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  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    edited September 2017 Posts: 1,984
    FRWL definitely had the best villain ensemble for me. Of the Moore era, I agree that LALD had the best villains as a whole, but if you're only taking the main villain the best from the Moore era would easily be Hugo Drax for me, having just rewatched Moonraker. I forgot how damn good he was, and he had some pretty good zingers too.

    Kamal was a decent villain but Gobinda was just recycled henchman cliches and Orlov overacted a bit too much. I think he could've still pulled off the whole "unhinged" aspect whilst playing it down a little, and that would've lent more gravitas to the film in my opinion.
  • RemingtonRemington I'll do anything for a woman with a knife.
    Posts: 1,534
    First post.
    1 GoldenEye 1995 10/10
    2 Casino Royale 2006 10/10
    3 The Living Daylights 1987 10/10
    4 Licence To Kill 1989 10/10
    5 Thunderball 1965 10/10
    6 From Russia With Love 1963 10/10
    7 Dr. No 1962 10/10
    8 Goldfinger 1964 10/10
    9 On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1969 10/10
    10 The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 10/10
    11 Quantum Of Solace 2008 9/10
    12 Tomorrow Never Dies 1997 9/10
    13 For Your Eyes Only 1981 9/10
    14 Octopussy 1983 9/10
    15 Diamonds Are Forever 1971 8/10
    16 The World Is Not Enough 1999 8/10
    17 A View To A Kill 1985 8/10
    18 Die Another Day 2002 8/10
    19 Moonraker 1979 8/10
    20 You Only Live Twice 1967 8/10
    21 Live And Let Die 1973 7/10
    22 The Man With The Golden Gun 1974 7/10
    23 Skyfall 2012 7/10
    24 Spectre 2015 4/10
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    Thunderball is too high but the rest I can totally agree with
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    edited September 2017 Posts: 6,390
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Just thinking about this. These are the Bond films that I would not want to do without. The rest, though almost all enjoyable and beloved, to me are not essential. But these are the ones that I feel we were lucky to get (even though in many instances a more faithful adaptation of the novel would have been even better).

    DR. NO
    FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    GOLDFINGER
    THUNDERBALL
    YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    LIVE AND LET DIE
    THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    GOLDENEYE
    CASINO ROYALE
    QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    SKYFALL

    suavejmf wrote: »

    I love it too. Moore is brilliant in LALD too. Suave, sophisticated and cool. The bad guys are fresh, unique and interesting too.

    I'd also say it's the best movie overall in terms of villains. Kananga may not be my favorite main villain, nor Teehee my favorite henchman, but as an overall ensemble, those two with Samedi, Adam, and Whisper are untouchable.
    I agree. The villain roster is superb. I feel the same way about OP but to a lesser degree.[/quote]

    Tee Hee is underrated in the Bond canon, and he is perfectly played.
  • CheminDeFerCheminDeFer
    Posts: 38
    1. FRWL
    2. LTK
    3. CR
    4. GF
    5. TSWLM
    6. OHMSS
    7. TLD
    8. GE
    9. DN
    10. FYEO
    11. TB
    12. SF
    13. LALD
    14. YOLT
    15. TMWTGG
    16. DAF
    17. OP
    18. SP
    19. TND
    20. MR
    21. TWINE
    22. DAD
    23. AVTAK
    24. QOS

    I hope this list avoids controversy.
  • NSGWNSGW London
    Posts: 299
    CheminDeFer wrote: »
    1. FRWL
    2. LTK
    3. CR
    4. GF
    5. TSWLM
    6. OHMSS
    7. TLD
    8. GE
    9. DN
    10. FYEO
    11. TB
    12. SF
    13. LALD
    14. YOLT
    15. TMWTGG
    16. DAF
    17. OP
    18. SP
    19. TND
    20. MR
    21. TWINE
    22. DAD
    23. AVTAK
    24. QOS

    I hope this list avoids controversy.

    Love that top seven!
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited September 2017 Posts: 23,883
    CheminDeFer wrote: »
    1. FRWL
    2. LTK
    3. CR
    4. GF
    5. TSWLM
    6. OHMSS
    7. TLD
    8. GE
    9. DN
    10. FYEO
    11. TB
    12. SF
    13. LALD
    14. YOLT
    15. TMWTGG
    16. DAF
    17. OP
    18. SP
    19. TND
    20. MR
    21. TWINE
    22. DAD
    23. AVTAK
    24. QOS

    I hope this list avoids controversy.
    I actually like this entire list. It's quite different from mine but I see where you're coming from and think it's a good ranking.
    Remington wrote: »
    First post.
    1 GoldenEye 1995 10/10
    2 Casino Royale 2006 10/10
    3 The Living Daylights 1987 10/10
    4 Licence To Kill 1989 10/10
    5 Thunderball 1965 10/10
    6 From Russia With Love 1963 10/10
    7 Dr. No 1962 10/10
    8 Goldfinger 1964 10/10
    9 On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1969 10/10
    10 The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 10/10
    11 Quantum Of Solace 2008 9/10
    12 Tomorrow Never Dies 1997 9/10
    13 For Your Eyes Only 1981 9/10
    14 Octopussy 1983 9/10
    15 Diamonds Are Forever 1971 8/10
    16 The World Is Not Enough 1999 8/10
    17 A View To A Kill 1985 8/10
    18 Die Another Day 2002 8/10
    19 Moonraker 1979 8/10
    20 You Only Live Twice 1967 8/10
    21 Live And Let Die 1973 7/10
    22 The Man With The Golden Gun 1974 7/10
    23 Skyfall 2012 7/10
    24 Spectre 2015 4/10
    Welcome @Remington. Your #1 is as expected, given your username ;). I'm somewhat surprised (but also quite relieved) that the rest of the 90's era films didn't rank higher actually.
  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    Posts: 1,714
    I revamped my list quite a bit. This time I've tried to go with an honest appraisal of how much I simply enjoy watching these movies, so rewatchability is at a premium here. However, I watch FRWL very very rarely, but it's quite a good movie, so that obviously gets factored in too (the "objective" angle). On the other hand, YOLT is for me the stupidest film in the series by a country mile, but it's entertaining enough that it ranks higher than it deserves. And with regard to DAF, Wint and Kidd alone seem to be worth like three or four ranks. :-D

    1 Licence to Kill
    2 On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    3 The Living Daylights
    4 Quantum of Solace
    5 Live and Let Die
    6 The Man with the Golden Gun
    7 For Your Eyes Only
    8 Moonraker
    9 Spectre
    10 Octopussy
    11 Skyfall
    12 Dr No
    13 A View to a Kill
    14 Casino Royale
    15 From Russia with Love
    16 You Only Live Twice
    17 Diamonds Are Forever
    18 Goldfinger
    19 The Spy Who Loved Me
    20 Thunderball
    21 Die Another Day
    22 Tomorrow Never Dies
    23 GoldenEye
    24 The World Is Not Enough
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Not a Pierce fan then ?
  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    Posts: 1,714
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Not a Pierce fan then ?

    Let's just say I have 20 Bond blurays and 4 Bond DVDs. :-D
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    ProfJoeButcher wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Not a Pierce fan then ?

    Let's just say I have 20 Bond blurays and 4 Bond DVDs. :-D
    I wish I had taken a similar approach (well, 3 DVDs perhaps).
  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    Posts: 1,714
    bondjames wrote: »
    ]I wish I had taken a similar approach (well, 3 DVDs perhaps).

    Well, James Bond Radio is coming up to the Pierce era soonish, and I'm gonna give it all another chance then. I can't imagine I'll be persuaded, but hey, having 24 Bond movies is better than having 20, so I desperately want to be convinced!

  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
    edited September 2017 Posts: 2,722
    1.) From Russia With Love
    2.) Casino Royale
    3.) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    4.) The Living Daylights
    5.) Dr No
    6.) Goldfinger
    7.) Live and Let Die
    8.) For Your Eyes Only
    9.) Skyfall
    10.) Licence To Kill
    11.) Goldeneye
    12.) The Spy Who Loved Me
    13.) Quantum of Solace
    14.) Thunderball
    15.) You Only Live Twice
    16.) Moonraker
    17.) Octopussy
    18.) Spectre
    19.) Tomorrow Never Dies
    20.) The World Is Not Enough
    21.) A View To A Kill
    22.) The Man With the Golden Gun
    23.) Diamonds Are Forever
    24.) Die Another Day

    My annual reappraisal. I'd happily put any of the 24 films on but I'd say from 18 onwards are where the films have larger issues for me and I start to check-out of the them at certain points. Maybe that's why Spectre leads the pack at 18 because it is one of the most egregious examples. I've actually watched two-thirds of Spectre quite often. I can never decide between TND and TWINE and having rewatched them both I'd say that TND flows better even if it is just action set piece after action set piece whereas I prefer TWINE's ambition a little more - it falls down in execution. But those two always sit side by side in my rankings. Usually TWINE is above TND but not this time...
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,084
    Nice to see TLD so high, @Major_Boothroyd

    Looking at your top 5 you obviously prefer the more 'Flemingesque' Bond films.

    Good man!
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    edited September 2017 Posts: 1,984
    Here's my millionth attempt where I basically just raise the movies I recently watched. :)

    1. Casino Royale
    2. Skyfall
    3. From Russia With Love

    4. GoldenEye
    5. The Spy Who Loved Me
    6. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    7. Thunderball

    8. For Your Eyes Only
    9. Goldfinger
    10. The Living Daylights

    11. Octopussy
    12. Dr No
    13. Live And Let Die
    14. Tomorrow Never Dies
    15. Moonraker
    16. Licence to Kill

    17. You Only Live Twice
    18. SPECTRE
    19. Quantum of Solace/The World Is Not Enough
    20. The World Is Not Enough/Quantum of Solace
    21. A View To A Kill

    22. Diamonds Are Forever
    23. The Man With The Golden Gun
    24. Die Another Day
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
    Posts: 2,722
    Thanks @LeonardPine ! Is that similar to your Top 5?

    TLD was my gateway Bond. The film that got me into the 007 phenomenon. The Fleming novels were equally important to helping me get into Bond. And Dalton's approach is key to how I interpreted the books when I first read them over the course of 1987 and 88.

    FRWL is magical to me. I could literally watch that film every day. I definitely like the Cold War era settings of Fleming's novels. And that flows into the films - hence FRWL, TLD, FYEO being high for me.

    But I do love LALD which isn't grounded in that way. The imagination, music, voodoo imagery and mystery as well as the action. I enjoy that film and is always one I put on for 'non-bond' or casual bond fans because there's a good chance they haven't seen it - the song gets them into the film and then the voodoo aspect, 70s style and one-liners are always entertaining.

    I'm also a defender of Moonraker. Sitting at 16 it's clearly not one of my favourites but I also enjoy it's high points - the score, the cinemtography, the opening stunt, Lonsdale's performance - I actually think he shares the best villain-to-hero banter and chemistry of the Moore era.

    But overall you're right - I do prefer the Flemingesque nature of that top 5. When I'm in the mood I can pop on a more fantastical Bond film and have a ball but there is nothing cooler than those first three Connery films. Whenever I get the chance my double bill of choice is usually DN followed by FRWL.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,084
    Major_Boothroyd wrote: »
    Thanks @LeonardPine ! Is that similar to your Top 5?

    TLD was my gateway Bond. The film that got me into the 007 phenomenon. The Fleming novels were equally important to helping me get into Bond. And Dalton's approach is key to how I interpreted the books when I first read them over the course of 1987 and 88.

    FRWL is magical to me. I could literally watch that film every day. I definitely like the Cold War era settings of Fleming's novels. And that flows into the films - hence FRWL, TLD, FYEO being high for me.

    But I do love LALD which isn't grounded in that way. The imagination, music, voodoo imagery and mystery as well as the action. I enjoy that film and is always one I put on for 'non-bond' or casual bond fans because there's a good chance they haven't seen it - the song gets them into the film and then the voodoo aspect, 70s style and one-liners are always entertaining.

    I'm also a defender of Moonraker. Sitting at 16 it's clearly not one of my favourites but I also enjoy it's high points - the score, the cinemtography, the opening stunt, Lonsdale's performance - I actually think he shares the best villain-to-hero banter and chemistry of the Moore era.

    But overall you're right - I do prefer the Flemingesque nature of that top 5. When I'm in the mood I can pop on a more fantastical Bond film and have a ball but there is nothing cooler than those first three Connery films. Whenever I get the chance my double bill of choice is usually DN followed by FRWL.

    Yeah @Major_Boothroyd , TLD was a seminal Bond for me, as it was the first film since the 60's that seemed to be doing Bond properly. I love Moore to bits but he was never really Fleming's Bond and his films were to light and comedic for my tastes.

    My top five;
    Goldfinger
    From Russia With Love
    Dr No
    The Living Daylights
    Casino Royale

    OHMSS is just outside at number 6.

    Personally nothing comes close to the first 3 Connery films.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    love Moore to bits but he was never really Fleming's Bond and his films were to light and comedic for my taste

    Funnily enough though I think Moore in TSWLM was the closest we've seen to "Commander Bond" being portrayed onscreen.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,084
    BAIN123 wrote: »
    love Moore to bits but he was never really Fleming's Bond and his films were to light and comedic for my taste

    Funnily enough though I think Moore in TSWLM was the closest we've seen to "Commander Bond" being portrayed onscreen.

    Moore certainly wore the naval uniform well, i'll give him that!
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited October 2017 Posts: 23,883
    I think Moore conveyed Fleming's Bond quite appropriately in LALD/TMWTGG/TSWLM, before increasingly becoming 'Roger' in the later films. I definitely sense the same character as I do in the early Connery, Craig, Laz and Dalton films. In fact, I think they all capture the essence of the character best in their first few films, before inevitably (and regrettably) bringing more (too much?) of their own spin to the proceedings as they get more comfortable (complacent?) in the role. That's why I'm a huge believer in keeping Bond relatively young (from an actor standpoint) and switching it up reasonably regularly.
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    Birdleson wrote: »
    I mainly agree. I once made a thread arguing for the positives of a three film limit.

    But would EON remove Craig,for example,after a 3 film limit,when SF just broke so many records and was such a massive hit ?

    That would be madness.
  • vzokvzok
    Posts: 4,045
    At the rate they are making the films three films will be pretty much the limit for an actor.
  • barryt007barryt007
    edited October 2017 Posts: 19,339
    It's been a while,and after watching Casino Royale in Concert with my lovely partner,its become special to me,alongside OP,so here are my updated rankings :

    1. Casino Royale (+1)
    2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (-1)
    3. From Russia with Love (-1)
    4. Quantum of Solace (-)
    5. Thunderball (-)
    6. GoldenEye (+2)
    7. Skyfall (-)
    8. Octopussy (-2)
    9. Licence to Kill (-)
    10.The Spy who Loved me (+1)
    11.Spectre (+1)
    12.The World is not Enough (-2)
    13.Tomorrow Never Dies (+1)
    14.Live and Let Die (+3)
    15.Doctor No (-2)
    16.Goldfinger (-1)
    17.The Man with the Golden Gun (+3)
    18.A View to a Kill (-2)
    19.Die Another Day (-1)
    20.You Only Live Twice (+1)
    21.Diamonds Are Forever (-2)
    22.For Your Eyes Only (-)
    23.Moonraker (-)
    24.The Living Daylights (-)

    The top 3 will always be top,the rest all subject to change.

  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    edited October 2017 Posts: 1,984
    @barryt007 - What an interesting list! Kudos on upstaging general trends with TWINE above TND and QoS so far up. Harder to see why TLD, FYEO and GF are so low, though.

    Does TLD just come off as really padded and boring to you? Or are the villains just too colourless? You've got LTK at 9, and I'm trying to think of what it did better. It was more intense, violent and overall darker, and it had a much better villain. Maybe you preferred Pam over Kara?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    ForYourEyesOnly wrote: »
    Maybe you preferred Pam over Kara?

    He prefers May Day over Kara. He is crazy.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,084
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    ForYourEyesOnly wrote: »
    Maybe you preferred Pam over Kara?

    He prefers May Day over Kara. He is crazy.

    He prefers Christmas Jones over Kara....!

    I think when it was released TLD was the best Bond film to come along since the 60's. But go figure....
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    edited October 2017 Posts: 11,189
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    ForYourEyesOnly wrote: »
    Maybe you preferred Pam over Kara?

    He prefers May Day over Kara. He is crazy.

    He prefers Christmas Jones over Kara....!

    I think when it was released TLD was the best Bond film to come along since the 60's. But go figure....

    He puts DAD above TLD.

    Regarding Kara, I've described her before as being a bit too "gooey" for me, but she's definitely better than several other Bond girls.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,624
    I really think he loves Kara! For a character he claims ti hate, he sure talks about her a lot!!
    Totally agree that TLD was the best Bond movie since the 60s! A genuine classic!
  • RoadphillRoadphill United Kingdom
    Posts: 984
    1. The Spy Who Loved Me
    2. OHMSS
    3. Goldeneye
    4. You Only Live Twice
    5. From Russia With Love
    6. Casino Royale
    7. For Your Eyes Only
    8. Goldfinger
    9. Dr.No
    10. The Living Daylights
    11. Moonraker
    12. Licence To Kill
    13. Tomorrow Never Dies
    14. Thunderball
    15. AVTAK
    16. TMWTGG
    17.Octopussy
    18. TWINE
    19. LALD
    20. Spectre
    21. Die Another Day
    22. Skyfall
    23. QOS
    24. Diamonds Are Forever
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,226
    1. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    2. GOLDFINGER
    3. DR NO
    4. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    5. THUNDERBALL
    6. CASINO ROYALE '06
    7. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    8. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    9. OCTOPUSSY/NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
    10. LICENCE TO KILL
    11. LIVE AND LET DIE
    12. SKYFALL
    13. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    14. GOLDENEYE
    15. A VIEW TO A KILL
    16. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    17. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    18. SPECTRE
    19. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN/ CR'54
    20. MOONRAKER
    21. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    22. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    23. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    24. DIE ANOTHER DAY/ CR 67
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