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  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    M_Balje wrote:
    My top 13:

    1. GoldenEye (1995)
    2. The World Is Not Enough (1999)
    3. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
    4. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
    5. A View to a Kill (1985)
    6. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
    7. Live and Let Die (1973)
    8. From Russia with Love (1963)
    9. The Living Daylights (1987)
    10. Octopussy (1983)
    11. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
    12. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
    13. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

    Iam in consider to change 14 to 22 again..

    23. Thunderball (1965)


    AVTAK in your top 5, that's what I like to see!
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,462
    Birdleson wrote:
    I'm going to throw up my Cousin's list. He's not on these boards (doesn't really use his computer much), but we just got through watching the whole series and he has been a fan since the '60s.

    COUSIN’S BOND RANKINGS

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

    Interesting ranking. I don't agree with all of it, but for the most part I can understand why it's this way.

  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
    Posts: 1,812
    1. Casino Royale
    2. GoldenEye
    3. You Only Live Twice
    4. Skyfall
    5. From Russia With Love
    6. The Spy Who Loved Me
    7. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    8. Tomorrow Never Dies
    9. The World Is Not Enough
    10. The Living Daylights
    11. Goldfinger
    12. The Man With The Golden Gun
    13. Dr No
    14. Thunderball
    15. Licence To Kill
    16. Live and Let Die
    17. Moonraker
    18. Diamonds Are Forever
    19. Die Another Day
    20. Octopussy
    21. Quantum Of Solace
    22. A View To A Kill
    23. For Your Eyes Only



  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Update on the average ranking.
    1 FRWL
    2 OHMSS
    3 CR
    4 GF-up from 5
    5 SF-down from 4
    6 TLD/DN-climb for TLD
    8 GE-up from 9
    9 TSWLM-up from 10
    10LTK-up from 11
    11TB-down from 8
    12LALD-up from 13
    13YOLT-up from 14
    14FYEO-down from 12 grrr
    15TWINE-up from 16
    16QOS-up from 17
    17OP-down from 15
    18TND
    19TMWTGG
    20DAF
    21MR
    22AVTAK
    23DAD

    Due to some untraditional ranking lately there is a fluctuation in the current average, that will most likely go back over the next pages. Top three and bottom six stay fixed for the time being.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,462
    Up to date (and likely final for a while) ranking:

    23. A View to a Kill
    22. Moonraker
    21. Tomorrow Never Dies
    20. Die Another Day
    19. Octopussy
    18. Diamonds Are Forever
    17. For Your Eyes Only
    16. Thunderball
    15. The Living Daylights
    14. The Man with the Golden Gun
    13. The World is Not Enough
    12. From Russia with Love
    11. You Only Live Twice
    10. Live and Let Die
    9. Quantum of Solace
    8. Licence to Kill
    7. Dr. No
    6. GoldenEye
    5. The Spy Who Loved Me
    4. Goldfinger
    3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    2. Skyfall
    1. Casino Royale
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    OK,it's waaaay time i updated this,must have been over a year and a half :

    1. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    2. CASINO ROYALE
    3. ON HER MAJESTYS SECTRET SERVICE
    4. GOLDENEYE
    5. OCTOPUSSY
    6. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    7. THUNDERBALL
    8. SKYFALL
    9. LICENCE TO KILL
    10. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    11. A VIEW TO A KILL
    12. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    13. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    14. DOCTOR NO
    15. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    16. LIVE AND LET DIE
    17. GOLDFINGER
    18. MOONRAKER
    19. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    20. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    21. DIE ANOTHER DAY
    22. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    23. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited February 2014 Posts: 11,189
    Haha, I know you aren't the biggest fan of TLD @barryt007 (I like it even though it isn't one of my favourites), but putting it below DAD is going to...ahem...cause a discussion shall we say ;)

    (I agree with you on DAF though - utterly dull and tedious film)
  • barryt007barryt007
    edited February 2014 Posts: 19,339
    BAIN123 wrote:
    Haha, I know you aren't the biggest fan of TLD @barryt007 (I like it even though it isn't one of my favourites), but putting it below DAD is going to...ahem...cause a discussion shall we say ;)

    (I agree with you on DAF though - utterly dull and tedious film)

    He he, i thought it might.....

    >:)
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,789
    barryt007 wrote:
    22. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    I forgive mistakes as well as people going nuts from time to time.
    ;)
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    chrisisall wrote:
    barryt007 wrote:
    22. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    I forgive mistakes as well as people going nuts from time to time.
    ;)

    Hahaha i know i know....i have tried to like it over and over.Mind you,i had the same feelings for YOLT and that has moved up the table,as has MR,so you never know.

    If i'm caught in the right mood then it wouldnt suprise me to see it move rapidly up the table.

  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,129
    barryt007 wrote:
    OK,it's waaaay time i updated this,must have been over a year and a half :

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

    OP in #5 spot. Great stuff BarryT.
    A fine top ten by the looks of it. Spy is also nicely placed if I may say so.
    Not in agreement on TLD, but then it would be a boring site if we all agreed on everything. DAF is in a similar spot to my placing. I don't hate it, and actually quite enjoy the cracking dialogue. It's just not James Bond to me. More a joke fest with Sean Connery and some terrible (even for '71) special effects.
    OP in fifth spot. ;)
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    As you know Benster i LOVE OP as you do !!
    I have the original movie poster in a big wooden frame centre stage in my living room as it's also my favourite,with Octopussy's eight arms all around Bond.

    I agree with your view on DAF as well,the PTS and the fight with Peter Franks are excellent ,it just fell apart when it changed from diamond smuggling to a fully haired Blofeld appearing,it was fine until then !!
    I do watch it,there is no Bond film i wont watch,but it will take a lot to move it from the bottom slot,unlike films like TLD which im sure will shoot up the table again when i next view it.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    With respect I'm not sure the PTS of DAF is all that much. Blofeld's goons look silly, one of them overacts like mad when the scalpel hits him and let's not forget the laughably bad dubbing.
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    But at least it's in sync with the end of OHMSS and shows Bond out for revenge...its not my favourite PTS by any means but i find it entertaining,perversely.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    It is kind of funny I'll admit that.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited February 2014 Posts: 13,978
    Does is really follow OHMSS though? Bond is in high spirits throughout the film, despite the loss of his wife. I take it that the events of OHMSS never happened to Connery's Bond*, and that DAF picks up some time after YOLT.


    * Moneypenny even (heartlessly) comments about Bond brining back 'a diamond, in a ring' for her.
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    I think the PTS gets away with following it.....just.
    The rest of the film is just a waste.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited February 2014 Posts: 13,355
    The film opens in Japan, right where Bond was at the end of You Only Live Twice. Blofeld is getting plastic surgery too. Look at those molds, from Pleasence to Gray.
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Thats a good point,i never looked at it that way,i wonder if it is a coincidence or deliberate.
    The fact that nobody mentions Tracy in the whole film does make you wonder if they deliberately steered DAF away from OHMSS and Bond's marriage,Tracy's death etc.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    The different direction fits, as both Lazenby and Hunt were out, so EON ignored the previous film altogether.
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    See now that makes me see DAF in a totally different light and actually makes it go up in my estimation.
    I may have to re-watch it and remove any image of Tracy an OHMSS from my mind,see if i enjoy it more.

    I have a funny feeling i might.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    My issue with DAF isn't so much that it ignores OHMSS - my problem is that it just seems rather..boring as a standalone Bond flick.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    It's not one of the best, that's for sure. Funny though. I do have a fondness for it.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    There are some funny moments certainly but it's always one I struggle to finish whenever I watch it. The goofy tone hasn't aged well, I think pretty much all the action is subpar and the acting at times is terrible. Connery doesn't care, and if he doesn't why should we.

    I appreciate that the lighter approach was perhaps needed, but even as a parody I'm not that keen on it. The pace is just too sluggish.

    Most importantly for me though there's little TENSION, something a lot of the other sillier films managed to include a bit of. Other than the coffin sequence and the final fight on the boat most of the film is pretty flat IMO. I honestly think I prefer DAD at the moment.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    The fight with Peter Franks is fantastic. Don't forget that.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    It's not bad but there are several fights I think id put above it.
  • barryt007barryt007
    edited February 2014 Posts: 19,339
    Birdleson wrote:
    OHMSS doesn't get officially referenced again until FYEO, 5 films and ten years after DAF.

    Bond does mention it in Max Kalba's club when Anya probes him,in TSWLM.

  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Samuel001 wrote:
    The fight with Peter Franks is fantastic. Don't forget that.

    Agreed,its one of the best fights of the series to me,and,if they show the full version and not the cut version,its a brutal fight.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,789
    barryt007 wrote:
    Birdleson wrote:
    OHMSS doesn't get officially referenced again until FYEO, 5 films and ten years after DAF.

    Bond does mention it in Max Kalba's club when Anya probes him,in TSWLM.
    Oh yes, you're correct.
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
    edited February 2014 Posts: 2,402
    Minor update. Bottom three and top eight are unchanged.
    Insult to the Series (0.0 - 0.9)
    23: Die Another Day (unchanged) --- 0.0/10 (down 0.1)
    22: Diamonds are Forever (unchanged) --- 0.4/10 (down 0.3)
    21: Moonraker (unchanged) --- 0.7/10 (down 0.5)
    Pathetic (1.0 - 2.4)
    20: The Man with the Golden Gun (down 2) --- 1.4/10 (down 3.2)
    19: Tomorrow Never Dies (unchanged) --- 1.8/10 (down 2.2)
    Bad (2.5 - 4.4)
    18: Quantum of Solace (down 1) --- 2.6/10 (down 2.4)
    17: A View to a Kill (up 3) --- 3.2/10 (unchanged)
    Tedious (4.5 - 5.4)
    16: Goldfinger (down 1) --- 5.2/10 (down 1.1)
    Passable (6.0 - 6.9)
    15: Live and Let Die (up 1) --- 6.1/10 (up 0.2)
    Very Good (8.0 - 8.4)
    14: You Only Live Twice (down 1) --- 8.0/10 (down 0.5)
    13: For Your Eyes Only (up 1) --- 8.4/10 (up 0.1)
    Great (8.5 - 8.9)
    12: Thunderball (down 3) --- 8.8/10 (down 0.5)
    11: The World is Not Enough (up 1) --- 8.9/10 (up 0.1)
    Excellent (9.0 - 9.4)
    10: Dr. No (up 1) --- 9.1/10 (up 0.1)
    9: Octopussy (up 1) --- 9.4/10 (up 0.2)
    8: The Spy Who Loved Me (unchanged) --- 9.4/10 (unchanged)
    Inspired (9.5 - 9.9)
    7: From Russia with Love (unchanged) --- 9.6/10 (up 0.1)
    6: Skyfall (unchanged) --- 9.7/10 (unchanged)
    5: GoldenEye (unchanged) --- 9.8/10 (up 0.1)
    Perfect (10/10)
    4: Licence to Kill (unchanged) --- 10/10 (up 0.1)
    3: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (unchanged) --- 10/10 (unchanged)
    2: The Living Daylights (unchanged) 10/10 --- (unchanged)
    1: Casino Royale (unchanged) --- 10/10 (unchanged)
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