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  • barryt007barryt007
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    Ow !!
  • ThighsOfXeniaThighsOfXenia
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    In an interesting place where I haven't posted here (or seen a Bond film) in well over a year, save for showing my girlfriend Skyfall recently.

    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
  • RemingtonRemington I'll do anything for a woman with a knife.
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    ThighsOfXenia wrote: »
    In an interesting place where I haven't posted here (or seen a Bond film) in well over a year, save for showing my girlfriend Skyfall recently.

    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 ".
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
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    This is not an official list (that will come by Bond 25), but this sums up my thoughts on the films. I expect it to be reasonably accurate with my upcoming Bondathon

    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
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    Overall excellent ranking @w2bond.

    Though I think you're the only one where Connery is the last of the 6 to pop up in someone's ranking.
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
    edited May 2018 Posts: 2,252
    @GoldenGun number 2-7 are interchangeable…depends on my mood. Both Dr No and FRWL are excellent. Some say other films improve on DN…no they don't. All DN needs is a Barry score
  • ThighsOfXeniaThighsOfXenia
    edited May 2018 Posts: 1,596
    @Remington OHMSS was once ranked dead last (or near it) in my list. The reason? Lazenby. Don't find him convincing. I know popular opinion on that has changed as time has passed, but I think his performance is incredibly lacking on several fronts.

    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.
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
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    Is this changed? Too lazy to check the last one. Here's my mid-2018 list.

    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
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    @StirredNotShaken good list. I still feel bad about unintentionally ruining SP for you years ago :(
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Glad to see SF snuck back into your top 10!
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Right now you have those ones ranked like I do. SF, then GE, then YOLT
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Every Bond film I have from like 10-16 feels too low because of how good they all are.
  • StrogStrog
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    Just decided to do another.

    1. GOLDFINGER
    2. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    3. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    4. CASINO ROYALE
    5. LIVE AND LET DIE
    6. DR. NO
    7. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    8. THUNDERBALL
    9. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    10. SKYFALL
    11. GOLDENEYE
    12. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    13. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    14. LICENCE TO KILL
    15. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    16. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    17. OCTOPUSSY
    18. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    19. A VIEW TO A KILL
    20. DIE ANOTHER DAY
    21. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    22. MOONRAKER
    23. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    24. SPECTRE

    After the excellent viewing some friends and I had the other night, LALD has jumped up two spots to #5, the highest that it has ever reached. After about a year and multiple rankings, QOS seems to now sit securely in the 9th position, seemingly extracting itself from what had been a perpetual four way war with YOLT, GE and SF; however, those three are still so tightly locked together that I wasn't comfortable with any arrangement that they were in. The new ranking above seemed the most palatable, if still a bit arbitrary. My appreciation for FYEO continues to grow, but it just can't break into that Top Twelve; those ones really are my clear favorites, whatever the order. The rest haven't moved more than a spot or two each in either direction. I enjoyed TND, MR and TWINE more than I had in years in the last few viewings, but there really is no place for them to move to. Of course SP remains at the bottom.

    And let's hope it stays there; I'd hate to think that after a five year wait I am subjected to another dud. That would mean that I will have gone at least a decade (SF - 2022, for BOND 26) without a satisfactory Bond film. For a poor fella like @Creasy47, who didn't like either Mendes film, that's 14 years. In the '60s we got a masterpiece every damned year for half a decade, then every other year. Studio problems, etc., there is no excuse for letting it drag out as long as it has. Then the nerve of expecting general audiences to remember or care about events that occurred in previous entries spread out so far as they have been.
    You and I are in complete agreement (or at least I think we are, based on my last ranking; going through the films again now) on which films ought to represent the the top half of the series, except one: DIAMONDS. I'd have that over GE in a heartbeat. Aside from that, excellent. Although I would always encourage everyone to move YOLT higher, especially in that war it seems to have gotten itself involved with for final placement in your top ten.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited May 2018 Posts: 7,134
    @Birdleson Glad to see the sixties on top there. I think the only one of them that doesn’t make my upper half is TB.
    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.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    Me too, SP has been the biggest letdown for me as well. It’s the very first Bond film that I do not intend to buy at any point.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Me too, SP has been the biggest letdown for me as well. It’s the very first Bond film that I do not intend to buy at any point.

    For me, that is the Brosnan films.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,169
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Me too, SP has been the biggest letdown for me as well. It’s the very first Bond film that I do not intend to buy at any point.

    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.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    1. Casino Royale
    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
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    You're love of SP is the only thing that I cannot comprehend.

    @Birdleson come on. It’s getting better. You have to credit me for improvement.
  • vzokvzok
    Posts: 4,044
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Me too, SP has been the biggest letdown for me as well. It’s the very first Bond film that I do not intend to buy at any point.

    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.

    There won't be many more in your lifetime at the rate they are going.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,169
    vzok wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Me too, SP has been the biggest letdown for me as well. It’s the very first Bond film that I do not intend to buy at any point.

    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.

    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.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    It's sad to begin the process of grieving for a series we loved. At least there are the old films to return to.
  • NSGWNSGW London
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    1 From Russia With 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..
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    edited May 2018 Posts: 16,169
    1. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    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
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    vzok wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Me too, SP has been the biggest letdown for me as well. It’s the very first Bond film that I do not intend to buy at any point.

    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.

    There won't be many more in your lifetime at the rate they are going.

    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.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    @ToTheRight , we agree on so much else, it's puzzling to me how low you rank QOS.

    Interestingly I very much love QOS (especially Camille), but compared to so many of the others, it had to go somewhere.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    ToTheRight wrote: »
    Birdleson wrote: »
    @ToTheRight , we agree on so much else, it's puzzling to me how low you rank QOS.

    Interestingly I very much love QOS (especially Camille), but compared to so many of the others, it had to go somewhere.
    You have it just a bit lower than I do.
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
    Posts: 2,252
    Just watched Thunderball. The underwater scenes were less tedious this time. Also TB has the advantage of good theme songs, good female cast, and the funniest script in the series.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    w2bond wrote: »
    Just watched Thunderball. The underwater scenes were less tedious this time. Also TB has the advantage of good theme songs, good female cast, and the funniest script in the series.
    I'm not the biggest fan of the finale (probably the world's first instance of shaky cam) or the underwater shootout, but everything up to that really works for me and is done with a lot of style. It's still my firm #2 Bond film.
  • w2bondw2bond is indeed a very rare breed
    edited May 2018 Posts: 2,252
    bondjames wrote: »
    w2bond wrote: »
    Just watched Thunderball. The underwater scenes were less tedious this time. Also TB has the advantage of good theme songs, good female cast, and the funniest script in the series.
    I'm not the biggest fan of the finale (probably the world's first instance of shaky cam) or the underwater shootout, but everything up to that really works for me and is done with a lot of style. It's still my firm #2 Bond film.

    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
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