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BOND POLLS 2016: The Top 10 JAMES BOND-007 Film Ranking Contest (Results: winner!, on page 60)

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  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    vzok wrote: »
    TB seems to be a marmite movie.
    This was proven to be the case on another ranking thread some months back. It seems to be quite polarizing, with some like myself really loving it and others not being able to stand it.
  • barryt007barryt007
    edited October 2016 Posts: 19,339
    Like me !

    It's Kara,the pace and a soppy Bond that does it for me....shame.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,008
    TB is a good Bond film. But it was the start of the makers trying to outdo the previous film by stuffing more action, gadgets and big sets into each adventure at the expense of character.

    It's a big 60's spy extravaganza that looks great and is well made. It's just so bloody slow in places and overdoes everything so much it collapses under it's own weight.

    The underwater battle at the end is fantastic though imo.
  • GBFGBF
    Posts: 3,197
    I have TB at 12, so I think it is a very fine Bond film with great underwater stuff, a beautifull location, a great femme fatale, a decent score (but not Barry's best), an OK villain, an attractive yet extremely naive Bond girl. Connery is also good of course.

    The main problem I have is the first act which contains many plot holes and is not written very well. All the stuff that happens in the health spa is relatively unexciting and does not make very much sense. I also don't like the final fight between Bond and Largo. The editing and the back projection takes away all the excitement for me.
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
    edited October 2016 Posts: 3,369
    No nostalgia in my love for TLD (though I was born the year this was released). The first time I watched it in HS, I couldn't get through it, it seemed so bland. Now it is in my Top 3, consistently climbing through the years. Dalton is great, the plot is one of my favorites, love Kara, the music, the locations and scenery, the action is top notch vintage Glen and all of it makes up for the one weak spot which are the villains.

    I do think TLD is coming soon (9 or 8), but hoping it can climb a few more as my #1 film has been long gone :(

    TB a well deserved spot in the Top 10. I believe I had it #10 for this ranking, it is very close to slipping out of my top 10 but I think it will always be in the 8-12 range (not counting future movies to come out of course)
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    What is your #1 film just out of interest ?
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
    edited October 2016 Posts: 3,369
    @barryt007 Moonraker :)

    I forget what exactly I said my top 5 was for this poll when I completed it a month or so again. I just did a recent reranking and have the following top 5

    1.) MR
    2.) TLD
    3.) CR
    4.) LALD
    5.) FRWL

    I just have so much fun with these five and I realize they range from serious spy thriller to ridiculous romp. Sometimes it's hard to explain other than I just have the most fun with these.
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Good film choices,apart from #2,i dont think i have ever encountered anyone who has MR as #1...nice on,refreshing to see that for a change.
  • SeanCraigSeanCraig Germany
    Posts: 732
    Same with me and TLD: I like it a lot until Afghanistan (good stunts though)
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,008
    SeanCraig wrote: »
    Same with me and TLD: I like it a lot until Afghanistan (good stunts though)

    I must be one of the few people who enjoys the Afghanistan scenes!

    But top 5 Bond film for me and has one of the best and most exciting climaxes with the cargo net fight.

  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Meh....
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Wow an anti LAD ally ?!
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Bravo...
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    edited October 2016 Posts: 11,119
    A short overview of the results so far:

    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, 211 points --> "FOR YOUR EYES ONLY" (1981)
    #12 placed Bond Film, 217 points --> "SPECTRE" (2015)
    #11 placed Bond Film, 275 points --> "LICENCE TO KILL" (1989)[/color]

    Start of TOP 10, the good ones:
    #10 placed Bond Film, 304 points --> "THUNDERBALL" (1965)
    #09 placed Bond Film, 345 points --> "THE SPY WHO LOVED ME" (1977)
    #08 placed Bond Film --> October 23rd, 09:00 PM GMT+1
    #07 placed Bond Film --> October 24th, 09:00 PM GMT+1
    #06 placed Bond Film --> October 25th, 09:00 PM GMT+1

    Start of TOP 5 & winner reveal, the masterpieces:
    #05 placed Bond Film --> October 26th, 09:00 PM GMT+1
    #04 placed Bond Film --> October 27th, 09:00 PM GMT+1
    #03 placed Bond Film, BRONZE --> October 28th, 09:00 PM GMT+1
    #02 placed Bond Film, SILVER --> October 29th, 09:00 PM GMT+1
    #01 placed Bond Film, GOLD --> October 29th, 09:00 PM GMT+1


    As I'm going to the movies tonight (this one to be precise: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3553976/?ref_=nv_sr_1), here's already the 9th place:

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  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Shocking
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
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    Christ.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    Posts: 11,119
    :))
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,430
    Too high for me! And this anti TLD is shameful!
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
    Posts: 6,432
    It's usually floating outside my top ten, the action in Spy... elevates it.
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    Posts: 4,151
    TSWLM only number 9. That's a bit of a shocker for me. Currently my number 1 but, even though I don't expect it to finish number 1 here, I'd have thought it would have been higher. However, that's what makes these polls so interesting.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,430
    Apart from a lot of other things wrong with it (boring villain, even more boring leading lady, cartoon henchmen) I find the action rather meh! to use a much used term here! The final battle is extremely slow, and that bomb diffusing scene, I nodded off!
    Moore, and Carly Simons theme is about all I like about it! (Oh the ski jump goes without saying, but the rest of that pts is rubbish!)
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    Posts: 17,756
    Have no trouble placing TSWLM among the top ten, if only just. As cartoonish as it may be, I find it highly entertaining, with great locations and action scenes (another train fight that works so well!). A good mid/late-seventies Bond film, with Moore at his best.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,136
    I'd put it in the upper half but not in the top 10. A fairly good finish nevertheless.

    So what have we got left?

    - DN
    - FRWL
    - GF
    - OHMSS
    - TLD
    - GE
    - CR
    - SF
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
    Posts: 10,591
    Surprising. I thought it would finish higher.
  • SeanCraigSeanCraig Germany
    Posts: 732
    I start worrying about GF not ending in the Top 5 already
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    Posts: 9,020
    SF will rob GF of the 5th place.

    Next will be GE and TLD, that's a no-brainer by now.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    These results have been far from inspiring to date, particularly the last two revelations. Disappointing, to put it mildly.

    I hope for some better news in the days ahead.
  • vzokvzok
    Posts: 4,044
    bondjames wrote: »
    These results have been far from inspiring to date, particularly the last two revelations. Disappointing, to put it mildly.

    I hope for some better news in the days ahead.

    The good news is that it is just some people's opinions.
  • RossiRossi
    Posts: 157
    "He was cut off, permanently"

    Roger is no more.
    Five rats standing ;)
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Yes we congratulated him yesterday but he seems not to be online since then.
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