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Roger Moore is the only one I always have trouble with ranking his movies.
Brosnan is easy: GE-TND-DAD-TWINE
Craig too: SP-CR-QOS-SF
Dalton as well: TLD-LTK
Connery: FRWL-GF-DN-TB-YOLT-DAF
But Moore...
OP is easy for me, it's clearly my No 1
Then it already gets tricky.
FYEO, TSWLM and LALD and MR are so close together really.
AVTAK and TMWTGG though cleary are No 6 and 7.
In my current Bondathon I will try (again) to rank them properly.
Your "Objective Rankings" are the same as mine, just switch MR and Golden Gun tho!
2. LALD
3. MR
4. OP
5. TMWTGG
6. AVTAK
7. FYEO
6 OP
8 FYEO
12 LALD
14 TSWLM
15 MR
22 AVTAK
23 TMWTGG
In 2014 it was like this:
5 OP
11 TSWLM
12 MR
15 FYEO
19 AVTAK
21 LALD
22 TMWTGG
OP and TMWTGG are the only ones I was constant over the years in ranking.
my ranking re my official list.
1. OP
2. FYEO
3. LALD
4. TMWTGG
5. MR
6. AVTAK
7. TSWLM
I know, right? It's so odd, it's compelling!
2. OP
3. FYEO
4. LALD
5. AVTAK
6. MR
7. TMWTGG
Ehh not sure about 'compelling'. To me it isn't one of the greats nor one of the clunkers. It's just there. Thoroughly average IMO aside from a few classic moments like the crocodile sequence.
Well, that's, like, you're opinion, man.
2. The Man with the Golden Gun
3. Octopussy
4. A View to a Kill
5. Live and Let Die
6. For Your Eyes Only
7. Moonraker
5. TSWLM
6. OP
11. FYEO
16. LALD
19. AVTAK
20. MR
23. TMWTGG
two in the Top 10's
three in the middle field
two near the bottom
I do imagine that TMWTGG, MR and AVTAK get ranked consistently low - a few don't but most do I think - so that must make it three near the bottom. But yes close enough.
4. FRWL
10. Dr No
12. DAF
16. GF
19. TB (easily top 7 if it was better paced)
Lazenby
5. OHMSS
Moore:
2. OP
7. FYEO
8. TSWLM
11. LTK
15. AVTAK
17. TMWTGG
20. LALD
Dalton:
1. TLD
13. LTK (I like it but not as a Bond movie)
Brosnan
6. GE
9. TND
18. DAD
21. TWINE
Craig
3. CR
22. QOS
23. SF
24. SP
This is unfortunate because I don't dislike Craig, just the movies he's in
TMWTGG and DAD are both 18 on your list. Is that a mistake or do you rank them as equal?
Fixed. TMWTGG is 17
3. FRWL
6. GF
13. TB
15. YOLT
16. DN
19. DAF
Lazenby
12. OHMSS
Moore:
1. AVTAK
5. FYEO
10. LALD
11. OP
14. TSWLM
17. TMWTGG
21. MR
Dalton:
2. TLD
18. LTK
Brosnan
4. GE
8. TWINE
20. TND
24. DAD
Craig
7. CR
9. SF
22. SP
23. QoS
1. Casino Royale
2. Skyfall
3. Goldeneye
4. Goldfinger
5. Spectre
6. From Russia With Love
7. The Spy Who Loved Me
8. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
9. The Living Daylights
10. Quantum of Solace
11. Live and Let Die
12. Dr. No
13. The World is Not Enough
14. Thunderball
15. Moonraker
16. Octopussy
17. Tomorrow Never Dies
18. License to Kill
19. You Only Live Twice
20. A View to a Kill
21. Die Another Day
22. For Your Eyes Only
23. The Man With the Golden Gun
24. Diamonds are Forever
This might be the best Top 10 I've seen so far.
Dalton, Brosnan, Moore, Lazenby, Connery all there with their best, and all of Craig's :) what I totally get. If you love him you love him.
2. CR
3. OHMSS
4. SF
5. GE
6. DN
7. MR
8. TSWLM
9. YOLT
10. FYEO
11. TND
12. TLD
13. SP
14. TMWTGG
15. DAF
16. LALD
17. TB
18. LTK
19. GF
20. DAD
21. AVTAK
22. NSNA/OP
23. QOS
24. TWINE
Interesting list. There are so many aspects to Bond films.
My list would be quite similar. Depending on how silliness gets interpreted, some movies would either go quite a bit up or down in that list.
I'd rank DN to GF and CR to SF probably at the bottom which is interesting as it shows that EON tried to get back to the beginnings in that regard. That can't be a coincidence can it?
I had an idea for a thread a while ago but I never realised it, as I don't want to add to the heavy thread traffic.
Ranking the Bond movies outside the box: Silliness (an example)
Such a thread could be adapted every now and then, people could suggest how to rank them next. There are so many interesting and fun possibilities.
Just look what happened to the Indy/Bond thread :P
I personally don't mind silly elements in general. It very much depends on the impact they have on the narrative. Some jokes are not really essential and do not harm the film at all, others just go too far (Moonraker) or just don't fit to the otherwise dark atmosphere (LTK).
What about the winking fish in the same film.
Or the revealing of the Janus base in Cuba, rising out of the water, for GE
Come on, it's corny and you know it.
:P