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@MayDayDiVicenzo
Here you go:
Notice top rank for AVTAK has dropped to 5th after your latest ranking
Bloody great work! Thank you so much =D>
Brilliant work, and thank you.
I feel slightly guilty for AVTAK...
These are the current standings, with preceded by the mean differences I calculated:
01. +1473: "GOLDFINGER"
02. +1464: "CASINO ROYALE"
03. +1263: "FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE"
04. +0908: "DOCTOR NO"
05. +0800: "SKYFALL"
06. +0715: "THE SPY WHO LOVED ME"
07. +0667: "YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE"
08. +0648: "LIVE AND LET DIE"
09. +0575: "THUNDERBALL"
10. +0527: "GOLDENEYE"
11. +0469: "ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE"
12. +0339: "THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN"
13. +0184: "THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS"
14. +0178: "FOR YOUR EYES ONLY"
15. +0165: "DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER"
16. +0018: "LICENCE TO KILL"
17. -0104: "TOMORROW NEVER DIES"
18. -0214: "MOONRAKER"
19. -0257: "OCTOPUSSY"
20. -0268: "A VIEW TO A KILL"
21. -0301: "QUANTUM OF SOLACE"
22. -0316: "THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH"
23. -0798: "DIE ANOTHER DAY"
--> IMDB "James Bond 007"-forum:
http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000075/thread/245297664
--> IMDB "SPECTRE"-forum:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2379713/board/thread/245015308
That's not how the poll works actually. Voters simply need to push the "Higher" or "Lower"-button for each of the 23 films.
Oh I see, there's only about 4 or 5 I would down vote.
Indeed, a very underrated Bond film, I have a lot of fun watching it, and I love the John Barry Score
The Best of Bond
That's a great Top 10 they obviously know what they're talking about!
I know i am one of the authors of people's pain with ranking AVTAK 5th place too and Thunderball 23, but iam curious who hate Goldeneye so much and who rank CR/Skyfall one place lower then me.
It's outstanding to have this kind of data.
I'm not surprised on the low sd's (either widely accepted relative 'PoS' films or bona fide classics).
The only high sd that surprises me is TB. I did not realize it was so contoversial (I'm a big fan).
Welcome! Admirable selection for your favorite. I have been contemplating Skyfall as my favorite film, but I always manage to see more depth in Casino Royale.
@bondjames
Re: Thunderball — Not too big of a surprise for me because I can't maintain a constant opinion of it. Parts of it are fantastic and other parts sag. It has a good premise for a story, but at times the execution goes awry. One of the hardest films to rank IMO.
:))
I'd like to hear your opinion on QOS, DAF, and GF
Only one I'd say is, is DAF at 2. But Qos and GF are still unconventional placings
@M_Balje
Haha those two are quite extreme rankings. There's 13/174 people with GE in the bottom 6.
Juraquagmire and MajorDSmythe have CR at 22nd
Timmer, Perdogg and senthilvel have SF at 23rd
@bondjames
There's only a few movies whose ranks are all over the places but I'd say TB divides opinion the most.
And I've put it down to, you either love or hate the long underwater scenes.
Personally after my recent Bondathon I have it at 19th unfortunately, and....it's the long underwater scenes. The rest of the movie is great and it's got the funniest lines in the series and a brilliant score.
@w2bond, thanks for pulling these stats together. They are really interesting to review.
I realize that the underwater scenes drag on a bit,....it's true. As I said above, I've just always been so impressed with the rest of it that this part did not bother me so much, but I guess that's where the polarization comes in...I just didn't realize it was such a divisive film among the fanbase.
@shortpinktie_DAF, I'm in agreement with you on GF. I used to like it when younger but it's really not doing much for me these days, even though I've tried really hard to like it.
The best I can do is compare my thoughts of Thunderball with Dr. No since the pace of these two seem similar. From Russia With Love and Goldfinger follow a very specific pace and introduce us to the major players right out of the gate, which is a commonalty that I love about those two films. Dr. No and Thunderball introduce us to the plot slowly, giving them a mystery thriller kind of feel. I rank Dr. No so much higher than Thunderball because it never disengages in that strand, whereas Thunderball gets distracted with its own concept at times. It takes them a while to sink their teeth into the plot, where it moves at a fantastic pace, and then slows down again at the end. I don't mind the underwater scene in all its length nearly as much as the speed boat chase. That one sequence is more unwatchable for me than Die Another Day and Quantum Of Solace put together. Mercifully, it doesn't drag on for too long and Largo's death in itself is quite well done.
True, Thunderball is one of those movies that can go up and down in rankings of people I guess for the reasons you mentioned.
It has been in my Top 5 at one point imagine that and since Craig's run began has constantly fallen and is now at No 18.
@bondjames
No worries, while I like reading people's opinions, it's good to get a summary of people's ranks.
Before my Bondathon I hadn't watched Thunderball for a while and I had fond memories of the good bits and it ended up in the top 10, but after sitting through it that opinion changed rapidly. I guess you take a glass half full approach.
He probably is and I love his performance here. Doesn't come across as ruthless and cold as the first 2 but a fun enjoyable performance
TB is class and in my top 5......it has everything. Great director, star, score, location, villain, Bond girls, script....etc etc. GE is just average to me and will never be in my top 10 ever. CR is the best Bond film since the 60's for me.
In my opinion there isn't enough love for DN on this site.
02. The Living Daylights
03. Thunderball
04. Casino Royale
05. From Russia With Love
06. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
07. Skyfall
08. Goldeneye
09. Goldfinger
10. Dr No
11. Quantum Of Solace
12. Tomorrow Never Dies
13. For Your Eyes Only
14. The World Is Not Enough
15. You Ony Live Twice
16. The Spy Who Loved Me
17. Live And Let Die
18. Octopussy
19. Die Another Day
20. Diamonds Are Forever
21. The Man With The Golden Gun
22. Moonraker
23. A View To A Kill
My thoughts exactly. I'm also very surprised to see that somehow, DAD made it to someone's #4 slot.