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/10
1. Direction – 1 for the names involved only. Six directors? SERIOUSLY?
2. Screenplay – 0. No.
3. Script – 1.
4. Plot – 0. No.
5. Action - 0. No.
6. Main Villain – 7. Jimmy Bond is the only good thing about this film!
7. Main Bond Girl - 2. Wow, Andress is awful here, isn't she?
8. Bond – 0. No.
9. Sets – 5. Sure, they're decent.
10. Music – -15 for "What's New, Pussycat?" (I reserve my right to put a negative score for one category for this film)
11. Cinematography - 4. Yeah whatever.
12. Fleming - 0. NOOOOOOO!.jpg
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 1. Wasted talent.
14. Main Titles - 0. Good god.
15. Plausibility - 0. Pahahahahaha.
16. Pace - 0.
17. Editing - 0.
18. Tilt - 0.
6/150
4%
This is really meant to mostly be a satirical post so if this one isn't coumted I'll understand
/10
1. Direction – 3
2. Screenplay – 5
3. Script – 5
4. Plot – 5
5. Action - 6
6. Main Villain – 8 (Orson Welles for god sake, a missed chance by EON)
7. Main Bond Girl - 9 (this movie had an abundance of gorgeous women)
8. Bond – 7 (David Niven shall never receive any less than a 7 in any of his movies)
9. Sets – 7
10. Music – 10 (the titlesong is brilliant and Herb Alberts trumpets are brilliant as well)
11. Cinematography - 6
12. Fleming - 5
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 5
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 1
16. Pace - 3
17. Editing - 3
18. Tilt - 3
96/150 = 64%
I enjoy CR for what it is a brilliant and fun take on Ian Flemings 007 movies mostly, the movie does have parts that are great like the cast, the women and the music. And I still love the segment of Jimmy Bond it always cracks me up.
I'm going to show you my working;
R65; 58/150
bl; 78/150
may; 45/150
dd; 69/150
cs; 26/150
jobo; 36/150
sns; 6/150
sm; 96/150
414/1200 = 0.345%
And the grand total for Casino Royale 1967 is - 34.5%
Overall Bondian Scores
1. From Russia With Love - 92.0083%
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 88.50%
3. Casino Royale - 87.85%
4. The Spy Who Loved Me - 80.83%
5. GoldenEye - 78.94%
6. Dr No- 78.7%
7. The Living Daylights - 78.61%
8. For Your Eyes Only - 77.68%
9. Thunderball - 77.47%
10. Goldfinger - 77.23%
11. Licence To Kill - 77.04%
12. Octopussy - 76.61%
13. Skyfall - 75.4%
14. Live and Let Die - 74.52%
15. A View To A Kill - 72.22%
16. You Only Live Twice - 70.27%
17. Tomorrow Never Dies - 70.20%
18. Moonraker - 67.4%
19. The World Is Not Enough - 63.85%
20. The Man With The Golden Gun - 61.33%
21. Quantum of Solace - 59.40%
22. Diamonds Are Forever - 56.05%
23. Die Another Day - 39.92%
(24). Casino Royale '67 - 34.5%
So close to beating an official Bond film as well. C'est la vie.
Join me tomorrow for Never Say Never Again!
Never Say Never Again, 1983
/10
1. Direction – 6 (is this the director who helmed The Empire Strikes Back?)
2. Screenplay – 6
3. Script – 7 (although the best line was recycled from an episode of Porridge!)
4. Plot – 7
5. Action - 5
6. Main Villain – 7
7. Main Bond Girl - 6
8. Bond – 9
9. Sets – 5
10. Music – 2 (simply woeful)
11. Cinematography – 5 (lacks the EON polish)
12. Fleming - 6
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 3
14. Main Titles - 1
15. Plausibility -3
16. Pace - 2
17. Editing - 2
18. Tilt – 2 (only to be re-watched for Connery's performance)
84/150 =56 %
R65-
R65 -
1. From Russia With Love - 95.33%
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 93.33%
3. Casino Royale - 92.66%
4. Licence To Kill - 88%
5. Dr No - 87.3%
6. The Living Daylights - 86.66%
7. Goldfinger - 86%
8. Skyfall - 84.6%
9. The Spy Who Loved Me - 83.33%
10. Octopussy - 81.33%
11. For Your Eyes Only - 80.66%
12. Thunderball - 80%
13. Tomorrow Never Dies - 78.66%
14. Quantum of Solace - 77.33%
15. Live And Let Die - 75.33%
16. GoldenEye - 74.66%
17. You Only Live Twice - 74.66%
18. The World Is Not Enough - 74%
19. Moonraker - 73.3%
20. A View To A Kill - 66%
21. Diamonds Are Forever - 62.66%
22. The Man With The Golden Gun - 62%
(23). Never Say Never Again – 56%
24. Die Another Day – 52.66%
(25). Casino Royale '67 – 38.66%
To my eternal shame, NSNA finished ahead of an EON produced film.
/10
1. Direction – 5 (barely okay)
2. Screenplay – 6
3. Script – 6
4. Plot – 6
5. Action - 4 (boooooring)
6. Main Villain – 8 (one of the few things they get right)
7. Main Bond Girl - 7 (because she looks good)
8. Bond – 8
9. Sets – 4
10. Music – 5 (guilty pleasure - I guess)
11. Cinematography – 5 (standard TV filmmaking of the times)
12. Fleming - 7 (now what would McClory have to say about this? :P )
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 2
14. Main Titles - 1 (whoa, even the word "bad" shies away from this)
15. Plausibility - 2
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 3
18. Tilt – 3 (the kid me liked this film - ah well, with age comes wisdom)
86/150
57 %
/10
1. Direction – 4. Is this seriously the same man who directed Empire? Are we sure Lucas didn't ghost-direct in his place?
2. Screenplay – 3. Good source material, obviously, but in the end it's just a cheap rehash. I also find the motorcycle chase to be quite poor and unnecessary, just tossed in here for the sake of it. Same with the infamous horse chase.
3. Script – 6. That bit with Connery and the bouncer is priceless.
4. Plot – 8. Again, due to the source material.
5. Action - 2. The motorcycle chase, again. And the underwater stuff is even more tedious this time around!
6. Main Villain – 6. I somewhat enjoy this interpretation of Largo.
7. Main Bond Girl - 9. Basinger is the best thing about this movie, to be sure.
8. Bond – 6. He's back!... kind of. Leaves a lot to be desired, and of course he's way too old, but it's miles better than his turn in DAF.
9. Sets – 3. Everything's so... forgettable. So bland.
10. Music – 0. Haha. Haha. Haha. NO.
11. Cinematography – 6. Middling.
12. Fleming - 3.
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 3. For every Bernie Casey (woooo!) there's that chick who played Fatima (boooo!)
14. Main Titles - 0. NEVER, NEVER PLAY THIS SONG AGAIN.
5. Plausibility - 3. Sure?
16. Pace - 3. It moves quickly, but too quickly.
17. Editing - 2.
18. Tilt – 1. Ehh. I don't like this one.
68/150
45.33%
Good god. I believe that's higher than several of my other scores... what have I done?
/10
1. Direction – 7
2. Screenplay – 7
3. Script – 7
4. Plot – 7
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain – 8
7. Main Bond Girl - 5
8. Bond – 9
9. Sets – 7
10. Music – 3
11. Cinematography – 8
12. Fleming - 8
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 4
14. Main Titles - 2
15. Plausibility - 4
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 3
18. Tilt – 3
104/150
69 %
/10
1. Direction – 4 Yes, but one wouldn't have thought so...
2. Screenplay – 4
3. Script – 3
4. Plot – 6
5. Action - 3
6. Main Villain – 5
7. Main Bond Girl - 2
8. Bond – 3
9. Sets – 3
10. Music – 2
11. Cinematography – 6
12. Fleming - 6
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 2
14. Main Titles - 1
15. Plausibility - 4
16. Pace - 2
17. Editing - 3
18. Tilt – 1
60/150
40%
/10
1. Direction – 3
2. Screenplay – 4
3. Script – 4
4. Plot – 5
5. Action - 5
6. Main Villain – 3
7. Main Bond Girl - 5
8. Bond – 2
9. Sets – 4
10. Music – 3
11. Cinematography – 2
12. Fleming - 5
/5
13. Supporting Cast –4
14. Main Titles - 1
15. Plausibility -2
16. Pace - 0
17. Editing - 2
18. Tilt – 1
55/150
36.67%
An absolute bore of film. At least DAD kept me awake at the end of its run time.
/10
1. Direction – 6 (competent but nothing more)
2. Screenplay – 5
3. Script – 6
4. Plot – 8
5. Action - 8 (quite like the action here)
6. Main Villain – 4
7. Main Bond Girl - 7 (don't mind Basinger)
8. Bond – 9 (Connery's better here than he was in YOLT/DAF)
9. Sets – 4
10. Music – 2 (bad)
11. Cinematography – 4 (doesn't have that Bond grandeur to it)
12. Fleming - 6
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 3
14. Main Titles - 0
15. Plausibility -3
16. Pace - 3
17. Editing - 3
18. Tilt – 4 (I like Connery in it a lot and the action is pretty good)
Overall Bondian Scores
1. From Russia With Love - 92.0083%
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 88.50%
3. Casino Royale - 87.85%
4. The Spy Who Loved Me - 80.83%
5. GoldenEye - 78.94%
6. Dr No- 78.7%
7. The Living Daylights - 78.61%
8. For Your Eyes Only - 77.68%
9. Thunderball - 77.47%
10. Goldfinger - 77.23%
11. Licence To Kill - 77.04%
12. Octopussy - 76.61%
13. Skyfall - 75.4%
14. Live and Let Die - 74.52%
15. A View To A Kill - 72.22%
16. You Only Live Twice - 70.27%
17. Tomorrow Never Dies - 70.20%
18. Moonraker - 67.4%
19. The World Is Not Enough - 63.85%
20. The Man With The Golden Gun - 61.33%
21. Quantum of Solace - 59.40%
22. Diamonds Are Forever - 56.05%
(23). Never Say Never Again – 53.08%
24. Die Another Day - 39.92%
(25). Casino Royale '67 - 34.5%
Well, it only beat DAD from the official series, and NSNA was quite close to gazumping DAF too.
I was thinking of resurrecting this thread in 2015 in the build up to B24. I quite like the idea of having a comparison, from 2014 and beyond, to see if our community has any changes as to where they rank a particular Bond film. And when new members join, will they influence the score? Will the Craig films last the test of time, or will FRWL be top dog in the future? Will Brosnan have his renaissance? And where will B24 end up, and will we see a deprecation or an appreciation to it? Any thoughts?
I guess we can leave the decision up to our regular contributors shall we?
Calling @ThighsOfXenia , @MayDayDiVicenzo , @jobo , @SaintMark , @StirredNotShaken , @Benny , @00Beast , @WillyGalore , @QBranch , @M_Balje , @barryt007 , @Kerim , @0013 !!!
Yes; Dimi, jobo and Birdleson
Haven't seen it; MayDay
Youtube? That's great! I thought I'd have to wait it out for it to show on television. I'll watch it after I've finished with The Man With the Golden Gun.
Never Say Never Again 1983
/10
1. Direction – 7
2. Screenplay – 4
3. Script – 5
4. Plot – 5
5. Action - 6
6. Main Villain – 7
7. Main Bond Girl - 5
8. Bond – 7
9. Sets – 7
10. Music – 2
11. Cinematography – 6
12. Fleming - 1
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 4
14. Main Titles - 0
15. Plausibility -2
16. Pace - 3
17. Editing -3
18. Tilt – 2
It's not just that NSNA was released in the same year as OP, that I rate it so lowly. It's because it's a pretty poor film. It has some great ideas, scenes and characters. But as hard as it tries, it never quite gets there.
It's a Sean Connery Bond trying to be a Roger Moore Bond. Doesn't quite work.
This will be interesting!
/10
1. Direction – 6 (fairly snappy little film this)
2. Screenplay – 6 (missed out a fair portion of the book)
3. Script – 7
4. Plot – 8
5. Action - 3
6. Main Villain – 6 (it seems to me that Peter Lorre had trouble remembering his lines)
7. Main Bond Girl - 6 (Valerie Mathis? Hmm)
8. Bond – 4 (card sense Jimmy Bond)
9. Sets – 6 (for the time, and seen as it was on TV..)
10. Music – 4
11. Cinematography – 5 (same as the sets I guess)
12. Fleming - 7 (not a bad adaptation)
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 3 (Clarence Leiter no less!)
14. Main Titles - n/a
15. Plausibility -5
16. Pace - 3
17. Editing -3
18. Tilt – 2
84/145 = 57.93%
Let see where CR'54 ends up -
R65 -
1. From Russia With Love - 95.33%
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 93.33%
3. Casino Royale - 92.66%
4. Licence To Kill - 88%
5. Dr No - 87.3%
6. The Living Daylights - 86.66%
7. Goldfinger - 86%
8. Skyfall - 84.6%
9. The Spy Who Loved Me - 83.33%
10. Octopussy - 81.33%
11. For Your Eyes Only - 80.66%
12. Thunderball - 80%
13. Tomorrow Never Dies - 78.66%
14. Quantum of Solace - 77.33%
15. Live And Let Die - 75.33%
16. GoldenEye - 74.66%
17. You Only Live Twice - 74.66%
18. The World Is Not Enough - 74%
19. Moonraker - 73.3%
20. A View To A Kill - 66%
21. Diamonds Are Forever - 62.66%
22. The Man With The Golden Gun - 62%
(23). Casino Royale - 57.93%
(24). Never Say Never Again – 56%
25. Die Another Day – 52.66%
(26). Casino Royale '67 – 38.66%
Well, I'll be buggered!
/10
1. Direction – 5
2. Screenplay – 6
3. Script – 4
4. Plot – 6
5. Action - 2
6. Main Villain – 7
7. Main Bond Girl - 5
8. Bond – 4
9. Sets – 4
10. Music – 5
11. Cinematography – 4
12. Fleming - 6
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 3
14. Main Titles - n/a
15. Plausibility -5
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 2
18. Tilt – 3
75/145
52%
@Royale65
The percentage is out of 145, not 140... ;)
/10
1. Direction – 4
2. Screenplay – 5
3. Script – 4
4. Plot – 4
5. Action - 1
6. Main Villain – 4
7. Main Bond Girl - 3
8. Bond – 1
9. Sets – 5
10. Music – 1
11. Cinematography – 3
12. Fleming - 6
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 3
14. Main Titles - n/a
15. Plausibility -4
16. Pace - 1
17. Editing - 3
18. Tilt – 1
53/145
36.55%
Well, it is what it is. I really can't rate it any higher than I have.