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Just my opinion, of course. That, plus SOMEONE needs to defend the weak! ;)
The issue for me with my 0's is that, some of those categories technically have points, but then the amount of garbage that counteracts them ultimately takes them away. More bad than good, essentially. Way more. Some of the zeros are there by default, though... *cough*TAMAHORI*cough*
That's one NASTY cough you have there, buddy. Unfortunately, you'll have to be quarantined indefinitely.
Oh, you mean like the one in 'Tamah0ri'? :)) Yeah, it was hard to rate the direction category when nothing stood out.
The next film up for discussion is The Spy Who Loved Me;
/10
1. Direction - 9 (great pace and visual flair)
2. Screenplay - 8 (an almost perfectly balanced film)
3. Script - 9
4. Plot - 6
5. Action - 9
6. Main Villain - 7
7. Main Bond Girl - 8 (great character, middling actress)
8. Bond - 9 (Moore cemented his status as a leading man in Spy)
9. Sets - 10 (Just fabulous)
10. Music - 7 (enjoyable if a little dated)
11. Cinematography - 10
12. Fleming - 7 (some nice introspection to balance out the fantasy in Spy)
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 5
14. Main Titles - 5 (one of the greatest one-two -title song/main title design- of the series)
15. Plausibility - 3
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 4 (some actual tension!)
18. Tilt - 5
Overall - 125/150
Percentage - 83.33%
That's not too bad. Although the sums of the parts, don't necessarily reflect just how good I find Spy to be.
These are my personal ratings -
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - 93.33%
Casino Royale - 92.66%
Licence To Kill - 88%
Dr No - 87.3%
The Living Daylights - 86.66%
Goldfinger - 86%
Skyfall - 84.6%
The Spy Who Loved Me - 83.33%
Octopussy - 81.33%
For Your Eyes Only - 80.66%
Thunderball - 80%
Tomorrow Never Dies - 78.66%
Quantum of Solace - 77.33%
Live And Let Die - 75.33%
GoldenEye - 74.66%
You Only Live Twice - 74.66%
Moonraker - 73.3%
A View To A Kill - 66%
Diamonds Are Forever - 62.66%
The Man With The Golden Gun - 62%
Die Another Day - 52.66%
And my rankings -
23. Diamonds Are Forever
22. The Man With The Golden Gun
21. Die Another Day
20. Moonraker
19. A View To A Kill
18. Live and Let Die
17. You Only Live Twice
16. For Your Eyes Only
15. GoldenEye
14. Octopussy
13. Tomorrow Never Dies
12. Quantum of Solace
11. Goldfinger
10. The Spy Who Loved Me
9. Skyfall
8. Dr No
7. The Living Daylights
5. Thunderball
4. Licence To Kill
3. Casino Royale
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1. Direction - 10
2. Screenplay - 10
3. Script - 10
4. Plot - 10
5. Action - 10
6. Main Villain - 9
7. Main Bond Girl - 9
8. Bond - 10
9. Sets - 10
10. Music - 10
11. Cinematography - 10
12. Fleming - 10
13. Supporting Cast - 5
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 5
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 5
18. Tilt - 5
148/150 = 98.66% \m/
;-)
It's so so. :D
The Lotus Espirit is worth about a hundred points in itself I reckon...? ;)
The Spy Who Loved Me
/10
1. Direction - 10 (Not a fan of Gilbert, but I can't fault anything with his work here)
2. Screenplay - 9
3. Script - 10
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 7
6. Main Villain - 6
7. Main Bond Girl - 6 (Awesome role, terrible performance...)
8. Bond - 9
9. Sets - 10
10. Music - 5
11. Cinematography - 9
12. Fleming - 6
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 4
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 2
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 4
119/150
79%
/10
1. Direction - 10
2. Screenplay - 10
3. Script - 8
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 10
6. Main Villain - 6
7. Main Bond Girl - 5
8. Bond - 10
9. Sets - 10
10. Music - 10
11. Cinematography - 9
12. Fleming - 8
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 4
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 3
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 5
129/150
86%
A fine film, one of Moore's best performances. Although the main girl and villain are tad a dull, this film manages to get the other Bond elements to perfection.
/10
1. Direction - 10
2. Screenplay - 9
3. Script - 9
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 10
6. Main Villain - 8
7. Main Bond Girl - 8
8. Bond - 10
9. Sets - 10
10. Music - 8
11. Cinematography - 9
12. Fleming - 7
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 5
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 3
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 5
133/150
88,67%
/10
1. Direction - 9
2. Screenplay - 8
3. Script - 9
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 9
6. Main Villain - 7
7. Main Bond Girl - 8
8. Bond - 10 Roger created his 007
9. Sets - 10
10. Music - 7
11. Cinematography - 10
12. Fleming - 7
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 5
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 3
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 5
Overall - 128/150
/10
1. Direction - 7
2. Screenplay -8
3. Script - 7
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 9
6. Main Villain - 7
7. Main Bond Girl - 6
8. Bond - 10
9. Sets - 10
10. Music - 6
11. Cinematography - 10
12. Fleming - 6
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 4
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 2
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing -4
18. Tilt - 5
Overall - 118/150
One of the best.
Spy
/10
1. Direction - 9. I'm not the biggest Gilbert fan but he really managed everything excellently here.
2. Screenplay - 9.
3. Script - 10. I ADORE this dialogue.
4. Plot - 7. The swallowing submarines is a tough pill to swallow now.
5. Action - 10.
6. Main Villain - 7. I like Stromberg, he's just a bit underwhelming.
7. Main Bond Girl - 8. I concur with royale here. Anya is great, Bach sucks.
8. Bond - 8. Moore's on top form but his best performance was yet to come, and as you all know it's his interpretation itself that prevents him from ever getting a 10 from me.
9. Sets - 10 for the tanker alone.
10. Music - 9. You know what, I really like Hamlisch's score. Always have. Nobody Does it Better is a beautiful piece of music and the way it's used in the score is genius.
11. Cinematography - 10. Just don't see a reason for it not to be.
12. Fleming - 8. Jaws is a bit ridiculous but other than that, you could be forgiven for thinking this is an adaptation of the novel. It's phenomenal how they took Fleming's worst book ever and turned it into something worthy of Moonraker or Thunderball.
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 5. Agreed.
14. Main Titles - 5. Yep.
15. Plausibility - 2. Again. Swallowing submarines.
16. Pace - 5.
17. Editing - 4. Just some small bits here and there.
18. Tilt - 5. This was one of my first Bond films and perhaps the one I'd say is the most fun. I adore Spy.
Overall - 131/150
Percentage - 87.33%
1. Direction - 8
2. Screenplay - 8
3. Script - 8
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 9
6. Main Villain - 6
7. Main Bond Girl - 1 (AWFUL)
8. Bond - 8
9. Sets - 9
10. Music - 7
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - N/A
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 3
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 3
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 5
18. Tilt - 2 (it's fun and whatnot, but hasn't necessarily ever been a sentimental favorite)
Overall - 103/140 = 74%
Direction: 10
Screenplay: 9
Script: 9
Plot: 9
Action: 10 (How could it be any better?)
Main Villain: 8 (Despicable, great dialogue)
Main Bond Girl: 8 (great character, a bit wooden though)
Bond: 9 (the mention of him being married was a nice touch)
Sets: 10 (ten out of Ken)
Music: 9 (Mujaba Club/Kalba's death suspense, 1 point off for when the van breaks down in the desert)
Cinematography: 10 (knocks it out the park thanks to a mostly on-location shoot)
Fleming: 9
Supporting Cast: 4
Main Titles: 5 (this one, I believe, was a template for later entries e.g. MR/FYEO/OP)
Plausibility: 3
Pace: 4 (drags just a tad during the redshirt battle, but otherwise spot on)
Editing: 5 (no complaints here- love the editing for the Lotus chase)
Tilt: 5 (looove this film- Roger's best along with FYEO)
Overall: 136/150 (Percentage: 90.6%)
\m/ :))
1. Direction - 7
2. Screenplay - 6
3. Script - 7
4. Plot - 6
5. Action - 9
6. Main Villain - 7
7. Main Bond Girl - 7
8. Bond - 9
9. Sets - 9
10. Music - 7
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - 7
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 4
14. Main Titles - 4
15. Plausibility - 3
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 5
113/150
75%
/10
1. Direction - 7
2. Screenplay - 7
3. Script - 7
4. Plot - 6
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain - 7
7. Main Bond Girl - 6
8. Bond - 8
9. Sets - 9
10. Music - 6
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - 6
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 3
14. Main Titles - 3
15. Plausibility - 2
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 4
106/150
71%
CR 92%
OHMSS 81%
OP 79%
TB 78%
GE 76%
LTK 76%
TMWTGG 73%
QOS 72%
TSWLM 71%
AVTAK 70%
LALD 70%
GF 70%
YOLT 69%
FYEO 68%
TND 67%
TLD 67%
DAF 62%
DAD 56%
1. Direction - 7
2. Screenplay - 7
3. Script - 7
4. Plot - 7
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain - 6
7. Main Bond Girl - 6
8. Bond - 8
9. Sets - 9
10. Music - 7
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - 6
13. Supporting Cast - 3
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 3
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 5
110/150 - 73.3 %
@royale65, I was on vacation the past week and somehow missed your request to fix my unorthodox scoring of DAD. I apologize for that.
Digging the Spy love!
1. Direction - 8
2. Screenplay - 7
3. Script - 8
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 8
6. Main Villain - 8 (would have been a 9 if he'd been used more)
7. Main Bond Girl - 5 (good character, poor performance)
8. Bond - 8
9. Sets - 9
10. Music - 7
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - 4 (little connection with Fleming)
13. Supporting Cast - 3
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 3
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 5
111/150 - 74%
My rankings are similar to @pachazo
/10
1. Direction - 8
2. Screenplay - 7
3. Script - 7
4. Plot - 7
5. Action - 7
6. Main Villain - 5
7. Main Bond Girl - 8
8. Bond - 8
9. Sets - 8
10. Music - 7.5
11. Cinematography - 9
12. Fleming - 4
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 4 (8/10)
14. Main Titles - 4 (8/10)
15. Plausibility - 3.5 (7/10)
16. Pace - 3 (6/10)
17. Editing - 3.5 (7/10)
18. Tilt - 3.5 (7.5/10)
Total: 107/150 (71,3%)
Bond 23 rank: 13/23. I think the Yolt maintitle and title song be the template for the maintitles and titlesong for The Spy Who Loved Me and Octopussy, but also for maintitle of Moonraker. The Spy Who Loved Me locations, cinematopgraphy and production design are example for the next 3 movies. The villian be Spy's Hugo Drax (who on his part be inspyred by GF and Blofeld.), not fan of GF part. I think i can say he best best from the 3 worse and the same can be said from how long there stick on the lair. To dark sometimes with Dificult dialogue, OHMSS slow pacing and missing the humor that for example FYEO and Octopussy have.
Haha. That's the first time I have seen Spy described as "too dark" and "lacking in humour". :)
/10
1. Direction - 7
2. Screenplay - 7
3. Script - 7
4. Plot - 2 (Let's destroy the world and re-populate Earth underwater. Did Lee Tamadori Sr. come up with this?)
5. Action - 8 (Ski chase, battles with Jaws, submariners vs. henchmen, helicopter vs. Lotus all very solid)
6. Main Villain - 5 (Stromberg was as exciting as listening to a monotone voice reading Atlas Shrugged)
7. Main Bond Girl - 4 (I thought Barbara Bach moved once in the film, but Roger bumped into her instead)
8. Bond - 7 (Roger's breakthrough role)
9. Sets - 8 (The water sets were pretty darn good)
10. Music - 5 (It was re-watching TSWLM that refreshed my memory as to why I hated disco back in the day).
11. Cinematography - 8 (again the water shots, plus Sardinia)
12. Fleming - 3 (In title only. Then again the novel really wouldn't have translated well in film)
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 3 (Jaws and Naomi keep this score in the middle)
14. Main Titles - 4 (Good main theme supported by better graphics)
15. Plausibility - 1 (See plot)
16. Pace - 4
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 4 (I think TSWLM is overrated myself, but I'll give it a 4 because lots of others liked it)
91/150 = 60.7%
1. Direction - 9
2. Screenplay - 8
3. Script - 8
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 9
6. Main Villain - 7
7. Main Bond Girl - 7
8. Bond - 8
9. Sets - 9
10. Music - 4
11. Cinematography - 8
12. Fleming - 7
13. Supporting Cast - 3
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 2
16. Pace - 3
17. Editing - 4
18. Tilt - 4
113/150 = 75.3%
Casino Royale: 98.7%
On Her Majesty's Secret Service: 98.0%
Thunderball: 92.7%
The Living Daylights: 91.3%
Skyfall: 89.3%
GoldenEye: 84.7%
Licence to Kill: 82.0%
Goldfinger: 81.3%
Tomorrow Never Dies: 80.6%
A View to a Kill: 77.3%
Octopussy: 76.7%
Dr No: 76.0%
The Spy Who Loved Me: 75.3%
The Man with the Golden Gun: 72.7%
You Only Live Twice: 72.0%
Live and Let Die: 70.7%
Diamonds are Forever: 70.0%
Quantum of Solace: 68.7%
Moonraker: 63.3%
For Your Eyes Only: 59.3%
Die Another Day: 40.7%
1. Direction - 10
2. Screenplay - 10
3. Script - 9
4. Plot - 10
5. Action - 10
6. Main Villain - 8
7. Main Bond Girl - 9
8. Bond - 10
9. Sets - 10
10. Music - 10
11. Cinematography - 10
12. Fleming - 6
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 5
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 2
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing -5
18. Tilt - 5
Overall: 139/150 - 92.67%
Top 4 for me, one of the best.
1. Direction - 9
2. Screenplay - 10
3. Script - 9
4. Plot - 8
5. Action - 10
6. Main Villain - 6
7. Main Bond Girl - 8
8. Bond - 10
9. Sets - 10
10. Music - 9
11. Cinematography - 9
12. Fleming - 7
/5
13. Supporting Cast - 5
14. Main Titles - 5
15. Plausibility - 4
16. Pace - 5
17. Editing - 5
18. Tilt - 5
134/150
89.3333333333%
If I re-score mine and give it 1000% will it go to the top? ;-)