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  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    edited March 2016 Posts: 1,984
    Sunday

    From Russia With Love - 14
    Goldfinger - 30
    You Only Live Twice - 5
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 11
    The Man With The Golden Gun - 10 (-2)
    The Spy Who Loved Me - 29 (+1)
    Moonraker - 28
    Octopussy - 17
    The Living Daylights - 36
    Licence To Kill - 20
    GoldenEye - 22
    Tomorrow Never Dies - 21
    Casino Royale - 36
    Skyfall - 23
    Spectre - 22

    Eliminated
    16. Quantum Of Solace
    17. The World Is Not Enough
    18. Die Another Day
    19. A View To A Kill
    20. Thunderball
    21. For Your Eyes Only
    22. Diamonds Are Forever
    23. Live And Let Die

    I'm disappointed that TMWTGG's rather farcical opening that almost lacks Bond entirely is being picked over the likes of TWINE (best boat chase in the franchise) and especially TB (pure class, an amazing performance from Connery and a JETPACK).
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    Posts: 5,185
    Sunday

    From Russia With Love - 12 -2
    Goldfinger - 30
    You Only Live Twice - 5
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 11
    The Man With The Golden Gun - 10
    The Spy Who Loved Me - 29 (+1)
    Moonraker - 28
    Octopussy - 17
    The Living Daylights - 36
    Licence To Kill - 20
    GoldenEye - 22
    Tomorrow Never Dies - 22 +1
    Casino Royale - 36
    Skyfall - 23
    Spectre - 22

    Eliminated
    16. Quantum Of Solace
    17. The World Is Not Enough
    18. Die Another Day
    19. A View To A Kill
    20. Thunderball
    21. For Your Eyes Only
    22. Diamonds Are Forever
    23. Live And Let Die

  • IncompetentHenchmanIncompetentHenchman
    Posts: 1,817
    ForYourEyesOnly wrote: »

    I'm disappointed that TMWTGG's rather farcical opening that almost lacks Bond entirely is being picked over the likes of TWINE (best boat chase in the franchise) and especially TB (pure class, an amazing performance from Connery and a JETPACK).

    Yes exactly I fought for TWINE to the end, I can understand people thinking it was too long but really, how could they think that YOLT, TMWTGG, QOS or day I say it LTK are better? And TB did not deserve to go before California Girls.
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    edited March 2016 Posts: 5,185
    ForYourEyesOnly wrote: »
    I'm disappointed that TMWTGG's rather farcical opening that almost lacks Bond entirely is being picked over the likes of TWINE (best boat chase in the franchise) and especially TB (pure class, an amazing performance from Connery and a JETPACK).

    Not only the Boat chase but we got two great PTS in one with TWINE. I love the Bilbao bit very much too
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    Posts: 1,984
    @IncompetentHenchman - I don't think there is a "dare" in it at all. LTK's PTS is widely regarded as mediocre, from what I know, and rightfully so.

    @00Agent - Yes, that was very good as well. In general, TWINE belongs to the upper echelons of Bond flicks in terms of PTS's.
  • IncompetentHenchmanIncompetentHenchman
    Posts: 1,817
    Well then after I weed out TMWTGG, I will use my licence to kill on LTK.
  • Problem_EliminatorProblem_Eliminator Ojai, CA
    edited March 2016 Posts: 613
    From Russia With Love - 12
    Goldfinger - 30
    You Only Live Twice - 3 (-2)
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 11
    The Man With The Golden Gun - 10
    The Spy Who Loved Me - 29
    Moonraker - 28
    Octopussy - 17
    The Living Daylights - 37 (+1)
    Licence To Kill - 20
    GoldenEye - 22
    Tomorrow Never Dies - 22
    Casino Royale - 36
    Skyfall - 23
    Spectre - 22

    Eliminated
    16. Quantum Of Solace
    17. The World Is Not Enough
    18. Die Another Day
    19. A View To A Kill
    20. Thunderball
    21. For Your Eyes Only
    22. Diamonds Are Forever
    23. Live And Let Die
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    Posts: 9,020
    Brosnan always gets treated badly in most of these games, we have to live with that.
    Sadly, many of the outspoken Brosnan fans don't participate (anymore) in these games.

    You can make any argument for any PTS. I would say CR winning again (probably) is strange too as it is the least Bondesque PTS. It's more like a short of Sin City.

    Tastes differ :)
  • Problem_EliminatorProblem_Eliminator Ojai, CA
    Posts: 613
    The Brosnan era did have some great PTS in my opinion not a bad one in all his films.
  • IncompetentHenchmanIncompetentHenchman
    Posts: 1,817
    Birdleson wrote: »
    To me TSWLM, GE and CR stand out as the strongest. Though GF is my favorite of the films, I don't feel as strongly about the PTS as many others do. It would probably be my fourth pick, but a definite step back from the three I mentioned above (with TLD close behind). I actually enjoy them all with the exception of OP (the film as a whole has grown on me somewhat, but not the PTS).

    Given that SP is your least favourite film, how would you rank the PTS?
  • Perilagu_KhanPerilagu_Khan
    Posts: 2,483
    IncompetentHenchman wrote: »
    ForYourEyesOnly wrote: »

    I'm disappointed that TMWTGG's rather farcical opening that almost lacks Bond entirely is being picked over the likes of TWINE (best boat chase in the franchise) and especially TB (pure class, an amazing performance from Connery and a JETPACK).

    Yes exactly I fought for TWINE to the end, I can understand people thinking it was too long but really, how could they think that YOLT, TMWTGG, QOS or day I say it LTK are better? And TB did not deserve to go before California Girls.

    Not only was it overlong, it convoluted the plot immediately, and the boat chase itself was the epitome of the boring "action" that is the Broz era's hallmark. Gun's PTS, at a bare minimum, is visually fascinating.

  • josiahjosiah
    Posts: 1,386
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    Birdleson, you're lucky you only torn between 3! I have 5 or 6 that i will have to choose between!!

    Yes, me too. I have a favorite PTS for each Bond actor so I have 6 favorites.
  • Problem_EliminatorProblem_Eliminator Ojai, CA
    Posts: 613
    Birdleson wrote: »
    I like the whole bit with King and the money, the chase was a bit too long.

    do you enjoy any Brosnan movie all the way through?

  • Problem_EliminatorProblem_Eliminator Ojai, CA
    Posts: 613
    why do you think the brosnan era gets so much flak?
  • BMW_with_missilesBMW_with_missiles All the usual refinements.
    edited March 2016 Posts: 3,000
    Saturday

    From Russia With Love - 12
    Goldfinger - 30
    You Only Live Twice - 3
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 9 (-2)
    The Man With The Golden Gun - 10
    The Spy Who Loved Me - 29
    Moonraker - 28
    Octopussy - 17
    The Living Daylights - 37
    Licence To Kill - 20
    GoldenEye - 22
    Tomorrow Never Dies - 23 (+1)
    Casino Royale - 36
    Skyfall - 23
    Spectre - 22

    Eliminated
    16. Quantum Of Solace
    17. The World Is Not Enough
    18. Die Another Day
    19. A View To A Kill
    20. Thunderball
    21. For Your Eyes Only
    22. Diamonds Are Forever
    23. Live And Let Die

    So I ignore this thread for a little while, and somehow the second best PTS in the series, TWINE's boat-chase, is eliminated. Why didn't I vote for it yesterday, why?
  • josiahjosiah
    Posts: 1,386
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Because their is some horrendous dialogue in those films, as well as a lot of mindless action.
    @Birdleson In this context, "there" is the appropriate spelling and not "their," which implies ownership.
  • IncompetentHenchmanIncompetentHenchman
    Posts: 1,817
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Aside from the early motor race with Xenia, the tank chase and the beach scene, I like GOLDENEYE.

    The beach scene? There is a problem with the beach scene?
    Birdleson wrote: »
    And to be honest there are probably only nine or ten films in the series that I can say that I "enjoy all the way through". Most have some dull or irritatingly silly parts.

    Even nine or ten is a bit generous honestly. I am annoyed by something in all of them if they aren't GE, CR or GF.
  • josiahjosiah
    edited March 2016 Posts: 1,386
    @Birdleson What makes the action in CR any less mindless?
  • IncompetentHenchmanIncompetentHenchman
    edited March 2016 Posts: 1,817
    @josiah CR began action-heavy but the action is balanced out with character interactions and an emphasis on plot. Not so in TND, TWINE or DAD. GE, I except, as it is my number one and there were actual characters in that film. Note that there is not necessarily anything wrong with a Bond film being mindless if you are in that mood and it is done right.

    Still, half of Craig's era is mindless, just look at QOS and SP.
  • josiahjosiah
    Posts: 1,386
    @Birdleson What logical deduction can we make about how you feel about people who enjoy "mindless action"?
  • josiahjosiah
    Posts: 1,386
    Birdleson wrote: »
    What the Hell is your problem? I answered the guy's question, if you don't like the answer give him a different one. Leave me the Hell alone. Obsessive.

    If you don't like underhanded insults, maybe you shouldn't make them. That's my problem with you. Sorry if having your rudeness called out hurts your feelings.
  • josiahjosiah
    Posts: 1,386
    Sunday

    From Russia With Love - 12
    Goldfinger - 30
    You Only Live Twice - 3
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 9
    The Man With The Golden Gun - 10
    The Spy Who Loved Me - 29
    Moonraker - 28
    Octopussy - 13 (-2)
    The Living Daylights - 37
    Licence To Kill - 20
    GoldenEye - 24 (+1)
    Tomorrow Never Dies - 23
    Casino Royale - 36
    Skyfall - 23
    Spectre - 22

    Eliminated
    16. Quantum Of Solace
    17. The World Is Not Enough
    18. Die Another Day
    19. A View To A Kill
    20. Thunderball
    21. For Your Eyes Only
    22. Diamonds Are Forever
    23. Live And Let Die
  • Problem_EliminatorProblem_Eliminator Ojai, CA
    Posts: 613

    Sunday

    From Russia With Love - 12
    Goldfinger - 30
    You Only Live Twice - 3
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 9
    The Man With The Golden Gun - 8 (-2)
    The Spy Who Loved Me - 29
    Moonraker - 28
    Octopussy - 13
    The Living Daylights - 38 (+1)
    Licence To Kill - 20
    GoldenEye - 24
    Tomorrow Never Dies - 23
    Casino Royale - 36
    Skyfall - 23
    Spectre - 22

    Eliminated
    16. Quantum Of Solace
    17. The World Is Not Enough
    18. Die Another Day
    19. A View To A Kill
    20. Thunderball
    21. For Your Eyes Only
    22. Diamonds Are Forever
    23. Live And Let Die




  • DrShatterhandDrShatterhand Garden of Death, near Belfast
    Posts: 805
    BMW_with_missiles wrote: »
    So I ignore this thread for a little while, and somehow the second best PTS in the series, TWINE's boat-chase, is eliminated. Why didn't I vote for it yesterday, why?

    No problem with the boat chase, well apart from the idiotic bit where Bond leaves the Thames to drive through a restaurant. What goes before though in Bilbao, with the groan-inducing dialogue at the banker's office leaves the TWINE PTS, along with the rest the film near the bottom of my list.

  • DrShatterhandDrShatterhand Garden of Death, near Belfast
    Posts: 805
    Sunday

    From Russia With Love - 12
    Goldfinger - 30
    You Only Live Twice - 3
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 9
    The Man With The Golden Gun - 8
    The Spy Who Loved Me - 29
    Moonraker - 28
    Octopussy - 13
    The Living Daylights - 39 (+1)
    Licence To Kill - 18 (-2)
    GoldenEye - 24
    Tomorrow Never Dies - 23
    Casino Royale - 36
    Skyfall - 23
    Spectre - 22

    Eliminated
    16. Quantum Of Solace
    17. The World Is Not Enough
    18. Die Another Day
    19. A View To A Kill
    20. Thunderball
    21. For Your Eyes Only
    22. Diamonds Are Forever
    23. Live And Let Die

  • ChirazChiraz
    Posts: 1,066
    Sunday

    From Russia With Love - 12
    Goldfinger - 30
    You Only Live Twice - 3
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 9
    The Man With The Golden Gun - 8
    The Spy Who Loved Me - 29
    Moonraker - 28
    Octopussy - 13
    The Living Daylights - 39
    Licence To Kill - 16 (-2)
    GoldenEye - 24
    Tomorrow Never Dies - 23
    Casino Royale - 37 (+1)
    Skyfall - 23
    Spectre - 22

    Eliminated
    16. Quantum Of Solace
    17. The World Is Not Enough
    18. Die Another Day
    19. A View To A Kill
    20. Thunderball
    21. For Your Eyes Only
    22. Diamonds Are Forever
    23. Live And Let Die
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,531
    Sunday

    QoS gone again. it seems most people cant get past the editing on an inventive, exciting pre-credits sequence. Oh well! I agree with the statement said about the Brosnan era. The action usually goes on too long, and so the excitement is drained out of them (the tank chase, the boat chase, the hovercraft chase,the extremely tedious motorcycle chase from TND)

    From Russia With Love - 12
    Goldfinger - 30
    You Only Live Twice - 3
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 9
    The Man With The Golden Gun - 8
    The Spy Who Loved Me - 29
    Moonraker - 28
    Octopussy - 13
    The Living Daylights - 40 (+1)
    Licence To Kill - 18
    GoldenEye - 24
    Tomorrow Never Dies - 21 (-2)
    Casino Royale - 36
    Skyfall - 23
    Spectre - 22

    Eliminated

    16. Quantum Of Solace -
    17. The World Is Not Enough
    18. Die Another Day
    19.A View To A Kill
    20. Thunderball
    21. For Your Eyes Only
    22. Diamonds Are Forever
    23. Live And let Die

  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Sunday

    From Russia With Love - 12
    Goldfinger - 30
    You Only Live Twice - 3
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 9
    The Man With The Golden Gun - 8
    The Spy Who Loved Me - 29
    Moonraker - 28
    Octopussy - 13
    The Living Daylights - 41 (+1)
    Licence To Kill - 18
    GoldenEye - 24
    Tomorrow Never Dies - 19 (-2)
    Casino Royale - 36
    Skyfall - 23
    Spectre - 22

    Eliminated

    16. Quantum Of Solace -
    17. The World Is Not Enough
    18. Die Another Day
    19.A View To A Kill
    20. Thunderball
    21. For Your Eyes Only
    22. Diamonds Are Forever
    23. Live And let Die



  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    edited March 2016 Posts: 4,151
    Sunday

    From Russia With Love - 12
    Goldfinger - 30
    You Only Live Twice - 1 (-2)
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 9
    The Man With The Golden Gun - 8
    The Spy Who Loved Me - 30 (+1)
    Moonraker - 28
    Octopussy - 13
    The Living Daylights - 41
    Licence To Kill - 18
    GoldenEye - 24
    Tomorrow Never Dies - 19
    Casino Royale - 36
    Skyfall - 23
    Spectre - 22

    Eliminated

    16. Quantum Of Solace -
    17. The World Is Not Enough
    18. Die Another Day
    19.A View To A Kill
    20. Thunderball
    21. For Your Eyes Only
    22. Diamonds Are Forever
    23. Live And let Die
  • GBFGBF
    Posts: 3,198

    Sunday

    From Russia With Love - 12
    Goldfinger - 30
    You Only Live Twice - 1
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 9
    The Man With The Golden Gun - 8
    The Spy Who Loved Me - 30
    Moonraker - 28
    Octopussy - 13
    The Living Daylights - 42 (+1)
    Licence To Kill - 18
    GoldenEye - 24
    Tomorrow Never Dies - 19
    Casino Royale - 34 (-2)
    Skyfall - 23
    Spectre - 22

    Eliminated

    16. Quantum Of Solace -
    17. The World Is Not Enough
    18. Die Another Day
    19.A View To A Kill
    20. Thunderball
    21. For Your Eyes Only
    22. Diamonds Are Forever
    23. Live And let Die
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