Bond film ranking tournament. Final results

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  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    Posts: 2,853
    OHMSS. While both OHMSS and TWSLM are top-notch Bond in my view, OHMSS is really… really special. Dear EON: Could we please have a limited re-release for its’ 50th? Pretty Please!?
    FYEO. Easy. My feeling on DAD are well known (1st half – fairly good actually, 2nd half – eye rolling garbage).
  • Agent7777Agent7777 England
    Posts: 37
    TSWLM
    &
    FYEO
  • Posts: 7,520
    No contest at all
    OHMSS
    and
    FYEO
  • matt_umatt_u better known as Mr. Roark
    Posts: 4,343
    Never been a crazy fan of OHMSS. It is in my Top 10 because the goods are REALLY goods, the score is unbelievable, I really like Lazenby in the part in this particular story, iconic moments and scenery... but the plot is not that thrilling and some flaws are particularly heavy. Also, it is clearly directed by a rookie director. I'm to a fan of TSWLM either. The movie, again, has such iconic moments and an amazing use of locations, but I don't particularly love this kind of "greatest hits Bond" films, like GE as well, even if were capital for the survival of the series.

    So OHMSS & FYEO*

    *Because DAD is just the worst of the worst.
  • Majesty's and the Eyes- both by some distance
  • RoadphillRoadphill United Kingdom
    Posts: 984
    Oh good lord. The first one is my absolute two favourite's of the whole series. I will have to give it to TSWLM, by a millionth of a microbe.
    Second one is easy, FYEO.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    @Birdleson, yes we are!

    OHMSS beats TSWLM 23-9

    FYEO beats DAD 22-10

    Round 117:

    MR vs QOS

    and

    QOS vs SF
  • Posts: 12,490
    QOS demolishes MR

    SF over QOS, but I love both
  • BMW_with_missilesBMW_with_missiles All the usual refinements.
    Posts: 3,000
    MR over QOS

    SF over QOS
  • Max_The_ParrotMax_The_Parrot ATAC to St Cyril’s
    Posts: 2,426
    [Moonraker - well it’s my number one movie so I have to go with that. Over the top popcorn Bond, Jaws, cable cars and centrifuges, space and space shuttles, Dolly and Drax, Shirley Bassey, it’s a winner for me.

    Skyfall - love the focus on London as a location, and Silva is my kind of Bond villain.
  • Posts: 832
    QOS
    SF
  • Junglist_1985Junglist_1985 Los Angeles
    edited October 2019 Posts: 1,035
    QOS
    QOS - as someone said above: until recently this answer would have been Skyfall, however QOS has aged like fine wine for me.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,162
    MR
    QOS
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
    Posts: 2,722
    QOS (even though I'm a MR defender) and SF (even though I enjoy QOS)
  • Posts: 631
    Moon
    Solace
  • infoviseinfovise Ireland
    Posts: 114
    MR over QOS
    SF over QOS
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,152
    MR beats QOS
    SF beats QOS

    However, QOS has risen quite a lot in my ranking's.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,219
    I can't help it. MR is such a delight!

    QOS does beat SF, my least favourite film in the Craig era so far.
  • Posts: 4,045
    QOS
    QOS
  • 00Agent00Agent Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be all bad.
    Posts: 5,185
    QoS
    SF
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
    edited October 2019 Posts: 4,594
    MR
    SF

    Two of my absolute favorites. QOS is a darn good one as well
  • MartinBondMartinBond Trying not to muck it up again
    Posts: 862
    Moonraker and Skyfall, both hands down.
    At least in Moonraker you don't get motion sickness, and that's saying something for a movie that goes into outer space and G-force machines...
  • goldenswissroyalegoldenswissroyale Switzerland
    Posts: 4,487
    QOS
    SF
  • peterpeter Toronto
    Posts: 9,509
    QOS
    SF
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
    Posts: 4,343
    Moonraker has not aged very well, yet it always brings back happy memories.
    Skyfall for me is eye-candy from start to finish. The script may defy logic most of the time, but the stunts are fresh and it all looks and feels just perfect for a Bond film.

    To this day, I can not forgive QOS for the crazy editing that killed all action scenes in its steps. It does have few highlights (the fight at the Bregenz opera, a very good performance by Craig), but overall I did not like it when I first saw it and it has only gained little ground for me since then.
  • Posts: 7,520
    QOS
    and
    QOS
  • Posts: 17,785
    QOS and QOS
  • Posts: 385
    MR
    QOS
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    Posts: 815
    QOS over MR.
    SF over QOS.

  • edited October 2019 Posts: 19,339
    Forgetting my childhood memories of MR I have to go for :

    QOS (MR just has too much slapstick after a brilliant spying start)
    &
    SF (It’s the most British Bond of them all but damned close - #7 SF & #9 QOS in my rankings. )
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