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  • Posts: 15,785
    My latest ranking of 2021 shows more love for the Brosnan and Craig films but seems to sacrifice some of the Connery and Moore outings. Odd to place DAF so low considering how often I pop that one in.

    1. GOLDFINGER
    2. LIVE AND LET DIE
    3. DR. NO
    4. SKYFALL
    5. CASINO ROYALE 06
    6. THUNDERBALL
    7. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    8. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    9. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    10. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    11. GOLDENEYE
    12. OCTOPUSSY/NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
    13. SPECTRE
    14. MOONRAKER
    15. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    16. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    17. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    18. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN/CR 54
    19. LICENCE TO KILL
    20. A VIEW TO A KILL
    21. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    22. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    23. TOMORROW NEVER DIES/ CR 67
    24. DIE ANOTHER DAY
  • Posts: 6,727
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    My latest ranking of 2021 shows more love for the Brosnan and Craig films but seems to sacrifice some of the Connery and Moore outings. Odd to place DAF so low considering how often I pop that one in.

    1. GOLDFINGER
    2. LIVE AND LET DIE
    3. DR. NO
    4. SKYFALL
    5. CASINO ROYALE 06
    6. THUNDERBALL
    7. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    8. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    9. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    10. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    11. GOLDENEYE
    12. OCTOPUSSY/NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
    13. SPECTRE
    14. MOONRAKER
    15. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    16. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    17. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    18. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN/CR 54
    19. LICENCE TO KILL
    20. A VIEW TO A KILL
    21. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    22. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    23. TOMORROW NEVER DIES/ CR 67
    24. DIE ANOTHER DAY

    Did you always place QOS so low?
    Ironic you have it below TWINE, one of the slowest paced Bonds to QOS, which moves like a bullet!
  • DeathToSpies84DeathToSpies84 Haydock, England
    Posts: 254
    I am making mistake with listing. So sorry.
    1. Goldeneye
    2. Goldfinger
    3. Casino Royal
    4. You Only Live Twice
    5. Quantum Of Solace’s
    6. From Russian With Love
    7. Live And Let Die
    8. Die Another Day
    9. The World Is Not Enough
    10. Skyfall
    11. Tomorrow Never Die
    12. Thunder ball
    13. The Living Daylights
    14. Spectre
    15. Diamonds Are Forever
    16. Doctor No
    17. The Man With The Golden Gun
    18. On Her Majesty Secret Services
    19. Moonraker
    20. The Spy Who Loves Me
    21. License To Kill
    22. For Your Eye Only
    23. Octopussy
    24. A View To A Kill

    My have forgot Tomorrow Never Die.
    I am thinking easy to do with many James Bond to list. Sorry for mistake .

    I’m just as surprised to see DAD, DAF, SP and QOS above LTK, OHMSS and even TLD 😯 Still, decent list nonetheless
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 6,758
    I'm going to try something different.

    I will be dividing the films into subdivisions according to my enjoyment of them. This way I won't be forced to make too many painful decisions.

    Films ranked chronologically within their subdivisions.

    FAVOURITES
    From Russia with Love
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    The Living Daylights
    Licence to Kill

    TOP 10
    Dr. No
    Thunderball
    For Your Eyes Only
    Octopussy
    GoldenEye
    Casino Royale

    SOFT SPOTS
    The Man with the Golden Gun
    Never Say Never Again
    The World Is Not Enough
    Quantum of Solace

    GOOD
    Goldfinger
    You Only Live Twice
    Live and Let Die
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    Moonraker
    A View to a Kill
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    Skyfall

    DISAPPOINTING
    Diamonds Are Forever
    Die Another Day
    Spectre
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 6,758
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Five of my Top 12 (my Ten is too fluid) are all the way down in your good pile.

    I still really like those films though. That's the luxury we have as fans. At least 20 of these films remain thoroughly enjoyable. And even the ones down at the bottom have a few saving graces.
  • edited April 2021 Posts: 15,785
    I used to do a new ranking every other week. That was my goal until NTTD's release. My intention was to have these consistent re-rankings appear with the tedious inevitability of an unloved season. Oh, well.
    Either way....I'm over due...............here goes:

    1. THUNDERBALL
    2. GOLDFINGER
    3. LIVE AND LET DIE
    4. SKYFALL
    5. DR. NO
    6. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    7. CASINO ROYALE 06
    8. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    9. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    10. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    11. OCTOPUSSY/NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
    12. SPECTRE
    13. LICENCE TO KILL
    14. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    15. MOONRAKER
    16. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    17. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    18. GOLDENEYE
    19. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY/CR 54
    20. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    21. A VIEW TO A KILL
    22. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    23. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    24. DIE ANOTHER DAY/CR 67
  • Posts: 2,400
    A few changes for me during the interim. I have it on Letterboxd here as well.
    24: Diamonds Are Forever (-1)
    23: Die Another Day (+1)
    22: The Man with the Golden Gun
    21: A View to a Kill
    20: Moonraker
    19: SPECTRE (-3)
    18: Thunderball
    17: Live and Let Die
    16: Tomorrow Never Dies (-1)
    15: For Your Eyes Only (-1)
    14: Quantum of Solace (-1)
    13: You Only Live Twice (-1)
    12: Goldfinger (+7)
    11: The World is Not Enough (-1)
    10: Octopussy (+1)
    9: The Spy Who Loved Me (-1)
    8: GoldenEye (-1)
    007: Dr. No (+2)
    6: The Living Daylights
    5: Skyfall (-2)
    4: Licence to Kill (+1)
    3: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (-1)
    2: From Russia with Love (+2)
    1: Casino Royale
  • For variety's sake, I've pulled the Bond film ratings from the Russian equivalent of IMDB-, Kinopoisk.ru, where each Bond film has anywhere between 8K and 150K votes. Here is how Russian filmgoers rank the Bond films:

    https://kinopoisk.ru/film/17483/other/

    1. CR 7.75 out of 10
    2. GF 7.69
    3. DN 7.54
    4. SF 7.43
    5. FRWL 7.39
    6. TB 7.32
    7. YOLT 7.20
    8. DAF 7.13
    9. TSWLM 7.12
    10. TND 7.12
    11. GE 7.06
    12. TWINE 7.05
    13. NSNA 7.02
    14. DAD 7.01
    15. FYEO 6.99
    16. TMWTGG 6.98
    17. LTK 6.94
    18. LALD 6.91
    19. OP 6.87
    20. AVTAK 6.83
    21. TLD 6.77
    22. OHMSS 6.70
    23. QOS 6.70
    24. MR 6.68
    25. SP 6.56

    Like other international audiences, Russians think highly of the Connery era and Craig's two knockout films, Casino Royale and Skyfall. Then the Brosnan era sticks out as more highly ranked than usual, as that's when Bond was first introduced to Russian audiences. Less love for the Moore films, the Dalton ones, and OHMSS. Spectre is ranked last, but it's score is comparable to that on IMDB.

  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited April 2021 Posts: 6,758
    Years ago I showed TLD to someone who speaks Russian and used to live in Moscow. She enjoyed it but she did tell me that TLD features some hilariously bad Russian accents. Maybe that's something that takes them out of the film...
  • Slazenger7Slazenger7 Gothenburg, Sweden
    Posts: 1,334
    This is my revised list as it was used in the ranking game 🙂

    1. Goldfinger
    2. The Spy who Loved Me
    3. Thunderball
    4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    5. From Russia with Love
    6. Dr. No
    7. Casino Royale
    8. For Your Eyes Only
    9. Live and Let Die
    10. Octopussy
    11. You Only Live Twice
    12. Diamonds Are Forever
    13. Moonraker
    14. Golden Eye
    15. The Living Daylights
    16. The Man with the Golden Gun
    17. A View to a Kill
    18. License to Kill
    19. Skyfall
    20. Tomorrow Never Dies
    21. Quantum of Solace
    22. Spectre
    23. The World is Not Enough
    24. Die Another Day
    25. Never Say Never Again
  • GoldenGun wrote: »
    Years ago I showed TLD to someone who speaks Russian and used to live in Moscow. She enjoyed it but she did tell me that TLD features some hilariously bad Russian accents. Maybe that's something that takes them out of the film...

    The Bond series doesn't have a great track record for realistic Russian characters, but some Russians including myself get a kick at how absurd some of these depictions can get in American/British films. With Bond, that absurdity is part of the charm.
  • Posts: 2,400
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Years ago I showed TLD to someone who speaks Russian and used to live in Moscow. She enjoyed it but she did tell me that TLD features some hilariously bad Russian accents. Maybe that's something that takes them out of the film...

    The Bond series doesn't have a great track record for realistic Russian characters, but some Russians including myself get a kick at how absurd some of these depictions can get in American/British films. With Bond, that absurdity is part of the charm.

    "And then we cut to Moscow, and there's a man there, he's Russian, you know, he's got eyebrows..."
  • Posts: 2,400
    24: Diamonds Are Forever
    23: Die Another Day
    22: The Man with the Golden Gun
    21: Moonraker (-1)
    20: A View to a Kill (+1)
    19: SPECTRE
    18: Thunderball
    17: Tomorrow Never Dies (-1)
    16: For Your Eyes Only (-1)
    15: Quantum of Solace (-1)
    14: You Only Live Twice (-1)
    13: Live and Let Die (+4)
    12: Goldfinger
    11: The World is Not Enough
    10: GoldenEye (-2)
    9: Dr. No (-2)
    8: The Spy Who Loved Me (+1)
    007: Octopussy (+3)
    6: The Living Daylights
    5: Skyfall
    4: Licence to Kill
    3: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    2: From Russia with Love
    1: Casino Royale
  • edited May 2021 Posts: 15,785
    1. GOLDFINGER
    2. DR. NO
    3. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    4. SKYFALL
    5. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    6. THUNDERBALL
    7. LICENCE TO KILL
    8. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    9. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    10. LIVE AND LET DIE
    11. OCTOPUSSY/NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
    12. MOONRAKER
    13. SPECTRE
    14. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    15. CASINO ROYALE 06
    16. GOLDENEYE/CR 54
    17. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    18. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    19. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    20. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    21. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    22. A VIEW TO A KILL
    23. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    24. DIE ANOTHER DAY /CR 67
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,985
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    1. GOLDFINGER
    2. DR. NO
    3. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    4. SKYFALL
    5. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    6. THUNDERBALL
    7. LICENCE TO KILL
    8. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    9. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    10. LIVE AND LET DIE
    11. OCTOPUSSY/NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
    12. MOONRAKER
    13. SPECTRE
    14. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    15. CASINO ROYALE 06
    16. GOLDENEYE/CR 54
    17. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    18. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    19. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    20. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    21. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    22. A VIEW TO A KILL
    23. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    24. DIE ANOTHER DAY /CR 67

    You've got SP too high and CR too low 😁
  • Posts: 15,785
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    1. GOLDFINGER
    2. DR. NO
    3. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    4. SKYFALL
    5. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    6. THUNDERBALL
    7. LICENCE TO KILL
    8. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    9. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    10. LIVE AND LET DIE
    11. OCTOPUSSY/NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
    12. MOONRAKER
    13. SPECTRE
    14. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    15. CASINO ROYALE 06
    16. GOLDENEYE/CR 54
    17. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    18. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    19. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    20. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    21. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    22. A VIEW TO A KILL
    23. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    24. DIE ANOTHER DAY /CR 67

    You've got SP too high and CR too low 😁

    Been showing some love for SP, and a little burned out on CR, amazingly.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    edited May 2021 Posts: 3,985
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    1. GOLDFINGER
    2. DR. NO
    3. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    4. SKYFALL
    5. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    6. THUNDERBALL
    7. LICENCE TO KILL
    8. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    9. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    10. LIVE AND LET DIE
    11. OCTOPUSSY/NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
    12. MOONRAKER
    13. SPECTRE
    14. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    15. CASINO ROYALE 06
    16. GOLDENEYE/CR 54
    17. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    18. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    19. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    20. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    21. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    22. A VIEW TO A KILL
    23. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    24. DIE ANOTHER DAY /CR 67

    You've got SP too high and CR too low 😁

    Been showing some love for SP, and a little burned out on CR, amazingly.

    That is amazing. The more I watch CR the better it gets. In fact it's a masterpiece 👍

    SP just gets worse with every (rare) viewing..
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,985
    Crem De La Crem
    Goldfinger
    From Russia With Love
    Dr No
    The Living Daylights
    Casino Royale
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    Excellent
    Thunderball
    Quantum of Solace
    Skyfall
    For Your Eyes Only

    Very good
    Octopussy
    The Spy Who Loved Me

    Good
    Licence To Kill
    Tomorrow Never Dies

    Enjoyably interchangeable
    Goldeneye
    Live And Let Die
    You Only Live Twice
    The Man With The Golden Gun
    Moonraker
    The World Is Not Enough

    Must do better
    A View To A Kill
    Spectre
    Diamonds Are Forever
    Die Another Day
  • Junglist_1985Junglist_1985 Los Angeles
    Posts: 1,006
    Crem De La Crem
    Goldfinger
    From Russia With Love
    Dr No
    The Living Daylights
    Casino Royale
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    Excellent
    Thunderball
    Quantum of Solace
    Skyfall
    For Your Eyes Only

    Very good
    Octopussy
    The Spy Who Loved Me

    Good
    Licence To Kill
    Tomorrow Never Dies

    Enjoyably interchangeable
    Goldeneye
    Live And Let Die
    You Only Live Twice
    The Man With The Golden Gun
    Moonraker
    The World Is Not Enough

    Must do better
    A View To A Kill
    Spectre
    Diamonds Are Forever
    Die Another Day

    Great ranking - we’re aligned quite closely! Notable exceptions being Goldeneye and Spectre, but that’s about it!
  • My Wives;
    -On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
    -From Russia With Love
    -Goldeneye
    -Casino Royale (2006)
    -Dr. No

    My Mistressess;
    -Goldfinger
    -The Living Daylights
    -The Spy Who Loved Me
    -For Your Eyes Only
    -The World Is Not Enough
    -Skyfall

    Everyone Else;
    -Licence To Kill
    -You Only Live Twice
    -Octopussy
    -Live and Let Die
    -Thunderball
    -Tomorrow Never Dies
    -Casino Royale (1954)
    -The Man With The Golden Gun
    -Diamonds Are Forever
    -Moonraker

    No Thanks;
    -A View To A Kill
    -Die Another Day
    -Quantum of Solace
    -SPECTRE
    -Casino Royale (1967)
    -Never Say Never Again
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,985
    Crem De La Crem
    Goldfinger
    From Russia With Love
    Dr No
    The Living Daylights
    Casino Royale
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    Excellent
    Thunderball
    Quantum of Solace
    Skyfall
    For Your Eyes Only

    Very good
    Octopussy
    The Spy Who Loved Me

    Good
    Licence To Kill
    Tomorrow Never Dies

    Enjoyably interchangeable
    Goldeneye
    Live And Let Die
    You Only Live Twice
    The Man With The Golden Gun
    Moonraker
    The World Is Not Enough

    Must do better
    A View To A Kill
    Spectre
    Diamonds Are Forever
    Die Another Day

    Great ranking - we’re aligned quite closely! Notable exceptions being Goldeneye and Spectre, but that’s about it!

    Thanks @Junglist_1985
    GE is a tricky one with me. I change my mind about it with every viewing. Sometimes I really like it, sometimes not so much... 😁
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,548
    Latest update. Spaces indications a drop off.

    1 SF
    2 TB
    3 GF
    4 CR

    5 FRWL


    6 DAF
    7 LALD
    8 OHMSS
    9 TSWLM
    10 DN
    11 YOLT



    12 SP
    13 QoS


    14 LTK

    15 TMWTGG

    16 FYEO
    17 AVTAK
    18 OP

    19 TWINE

    20 TLD
    21 GE


    22 TND





    23 DAD











    24 MR

  • Junglist_1985Junglist_1985 Los Angeles
    Posts: 1,006
    TripAces wrote: »
    Latest update. Spaces indications a drop off.

    1 SF
    2 TB
    3 GF
    4 CR

    5 FRWL


    6 DAF
    7 LALD
    8 OHMSS
    9 TSWLM
    10 DN
    11 YOLT



    12 SP
    13 QoS


    14 LTK

    15 TMWTGG

    16 FYEO
    17 AVTAK
    18 OP

    19 TWINE

    20 TLD
    21 GE


    22 TND





    23 DAD











    24 MR

    A little blindsided by #6! It is not often that you see DAF immediately after FRWL and CR.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,548
    TripAces wrote: »
    Latest update. Spaces indications a drop off.

    1 SF
    2 TB
    3 GF
    4 CR

    5 FRWL


    6 DAF
    7 LALD
    8 OHMSS
    9 TSWLM
    10 DN
    11 YOLT



    12 SP
    13 QoS


    14 LTK

    15 TMWTGG

    16 FYEO
    17 AVTAK
    18 OP

    19 TWINE

    20 TLD
    21 GE


    22 TND





    23 DAD











    24 MR

    A little blindsided by #6! It is not often that you see DAF immediately after FRWL and CR.

    By every metric, DAF is horrible. But it is so horrible that I love it--it is a Bond film on acid. Same with LTK and TMWTGG. But MR doesn't hold the same for me. It is missing some sort of charm.
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
    Posts: 776
    TripAces wrote: »
    Latest update. Spaces indications a drop off.

    1 SF
    2 TB
    3 GF
    4 CR

    5 FRWL

    Pretty solid top five, though I would replace GF with OHMSS and SF with DN. Regardless, I love all of those films.
  • Posts: 1,469
    1) From Russia With Love
    2) Dr. No
    3) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    4) Thunderball
    5) Casino Royale 06
    6) The Spy Who Loved Me
    7) Goldfinger
    8) GoldenEye
    9) You Only Live Twice
    10) For Your Eyes Only
    11) Tomorrow Never Dies
    12) The Man With The Golden Gun
    13) SPECTRE
    14) Skyfall
    15) Moonraker
    16) Octopussy
    17) The Living Daylights
    18) Quantum Of Solace
    19) The World Is Not Enough
    20) A View To A Kill
    21) Never Say Never Again
    22) License To Kill
    23) Die Another Day
    24) Live And Let Die
    25) Diamonds Are Forever

    I was thinking about TND and decided it needed to move up several positions; I should watch it again soon. I made a few other minor changes. I know SF's better than SP but I enjoy SP more these days; they could switch in the future.
  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    Posts: 1,664
    I've been able to watch about a dozen films so far this year, so I thought it's time for an update. I take no pleasure in how deliberately provocative they tend to look--it's just how things are!

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

    Biggest changes for me would be that CR has completed its long journey to the bottom spot (though I don't hate my lowest-ranked movie the way many hate theirs). The later Brosnan movies have jumped quite a bit, particularly TWINE, my previous number 24.

    And my viewing of DAF was so wonderful yesterday that it's cracked the top ten and replaced Dr No as my favorite Connery film.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited June 2021 Posts: 6,758
    That list is very much your own and I salute you for that @ProfJoeButcher :)
  • edited June 2021 Posts: 928
    That's an excellent top bottom-four @ProfJoeButcher !
  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    edited June 2021 Posts: 1,664
    :)) Well, I'm proud to not have a top ten featuring the early Connerys, OHMSS, TSWLM, and the Campbell movies. Those lists seem not to reflect individual taste.

    That said, I'm embarrassed in a sense by my bottom four. I don't like being a "here's a hot take" guy!
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