1: Casino Royale 2: Goldeneye 3: Skyfall 4: Octopussy 5: Goldfinger 6: Tomorrow Never Dies 7: The World Is Not Enough 8: The Living Daylights 9: From Russia With Love 10: The Spy Who Loved Me
Again, why do some of you not mention NSNA? No matter what, Connery still played Bond in it, so why the non-EON non-inclusion?
I originally didn't include NSNA, because it wasn't part of the official canon. It just seemed out of place, what with different people behind the production, and many of the traditional Bond elements left out. However, I did include it to make you happy. )
"Well, he certainly left with his tails between his legs."
Again, why do some of you not mention NSNA? No matter what, Connery still played Bond in it, so why the non-EON non-inclusion?
I originally didn't include NSNA, because it wasn't part of the official canon. It just seemed out of place, what with different people behind the production, and many of the traditional Bond elements left out. However, I did include it to make you happy. )
Yes, but this is not "Rate Connery EON films in order" a thread, its "Rate Connery's films in order" a thread. Why apply the differantiation when its applied in the first place?
So yeah, NSNA should be factored in, even if its to be placed last.
Realistic ranking? As in, objectively ranked, and not by fan favorites?
OK, I'm game. MY realistic ranking:
1. From Russia With Love
2. Goldfinger
3. Dr. No
4. Thunderball
5. Never Say Never Again
6. You Only Live Twice
7. Diamonds Are Forever
This cannot be objective. Notice I put FRWL nearly last on my personal list, yet first on my realistic, 'objective' list? There is NO WAY an OBJECTIVE list can rate NSNA higher than YOLT. I could prove it mathematically, but if I HAVE to, you probably won't see it anyway. )
Realistic ranking:
1. Goldfinger
2. From Russia With Love
3. Thunderball
4. Dr. No
5. You Only Live Twice
6. Diamonds Are Forever
7. Never Say Never Again
Personal ranking:
1. Goldfinger
2. You Only Live Twice
3. Thunderball
4. From Russia With Love
5. Dr. No
6. Never Say Never Again
7. Diamonds Are Forever
This cannot be objective. Notice I put FRWL nearly last on my personal list, yet first on my realistic, 'objective' list? There is NO WAY an OBJECTIVE list can rate NSNA higher than YOLT. I could prove it mathematically, but if I HAVE to, you probably won't see it anyway. )
Go ahead and prove it. YOLT is a great film, but NSNA is the better BOND film - YOLT is too campy, too ludicrous and unbelieveable to compare. The performances are better in NSNA, too, and you also have a more toned-down feel to the film, evoking the realistic feel the official series was trying to achieve at the time, but with the added benefit of allowing Bond to be an aged individual.
Regardless, YOLT has the bigger cultural impact for sure - it single-handedly inspired the parody wave of Bond for years to come.
Yes, but this is not "Rate Connery EON films in order" a thread, its "Rate Connery's films in order" a thread. Why apply the differantiation when its applied in the first place?
Well, in that case, what about The Untouchables; A Bridge Too Far; The Rock; The Man Who Would be King; The Hunt for Red October ...... etc. The thread title didn't ask "Rate Connery's Bond films in order" ...
Well, in that case, what about The Untouchables; A Bridge Too Far; The Rock; The Man Who Would be King; The Hunt for Red October ...... etc. The thread title didn't ask "Rate Connery's Bond films in order" ...
True. But thats no reason to exclude mentioning NSNA from any Connery Bond list - because EON or not, it is Connery's seventh film as James Bond, and you know it.
I don't know or understand the exclusion of that particular film from a list, but such a thing only fuels the ridiculous legacy of the film being a bastard child or something stupid like that... When its not. Its just not made by EON.
Look, I didn't say NSNA was a dead-serious spy film (which a Bond should never be, btw). Besides, YOLT is distinctive '60's camp...
"a Bond should never be"?
So, you don't like FRWL?
YOLT is camp? Compared to Flint, Helm or DAF? I think not. It's COMIC BOOK, which does not directly translate to 'camp'. )
Look, I didn't say NSNA was a dead-serious spy film (which a Bond should never be, btw). Besides, YOLT is distinctive '60's camp...
"a Bond should never be"?
So, you don't like FRWL? )
No, because FRWL still has its humorous moments, although they're largely subtle and not as overbearing.
Plus, NSNA doesn't compare to FRWL. The latter is an exceptional spy thriller that examplifies its era, whereas the former is a Bond film that, like TB, is far more of a variation of the cinematic Bond that was established with GF (although NSNA is still grittier than both).
YOLT is camp? Compared to Flint, Helm or DAF? I think not. It's COMIC BOOK, which does not directly translate to 'camp'.
Um, you don't know '60's camp, then? YOLT is a prime example of that, lad, and YOLT far more fits the company of Flint and Helm than the atrocious DAF does, because camp is an added value to YOLT as a film.
DAF is the texbook comicbook Bond that took over with Roger Moore's Bond for good.
60's camp was Adam West's Batman, 2nd & 3rd season Lost In Space, Man From UNCLE's third season, etc.
And the wink at the end of NSNA fits in well with those. :v
This cannot be objective. Notice I put FRWL nearly last on my personal list, yet first on my realistic, 'objective' list? There is NO WAY an OBJECTIVE list can rate NSNA higher than YOLT. I could prove it mathematically, but if I HAVE to, you probably won't see it anyway. )
Go ahead and prove it. YOLT is a great film, but NSNA is the better BOND film - YOLT is too campy, too ludicrous and unbelieveable to compare. The performances are better in NSNA, too, and you also have a more toned-down feel to the film, evoking the realistic feel the official series was trying to achieve at the time, but with the added benefit of allowing Bond to be an aged individual.
Regardless, YOLT has the bigger cultural impact for sure - it single-handedly inspired the parody wave of Bond for years to come.
Somebody tell me what they liked about Thunderball. I don't see it.
1: Casino Royale 2: Goldeneye 3: Skyfall 4: Octopussy 5: Goldfinger 6: Tomorrow Never Dies 7: The World Is Not Enough 8: The Living Daylights 9: From Russia With Love 10: The Spy Who Loved Me
Somebody tell me what they liked about Thunderball. I don't see it.
Fantastic John Barry score; Fiona Volpe; Connery so totally relaxed, not bored as he would be in YOLT, he can effortlessly dominate his scenes by simply walking across a room (several scenes); beautiful cinematography; lethal one-liners...
Somebody tell me what they liked about Thunderball. I don't see it.
Fantastic John Barry score; Fiona Volpe; Connery so totally relaxed, not bored as he would be in YOLT, he can effortlessly dominate his scenes by simply walking across a room (several scenes); beautiful cinematography; lethal one-liners...
I will add to that. The PTS, pretty brutal fight plus Bond's escape in the jetpack. The scene with the double-0 agents. The chase through the Junkanoo followed by Bond's "dance of death" with Fiona Volpe. One of the most (if not the most) attractive collection of women in the series.
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Somebody tell me what they liked about Thunderball. I don't see it.
Fantastic John Barry score; Fiona Volpe; Connery so totally relaxed, not bored as he would be in YOLT, he can effortlessly dominate his scenes by simply walking across a room (several scenes); beautiful cinematography; lethal one-liners...
I will add to that. The PTS, pretty brutal fight plus Bond's escape in the jetpack. The scene with the double-0 agents. The chase through the Junkanoo followed by Bond's "dance of death" with Fiona Volpe. One of the most (if not the most) attractive collection of women in the series.
not forgetting
Q's first on-location appearance, some pretty faithful Fleming dialogue/scenes ("I saw a spectre", "the first time I've eaten a woman"), Young and/or Hunt's scene change wipes/dissolves, the totally ridiculous (and I mean that in a good way) title sequence....
Yes, it was pretty tacky at that. Still, Connery's fight scene with that dude (up until the splash of pee) was pretty exciting as fight scenes go. I can probably name at least a half dozen fight scenes in the EON Bond films that don't measure up (although I won't mention any names to avoid getting the fans of any particular actor all riled up! )
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2. Goldfinger
3. You Only Live Twice
4. Dr No
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. Thunderball
I haven't seen NSNA, sorry.
I originally didn't include NSNA, because it wasn't part of the official canon. It just seemed out of place, what with different people behind the production, and many of the traditional Bond elements left out. However, I did include it to make you happy.
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So yeah, NSNA should be factored in, even if its to be placed last.
1. Goldfinger
2. From Russia With Love
3. Thunderball
4. Dr. No
5. You Only Live Twice
6. Diamonds Are Forever
7. Never Say Never Again
My personal rating:
1. From Russia With Love
2. Thunderball
3. Dr. No
4. Goldfinger
5. Never Say Never Again
6. Diamonds Are Forever
7. You Only Live Twice
1. From Russia With Love
2. Dr. No
3. Thunderball
4. Goldfinger
5. You Only Live Twice
6. Diamonds Are Forever
7. Never Say Never Again
My personal rating:
1. Dr. No
2. Thunderball
3. You Only Live Twice
4. Goldfinger
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. From Russia With Love
7. Never Say Never Again
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OK, I'm game. MY realistic ranking:
1. From Russia With Love
2. Goldfinger
3. Dr. No
4. Thunderball
5. Never Say Never Again
6. You Only Live Twice
7. Diamonds Are Forever
Personal ranking:
1. From Russia With Love
2. Goldfinger
3. Dr. No
4. Never Say Never Again
5. Thunderball
6. You Only Live Twice
7. Diamonds Are Forever
Objectively speaking, Diamonds Are Forever is one of the worst Bond films of all time.
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Realistic ranking:
1. Goldfinger
2. From Russia With Love
3. Thunderball
4. Dr. No
5. You Only Live Twice
6. Diamonds Are Forever
7. Never Say Never Again
Personal ranking:
1. Goldfinger
2. You Only Live Twice
3. Thunderball
4. From Russia With Love
5. Dr. No
6. Never Say Never Again
7. Diamonds Are Forever
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Go ahead and prove it. YOLT is a great film, but NSNA is the better BOND film - YOLT is too campy, too ludicrous and unbelieveable to compare. The performances are better in NSNA, too, and you also have a more toned-down feel to the film, evoking the realistic feel the official series was trying to achieve at the time, but with the added benefit of allowing Bond to be an aged individual.
Regardless, YOLT has the bigger cultural impact for sure - it single-handedly inspired the parody wave of Bond for years to come.
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
FRWL
DN
TB
GF
DAF
YOLT
Look, I didn't say NSNA was a dead-serious spy film (which a Bond should never be, btw). Besides, YOLT is distinctive '60's camp...
Well, in that case, what about The Untouchables; A Bridge Too Far; The Rock; The Man Who Would be King; The Hunt for Red October ...... etc. The thread title didn't ask "Rate Connery's Bond films in order" ...
I don't know or understand the exclusion of that particular film from a list, but such a thing only fuels the ridiculous legacy of the film being a bastard child or something stupid like that... When its not. Its just not made by EON.
2. Goldfinger
3. Thunderball
4. You Only Live Twice
5. Dr No
6. Diamonds Are Forever
7. Never Say Never Again
So, you don't like FRWL?
YOLT is camp? Compared to Flint, Helm or DAF? I think not. It's COMIC BOOK, which does not directly translate to 'camp'.
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Plus, NSNA doesn't compare to FRWL. The latter is an exceptional spy thriller that examplifies its era, whereas the former is a Bond film that, like TB, is far more of a variation of the cinematic Bond that was established with GF (although NSNA is still grittier than both).
Um, you don't know '60's camp, then? YOLT is a prime example of that, lad, and YOLT far more fits the company of Flint and Helm than the atrocious DAF does, because camp is an added value to YOLT as a film.
DAF is the texbook comicbook Bond that took over with Roger Moore's Bond for good.
And the wink at the end of NSNA fits in well with those. :v
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Fantastic John Barry score; Fiona Volpe; Connery so totally relaxed, not bored as he would be in YOLT, he can effortlessly dominate his scenes by simply walking across a room (several scenes); beautiful cinematography; lethal one-liners...
I will add to that. The PTS, pretty brutal fight plus Bond's escape in the jetpack. The scene with the double-0 agents. The chase through the Junkanoo followed by Bond's "dance of death" with Fiona Volpe. One of the most (if not the most) attractive collection of women in the series.
Q's first on-location appearance, some pretty faithful Fleming dialogue/scenes ("I saw a spectre", "the first time I've eaten a woman"), Young and/or Hunt's scene change wipes/dissolves, the totally ridiculous (and I mean that in a good way) title sequence....
You Only Live Twice
Dr. No
Goldfinger
Thunderball
Never Say Never Again
Diamonds Are Forever
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