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CASINO ROYALE
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
THUNDERBALL
DR NO
GOLDFINGER
LIVE AND LET DIE
LICENCE TO KILL
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
SKYFALL
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
GOLDENEYE
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
SPECTRE
OCTOPUSSY
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
A VIEW TO A KILL
TOMORROW NEVER DIES
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
MOONRAKER
DIE ANOTHER DAY
Guessing you prefer Fleming-style Bonds and good old-fashioned espionage flicks? I can see Brosnan's efforts and Moore's entries outside of his typically lauded three don't stick well with you. On the other hand, Craig and Dalton size up very well.
1. GOLDFINGER
2. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
3. THUNDERBALL
4. DR. NO
5. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
6. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
7. OCTOPUSSY
8. NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
9. LICENCE TO KILL
10. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
11. SKYFALL
12. CASINO ROYALE '06
13. A VIEW TO A KILL
14. LIVE AND LET DIE
15. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
16. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
17. GOLDENEYE
18. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
18. MOONRAKER
20. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
21. CASINO ROYALE '54
22. SPECTRE
23. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
24. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
25. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
26. DIE ANOTHER DAY
27. CASINO ROYALE '67
An American Bond.......god no!
Yeah, he reminds me more of a grown up Wally Cleaver than Bond. However I do love the B-movie noir vibe in this TV production. Also being a big fan of Peter Lorre elevates it substantially for me, and I find it far more interesting and cooler than the films I placed below.
Me, too really. Honestly I like it far more as a spoof of Bond and the '60's spy genre than the Austin Powers films. It's got a great cast with David Niven as Bond, along with Terence Cooper, Peter Sellers, a great Le Chiffre in Orson Welles, great sets, music and great Bond girls.
Too bad as a film it's kind of hard to follow. I tend to enjoy it more just having it on in the background and tuning in to specific scenes.
Unfortunately, after the introductory sequences, CASINO ROYALE 67 begins a downhill slide. It gets progressively sillier and more incoherent until it's impossible to keep any of the plot elements straight. Worse, with only occasional exceptions, the humor ceases to be funny, and the whole production degenerates into absurdity.
Despite an impressive cast that includes such notables as Niven, Orson Welles, Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Jacqueline Bisset, CASINO ROYALE 67 is too ridiculous and muddled to be of more than passing interest to real Bond enthusiasts. The few good aspects of this farce (Niven & Welles) are vastly outweighed by the bad.
A perfect post...well said,good Sir,bravo !!!
Not a bad list. A tad harsh on some of the Roger Moore entries mind.
Lost all credibility when the author thinks that 'Jaws falling in love' was one of the better moments in Moonraker....
We did get a good fantastic soundtrack out of it so not all bad.
Basically the original Austin Powers.
Oh yes for certain. It is one of the great Bond classics IMO, and definitely Roger Moore's finest hour as 007. It bugged me FYEO was also so low.
1 GoldenEye 10/10
2 Casino Royale 10/10
3 Licence To Kill 10/10
4 The Living Daylights 10/10
5 Thuderball 10/10
6 Goldfinger 10/10
7 Dr. No 10/10
8 From Russia With Love 10/10
9 On Her Majesty's Secret Service 10/10
10 Quantum Of Solace 9/10
11 Tomorrow Never Dies 9/10
12 For Your Eyes Only 9/10
13 The Spy Who Loved Me 9/10
14 Octopussy 8/10
15 The World Is Not Enough 8/10
16 Die Another Day 8/10
17 Skyfall 8/10
18 Diamonds Are Forever 8/10
19 Moonraker 8/10
20 You Only Live Twice 8/10
21 A View To A Kill 8/10
22 Live And Let Die 7/10
23 The Man With The Golden Gun 7/10
24 Spectre 3.5/10
FYEO and TSWLM are also absurdly low and being behind NSNA? Shocking.
1. Casino Royale
2. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
3. Goldfinger
4. GoldenEye
5. Skyfall
6. The Spy Who Loved Me
7. Dr. No
8. From Russia with Love
9. Licence to Kill
10. For Your Eyes Only
11. Live and Let Die
12. Thunderball
13. The Living Daylights
14. You Only Live Twice
15. Spectre
16. Quantum of Solace
17. Octopussy
18. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. A View to a Kill
20. The World Is Not Enough
21. The Man with the Golden Gun
22. Diamonds Are Forever
23. Die Another Day
24. Moonraker
1. From Russia With Love, 1963
2. On Majesty’s Secret Service, 1969
3. Casino Royale, 2006
4. Dr. No, 1962
5. Goldfinger, 1964
6. Licence to Kill, 1989
7. The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977
8. The Living Daylights, 1987
9. The World Is Not Enough, 1999
10. Thunderball, 1965
11. Quantum of Solace, 2008
12. Octopussy, 1983
13. Spectre, 2015
14. Skyfall, 2012
15. For Your Eyes Only, 1981
16. Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997
17. GoldenEye, 1995
18. You Only Live Twice, 1967
19. Moonraker, 1979
20. A View To A Kill, 1985
21. Live and Let Die, 1973
22. Diamonds Are Forever, 1971
23. Die Another Day, 2002
24. The Man With The Golden Gun, 1974
I like it. SF, FYEO, GE, and LALD I wish were higher, but otherwise I can get behind most of that ranking.
Every time Pepper comes on screen, LALD just tanks. Shame, because I actually find it to be one of the better, and certainly more unique, entrances in the canon.
With CR they set the bar so high - a Bond film could be so much more than mere entertainment - that the succeeding three films have suffered. Not too mention that all of them have flaws in some way or other. Also minus points for SF/SP regressed the character of Bond back to the style of the previous entries, as opposed to the semi-realistic, visceral Bonds of CR and QoS, which felt fresh.
2. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
3. THUNDERBALL
4. DR. NO
5. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
6. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
7. OCTOPUSSY/NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
8. SKYFALL
9. LICENCE TO KILL
10. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
11. CASINO ROYALE '06
12. A VIEW TO A KILL
13. LIVE AND LET DIE
14. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
15. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
16. GOLDENEYE
17. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
18. MOONRAKER
19. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN/ CR'54
20. SPECTRE
21. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
22. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
23. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
24. DIE ANOTHER DAY / CR'67
I always like to keep them tied as their competitive releases in '83 is what had really gotten me into Bond when I was a kid.