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  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    1. FRWL
    2. CR
    3. OHMSS
    4. GF
    5. TSWLM
    6. TB
    7. SF
    8. DN
    9. YOLT
    10. LALD
    11. QoS
    12. OP
    13. TND
    14. FYOE
    15. DAD
    16. TMWGG
    17. GE
    18. TWINE
    19. AVTAK
    20. MR
    21. DAF
    22. TLD
    23. LTK
  • MansfieldMansfield Where the hell have you been?
    Posts: 1,263
    TripAces wrote: »
    7. An underrated Bond girl/villain in Fiona...who uses sex and then gets used by sex, and we can see her hidden pain and shame at Bond's line "My dear girl, don't flatter yourself. What I did this evening was for Queen and country. You don't think it gave me any pleasure, do you?" OH MAN is that a tight scene!!!!!
    I revisited Thunderball yesterday and that particular piece of dialogue (among others) stood out as being well scripted and wonderfully performed.

    Thunderball is a curious case in my rankings. I'm not swayed by the slow pace until the second half, at which point it really bogs down the film for me. It doesn't work to its favor that the splendor it projected at the time is shackled by the technology of the era. The first three don't nearly feel to be as dated overall in my opinion because the production was more barebones. The speed boat finale is one of the most unwatchable scenes in the series for me, being much more jarring than the frantic editing in even Quantum Of Solace.

    It certainly went up in my estimation with this last watch, though. I don't plan on re-evaluating my list until SPECTRE is released, but I do expect it to compete for a spot in the top half of my list with The World Is Not Enough, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy (which I also viewed with more favorable opinion lately), and Diamonds Are Forever.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    @mcdonbb and I have the same Top 11, slightly altered order, but those are the ones that are pretty safe up there.

    Nice ... to be honest I love 'em all..even the ones I harp on all the time.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
    edited August 2015 Posts: 4,116
    delete ..unintentional double post
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
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    23. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
    22. The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
    21. Die Another Day (2002)
    20. A View To A Kill (1985)
    19. Live and Let Die (1973)
    18. You Only Live Twice (1967)
    17. Moonraker (1979)
    16. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
    15. GoldenEye (1995)
    14. Octopussy (1983)
    13. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
    12. Quantum of Solace (2008)
    11. Goldfinger (1964)
    10. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
    9. Skyfall (2012)
    8. Dr No (1962)
    7. The World Is Enough (1999)
    6. Thunderball (1965)
    5. The Living Daylights (1987)
    4. Licence To Kill (1989)
    3. Casino Royale (2006)
    2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
    1. From Russia With Love (1963)

    I've come to realize that I like Moonraker – it was in 20th place. Shame about LALD, though. It just keeps slipping down my rankings, as other films I find a new appreciation for. I want to move QoS up the rankings, but looking at the pictures above it.... no. Basically I love all the Bond films.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,585
    All right: QoS gettin some love today!
    Mansfield wrote: »
    TripAces wrote: »
    7. An underrated Bond girl/villain in Fiona...who uses sex and then gets used by sex, and we can see her hidden pain and shame at Bond's line "My dear girl, don't flatter yourself. What I did this evening was for Queen and country. You don't think it gave me any pleasure, do you?" OH MAN is that a tight scene!!!!!
    I revisited Thunderball yesterday and that particular piece of dialogue (among others) stood out as being well scripted and wonderfully performed.

    Thunderball is a curious case in my rankings. I'm not swayed by the slow pace until the second half, at which point it really bogs down the film for me. It doesn't work to its favor that the splendor it projected at the time is shackled by the technology of the era. The first three don't nearly feel to be as dated overall in my opinion because the production was more barebones. The speed boat finale is one of the most unwatchable scenes in the series for me, being much more jarring than the frantic editing in even Quantum Of Solace.

    It certainly went up in my estimation with this last watch, though. I don't plan on re-evaluating my list until SPECTRE is released, but I do expect it to compete for a spot in the top half of my list with The World Is Not Enough, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy (which I also viewed with more favorable opinion lately), and Diamonds Are Forever.

    TB has one of the most ludicrous villainous plots of them all. It seems that SPECTRE (and many Bond villains, for that matter) always wants to take the "Tom Sawyer" route to mischief: make it as difficult as possible. TB is case in point. The whole "plastic surgery" approach, as a means to get a pilot on board the plane in order to steal atom bombs, is simply stupid. Thomas Harris had a better idea for such a plot, in Black Sunday: simply brainwash or blackmail the pilot! Duh!

    No matter...

    I still love the film. In the James Bond universe, we are suspending reality for a couple of hours. Right. But...

    Interestingly, though, I can't forgive MR for its silliness. Many other fans can and rank it fairly high. I just can't get past laser beams in space and EON's blatant attempt to capitalize on the success of Star Wars.


  • Posts: 266
    I recently done a list based on the Rotten Tomatoes score which I found interesting, so I thought I would do another one based on the IMDB scores. If the films had the same ratings I would take the rating which had the higher amount of users to determine its place on the list, Here it is:

    01. CR
    02. SF
    03. GF
    04. FRWL
    05. DN
    06. GE
    07. TSWLM
    08. TB
    09. YOLT
    10. LALD
    11. TMWTGG
    12. FYEO
    13. OHMSS
    14. QOS
    15. DAF
    16. TLD
    17. OP
    18. LTK
    19. TND
    20. TWINE
    21. MR
    22. AVTAK
    23. DAD

    I know IMDB isn't the greatest site but as I done one for the Rotten Tomatoes I thought I would see how the IMDB one compares, I think it is quite interesting, Casino Royale had the highest score with 8.0 and Die Another Day was the lowest with 6.1.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
    Posts: 4,116
    Sharky wrote: »
    I recently done a list based on the Rotten Tomatoes score which I found interesting, so I thought I would do another one based on the IMDB scores. If the films had the same ratings I would take the rating which had the higher amount of users to determine its place on the list, Here it is:

    01. CR
    02. SF
    03. GF
    04. FRWL
    05. DN
    06. GE
    07. TSWLM
    08. TB
    09. YOLT
    10. LALD
    11. TMWTGG
    12. FYEO
    13. OHMSS
    14. QOS
    15. DAF
    16. TLD
    17. OP
    18. LTK
    19. TND
    20. TWINE
    21. MR
    22. AVTAK
    23. DAD

    I know IMDB isn't the greatest site but as I done one for the Rotten Tomatoes I thought I would see how the IMDB one compares, I think it is quite interesting, Casino Royale had the highest score with 8.0 and Die Another Day was the lowest with 6.1.

    Interesting and artistically probably pretty accurate. I was bored one day and did the same using RT thing using the critic list and did another one with the audience ranking and then I averaged the two.

    Odd that OP is so low but I think we were burned out on Bond at that time so critics and audiences both said blah.. all those rankings and reviews are products of their time.

  • edited August 2015 Posts: 643
    Fresh from a recent Bondathon complete and as I am back after 2 and a half years, my list with groupings in terms of quality :

    1) The Spy Who Loved Me
    2) Octopussy
    3) From Russia With Love
    4) Live and Let die
    5) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    6) Thunderball
    7) The Living Daylights


    8) Diamonds are Forever
    9) Moonraker
    10) License to Kill
    11) For Your Eyes Only


    BIG GAP HERE


    12) A View To A Kill
    13) You Only Live Twice
    14) Goldfinger
    15) Casino Royale
    16) GoldenEye
    17) Skyfall


    18) Dr No
    19) The Man With The Golden Gun
    20) The World Is Not Enough


    21) Die Another Day
    22) Tomorrow Never Dies
    23) Quantum of Solace
  • Birdleson wrote: »
    That is one wild ranking.

    Haha in what sense?
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
    Posts: 2,252
    Six films into my Bondathon:

    1) OHMSS
    2) FRWL
    3) DN

    4) GF
    5) YOLT
    6) TB

    1-3 and 4-6 are hard to separate. I fear for TB's final ranking. It has the best collection of one-liners and several great scenes but it just moves so slowly. It's not even the underwater scenes, the whole thing plods along.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    Fresh from a recent Bondathon complete and as I am back after 2 and a half years, my list with groupings in terms of quality :

    1) The Spy Who Loved Me
    2) Octopussy
    3) From Russia With Love
    4) Live and Let die
    5) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    6) Thunderball
    7) The Living Daylights


    8) Diamonds are Forever
    9) Moonraker
    10) License to Kill
    11) For Your Eyes Only


    BIG GAP HERE


    12) A View To A Kill
    13) You Only Live Twice
    14) Goldfinger
    15) Casino Royale
    16) GoldenEye
    17) Skyfall


    18) Dr No
    19) The Man With The Golden Gun
    20) The World Is Not Enough


    21) Die Another Day
    22) Tomorrow Never Dies
    23) Quantum of Solace

    I like this list very much.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
    Posts: 4,116
    Fresh from a recent Bondathon complete and as I am back after 2 and a half years, my list with groupings in terms of quality :

    1) The Spy Who Loved Me
    2) Octopussy
    3) From Russia With Love
    4) Live and Let die
    5) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    6) Thunderball
    7) The Living Daylights


    8) Diamonds are Forever
    9) Moonraker
    10) License to Kill
    11) For Your Eyes Only


    BIG GAP HERE


    12) A View To A Kill
    13) You Only Live Twice
    14) Goldfinger
    15) Casino Royale
    16) GoldenEye
    17) Skyfall


    18) Dr No
    19) The Man With The Golden Gun
    20) The World Is Not Enough


    21) Die Another Day
    22) Tomorrow Never Dies
    23) Quantum of Solace

    I like this list very much.

    Interesting ...you taste are different.

  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
    edited August 2015 Posts: 1,130
    1 Goldeneye
    2 The world is not enough
    3 Tomorrow never dies
    4 Die another day
    5 Dr No
    6 Thunderball
    7 Goldfinger
    8 From Russia with Love
    9 The living daylights
    10 Casino Royale
    11 License to kill
    12 The Spy who loved me
    13 Skyfall
    14 Moonraker
    15 On her Majesty's secret service
    16 For your eyes only
    17 You only live twice
    18 The man with the golden gun
    19 Quantum of Solace
    20 Diamonds are forever
    21 Octopussy
    22 A view to Kill



    Huge gap



    23. Live and let die








  • Posts: 12,473
    Szonana wrote: »
    1 Goldeneye
    2 The world is not enough
    3 Tomorrow never dies
    4 Die another day
    5 Dr No
    6 Thunderball
    7 Goldfinger
    8 From Russia with Love
    9 The living daylights
    10 Casino Royale
    11 License to kill
    12 The Spy who loved me
    13 Skyfall
    14 Moonraker
    15 On her Majesty's secret service
    16 For your eyes only
    17 You only live twice
    18 The man with the golden gun
    19 Quantum of Solace
    20 Diamonds are forever
    21 Octopussy
    22 A view to Kill



    Huge gap



    23. Live and let die








    This is a very unique list - I'd like to know why LALD is by far your least favorite entry
    :-?
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
    Posts: 2,252
    Rare to see bros efforts all at the top, and to see LALD so low
  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
    Posts: 1,130
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Szonana wrote: »
    1 Goldeneye
    2 The world is not enough
    3 Tomorrow never dies
    4 Die another day
    5 Dr No
    6 Thunderball
    7 Goldfinger
    8 From Russia with Love
    9 The living daylights
    10 Casino Royale
    11 License to kill
    12 The Spy who loved me
    13 Skyfall
    14 Moonraker
    15 On her Majesty's secret service
    16 For your eyes only
    17 You only live twice
    18 The man with the golden gun
    19 Quantum of Solace
    20 Diamonds are forever
    21 Octopussy
    22 A view to Kill



    Huge gap



    23. Live and let die








    This is a very unique list - I'd like to know why LALD is by far your least favorite entry
    :-?


    Where to start ?
    Ok i love Jane Seymour in Somewhere in time but Soliitare is one of the most boring Bond girls ive seen.
    The whole story seemed like a mess with no sense, being honest i just didnt understand the plot or what the whole film was about and never understood the villain's plan or what he wanted.

    The only clear thing is that solitare had psychic powers that she would loose if she lost her virginity and Kananga wanted her for her powers.
    Ugh and lets not forget about the horrible scene where Solitare was about to be sacrifised.



  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    @Szonana
    @Birdleson

    Not that unusual. Many have most of Craig and Connery in their Top 10.
    Here it's most of Connery and Brosnan.

    In my Top 10 there are 3 Brosnan movies as well with Goldeneye at the top.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    Live and Let Die's plot is one of the more simpler plots of the franchise, I don't know what's hard to understand- using the voodoo threat of Baron Samedi to scare away the locals of San Monique from discovering his poppy fields, Kananga intends to distribute his heroine free of charge through his Fillet of Soul restaurants to gain a monopoly in the market. The supernatural and voodoo theme of the film is a highlight, making Live and Let Die one of the more unique entries in the series.

    If you want one of the most convoluted plots in the Bonds films, I give you TLD and QOS.
  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
    Posts: 1,130
    @Szonana
    @Birdleson

    Not that unusual. Many have most of Craig and Connery in their Top 10.
    Here it's most of Connery and Brosnan.

    In my Top 10 there are 3 Brosnan movies as well with Goldeneye at the top.

    Its so great im not the only one who has Pierce's films at the top.
    His entries may not be the ones with the most depth but there are the most enjoyable.

  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    edited August 2015 Posts: 9,020
    LALD is my No 21 Bond.
    Every time I re-watch it I try to figure out why I rank it that low. In the end it always comes down to the almost non-existent villain's plot to do what exactly? Sure I understand what his goal is, but it's not told very well in the movie.
    Furthermore the voodoo thing is too much of a contrast to all other Bond movies. Bond and supernatural or even slightly supernatural doesn't go well at all.

    And quite frankly, it's crowded at the top in a Top Bond list. Crowded in the middle as well and some have to be at the bottom even if those are good as well.

    LALD does have two of my absolute favourite sequences of any Bond movie:
    - The introduction of Roger Moore in his flat, every second is priceless and no other Bond actor has managed to start that well. Moore had his Bond figured out from the get-go.
    - The best "car" chase scene ever in any movie for that matter! Speedboats and police cars chasing Bond and especially Clifton James in what must be the funniest ever side-character in a Bond movie

    Oh I just love to quote him ;)

    Sheriff J.W. Pepper: By the powers INvested IN ME by *this parish*, I hereby do commandeer this vehicle and all those persons within!
    [spits and looks at Eddie]
    Sheriff J.W. Pepper: And that means YOU, smartass!

    Sheriff J.W. Pepper: There's that son of a bitch. I got him.
    [to Bond]
    Sheriff J.W. Pepper: What are you? Some kinda doomsday machine boy? Well WE got a cage strong enough to hold an animal like you here!
    Felix Leiter: Captain, would you enlighten the Sheriff please?
    State Trooper: Yessir. J.W., let me have a word with ya. J.W., now this fellow's from London England. He's a Englishman workin' in cooperation with our boys, a sorta... secret agent.
    Sheriff J.W. Pepper: Secret AGENT? On WHOSE side?
  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
    Posts: 1,130
    LALD is my No 21 Bond.
    Every time I re-watch it I try to figure out why I rank it that low. In the end it always comes down to the almost non-existent villain's plot to do what exactly? Sure I understand what his goal is, but it's not told very well in the movie.
    Furthermore the voodoo thing is too much of a contrast to all other Bond movies. Bond and supernatural or even slightly supernatural doesn't go well at all.

    And quite frankly, it's crowded at the top in a Top Bond list. Crowded in the middle as well and some have to be at the bottom even if those are good as well.

    LALD does have two of my absolute favourite sequences of any Bond movie:
    - The introduction of Roger Moore in his flat, every second is priceless and no other Bond actor has managed to start that well. Moore had his Bond figured out from the get-go.
    - The best "car" chase scene ever in any movie for that matter! Speedboats and police cars chasing Bond and especially Clifton James in what must be the funniest ever side-character in a Bond movie

    Oh I just love to quote him ;)

    Sheriff J.W. Pepper: By the powers INvested IN ME by *this parish*, I hereby do commandeer this vehicle and all those persons within!
    [spits and looks at Eddie]
    Sheriff J.W. Pepper: And that means YOU, smartass!

    Sheriff J.W. Pepper: There's that son of a bitch. I got him.
    [to Bond]
    Sheriff J.W. Pepper: What are you? Some kinda doomsday machine boy? Well WE got a cage strong enough to hold an animal like you here!
    Felix Leiter: Captain, would you enlighten the Sheriff please?
    State Trooper: Yessir. J.W., let me have a word with ya. J.W., now this fellow's from London England. He's a Englishman workin' in cooperation with our boys, a sorta... secret agent.
    Sheriff J.W. Pepper: Secret AGENT? On WHOSE side?



    I liked your last explanation on why Live and let die is almost at the bottom of your list as well Jason i thought i started to go crazy.

    Anyway i guess it has a few rediming qualities like Bond escaping from Kananga's farm and using the aligators to escape also the boat chase scene was really good almost as good as the one in The world is not enough

  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    edited August 2015 Posts: 5,080
    Why isn't the Live and Let Die plot not explained very well? It's clear as day to me. Read my explanation of the plot above and explain how that isn't made clear in the film.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,138
    Szonana wrote: »
    1 Goldeneye
    2 The world is not enough
    3 Tomorrow never dies
    4 Die another day
    5 Dr No
    6 Thunderball
    7 Goldfinger
    8 From Russia with Love
    9 The living daylights
    10 Casino Royale
    11 License to kill
    12 The Spy who loved me
    13 Skyfall
    14 Moonraker
    15 On her Majesty's secret service
    16 For your eyes only
    17 You only live twice
    18 The man with the golden gun
    19 Quantum of Solace
    20 Diamonds are forever
    21 Octopussy
    22 A view to Kill

    Huge gap



    23. Live and let die


    What the ....
    Octopussy so very low. What gives? I'm still not sure what the problem with LALD is, but then we're all unique. But 21 for OP..how..why...makes no sense.
    Never seen a list like it. DN below DAD and TWINE, FRWL 8th, MR beating Majesty's.
    By all means you have your reasons for placing the films in the order you prefer them. Nothing wrong with that. Just took me by surprise somewhat.

  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
    Posts: 2,252
    Yeah I fail to see how LALDs plot is hard to follow. Kananga monologues the whole plan to Bond. What I also don't get is why a film like DAF isn't also down where LALD is.

    What I don't get is OP (the egg bit) and DAF's (killing the smugglers) plot

    But anyway as BondJasonBond said, it's crowded in the top 15 so something's gotta be at the bottom :(
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    Maybe @w2bond can confirm, but that must be DAD's highest ranking ever on this forum?
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    Posts: 15,718
    On the old MI6 forums, I remember one member, ChanandlerBong I believe, who ranked DAD at #1. To my knowledge the only Bond fan I've seen on a community like this to rank it at the top.
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
    edited August 2015 Posts: 2,252
    @MayDayDiVecnzo. Spot on! Congratulations @Szonana you have the highest rank of DAD on MI6Community at 4th. :)>-

    In fact only 33/160 members have it in the top 19

    Not the highest rank for DAD though, a user of AJB has it at 2 :))
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    edited August 2015 Posts: 9,020
    Szonana list makes sense.

    and it's refreshing to see a different list for a change.
    It clearly shows the love for Brosnan and Connery in the Top 10.
    9-12 the Dalton movies and CR and TSWLM makes sense as well.
    If anything then OHMSS and OP seem to be a bit low, but that's a matter of taste really.
    OP is a very special movie that may be disliked for many reasons and OHMSS stands and falls with George Lazenby, if someone likes him in the role or not.
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
    Posts: 2,252
    Szonana list makes sense.

    and it's refreshing to see a different list for a change.

    That's true it's nice to see Brosnan at the top for a change

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