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--> In essence I still think it's one of those rare Cold War spy thrillers. Checkpoint Charlie, East-Berlin, basement of the Hermitage, a US Airbase in Germany, the locations and settings are so lovely political. Which is quite rare in a Bond film (Apart from the recent Craig films and perhaps FRWL).
--> I think OP really is the only Moore film in which I see Moore's Bond in a realistic and believable love relationship. The chemistry between Maud and Roger is entirely convincing. And it's perhaps the only Moore film in which you can see Moore's Bond getting romantically and intimately involved with a woman that appears to be more of his own age.
--> The plot of jewelry smuggling is like a smoke screen for the bigger scheme of detonating an atomic bomb on a US airbase. I just love it!
--> The stakes are incredibly high in this film. Ask yourself what would have happened if Bond didn't succeed in stopping the timer of that bomb. On top of that, that final 'chase bomb sequence' is entirely thrilling, and it reminds me of the 'chase bomb sequence' in the first half of CR.
--> India is simply one of the most beautiful locations ever in a Bond film.
--> Together with FYEO, I found Moore's portrayal actually very good in OP as well. The moment when he gets serious towards General Orlov is quite believable. On top of that, General Orlov's ranting "The West is decadent! And divided" is still very much a realistic credo of today's politics. Bravo!
The one I differ with the community the most on is SP. I can't even remember where I have it, but it's a few points away from the bottom. I'm not surprised it's doing better over here. We're still only one year after its release and so the thrill is probably alive and strong with those who found it palatable.
If OHMSS or CR get number one spot I'll be more than happy!
Well, that's a very good remark (I highlighted it). I mean, it was always my general idea that the true 'SP-haters' are the most verbal forummembers and post the most about the 'flaws' of the film. Yet, it doesn't explain why it isn't mentioned in the Bottom 5. Even if some firmly believe it's Bottom 5 material, then you can't just explaining the ranking of SP because "the film is still fresh in people's mind". Then apparently, the film is really an 'above average' towards 'OK' film, and certainly not a 'grose pile of s##t' :-).
I actually have SP in my top ten. Initially it was top 5 I think but dropped to number 8.
I will give you some proof tonight that your reasoning is rather flawed :-).
I´m a little surprised about how high the "unusual-Bond" QOS is. I guess it was an "initiatory" Bond for the younger forum members and has a lot of love around here...
On the other hand, It's awesome that both Timothy Dalton films are still not declassified. :D
When all the placings have been revealed, will it be possible to do some sort of a comparison with our league table here and the one that came from the Bond Rankings thread where everyone listed 1-24 of the Bond movies?
Sometimes rated 10 and then Tmwtgg is 11.
For this game 9/10.
Octopussy will possible a big source for next Bond movie or Bond 26.
As you can see, there are barely differences in the final ranking. And if there are ranking differences, then it still is the question what the 11th until 26th spot of Best Bond Films of every individual forummember would be. It could very well be that for instance TWINE will still gather a lot of points in the 11th-to-15th-spot-range. And LALD could suddenly stop getting points in that same field.
There is a separate Bond movie ranking topic, but that poll keeps changing constantly and is by no means a 'poll set in a certain moment of time'. People can keep correcting/changing their rankings, which is part of the fun of that topic.
Anyway, both topics have their charm hehe ;-).
Start Countdown: The ruthless BOTTOM 5:
#26 placed Bond Film, 000 points --> "CASINO ROYALE" (1967, non-EON film)
#25 placed Bond Film, 006 points --> "NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN" (1983, non-EON film)
#24 placed Bond Film, 025 points --> "DIE ANOTHER DAY" (2002)
#23 placed Bond Film, 049 points --> "THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN" (1974)
#22 placed Bond Film, 049 points --> "A VIEW TO A KILL" (1985)
Start of TOP 21, the really average ones:
#21 placed Bond Film, 060 points --> "DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER" (1971)
#20 placed Bond Film, 080 points --> "TOMORROW NEVER DIES" (1997)
#19 placed Bond Film, 095 points --> "MOONRAKER" (1979)
#18 placed Bond Film, 109 points --> "YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE" (1967)
#17 placed Bond Film, 135 points --> "THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH" (1999)
#16 placed Bond Film, 146 points --> "LIVE AND LET DIE" (1973)[/color]
Start of TOP 15, the OK ones:
#15 placed Bond Film, 157 points --> "QUANTUM OF SOLACE" (2008)
#14 placed Bond Film, 196 points --> "OCTOPUSSY (1983)
#13 placed Bond Film --> October 19th, 09:00 PM GMT+1
#12 placed Bond Film --> October 20th, 02:00 PM GMT+1
#11 placed Bond Film --> October 20th, 09:00 PM GMT+1[/color]
Start of TOP 10, the good ones:
#10 placed Bond Film --> October 21st, 02:00 PM GMT+1
#09 placed Bond Film --> October 21st, 09:00 PM GMT+1
#08 placed Bond Film --> October 22nd, 02:00 PM GMT+1
#07 placed Bond Film --> October 22nd, 09:00 PM GMT+1
#06 placed Bond Film --> October 23rd, 02:00 PM GMT+1
Start of TOP 5 & winner reveal, the masterpieces:
#05 placed Bond Film --> October 23rd, 09:00 PM GMT+1
#04 placed Bond Film --> October 24th, 02:00 PM GMT+1
#03 placed Bond Film, BRONZE --> October 24th, 09:00 PM GMT+1
#02 placed Bond Film, SILVER --> October 25th, 09:00 PM GMT+1
#01 placed Bond Film, GOLD --> October 25th, 09:00 PM GMT+1
Amyway, here's the 13th placed film. Sorry for the slight delay guys & gals ;-):
But....13th place to me is a rather good placing no? Considering the 12 other movies that are still in the running.
If one is only allotting points to a voter 'top 10' and then skewing the result with the ranking score from 12 (for #1 placed film) downwards to 1 (for #10 placed film), then it will necessarily negatively impact those films just sitting outside people's top ten, which would have placed better had the sample included a ranking of all 24 (or 26) films, with a score allocated to all films. It will also benefit polarizing films, by counting them when they are considered top 10 by some voters but ignoring when they are not by other voters.
So it skews two ways. Firstly by allotting a higher score to higher placed films and secondly by not including a sample size which incorporates all the films as choices.
Once this is all said and done, I'd be interested in comparing with the top 10 from the Bond movie ranking thread list, which includes all the films.
That's an undeserved blow to Rog.