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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.
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
Tee Hee is underrated in the Bond canon, and he is perfectly played.
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!
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.
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
Let's just say I have 20 Bond blurays and 4 Bond DVDs. :-D
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!
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...
Looking at your top 5 you obviously prefer the more 'Flemingesque' Bond films.
Good man!
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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?
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.
Totally agree that TLD was the best Bond movie since the 60s! A genuine classic!
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
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