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Definitive best 5 bond films and worst5 in no particular order

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  • Mathis1Mathis1
    Posts: 7,510
    Favourites
    OHMSS
    TLD
    LTK
    CR
    FRWL
    Least Favourites
    DAD
    GE
    TND
    TWINE
    DAF
  • jetsetwillyjetsetwilly
    Posts: 3,327
    Its fair to say OHMSS and FRWL are hitting most peoples top list, and DAD and TWINE is hitting most peoples bottom list.

    Its quite telling that the 60's is still regarded as the peak period, and the 90's Brosnan era as the low period.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 5,131
    FAVOURITES

    FRWL
    CR
    OHMSS
    TB
    DN


    LEAST FAVOURITES

    DAD
    TWINE
    TND
    MR - ONLY DUE TO THE OVERT HUMOUR THAT WENT TOO FAR.
    AVTAK
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 5,131
    jetsetwilly wrote: »
    Its fair to say OHMSS and FRWL are hitting most peoples top list, and DAD and TWINE is hitting most peoples bottom list.

    Its quite telling that the 60's is still regarded as the peak period, and the 90's Brosnan era as the low period.

    +1.
  • matt_umatt_u better known as Mr. Roark
    Posts: 4,343
    suavejmf wrote: »
    FAVOURITES

    FRWL
    CR
    OHMSS
    TB
    DN

    Great top 5.

    So, here we go.

    FAV

    1_ CR
    2_ FRWL
    3_ TB
    4_ SF
    5_ OHMSS

    LEAST FAV

    20_ FYEO
    21_ DAF
    22_ TMWTGG
    23_ MR
    24_ DAD
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,585
    jetsetwilly wrote: »
    It's amazing how many people on here have 3 of Brosnan's movies in their bottom 3 (me included).

    I was a bit torn on TND, because it's a pretty good Bond film. For me, DAD, TWINE, FYEO, and MR are definitely bottom four material. The fifth is up for grabs. OP and TMWTGG,
    TripAces wrote: »
    The first time I posted my fives, I leaned more toward my favorites. But we are talking "definitive" which may require more objectivity.

    SC and DC are the best Bonds, and so their films make up the "definitive" best five (listed alphabetically):

    CR
    FRWL
    GF
    SF
    TB

    The "definitive" bottom five (listed alphabetically):

    DAD
    FYEO
    MR
    TND
    TWINE

    I have changed my bottom five since then, FYEO has moved up, and I have gained some respect for it.

    My new bottom five:

    DAD
    MR
    OP
    TND
    TWINE
  • GetafixGetafix
    Posts: 11,425
    TripAces wrote: »
    jetsetwilly wrote: »
    It's amazing how many people on here have 3 of Brosnan's movies in their bottom 3 (me included).

    I was a bit torn on TND, because it's a pretty good Bond film. For me, DAD, TWINE, FYEO, and MR are definitely bottom four material. The fifth is up for grabs. OP and TMWTGG,
    TripAces wrote: »
    The first time I posted my fives, I leaned more toward my favorites. But we are talking "definitive" which may require more objectivity.

    SC and DC are the best Bonds, and so their films make up the "definitive" best five (listed alphabetically):

    CR
    FRWL
    GF
    SF
    TB

    The "definitive" bottom five (listed alphabetically):

    DAD
    FYEO
    MR
    TND
    TWINE

    I have changed my bottom five since then, FYEO has moved up, and I have gained some respect for it.

    My new bottom five:

    DAD
    MR
    OP
    TND
    TWINE

    You need to rewatch OP. One of the best in the series without a doubt.

    I'd also say there are worse Brosnan entries than TND.
  • GatecrasherGatecrasher Classified
    Posts: 265
    FAVORITES (TOP 5):
    1. From Russia With Love
    2. Dr. No
    3. GoldenEye
    4. The Living Daylights
    5. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

    LEAST FAVORITES (BOTTOM 5):
    1. Diamonds Are Forever
    2. You Only Live Twice
    3. Octopussy
    4. Die Another Day
    5. Spectre
  • RoadphillRoadphill United Kingdom
    Posts: 984
    Top Five:
    TSWLM
    OHMSS
    FRWL
    GE
    TB
    Bottom Five:
    QOS
    DAD
    SP
    DAF
    TWINE
  • RoadphillRoadphill United Kingdom
    Posts: 984
    Gatecrasher wrote: »
    FAVORITES (TOP 5):
    1. From Russia With Love
    2. Dr. No
    3. GoldenEye
    4. The Living Daylights
    5. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

    LEAST FAVORITES (BOTTOM 5):
    1. Diamonds Are Forever
    2. You Only Live Twice
    3. Octopussy
    4. Die Another Day
    5. Spectre

    That's an interesting bottom 5, friend. I have never seen OP or YOLT in anyone's bottom 5 before.
  • goldenswissroyalegoldenswissroyale Switzerland
    Posts: 4,486
    I have YOLT there, too:
    Favourites:
    CR
    GE
    OHMSS
    FRWL
    TSWLM

    Least favourites:
    MR
    DAD
    DAF
    YOLT
    and...I had TMWTGG as Nr. 20 the last years. But it entertained me recently much more than TWINE. TWINE it is.
  • QQ7QQ7 Croatia
    edited January 2020 Posts: 371
    BEST

    Casino Royale
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    Thunderball
    Dr. No
    GoldenEye

    WORST
    Octopussy
    Spectre
    The Living Daylights
    A View To a Kill
    Diamonds Are Forever
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    Posts: 8,222
    Top 5

    1. Casino Royale
    2. The Spy Who Loved Me
    3. The Living Daylights
    4. Goldfinger
    5. The World Is Not Enough

    Bottom 5

    1. SPECTRE
    2. DAF
    3. The Man With The Golden Gun
    4. For your Eyes Only
    5. Die Another Day
  • OctopussyOctopussy Piz Gloria, Schilthorn, Switzerland.
    Posts: 1,081
    OHMSS
    TB
    DN
    FRWL
    GF


    YOLT
    AVTAK
    TND
    DAD
    TWINE
  • Junglist_1985Junglist_1985 Los Angeles
    edited January 2020 Posts: 1,034
    I will never understand how people have TSWLM in their top 5 but MR in their bottom 5. They are cut from the same cloth - though admittedly I do prefer MR for its superior cinematography and score.
  • GetafixGetafix
    Posts: 11,425
    SF and SP are clearly cut from the same cloth but many people consider one a classic and the other a total dud.

    TSWLM is clearly superior to MR. Having said that, there's a lot to like about MR. Personally I see it as bottom half of the mid table.
  • OctopussyOctopussy Piz Gloria, Schilthorn, Switzerland.
    Posts: 1,081
    Junglist_1985 wrote: »
    I will never understand how people have TSWLM in their top 5 but MR in their bottom 5. They are cut from the same cloth - though admittedly I do prefer MR for its superior cinematography and score.

    I think the difference is that The Man With The Golden Gun attempted to be something it isn't, whereas Moonraker is shamelessly camp and knows it.
  • goldenswissroyalegoldenswissroyale Switzerland
    Posts: 4,486
    Junglist_1985 wrote: »
    I will never understand how people have TSWLM in their top 5 but MR in their bottom 5. They are cut from the same cloth - though admittedly I do prefer MR for its superior cinematography and score.

    One main problem is that I hate space action.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,029
    QQ7 wrote: »
    BEST

    Casino Royale
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    Thunderball
    Dr. No
    GoldenEye

    WORST
    Octopussy
    Spectre
    The Living Daylights
    A View To a Kill
    Diamonds Are Forever

    Unusual to see TLD in the bottom 5...
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    QQ7 wrote: »
    BEST

    Casino Royale
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    Thunderball
    Dr. No
    GoldenEye

    WORST
    Octopussy
    Spectre
    The Living Daylights
    A View To a Kill
    Diamonds Are Forever

    Unusual to see TLD in the bottom 5...

    Not a fan of John Glen I presume.
  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    Posts: 1,711
    I think I like this more than the usual ranking system... Those middle 10 are always so interchangeable...

    Best
    Spectre
    Licence to Kill
    Live and Let Die
    Octopussy
    The Living Daylights

    Worst
    The World is Not Enough
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    Goldfinger
    Goldeneye
    From Russia with Love
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,029
    ProfJoeButcher wrote: »
    I think I like this more than the usual ranking system... Those middle 10 are always so interchangeable...

    Best
    Spectre
    Licence to Kill
    Live and Let Die
    Octopussy
    The Living Daylights

    Worst
    The World is Not Enough
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    Goldfinger
    Goldeneye
    From Russia with Love

    Well that's something you don't see very often....Spectre at the top of a list and From Russia With Love at the bottom... :-O
  • QQ7QQ7 Croatia
    edited January 2020 Posts: 371
    "LeonardPine wrote:



    Unusual to see TLD in the bottom 5...

    Well I just never liked that movie that much: ridiculous part with Necros, bad villain (Whitaker) and exhausting last part in Afghanistan.

    Meanwhile I consider LTK to be one of the best Bond films and revolutionary in many ways.

  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    edited January 2020 Posts: 1,711
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    ProfJoeButcher wrote: »
    I think I like this more than the usual ranking system... Those middle 10 are always so interchangeable...

    Best
    Spectre
    Licence to Kill
    Live and Let Die
    Octopussy
    The Living Daylights

    Worst
    The World is Not Enough
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    Goldfinger
    Goldeneye
    From Russia with Love

    Well that's something you don't see very often....Spectre at the top of a list and From Russia With Love at the bottom... :-O

    Oh, FRWL isn't the bottom. Maybe unintuitively, I went worst to least worst there. So FRWL is the best of that second list.

    But like most Bond fans, I'd like to have about 12 films in my top 5, and only one or two in the bottom 5, if that makes sense!
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    Posts: 2,850
    TOP 5:

    1. OHMSS
    2. FRWL
    3. GF
    4. CR
    5. SF (replacing YOLT, which drops down to #7)

    BOTTOM 5:

    22. SP
    23. AVTAK
    24. TND
    25. CR’67
    26. DAD

    I don’t really like to pick a “bottom” listing of the Bond movies. As I’ve posted before, each of them has merit on some level and I can enjoy each of them – depending on my mood. For example, I enjoy CR’67 for its’ great Burt Bacharach score. And, the lovely Joanna Pettet always sends my heart racing.

    In fact, only DAD had me leaving the theater truly disappointed – and some of that displeasure was due to factors external to the movie itself. I was working in the World Financial Center in NYC (across from the old Twin Towers when I saw the movie in early 2003. And the tone on the movie – in part – just struck me as “wrong” (IMO) considering the post 9/11 environment that I saw every day at work. Had DAD been released in 2000, for example, I may have felt somewhat less emotional about it.
  • IGotABrudderIGotABrudder UK
    Posts: 631
    Current top 5, alphabetical order:

    DAF
    LALD
    Moonraker
    QOS
    Thunderball

    Current bottom 5, alphabetical order:

    LTK
    Octopussy
    Skyfall
    TMD
    TWINE
  • GetafixGetafix
    Posts: 11,425
    IGotABrudder wrote: »
    Current top 5, alphabetical order:

    DAF
    LALD
    Moonraker
    QOS
    Thunderball

    Current bottom 5, alphabetical order:

    LTK
    Octopussy
    Skyfall
    TMD
    TWINE

    Interesting. A lot of people would consider your top 5 as amongst the worst. Nice to see some unusual choices though.

    Can't argue too much with your bottom 3. Solid.
  • CraterGunsCraterGuns
    Posts: 618
    Top 5
    CASINO ROYALE
    FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    GOLDFINGER
    SKYFALL
    THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS

    Bottom 5
    THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    A VIEW TO A KILL
    OCTOPUSSY
    MOONRAKER
    DIE ANOTHER DAY
  • KronsteenKronsteen Stockholm
    Posts: 783
    suavejmf wrote: »
    FAVOURITES

    FRWL
    CR
    OHMSS
    TB
    DN


    LEAST FAVOURITES

    DAD
    TWINE
    TND
    MR - ONLY DUE TO THE OVERT HUMOUR THAT WENT TOO FAR.
    AVTAK

    That's pretty close to my list!

    Best 5
    From Russia With Love
    On Her Majestys Secret Service
    The Living Daylights
    Thunderball
    Dr. No

    Worst 5
    Diamonds Are Forever
    A View To A Kill
    Licence To Kill
    Die Another Day
    The World Is Not Enough
  • OctopussyOctopussy Piz Gloria, Schilthorn, Switzerland.
    Posts: 1,081
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    Thunderball
    Dr. No
    From Russia With Love
    Goldfinger


    You Only Live Twice
    Diamonds Are Forever
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    Die Another Day
    The World Is Not Enough
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