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22. Tomorrow Never Dies
21. The Man With The Golden Gun
20. Moonraker
19. A View to a Kill
18. GoldenEye
17. Live and Let Die
16. The World Is Not Enough
15. Octopussy
14. Diamonds Are Forever
13. The Spy Who Loved Me
12. You Only Live Twice
11. Licence to Kill
10. For Your Eyes Only
09. The Living Daylights
08. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
07. Quantum of Solace
06. Skyfall
05. Goldfinger
04. Dr. No
03. From Russia With Love
02. Thunderball
01. Casino Royale
23. Moonraker
22. A View to a Kill
21. Die Another Day
20. Diamonds Are Forever
19. Octopussy
18. The Man with the Golden Gun
17. Tomorrow Never Dies
16. You Only Live Twice
15. The World Is Not Enough
14. The Living Daylights
13. Quantum of Solace
12. Live and Let Die
11. For Your Eyes Only
10. From Russia with Love
9. Thunderball
8. Licence to Kill
7. The Spy Who Loved Me
6. Dr. No
5. Skyfall
4. GoldenEye
3. Goldfinger
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1. Casino Royale
Quite a few changes since my last ranking. Itching to find out where Spectre will land...
Tier 1 (Incredible): #1-5
Tier 2 (Great): #6-8
Tier 3 (Very Good): #9-12
Tier 4 (Good/Decent): #13-17
Tier 5 (Mediocre): #18-19
Tier 6 (Disappointing): #20-23
Allowing a few placement changes, we mostly have the same perception of what the series' weakest titles are. I just didn't have any fun with Moonraker last time, so it earned last place; at least A View to a Kill has Christopher Walken and a good title song.
Re: @Birdleson
I would watch TWINE, TLD, DAF, TND, and OP out of that list without effort. I'm surprised you have The Man With The Golden Gun in your desirable half. That's probably the most glaring selection I can think of.
The only other thing I have trouble relating to is ranking LTK over TLD. Though, this seems like a natural divide on this board. I see TLD as a vastly superior entry. Admittedly, I am a secret fan of it in no small part to the presence of Talisa Soto. Overall, I just think they do much of it poorly and over the top. I think Dalton had his living on the edge thing down in TLD, and what he brings in LTK is so personal in a mercenary kind of way without the emotional attachment to make it believable for me. It was the wrong film to explore Q's relationship with Bond since Dalton often treats Q like a nuisance instead of the true friend along the lines of Moore or Brosnan. Even Craig's treatment of Q is part respect mixed with his cynicism. /rant
EDIT: What worries me most about Spectre potentially is it being too similar to OHMSS. OHMSS is one of my favorites, but do we really need the same thing again? It's just a potential concern. And also the possibility of it getting too melodramatic.
1. GOLDFINGER (1964)
2. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963)
3. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969)
4. CASINO ROYALE (2006)
5. DR NO (1962)
EDIT: I couldn't help it. I wasn't happy so I shuffled them around a bit. This is THE definitive ranking. :-SS
I was looking at your wording. The highest ranked Bond films get the tag "Incredible". So isn't it fair that the lowest ranked Bond film gets the tag "Groce" or "Very Bad" or "Highly inferior" :-)? I would even add a 2nd grade to it. And always include a "center-grading" or "neutral-grading". Perhaps you can agree with this grading @FoxRox?:
Tier 1, #01-03: (MASTERPIECE !!!)
Tier 2, #04-06: (Good !!)
Tier 3, #07-10: (Above average !)
Tier 4, #11-13: (Average)
Tier 5, #14-17: (Below average !)
Tier 6, #18-20: (Bad !!)
Tier 7, #21-23: (UTTERLY GROCE !!!)
By doing so, you force yourself, and others, to make a better choice... With your grading all choices are more or less starting at "Mildly below average" and then instantly go to higher, more positive wordings.
Bravo, excellent top five.
That is a really good list. Objectively maybe the 5 best ones.
Judging it purely within the context of the film, I think it only sags after Bond gets into airplane. The final confrontation is so ridiculous -- it would only work if Roger Moore was still Bond. Suffice to say Dalton doesn't pull it off, but it would even be thick for Connery. Though, it certainly helps that Barry provides a unique motif for this section of the film, and a beautiful one at that.
Edit: Final confrontation with Necros and Koskov. I actually really loved the final duel with Whitaker. That was oozing with the great persona Dalton offered as Bond.
1. The Afghanistan scenes are tainted by poor set design and lighting. The jail scene is laughable. It looks like a Brady Bunch set. I'd say that TLD has one of the worst (if not the worst) production design in the series.
2. That bar fight in LTK is pure camp. I love it. Remember, LTK came out only a month or so after Road House. I remember thinking "Road House" when that fight started. I love Bouvier's little "tsk tsk tsk" at the size of Bond's gun.
Must concede that the LTK bar fight was pure cheese. Dancer showed great discipline throughout. Bouvier was brutal throughout.
The score is great but is definitely quite repetitive. However, I do love the integration of both the theme song instrumentals. I'll have to say as a whole I prefer Octopussy's more varied sounds (palace fight, chase bomb, etc). As for his other tracks, they're all special and unique, yes even golden gun.
The recent criticisms of it I have read on it here may affect my opinion of it in the future but it's overall one of the films I most enjoy. Plus, if TLD is not number one, that position would go to....Octopussy....and I'm not prepared to do that just yet
2. "Goldfinger" (1964)
3. "From Russia With Love" (1963)
4. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969)
5. "Skyfall" (2012)
6. "For Your Eyes Only" (1981)
7. "Casino Royale" (2006)
8. "The Living Daylights" (1987)
9. "Dr. No" (1962)
10. "Thunderball" (1965)
11. "GoldenEye" (1995)
12. "You Only Live Twice" (1967)
13. "Octopussy" (1983)
14. "Quantum Of Solace" (2008)
15. "The World Is Not Enough" (1999)
16. "Licence To Kill" (1989)
17. "Moonraker" (1979)
18. "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997)
19. "The Man With The Golden Gun" (1974)
20. "Diamonds Are Forever" (1971)
21. "A View To A Kill" (1985)
22. "Live And Let Die" (1973)
23. “Die Another Day” (2002)
??. SPECTRE (2015)
This whas my update from May 2009 (Top 22):
02.02 The World Is Not Enough
03.03 Tomorrow Never Dies
04.04 For Your Eyes Only
05.05 A View To A Kill
06.06 On Her Majesty's secret Service
07.07 Live And Let Die
08.08 From Russia With Love
09.09 The Living Daylights
10.11 Octopussy
11.10 The Man With The Golden Gun
12.13 Diamonds Are Forever
13.14 The Spy Who Loved Me
14.-- Quantum Of Solace
15.15 Licence To Kill
16.16 You Only Live Twice
17.17 Dr No
18.12 Die Another Day
19.19 Goldfinger
20.18 Moonraker
21.21 Casino Royale
22.20 Thunderball
This whas my update around Christmas 2012 (Top 23 from 23 to 1):
21.22 Casino Royale
20.21 Moonraker
19.20 Goldfinger
18.19 Die Another Day
17.18 Dr No
--.17 Skyfall
16.16 You Only Live Twice
15.15 Licence To Kill
14.14 Quantum Of Solace
13.13 The Spy Who Loved Me
12.12 Diamonds Are Forever
11.11 The Man With The Golden Gun
10.10 Octopussy
09.09 The Living Daylights
08.08 From Russia With Love
07.07 Live and Let Die
06.06 On Her Majesty's secret Service
05.05 A View To A Kill
04.04 For Your Eyes Only
03.03 Tomorrow Never Dies
02.02 The World Is Not Enough
01.01 Goldeneye
And this whas my last update of Top 23 (Update: June 2014)
01-01. GoldenEye (1995)
02-02. The World Is Not Enough (1999)
03-03 Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
04-04. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
05-05. A View to a Kill (1985)
06-06. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
07-07. Live and Let Die (1973)
08-08. From Russia with Love (1963)
09-09. The Living Daylights (1987)
10-10. Octopussy (1983)
11-11. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
12-12. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
13-13. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
15-14. Licence To kill (1989)
16-15. You Only Live Twice (1967)
14-16. Quantum Of Solace (2008.)
18-17. Dr No (1962)
20-18. Goldfinger (1964)
21-19. Moonraker (1979)
19-20. Die Another Day (2002)
22-21. Casino Royale (2006)
17-22. Skyfall (2012)
23-23. Thunderball (1965)
In January i watched 3th view of Skyfall and in February QOS for fift time.
Your list is almost opposite convention. Thanks for sharing.
1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2. For Your Eyes Only
3. The Spy Who Loved Me
4. From Russia with Love
5. Goldfinger
6. Octopussy
7. Casino Royale
8. The Living Daylights
9. Licence to Kill
10. A View to a Kill
11. Skyfall +3
12. Diamonds Are Forever
13. Live and Let Die -2
14. The Man with the Golden Gun -1
15. Tomorrow Never Dies
16. Goldeneye
17. Thunderball
18. Dr. No +1
19. You Only Live Twice -1
20. Quantum of Solace
21. Moonraker +1
22. The World is not Enough -1
23. Die Another Day
Yeah, you bloody Brits always get a new Bond film first :P.
2. LTK
3. TND
4. DN
5. GF
6. GE
7. FRWL
8. SP (projected)
9. QOS
10. TMWTGG
11. TWINE
12. YOLT
13. TB
14. OHMSS
15. FYEO
16. OP
17. TSWLM
18. CR
19. LALD
20. AVTAK
21. DAD
22. DAF
23. SF
24. MR
I like that you rate CR 18th, well done =D>
My projected is between 6-9, the biggest question mark being the score and whether it will affect my enjoyment enough to affect the ranking. I'm quite confident I will love the rest of it.