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I thought you said you were Dalton's biggest fan? And Moore's biggest fan... And Connery's biggest fan... Or maybe you are the biggest fan of everything? ;)
(Getting back on topic AND responding to the question...)
Let's look at my top 5:
#1.TLD/LTK
2.TND
3.DN
4.FRWL
5.GE
1st & 2nd place never change.
Indeed.
SPECTRE will change EVERYONE'S lists. It will be in everyone's top five & QOS will miraculously rise while SF falls a bit.
That is bold. I'm happy to say I always liked QoS should the consensus on it continue to grow more positive. I predict that Spectre will be a very divisive one among this board when it comes out. As for SF I absolutely love it, so I doubt it will fall too far on my list.
I have no idea where it will land on mine or anyone else's because I haven't seen the film or even a trailer (and I might be avoiding trailers, haven't decided yet).
1. The Living Daylights
2. Licence To Kill
3. From Russia With Love
4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5. Tomorrow Never Dies
6. For Your Eyes Only
7. The Spy Who Loved Me
8. The World Is Not Enough
8. Octopussy
10. GoldenEye
11. Dr No
12. Thunderball
13. You Only Live Twice
14. Live And Let Die
15. Die Another Day
16. The Man With The Golden Gun
17. A View To A Kill
18. Goldfinger
19. Moonraker
20. Diamonds Are Forever
21. Skyfall
22. Casino Royale
23. Quantum Of Solace
I don't know if I will have another this year. I have not yet watched a single Bond film in 2015.
I'll be avoiding trailers. I'm reading the SPECTRE Empire issue, participating in this site (although avoiding Spoiler threads), and then when the trailer hits I may just cease to internet altogether until November.
EDIT: I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up in everyone's top or bottom five. People are inevitably going to have very strong opinions about the newest Bond film, I think.
GREAT
1. The Spy Who Loved Me
2. Thunderball
3. Goldeneye
4. The Living Daylights
5. Casino Royale
6. Goldfinger
7. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
8. For your eyes only
9. From Russia With Love
GOOD
10. Moonraker
11. Skyfall
12. Live And Let Die
13. Octopussy
14. Dr No
15. Diamonds Are Forever
16. The Man With The Golden Gun
17. Licence To Kill
18. Tomorrow Never Dies
OKAY/AVERAGE
19. You Only Live Twice
20. The World Is Not Enough
21. Quantum Of Solace
BELOW AVERAGE
22. A View To A Kill
23. Die Another Day
I find it far too difficult to rank these movies because I genuinely enjoy each and every single one of them. I seem to have a real affinity for the sillier entries as well. Things that usually bother people (gondola, clown outfit, sheriff Pepper etc) just bring a smile to my face.
I find the diversity in tone and style to be a huge plus to the entire series and going from something as ridiculous as Moonraker to something like Casino Royale during the course of a bondathon is always a treat. I probably wouldn't love the series as much if all 23 movies were exactly like From Russia With Love, but then again I wouldn't like them all to be just like Diamonds Are Forever either. Each movie fits a certain mood I might be in and makes for a perfect companion on a rainy day. That's why I love the series so much.
That's because you can look back now and know that these elements did no lasting harm to the series. They simply give it variety.
:))
Casino Royale
Thunderball
Dr. No
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
License to Kill
The Living Daylights
Skyfall
Live and Let Die
Quantum of Solace
You Only Live Twice
For Your Eyes Only
The Spy Who Loved Me
Never Say Never Again
Diamonds are Forever
The Man With the Golden Gun
Goldeneye
A View to a Kill
Octopussy
The World is Not Enough
Moonraker
Tomorrow Never Dies
Die Another Day
Where will Spectre be? I suspect high! NSNA controvercially included. Anything more Fleming goings higher up the list. The 90's era was the worst!
I just watched FYEO for the first time in a while. I keep wanting to give it a chance because so many Bond fans rate it favorably.
No...just can't do it...In fact, I'm closer to moving it in with MR as an F. FYEO is simply dreadful.
I think that's why FYEO and MR irritate me so much. There are some great moments in both films, particularly early on. But both devolve into unnecessary corniness.
2. OHMSS
3. FRWL
4. TSWLM
5. GF
6. FYEO
7. TLD
8. TB
9. DN
10. GE
11. LTK
12. SF
13. LALD
14. MR
15. TMWTGG
16. OP
17. TWINE
18. QOS
19. YOLT
20. DAF
21. TND
22. DAD
23. AVTAK
1. SF*
2. TB*
3. GF*
4. CR*
*There is a virtual tie among these four.
5. YOLT
6. LALD
7. FRWL
8. TSWLM
9. OHMSS
10. QoS
11. DN
12. DAF
13. LTK
14. TMWTGG
15. AVTAK
16. OP
17. GE
18. TLD
19. TND
20. TWINE
21. DAD
22. FYEO
23. MR
1 FRWL
2 CR
3 OHMSS
4 GF
5 TB up from 6
6 TSWLM down from 5
7 SF
8 GE
9 TLD up from 10
10 DN up from 12
11 FYEO down from 9
12 LTK down from 11
13 LALD
14 OP
15 YOLT
16 QOS
17 TWINE
18 TMWTGG
19 TND down from 18
20 MR up from 21
21 AVTAK down from 20
22 DAF
23 DAD
Yes, it is.
Objectively, DAF is horrible. But it's appeal is in its utter stupidity; it is over the top bad, to the point that it is the Cult Classic of Bond films.
DN is like a tune-up, a feeling out. Afterward, EON got a better sense of what to do with the character and franchise.