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As can be seen, some users on here are actually ranking NTTD dead last.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KFQsRupuBHz0sfZT40BnghGAnzBcCcdG/view?usp=sharing
To explain things a little more:
S-Tier (To me, these are James Bond's absolute greatest adventures, and are all among my favorite films ever made):
1. Casino Royale
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. Thunderball
4. From Russia with Love
5. Skyfall
6. Dr. No
7. Goldfinger
8. GoldenEye
9. The Spy Who Loved Me
A-Tier (I love these ones nearly as much as the ones in S-Tier, but they are just a tad below that status of "legendary"):
10. Licence to Kill
11. Live and Let Die
12. For Your Eyes Only
13. Quantum of Solace
B-Tier (This is where the movies start to have a few issues for me, but they are minimal and I still like the films a lot overall):
14. No Time to Die
15. The Living Daylights
16. You Only Live Twice
17. Tomorrow Never Dies
C-Tier (Still in the territory of leaning more positive than negative, but they are all rough around the edges for various reasons):
18. A View to a Kill
19. The Man with the Golden Gun
20. Octopussy
21. Moonraker
D-Tier (I do not hate any of these movies, but they have the most significant flaws and start to lean more negative than positive collectively):
22. Spectre
23. The World Is Not Enough
24. Diamonds Are Forever
25. Die Another Day
On the tier list, I specifically listed the films left to right as my favorite to least favorite. The S-Tier films have all been safe and secure for over a decade now as my favorite Bond outings (though I do keep going back and forth between FRWL and TB as my favorite Connery film). The A-Tier ones are somewhat interchangeable, though I do not foresee any falling down too greatly in my estimation. TND at the end of B-Tier is a little close to C-Tier, but I think it does just enough to stay where it is. MR is dangerously close to D-Tier, but again, there are just enough special elements in it to keep it afloat. And with D-Tier, again, I do not outright dislike the films, but they are markedly less enjoyable for me than the others, and have the most amount of issues that bother me the most. From a mainstream perspective, my love for QOS has to be my most "controversial" opinion, and I know my placement of TB is too high for many.
2. THUNDERBALL
3. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
4. LICENCE TO KILL
5. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
6. NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
7. OCTOPUSSY
8. DR. NO
9. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
10. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
11. SKYFALL
12. LIVE AND LET DIE
13. CASINO ROYALE 06
14. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
15. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
16. GOLDENEYE
17. MOONRAKER
18. CASINO ROYALE 54
19. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
20. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
21. A VIEW TO A KILL
22. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
23. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
24. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
25. NO TIME TO DIE
26. SPECTRE
27. CASINO ROYALE 67
28. DIE ANOTHER DAY
1. Casino Royale
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. From Russia with Love
4. Thunderball
5. Skyfall
6. Dr. No
7. Goldfinger
8. GoldenEye
9. The Spy Who Loved Me
10. Licence to Kill
11. Live and Let Die
12. For Your Eyes Only
13. Quantum of Solace
14. No Time to Die
15. Tomorrow Never Dies
16. The Living Daylights
17. You Only Live Twice
18. A View to a Kill
19. Octopussy
20. Moonraker
21. Spectre
22. The Man with the Golden Gun
23. Diamonds Are Forever
24. The World Is Not Enough
25. Die Another Day
Is there an imaginary line in your ranking where you'd say your 'liked' Bond films would start or do you like all of them in at least some capacity?
I would say that I at least find some things to enjoy in all of them, but collectively speaking, my Bottom 5 definitely lean negative. MR is in a really weird spot in the sense that it's hard for me to have an overall negative view of it, because I really enjoy most of it for about the first two thirds, but I really, really still don't like the last third much at all, and the camp goes pretty heavy at times for me even before that. #19 onwards I definitively lean more positively on.
I would definitely have to adjust that tier list I made a couple months ago, but it had been over two years since I watched any of them, in my defense. Several spots still feel interchangeable, but I did gain some valuable clarity this marathon like feeling that LTK is solidified in my Top 10 (no disrespect to the still great LALD), GF while I love it is definitely below all the Terrence Young films, and there's definitely a sizeable gap between TLD and YOLT. Now it's something like #1-9 are still the super safe all-time favorites, #10 is ever so slightly lesser but super close, #11 is also slightly less but secure in that spot, #12-16 are in the same neighborhood of enjoyment but I feel good about the order as of now, #17-19 are still good but more flawed, #20 I can't decide if I like or dislike more, and then #21-25 are the ones that have more bad than good for me.
I had twine and yolt bottom tier yet neither improved position in the latest bondathon, they've both increased in my estimate
1. The Living Daylights (10)
2. Licence to Kill (10)
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (10)
4. For Your Eyes Only (10)
5. From Russia with Love (10)
6. Thunderball (9)
7. The Man with the Golden Gun (9)
8. The Spy Who Loved Me (9)
9. GoldenEye (9)
10. Spectre (9)
11. Goldfinger (8)
12. Casino Royale (8)
13. The World Is Not Enough (8)
14. Live and Let Die (8)
15. Octopussy (8)
16. Dr. No (7)
17. Diamonds Are Forever (7)
18. Tomorrow Never Dies (7)
19. Quantum of Solace (7)
20. Never Say Never Again (7)
21. Moonraker (7)
22. Die Another Day (6)
23. A View to a Kill (6)
24. No Time to Die (6)
25. You Only Live Twice (5)
26. Skyfall (5)
Scores are based on a number of factors, but my personal enjoyment is a big one, naturally :)
Very interesting, I think only two films are below my imaginary bar of "from here on I like most of the film". Though three of them only just. The two below though, left me struggling to stay awake, which never a good sign, even though both of them do have good aspects as well.
In any case, most rewatches were very positive so I can't complain too much. It's amazing how one can see these films so many times and still being thrilled by them :)