Casino Royale voted best Bond film

ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
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According to Lad Bible ( that most superior of publications :D) CR 06 is the best Bond film :o http://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/film-and-tv-casino-royale-has-been-voted-the-best-james-bond-film-20171111.amp.html
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  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,326MI6 Agent
    Cue uproar / WW3 {:)
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  • ichaiceichaice LondonPosts: 604MI6 Agent
    edited November 2017
    Well I think it is the best Bond film, in fact it’s my favourite film of all time.
    Yes. Considerably!
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    welshboy78 wrote:
    Cue uproar / WW3 {:)
    :)) That's exactly why I posted it :D we need some meat to chew on while we await some #25 news.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Sterling ArcherSterling Archer Posts: 197MI6 Agent
    Well, they got it right. It's a great movie imo and it goes beyond just being a great Bond film.

    Don't see how this is controversial at all. It's a lot of people's favorite Bond movie and even if it doesn't take the top spot it's up there. The only way I can see someone disliking CR is if they think Bond is about corny lines and tons of gadgets. If that's the case, stay away from the books and Fleming's original vision of the character.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I hold it in equal place with OHMSS, as my
    Joint Favourite ( followed by LTK ) .....
    ...... obviously when not using a joint, it's
    Something else. ;)
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  • Sterling ArcherSterling Archer Posts: 197MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I hold it in equal place with OHMSS, as my
    Joint Favourite ( followed by LTK ) .....
    ...... obviously when not using a joint, it's
    Something else. ;)

    OHMSS is my second favorite film and CR is number 1 so we have similar tastes. Don't know about that the joint business though, I prefer vodka martinis -{ :))
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,425MI6 Agent
    My top there Bond movies are FRWL, OHMSS and CR. I can never decide the order of those there.
  • dr. evan-gelistdr. evan-gelist SheffieldPosts: 399MI6 Agent
    Best Craig movie I like the Parkour scene even if its over the top.
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  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,326MI6 Agent
    Top 3 for sure
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  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    edited November 2017
    "Judging by this poll there's no clear evidence to suggest who is the world's favourite man to take up a licence to kill, as Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton, like Craig, have two in the top 10, whereas Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery and George Lazenby each have one.
    The top 10 of the list is as follows:

    Casino Royale Skyfall Goldfinger The Living Daylights From Russia With Love On Her Majesty's Secret Service GoldenEye The Spy Who Loved Me Licence To Kill For Your Eyes Only"


    (The author counted wrong. Sean also has 2 in the top 10)

    Great to see each Bond actor in the top 10...just shows how consistently great 007 is. Also, especially pleased to see Sir Rog with 2 in the top 10 as well. -{
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • 72897289 Beau DesertPosts: 1,691MI6 Agent
    Until we can finally achieve the hive mind, there will never be a single "best" Bond film.
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  • walther p99walther p99 NJPosts: 3,416MI6 Agent
    Happy to see SF is second!
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  • nafets47nafets47 FloridaPosts: 939MI6 Agent
    walther p99 wrote:
    Happy to see SF is second!

    I would have liked it at #1, but CR 06 is deservingly at the top. Some might not like the parkour scene, but I thought it was a crazy good time.

    Best,
    Stefan
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    ^ agreed the parkour is brilliant, as is pretty much the whole film.
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Westward_DriftWestward_Drift Posts: 3,113MI6 Agent
    Not quite sure about LTK in the top 10, but other than that the list is fine from my perspective.
  • ichaiceichaice LondonPosts: 604MI6 Agent
    Chriscoop wrote:
    ^ agreed the parkour is brilliant, as is pretty much the whole film.

    I concur -{
    Yes. Considerably!
  • DrydenDryden UKPosts: 131MI6 Agent
    Firemass wrote:
    "Judging by this poll there's no clear evidence to suggest who is the world's favourite man to take up a licence to kill, as Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton, like Craig, have two in the top 10, whereas Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery and George Lazenby each have one.
    The top 10 of the list is as follows:

    Casino Royale Skyfall Goldfinger The Living Daylights From Russia With Love On Her Majesty's Secret Service GoldenEye The Spy Who Loved Me Licence To Kill For Your Eyes Only"


    (The author counted wrong. Sean also has 2 in the top 10)

    Great to see each Bond actor in the top 10...just shows how consistently great 007 is. Also, especially pleased to see Sir Rog with 2 in the top 10 as well. -{

    Surely if two films of a particular actor's are numbers one and two in a poll that is clear evidence that they are the World's favourite Bond

    Replace LTK with TND in the list I'd say a pretty fair reflection of my top ten
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    ichaice wrote:
    Chriscoop wrote:
    ^ agreed the parkour is brilliant, as is pretty much the whole film.

    I concur -{
    -{
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    Dryden wrote:
    Firemass wrote:
    "Judging by this poll there's no clear evidence to suggest who is the world's favourite man to take up a licence to kill, as Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton, like Craig, have two in the top 10, whereas Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery and George Lazenby each have one.
    The top 10 of the list is as follows:

    Casino Royale Skyfall Goldfinger The Living Daylights From Russia With Love On Her Majesty's Secret Service GoldenEye The Spy Who Loved Me Licence To Kill For Your Eyes Only"


    (The author counted wrong. Sean also has 2 in the top 10)

    Great to see each Bond actor in the top 10...just shows how consistently great 007 is. Also, especially pleased to see Sir Rog with 2 in the top 10 as well. -{

    Surely if two films of a particular actor's are numbers one and two in a poll that is clear evidence that they are the World's favourite Bond

    Replace LTK with TND in the list I'd say a pretty fair reflection of my top ten

    Well that would be one way to look at it, of course I wonder what the demographic and voting pool looked like? On the whole I quite agree with the results personally.
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  • welshguy34welshguy34 Posts: 219MI6 Agent
    I agree, it is the best Bond film and is just ahead of OHMSS for me.
  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    edited November 2017
    It's a good list, bar Skyfall and The Living Daylights.
    I agree the CR06 is a great movie and I consider it to be one of the very best, as a Bond movie. The fact of the matter is that I consider it not only a good Bond movie but a good movie-movie, even if those two worlds can never clash as Bond is a brilliant franchise but CR06 for me has what it takes to be just a little above...and beyond other Bond movies and escape into the world of actual movies.

    Hope what I wrote made sense.
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  • JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent
    I clicked on the extra link within the link, and the top 10 was not the same as stated, I guess it's an ongoing ranking thing that will always change.

    Die Another Day was bottom.
    1 - LALD, 2 - AVTAK, 3 - LTK, 4 - OP, 5 - NTTD, 6 - FYEO, 7 - SF, 8 - DN, 9 - DAF, 10 - TSWLM, 11 - OHMSS, 12 - TMWTGG, 13 - GE, 14 - MR, 15 - TLD, 16 - YOLT, 17 - GF, 18 - DAD, 19 - TWINE, 20 - SP, 21 - TND, 22 - FRWL, 23 - TB, 24 - CR, 25 - QOS

    1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
  • heartbroken_mr_draxheartbroken_mr_drax New Zealand Posts: 2,073MI6 Agent
    It's a very good list, covering many bases and including the fan favourites (TLD, OHMSS, LTK).

    SF I can understand why it's there based on non-fan love for it - but meh...
    1. TWINE 2. FYEO 3. MR 4. TLD 5. TSWLM 6. OHMSS 7. DN 8. OP 9. AVTAK 10. TMWTGG 11. QoS 12. GE 13. CR 14. TB 15. FRWL 16. TND 17. LTK 18. GF 19. SF 20. LaLD 21. YOLT 22. NTTD 23. DAD 24. DAF. 25. SP

    "Better make that two."
  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    edited November 2017
    Jarvio wrote:
    I clicked on the extra link within the link, and the top 10 was not the same as stated, I guess it's an ongoing ranking thing that will always change.

    Die Another Day was bottom.

    Good point. Now QoS is on the bottom. Maybe the list fluctuates daily? The poll should have been closed before the author published his findings. Where is SPECTRE???

    Also note there are only 905 votes from 129 voters in this poll. Compare this to another list from the same website that has over 30,000 votes. Not surprisingly Goldfinger is #1

    https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-james-bond-movies?ref=trivia_ranked&pos=9&a=0&ltype=l&l=900361&g=1
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • heartbroken_mr_draxheartbroken_mr_drax New Zealand Posts: 2,073MI6 Agent
    ^ compare this to our own ranking thread (https://www.ajb007.co.uk/topic/48909/ultimate-members-rankings-spectre-to-2017/) and you've actually got the entire top 10 - just not in the same order:

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    Casino Royale (6th eq)
    Skyfall (8)
    Goldfinger (3)
    The Living Daylights (5)
    From Russia With Love (1)
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service (2)
    GoldenEye (4)
    The Spy Who Loved Me (6th eq)
    Licence To Kill (9)
    For Your Eyes Only (10)
    1. TWINE 2. FYEO 3. MR 4. TLD 5. TSWLM 6. OHMSS 7. DN 8. OP 9. AVTAK 10. TMWTGG 11. QoS 12. GE 13. CR 14. TB 15. FRWL 16. TND 17. LTK 18. GF 19. SF 20. LaLD 21. YOLT 22. NTTD 23. DAD 24. DAF. 25. SP

    "Better make that two."
  • Mr SnowMr Snow Station "J" JamaicaPosts: 1,736MI6 Agent
    Firemass wrote:
    Jarvio wrote:
    I clicked on the extra link within the link, and the top 10 was not the same as stated, I guess it's an ongoing ranking thing that will always change.

    Die Another Day was bottom.

    Good point. Now QoS is on the bottom. Maybe the list fluctuates daily? The poll should have been closed before the author published his findings. Where is SPECTRE???








    Also note there are only 905 votes from 129 voters in this poll. Compare this to another list from the same website that has over 30,000 votes. Not surprisingly Goldfinger is #1

    https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-james-bond-movies?ref=trivia_ranked&pos=9&a=0&ltype=l&l=900361&g=1

    Here's a summary by actor/film average ranking.

    I've excluded the 1954 CR and NSNA films as I will never consider these Bond films and adjusted - wasn't difficult 8-) .

    SC - (7.50 per film) 1,2,6,7,13,16
    GL - (10.00) 10
    TD - (13.00) 12, 14
    RM - (13.85) 5,9,11,15,17,19,21
    DC - (14.00) 3,8,22,23,
    PB - (16.50) 4, 18, 20, 24
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  • superadosuperado Regent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,656MI6 Agent
    Forgive the conceit, but I think ranking about anything Bond is most valid among pools of people who live and breathe Bond, like people on this board.

    But for more general polls, it all depends on who and what makes up the voting pool, which likely does not account for generational trends and preferences when it comes to Bond fandom. I think it is so stupid when conventional thought boils down to “this is better because the world thinks so!” The paradox of being a Bond fan is that the continuance of the EON franchise is so dependent on the worldwide movie market and people wanting to watch a super spy drive an Aston Martin actually make up the market for AMC Hornets and Ford Mondeos.
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  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 4,140MI6 Agent
    I have no idea what Lad Bible is. The very name suggests a target demographic, and I'm probably not part of it
    the poll results tell us more about the demographic that reads something called Lad Bible than anything objective about the subject of the poll.
    Remember when imdb almost instantaneously ranked The Dark Knight as the best movie ever!! made in the whole entire history of moviemaking? the morning the film was released? because it appealed to a certain demographic: basement dwellers who manipulate online poll results for fun, because its good codewriting exercise. Casablanca (for example) is not suddenly a lesser film just because the small demographic that participates in such voting appreciates the violent new Batman movie more

    I might say Casino Royale is objectively a very good film in and of itself. But they changed so many elements of the Bondfilm formula with that reboot I can't say it is a good Bondfilm, if that makes sense. It doesn't do many of the things i want a Bondfilm to do. It is about as removed from the series up til that point as the Barry Nelson and David Niven versions were.
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I hold it in equal place with OHMSS, as my Joint Favourite ( followed by LTK ) .....
    ...... obviously when not using a joint, it's Something else.
    I would think that a Joint Favourite Bondfilm would be one of the ones where there was an uncomplicated plot, lots of jokes to giggle at, bright colours and near constant jiggly cleavage, e.g. mid70s Moore
  • superadosuperado Regent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,656MI6 Agent
    caractacus potts wrote:
    I have no idea what Lad Bible is. The very name suggests a target demographic, and I'm probably not part of it
    the poll results tell us more about the demographic that reads something called Lad Bible than anything objective about the subject of the poll.
    Remember when imdb almost instantaneously ranked The Dark Knight as the best movie ever!! made in the whole entire history of moviemaking? the morning the film was released? because it appealed to a certain demographic: basement dwellers who manipulate online poll results for fun, because its good codewriting exercise. Casablanca (for example) is not suddenly a lesser film just because the small demographic that participates in such voting appreciates the violent new Batman movie more

    Your post is exactly what I had in mind, but much better articulated.
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I hold it in equal place with OHMSS, as my
    Joint Favourite ( followed by LTK ) .....
    ...... obviously when not using a joint, it's
    Something else. ;)
    caractacus potts wrote:

    ...... obviously when not using a joint, it's Something else. I would think that a Joint Favourite Bondfilm would be one of the ones where there was an uncomplicated plot, lots of jokes to giggle at, bright colours and near constant jiggly cleavage, e.g. mid70s Moore

    Pass the dutchie on the left hand side! :s

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    "...the purposeful slant of his striding figure looked dangerous, as if he was making quickly for something bad that was happening further down the street." -SMERSH on 007 dossier photo, Ch. 6 FRWL.....
  • Revolver66Revolver66 Melbourne, AustraliaPosts: 470MI6 Agent
    edited November 2017
    I'd say it was a pretty solid list. I have no problem with the top 4, or in fact the top 10. I'd probably bend off One of the Dalton's for Thunderball. It is actually bloody hard to make a top 10 list of Bond films. For me, there's about 14 films that are all top 10 worthy.And we all have our favourites but I think it's fair to say that Casino, Skyfall, From Russia and Goldfinger are probably the best made films of the series. Not to say they should be ranked 1-5 but I can see why they're in those spots on this particular list -{ Having said all that, I always found Daylights slightly overrated.

    Also, it would appear that For Your Eyes Only is starting to garner a bit more acclaim outside of the Bond fan community, which is excellent :)
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