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Here an explanation might come handy...
2. Screenplay - 8
3. Script - 7
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain - 10
7. Main Bond Girl - 8
8. Bond - 7
9. Sets - 6
10. Music - 8
11. Cinematography - 5
12. Fleming - 7
13. Supporting Cast - 4
14. Main Titles - 2
15. Plausibility - 5
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 3
18. Tilt - 4
I make that 110/150
I think @00Beast has already said that he is not familiar with the Fleming novels, so therefore it would be inappropriate to give a score for the 'Fleming' category.
2. Screenplay - 8
3. Script - 8
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 9
6. Main Villain - 7
7. Main Bond Girl - 7
8. Bond - 9
9. Sets - 7
10. Music - 7
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - 7
13. Supporting Cast - 4
14. Main Titles - 3
15. Plausibility - 4
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 5
18. Tilt - 4
117/150
78%
Ok. That explains it. I hadn't registered before now that he never ranks that particular category.
1. Direction - 8
2. Screenplay - 7
3. Script - 8
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 9 - some great great sequences
6. Main Villain - 7 - he's still excellent but feels a little TOO Miami Vice
7. Main Bond Girl - 7 - her legs...
8. Bond - 8 - his awful hair brings this down from 9
9. Sets - 4
10. Music - 6
11. Cinematography - 7
12. Fleming - 9
13. Supporting Cast - 5 - more Q is always a good thing
14. Main Titles - 3
15. Plausibility - 4
16. Pace - 5 - moves along nice and fast!
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 3
113/150
Yeah, I've only read Moonraker and part of Goldfinger, so I wouldn't consider myself enough of a Fleming expert to give an accurate score in that area!
1. Direction - 8
2. Screenplay - 8
3. Script - 8
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain - 10
7. Main Bond Girl - 9
8. Bond - 8
9. Sets - 7
10. Music - 6
11. Cinematography - 7
12. Fleming - 9
13. Supporting Cast - 5
14. Main Titles - 3
15. Plausibility - 5
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 4
114/150
76%
My favourite of Dalton's 2 films - easily !!
CR 92%
OHMSS 81%
TB 78%
GE 76%
LTK 76%
TMWTGG 73%
AVTAK 70%
GF 70%
FYEO 68%
TND 67%
TLD 67%
DAF 62%
And that's completely fine of course! :)>- Actually it makes it more interesting to see a ranking from a Bond purist who is not heavily Fleming influenced. Puts everything into perspective.
LTK
1. Direction - 6
2. Screenplay - 5
3. Script - 6
4. Plot - 7
5. Action - 7 (the Wavecrest sneak&escape sequence saves LTK from being below par i.m.o as the finale is dour)
6. Main Villain - 8
7. Main Bond Girl - 6
8. Bond - 9
9. Sets - 5
10. Music - 7
11. Cinematography - 5
12. Fleming - 7
13. Supporting Cast - 6
14. Main Titles - 6
15. Plausibility - 8
16. Pace - 7
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 7
116/150
Eh ? you mean the tanker trucks chase and setting fire to Sanchez is dour ??!!
:O
1. Direction - 7
2. Screenplay - 7
3. Script - 8 (A little too much cursing and violence)
4. Plot - 9 (Perfect for it's time. Plus a rogue Bond was a new and great concept)
5. Action - 9 (Wavekrest and tanker chase are awesome)
6. Main Villain - 10 (Franz was one of the best)
7. Main Bond Girl - 8
8. Bond - 10 (Dalton outdoes himself from TLD)
9. Sets - 4
10. Music - 5
11. Cinematography - 6
12. Fleming - 8 (I could see Fleming writing this if he was still with us in the late 80s)
13. Supporting Cast - 5 (One of the best ensembles for a Bond film)
14. Main Titles - 2
15. Plausibility - 5
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 4
116/150
The last six are out of 5, @AceHole.
GoldenEye- 97%
For Your Eyes Only- 89%
License to Kill- 88%
SkyFall- 85%
Thunderball- 80%
Tomorrow Never Dies- 79%
The Living Daylights- 79%
A View to a Kill- 78%
Casino Royale- 78%
The Man with the Golden Gun- 71%
Diamonds Are Forever- 70%
Dr. No- 66%
Moonraker- 61%
On Her Majesty's Secret Service- 57%
Goldfinger- 55%
Sorry mate - but to my mind yes. A truck race on a bland desert road just doesn't do it for me, even though Dalton does give a great final performance - the staging/2nd unit action choreography just feels flat. I found TLD's finale far more entertaining.
1. Direction - 7
2. Screenplay - 7
3. Script - 8
4. Plot - 7
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain - 10
7. Main Bond Girl - 7
8. Bond - 8
9. Sets - 5
10. Music - 6
11. Cinematography - 6
12. Fleming - 7
13. Supporting Cast - 3
14. Main Titles - 3
15. Plausibility - 4
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 3
107/150
71,33%
Licence To Kill
1. Direction - 6
2. Screenplay - 6
3. Script - 6
4. Plot - 6
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain - 9
7. Main Bond Girl - 4
8. Bond - 7
9. Sets - 6
10. Music - 5
11. Cinematography - 6
12. Fleming - 6
13. Supporting Cast - 2
14. Main Titles - 2
15. Plausibility - 3
16. Pace - 2
17. Editing - 3
18. Tilt - 1
88/150 - 58.7%
Well, taste is subjective. Personally I find the ending climax in LTK to be the very best in the series
2. Screenplay - 6
3. Script - 6
4. Plot - 7
5. Action - 7
6. Main Villain - 6 (Sanchez)
7. Main Bond Girl - 7 (Pam Bouvier 8 Lupe 6)
8. Bond - 8
9. Sets - 7 (- 1 les because of end set.)
10. Music - 6
11. Cinematography - 7
12. Fleming - 4
13. Supporting Cast 2.5/5 (5/10)
14. Main Titles - 3/5 (6/10) Since FYEO and inspecialy since Octopussy the maintitles till LTK are to dark, LTK be les worse of all them.
15. Plausibility - 3/5 (6/10)
16. Pace - 2.5/5 (5/10)
17. Editing - 3/5 (6/10)
18. Tilt - 3 (6.5/10)
Total: 94/150
Hard to get in to the movie, with the dark/violence sometimes for my taste. Big part of the suporting cast i not like, the things with professor and the other lead vilian. Moneypenny and Killifer oke. Felix, M, Q, Sharky and Della are the best. Thanks to those chacters there be some subtil drama and humor, whyle some of the other humor be out of place. Pam Bouvier be a great Bondgirl. I think LTK be example for QOS in drama and in production design, moost sets/locations looks good. The lair is to much, whyle the Casino is very welcome. Like the 3 songs a lot. The composed music is oke, but has sometimes to much violence bits. The soundtrack release be big disapointed. Movie be step back if we look to TLD and all movies since TSWLM, stil there be enough to like but also enough to dislike a lot. Movie ranking: 14/23. Back on his position where the movie stay before QOS be released, between TSWLM and Yolt.
Overall Bondian Scores
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 88.50%
Casino Royale - 87.85%
GoldenEye - 78.94%
Dr No- 78.7%
The Living Daylights - 78.61%
For Your Eyes Only - 77.68%
Thunderball - 77.47%
Goldfinger - 77.23%
Licence To Kill - 77.04%
Skyfall - 75.4%
A View To A Kill - 72.22%
Tomorrow Never Dies - 70.20%
Moonraker - 67.4%
The Man With The Golden Gun - 61.33%
Diamonds Are Forever - 56.05%
OK, so just behind TB and GF. But ahead of SF. That'll do, I guess.
How does it compare with your own ratings/rankings?
Mine = 88%, so considerably lower. I have LTK fourth in my rankings. I'm happy to see where it's ended up, but personally, I was surprised that it did not get into the 80% range.
Whilst reading other peoples ratings, what stood out for you?
Both the action, villain and Glen's directing; I was pleased to see so many people rate so highly. On the other end, both the score and cinematography, were as to be expect, rather poor.
Feel free to comment, and another Bond coming soon!!!
You Only Live Twice
/10
1. Direction - 8 (sometimes bigger is not necessary better, but props to the Kobe Docks fight, and Gilbert's usual stylish direction)
2. Screenplay - 6 (erratic)
3. Script - 8 (underrated)
4. Plot - 5
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain - 6 (iconic, yes. Threatening, hardly.)
7. Main Bond Girl - 8 (Competent, delectable, but hardly memorable)
8. Bond - 7 (autopilot)
9. Sets - 10
10. Music - 10 (Barry's score is gert lush)
11. Cinematography - 10
12. Fleming - 5 (Dahl's kept the macabre elements one can find in Fleming's novels, but, you know, volcanoes and outer space)
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 3
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 2
16. Pace - 3
17. Editing -4
18. Tilt - 4
112/150= 74.66%
Remember the first twelve categories are out of 10, and the latter six are out of 5
These are my personal ratings -
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 93.33%
Casino Royale - 92.66%
Licence To Kill - 88%
Dr No - 87.3%
The Living Daylights - 86.66%
Goldfinger - 86%
Skyfall - 84.6%
For Your Eyes Only - 80.66%
Thunderball - 80%
Tomorrow Never Dies - 78.66%
GoldenEye - 74.66%
You Only Live Twice - 74.66%
Moonraker - 73.3%
A View To A Kill - 66%
Diamonds Are Forever - 62.66%
The Man With The Golden Gun - 62%
And my rankings -
23. Diamonds Are Forever
22. The Man With The Golden Gun
20. Moonraker
19. A View To A Kill
17. You Only Live Twice
16. For Your Eyes Only
15. GoldenEye
13. Tomorrow Never Dies
11. Goldfinger
9. Skyfall
8. Dr No
7. The Living Daylights
5. Thunderball
4. Licence To Kill
3. Casino Royale
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Hmm, a strange one. The plot and screenplay let YOLT down, but is it saved by truly outstanding artistry. I'm ranking it below GE as YOLT is lower on the Fleming rating, as both GE and YOLT have the same %.
/10
1. Direction - 8
2. Screenplay - 7
3. Script - 7
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 7
6. Main Villain - 8
7. Main Bond Girl - 5
8. Bond - 6
9. Sets - 10
10. Music - 10
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - 6
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 3
14. Main Titles - 4
15. Plausibility - 1
16. Pace - 3
17. Editing -3
18. Tilt - 3
107/150
71.33%