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Where would Indy be in your Bond rankings?

TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
edited March 2016 in General Discussion Posts: 9,117
Given the announcement of Indy 5 which has been met with justifiable trepidation by a lot of us, it started me thinking where would the 4 Indy films end up when ranked directly alongside the bond films?

Do the Indy films maintain as high a standard as Bond over the course of the series? Raiders is probably the finest action film ever made but then Crystal Skull is an absolute abomination. So when going head to head v the 24 Bond films where do the 4 Indys fit in?

My own:

1. OHMSS/Raiders (impossible to separate)
2. CR
3. FRWL
4. TLD
5. OP
6. SF
7. GE
8. Last Crusade
9. DN
10. SP
11. GF
12. MR
13. FYEO
14. TWSLM
15. QOS
16. YOLT
17. TND
18. LTK
19. Temple of Doom
20. TWINE
21. TB
22. DAF
23. AVTAK
24. LALD
25. TMWTGG
26. DAD
27. Crystal Skull

Couldnt bring myself to go against OHMSS for number one but Raiders is so good it cant be any lower than number one either.

Last Crusade is as good as most top end Bond films but Temple of Doom is only on a par with the lesser Rog and Brosnan films. Less said about Crystal Skull the better. Overall I think the Indy series maintains a similar quality level to Bond - one stunning film, one very good one, one average and one shocker.

We really have to hope Spielberg has something amazing up his sleeve otherwise he wouldnt sign up to do it. Impossible for the new film to beat Raiders and probably Last Crusade but if it gets to the level of Temple of Doom then I guess we have to be happy.

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  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited March 2016 Posts: 17,835
    Let me preface this by saying I freakin' LOVE the Indy movies....

    1. TLD
    2. LTK
    3. TND
    Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
    Raiders Of The Lost Ark
    4. QOS
    5. DN
    6. GF
    Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade
    7. GE
    8. SP
    9. FRWL
    10. TB
    11. TMWTGG
    12. TWINE
    13. YOLT
    14. CR
    15. OHMSS
    Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
    16. OP
    17. FYEO
    18. LALD
    19. DAD
    20. DAF
    21. TSWLM
    22. SF
    23. AVTAK
    24. MR
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    edited March 2016 Posts: 9,020
    @TheWizardOfIce

    First, congratulations for a bloody great idea for a thread!! ^:)^ I wish I could come up with such originality :P

    It would be great, when the Indy thing has run out, you would adapt the thread for maybe including other franchise into a Bond ranking :)

    1 SP
    2 GE
    3 TLD
    4 OHMSS
    RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
    5 CR
    6 OP
    THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
    7 FRWL
    8 FYEO
    9 GF
    10 LTK
    THE LAST CRUSADE
    11 TND
    12 LALD
    13 QOS
    14 TSWLM
    15 MR
    16 DAD
    17 DN
    THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
    18 SF
    19 TWINE
    20 TB
    21 YOLT
    22 AVTAK
    23 TMWTGG
    24 DAF
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
    Posts: 9,117
    "BondJasonBond006 wrote: »

    It would be great, when the Indy thing has run out, you would adapt the thread for maybe including other franchise into a Bond ranking :)

    Certainly when Indy peters out it could be adapted to other franchises. Although for me there's only Indy that comes close to Bond.

    The only other two possibles I can envisage would really be Bourne and MI as I don't really think you can directly compare Bond and likes of Star Wars and I'm not interested in stooping to dross like the Marvel universe and Fast and Furious films.

    Even after just two posts this thread is proving controversial with two people ranking the lamentable Crystal Skull in midtable!
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    While I agree that Skull can be viewed as lamentable compared to the other 3 classics, it still is one of the best action/adventure movies of the last 20 years.
    Cate Blanchett is simply irresistible as villainess imho.
    Ford looks great and still kicks ass.
    Shia LaBoeuf...well...ok...sadly Chris Pratt was too young looking back then :))
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,835
    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    While I agree that Skull can be viewed as lamentable compared to the other 3 classics, it still is one of the best action/adventure movies of the last 20 years.
    They wanted to do something a little different while also bringing back Marion... the script could definitely have been better, but the execution was pretty good. Hating Crystal Skull is like hating QOS... "It's not like the others! It's not as good as Goldfinger! I would have made it differently! Waaaaaaa!"

    :))
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
    Posts: 9,117
    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    it still is one of the best action/adventure movies of the last 20 years.

    That's a very bold/insane statement.

    I tend to come down more on the side of the incomparable Mr Plinkett:



  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    Posts: 8,455
    Temple of doom is the best indie movie by far, thats when they got the formula down, and before it went stale.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    @TheWizardOfIce

    Bold/Insane is my middle name.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,835
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Temple of doom is the best indie movie by far, thats when they got the formula down, and before it went stale.
    Yes, I actually like it a teeny bit better than Raiders for that very reason. Crusade made Salah a buffoon for comedy's sake, and Skull tried to be too funny as well. But I do like 'em all!
    Oh, and I just found out that Indy goes into space in the next one.... don't know if I'm gonna like that. #-o
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    edited March 2016 Posts: 45,489
    1 Temple of Doom
    2 On Her Majesty s Secret Service
    3 Raiders of the Lost Ark
    4 Goldfinger
    5 Casino Royale
    6 Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    7 Dr No
    8 For Your Eyes Only
    9 Skyfall
    10 Last Crusade
    11 From Russia With Love
    12 Spectre
    13 Licence To Kill
    14 The Spy Who Loved Me
    15 Quantum of Solace
    16 Thunderball
    17 The Living Daylights
    18 Diamonds Are Forever
    19 Live And Let Die
    20 The Man With The Golden Gun
    21 You Only Live Twice
    22 Octopussy
    23 A View To A Kill
    24 Never Say Never Again
    25 Moonraker
    26 The World Is Not Enough
    27 Tomorrow Never Dies
    28 Goldeneye
    29 Die Another Day

    I thought you didn t do rankings, @theWizard OfIcecream?
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited March 2016 Posts: 41,011
    Props to you all, I don't know how you can rate two different series together like this. Took me years to get around to doing my first ranking of all of the Bond movies, so trying to inject a separate franchise into something like that would never happen on my end.

    Actually, that's not the total truth, for 28th place would hold 'Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.'
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,835
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    for 28th place would hold 'Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.'

    "It's not like the others! It's not as good as Raiders! I would have made it differently! Waaaaaaa!"
    =))
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    The Batman films would be a good future fit.
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    edited March 2016 Posts: 7,314
    Interesting idea. I will get back to this at some point. It's too difficult to try it off the top of my head.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Comb your hair and get back to us.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,835
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    1 Temple of Doom

    An Indy film better than ANY Bond movie?????

    *Faints, hits head on coffee table, dies, estate sues Thunderfinger...*
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
    Posts: 9,117
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    1 Temple of Doom
    2 On Her Majesty s Secret Service
    3 Raiders of the Lost Ark
    4 Goldfinger
    5 Casino Royale
    6 Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    7 Dr No
    8 For Your Eyes Only
    9 Skyfall
    10 Last Crusade
    11 From Russia With Love
    12 Spectre
    13 Licence To Kill
    14 The Spy Who Loved Me
    15 Quantum of Solace
    16 Thunderball
    17 The Living Daylights
    18 Diamonds Are Forever
    19 Live And Let Die
    20 The Man With The Golden Gun
    21 You Only Live Twice
    22 Octopussy
    23 A View To A Kill
    24 Never Say Never Again
    25 Moonraker
    26 The World Is Not Enough
    27 Tomorrow Never Dies
    28 Goldeneye
    29 Die Another Day

    I thought you didn t do rankings, @theWizard OfIcecream?

    Well if I was you I certainly wouldn't! KOTCS the 6th best film out of the 28 =)) =)) =))

    Actually it's tedious and protracted elimination games I don't do.

    This thread has turned out to be a real eye opener. Any normal person would assume DAD and KOTCS would be an eternal battle for 27th and 28th but it's only a matter of time before someone actually puts KOTCS at number one.

    I guess things like this explain why Donald Trump actually might end up getting elected.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,835
    TheWizardOfIce wrote: »
    I guess things like this explain why Donald Trump actually might end up getting elected.
    That's actually not only unrelated, it's also a little uncalled-for.
    Stupid folks would vote for Trump, yes. But art is in the eye of the beholder. It's not a reflection of intelligence or emotional distress, but rather the effect a very complicated chain of life events, parenting style, personal beliefs and opinions, and self-trained & cultivated tastes.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    GE at 7th? ;)) :-j
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 41,011
    @Thunderfinger, hate on Brosnan all you want, but KOTCS in sixth place? How dare you.

    @TheWizardOfIce, MR is in 12th place...and LALD is sent all the way to 24th place? How dare you.

    Both of you, go to your rooms. No dinner for either of you.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,835
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    @Thunderfinger, hate on Brosnan all you want, but KOTCS in sixth place? How dare you.

    @TheWizardOfIce, MR is in 12th place...and LALD is sent all the way to 24th place? How dare you.

    Both of you, go to your rooms. No dinner for either of you.

    +1
    ;))
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    @Thunderfinger, hate on Brosnan all you want, but KOTCS in sixth place? How dare you.

    @TheWizardOfIce, MR is in 12th place...and LALD is sent all the way to 24th place? How dare you.

    Both of you, go to your rooms. No dinner for either of you.

    I don t eat dinner, only chocolate.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    Posts: 9,020
    When I see those rankings I'm not sure I wanna see Batman rankings within Bond.

    I can imagine things like this:

    1. OHMSS
    2. Batman & Robin
    3. SF
    4. GF
    ...
    25. Batman 1989

    Oh the thought....
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
    Posts: 9,117
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    GE at 7th? ;)) :-j

    Have to admit I was concentrating more on the Indy rankings and knocked the Bond ones out a bit quick so could do with a bit of a polish.

    But there's no comparison between GE and KOTCS.
    Creasy47 wrote: »

    @TheWizardOfIce, MR is in 12th place...and LALD is sent all the way to 24th place? How dare you.

    LALD is very average whereas MR is sheer entertainment with Rog at the top of his game. Not even close.

  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    edited March 2016 Posts: 4,043
    1. Raiders
    2. OHMSS
    3. CR
    4. SF
    4. FRWL
    5. SWLM
    6. TLD
    7. Last Crusade
    8. LTK
    9. TB
    10. QOS
    11. GF
    12. Temple of Doom
    13. DN
    14. YOLT
    15. SPECTRE
    16. FYEO
    17. MR
    18. MWTGG
    19. LALD
    20. OP
    21. AVTAK
    22. GE
    23. TND
    24. DAF
    25. TWINE
    27. DAD
    28. KOTCS

    No Bond touches ROTLA for me, it's the quintessential action adventure film, they broke the mould when they made that film and no blockbuster has come near since, the only film that tops it for me is Jaws.



  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited March 2016 Posts: 17,835
    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    When I see those rankings I'm not sure I wanna see Batman rankings within Bond.
    Hellfire, I'll do it right NOW!


    1. TLD
    Batman '89
    2. LTK
    3. TND
    4. QOS
    5. DN
    Batman Returns
    6. GF
    7. GE
    8. SP
    Batman Begins
    9. FRWL
    10. TB
    11. TMWTGG
    12. TWINE
    13. YOLT
    14. CR
    15. OHMSS
    16. OP
    17. FYEO
    Batman '66
    18. LALD
    19. DAD
    Batman & Robin
    20. DAF
    21. TSWLM
    Batman Forever
    22. SF
    The Dark Knight
    23. AVTAK
    The Dark Knight Rises
    24. MR
  • Scaramanga12Scaramanga12
    Posts: 562
    I confess to finding the Indiana jones films wildly overrated. I watched Raiders for the first time a couple of years back and it was just meh, that was ok. I can do without the theme tune blaring out every 5 minutes as well. Temple of Doom, they got to the bad guys lair and 15 minutes later everything's sorted after some really dumb hypnosis crap. Last crusade should be good with Connery but his distinctive voice wasn't there (didn't he have throat problems around that time?) Also I thought the chemistry/script was poor between father and son. In the ROCK (1996), his voice was much more like it's old self. Haven't seen the new one but heard it's a load of balls.
  • Scaramanga12Scaramanga12
    Posts: 562
    one more thing, why is LTK so low? Good to see you're a TLD fan though, putting it at 17 like @Thunderfinger is a bannable offence in my opinion.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    Posts: 15,723
    1. TMWTGG
    2. OP
    3. GE
    4. CR
    5. The Dark Knight
    6. The Raid 2
    7. Mission Impossible Rogue Nation
    8. Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
    9. TSWLM
    10. Die Hard With A Vengeance
    11. Batman Begins
    12. QOS
    13. TND
    14. Taken
    15. Raiders of the Lost Ark
    16. The Raid
    17. SP
    18. LTK
    19. Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol
    20. Die Hard
    21. OHMSS
    22. SF
    23. FRWL
    24. TLD
    25. AVTAK
    26. Mission Impossible
    27. Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom
    28. FYEO
    29. The Dark Knight Rises
    30. MR
    31. Mission Impossible 2
    32. Live Free or Die Hard
    33. TWINE
    33. GF
    34. TB
    35. DN
    36. LALD
    37. DAD
    38. Mission Impossible 3
    39. YOLT
    40. DAF
    41. Taken 2
    42. Taken 3
    43. Indiana Jones and Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
    44. A Good Day To Die Hard
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited March 2016 Posts: 17,835
    Good God man! This is NUTZ! I must up my game!!

    Superman: The Movie
    Iron Man
    Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    1. TLD
    Avengers
    Batman '89
    Superman II
    2. LTK
    3. TND
    Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
    Raiders Of The Lost Ark
    4. QOS
    Thor
    5. DN
    Batman Returns
    6. GF
    Die Hard
    Indiana Jones And the last Crusade
    Mission: Impossible 5
    Iron Man 3
    Mission: Impossible 2
    Die Hard 2
    7. GE
    8. GF
    Mission: Impossible 4
    Thor: Dark World
    Iron Man 2
    Batman Begins
    9. FRWL
    Mission: Impossible 3
    10. TB
    Mission: Impossible
    Supergirl
    11. TMWTGG
    12. TWINE
    13. YOLT
    Avengers: Age Of Ultron
    14. CR
    15. OHMSS
    Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
    Die hard 3
    16. OP
    17. FYEO
    Batman '66
    18. LALD
    19. DAD
    Batman & Robin
    20. DAF
    21. TSWLM
    Die Hard 3
    Batman Forever
    22. SF
    The Dark Knight
    Superman 3
    23. AVTAK
    The Dark Knight Rises
    24. MR
    Superman 4
    Man Of Steel
    Die Hard 5
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