Originally posted by Reborn Again
Because GF is one of the most renown films in cinemtography history, and for Bond fans the most renown. In 1964 it generated the highest box office numbers of its time. And it has an UNFORGETTABLE villain.
Auric reminds me of my grandfather...seriously...and it DID pave the way for all the Bonds to follow...OHMSS excepted...it's the first Bond film Pierce saw at a tender age in London... and now HE'S Bond...
But I much prefer Mr. Big, Scaramanga and Zorin myself as villains...