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Here's my list from the gut, from memory, without looking at my most recent one. This should be fun, and probably will make me look like a bit of a hypocrite. Chances are, if I watched all 24 in the month of May and looked at this list I'd be appalled, so don't crucify me.
Some of the last films I saw were a Moore double bill after he passed. For Your Eyes Only grew a lot in my estimation in that theatrical presentation. Loved it.
24. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
23. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
22. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
21. SPECTRE
20. LICENCE TO KILL
19. DIE ANOTHER DAY
18. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
17. A VIEW TO A KILL
16. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
15. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
14. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
13. LIVE AND LET DIE
12. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
11. SKYFALL
10. MOONRAKER
9. OCTOPUSSY
8. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
7. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
6. DR. NO
5. GOLDENEYE
4. CASINO ROYALE
3. GOLDFINGER
2. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
1. THUNDERBALL
I think that's the lowest I've seen OHMSS ranked in some time. However, you have a solid top ten that keeps me from crying "blasphemy ".
1. The Living Dayglights
2. Goldeneye
3. Octopussy
4. Casino Royale
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
6. From Russia with Love
7. Dr No
8. For Your Eyes Only
9. Tomorrow Never Dies
10. Moonraker
11. Licence to Kill
12. Goldfinger
13. A View to a Kill
14. The Spy Who Loved Me
15. Diamonds Are Forever
16. Live and Let Die
17. The Man with the Golden Gun
18. Thunderball
19. You Only Live Twice
20. Quantum of Solace
21. Skyfall
22. Die Another Day
23. The World is Not Enough
24. Spectre
Though I think you're the only one where Connery is the last of the 6 to pop up in someone's ranking.
That said, the film has slowly moved up (and likely will continue to do so) because everything else in the picture is phenomenal, top tier. Aesthetically it is one of the more interesting Bond pictures, and the cast around Lazenby is probably top-five in the franchise as well. The screenplay is also a stand out, Hunt's direction is fresh and confident, Savalas is the best "shown" Blofeld by a mile.
24: Die Another Day
23: Diamonds Are Forever
22: The Man with the Golden Gun
21: Moonraker
20: A View to a Kill
19: Goldfinger
18: Thunderball
17: Live and Let Die
16: Quantum of Solace
15: For Your Eyes Only
14: Tomorrow Never Dies
13: SPECTRE
12: You Only Live Twice
11: The World is Not Enough
10: Octopussy
9: Dr. No
8: The Spy Who Loved Me
7: Licence to Kill
6: GoldenEye
5: From Russia With Love
4: Skyfall
3: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2: The Living Daylights
1: Casino Royale
Our major difference are the Dalton films as usual, guess that will never change ;)
Apart from that we are the same, as Scaramanga would put it.
For me, that is the Brosnan films.
SP gave me nightmares that there would be a long gap between it and the next film.
SOMEBODY WAKE ME UP PLEASE!!!!!
Oh, crap. It wasn't a nightmare but reality!!!
SP also gave me the horrible feeling that there wouldn't be very many Bond films afterwards before the series finally folded.
THAT I hope actually was a nightmare.
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. Goldfinger
4. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. Skyfall
6. Dr. No
7. GoldenEye
8. From Russia with Love
9. Thunderball
10. Licence to Kill
11. For Your Eyes Only
12. Live and Let Die
13. Quantum of Solace
14. You Only Live Twice
15. The Living Daylights
16. Tomorrow Never Dies
17. A View to a Kill
18. Octopussy
19. Moonraker
20. The World Is Not Enough
21. Spectre
22. The Man with the Golden Gun
23. Diamonds Are Forever
24. Die Another Day
@Birdleson come on. It’s getting better. You have to credit me for improvement.
There won't be many more in your lifetime at the rate they are going.
I agree. Unless there is some solid movement with Eon, and a long term plan for the future in regards to a distribution deal, I'd guess we only have one or two movies left in the tank before it runs completely empty.
Perhaps twenty years afterwards, someone else will come along, acquire the rights to Bond and bring him back in some form. By then, though I don't think it will even remotely resemble the character and series we know and love.
2 On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3 Goldfinger
4 Casino Royale
5 Dr. No
6 The Spy Who Loved Me
7 Licence to Kill
8 Thunderball
9 Skyfall
10 The Living Daylights
11 You Only Live Twice
12 Goldeneye
13 Quantum of Solace
14 Octopussy
15 Diamonds are Forever
16 Live and Let Die
17 The Man with the Golden Gun
18 Spectre
19 For Your Eyes Only
20 A View to a Kill
21 Moonraker
22 Tomorrow Never Dies
23 The World is Not Enough
24 Die Another Day
Couple of recent changes round the middle of the pack for me. SP has moved up slightly, along with DAF and OP. LALD is the only one to drop a few places and I feel rather guilty about it..
2. GOLDFINGER
3. DR NO
4. THUNDERBALL
5. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
6. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
7. CASINO ROYALE 06
8. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
9. LIVE AND LET DIE
10. OCTOPUSSY/NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
11. LICENCE TO KILL
12. SKYFALL
13. A VIEW TO A KILL
14. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
15. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
16. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
17. GOLDENEYE
18. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
19. MOONRAKER/ CR 54
20. SPECTRE
21. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
22. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
23. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
24. DIE ANOTHER DAY/ CR 67
So depressing but probably true. Barring SP though I am a big fan of the Craig era. After him and Bond 25 though, the future becomes even more scary and uncertain. Whatever happens we had a great run.
Interestingly I very much love QOS (especially Camille), but compared to so many of the others, it had to go somewhere.
I must be one of the few who doesn't mind the shootout and final fight. Sure the back projection on the Volante is overdone, but the fight is intense and well done, unlike say the next film in the series.
TB will still be in my bottom half, only because there's a lot more films i enjoy more