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Good choices. For me the Top 4 and Bottom 4 come easily, while thinking of the 5th spot and beyond for either side is where the ranking begins to get tough.
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It's amazing how this little film encapsulates pretty much everything we love about the Bond films. And it's pacy and tense and just highly entertaining. It often gets overlooked for the more glamorous FRWL and fantastical GF, but I really think DN is just a good. Love it.
Beyond being the most important for being the first, it is a seriously awesome entry and hovers very close to my Top 5 (I think right now it would probably be 7). I think the rewatchability is incredible, the characters are some of the best and most memorable across all the films, and Connery never bettered his portrayal from what he accomplished in DN.
I reckon quite a few people would tend to disagree with you ;)
That's fine; anyone is welcome to - I don't mind! Makes for good discussion after all! For me all of Connery's first four performances are fantastic, though DN saw him get it all right in the very first take. His effortless seductions of Trench and Taro, cold kill of Strangways, tenderness with Honey, vulnerability in Dr. No's lair, and nonstop determination in the face of danger help make Connery's DN performance the best for me.
That's fine; anyone is welcome to - I don't mind! Makes for good discussion after all! For me all of Connery's first four performances are fantastic, though DN saw him get it all right in the very first take. His effortless seductions of Trench and Taro, cold kill of Strangways, tenderness with Honey, vulnerability in Dr. No's lair, and nonstop determination in the face of danger help make Connery's DN performance the best for me.[/quote]
Absolutely. You've nailed it here.
I adore DN and I hated leaving it out. Honestly I should replace GF with DN. No matter how much I love it (and I really, really do), GF is a little overrated anyway.
As for Connery’s strongest performance as Bond, I vote Thunderball (big surprise). He’s having a lot of fun here and he’s at his most swaggering. If that makes sense.
Agreed with these statements. Dr. No is only second to Thunderball, IMO. The latter offering the most self-assured and definitive portrayal of the cinematic James Bond. While Goldfinger is undeniably a great film, it does receive a lot more praise then it deserves in comparison to other films of Connery's tenure.
I was speaking more generally.
TOP 3
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Living Daylights
Licence to Kill
BOTTOM 3
Tomorrow Never Dies
Skyfall
Spectre
Connery was so good in DN he made playing Bond look effortless which is something we all know it isn't.
Possibly one of the best casting decisions ever made...?
Dr. No
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Casino Royale
From Russia With Love
The Spy Who Loved Me
Least Favorite:
Diamonds Are Forever
Live And Let Die
A View To A Kill
Die Another Day
License To Kill
That said, I'll watch any Bond film if it's on TV, with varying degree of involvement.
That's my top 3 too!
I would have DAD in that bottom 3 though in place of SP!
With about 10-15 minutes of film editing, TB would have been the best film in the series.
Just go get a snack when Spectre is burying the bombs and go potty during the final underwater fight scene and you have a masterpiece.
OHMSS
CR
The Living Daylights
Octopussy
FRWL
Five Worst:
Die Another Day
The man with the Golden Gun
QOS
YOLT
TND
"I never believe what I read in the press anyway." ;)
Favourite 5 in loose order - a rather clichéd top 5, but for good reason:
FRWL
CR
TLD
TSWLM
TB
^TB has snuck into the top 5 in recent years. Love Bond's adventure in this one.
5 Least exciting in no particular order:
TMWTGG
AVTAK
YOLT
TWINE
SP
Top 5 (in no particular order):
GoldenEye
Casino Royale
Skyfall
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Spy Who Loved Me
Bottom 5 (in no particular order):
Quantum Of Solace
Die Another Day
Licence To Kill
Diamonds Are Forever
For Your Eyes Only
Best
1. Casino Royale
2. Quantum of solace
3. From Russia with love
4. On her majesty’s secret service
5. Goldfinger
Worst
1. A view to a kill
2. Die another day
3. Diamonds are forever
4. Moonraker
5. The world is not enough
Four of your top five are in my top five as well.
While other films are also right up there for me, these three are just my Bond films.
Always when I see online rankings by magazines or websites, these 3 are the ones I look out for. I just feel stronger about them than about the others.
+1
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/james-bond-films-list-best-worst-007-ranking-no-time-to-die-delay-a9377531.html
My main quibble is LALD ranked so high but I can live with it.
This list has some cracker lines though, I'll give it that. Spot on assessments here and there as well.
1 OHMSS
2 FRWL
3 CR
4 DN/TSWLM
Bottom five:
21 DAF
22 AVTAK
23 TWINE
24 DAD
25 NSNA
( I know everyone can read these statistics into it themselves, I am just bumping some old threads for the enjoymemt of new members.)
1) Goldfinger
2) Casino Royale
3) GoldenEye
4) From Russia with Love
5) The Living Daylights
Bottom five:
20) Octopussy
21) A View to a Kill
22) Diamonds Are Forever
23) Moonraker
24) Die Another Day
Top 5:
TSWLM
OHMSS
FRWL
GE
CR
Bottom 5:
DAF
TWINE
DAD
QOS
SP