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  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
    Posts: 3,497
    JamesCraig wrote: »
    It's been a very long time, so...

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

    Nothing has changed since then. ;)
  • edited September 2019 Posts: 19,339
    Updated from 13 June :

    1) Octopussy
    2) OHMSS
    3) Casino Royale
    4) From Russia with Love
    5) Thunderball
    6) Licence to Kill
    7) Skyfall
    8) GoldenEye
    9) The Spy who Loved Me
    10)Quantum of Solace
    11)The World is not Enough
    12)Tomorrow Never Dies
    13) A View to a Kill
    14)Diamonds are Forever
    15)Live and let Die
    16)Doctor No
    17)Die another Day
    18)The Man With the Golden Gun
    19)Goldfinger
    29)Moonraker
    21)The Living Daylights
    22)For Your Eyes Only
    23)You Only Live Twice
    24)Spectre
  • GertGettlerGertGettler Laptop Barcelona
    Posts: 431
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Seems to be time for a simple ranking............here goes:

    1. GOLDFINGER
    2. THUNDERBALL
    3. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    4. DR NO
    5. LIVE AND LET DIE
    6. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    7. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    8. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    9. OCTOPUSSY/NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
    10. SKYFALL
    11. CASINO ROYALE 06
    12. LICENCE TO KILL
    13. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    14. MOONRAKER
    15. A VIEW TO A KILL
    16. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    17. GOLDENEYE
    18. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    19. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE/ CR 54
    20. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    21. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    22. TOMORROW NEVER DIES/ CR 67
    23. SPECTRE
    24. DIE ANOTHER DAY

    Last year December, to celebrate the upcoming new year, we did a big ranking competition on jamesbond.nl. We asked every voter to put themselves in the shoes of a movie journalist/critic and come up with their TOP 10 of Best Bond films. Then we added Eurovision-style points to each individual TOP 10 ranking. In the end 340 Bond fans (and other movie lovers), both Dutch and foreign, sent in their TOP 10's. This was the eventual final result ;-):

    https://www.jamesbond.nl/category/jamesbondtop2018/
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    By the way, do we think now that classic 1960's Bond films will now forever loose from some of the Craig-era Bond films? Making this proof that the older the Bond films get, the more they loose their place in our collective consciousness?
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,108
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Updated from 13 June :

    1) Octopussy
    2) OHMSS
    3) Casino Royale
    4) From Russia with Love
    5) Thunderball
    6) Licence to Kill
    7) Skyfall
    8) GoldenEye
    9) The Spy who Loved Me
    10)Quantum of Solace
    11)The World is not Enough
    12)Tomorrow Never Dies
    13) A View to a Kill
    14)Diamonds are Forever
    15)Live and let Die
    16)Doctor No
    17)Die another Day
    18)The Man With the Golden Gun
    19)Goldfinger
    29)Moonraker
    21)The Living Daylights
    22)For Your Eyes Only
    23)You Only Live Twice
    24)Spectre

    Great to see Octopussy shining there at the top :)
  • Posts: 19,339
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Updated from 13 June :

    1) Octopussy
    2) OHMSS
    3) Casino Royale
    4) From Russia with Love
    5) Thunderball
    6) Licence to Kill
    7) Skyfall
    8) GoldenEye
    9) The Spy who Loved Me
    10)Quantum of Solace
    11)The World is not Enough
    12)Tomorrow Never Dies
    13) A View to a Kill
    14)Diamonds are Forever
    15)Live and let Die
    16)Doctor No
    17)Die another Day
    18)The Man With the Golden Gun
    19)Goldfinger
    29)Moonraker
    21)The Living Daylights
    22)For Your Eyes Only
    23)You Only Live Twice
    24)Spectre

    Great to see Octopussy shining there at the top :)
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Updated from 13 June :

    1) Octopussy
    2) OHMSS
    3) Casino Royale
    4) From Russia with Love
    5) Thunderball
    6) Licence to Kill
    7) Skyfall
    8) GoldenEye
    9) The Spy who Loved Me
    10)Quantum of Solace
    11)The World is not Enough
    12)Tomorrow Never Dies
    13) A View to a Kill
    14)Diamonds are Forever
    15)Live and let Die
    16)Doctor No
    17)Die another Day
    18)The Man With the Golden Gun
    19)Goldfinger
    29)Moonraker
    21)The Living Daylights
    22)For Your Eyes Only
    23)You Only Live Twice
    24)Spectre

    Great to see Octopussy shining there at the top :)

    Really ? I was expecting the usual ‘meh’ from members .
    Hey,GG,look at TLD !
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,960
    OP at #1? I like your tastes, @barryt007, it's such a great installment. Some other truly fantastic additions to that Top 10 as a whole, too. Good stuff.
  • Posts: 19,339
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    OP at #1? I like your tastes, @barryt007, it's such a great installment. Some other truly fantastic additions to that Top 10 as a whole, too. Good stuff.

    Thanks @Creasy47 old chum !!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,960
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    OP at #1? I like your tastes, @barryt007, it's such a great installment. Some other truly fantastic additions to that Top 10 as a whole, too. Good stuff.

    Thanks @Creasy47 old chum !!

    You're welcome, my friend - can't go wrong with that 24th place ranking, either, couldn't agree more there.
  • Posts: 19,339
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    OP at #1? I like your tastes, @barryt007, it's such a great installment. Some other truly fantastic additions to that Top 10 as a whole, too. Good stuff.

    Thanks @Creasy47 old chum !!

    You're welcome, my friend - can't go wrong with that 24th place ranking, either, couldn't agree more there.

    Yep ,bit of a no-brainier to stick that one at #24 compared to the rest.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,108
    barryt007 wrote: »
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Updated from 13 June :

    1) Octopussy
    2) OHMSS
    3) Casino Royale
    4) From Russia with Love
    5) Thunderball
    6) Licence to Kill
    7) Skyfall
    8) GoldenEye
    9) The Spy who Loved Me
    10)Quantum of Solace
    11)The World is not Enough
    12)Tomorrow Never Dies
    13) A View to a Kill
    14)Diamonds are Forever
    15)Live and let Die
    16)Doctor No
    17)Die another Day
    18)The Man With the Golden Gun
    19)Goldfinger
    29)Moonraker
    21)The Living Daylights
    22)For Your Eyes Only
    23)You Only Live Twice
    24)Spectre

    Great to see Octopussy shining there at the top :)
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Updated from 13 June :

    1) Octopussy
    2) OHMSS
    3) Casino Royale
    4) From Russia with Love
    5) Thunderball
    6) Licence to Kill
    7) Skyfall
    8) GoldenEye
    9) The Spy who Loved Me
    10)Quantum of Solace
    11)The World is not Enough
    12)Tomorrow Never Dies
    13) A View to a Kill
    14)Diamonds are Forever
    15)Live and let Die
    16)Doctor No
    17)Die another Day
    18)The Man With the Golden Gun
    19)Goldfinger
    29)Moonraker
    21)The Living Daylights
    22)For Your Eyes Only
    23)You Only Live Twice
    24)Spectre

    Great to see Octopussy shining there at the top :)

    Really ? I was expecting the usual ‘meh’ from members .
    Hey,GG,look at TLD !

    I noticed ;)

    I find both OP and TLD to be very much alike, mixing Cold War intrigue in Central Europe with exotic Asian locations. Love them both!
  • Posts: 7,405
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Updated from 13 June :

    1) Octopussy
    2) OHMSS
    3) Casino Royale
    4) From Russia with Love
    5) Thunderball
    6) Licence to Kill
    7) Skyfall
    8) GoldenEye
    9) The Spy who Loved Me
    10)Quantum of Solace
    11)The World is not Enough
    12)Tomorrow Never Dies
    13) A View to a Kill
    14)Diamonds are Forever
    15)Live and let Die
    16)Doctor No
    17)Die another Day
    18)The Man With the Golden Gun
    19)Goldfinger
    29)Moonraker
    21)The Living Daylights
    22)For Your Eyes Only
    23)You Only Live Twice
    24)Spectre

    Hey, TLD at 21!! Break out the champagne!!
  • matt_umatt_u better known as Mr. Roark
    edited September 2019 Posts: 4,343
    Wow that's a crazy controversial poll. :)

    DAD above GF, first time I ever saw something like this.
  • GertGettlerGertGettler Laptop Barcelona
    Posts: 431
    matt_u wrote: »
    Wow that's a crazy controversial poll. :)

    DAD above GF, first time I ever saw something like this.

    If your day-to-day life is about ranking, then sooner or later DAD wins :-P.
  • Max_The_ParrotMax_The_Parrot ATAC to St Cyril’s
    edited October 2019 Posts: 2,426
    Assuming it’s a list of own personal favourites rather than some attempt at producing an objective list of what I consider ‘most worthy’ then my list would probably change from day to day but be something close to this
    1 Moonraker
    2 The Spy Who Loved Me
    3 GoldenEye
    4 Live And Let Die
    5 The Living Daylights
    6 Tomorrow Never Dies
    7 Die Another Day
    8 The World Is Not Enough
    9 On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    10 You Only Live Twice
    11 Goldfinger
    12 Skyfall
    13 The Man With The Golden Gun
    14 Octopussy
    15 A View To A Kill
    16 For Your Eyes Only
    17 Dr.No
    18 Casino Royale
    19 Diamonds Are Forever
    20 Spectre
    21 Thunderball
    22 From Russia With Love
    23 Quantum Of Solace
    24 Licence To Kill

    No such thing as a bad Bond film in my cage but I do struggle with LTK. Otherwise I enjoy watching all the films, but the higher up on my list the more likely I am to enjoy the film anytime, lower down the list I find I have to be ‘in the mood’ for watching it.
  • Junglist_1985Junglist_1985 Los Angeles
    Posts: 1,030
    Birdleson wrote: »
    That list is interesting in that I can usually find some themes or hooks in most people's. Very difficult to pin you down.

    Highly Pro Brosnan and quite Pro Moore. All Brosnan entries are in the top 8. In addition, perhaps the most “serious” entries - QOS, FRWL, and LTK are at the bottom. I picked this out right away bc it’s quite opposite to mine 😄. Nothing wrong with these though!
  • Max_The_ParrotMax_The_Parrot ATAC to St Cyril’s
    Posts: 2,426
    @Junglist_1985 @Birdleson Thanks for being diplomatic! ☺️ I’m well aware I’m a bit of a ‘one of a kind’ in my choices so I was hoping I wasn’t going to get a roasting!

    Yes I do struggle with, as you say, the ‘serious’ ones - I have to be in the mood for those. I pretty much like the ‘over the top’ Bonds, with big villains and world-dominating plots, so Roger’s are always favourites as is YOLT and GF. And I suppose Brosnan’s were on the whole ‘of that style’ - I just feel he has a ‘little bit of everything’ I like in my Bond.

    I really do love DN as well, 17th isn’t really reflective of that, but pretty much anything 1-17 is a great night in front of the telly in my cage, 18-24 I have to be ‘in the mood’ for those particular films to watch them.

    I suppose TLD is a bit of an anomaly at 5, but I really love that movie, something about its mood, Dalton’s refreshingly different Bond, and the fact that the film has just enough traces of the Moore legacy left over, really appeals to me. Plus I absolutely love the soundtrack, and was a bit of an a-ha fan!
  • Good evening folks, Reading the forum a good while now, love it, thought this would be as good a place as any to make my first post.....

    1. From Russia With Love
    2. Goldfinger
    3. Dr No
    4. On her majesty's secret service
    5. Casino royale
    6. License to kill
    7. The spy who loved me
    8. Moonraker
    9. Skyfall
    10. Live and let die
    11. Thunderball
    12. For your eyes only
    13. Goldeneye
    14. The living daylights
    15. Octopussy
    16. You only live twice
    17. The world is not enough
    18. Diamonds are forever
    19. Tomorrow never dies
    20. The man with the golden gun
    21. A view to a kill
    22. Die another day
    23. Quantum of solace
    24. Spectre




  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,129
    Welcome to the forums @Macalazenby, great ranking that.
    Hope you enjoy your time here.
  • Posts: 19,339
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Updated from 13 June :

    1) Octopussy
    2) OHMSS
    3) Casino Royale
    4) From Russia with Love
    5) Thunderball
    6) Licence to Kill
    7) Skyfall
    8) GoldenEye
    9) The Spy who Loved Me
    10)Quantum of Solace
    11)The World is not Enough
    12)Tomorrow Never Dies
    13) A View to a Kill
    14)Diamonds are Forever
    15)Live and let Die
    16)Doctor No
    17)Die another Day
    18)The Man With the Golden Gun
    19)Goldfinger
    29)Moonraker
    21)The Living Daylights
    22)For Your Eyes Only
    23)You Only Live Twice
    24)Spectre

    Hey, TLD at 21!! Break out the champagne!!

    My God how did u forget u Mathis re TLD !!
    Yes it is moving , I’m ignoring Kara and looking at the film itself.
    Can you believe it after all these years ???
    But 21 is the maximum it will go methinks .
  • edited September 2019 Posts: 19,339
    matt_u wrote: »
    Wow that's a crazy controversial poll. :)

    DAD above GF, first time I ever saw something like this.

    I’m Tyler,Barry Tyler ....
    and Bond just sits on his arse most of GF and looks smug and cocky the whole film..totally overrated imo.

  • Max_The_ParrotMax_The_Parrot ATAC to St Cyril’s
    Posts: 2,426
    @Macalazenby nice to meet you! Hope you enjoy your time here! 👍 Double Roger whammy at 7 and 8, glad to see you’re keeping the British end up! 🙂
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited October 2019 Posts: 7,108
    @Macalazenby Welcome!

    @barryt007 I can relate to that. While its iconicness still keeps it somewhere between 12 and 15 for me, I do find it massively overrated compared to other entries that I find much more enjoyable.
  • JamesCraigJamesCraig Ancient Rome
    Posts: 3,497
    Good evening folks, Reading the forum a good while now, love it, thought this would be as good a place as any to make my first post.....

    1. From Russia With Love
    2. Goldfinger
    3. Dr No
    4. On her majesty's secret service
    5. Casino royale
    6. License to kill
    7. The spy who loved me
    8. Moonraker
    9. Skyfall
    10. Live and let die
    11. Thunderball
    12. For your eyes only
    13. Goldeneye
    14. The living daylights
    15. Octopussy
    16. You only live twice
    17. The world is not enough
    18. Diamonds are forever
    19. Tomorrow never dies
    20. The man with the golden gun
    21. A view to a kill
    22. Die another day
    23. Quantum of solace
    24. Spectre




    Your top ten is wicked.

    Welcome!

    ;)
  • Posts: 7,405
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Updated from 13 June :

    1) Octopussy
    2) OHMSS
    3) Casino Royale
    4) From Russia with Love
    5) Thunderball
    6) Licence to Kill
    7) Skyfall
    8) GoldenEye
    9) The Spy who Loved Me
    10)Quantum of Solace
    11)The World is not Enough
    12)Tomorrow Never Dies
    13) A View to a Kill
    14)Diamonds are Forever
    15)Live and let Die
    16)Doctor No
    17)Die another Day
    18)The Man With the Golden Gun
    19)Goldfinger
    29)Moonraker
    21)The Living Daylights
    22)For Your Eyes Only
    23)You Only Live Twice
    24)Spectre

    Hey, TLD at 21!! Break out the champagne!!

    My God how did u forget u Mathis re TLD !!
    Yes it is moving , I’m ignoring Kara and looking at the film itself.
    Can you believe it after all these years ???
    But 21 is the maximum it will go methinks .

    No worries bud. I haven't been posring much.
    Hopefully we can get it higher than 21!!😁
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
    Posts: 2,252
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Updated from 13 June :
    1) Octopussy
    1 Moonraker

    Great to see some variety! I can definitely see the appeal of those movies if you want to sit back and enjoy yourself without thinking too much. Personally I love Octopussy and it looks set to be #2 on my list. I'm tempted to rank it as number #1 as well but I can't in good conscience rank it over Dalton's compelling performance in TLD
  • Posts: 54
    1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    2. You Only Live Twice
    3. License to Kill
    4. Dr. No
    5. The Man with the Golden Gun
    6. Tomorrow Never Dies
    7. Casino Royale
    8. Thunderball
    9. From Russia With Love
    10. Goldeneye
    11. Spectre
    12. Skyfall
    13. Moonraker
    14. The Living Daylights
    15. The Spy Who Loved Me
    16. Die Another Day
    17. Goldfinger
    18. A View to a Kill
    19. Live and Let Die
    20. Octopussy
    21. For Your Eyes Only
    22. The World is Not Enough
    23. Quantum of Solace
    24. Diamonds Are Forever

    First time posting my rankings on the site, and will certainly revisit upon No Time to Die’s arrival.

    Biggest movers from my usual ever-slightly-shifting rankings? The Living Daylights fell dramatically and landed well out of the Top 10, and Die Another Day vaulted forward out of its usual last place-ish position.

    And to be clear, I like nearly all of the films to some degree. Except Diamonds Are Forever.
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
    Posts: 2,252
    Geno wrote: »
    5. The Man with the Golden Gun

    14. The Living Daylights

    17. Goldfinger

    Interesting list, especially the curveballs at 5 and 17 as it doesn't seem to match the rest of the list.

    What happened with TLD? :(

  • Posts: 54
    w2bond wrote: »
    Geno wrote: »
    5. The Man with the Golden Gun

    14. The Living Daylights

    17. Goldfinger

    Interesting list, especially the curveballs at 5 and 17 as it doesn't seem to match the rest of the list.

    What happened with TLD? :(

    TLD might come back up someday! It used to be my favorite of the lot when I was a kid. Dalton is wonderful in it and the first half is great. But as soon as Bond and Kara end up in Afghanistan, the action and intrigue grinds to a halt for me and it never really recovers.

    And as for the curveballs: I love how unusual TMWTGG is. It’s an odd (and certainly flawed) take on the formula.

    And Goldfinger is great until they get to Goldfinger’s farm... and then it loses a lot of its allure for me and never really ropes me back in. Similar to TLD in that way.
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
    Posts: 2,252
    Geno wrote: »
    w2bond wrote: »
    Geno wrote: »
    5. The Man with the Golden Gun

    14. The Living Daylights

    17. Goldfinger

    Interesting list, especially the curveballs at 5 and 17 as it doesn't seem to match the rest of the list.

    What happened with TLD? :(

    TLD might come back up someday! It used to be my favorite of the lot when I was a kid. Dalton is wonderful in it and the first half is great. But as soon as Bond and Kara end up in Afghanistan, the action and intrigue grinds to a halt for me and it never really recovers.

    And as for the curveballs: I love how unusual TMWTGG is. It’s an odd (and certainly flawed) take on the formula.

    And Goldfinger is great until they get to Goldfinger’s farm... and then it loses a lot of its allure for me and never really ropes me back in. Similar to TLD in that way.

    Sorry to hear about TLD - a lot of people feel that way unfortunately. I feel the finale is a breath of fresh air compared to the usual "infiltrating a villain's" lair.

    What I find interesting is how you have TMWTGG so high but LALD and DAF so low, each of them have their own quirkiness factor
  • edited October 2019 Posts: 16,149
    1. THUNDERBALL
    2. GOLDFINGER
    3. DR NO
    4. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    5. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    6. OCTOPUSSY/NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
    7. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    8. SKYFALL
    9. LIVE AND LET DIE
    10. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    11. MOONRAKER
    12. CASINO ROYALE 06
    13. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    14. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    15. A VIEW TO A KILL
    16. LICENCE TO KILL/ CR 54
    17. GOLDENEYE
    18. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    19. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    20. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN/CR 67
    21. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    22. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    23. SPECTRE
    24. DIE ANOTHER DAY
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