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BOND POLLS 2016: The Top 10 JAMES BOND-007 Film Ranking Contest (Results: winner!, on page 60)

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  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    The top 4 is perfect no matter in which order they come.
    Very true.
  • vzokvzok
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    jake24 wrote: »
    CR is next.

    I think that might make no 1
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
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    Great movie, expected it high.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    I predict OHMSS is next, then CR, then FRWL. Only thing that would surprise me is if FRWL is out next - which would better fit my own ranking.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
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    I can tell you one thing though. The points gaps between the Bronze medalist, Silver medalist and Gold medalist are quite big :-).
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
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    Starting to think OHMSS might have a shot at #1. Other composite rankings negatively effect OHMSS because there is a contingency of fans who can't warm to Lazenby and end up putting OHMSS in the bottom tier. Not sure if that group of fans is very prevalent on this board, but without those negative results, OHMSS might garner enough to be 1
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Gustav_Graves wrote: »
    I can tell you one thing though. The points gaps between the Bronze medalist, Silver medalist and Gold medalist are quite big :-).

    Thats interesting GG.....i hope OHMSS is 3rd but ive a sick feeling in my stomach that it might be FRWL......God i hope not.

  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    I'm glad there are big gaps between the movies. I didn't like TLD only missing out spot 5 by 11 points.
  • HellerHeller London
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    I did. ;)
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
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    My original top 5 prediction was:

    5.) DN
    4.) GF
    3.) FRWL
    2.) OHMSS
    1.) CR

    1 for 2 so far.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
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    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    I'm glad there are big gaps between the movies. I didn't like TLD only missing out spot 5 by 11 points.

    And if it was the other way around :-P? SF missing out spot #5 by 11 points :-P?
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Gustav_Graves wrote: »
    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    I'm glad there are big gaps between the movies. I didn't like TLD only missing out spot 5 by 11 points.

    And if it was the other way around :-P? SF missing out spot #5 by 11 points :-P?

    By 111 points would have been satisfying :P
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    I'd put my money on CR, though I think the number one slot in a Bond film poll should always be one of te classics.
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
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    You could argue Casino Royale is a classic. Or has not enough time passed :-?
  • RossiRossi
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    our top 3 is made of, one could say, reliable Fleming adaptations...
    do you agree?
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    Would CR be anyone's number one on here? I think FRWL and OHMSS are likely to be more people's No. 1's while CR is taking the number two or three spot for most people.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Major_Boothroyd wrote: »
    Would CR be anyone's number one on here? I think FRWL and OHMSS are likely to be more people's No. 1's while CR is taking the number two or three spot for most people.

    It's #1 for me, with FRWL just behind. I have a hard time imagining my top two will change any time soon, either.
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    Major_Boothroyd wrote: »
    Would CR be anyone's number one on here? I think FRWL and OHMSS are likely to be more people's No. 1's while CR is taking the number two or three spot for most people.

    It's #1 for me, with FRWL just behind. I have a hard time imagining my top two will change any time soon, either.

    Yeah - FRWL is my number one, CR is my number two. But as I've stated many times on this forum before if a non-bond friend says 'show me the best Bond film' I'd put on CR for them. I think structurally it is an expertly told story and emotionally it pays off better than any other Bond film and the start is loaded with suspenseful action sequences. FRWL is my personal top 007 film for many other reasons. But FRWL and CR are easily my favourite Bond films.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    CR is my #1, followed by OHMSS, GF, GE, and SF. So I did pretty well with this list.
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    CR is my #1.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    CR is my #3. I've got two relatively 'big' Bond films (TB &TSWLM), along with two relatively 'lean, stripped back' Bond films (CR & FRWL) in my top 4. So I like both types and styles.

    I think OHMSS is next, followed by either FRWL (preferably imho) or CR at the top.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    CR immediately made it to No 4 in my ranking behind OHMSS, but for the first time in 10 years I feel it could go down to 6 or 7.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    Rossi wrote: »
    our top 3 is made of, one could say, reliable Fleming adaptations...
    do you agree?

    I don't actually.

    While I like CR, the film is nowhere near a faithful adaptation of the novel. The first half of the film is an original storyline and the ending is nothing like the novel's subtle handling of Vesper's final struggle.

    Sure the casino and torture scenes are pretty close to the source material, but the film overall is not more Fleming than either of the Dalton films I'd say. Definitely not as faithful as FRWL or OHMSS in any case.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    CR is as faithful to Fleming as CR67. The only difference one is a thriller the other one a comedy.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    CR wasn't going out of its way to be faithful (I don't know why this is an issue anyway), which it wouldn't have been able to do regardless when the book was written over 50 years before the production began.

    I like that CR uses Fleming as inspiration, then spins it into an adventure that is part adaptation, part original with the necessary fixes in between.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    CR is as faithful to Fleming as CR67. The only difference one is a thriller the other one a comedy.


    Comedy ??!!

    :-O
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    CR is as faithful to Fleming as CR67. The only difference one is a thriller the other one a comedy.


    Comedy ??!!

    :-O

    British Absurdity, sorry.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    CR is as faithful to Fleming as CR67. The only difference one is a thriller the other one a comedy.


    Comedy ??!!

    :-O

    British Absurdity, sorry.

    I prefer the words,let me think,,ah yes...crock of crap.

  • GBFGBF
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    CR wasn't going out of its way to be faithful (I don't know why this is an issue anyway), which it wouldn't have been able to do regardless when the book was written over 50 years before the production began.

    I like that CR uses Fleming as inspiration, then spins it into an adventure that is part adaptation, part original with the necessary fixes in between.

    I agree. I think they did a great job by bringing CR into the new millenium. Anyway I find that the source material - as great as it is - is probably the most difficult one to use, especially if you want to make a high budget film. Therefore I guess the combination of Casino scenes and actions scenes was done pretty well in CR.
  • SeanCraigSeanCraig Germany
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    Rossi wrote: »
    our top 3 is made of, one could say, reliable Fleming adaptations...
    do you agree?
    Yeah, agree and also Fleming's best novels (besides MR, imho).

    CR was an instant classic and it's a wondeful, modern adaption of the great book and the film definitely belongs and should stay in the Top 5 forever.

    As said before: OHMSS at #1 would be too high for me and I hope it ends at either #3 or #2.

    Just between those 3 my ranking would be:
    1. FRWL
    2. CR
    3. OHMSS

    Very curious how it will look like in the end :-)

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