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The Living Daylights
/10
1. Direction - 9 (One of Glen's better films)
2. Screenplay - 9 (superb right proportions of espionage, intrigue, romance and violence)
3. Script - 8
4. Plot - 10 (one of the best plots in Bondom IMHO)
5. Action - 9
6. Main Villain - 7 (Koskov is slimy, but hardly theaterning)
7. Main Bond Girl - 9 (great chemistry with Mr Dalton)
8. Bond - 10 (supremely nuanced performance by Dalton)
9. Sets - 7
10. Music - 10 (the Master signed off with one of his best scores)
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - 9
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 5
14. Main Titles - 3
15. Plausibility - 4 (minus marks for the Aston Martin I'm afraid)
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 5
Overall 130/150
Percentage: 86.66%
Remember the first twelve categories are out of 10, and the latter six are out of 5
1. Direction - 8
2. Screenplay - 7
3. Script - 9
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 7
6. Main Villain - 3
7. Main Bond Girl - 3
8. Bond - 7
9. Sets - 6
10. Music - 9
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - 8
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 4
14. Main Titles - 2
15. Plausibility - 3
16. Pace - 3
17. Editing - 3
18. Tilt - 3
101/150
67%
1. Direction - 9
2. Screenplay - 7
3. Script - 7
4. Plot - 4
5. Action - 9
6. Main Villain - 3
7. Main Bond Girl - 8
8. Bond - 9
9. Sets - 5
10. Music - 10
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - 10
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 2
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 5
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 5
114/150
76%
2. Screenplay - 10
3. Script - 10
4. Plot - 10
5. Action - 10
6. Main Villain - 7 (Koskov is brilliant, but Whitaker isn't amazing)
7. Main Bond Girl - 9
8. Bond - 10
9. Sets - 8
10. Music - 9
11. Cinematography - 9
12. Fleming - 10
13. Supporting Cast - 4
14. Main Titles - 4
15. Plausibility - 4
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 5
136/150
90.6%
We go from my least favourite Bond fim, to this one, my favourite. I just love it.
2. Screenplay - 9
3. Script - 7
4. Plot - 10
5. Action - 10
6. Main Villain - 4
7. Main Bond Girl - 9
8. Bond - 10
9. Sets - 5
10. Music - 10
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - 9
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 4
14. Main Titles - 2
15. Plausibility - 5
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 5
82.67%
Percentage results so far-
1. Goldfinger 80.7%
2. GoldenEye 77%
3. The Living Daylights 76%
4. Skyfall 72.7%
5. Dr. No 68.7%
6. The Man With the Golden Gun 62.7%
7. Moonraker 61.3%
Actual ranking-
23- Die Another Day
22- Moonraker
21- Tomorrow Never Dies
20- The World is Not Enough
19- The Man With the Golden Gun
18- Dr. No
17- Diamonds Are Forever
16- Thunderball V
15- You Only Live Twice
14- Quantum of Solace
13- Octopussy
12- Live and Let Die
11- Skyfall
10- Casino Royale
9- From Russia With Love
8- The Spy Who Loved Me
7- GoldenEye
6- The Living Daylights
5- Licence to Kill
4- For Your Eyes Only
3- Goldfinger
2- A View to a Kill
1- On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2. Screenplay - 5
3. Script - 7
4. Plot - 6
5. Action - 9
6. Main Villain - 5
7. Main Bond Girl - 9
8. Bond - 10
9. Sets - 4
10. Music - 9
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - 7
13. Supporting Cast - 3
14. Main Titles - 2
15. Plausibility - 4
16. Pace - 3
17. Editing - 2
18. Tilt - 2
99/150
66%
Grand idea that @MayDayDiVicenzo;
Our overall, combined, ranking:
GoldenEye - 78.94%
Dr No- 78.7%
Goldfinger - 77.23%
Skyfall - 75.4%
Moonraker - 67.4%
The Man With The Golden Gun - 61.33%
My % ratings:
DN - 87.3%
TLD - 86.66%
GF - 86%
SF - 84.6%
GE - 74.66%
MR - 73.3%
GG - 62%
And my personal rankings:
1. From Russia With Love
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. Casino Royale
4. Licence To Kill
5. The World Is Not Enough
6. The Living Daylights
7. Thunderball
8. Skyfall
9. Dr No
10. The Spy Who Loved Me
11. Goldfinger
12. Tomorrow Never Dies
13. Octopussy
14. For Your Eyes Only
15. GoldenEye
16. Quantum of Solace
17. You Only Live Twice
18. Moonraker
19. Live and Let Die
20. A View To A Kill
21. Die Another Day
22. The Man With The Golden Gun
23. Diamonds Are Forever
Interesting reading...
1. Direction - 9
2. Screenplay - 8
3. Script - 8
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 9
6. Main Villain - 6
7. Main Bond Girl - 7
8. Bond - 10
9. Sets - 7
10. Music - 9
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - 8
13. Supporting Cast - 4
14. Main Titles - 4
15. Plausibility - 5
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 4
123/150
82%
2. Screenplay - 10
3. Script - 9
4. Plot - 10
5. Action - 10
6. Main Villain - 7 (Lowest score for this film. Koskov is great but Whitaker bogs it down).
7. Main Bond Girl - 9 (Minus 1 for the occasional moments of stupidity. Otherwise Kara is a brilliant character).
8. Bond - 10 (Possibly the series' best).
9. Sets - 9
10. Music - 10 (One of the absolute best scores in the series).
11. Cinematography - 9
12. Fleming - 10
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 5
14. Main Titles - 3 - A bit tired at this point.
15. Plausibility - 5
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 5
18. Tilt - 5
141/150. Wow, nearly perfect marks.
94%. What a film.
1. Direction - 8
2. Screenplay - 7
3. Script - 7
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain - 6.5 (Kos Kov)
7. Main Bond Girl - 8
8. Bond - 9
9. Sets - 9
10. Music - 9.5 (John Barry, The Pretenders, A-H and Bill Conti thank you! )
11. Cinematography - 9
12. Fleming - 7
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 3 (6/10) Thanks to Whitaker... X_X, Felix and no Lois Maxwell.
14. Main Titles - 2 (4/10)
15. Plausibility - 4 (8/10)
16. Pace - 4 (8/10)
17. Editing - 4 (8/10)
18. Tilt - 3.5 (7.5/10)
TLD be upset of GE and follower of OHMSS, FYEO and example how CR and Skyfall can have handle things. Not realy fan of this Felix. TLD music have same power as Bill Conti FYEO. John Barry deliever a theme score with inspiration of the title song and songs of The Pretenders. David Arnold later also use title songs as inspiration. TLD is one of those more dificult movies, you must learn to like.
Place in my top 23: 9/23
1. Direction - 8
2. Screenplay - 7
3. Script - 7 (virtually the same as a screenplay)
4. Plot - 9
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain - 6
7. Main Bond Girl - 5
8. Bond - 8
9. Sets - 7 (average of Locations being a 9 and Set Pieces being a 5. Locations should have its own category.)
10. Music - 10
11. Cinematography - 9
12. Fleming - 8 (No film should have a perfect score, no film has yet to properly adapt Fleming's creation 99.9%)
13. Supporting Cast - 3
14. Main Titles - 2 (1.5pts for the song alone)
15. Plausibility - 3
16. Pace - 3
17. Editing - 3
18. Tilt - 4
110/150= 73%
With my changes in the ranking system...
1. Direction - 8
2. Screenplay - 7
3. Locations - 9
4. Plot - 9
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain - 6
7. Main Bond Girl - 5
8. Bond - 8
9. Set Pieces - 5
10. Music - 10
11. Cinematography - 9
12. Fleming - 8
13. Supporting Cast - 3
14. Main Titles - 2 (1.5pts for the song alone)
15. Plausibility - 3
16. Pace - 3
17. Editing - 3
18. Tilt - 4
...its still 110/150, I just feel it's a more accurate display of the final score. It wouldn't be the same on every film. The mountains in the aircraft scene are jarring once you notice the inconsistency with the actual shots filmed mid-air. Most of this film was shot on a real location (if not THE real location) so out of the few set pieces, they weren't very good in contrast to the real places used.
I love Koskov. I think Whitaker is the victim of a terrible actor, not bad writing.
2. Screenplay - 8
3. Script - 8
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 9
6. Main Villain - 5
7. Main Bond Girl - 6
8. Bond - 9
9. Sets - 7
10. Music - 9
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - 9
13. Supporting Cast - 4
14. Main Titles - 3
15. Plausibility - 3
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 3
18. Tilt - 4
Score: 115/150 (76.7)
1. Direction - 8
2. Screenplay - 6
3. Script - 9
4. Plot - 7
5. Action - 7
6. Main Villain - 2
7. Main Bond Girl - 3
8. Bond - 5
9. Sets - 7
10. Music - 9
11. Cinematography - 6
12. Fleming - 8
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 4
14. Main Titles - 2
15. Plausibility - 3
16. Pace - 3
17. Editing - 3
18. Tilt - 4
1. Direction - 8
2. Screenplay - 8
3. Script - 9
4. Plot - 9
5. Action - 10
6. Main Villain - 7
7. Main Bond Girl - 9
8. Bond - 10
9. Sets - 8
10. Music - 10
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - 9
13. Supporting Cast - 4
14. Main Titles - 4
15. Plausibility - 5
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 5
18. Tilt - 5
131/150
1. Direction - 8
2. Screenplay - 8
3. Script - 8
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 10
6. Main Villain - 5
7. Main Bond Girl - 10
8. Bond - 9
9. Sets - 6
10. Music - 9
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - 8
13. Supporting Cast - 4
14. Main Titles - 3
15. Plausibility - 4
16. Pace - 3
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 4
Must have been on something...9.5 is more like it. I just love "The sniper was a woman" from the soundtrack.
Phew. I personally think that TLD was one of Barry's best works along with OHMSS.
GoldenEye - 78.94%
Dr No- 78.7%
Goldfinger - 77.23%
Skyfall - 75.4%
Moonraker - 67.4%
The Man With The Golden Gun - 61.33%
and so where does The Living Daylights fit into that? Well...
The Living Daylights - 78.61%
TLD is provisionally third, not too bad. Although I fear it will drop over time. Ah well. ;-)
And now time for some actual discussion:
Is it higher/lower than your own ratings?
Personal % - 86.66. Community % - 78.61. Hmm, lower. Still not everyone’s a Dalton fan.
What is your favourite category/element/thing in the film?
I feel that this is the most perfectly balanced film of the eighties; violence, sophistication, action, intrigue and, a fair bit of romance. However, my favourite aspect of this film is Mr Dalton - a superbly nuanced performance.
What surprised you the most, while reading other peoples ratings?
Again nothing. And everyone liked the Master's score for once!!!
Feel free to comment! Another Bond film coming soon...
Diamonds Are Forever
1. Direction - 6 (sloppy)
2. Screenplay - 6
3. Script - 9
4. Plot - 5
5. Action - 4
6. Main Villain - 6 (great turn by Grey, but this is not the way Blofeld is meant to be played)
7. Main Bond Girl - 6 (St John is great, but Case is an underwhelming heroine)
8. Bond - 8 (Connery adds a lot of presence to his role)
9. Sets - 7
10. Music - 9 (at least Barry is up to his usual high standards)
11. Cinematography - 6
12. Fleming - 6 (true it has a lot of the Begin Bizarre, but it's diluted by the overt humour)
13. Supporting Cast - 2 (bonus points for Klaus)
14. Main Titles - 4
15. Plausibility - 2
16. Pace - 2
17. Editing - 3
18. Tilt - 3
94/150 = 62.66%
So, heres how DAF rates in my provisional rankings;
My % ratings:
DN - 87.3%
TLD - 86.66%
GF - 86%
SF - 84.6%
GE - 74.66%
MR - 73.3%
DAF - 62.66%
GG - 62%
1. Direction - 3. Not a Hamilton fan.
2. Screenplay - 5.
3. Script - 7.
4. Plot - 2. The ignorance of OHMSS drags it to the depths.
5. Action - 3. Did they run out of budget during the oil rig?
6. Main Villain - 1. Worst in the series.
7. Main Bond Girl - 4. Great actress, horrible character.
8. Bond - 2. Pathetic performance.
9. Sets - 6. Mixed feelings.
10. Music - 9. By far the best thing about the film.
11. Cinematography - 4. Very underwhelming.
12. Fleming - 4.
13. Supporting Cast - 2 only for Klaus. 1 otherwise.
14. Main Titles - 2. Mediocre at best.
15. Plausibility - 1. That fucking oil rig... the voice disguiser... the space laser... need I go on?
16. Pace - 4.
17. Editing - 1. Again. Budget.
18. Tilt - 1. Hate watching this one.
61/150. Wow. Just wow. What a pathetic film. A whole 15 points under TMWTGG.
40.67%
1. Direction - 4 (flat and dull)
2. Screenplay - 5
3. Script - 6
4. Plot - 4
5. Action - 3 (fairly weak)
6. Main Villain - 5 (Charles Grey was fun but, as others have said, he doesn't feel like Blofeld)
7. Main Bond Girl - 4 (great in a couple of scenes but becomes annoying comic relief)
8. Bond - 4 (had a few fun moments but overall I feel disappointed by Connery here. He doesn't FEEL like Bond).
9. Sets - 5 (ok but not up to the previous standard)
10. Music - 7
11. Cinematography - 5
12. Fleming - 6
13. Supporting Cast - 2
14. Main Titles - 4
15. Plausibility - 2
16. Pace - 1 (the only film I genuinely have trouble watching until the end).
17. Editing - 2
18. Tilt - 2
Undoubtedly one of my least favourite entries.
Direction - 4
Screenplay - 6
Script - 4
Plot - 2
Action - 4
Main Villain - 3
Main Bond Girl - 8
Bond - 2
Sets - 4
Music - 4
Cinematography - 5
Fleming - 7
Supporting Cast - 5
Main Titles - 2
Plausibility - 1
Pace - 2
Editing - 2
Tilt - 2
67 / 150
Screenplay - 4
Script - 4
Plot - 4
Action - 7
Main Villain - 2
Main Bond Girl - 4
Bond - 3
Sets - 6
Music - 6
Cinematography - 6
Fleming - 6
Supporting Cast - 4
Main Titles - 3
Plausibility - 1
Pace - 3
Editing - 3
Tilt - 1
71/150
1. Direction - 7
2. Screenplay - 6
3. Script - 6
4. Plot - 6
5. Action - 7
6. Main Villain - 4
7. Main Bond Girl - 6
8. Bond - 7
9. Sets - 8
10. Music - 9
11. Cinematography - 7
12. Fleming - 5
13. Supporting Cast - 4 (Wint and Kidd - brilliant but wasted.)
14. Main Titles - 3
15. Plausibility - 2
16. Pace - 3
17. Editing - 2
18. Tilt - 2
94/150
62%
Bottom of my Bond film list,but i did tune into parts of it last Sunday and quite enjoyed it,strangely.
Direction - 8
Screenplay - 7
Script - 6
Plot - 6
Action - 8
Main Villain - 7
Main Bond Girl - 6 (Tiffany Case 7 / Plenty O'Toole 5)
Bond - 9
Sets - 8 ( 1 les because of the Oil Island and one back because of The Netherlands!.)
Music - 5
Cinematography - 8
Fleming - 6
Supporting Cast 4/5 (8/10)
Main Titles - 3/5 (6/10)
Plausibility - 3/5 (6/10)
Pace - 3.5/5 (7/10)
Editing - 3.5/5 (7/10)
Tilt - 3.5 (7/10)
DAF i have love/hate with it. Connery's humor is top like as in Yolt or FRWL, but like Yolt i am not realy be big fan of the end lair. Iam not realy big fan of from 5 of Barry scores, but 2 of those are better and DAF is one of those 2. Not a big flaw as GF, TB or Moonraker, friendley 5. My third favorite Blofeld. From supporting Cast Q be on the run and also bring a part of the humor. Of course it have been fine if David Hedison already play the part of Felix but i like this one too. Not like every suporting cast member, but the other ones are good enough to give 4/10. Maintitle is not realy be one of my favorites. Speed/Pace of the movie realy get me out of the movie sometimes, lucky we have the humor and action. Moost fair be to give pace/speed of the movie/editing and Cinematography the same as with TMWTGG.
Top 23: 12/23 (Sometimes 13!)
Direction - 3
Screenplay - 2
Script - 2
Plot - 2
Action - 4
Main Villain - 2
Main Bond Girl - 3
Bond - 2
Sets - 6
Music - 7
Cinematography - 4
Fleming - 1
Supporting Cast - 2
Main Titles - 3 (Only for Bassey)
Plausibility - 1
Pace - 2
Editing - 1
Tilt - 1
47/150
31.33%
1. Direction - 10
2. Screenplay - 9
3. Script - 9
4. Plot - 9
5. Action - 9
6. Main Villain - 8
7. Main Bond Girl - 8
8. Bond - 9
9. Sets - 9
10. Music - 10
11. Cinematography - 10
12. Fleming - 10
13. Supporting Cast - 3
14. Main Titles - 4
15. Plausibility - 5
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 5
18. Tilt - 5
137/150 = 91.3%
Diamonds Are Forever
1. Direction - 6
2. Screenplay - 6
3. Script - 9
4. Plot - 7
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain - 5
7. Main Bond Girl - 6
8. Bond - 7
9. Sets - 9
10. Music - 9
11. Cinematography - 7
12. Fleming - 6
13. Supporting Cast - 3
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 2
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 2
18. Tilt - 4
105/150 = 70.0%