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  • ThighsOfXeniaThighsOfXenia
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    TripAces wrote: »
    Objectively, DAF is horrible.

    Since I strongly disagree with this it must not be so objective, huh?
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    ThighsOfXenia wrote: »
    TripAces wrote: »
    Objectively, DAF is horrible.

    Since I strongly disagree with this it must not be so objective, huh?

    "Objective" was the wrong word there. What I meant was, "on the surface." Just looking at the plot, the scenarios, the characters, the sfx, some of the acting...oh yes, it is soooo awful that it is a lot of fun.
  • sunsanvilsunsanvil Somewhere in Canada....somewhere.
    edited March 2015 Posts: 260
    1. Thunderball (1965)
    2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
    3. From Russia With Love (1963)
    4. Doctor No. (1962)
    5. You Only Live Twice (1967)
    6. Goldfinger (1964)
    7. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
    8. The Living Daylights (1987)
    9. Casino Royale (2006)
    10. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
    11. Moonraker (1979)
    12. Skyfall (2012)
    13. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
    14. Octopussy (1983)
    15. GoldenEye (1995)
    16. Live and Let Die (1973)
    17. The World is Not Enough (1999)
    18. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
    19. A View to a Kill (1985)
    20. License to Kill (1989)
    21. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
    22. Die Another Day (2002)
    23. Quantum of Solace (2008)

    This was very difficult for me indeed, and I cant say the above is definitive as such, probably subject to continual ratification. As another poster did, I'd almost rather do categories....

    1 The Classics

    Thunderball (1965)
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
    From Russia With Love (1963)
    Doctor No. (1962)
    You Only Live Twice (1967)
    Goldfinger (1964)

    2 The Larger Than Lifes

    The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
    The Living Daylights (1987)
    Casino Royale (2006)
    For Your Eyes Only (1981)
    Moonraker (1979)
    Skyfall (2012)
    The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
    Octopussy (1983)
    GoldenEye (1995)

    3 The Farces

    Live and Let Die (1973)
    A View to a Kill (1985)
    License to Kill (1989)
    Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

    4 The Generic Actions

    The World is Not Enough (1999)
    Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
    Die Another Day (2002)
    Quantum of Solace (2008)





  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Not my list, it is the average of everyone s ranking. I personally think DN is way too low, and GE way too high on that list.

    Ah right. Averages. Sorry. Yes I totally agree.

  • ThighsOfXeniaThighsOfXenia
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    Love seeing the appreciation for THUNDERBALL around here as of late. With one or two exceptions I really like your top ten as well, @sunsanvil
  • sunsanvilsunsanvil Somewhere in Canada....somewhere.
    Posts: 260
    For me my top 6 are absolutely solid. After that it becomes very hard to sort.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    ThighsOfXenia wrote: »
    Love seeing the appreciation for THUNDERBALL around here as of late. With one or two exceptions I really like your top ten as well, @sunsanvil

    Thunderball is a brilliant Bond film and really close to Flemings novel. It has SC, some of the best girls of the series, a memorable villian, a great score, exotic locations and the best Director (Terance Young). 10/10.
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    edited March 2015 Posts: 7,314
    Well, the results are in from my latest Bondathon.
    Some of them are separated by only the slimmest of margins. As a result, some fluctuation always occurs.

    1) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    2) Casino Royale
    3) From Russia With Love
    4) Skyfall
    5) The Spy Who Loved Me
    6) GoldenEye
    7) Live And Let Die
    8) Dr. No
    9) For Your Eyes Only
    10) Goldfinger
    11) Quantum of Solace
    12) Octopussy
    13) Moonraker
    14) Thunderball
    15) The Living Daylights
    16) The World Is Not Enough
    17) A View To A Kill
    18) Diamonds Are Forever
    19) You Only Live Twice
    20) Tomorrow Never Dies
    21) The Man With The Golden Gun
    22) Licence To Kill
    23) Die Another Day
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited March 2015 Posts: 17,694
    The "real" Bond movies:
    DN
    FRWL
    OHMSS
    TLD
    LTK
    CR
    QOS

    The "big" Bond movies:
    TB
    YOLT
    TSWLM
    OP
    TND
    TWINE
    DAD
    SF

    The "smaller" Bond movies:
    GF
    LALD
    TMWTGG
    FYEO
    GE

    The "silly" Bond movies:
    DAF
    MR

    The "other" Bond films:
    NSNA*
    AVTAK**

    *Non-EON bird-flip from Connery & McClory, half baked/half interesting.
    **This is hard to place because it's silly, yet serious in spots, small, yet ambitious, and stars stunt men as often as Rog himself....

  • ThighsOfXeniaThighsOfXenia
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    Your asterisks for AVTAK are a few of the reasons I enjoy it so much. It's whacky but in a good way. Some Bond films, such as FYEO, can't make that tonal zaniness work (in my opinion) as well.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    ThighsOfXenia wrote: »
    Your asterisks for AVTAK are a few of the reasons I enjoy it so much. It's whacky but in a good way. Some Bond films, such as FYEO, can't make that tonal zaniness work (in my opinion) as well.
    AVTAK is far from the worst Bond, and has much to recommend it IMO. I've rated the Bonds many times, this time I was attempting simple classification.

  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    chrisisall wrote: »
    The "real" Bond movies:
    DN
    FRWL
    OHMSS
    TLD
    LTK
    CR
    QOS

    The "big" Bond movies:
    TB
    YOLT
    TSWLM
    OP
    TND
    TWINE
    DAD
    SF

    The "smaller" Bond movies:
    LALD
    TMWTGG
    FYEO
    GE

    The "silly" Bond movies:
    DAF
    MR

    The "other" Bond films:
    NSNA*
    AVTAK**

    *Non-EON bird-flip from Connery & McClory, half baked/half interesting.
    **This is hard to place because it's silly, yet serious in spots, small, yet ambitious, and stars stunt men as often as Rog himself....

    What about GF?
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    So is GF the nonexistent Bond movie?
    OOOpps! I fixed it. Smaller movie Bond.
    :\">
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    That's funny. I would have thought that both GF and GE would be filed under "big"
    Not compared to some...
  • ThighsOfXeniaThighsOfXenia
    edited March 2015 Posts: 1,595
    GE is definitely a "big" Bond movie in my book. GF is like "medium," hehe. And Moonraker I would file under "big" as well as "silly," if you're into doing multiple categories.

    In terms of scope Moonraker is up there.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited March 2015 Posts: 23,883
    I would personally put MR in it's own category called 'hugest'

    I would also personally put DAD in its own category named 'silliest'
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
    Posts: 2,400
    I'm not sure if this is an update (I can't find my last list), but let's see how it turns out:

    23: Die Another Day
    22: Diamonds Are Forever
    21: The Man with the Golden Gun
    20: A View to a Kill
    19: Tomorrow Never Dies
    18: Moonraker
    17: Quantum of Solace
    16: Goldfinger
    15: You Only Live Twice
    14: Live and Let Die
    13: Thunderball
    12: For Your Eyes Only
    11: The World is Not Enough
    10: Dr. No
    9: Octopussy
    8: GoldenEye
    7: From Russia With Love
    6: Skyfall
    5: The Spy Who Loved Me
    4: Licence to Kill
    3: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    2: The Living Daylights
    1: Casino Royale
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited March 2015 Posts: 17,694
    StirredNotShaken wrote: »
    10: Dr. No
    7: From Russia With Love

    Flagged for poor placement. :))
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    I flagged @chrisisall for not noticing TND is #19 in that list.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
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    StirredNotShaken wrote: »
    I'm not sure if this is an update (I can't find my last list), but let's see how it turns out:

    23: Die Another Day
    22: Diamonds Are Forever
    21: The Man with the Golden Gun
    20: A View to a Kill
    19: Tomorrow Never Dies
    18: Moonraker
    17: Quantum of Solace
    16: Goldfinger
    15: You Only Live Twice
    14: Live and Let Die
    13: Thunderball
    12: For Your Eyes Only
    11: The World is Not Enough
    10: Dr. No
    9: Octopussy
    8: GoldenEye
    7: From Russia With Love
    6: Skyfall
    5: The Spy Who Loved Me
    4: Licence to Kill
    3: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    2: The Living Daylights
    1: Casino Royale

    You know, that list is not too dissimilar from my own.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited March 2015 Posts: 17,694
    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    I flagged @chrisisall for not noticing TND is #19 in that list.
    I noticed, but I also realize that no matter how much I personally love TND it's not a stone cold classic like DN or FRWL. And @Birdleson, IMO Goldfinger is fine wherever one wants to place it because it really isn't very well directed, it was assembled nicely though!
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited March 2015 Posts: 17,694
    Birdleson wrote: »
    chrisisall wrote: »
    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    I flagged @chrisisall for not noticing TND is #19 in that list.
    I noticed, but I also realize that no matter how much I personally love TND it's not a stone cold classic like DN or FRWL. And @Birdleson, IMO Goldfinger is fine wherever one wants to place it because it really isn't very well directed, it was assembled nicely though!

    That is completely off base. Hamilton did a wonderful job directing GF. Great visual storytelling.
    If you're familiar with Hamilton's other work (which I assume you are) you might be able to surmise that he's not a director that makes the movies in his head first, he makes them as he goes, which works well for some movies and not so well for others. He's GREAT at directing set pieces and dialogue, but the producers and editors need to blend it all together and sometimes, as in the case of Goldfinger, it works out for the best. In the case of TMWTGG & Remo Williams (for non-Bond example) it gets a little messy.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,694
    Birdleson wrote: »
    I believe that much of the greatness of the film is because of his influence, not despite it.
    Oh, he brings great strengths to any project, I didn't mean to make it sound like he has no positives to contribute!
    Birdleson wrote: »
    I also disagree on the disjointed nature of the film, I think it flows as seemlessly as any of them.
    Yes, but who edited GF and who edited TMWTGG, eh? GF was edited by a true master.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,284
    Personally I've always liked GF the most of all the Connery films. It fascinates me to see the consensus change on this site with Bond films, like QoS rising and GF dropping.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Personally I've always liked GF the most of all the Connery films. It fascinates me to see the consensus change on this site with Bond films, like QoS rising and GF dropping.

    A myth created by a vocal minority.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    Posts: 15,692
    I must say the last time i saw GF I enjoyed it a lot more than I used to.
  • ThighsOfXeniaThighsOfXenia
    Posts: 1,595
    FoxRox wrote: »
    Personally I've always liked GF the most of all the Connery films. It fascinates me to see the consensus change on this site with Bond films, like QoS rising and GF dropping.

    God damn shame.
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
    Posts: 2,400
    Honestly Quantum of Solace and maybe even Moonraker are on the verge of topping Goldfinger for me, and I strongly dislike both of those films.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    MR is flat out awful, because unlike DAF, MR tries to be a serious film.
  • Klaus_GSectionKlaus_GSection
    Posts: 104
    Never really thought about compiling a list of the films in a best to worst fashion before.
    But from reading through a handful of them, I'll give it a try.

    From best to worst.

    1. From Russia With Love
    2. Thunderball
    3. Goldfinger
    4. Doctor No.
    5. The Living Daylights
    6. Casino Royale
    7. You Only Live Twice
    8. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    9. Diamonds Are Forever
    10. Quantum Of Solace
    11 License To Kill
    12. Goldeneye
    13. The Spy Who Loved Me
    14. For Your Eyes Only
    15. Octopussy
    16. Skyfall
    17. Live And Let Die
    18. The Man With The Golden Gun
    19. A View To A Kill
    20. The World Is Not Enough
    21. Tomorrow Never Dies
    22. Die Another Day
    23. Moonraker
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