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  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    I can't stand Bliss in the role. Bond was far superior.
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Oi ,i have it at #4 Brady !!
    Yes, @barryt007, but it's not at number 3 now, is it? ;)

    I have it at 5, now I don't suppose that gets me any closer to 3 right?

    It wouldn't impress me, no. This coming from someone who has QoS above #5 (I love Connery's early films too much), so aren't I a hypocrite?

    no it just means your smart, i cant remember ur ranking could you repost your top 5 and least 5
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    @JamesBondKenya, I'm currently doing a Bondathon and reappraising all 24 films, but if I had to do a top and bottom 5 at the moment, it'd probably look something like this:

    1) Casino Royale
    2) From Russia with Love
    3) Thunderball
    4) Dr. No
    5) On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    My bottom 5 would be a mix of Moore and Brosnan films, likely looking like:

    20) The World is Not Enough
    21) The Man with the Golden Gun
    22) Moonraker
    23) A View to a Kill
    24) Die Another Day
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    @JamesBondKenya, I'm currently doing a Bondathon and reappraising all 24 films, but if I had to do a top and bottom 5 at the moment, it'd probably look something like this:

    1) Casino Royale
    2) From Russia with Love
    3) Thunderball
    4) Dr. No
    5) On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    My bottom 5 would be a mix of Moore and Brosnan films, likely looking like:

    20) The World is Not Enough
    21) The Man with the Golden Gun
    22) Moonraker
    23) A View to a Kill
    24) Die Another Day

    I though u said u had qos in there, also ur bottom is spot on
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    @JamesBondKenya, I'm currently doing a Bondathon and reappraising all 24 films, but if I had to do a top and bottom 5 at the moment, it'd probably look something like this:

    1) Casino Royale
    2) From Russia with Love
    3) Thunderball
    4) Dr. No
    5) On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    My bottom 5 would be a mix of Moore and Brosnan films, likely looking like:

    20) The World is Not Enough
    21) The Man with the Golden Gun
    22) Moonraker
    23) A View to a Kill
    24) Die Another Day

    I though u said u had qos in there, also ur bottom is spot on

    I said QoS was just a bit above my top five, but it's in the top 10 for sure.
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    @JamesBondKenya, I'm currently doing a Bondathon and reappraising all 24 films, but if I had to do a top and bottom 5 at the moment, it'd probably look something like this:

    1) Casino Royale
    2) From Russia with Love
    3) Thunderball
    4) Dr. No
    5) On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    My bottom 5 would be a mix of Moore and Brosnan films, likely looking like:

    20) The World is Not Enough
    21) The Man with the Golden Gun
    22) Moonraker
    23) A View to a Kill
    24) Die Another Day

    I though u said u had qos in there, also ur bottom is spot on

    I said QoS was just a bit above my top five, but it's in the top 10 for sure.

    Ok fair enough, thunderball is better than Goldfinger?
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    @JamesBondKenya, I'm currently doing a Bondathon and reappraising all 24 films, but if I had to do a top and bottom 5 at the moment, it'd probably look something like this:

    1) Casino Royale
    2) From Russia with Love
    3) Thunderball
    4) Dr. No
    5) On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    My bottom 5 would be a mix of Moore and Brosnan films, likely looking like:

    20) The World is Not Enough
    21) The Man with the Golden Gun
    22) Moonraker
    23) A View to a Kill
    24) Die Another Day

    I though u said u had qos in there, also ur bottom is spot on

    I said QoS was just a bit above my top five, but it's in the top 10 for sure.

    Ok fair enough, thunderball is better than Goldfinger?

    Infinitely better. GF barely makes it into the top 10, and on some days it doesn't at all.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    Top 5

    From Russia With Love
    Doctor No
    Casino Royale
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    The Living Daylights

    Close but no cigar...Goldfinger, Octopussy, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me

    Bottom 5

    The Man With The Golden Gun
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    A View To A Kill
    Quantum Of Solace
    The World Is Not Enough

    Close but no cigar...Diamonds Are Forever, Moonraker, Die Another Day, Skyfall
  • Mathis1Mathis1
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    Excellent top 5 Benny. We share 4 of them (I have LTK in place of DN!)
    You're one of the few that doesn't have DAD in the bottom! I would certainly take TMWTGG, AVTAK and most certainly QOS over it!
  • timmertimmer
    edited March 2017 Posts: 4,622
    barryt007 wrote: »
    peter wrote: »
    ... agree @barryt007... shame... and, in the end, these fellas will have to be careful what they wish for...

    Too true @peter...
    What are you guys going on about? The thread title said top and bottom in no particular order.
    I like the Connery Bonds most and the Craig Bonds least .
    Something's got to go top and something's got to go bottom.
    Big deal.
    The thread title does refer to films not the actors

    Poor Craig IMO just happens to be in the least best Bond films in the series. I am not a fan of the personal drama that permeates the later films, especially the last two efforts
    But if it makes feel better Craig's performances I thought in both SP and QoS were quite adequate.
    Very good even.
    But Sean remains on Bondian pedestal, as do all of the first 7 films - best group of films ever made in the history of cinema, I do dare say.
    Aside from the other Bond films, Clint's best westerns would be the next best little bunch.
    I actually like all the Bond films, mainly because they are Bond films.
    All of them are quite watchable. I know this because I've watched them all at least 10x each.And 10x is rock bottom low end.
    Most I've watched 20 30 40 50x. Who knows, I stop counting at 10.

  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    @JamesBondKenya, I'm currently doing a Bondathon and reappraising all 24 films, but if I had to do a top and bottom 5 at the moment, it'd probably look something like this:

    1) Casino Royale
    2) From Russia with Love
    3) Thunderball
    4) Dr. No
    5) On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    My bottom 5 would be a mix of Moore and Brosnan films, likely looking like:

    20) The World is Not Enough
    21) The Man with the Golden Gun
    22) Moonraker
    23) A View to a Kill
    24) Die Another Day

    I though u said u had qos in there, also ur bottom is spot on

    I said QoS was just a bit above my top five, but it's in the top 10 for sure.

    Ok fair enough, thunderball is better than Goldfinger?

    Yes.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Agreed..TB is way better than GF.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    If I try to give the best and worst objectively it will differ from what I have at the top and bottom in my ranking.

    So here is what I think are the 5 best Bond films *objectively: (my ranking in brackets)

    1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (my No 1)
    2. Goldfinger (my No 9)
    3. From Russia With Love (my No 11)
    4. Dr. No (my No 6)
    5. Thunderball (my No 15)

    ...and the worst:

    20. Skyfall (my No 24)
    21. Die Another Day (my No 20)
    22. The World Is Not Enough (my No 23)
    23. The Man With The Golden Gun (my No 21)
    24. Quantum Of Solace (my No 19)

    *absolutely aware it is still only an opinion what I have to offer
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    I've never understood the hate for quantum
  • QuantumOrganizationQuantumOrganization We have people everywhere
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    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    I've never understood the hate for quantum
    Agreed. It gets hated on by so many people that they feel like they have to hate it when they watch it.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    I don't hate it or even dislike it. In fact, I quite enjoy it for what it is, but I believe there are far better films in the canon, which offer more of what I want in a Bond film.
  • daltondalton
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    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    I've never understood the hate for quantum

    Nor do I. It's a terrific Bond film, better than a large number of the films in the franchise. I could even make a case for it being Craig's best film.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I rank it as Craig's best film, ever so slightly above CR.
  • jetsetwillyjetsetwilly
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    BEST -

    1. Goldfinger
    2. OHMSS
    3. License to Kill
    4. Casino Royale
    5. From Russia with Love

    WORST -

    1. Die Another Day
    2. The World is Not Enough
    3. A View to a Kill
    4. Octopussy
    5. Tomorrow Never Dies
  • barryt007barryt007
    edited April 2017 Posts: 19,339
    Ok I will give this a go :

    Top 5 :

    1.On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    2.From Russia with Love
    3.Casino Royale
    4.Quantum of Solace
    5.Thunderball


    Bottom 5 :

    20.The Man with the Golden Gun
    21.For Your Eyes Only
    22.Diamonds are Forever
    23.Moonraker
    24.The Living Daylights
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Ok I will give this a go too:

    Top 5 :

    1. From Russia with Love
    2. Casino Royale
    3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    4. Dr. No
    5. Thunderball


    Bottom 5 :

    20. A View to a Kill
    21. Tomorrow Never Dies
    22. Moonraker
    23. The World is Not Enough
    24. Die Another Day
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    @suavejmf, always nice to see another list besides mine that has Dr. No in the top five. As far as Bond scripts go, you will seldom find one better structured where every scene and dialogue has an importance in advancing plot. No fluff in that film!
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7, I love Dr No. It's almost perfect in my book. DR NO set the standards, albeit with a limited budget, for the entire series. Action, pretty girls, one-liners, a brilliant Director and impossibly cashed-up enemies. "That's a Smith & Wesson, and you've had your six."
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    A stripped down film like that could only work with a lead actor that could carry it. Connery was essential to its success.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    True.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7, I love Dr No. It's almost perfect in my book. DR NO set the standards, albeit with a limited budget, for the entire series. Action, pretty girls, one-liners, a brilliant Director and impossibly cashed-up enemies. "That's a Smith & Wesson, and you've had your six."

    I agree entirely. The style, the mood, the wit, the sex, the danger, it all started right there in 1962. It's nothing but a springboard for Connery, giving him all these wonderfully quiet moments to play detective in his hotel, or in his efforts to outsmart all his company. The way he subtly played everything is a masterclass in screen acting, where the character of a man is built up not by what he says, but what he does. His chess game with Taro in her home is a perfect example of this; the way Bond tugs her hard by the towel on her neck when he knows she wants him dead, and how he muscles his way to her and forces her to leave the house so he can hand her to authorities and avoid another run-in with No's squad who she knows will be coming.

    The casino introduction alone is one of the greatest moments in cinema period, the most iconic image in all of the Bond series. You can feel the ripples in history just watching it.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    The first time I posted my fives, I leaned more toward my favorites. But we are talking "definitive" which may require more objectivity.

    SC and DC are the best Bonds, and so their films make up the "definitive" best five (listed alphabetically):

    CR
    FRWL
    GF
    SF
    TB

    The "definitive" bottom five (listed alphabetically):

    DAD
    FYEO
    MR
    TND
    TWINE
  • jetsetwillyjetsetwilly
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    It's amazing how many people on here have 3 of Brosnan's movies in their bottom 3 (me included).
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    It's completely understandable.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    I'd probably be another, but I need to revisit the era before saying anything conclusive. It's always Moore battling Brosnan for the bottom spots for me, and because the Moore era has location shooting, Ken Adam, vintage flair and a distinct identity about them, those 7 don't fair too badly against Brosnan's 4.
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