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You Only Live Twice, 1967
/10
1. Direction – 8 (Gilbert does well at the epic side of Bond movies)
2. Screenplay – 6 (Too bloated)
3. Script – 8 (At least Dahl gave us some good dialogue)
4. Plot – 7 (Too outlandish for it’s own good)
5. Action – 9
6. Main Villain – 6
7. Main Bond Girl – 8 (I’m counting Aki for this, but both girls are sexy and competent)
8. Bond – 7 (Connery is missing his spark, but it’s still Connery)
9. Sets – 10
10. Music – 10
11. Cinematography – 10 (Three tens in a role)
12. Fleming – 6
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 5 (Gray and Tamba make this so)
14. Main Titles – 5
15. Plausibility – 2
16. Pace – 4 (Apart from the Volcano climax, this moves at a good pace)
17. Editing –4 (Hunt rescued this)
18. Tilt – 4
119/150 = 79.33%
Royale's Ranking -
1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service – 92.66%
2. Goldfinger – 91.33%
3. Dr. No – 88.66%
4. Licence to Kill – 85.33%
5. Octopussy – 84.66%
6. The Living Daylights – 84%
7. Skyfall – 83.33%
8. Thunderball – 82.66%
9. The Spy Who Loved Me – 82%
10. Quantum of Solace – 81.33%
11. GoldenEye – 79.33%
12. You Only Live Twice – 79.33%
13. The World Is Not Enough – 74.66%
14. Moonraker – 72.66%
15. Diamonds Are Forever – 72.66%
16. A View To A Kill – 68.66%
17. The Man With The Golden Gun – 67.33%
18. Die Another Day – 62.66%
The score, the sets and the cinematography really save this ‘un.
You Only Live Twice, 1967
/10
1. Direction – 9
2. Screenplay – 5
3. Script – 8
4. Plot – 7
5. Action – 9
6. Main Villain – 7
7. Main Bond Girl – 6
8. Bond – 6
9. Sets – 10
10. Music – 10
11. Cinematography – 10
12. Fleming – 6
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 4
14. Main Titles – 5
15. Plausibility – 1
16. Pace – 3
17. Editing –4
18. Tilt – 3
113/150
75.33%
/10
1. Direction – 8
2. Screenplay – 8
3. Script – 7
4. Plot – 7
5. Action — 8
6. Main Villain – 7
7. Main Bond Girl — 6
8. Bond – 8
9. Sets – 10
10. Music – 10
11. Cinematography – 9
12. Fleming — 7
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 4
14. Main Titles — 4
15. Plausibility — 1
16. Pace — 3
17. Editing — 3
18. Tilt – 3
113/150
75,33%
GoldenGun's Rankings
Goldfinger - 88
On Her Majesty's Secret Service/Licence to Kill - 86,67
The Living Daylights/GoldenEye - 82
You Only Live Twice/The Spy Who Loved Me - 75,33
Dr. No - 74
The Man with the Golden Gun - 73,33
Thunderball/Skyfall - 70
The World Is Not Enough - 68,67
Quantum of Solace/A View to a Kill - 68
Octopussy - 66
Diamonds Are Forever - 59,33
Moonraker - 57,33
Die Another Day - 54,67
/10
1. Direction – 7
2. Screenplay – 7
3. Script – 7
4. Plot – 7
5. Action — 8 (Little Nelly and the Volcano battle are great)
6. Main Villain – 8 (I like him)
7. Main Bond Girl — 6
8. Bond – 6
9. Sets – 10
10. Music – 10
11. Cinematography – 9
12. Fleming — 7
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 2 (Tanaka is great but all the rest is really boring)
14. Main Titles — 5
15. Plausibility — 2
16. Pace — 2
17. Editing — 4
18. Tilt – 4
111/150
74 %
1. Direction – 7
2. Screenplay – 6
3. Script – 6
4. Plot – 5
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain – 7
7. Main Bond Girl - 8 (Aki)
8. Bond – 7
9. Sets – 10
10. Music – 10
11. Cinematography – 10
12. Fleming - 5
13. Supporting Cast – 3
14. Main Titles - 3
15. Plausibility - 2
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 3
18. Tilt – 2
Total - 106/150 = 70.67%
vzok's ranking:
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 92
Octopussy - 82
The Living Daylights - 80
Diamonds Are Forever - 78
Licence To Kill - 76.67
GoldenEye - 74
Skyfall - 74
A View To A Kill - 74
You Only Live Twice - 70.67
Dr No - 69.33
Quantum Of Solace - 68
Goldfinger - 68
Thunderball - 67.33
Moonraker - 66
The Spy Who Loved Me - 64.66
The World Is Not Enough - 60
The Man With The Golden Gun - 58
Die Another Day - 56.67
you voted on YOLT, right? Because your headline is AVTAK.
User error
/10
1. Direction – 6
2. Screenplay – 6
3. Script – 7
4. Plot – 7
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain – 9
7. Main Bond Girl - 7
8. Bond – 6
9. Sets – 10
10. Music – 10
11. Cinematography – 8
12. Fleming - 4
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 4
14. Main Titles - 4
15. Plausibility - 2
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 5
18. Tilt – 4
112/150 =74,67%
DD's Ranking
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969 - 92,66%
GoldenEye, 1995 - 86,00%
Skyfall, 2012 - 84,00%
The Living Daylights, 1987 - 83,33%
Dr. No, 1962 – 82.67%
Thunderball, 1965 - 79,33%
Octopussy, 1983 - 78,66%
Goldfinger, 1964 - 78,00%
Licence To Kill, 1989 - 77,33%
Quantum Of Solace, 2008 - 76,67%
Moonraker, 1979 - 75,33%
You Only Live Twice, 1967 - 74,67%
The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977 - 71,33%
Diamonds Are Forever, 1971 - 66,67%
A View To A Kill, 1985 - 66,00%
Die Another Day, 2002 - 62,00%
The World Is Not Enough, 1999 - 60,67%
The Man With The Golden Gun, 1974 - 60,00%
1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service – 89.94%
2. Goldfinger – 81.87%
3. Dr. No – 80.88%
4. The Living Daylights – 80.73%
5. GoldenEye – 80.12%
6. The Spy Who Loved Me – 78.59%
7. Octopussy – 77.73%
8. Skyfall – 77.39%
9. Licence To Kill – 76.18%
10. You Only Live Twice – 76%
11. Quantum of Solace – 74%
12. Thunderball – 73.27%
13. A View To A Kill – 71.77%
14. The Man With The Golden Gun – 69.6%
15. The World Is Not Enough – 69.03%
16. Diamonds Are Forever – 68.95%
17. Moonraker – 66.81%
18. Die Another Day – 49.96%
YOLT breaks in to the top ten. While it stay there? Who knows. But probably not.
James Bond will return...
Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997
/10
1. Direction – 8 (One can tell Spottiswoode was an editor – not one wasted shot)
2. Screenplay – 8 (Streamlined apart from the final third-ish)
3. Script – 8
4. Plot – 8 (An improvement of the classic scheme)
5. Action – 9
6. Main Villain – 8
7. Main Bond Girl – 8 (Hey I like Yeoh and her chemistry with Brosnan)
8. Bond – 9
9. Sets – 7
10. Music – 9
11. Cinematography – 8
12. Fleming – 7
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 4
14. Main Titles – 3
15. Plausibility – 3
16. Pace – 5
17. Editing –5
18. Tilt – 4
121/150 = 80.66%
Royale's Ranking -
1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service – 92.66%
2. Goldfinger – 91.33%
3. Dr. No – 88.66%
4. Licence to Kill – 85.33%
5. Octopussy – 84.66%
6. The Living Daylights – 84%
7. Skyfall – 83.33%
8. Thunderball – 82.66%
9. The Spy Who Loved Me – 82%
10. Quantum of Solace – 81.33%
11. Tomorrow Never Dies – 80.66%
12. GoldenEye – 79.33%
13. You Only Live Twice – 79.33%
14. The World Is Not Enough – 74.66%
15. Moonraker – 72.66%
16. Diamonds Are Forever – 72.66%
17. A View To A Kill – 68.66%
18. The Man With The Golden Gun – 67.33%
19. Die Another Day – 62.66%
Ahead of GE? I’ll take it.
/10
1. Direction – 8
2. Screenplay – 8
3. Script – 8
4. Plot – 8
5. Action — 8
6. Main Villain – 7
7. Main Bond Girl — 7
8. Bond – 10
9. Sets – 6
10. Music – 8
11. Cinematography – 7
12. Fleming — 7
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 4
14. Main Titles — 4
15. Plausibility — 2
16. Pace — 4
17. Editing — 3
18. Tilt – 3
112/150
74,67%
GoldenGun's Rankings
Goldfinger - 88
On Her Majesty's Secret Service/Licence to Kill - 86,67
The Living Daylights/GoldenEye - 82
You Only Live Twice/The Spy Who Loved Me - 75,33
Tomorrow Never Dies - 74,67
Dr. No - 74
The Man with the Golden Gun - 73,33
Thunderball/Skyfall - 70
The World Is Not Enough - 68,67
Quantum of Solace/A View to a Kill - 68
Octopussy - 66
Diamonds Are Forever - 59,33
Moonraker - 57,33
Die Another Day - 54,67
Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997
/10
1. Direction – 7
2. Screenplay – 8
3. Script – 8
4. Plot – 8
5. Action – 6
6. Main Villain – 9
7. Main Bond Girl – 6
8. Bond – 7
9. Sets – 6
10. Music – 7
11. Cinematography – 7
12. Fleming – 6
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 3
14. Main Titles – 4
15. Plausibility – 3
16. Pace – 4
17. Editing –4
18. Tilt – 2
106/150
70.67%
/10
1. Direction – 7
2. Screenplay – 7
3. Script – 7
4. Plot – 7
5. Action - 9
6. Main Villain – 8
7. Main Bond Girl - 8
8. Bond – 8
9. Sets – 6
10. Music – 7
11. Cinematography – 7
12. Fleming - 6
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 4
14. Main Titles - 4
15. Plausibility - 4
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt – 3
111/150 =74,00%
DD's Ranking
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969 - 92,66%
GoldenEye, 1995 - 86,00%
Skyfall, 2012 - 84,00%
The Living Daylights, 1987 - 83,33%
Dr. No, 1962 – 82.67%
Thunderball, 1965 - 79,33%
Octopussy, 1983 - 78,66%
Goldfinger, 1964 - 78,00%
Licence To Kill, 1989 - 77,33%
Quantum Of Solace, 2008 - 76,67%
Moonraker, 1979 - 75,33%
You Only Live Twice, 1967 - 74,67%
TomorrowNeverDies, 1997 - 74,00%
The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977 - 71,33%
Diamonds Are Forever, 1971 - 66,67%
A View To A Kill, 1985 - 66,00%
Die Another Day, 2002 - 62,00%
The World Is Not Enough, 1999 - 60,67%
The Man With The Golden Gun, 1974 - 60,00%
1. Direction – 7
2. Screenplay – 7
3. Script – 6
4. Plot – 5
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain – 7
7. Main Bond Girl - 7
8. Bond – 7
9. Sets – 7
10. Music – 8
11. Cinematography – 7
12. Fleming - 5
13. Supporting Cast – 3
14. Main Titles - 2
15. Plausibility - 2
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 3
18. Tilt – 3
Total - 99/150 = 66%
vzok's ranking:
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 92
Octopussy - 82
The Living Daylights - 80
Diamonds Are Forever - 78
Licence To Kill - 76.67
GoldenEye - 74
Skyfall - 74
A View To A Kill - 74
You Only Live Twice - 70.67
Dr No - 69.33
Quantum Of Solace - 68
Goldfinger - 68
Thunderball - 67.33
Moonraker - 66
Tomorrow Never Dies - 66
The Spy Who Loved Me - 64.66
The World Is Not Enough - 60
The Man With The Golden Gun - 58
Die Another Day - 56.67
/10
1. Direction – 7
2. Screenplay – 6
3. Script – 7
4. Plot – 7
5. Action - 7
6. Main Villain – 7
7. Main Bond Girl - 7
8. Bond – 7
9. Sets – 4
10. Music – 7
11. Cinematography – 6
12. Fleming - 5
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 2
14. Main Titles - 4
15. Plausibility - 3
16. Pace - 3
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt – 3
96/150 = 64.00%
/10
1. Direction – 7
2. Screenplay – 7
3. Script – 7
4. Plot – 7
5. Action - 7
6. Main Villain – 7
7. Main Bond Girl - 7
8. Bond – 8
9. Sets – 8
10. Music – 8
11. Cinematography – 8
12. Fleming - 6
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 3
14. Main Titles - 4
15. Plausibility - 3
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt – 3
109/150
72,66%
Last chance to vote before the weekend!
Community Ratings 2016 -
1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service – 89.94%
2. Goldfinger – 81.87%
3. Dr. No – 80.88%
4. The Living Daylights – 80.73%
5. GoldenEye – 80.12%
6. The Spy Who Loved Me – 78.59%
7. Octopussy – 77.73%
8. Skyfall – 77.39%
9. Licence To Kill – 76.18%
10. You Only Live Twice – 76%
11. Quantum of Solace – 74%
12. Thunderball – 73.27%
13. Tomorrow Never Dies – 72.22%
14. A View To A Kill – 71.77%
15. The Man With The Golden Gun – 69.6%
16. The World Is Not Enough – 69.03%
17. Diamonds Are Forever – 68.95%
18. Moonraker – 66.81%
19. Die Another Day – 49.96%
Thirteenth, hey? Meh, I’m happy with that, just behind Thunderball which is having a shocking tournament so far. Tomorrow Never Dies ranked 17/23 in the 2014 game.
James Bond will return.
For Your Eyes Only, 1981
/10
1. Direction – 8 (A fine start to Glen’s directorial career)
2. Screenplay – 8 (Extra Fleming - lovely stuff!)
3. Script – 9
4. Plot – 8
5. Action – 9 (Even though it does appear to be somewhat padding)
6. Main Villain – 8 (An understated heavy)
7. Main Bond Girl – 10
8. Bond – 9 (Damn near perfect)
9. Sets – 7
10. Music – 7 (Enjoyable but dated)
11. Cinematography – 9 (Not as grand as say MR, but the way Glen and Hume use the locations, more than makes up for it)
12. Fleming – 9 (Most Fleming since Majesty's)
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 4
14. Main Titles – 3
15. Plausibility – 4
16. Pace – 4
17. Editing –4
18. Tilt – 4
124/150 = 82.66%
Royale's Ranking -
1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service – 92.66%
2. Goldfinger – 91.33%
3. Dr. No – 88.66%
4. Licence to Kill – 85.33%
5. Octopussy – 84.66%
6. The Living Daylights – 84%
7. Skyfall – 83.33%
8. Thunderball – 82.66%
9. For Your Eyes Only – 82.66%
10. The Spy Who Loved Me – 82%
11. Quantum of Solace – 81.33%
12. Tomorrow Never Dies – 80.66%
13. GoldenEye – 79.33%
14. You Only Live Twice – 79.33%
15. The World Is Not Enough – 74.66%
16. Moonraker – 72.66%
17. Diamonds Are Forever – 72.66%
18. A View To A Kill – 68.66%
19. The Man With The Golden Gun – 67.33%
20. Die Another Day – 62.66%
Even with Thunderball. Nice.
/10
1. Direction – 8
2. Screenplay – 8
3. Script – 8
4. Plot – 7
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain – 6
7. Main Bond Girl - 8
8. Bond – 8
9. Sets – 7
10. Music – 8
11. Cinematography – 8
12. Fleming - 8
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 4
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 5
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 5
18. Tilt – 4
120/150 =80,00%
DD's Ranking
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969 - 92,66%
GoldenEye, 1995 - 86,00%
Skyfall, 2012 - 84,00%
The Living Daylights, 1987 - 83,33%
Dr. No, 1962 – 82.67%
For Your Eyes Only - 80,00%
Thunderball, 1965 - 79,33%
Octopussy, 1983 - 78,66%
Goldfinger, 1964 - 78,00%
Licence To Kill, 1989 - 77,33%
Quantum Of Solace, 2008 - 76,67%
Moonraker, 1979 - 75,33%
You Only Live Twice, 1967 - 74,67%
TomorrowNeverDies, 1997 - 74,00%
The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977 - 71,33%
Diamonds Are Forever, 1971 - 66,67%
A View To A Kill, 1985 - 66,00%
Die Another Day, 2002 - 62,00%
The World Is Not Enough, 1999 - 60,67%
The Man With The Golden Gun, 1974 - 60,00%
/10
1. Direction – 9
2. Screenplay – 9
3. Script – 7
4. Plot – 9
5. Action - 10
6. Main Villain – 8
7. Main Bond Girl - 10
8. Bond – 10
9. Sets – 7
10. Music – 10 (sorry, Conti fan here)
11. Cinematography – 9
12. Fleming - 9
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 4
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 5
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 5
18. Tilt – 5
136/150
90.67%
1. Direction – 10
2. Screenplay – 10
3. Script – 9
4. Plot – 10
5. Action - 10
6. Main Villain – 6
7. Main Bond Girl - 9
8. Bond – 9
9. Sets – 7
10. Music – 8
11. Cinematography – 9
12. Fleming - 9
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 4
14. Main Titles - 4
15. Plausibility - 5
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 5
18. Tilt – 5
134/150
89.33%
/10
1. Direction – 9
2. Screenplay – 9
3. Script – 8
4. Plot – 10
5. Action - 10
6. Main Villain – 8
7. Main Bond Girl - 9
8. Bond – 10
9. Sets – 7
10. Music – 10
11. Cinematography – 9
12. Fleming - 9
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 4
14. Main Titles - 4
15. Plausibility - 5
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 5
18. Tilt – 5
136/150
90,67%
/10
1. Direction – 7
2. Screenplay – 7
3. Script – 7
4. Plot – 7
5. Action — 7
6. Main Villain – 5
7. Main Bond Girl — 7
8. Bond – 7
9. Sets – 6
10. Music – 6
11. Cinematography – 6
12. Fleming — 7
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 2
14. Main Titles — 2
15. Plausibility — 4
16. Pace — 3
17. Editing — 3
18. Tilt – 2
95/150
63,33%
GoldenGun's Rankings
Goldfinger - 88
On Her Majesty's Secret Service/Licence to Kill - 86,67
The Living Daylights/GoldenEye - 82
You Only Live Twice/The Spy Who Loved Me - 75,33
Tomorrow Never Dies - 74,67
Dr. No - 74
The Man with the Golden Gun - 73,33
Thunderball/Skyfall - 70
The World Is Not Enough - 68,67
Quantum of Solace/A View to a Kill - 68
Octopussy - 66
For Your Eyes Only - 63,33
Diamonds Are Forever - 59,33
Moonraker - 57,33
Die Another Day - 54,67
/10
1. Direction – 7
2. Screenplay – 7
3. Script – 7
4. Plot – 8
5. Action — 7
6. Main Villain – 6
7. Main Bond Girl — 4
8. Bond – 8
9. Sets – 6
10. Music – 5
11. Cinematography – 7
12. Fleming — 7
/5
13. Supporting Cast – 3
14. Main Titles — 1
15. Plausibility — 5
16. Pace — 3
17. Editing — 3
18. Tilt – 2
96/150
64%