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Only not done as well.
TWINE off the bottom for once. I approve Bazza. Get that man some Jaffa Cakes!
My three-way battle is OHMSS, DN & CR. Although it's a bit of a non-event as OHMSS will never leave the top spot.
A fellow DN fan! ;)
I approve profoundly of that top 3.
What’s wrong with TLD?
Besides Kara. Lol
*squinting Futurama Fry*
“Not sure if really doesn’t know or poking the sleeping dog.”
My pleasure matey,i really enjoy it !!
And I love Jaffa Cakes,so everyone's a winner ...!
Don't start me off................................
I agree on Kara though. What a stupid annoying silly b...h!
A Kara hater ally,after all these years !!
It really IS Christmas !!
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence To Kill
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4. From Russia With Love
5. Tomorrow Never Dies
6. Dr No
7. The Spy Who Loved Me
8. For Your Eyes Only
9. The World Is Not Enough
10. You Only Live Twice
11. Octopussy
12. GoldenEye
13. Live And Let Die
14. The Man With The Golden Gun
15. Thunderball
16. Spectre
17. Die Another Day
18. Skyfall
19. Casino Royale
20. A View To A Kill
21. Moonraker
22. Goldfinger
23. Diamonds Are Forever
24. Quantum Of Solace
1. Casino Royale
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. Goldfinger
4. Skyfall
5. GoldenEye
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. Quantum of Solace
16. Spectre
17. Octopussy
18. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. A View to a Kill
20. The Man with the Golden Gun
21. The World Is Not Enough
22. Diamonds Are Forever
23. Die Another Day
24. Moonraker
My backwards Bondathon begins January 1. I expect a couple changes to take place like usual; DAD could claim the bottom spot, and I could imagine a couple others rising and falling.
That’s more like it, TLD on top.
But qos....
23. Thunderball
22. Skyfall
21. Die another day
20. Dr. No
19. The World is Not Enough
18. Moonraker
17. Live and Let die
16. You Only Live Twice
15. The man with the golden gun
14.. A view to a kill
13.. From Russia With Love
12. Diamonds are Forever
11.Goldeneye
10.Octopussy
9.For Your Eyes Only
8. Tomorrow Never Dies
7. The Spy Who Loves Me
6. License to Kill
5. Quantum of Solace
4. The Living Daylights
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2. Goldfinger
1. Casino Royale
Latest ranking
1. Casino Royale
2. From Russia With Love
3. The Living Daylights
4. Quantum of Solace
5. Goldfinger
6. Octopussy
7. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
8. The Spy Who Loved me
9. Goldeneye
10. License to Kill
11. Dr no
12. Tomorrow Never Dies
13. You Only Live Twice
14. For Your Eyes Only
15. Live and Let Die
16. A View to a Kill
17. Thunderball
18. Moonraker
19. Skyfall
20. Spectre
21. Die Another Day
22. The Man With the Golden Gun
23. The World is Not Enough
24. Diamonds are Forever
Loving your love for QOS and OP ,nice one !!
1. Casino Royale
2. From Russia With Love
3. Skyfall
4. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. GoldenEye
6. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
7. Thunderball
8. Goldfinger
9. For Your Eyes Only
10. Dr No
11. The Living Daylights
12. Moonraker
13. Octopussy
14. Licence to Kill
15. Tomorrow Never Dies
16. Live and Let Die
17. You Only Live Twice
18. A View To A Kill
19. Quantum of Solace
20. Spectre
21. Diamonds Are Forever
22. The World Is Not Enough
23. The Man With The Golden Gun
24. Die Another Day
2 Casino Royale 10
3 Licence To Kill 10
4 The Living Daylights 10
5 Thunderball 10
6 Goldfinger 10
7 Dr. No 10
8 From Russia With Love 10
9 On Her Majesty's Secret Service 10
10 Quantum Of Solace 9.5
11 The Spy Who Loved Me 9.5
12 For Your Eyes Only 9
13 Tomorrow Never Dies 9
14 Octopussy 9
15 Diamonds Are Forever 8
16 The World Is Not Enough 8
17 Die Another Day 8
18 Skyfall 8
19 Moonraker 8
20 You Only Live Twice 8
21 A View To A Kill 8
22 Live And Let Die 7
23 The Man With The Golden Gun 7
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24 Spectre 3.5
Merry Christmas
Several people have it in middle, a few in the top ten or almost there.
I think it's just that it doesn't fit either extreme of the spectrum and it's not exactly something like FRWL or OHMSS, so it's harder to appreciate as much as some other Bonds. If it were a more extreme film like MR or DAD it could have a few contrarian fans, but that's more difficult since it's a bit of a middling ground between Craig's typical take on Bond and the cheesy classic ones.
I think it's also true the latest Bond films are evaluated and put under scrutiny not applied to older films. And where a film like CASINO ROYALE or SKYFALL is over the top successful critically or at the box office or both, I expect the next will suffer some over the top lashing out. And CASINO ROYALE and SKYFALL types will have that, too. Not everyone, but a very vocal sliver of everyone. That's what I saw with QUANTUM OF SOLACE, and conversely almost 10 years later it's pretty well regarded on a forum like this. From the start its box office and user ratings matched good Bond films, and it wasn't some massive failure after all. So SPECTRE gets criticized for Brothergate and Scoobygate and other items, let's see what 10 years brings.
And whether or not you and I like BOND 25, I expect a similar reception.
To the question was SKYFALL as poorly received as SPECTRE, I can say I heard similar complaints. Better received, but still.
But I've seen the reaction (beyond supported dislike) with QUANTUM OF SOLACE as the zenith. Listened to years of damnation, a perpetrated failure myth similar to OHMSS, surety that Quantum would never be mentioned in a Bond film, Mr. White would never return due to his comments in the press, and so on.
With SKYFALL, I guess nowhere near that level of negativity but it had its very vocal detractors speaking in absolutes. Some predicting more doom in the future.
Well in fairness, Quantum was ditched in SF and SP only refers to it as part of its awful retconning of the previous films. Though it was kind of anticipated that Quantum would be a subsidiary of or alternate name for SPECTRE well beforehand.
Speaking of OHMSS' purported failure, it's worth noting that it lasted decades. Much longer than the time we've had for Quantum, and I think the gripes most can list for Quantum are a lot more specific than the ones given for OHMSS in '69. OHMSS is likely in a special place given its placement in history and the fact that it was the first post-Connery Bond, so naturally it would've been up for some heavy scrutiny. Lazenby leaving immediately certainly didn't help.
Also, I'm surprised OHMSS only scores 6.8 on IMDB. They're more generous to the "bad" Bond movies, with even DAD at the lowest coming in at 6.1. But only CR, the highest, manages to get 8.0. The entire Bond era is clumped in that 6-8/10 region, which suggests the reviewers think of the Bond series are entertaining but significantly flawed to the extent that even the masterpieces of the series don't score very highly. Which is kind of understandable for casual viewers, but I'm surprised FRWL, GF, CR and in particular OHMSS score so lowly.