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  • GBFGBF
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    I still cannot understand when people put Spectre above Skyfall. Both films have a similar style but all in all Skyfall has a much a better plot...
  • Kezman81Kezman81
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    (Sorry for being a bit too generic with my picks.)

    1. Casino Royale
    2. Skyfall
    3. GoldenEye
    4. Dr No
    5. From Russia With Love
    6. Goldfinger
    7. Tomorrow Never Dies
    8. For Your Eyes Only
    9. The Spy Who Loved Me
    10. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
    11. The Man with the Golden Gun
    12. Diamonds Are Forever
    13. Spectre
    14. Live and Let Die
    15. Octopussy
    16. The Living Daylights
    17. Licence to Kill
    18. Thunderball
    19. The World is Not Enough
    20. Quantum of Solace
    21. You Only Live Twice
    22. Die Another Day
    23. Moonraker
    24. A View to a Kill
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
    Posts: 10,592
    @Kezman81 We have the same top 3.
  • KaijuDirectorOO7KaijuDirectorOO7 Once Upon a Time Somewhere...
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    1. Diamonds Are Forever
    2. The World is Not Enough
    3. You Only Live Twice
    4. Thunderball
    5. From Russia With Love
    6. GoldenEye
    7. Octopussy
    8. Dr. No
    9. Goldfinger
    10. The Spy Who Loved Me

    Keep in mind that I actually like ALL the films in one capacity or the other. Also, after the top 10, the listing can be very fuzzy.

    PS. I find Goldfinger to be overrated, but it sure does live up to the legend.
  • MansfieldMansfield Where the hell have you been?
    Posts: 1,263
    Very nice list @Kezman81

    We share almost identical rankings from top to bottom.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    KaijuDirectorOO7 wrote: »
    1. Diamonds Are Forever
    2. The World is Not Enough
    3. You Only Live Twice
    4. Thunderball
    5. From Russia With Love
    6. GoldenEye
    7. Octopussy
    8. Dr. No
    9. Goldfinger
    10. The Spy Who Loved Me

    Keep in mind that I actually like ALL the films in one capacity or the other. Also, after the top 10, the listing can be very fuzzy.

    PS. I find Goldfinger to be overrated, but it sure does live up to the legend.

    @timmer, look at this!
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 5,131
    w2bond wrote: »
    Gustav_Graves wrote: »
    Come on.....QOS, SF and SP all at the bottom? DAD, AVTAK, MR, TMWTGG, YOLT, DAF all higher? What happened with you in 2008 :-P?

    More like what happened to the franchise after 2008 :-P

    Answer: It was better than the 90's.
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    edited June 2016 Posts: 4,151
    Bond movie ranking 2016 #1 (Previous ranking position in brackets)

    1. The Spy Who Loved Me (1)
    2. On Her Majestys Secret Service (3)
    3. Casino Royale (4)
    4. From Russia With Love (2)
    5. Skyfall (10)
    6. Goldfinger (7)
    7. Octopussy (8)
    8. Spectre (5)
    9. Dr No (6)
    10. The Living Daylights (16)
    11. Goldeneye (11)
    12. Live And Let Die (12)
    13. Licence To Kill (9)
    14. A View To A Kill (13)
    15. For Your Eyes Only (22)
    16. Moonraker (18)
    17. Thunderball (14)
    18. Quantum Of Solace (20)
    19. Diamonds Are Forever (23)
    20. Tomorrow Never Dies (19)
    21. You Only Live Twice (15)
    22. The Man With The Golden Gun (17)
    23. Die Another Day (24)
    24. The World Is Not Enough (21)

    Quite a number of changes there but I’ve been ranking (on enjoyment only) during my watching of them all. Only a handful (if that) have remained in position, while DAD moves up one from the bottom thanks to the soap opera goings on of TWINE.
  • ThrasosThrasos
    edited June 2016 Posts: 1,469
    @Shark_0f_Largo--an admirable top 10! Had to chuckle at the thought of Karl Stromberg and how to my ears he says "Mr. Bund". Stromberg--one of the best bad guys in the series--being German (or Austrian) always helps I think. I wonder if there's a thread on tallying the countries the bad guys (or bad women) are from. Oh--I loved Curd Jurgens in Smiley's People (not to mention some other Bond film co-stars in it)!! Man that is some good spy entertainment, that BBC miniseries, but even more to my liking--Tinker Tailor with Alec Guinness and company.
  • IncompetentHenchmanIncompetentHenchman
    Posts: 1,817
    @Shark_0f_Largo
    Some respectable jumps for SF, TLD and FYEO!
  • MansfieldMansfield Where the hell have you been?
    Posts: 1,263
    I can get on board with that top 6.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    The respect for FYEO is growing lately. People are coming to their senses.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 41,011
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The respect for FYEO is growing lately. People are coming to their senses.

    I've always loved it, can't imagine how high it may sit in my rankings if it had a Barry score and a couple scenes were altered/omitted.

  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
    Posts: 4,600
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The respect for FYEO is growing lately. People are coming to their senses.

    I've always loved it, can't imagine how high it may sit in my rankings if it had a Barry score and a couple scenes were altered/omitted.

    A Barry score would automatically have it in my top 10, but thanks to Bill Conti, it sits at 23.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    You must really hate that score!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 41,011
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    You must really hate that score!

    My thoughts exactly! It's bad, but I don't think a score could be so bad that it would drop it over a dozen rankings.
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
    Posts: 4,600
    It does. It's a fine film no doubt, but the score ruins a lot of the great moments for me such as the ski chase. Not to mention, I despise Easton's theme song in which the tune that is played throughout the film makes me cringe. It is why I love the warehouse raid, because no music is played during that, at least not in my memory. It's been a long time since I've watched FYEO.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    I agree that FYEO would be a tremendously better viewing experience without Conti's disco score during the action scenes. The slow bits are just fine, but his action scoring is far beneath Bond films of that era in particular, and more in line with the garbage we've been getting for the most part since Barry left the franchise.
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
    Posts: 10,592
    Never has a score weakened my enjoyment of a film as much as Conti's FYEO score has.
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    Posts: 3,336
    I love the FYEO score. Top 5 material.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    Crazysoul95 wrote: »
    I love the FYEO score. Top 5 material.

    Same. Unashamedly funky.
  • MansfieldMansfield Where the hell have you been?
    edited June 2016 Posts: 1,263
    I can't deny a Barry score would vault FYEO into the upper echelon of Bonds. However, I have to say I find Conti's score provides an element of energy and fun that reminds you its Moore's Bond, which I find oddly appropriate considering the heavier tone.

    Edit: Especially during the action scenes with the nod and the wave to the bobsledding team with the disco music in the background (one of my favorite parts of the movie). A moment like that can't really be made so easily with Barry's style.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 41,011
    In terms of what it does great, I think the dock raid is one of the best action sequences in the series, Locque's death is one of my favorite, darker Bond moments, and the finale is Top 3 for me.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    The ski sequences are great and you can tell that they had this set up for a new Bond actor, with the Tracy/ Blofeld throwback at the start and the blue ski outfit (à la OHMSS) during the chase.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited June 2016 Posts: 23,883
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Everything except the take on Blofeld, the three lame fights (poolside, hockey rink, to a lesser extent the motorcycles), bits of the score and that parrot, is just about spot on. I've even grown to like the Thatcher scene; hated it in '81.
    I agree, and I've also never been a fan of the Neptune sub section with that geek in the other underwater contraption, before Melina and Bond are captured. I found it awfully slow and sleep inducing, apart from the Submarine score at the start. It's thankfully redeemed by the magnificent keelhauling sequence afterwards.
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
    edited June 2016 Posts: 10,592
    Forgive me if this is already commonly known, but is Carole Bouquet dubbed in the film? Something definitely isn't right, it's as is her voice doesn't compliment her actions or something.

    Edit: She was, and it is a simply terrible dubbing job. It spoils parts of her performance for me.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,223
    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    Reminder that I rank these by personal appreciation and my own rewatchability factor, not by cinematic quality, otherwise the first 4 Connery outings and OHMSS would make my top 5.

    Good idea. I think I'll do a new list just based on re-watchability....the ones I'm more often in the mood for:

    1. GOLDFINGER
    2. DR.NO
    3. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    4. THUNDERBALL
    5. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    6. LICENCE TO KILL
    7. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS.......in 1988 I watched it every other week until LTK opened.
    8. OCTOPUSSY................possibly my MOST watched film
    9. A VIEW TO A KILL
    10. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    11. LIVE AND LET DIE
    12. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY................ sh!t I haven't even gotten to the Craigs or Brozzers yet!
    13. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    14. MOONRAKER
    15. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    16. GOLDENEYE .........finally!!! Go Pierce!
    17. SPECTRE..........wow, really? This is my least watched Bond.
    18. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    19. SKYFALL
    20. CASINO ROYALE............excellent, but not as fun as it was in '06.
    21. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    22. DIE ANOTHER DAY
    23. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    24. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH.........not that I think it's weak, I'm just rarely in the mood for it.
    NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN would probably be after YOLT.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,827
    Birdleson wrote: »
    A few things keep it out of my Top Ten, but it's a solid Top 13. I have said many times, you let me hack about 20 minutes out of FYEO, and give it a Barry Score, and it's probably a Top Five.

    =D>
  • GBFGBF
    Posts: 3,198
    Ok so I admit that I am a big fan of the underwater scenes in FYEO. I like them even more than the underwater scenes in TB (that I still admire). I find the slow motion in the FYEO underwater fight really tense. It also feels much more dangerous because of the higher depth and that diver really scared me.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,207
    For me FYEO is as average as they come. It's not bad film but it isn't very good either.

    The good stuff includes its more down-to-earth spy story, the scenes with Cassandra Harris and Topol. I also like the raid on the warehouse. Roger Moore's performance is quite good too.

    His attire is not. They managed to put together some of the least flattering collection of clothes imaginable. Bibi of course is downright irritating and Kristatos is Julian Glover wasted.

    The film can feel a bit lifeless and short on energy. Much in the same way as AVTAK. But in 85 they had an unforgettable couple of villains, a thrilling Barry score and the best piece of action saved for the end.

    As for Conti's score, there exists disco done well and disco done bad. TSWLM is an example of the former and FYEO an example of the latter.

    In the end I always think of FYEO as an admirable attempt but a very flawed at that.
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