Pierce Brosnan: Goldeneye
* Daniel Craig: Casino Royale with plenty of arguments for Quantum of Solace
One problem is that some named their favorites even though the topic was NOT best Bond movie.

Answers on Twitter:
@John_C_Davies @ActionChick I like that Craig is a post-Bourne Bond. The franchise survives by being fresh *and* honouring its roots.
@kostmayer @ActionChick but the Russians all got better and went on to buy majority shareholdings in premier league football clubs! #random
8 Rock @8_Rock: I recommend Casino Royale. I think it’s the best Bond flick ever.
aaron cochran @HANNIBALPB81: I like dainel crieg as bond looking forward to the new one
aaron cochran @HANNIBALPB81: thunderball is good I also liked live and let die
Adam @Shadow_Drgn: Greatest ACTION bond? Hrmm i honestly didn’t watch a lot of the early ones, but i would say Daniel Craigs have TONS of action
Adam @Shadow_Drgn: Namely, Casino Royal
Adam Pate @xerocube: “@SweatnqBullets: @ActionChick Goldeneye was the best imo!” I like GoldenEye, but Goldfinger is my favorite.
AJ @rage_A: I think I’d go for License To Kill ..
AJ @SAssassian: Moonraker Bond fighting in Land, Sea, Air and Space youtu.be/Z2GTKBx4H5Y
Alexander Yarde @thatalexyarde: Moonraker! Armies of astronauts in space with freakin laser guns? Haha! #guiltypleasure
Andy @Suffolk_Shadow: gotta be the Roger Moore one with the sheriff chasing him down south – Live and Let Die
Animus De Floresco @souls_blossom: How about From Russia With Love? Of course, I’m partial to Goldfinger myself.
Arturo R. Garcia @aboynamedart: Casino Royale is a good “real” Action movie at times. But Goldeneye was one of the better campy-action Bonds.
B V @VasTheStampede: I’m pretty sure that’s some of the best review criteria I’ve ever seen. EVER. 🙂
Batty @Shadowbat: My favorite Bond film was ‘Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery’
BeST oF 2 WoRlds @gmoney62472: I’m sorry but comparing Rambo to James Bond is like comparing a Killer Bee to a Scoripion.
Boris Novak @BorisNovak: That’s one tough decision, because all the Bond movies are great!
Bruce Aaron Cambosos @brucerockac: has to be Casino Royale. Has as much action as the classics while bringing something new to the table: real emotion content.
CandiedWalnuts(Band) @CandiedWalnuts: I loved Quantum of Solaces’ beginning set pieces. But I don’t know exactly what you’re looking for. #BestActionBondMovie
Charles Sonnabend @csonnabend: I always liked “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”. Awesome avalanche/ski sequence, bobsled action and poignant ending.
Charles Sonnabend @csonnabend: old movie with unknown George Lazenby as Bond. I thought he was pretty good- he just wasn’t Sean Connery.
Danielle Ni Dhighe @nidhighe: @PapaLlama @ActionChick Lazenby is underrated. Wasn’t his fault he had to follow Connery.
Danielle Ni Dhighe @nidhighe: Tough question. I’d say Thunderball.
Danny Bowes @moviesbybowes: Casino Royale. No other Bond movie had anything to match the Madagascar parkour scene.
David @DH_Alvarez: Many of the James Bond films are very good. Makes sense that tweeps mention more recent Bond films from this generation.
dev!ous aka m.e. @devious805: I’ve never seen a bond movie #justsaying
Doug Puthoff @dougputhoff: I have to go with “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” myself.
Eddie @eddiesooner: From Russia With Love had the longest fight scene of all time between Robert Shaw & Sean Connery & is probably the best film
Eddie @eddiesooner: From Russia With Love was in 1962 so probably most people haven’t seen it but it was the best
ElementalAmber @ElementalAmber: I have no suggestions beyond “Avoid Moonraker”
Erika @AlwaysSinging: Do you have any narrowed down?
Erika @AlwaysSinging: I do love Casino Royale and QoS, too. QoS had a great car chase. I love me some car chases.
Erika @AlwaysSinging: My dad’s a huge Bond fan, so I saw a lot of the movies. Thunderball, Dr. No, and Goldfinger have stuck with me.
Frank Rambles @FrankRambles: Thunderball. Rocketpack starts off. Controlled-crash of a bomber into the ocean. Parachuting into a scuba fight. Easy win.
FromPage2Screen @FromPage2Screen: Id agree with that Goldeneye, then Casino Royale but I do really like Licence To Kill though
Ginger Girl Geek @sorshanik: Casino Royale for sure. 🙂
Greg Wilcox @ItsGregWilcox: Hmmm… Well, the Craig flicks have great action set pieces, but Thunderball or You Only Live Twice are neat and old-school…
Greg Wilcox @ItsGregWilcox: Try On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, as it’s SUPER underrated and has some nicely paced action scenes.
GregHorrorShow @GregHorrorShow: would say Casino Royale personally – Daniel Craig is much better as Bond than I expected.
Griff @Griffmoy: As much as I hate to say it… Die Another Day for the ludicrous setpieces.
GUMMY @DAREALGUMMY: GoldenEye obviously.
HH @Thunderbolt_005: Late response, but for good Bond action I seem to remember “Live and Let Die” but I really like Action in Casion Royale
J. Brian Piggott @JBCP: #GR8DAY @cyberbonn @CHICAGORADIO @ActionChick @LindaFayRonan @zeitgeistlondon @GregoryMJackson @LuckyLobos
Jasper Anson @Jasperante: @John_C_Davies @ActionChick The fallback option outside of Bond is “Commando”. How can you go wrong there? #letoffsomesteambennett
Jasper Anson @Jasperante: @John_C_Davies @ActionChick Yep, I disagree. “Casino Royale” has action + grit + honest storytelling without pretentious directing.
JediiRaccoon @JediiRaccoon: ‘A View to a Kill’ Nice!
Jennie Whitwood @JennieWhitwood: goldeneye is my choice. The action is very dramatic with dam jumps, tank chases& blowing up facilities. Then there’s the game..
jesse hayes @HayesJesse: Watch Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Thn House of Flying Daggers, thn finish wit Memoirs Of A Geesha. Tht shuld inspire u.
Jim Phoel @DraconicVerses: You Only Live Twice has the awesome assault on the volcano lair by an army of modern ninja to back Bond up.
Jimmy McGlinchey @JimmyMcG: Goldfinger is the best Bond film, but for pure action, I think would go with “The World is not Enough”
Joe Cooper @joecooper42: A View To A Kill. San Fran blimp + underground Grace Jones.
Joe Cooper @joecooper42: Bourne shouldn’t be said in the same breath as Bond. It’s never earned it.
John Beck @JB15TM: For action alone, Casino Royale is the best. Of course, you don’t have an aging Bond in the new films 🙂
John C Davies @John_C_Davies: #agree RT @tara_oshea: @ActionChick @John_C_Davies I vote next gen. The parkour opening stunt sequence of Casino Royale was AMAZING.
John C Davies @John_C_Davies: @tara_oshea @ActionChick I particularly liked the un edited long shot of jumping from one construction crane to another. #Epic
John C Davies @John_C_Davies: classic or next generation?
John C Davies @John_C_Davies: course my favorite one growing up was ‘the man with the golden gun’ cus Herve Villechaize is awesome.
John C Davies @John_C_Davies: For me… the Brosnan series jumped the shark when he surfed or whatever off the iceberg. youtu.be/6w6FV8P7HXg
John C Davies @John_C_Davies: I really dig the “Quantum of Solace” for it’s “bourne” type action sequences but my man @Jasperante will disagree.
John C Davies @John_C_Davies: I see their point but my James Bond can kill you with a balpoint pen and has no need for invisible cars and such.
John C Davies @John_C_Davies: I think if you watch that scene close enough he actually jumps a shark…and an ice berg, and a nuclear device, and Halle Berry
Jordan DesJardins @Jordamus_Prime: Goldeneye! Hands down.
jrsydevils @jrsydevils: @AlwaysSinging Sigh… are we that predictable??
jrsydevils @jrsydevils: @John_C_Davies License to Kill
jrsydevils @jrsydevils: You Only Live Twice or maybe GoldenEye
Kevin @Unchainedfoodie: Tough call. Goldeneye had best big action (planes, trains, tank chases) but Casino Royale had best fight scenes.
Kevin Entrekin @KevinAE: If you’re going for best action, Casino Royale. Great blend of story and action.
kissedbyinertia @kissedbyinertia: From Russia with Love because it was Bond before the formula was established.
Kost @kostmayer: Goldeneye – lots of killing Russians and destroyed helicopters
Lawrence Maldonado @d5385: I think it’s because the Bond flicks aren’t “Action” films per se, so it’s hard to say which is more “Actiony”?
Lawrence Maldonado @d5385: I would say either the Daniel Craig movies or Goldeneye. Casino Royale AND Quantum both are action-heavy compared to others.
Leonard Wilson @Cavatica: License to Kill is tops there. It’s a better Bond Goes Rogue than Quantum could have hoped to be. Maybe even Tom. Never Dies.
Liz Plummer @lost130lbs: @John_C_Davies I would say go old school.
Lord Comet @LordComet: I would say any of them with Sean Connery :0)
Luc256 @Luc256: easy. Dr. No. Love the uber-dark Bond..
Luc256 @Luc256: isn’t Thunderball a remake? Or do I have it backwards?
Luc256 @Luc256: just saying, I’m so disappointed in this Statham movie.. Blitz.. #realbad
macready @prkchopexpress: i do like goldeneye. or goldfinger has some good stuff in it.
Mathieas @Mathieas: Die Another Day or Casino Royale
Matt Hastings @TommyHate: Goldeneye
Michael Gonzalez @mikegonzalez2k: Here’s a list of them all.. I like For your Eyes Only
Michael Gonzalez @mikegonzalez2k: I always loved For Your Eyes Only
Michael Gonzalez @mikegonzalez2k: License to Kill is full of action when 007 takes revenge on a drug lord killing them all..
Michael P. Owen @owenmp: For Your Eyes Only had lot of action & few spy fantasy aspects seen in other Bond films. Climbing & underwater scenes great.
Michael Slevin @Chuckle_Buck: Licence to Kill!
Mike Seidl @mikekarv: Action wise? Casino Royal I’d say. But since Goldeneye was the first one I saw, it holds a special place for me.
Mike the Grate @mikethegratest: Has to be one of the Brosnan ones. The older ones have some action sequences, but I wouldn’t call them action flicks.
Nicholas @NicholasWrites: I would say Quantum of Solace was pretty much a straight up action movie.
Nigel Douglass @Anti_Niggle: The Spy Who Loved Me my choice when I need some good old fashioned action. #nostalgia
Nobody’s Business @ocularnervosa: Casino Royale was a good film but Woody Allen as the villain? That was kind of a stretch.
Paul Nuthall @pnuthall: GoldenEye first, Licence To Kill second.
Pauly C @Cozza_BFC
Peter DiCicco @PeterDiCicco: …or I think Goldeneye is pretty solid as well for more modern action. I’ll be interested in what you decide.
Peter DiCicco @PeterDiCicco: Goldfinger is probably the best in being a template for classic archetypes (and cliches) of the genre…
Peter Whitney @ThePeterWhitney: @John_C_Davies Thunderball is my personal favorite. But if you’re looking for just action, Quantum of Solace is nonstop action
Phil Gerrard @morphilms: quantum of soloace, all the action with half the plot…
Rafael Gaitan @bearsurprise: GOLDFINGER- clear plot, clever asides, action packed but appropriately paced
Raul Castro @thatgeekraul: @John_C_Davies Next Gen
Ren Kris @renkris: Solace or TND.
Ricardo Williams @RicardoWilliams: Casion Royale is definitely high on the list.
Richard Davidson @silent037bob: I would say to with FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (My own personal favorite), FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, GOLDENEYE, or CASINO ROYALE.
Robert Coupée @BobCoupee: I would say #GoldenEye: the tank sequence, the cool fight with Famke Janssen. What more action do you need?
Robert Genaille rvgenaille: For Your Eyes Only had great action sequence where Bond & Melina are dragged behind boat.
Robert Workman @TheDCD: goldeneye. You’re welcome.
Romney Wordsworth @RWordsworth: NO consensus? You mean: NO question. Goldeneye!!!
ruva @laruva: I love Connery. But for Bond-action rewatch one with Daniel Craig (forgot the title..) What about your pic for the book ?
Ryan @ChewGovtHookah: @Cavatica @ActionChick tomorrow never dies. (you said best bond action movie.
Ryan Thomas Riddle @ryantriddle: A VIEW TO A KILL. Ya gotta love a film that manges to fit in Duran Duran, Christopher Walken, and Grace Jones in one movie.
ryan weeks @Ryeguy695: What? No love for Moonraker? Oh sorry. You said ACTION. Not piece of Sh!#.
s @twtr_rd: Live and Let Die is always a good one for me.
S. Suzuki @to_paraphrase: I think you have to go w/the Craig Bond movies for ACTION movie. The rest, as much as I love them, are more CAMP.
Sam Williamson @wordsmithsam: ‘You Only Live Twice’ b/c of ninjas. ‘For Your Eyes Only’ for crossbows & mountains, or ‘Goldeneye’ for all around badassness!
scott glennon @scott4567: I thought maybe Goldeneye, but I am going to stick with my first choice, Die Another Day.
shc @trunks1022: hm i’ll definitely go with licence to kill then. just bond hellbent on napalming everything.
shc @trunks1022: tough because all 007 movies have inevitably slow parts. definitely not moore ones. from russia with love? licence to kill?
Steve the boy wonder @blameitonthewin: Die Another Day
SuznG @therealsuzn: I’m kinda nostalgic about “Dr.No.” My parents took me to see it. No babysitter. Hot stuff for a li’l girl!
SuznG @therealsuzn: No Contest….Dr. No…..And Sean Connery was at his Sexiest BEST, too! Kudos to Ursula Andres!
Sweating Bullets @SweatnqBullets: Goldeneye was the best imo!
T.S. Christian @parisianfeline: The ones with Pierce Brosnan are my favorite. #JamesBond I HATE the new ones with Craig whats his face.
Tara O’Shea @tara_oshea: @John_C_Davies I vote next gen. The parkour opening stunt sequence of Casino Royale was AMAZING.
The Dork @The_Dorkster: I’m sticking with Goldmember…
The Flocco @The_Flocco: as far as action and stuff, I just don’t think it gets faster paced than Quantum of Solace
The Flocco @The_Flocco: Jason Bourne needs to be a Jason Bourne movie… lol. last ones were weak with ‘artsy’ style handicam directing. imho.
The Flocco @The_Flocco: Quantum of Solace. It’s the most recent so -points for that, BUT the story is scary real, and D.C. is my fav badass Bond
Tim Miller @TKMillerSculpt: Casino Royale with Daniel Craig. He doesn’t redefine Bond, he is simply what Bond was supposed to be.
Timothy Jackson @TJSlipperman: Either Goldfinger or GoldenEye are good examples IMO. Some ppl might say Daniel Craig’s films (don’t care for him as Bond tho’)
Toddifer @Revolver956: and without a doubt Casino Royale is among the best of Bond. Daniel Craig plays an impeccable Bond.
Toddifer @Revolver956: Goldeneye was fantastic, and not as over the top as all the others of the Peirce Brosnan era.From Russia with Love is a fav too
Tony @CylonBookworm: The one where he kills that one guy, saves the world, and ends with a surprisingly beautiful woman in his arms, or bed.
Tony Hunt @tony_hunt: Johnny Depp is playing Tonto from the Lone Ranger… I’m snickering already… imdb.to/9l3jse
Travis Langley @PapaLlama: Best Bond ACTION movie, @ActionChick? Since best = quality, not just quantity, that rules out License to Kill. For Brosnan: Goldeneye.
Travis Langley @PapaLlama: Connery, not Dr. No. Too much of it is slow and talky for the modern action junkie, @ActionChick. Thunderball or the 1 with the volcano.
Travis Langley @PapaLlama: For Daniel Craig, Casino Royale starts off strong. I’m not sure about Eva Green’s 3rd act for an action junkie, @ActionChick.
Travis Langley @PapaLlama: Lazenby only played the role once, but it has some great stuntwork. Poignant ending might detract for an action junkie, though, @ActionChick
Travis Langley @PapaLlama: Roger Moore’s best ACTION as James Bond? His 1st or his last. I think Live & Let Die. So many memorable bits, @ActionChick.
Tricia @fangirlcantina: Casino Royale!
Warrick Ackland @TheAckland: Moonraker! It’s daft but has everything in there
Wildride Robert Roy @wyldride: Living Daylights, Thunderball or Live and Let Die would be my suggestions. RT @ActionChick which Bond movie to rewatch
Zoey Francis @zoey_francis: I think the best Bond action sequences were in Casino Royale. Best Bond ACTION movie? Not sure, since I haven’t seen them all.
ღ Autty™ ღ @itsAutty: any of the Sean Connery ones are my vote!

Answers on Facebook:
Ricky Barrera: Octopussy !!
Ben Le:e What was that Peirce B one? ‘The World is Not Enough’? Such a bad movie, but what it lacked in story made up for with mindless action. Well I don’t know if it made up for it, but there was a lot of action. 🙂
Mary Heston: GoldenEye (Great video game too)
Harold Burman: You Only Live Twice
Robert Ferguson: Moonraker
Denis Doran: liecence to kill: R.h. Rusef License to Kill. It’s a bloodbath.
Scott Hillman: I always thought the living daylights, plays the most like a traditional action movie, or at least the most conventional early 80s action one. in someways i think its the most of its time. Liscene to kill is kind of similar however it cares to much for its plot
Scott Hillman: i would argue that the craig ones play much less like action movies then the ones before it.
FilmGurl DotNet: Cool music! 🙂