I had to sign up and get this off my chest! Great postings, folks,
My order of preference.
1. The Spy Who Loved Me (The Ski Jump, Kurd Jurgen in an underwater base, the car chase is the best of the series, Egypt and oh, yeah, I almost forgot…. XXX The Best Bond Girl, ever.)
2. Goldeneye (Cool factor: the fallen Russian empire set design; great plot for a James Bond; gorgeous cinematography, the opening, the tank chase and, oh, yeah, I almost forgot: Framke Jansen, the coolest Bad Bond Babe, ever)
3. Thunderball (Slow? Are you kidding? I’d like to see you swim any faster! One of the best plots of the series and one of the great villains in Largo)
4. License To Kill (the vicious side of James Bond from the novels brought to life, one time only, but it’s fantastic. Memorable villain.)
5. Dr. No (Best villain ever! The original Darth Vader. ‘Dude used to scare me awake!)
6. Goldfinger (Two words: Odd Job)
7. Octopussy (The Beautiful women are like a special effect in this movie and there’s the little plane, in the opening sequence)
8. The Living Daylights (Cool plot for those who care to follow, Timothy Dalton and the second best (house) car chase in the series.
9. The World Is Not Enough (Sophie Marceau vs. M, the cool tree cutters and of course, Denise Richards. Yeah, right
10. For Your eyes Only (Great plot, Carol Bouquet, The best ending in the series but also the worst opening, by far)
11. Die Another Day (The car chase, third best in the series, the cool ice castle set, the fun in jokes for the real fans)
12. From Russia With Love (Yeah, yeah, I love it too, but the plot: it’s heavy on romance which is great – if you hire a good actress. Too bad Diana Rigg isn’t in this one)
13. Never Say Never Again (Welcome back, Sean, and thanks for a cool Bike chase)
14. Diamonds Are Forever (I like the Vegas stuff, worst ending in the series)
15. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (Not at the bottom thanks to Diana Rigg, the most beautiful bond babe ever. But Lazybond, well, his name is great….)
16. Moonraker (yeah, but it’s funny if you’re friendly to it, and the Brazilian sequences are fantastic. Plus, the villain has a great accent!)
17. You Only Live Twice (Formulaic and a mess from beginning to end, and Connery is so bored, you’d almost wish George Lazybond had made two movies!)
18. The Man With The Golden Gun (Christopher Lee saves this from being at the very bottom of the pile)
19. Tomorrow Never Dies (To call this one thin on plot would be to infer that there is a shred of story in this flick. Worst villain in the series)
20. A View to a Kill (Stupid Blimp!)
21. Live and Let Die (There’s the tune, and there’s the fun boat chase and the DVD has the coolest menus in the series. But it is also the one that aged the most. The New York scenes hurt (I’m not kidding) and the voodoo stuff looks silly, especially with Mrs Seymore, who’s never been caught acting. Too bad, it’s a great concept for a James Bond story, and look! It already has a killer title!)
these are the reason I love bond:
1 GF (Connery is perfect aswell as the rest of the cast, great music, everything is perfect.
2 DAF ( I understand why most of you don't like it, but I do.extreamly entertaining, funny, exciting and connery is great)
3 TSWLM ( this film is totally cool. roger's best appearence, great music, gadgets and gimmicks.and the PTS is the best. simply a high quality action movie that alouds itself to be extreme)
4 FRWL ( great spy movie in the perfect sense. Connery looks great. I love Blofeld in this one. another hugh-quality film.
5 OP (diserves more credit. afterall it has everything a bond-movie needs, and I feel that it is very special.)
6 OHMSS ( this one is amazing. it was my nr1 before but I got tired of it. great mucis and plot. lazenby isn't as bad as some say. the film is very different from the others wich I strongly like.
7 DR.NO ( the first one is the least pretentious. the "bond, james bond"-scene is ultimate. I love the vilian.
8 TMWTGG (another one that I understand people dislike. but I strongly enjoy it. few things are HQ except some scenes and the appearences by christopher lee and roger moore. I think the J.W. pepper scenes are very fun.)
9 TB( very exciting. I like the music. the underwater scenes are good.)
10 YOLT (it gives me some amature-vibes but it is still great. japan's culture is being used just right. blofeld and the fight at the pirayas are the best things in this film.)
11 GE (great action and pierce is terrific. what a comeback after the dalton-flops.)
12 TWINE ( peirce is perfect and so are the occurences. action all the way)
13 FYEO (just another bond-movie that is good and fun to watch)
but these are also great:
14 MR (too much science-fiction. some very good scenes like the PTS. it gives me unserious vibes.)
15 LTK (a long time ago I watched it, but of what i remember it is not like a bond-movie. dalton is just not james bond. I love the themesong though. sanchez is no good villian
16 LALD ( low quality movie overall. some very nice scenes still, like the one with all the crocodiles. weak acting by moore.)
17 TLD ( I hate the girl very much and dalton is no james bond. the villians are extreamly sad too. the car looks nice.)
18 AVTAK (great theme song, but an unpleasant movie overall. moore looks strange, doesn't he.)
19 TND (I like some scenes very much, especially the BMW-thing, but most of the film is just crap.)
this one is not a bond movie:
20 DAD (they should never have done it. yet it has some interesting scenes.)
1. From Russia With Love (229 pts)
2. Goldfinger (263 pts)
3. The Spy Who Loved Me (318 pts)
4. GoldenEye (346 pts)
5. Thunderball (378 pts)
6. The Living Daylights (392 pts)
7. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (394 pts)
8. For Your Eyes Only (407 pts)
9. Dr. No (431 pts)
10. License To Kill (464 pts)
11. Live & Let Die (492 pts)
12. You Only Live Twice (504 pts)
13. Octopussy (510 pts)
14. The World Is Not Enough (522 pts)
15. Tomorrow Never Dies (548 pts)
16. Moonraker (616 pts)
17. The Man With The Golden Gun (621 pts)
18. Diamonds Are Forever (630 pts)
19. A View To A Kill (670 pts)
20. Die Another Day (700 pts)
WHAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!! something is wrong with this. LALD rated higher than DAF TMWTGG MR YOLT TWINE and OOPPPP!!!! and LTK at 10, it should be much lower down. At least some things are correct; DAD and AVTAK in the bottom and TSWLM, FRWL and GF in the top.GE at four is a little too much. the list did really surprise me.
1)GOLDFINGER
2)THUNDERBALL
3)FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
4)DR. NO
5)YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
6)THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
7)GOLDENEYE
8)FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
9)ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
10)LIVE AND LET DIE
11)DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
12)TOMORROW NEVER DIES
13)DIE ANOTHER DAY
14)THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
15)THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
16)OCTOPUSSY
17)MOONRAKER
18)LICENCE TO KILL
19)THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
20)A VIEW TO A KILL
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
"My humble observations...
11. Tomorrow Never Dies (Interesting idea, bad execution. The filmmakers started to turn Bond into a superhero)"
In a way, he has always been a kind of superhero. He's a 00 with a licence to kill and the best in the business. He's Bond!!
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
Let's see:
1) Live and Let Die- Yes you heard me right, Live and Let Die is #1! It has a cool plot, awseome villians, good humour (Jw Pepper anybody?) and has a good Bond movie formula (the bugs in the hotel room, snakes.) This is one good movie.
2)Goldfinger- Instant. Classic. I love this movie. Oddjob, awesome villain, "the man with the midas touch", cool car, great plot.
3)Licence to Kill- I love the darkness in this movie. Bond has gone in a new direction and I think it carries a bit into the Brosnan films too. Sanchez is a great villain, I like the truck chase at the end too.
4)You Only Live Twice
5)The man With The Golden Gun
6)The Living Daylights
7)Goldeneye
8)From Russia With Love
9)Diamonds are Forever
10)Dr.No
11)Thunderball
12)The Spy Who Loved Me
13)On her Majestys Secret Service
14)A View To A Kill
15)Tomorrow Never Dies
16)Octopussy
17)Moonraker
18)Never Say Never Again
19)The World is Not Enough
20)Die Another Day
21)For Your Eyes Only
I'm sure my list will change once and while. Maybe I'll post an updated list in 6 months.
ok, i change my rankings after re-watching the Brosnan films and Moore films
1. Goldfinger (always will be number one)
2. The Living Daylights
3. From Russia With Love
4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5. The Spy Who Loved Me
6. Goldeneye
7. For Your Eyes Only
8. The World is Not Enough
9. Thunderball
10. Dr. No
11. Tomorrow Never Dies
12. Live and Let Die
13. Octopussy
14. Man With the Goldengun
15. License to Kill
16. You Only Live Twice
17. A View to a Kill
18. Diamonds are Forever
19. Moonraker
20. Die Another Day
1. Moonraker
2. The Spy Who Love Me
3. Goldfinger
4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5. Goldeneye
6. From Russia With Love
7. Live And Let Die
8. For Your Eyes Only
9. The Living Daylights
10. Octopussy
11. Dr. No
12. Licence To Kill
13. Thunderball
14. You Only Live Twice
15. The World Is Not Enough
16. A View To A Kill
17. The Man With The Golden Gun
18. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. Diamonds Are Forever
20. Die Another Day
1. The Living Daylights - Great story, great Bond, great music. Timothy Dalton's performance is outstanding. (I still reckon he should've played Voldermort in GOF onwards in Harry Potter, though. Oh Well)
2. The Spy Who Loved Me - Fun redo of You Only Live Twice, entertaining villains, Moore just lightens the movie, which is good.
3. From Russia With Love - Simple plot, no world domination. Great editing. Pedro Armendariz is awesome. May he rest in peace.
4. GoldenEye - Sheer entertainment, along with great set pieces. Sean Bean in brilliant. Weird music though.
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - A turning point for the Bond series. The death of Bond's wife is synonymous with the values of quality in the 60's. Judgement against Lazenby is unfair. He did well.
6. For Your Eyes Only - Nice and simple again, nice little pre-credits sequence. Julian Glover, off the back of his performance as General Veers in The Empire Strikes Back, is brilliant.
7. Licence To Kill – Great to see Felix be a centerpoint for a story. Dalton is frightening, yet brilliant. Q kicks arse. Davi’s performance is terrifying!
8. The World Is Not Enough – Well directed piece, and a rather entertaining twist. Brosnan plays the part well.
9. You Only Live Twice – Donald Pleasance is awesome as Blofeld. Also, one of the most memorable battles at the end. Dahl’s screenplay is sheer escapism. Little Nellie steals the show.
10. A View To A Kill – The first Bond I saw. And it hooked me to the series. Sure, Moore may be way to old, Jones may freak people out, and it may be a rehash of Goldfinger, but Walken’s performance is brilliant, the climax is well done, and the music is some of the best in the series.
11. Goldfinger
12. The Man With The Golden Gun
13. Tomorrow Never Dies
14. Live And Let Die
15. Moonraker
16. Dr. No
17. Octopussy
18. Thunderball
19. Diamonds Are Forever – Gray is only redeeming feature
20. Die Another Day – Cons: Berry and Tamorhi
He was a superhero at first when Roger had the role. Then Timothy did a great thing for us and brought it all down-to-earth, only so that the Brosnan era would remake the character an ultimate international troubleshooter. Let's see how they come up with it in Casino Royale.
Dalton was terrible for the series. He made Bond far too human and too realistic. The Bond films are beyond reality. Yes, the earlier (Connery) Bond films were quite realistic in contrast with films like Moonraker, but Bond himself was much less realistic than in the Dalton films.
Dalton tried to ground Bond in reality, But Bond can only exist in his reality. Finally, I would like to point out that with the possible exception of the Dalton films, Bond has always been an ultimate international troubleshooter.
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
Here's my update from April 11th; (the parentheses indicate where the film ranked previously)
All-Time Favorites
1)Goldfinger (1)
2)Dr.No (2)
3)The Spy Who Loved Me (7)
4)From Russia With Love (5)
5)Licence to Kill (4)
Good
6)Thunderball (6)
7)Live And Let Die (3)
8)You Only Live Twice (8)
9)Diamonds Are Forever (10)
10)GoldenEye (9)
Average
11)On Her Majesty's Secret Service (20)
12)The Living Daylights (12)
13)The World is Not Enough (11)
14)A View to a Kill (19)
15)Moonraker (13)
Below Average
16)The Man With the Golden Gun (15)
17)Octopussy (17)
18)For Your Eyes Only (16)
19)Tomorrow Never Dies (14)
Failure
20) Die Another Day (18)
Most improved was OHMSS which went from 20 to 11.
LoeffelholzThe United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
I love this sort of thing. Nothing is more potentially contentious. The original CR has been omitted because it is an INTENTIONAL comedy/spoof, as opposed to #s 20 and 21, which (IMHO) are UNintentional... :007)
1. From Russia, With Love
2. Goldfinger
3. Dr. No
4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5. Thunderball
6. Diamonds Are Forever
7. You Only Live Twice
8. Goldeneye
9. For Your Eyes Only
10. Live And Let Die
11. The Living Daylights
12. The Man With The Golden Gun
13. The Spy Who Loved Me
14. License To Kill
15. Never Say Never Again (HA!)
16. Tomorrow Never Dies
17. The World Is Not Enough
18. Die Another Day
19. Moonraker
20. Octopussy
21. A View To A Kill
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"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
As for Dalton, I simply think he did not look the part at all. He was neither a pretty boy like Moore or Lazenby; nor did he have an aura of dangerous sexuality like Brosnan and Connery did. He's just fuggly Dalton.
Anyway, I think the strength of his films, TLD and LTK, are the reasons a lot of people still like his Bond. He's okay, but he's at the bottom for me...
Are you saying that Bond has to be a god to make the series good? Besides which, is it all Timothy Dalton's fault that his two movies were a bomb for not sticking to the way we like it? LTK was a good movie, but I can understand how you feel about it. Know this: the movie was largely created by the writers and the directors, NOT the actors! Tim was actually the best choice for the role. However, he is the victim of bad luck and bad timing.
No, Bond does not have to be a god, but he does to be the best at what he does. And, no, the fact that TLD and LTK were so terrible was not solely due to Dalton, but he he must take most of the blame. Know this: Dalton was never the best choice!! He was pathetic and should never have been allowed to even appear in a Bond film. To simply blame the horror that he was on bad luck and bad timing is completely ridiculous! He was horrible and would be the worst choice in any circumstance!
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
Oh, God. ROTS comes out, I'm sick of Star Wars fans bashing the films, and each other, I come out here for some peace and quiet until CR, and look. We have a predictable Dalton basher. I like all the Bond actors, and I appreciate all the films. Even (shudder) NSNR and (larger shudder) DAD. I think that Dalton lended a much needed anger and hatred to Bond after the lighthearted, feelgood Moore. Whatever he was'nt, he was needed. As for LTK, every film series needs a "Dark" film. If you watch all the Bond films and accept them for what they are, and enjoy them for what they are, you'll be a much happier, and wiser fan.
1.Licence To Kill
2.Thunderball
3.The Living Daylights
4.For Your Eyes Only
5.Goldeneye
6.Goldfinger
7.From Russia With Love
8.Dr. No
9.On Her Majesty's Secret Service
10.A View to a Kill
11.You Only Live Twice
12.Diamonds Are Forever
13.Tomorrow Never Dies
14.The World Is Not Enough
15.Octopussy
16.Live And Let Die
17.The Spy Who Loved Me
18.Die Another Day
19.The Man With The Golden Gun
20.Moonraker
In honor of my 200th post, here are my latest Ultimate Bond rankings:
1. From Russia With Love
2. For Your Eyes Only
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4. The Living Daylights
5. The World Is Not Enough
6. Thunderball
7. Diamonds Are Forever
8. Dr. No
9. Tomorrow Never Dies
10. The Man With The Golden Gun
11. The Spy Who Loved Me
12. Goldfinger
13. License To Kill
14. Octopussy
15. You Only Live Twice
16. A View To A Kill
17. Die Another Day
18. Live And Let Die
19. Goldeneye
20. Moonraker
Not a huge difference over the past year or so. FRWL returns to the top spot, dropping FYEO to #2. I must say that I am liking DAD a bit more for its campiness, ala DAF, though it still ranks pretty low. MR continues to be firmly plastered to the bottom of my list.
Oh, God. ROTS comes out, I'm sick of Star Wars fans bashing the films, and each other, I come out here for some peace and quiet until CR, and look. We have a predictable Dalton basher. I like all the Bond actors, and I appreciate all the films. Even (shudder) NSNR and (larger shudder) DAD. I think that Dalton lended a much needed anger and hatred to Bond after the lighthearted, feelgood Moore. Whatever he was'nt, he was needed. As for LTK, every film series needs a "Dark" film. If you watch all the Bond films and accept them for what they are, and enjoy them for what they are, you'll be a much happier, and wiser fan.
Give me a break. I and other people are not bashing the films or each other, we're simply engaging in debate about the films. I'm also not a 'predictable Dalton basher'. Although he's my second least favorite Bond, and although both of his films are among my three least favorite Bond films, I still prefer the Dalton films to a whole lot of non-Bond spy films, adventure films and thrillers. I still watch AVTAK virtually every time it's on TV. it just so happens to be my least favorite Bond film. So as I said, I do apreciate evry Bond film and actor, I just have preferences. I also have no problem with Bond films being dark. So my problem with LTK wasn't its darkness. It's Dalton, who I don't believe should ever have been hired. (but I still watch and enjoy his films.)
Finally in regards to your last comment, I'm just as happy a Bond fan as you are (if not more). After all, I absolutely adore Bond and I'm completely satisfied with my emotional relationship with the films. And as for being wise, I would question how wise a fan you really are if you simply watch films and never question or debate elements of these films.
Plus, why did you go onto these website if you believe that one should simply accept the films for what they are and never debate their strengths and weaknesses?
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
Hi all. Thought I’d contribute my two cents to this very popular thread.
There’s no way I could put all twenty Eon Bonds in strict preferential order. I can single out FRWL, OHMSS and FYEO as my top three choices, but as to what order they should go in, I’m at a loss. (On most days I’d say OHMSS takes top prize, and leave FRWL and FYEO to fight it out for second place.)
But in all honesty, it’s easier for me to single out those films I feel are the weakest of the series, in which case my list goes: TND, TWINE, DAD, more or less in that order.
P.S. I used to be ttilton, but changed my User ID when I saw that almost everyone else had a cool movie-related name.
Oh, every Bond film has a weakness. Some more than others. (I'm looking at you, DAD). Every Bond actor, however, does their own spin on the role. And, of course, every bond actor has a weakness. But the constant bashing can really get on your nerves. However, i'm sorry if have raised your gander.
So my problem with LTK wasn't its darkness. It's Dalton, who I don't believe should ever have been hired. (but I still watch and enjoy his films.)
Funny, I feel the same way about Pierce Brosnan - I liked his earlier films and respect him as an actor, but I can't stand him as Bond. Too smarmy and unremarkable in the role. He's been described as 'Bond Lite' by one critic, something I agree with. You can sometimes tell he's trying to be like Connery, but can't quite pull it off. As for Dalton, I wish he had a third kick at the can. I liked the fact he was so different and more realistic than the rest.
On thing I think we can all agree on is that periodically having different actors in the role strengthens the entire series. However, I feel we're going through a downturn in quality lately, with overblown special effects and cartoonish henchmen. I get a bigger thrill out of watching the tanker truck in LTK drive on its side wheels and crushing the jeep (a real stunt) versus Brosnan's impossible CGI fluff.
Supreme:
1) The Spy Who Loved Me
2) From Russia With Love
Great:
3) For Your Eyes Only
4) Goldfinger
5) Octopussy
6) You Only Live Twice
7) The Living Daylights
8) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
9) Live And Let Die
10) Dr. No
11) Moonraker
12) Thunderball
13) Diamonds Are Forever
14) A View To A Kill
Weak:
15) Licence To Kill
16) The Man With The Golden Gun
Insult:
17) GoldenEye
18) Tomorrow Never Dies
19) The World Is Not Enough
20) Die Another Day
2. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
3. DR. NO
4. GOLDFINGER
5. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
6. THUNDERBALL
7. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
8. GOLDENEYE
9. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
10. LICENCE TO KILL
11. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
12. OCTOPUSSY
13. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
14. LIVE AND LET DIE
15. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
16. A VIEW TO A KILL
17. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
18. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
19. DIE ANOTHER DAY
Great
1 Licence To Kill / Dalton
2 The Living Daylights / Dalton
3 For Your Eyes only / Moore
4 On Her Majecty's Secret Service / Lazemby
5 From Russia With Love / Connery
Good
6 You Only Live Twice / Connery
7 Goldfinger / Connery
8 Thunderball / Connery
9 The Spy Who Loved Me / Moore
10 Live And Let Die / Moore
11 Dr No / Connery
12 A View To A Kill / Moore
Bad
13 Diamonds are Forever / Connery
14 Moonraker / Moore
15 Octopussy / Moore
16 The Man With The Golden Gun / Moore
Horrible
17 Tomorrow Never Dies / Brosnan
18 Golden Eye / Brosnan
19 World Is Not Enough / Brosnan
20 Die Another Day / Brosnan
I just discovered this site, and I'm quite happy to find so many Bond fans in one place. So the best way to introduce myself is to give my list...
Great:
From Russia With Love
For Your Eyes Only
The Living Daylights
Very Good:
The Spy Who Loved Me
You Only Live Twice
Dr. No
Goldfinger
Licence To Kill
Okay:
Goldeneye
Octopussy
Thunderball
Live And Let Die
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Mediocre:
A View To A Kill
The World Is Not Enough
Tomorrow Never Dies
The Man With The Golden Gun
Diamonds Are Forever
Never Say Never Again (not official, I know)
Comments
My order of preference.
1. The Spy Who Loved Me (The Ski Jump, Kurd Jurgen in an underwater base, the car chase is the best of the series, Egypt and oh, yeah, I almost forgot…. XXX The Best Bond Girl, ever.)
2. Goldeneye (Cool factor: the fallen Russian empire set design; great plot for a James Bond; gorgeous cinematography, the opening, the tank chase and, oh, yeah, I almost forgot: Framke Jansen, the coolest Bad Bond Babe, ever)
3. Thunderball (Slow? Are you kidding? I’d like to see you swim any faster! One of the best plots of the series and one of the great villains in Largo)
4. License To Kill (the vicious side of James Bond from the novels brought to life, one time only, but it’s fantastic. Memorable villain.)
5. Dr. No (Best villain ever! The original Darth Vader. ‘Dude used to scare me awake!)
6. Goldfinger (Two words: Odd Job)
7. Octopussy (The Beautiful women are like a special effect in this movie and there’s the little plane, in the opening sequence)
8. The Living Daylights (Cool plot for those who care to follow, Timothy Dalton and the second best (house) car chase in the series.
9. The World Is Not Enough (Sophie Marceau vs. M, the cool tree cutters and of course, Denise Richards. Yeah, right
10. For Your eyes Only (Great plot, Carol Bouquet, The best ending in the series but also the worst opening, by far)
11. Die Another Day (The car chase, third best in the series, the cool ice castle set, the fun in jokes for the real fans)
12. From Russia With Love (Yeah, yeah, I love it too, but the plot: it’s heavy on romance which is great – if you hire a good actress. Too bad Diana Rigg isn’t in this one)
13. Never Say Never Again (Welcome back, Sean, and thanks for a cool Bike chase)
14. Diamonds Are Forever (I like the Vegas stuff, worst ending in the series)
15. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (Not at the bottom thanks to Diana Rigg, the most beautiful bond babe ever. But Lazybond, well, his name is great….)
16. Moonraker (yeah, but it’s funny if you’re friendly to it, and the Brazilian sequences are fantastic. Plus, the villain has a great accent!)
17. You Only Live Twice (Formulaic and a mess from beginning to end, and Connery is so bored, you’d almost wish George Lazybond had made two movies!)
18. The Man With The Golden Gun (Christopher Lee saves this from being at the very bottom of the pile)
19. Tomorrow Never Dies (To call this one thin on plot would be to infer that there is a shred of story in this flick. Worst villain in the series)
20. A View to a Kill (Stupid Blimp!)
21. Live and Let Die (There’s the tune, and there’s the fun boat chase and the DVD has the coolest menus in the series. But it is also the one that aged the most. The New York scenes hurt (I’m not kidding) and the voodoo stuff looks silly, especially with Mrs Seymore, who’s never been caught acting. Too bad, it’s a great concept for a James Bond story, and look! It already has a killer title!)
Ciao!
1 GF (Connery is perfect aswell as the rest of the cast, great music, everything is perfect.
2 DAF ( I understand why most of you don't like it, but I do.extreamly entertaining, funny, exciting and connery is great)
3 TSWLM ( this film is totally cool. roger's best appearence, great music, gadgets and gimmicks.and the PTS is the best. simply a high quality action movie that alouds itself to be extreme)
4 FRWL ( great spy movie in the perfect sense. Connery looks great. I love Blofeld in this one. another hugh-quality film.
5 OP (diserves more credit. afterall it has everything a bond-movie needs, and I feel that it is very special.)
6 OHMSS ( this one is amazing. it was my nr1 before but I got tired of it. great mucis and plot. lazenby isn't as bad as some say. the film is very different from the others wich I strongly like.
7 DR.NO ( the first one is the least pretentious. the "bond, james bond"-scene is ultimate. I love the vilian.
8 TMWTGG (another one that I understand people dislike. but I strongly enjoy it. few things are HQ except some scenes and the appearences by christopher lee and roger moore. I think the J.W. pepper scenes are very fun.)
9 TB( very exciting. I like the music. the underwater scenes are good.)
10 YOLT (it gives me some amature-vibes but it is still great. japan's culture is being used just right. blofeld and the fight at the pirayas are the best things in this film.)
11 GE (great action and pierce is terrific. what a comeback after the dalton-flops.)
12 TWINE ( peirce is perfect and so are the occurences. action all the way)
13 FYEO (just another bond-movie that is good and fun to watch)
but these are also great:
14 MR (too much science-fiction. some very good scenes like the PTS. it gives me unserious vibes.)
15 LTK (a long time ago I watched it, but of what i remember it is not like a bond-movie. dalton is just not james bond. I love the themesong though. sanchez is no good villian
16 LALD ( low quality movie overall. some very nice scenes still, like the one with all the crocodiles. weak acting by moore.)
17 TLD ( I hate the girl very much and dalton is no james bond. the villians are extreamly sad too. the car looks nice.)
18 AVTAK (great theme song, but an unpleasant movie overall. moore looks strange, doesn't he.)
19 TND (I like some scenes very much, especially the BMW-thing, but most of the film is just crap.)
this one is not a bond movie:
20 DAD (they should never have done it. yet it has some interesting scenes.)
WHAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!! something is wrong with this. LALD rated higher than DAF TMWTGG MR YOLT TWINE and OOPPPP!!!! and LTK at 10, it should be much lower down. At least some things are correct; DAD and AVTAK in the bottom and TSWLM, FRWL and GF in the top.GE at four is a little too much. the list did really surprise me.
2)THUNDERBALL
3)FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
4)DR. NO
5)YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
6)THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
7)GOLDENEYE
8)FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
9)ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
10)LIVE AND LET DIE
11)DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
12)TOMORROW NEVER DIES
13)DIE ANOTHER DAY
14)THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
15)THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
16)OCTOPUSSY
17)MOONRAKER
18)LICENCE TO KILL
19)THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
20)A VIEW TO A KILL
Let's see:
1) Live and Let Die- Yes you heard me right, Live and Let Die is #1! It has a cool plot, awseome villians, good humour (Jw Pepper anybody?) and has a good Bond movie formula (the bugs in the hotel room, snakes.) This is one good movie.
2)Goldfinger- Instant. Classic. I love this movie. Oddjob, awesome villain, "the man with the midas touch", cool car, great plot.
3)Licence to Kill- I love the darkness in this movie. Bond has gone in a new direction and I think it carries a bit into the Brosnan films too. Sanchez is a great villain, I like the truck chase at the end too.
4)You Only Live Twice
5)The man With The Golden Gun
6)The Living Daylights
7)Goldeneye
8)From Russia With Love
9)Diamonds are Forever
10)Dr.No
11)Thunderball
12)The Spy Who Loved Me
13)On her Majestys Secret Service
14)A View To A Kill
15)Tomorrow Never Dies
16)Octopussy
17)Moonraker
18)Never Say Never Again
19)The World is Not Enough
20)Die Another Day
21)For Your Eyes Only
I'm sure my list will change once and while. Maybe I'll post an updated list in 6 months.
1. Goldfinger (always will be number one)
2. The Living Daylights
3. From Russia With Love
4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5. The Spy Who Loved Me
6. Goldeneye
7. For Your Eyes Only
8. The World is Not Enough
9. Thunderball
10. Dr. No
11. Tomorrow Never Dies
12. Live and Let Die
13. Octopussy
14. Man With the Goldengun
15. License to Kill
16. You Only Live Twice
17. A View to a Kill
18. Diamonds are Forever
19. Moonraker
20. Die Another Day
2. The Spy Who Love Me
3. Goldfinger
4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5. Goldeneye
6. From Russia With Love
7. Live And Let Die
8. For Your Eyes Only
9. The Living Daylights
10. Octopussy
11. Dr. No
12. Licence To Kill
13. Thunderball
14. You Only Live Twice
15. The World Is Not Enough
16. A View To A Kill
17. The Man With The Golden Gun
18. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. Diamonds Are Forever
20. Die Another Day
2. The Spy Who Loved Me - Fun redo of You Only Live Twice, entertaining villains, Moore just lightens the movie, which is good.
3. From Russia With Love - Simple plot, no world domination. Great editing. Pedro Armendariz is awesome. May he rest in peace.
4. GoldenEye - Sheer entertainment, along with great set pieces. Sean Bean in brilliant. Weird music though.
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - A turning point for the Bond series. The death of Bond's wife is synonymous with the values of quality in the 60's. Judgement against Lazenby is unfair. He did well.
6. For Your Eyes Only - Nice and simple again, nice little pre-credits sequence. Julian Glover, off the back of his performance as General Veers in The Empire Strikes Back, is brilliant.
7. Licence To Kill – Great to see Felix be a centerpoint for a story. Dalton is frightening, yet brilliant. Q kicks arse. Davi’s performance is terrifying!
8. The World Is Not Enough – Well directed piece, and a rather entertaining twist. Brosnan plays the part well.
9. You Only Live Twice – Donald Pleasance is awesome as Blofeld. Also, one of the most memorable battles at the end. Dahl’s screenplay is sheer escapism. Little Nellie steals the show.
10. A View To A Kill – The first Bond I saw. And it hooked me to the series. Sure, Moore may be way to old, Jones may freak people out, and it may be a rehash of Goldfinger, but Walken’s performance is brilliant, the climax is well done, and the music is some of the best in the series.
11. Goldfinger
12. The Man With The Golden Gun
13. Tomorrow Never Dies
14. Live And Let Die
15. Moonraker
16. Dr. No
17. Octopussy
18. Thunderball
19. Diamonds Are Forever – Gray is only redeeming feature
20. Die Another Day – Cons: Berry and Tamorhi
Dalton was terrible for the series. He made Bond far too human and too realistic. The Bond films are beyond reality. Yes, the earlier (Connery) Bond films were quite realistic in contrast with films like Moonraker, but Bond himself was much less realistic than in the Dalton films.
Dalton tried to ground Bond in reality, But Bond can only exist in his reality. Finally, I would like to point out that with the possible exception of the Dalton films, Bond has always been an ultimate international troubleshooter.
All-Time Favorites
1)Goldfinger (1)
2)Dr.No (2)
3)The Spy Who Loved Me (7)
4)From Russia With Love (5)
5)Licence to Kill (4)
Good
6)Thunderball (6)
7)Live And Let Die (3)
8)You Only Live Twice (8)
9)Diamonds Are Forever (10)
10)GoldenEye (9)
Average
11)On Her Majesty's Secret Service (20)
12)The Living Daylights (12)
13)The World is Not Enough (11)
14)A View to a Kill (19)
15)Moonraker (13)
Below Average
16)The Man With the Golden Gun (15)
17)Octopussy (17)
18)For Your Eyes Only (16)
19)Tomorrow Never Dies (14)
Failure
20) Die Another Day (18)
Most improved was OHMSS which went from 20 to 11.
1. From Russia, With Love
2. Goldfinger
3. Dr. No
4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5. Thunderball
6. Diamonds Are Forever
7. You Only Live Twice
8. Goldeneye
9. For Your Eyes Only
10. Live And Let Die
11. The Living Daylights
12. The Man With The Golden Gun
13. The Spy Who Loved Me
14. License To Kill
15. Never Say Never Again (HA!)
16. Tomorrow Never Dies
17. The World Is Not Enough
18. Die Another Day
19. Moonraker
20. Octopussy
21. A View To A Kill
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
2.tswlm
3.octopussy
4.twine
5.ohmss
6.tld
7.goldfinger
8.tnd
9.goldeneye
10.fyeo
11.Dr.no
12.thunderball
13.lald
14.yolt
15.ltk
16.dad
17.tmwtgg
18.moonraker
19.daf
20.avtak
2. The Living Daylights
3. A View To A Kill
4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5. Moonraker
6. Goldfinger
7. From Russia With Love
8. The Spy Who Loved Me
9. Diamonds Are Forever
10. Live And Let Die
11. Dr. No
12. You Only Live Twice
13. Octopussy
14. License To Kill
15. Thunderball
16. For Your Eyes Only
17. Goldeneye
18. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. The World Is Not Enough
20. Die Another Day
Anyway, I think the strength of his films, TLD and LTK, are the reasons a lot of people still like his Bond. He's okay, but he's at the bottom for me...
No, Bond does not have to be a god, but he does to be the best at what he does. And, no, the fact that TLD and LTK were so terrible was not solely due to Dalton, but he he must take most of the blame. Know this: Dalton was never the best choice!! He was pathetic and should never have been allowed to even appear in a Bond film. To simply blame the horror that he was on bad luck and bad timing is completely ridiculous! He was horrible and would be the worst choice in any circumstance!
2.Thunderball
3.The Living Daylights
4.For Your Eyes Only
5.Goldeneye
6.Goldfinger
7.From Russia With Love
8.Dr. No
9.On Her Majesty's Secret Service
10.A View to a Kill
11.You Only Live Twice
12.Diamonds Are Forever
13.Tomorrow Never Dies
14.The World Is Not Enough
15.Octopussy
16.Live And Let Die
17.The Spy Who Loved Me
18.Die Another Day
19.The Man With The Golden Gun
20.Moonraker
1. From Russia With Love
2. For Your Eyes Only
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4. The Living Daylights
5. The World Is Not Enough
6. Thunderball
7. Diamonds Are Forever
8. Dr. No
9. Tomorrow Never Dies
10. The Man With The Golden Gun
11. The Spy Who Loved Me
12. Goldfinger
13. License To Kill
14. Octopussy
15. You Only Live Twice
16. A View To A Kill
17. Die Another Day
18. Live And Let Die
19. Goldeneye
20. Moonraker
Not a huge difference over the past year or so. FRWL returns to the top spot, dropping FYEO to #2. I must say that I am liking DAD a bit more for its campiness, ala DAF, though it still ranks pretty low. MR continues to be firmly plastered to the bottom of my list.
Give me a break. I and other people are not bashing the films or each other, we're simply engaging in debate about the films. I'm also not a 'predictable Dalton basher'. Although he's my second least favorite Bond, and although both of his films are among my three least favorite Bond films, I still prefer the Dalton films to a whole lot of non-Bond spy films, adventure films and thrillers. I still watch AVTAK virtually every time it's on TV. it just so happens to be my least favorite Bond film. So as I said, I do apreciate evry Bond film and actor, I just have preferences. I also have no problem with Bond films being dark. So my problem with LTK wasn't its darkness. It's Dalton, who I don't believe should ever have been hired. (but I still watch and enjoy his films.)
Finally in regards to your last comment, I'm just as happy a Bond fan as you are (if not more). After all, I absolutely adore Bond and I'm completely satisfied with my emotional relationship with the films. And as for being wise, I would question how wise a fan you really are if you simply watch films and never question or debate elements of these films.
Plus, why did you go onto these website if you believe that one should simply accept the films for what they are and never debate their strengths and weaknesses?
There’s no way I could put all twenty Eon Bonds in strict preferential order. I can single out FRWL, OHMSS and FYEO as my top three choices, but as to what order they should go in, I’m at a loss. (On most days I’d say OHMSS takes top prize, and leave FRWL and FYEO to fight it out for second place.)
But in all honesty, it’s easier for me to single out those films I feel are the weakest of the series, in which case my list goes: TND, TWINE, DAD, more or less in that order.
P.S. I used to be ttilton, but changed my User ID when I saw that almost everyone else had a cool movie-related name.
Funny, I feel the same way about Pierce Brosnan - I liked his earlier films and respect him as an actor, but I can't stand him as Bond. Too smarmy and unremarkable in the role. He's been described as 'Bond Lite' by one critic, something I agree with. You can sometimes tell he's trying to be like Connery, but can't quite pull it off. As for Dalton, I wish he had a third kick at the can. I liked the fact he was so different and more realistic than the rest.
On thing I think we can all agree on is that periodically having different actors in the role strengthens the entire series. However, I feel we're going through a downturn in quality lately, with overblown special effects and cartoonish henchmen. I get a bigger thrill out of watching the tanker truck in LTK drive on its side wheels and crushing the jeep (a real stunt) versus Brosnan's impossible CGI fluff.
1) The Spy Who Loved Me
2) From Russia With Love
Great:
3) For Your Eyes Only
4) Goldfinger
5) Octopussy
6) You Only Live Twice
7) The Living Daylights
8) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
9) Live And Let Die
10) Dr. No
11) Moonraker
12) Thunderball
13) Diamonds Are Forever
14) A View To A Kill
Weak:
15) Licence To Kill
16) The Man With The Golden Gun
Insult:
17) GoldenEye
18) Tomorrow Never Dies
19) The World Is Not Enough
20) Die Another Day
2. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
3. DR. NO
4. GOLDFINGER
5. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
6. THUNDERBALL
7. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
8. GOLDENEYE
9. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
10. LICENCE TO KILL
11. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
12. OCTOPUSSY
13. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
14. LIVE AND LET DIE
15. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
16. A VIEW TO A KILL
17. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
18. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
19. DIE ANOTHER DAY
20. MOONRAKER
1 Licence To Kill / Dalton
2 The Living Daylights / Dalton
3 For Your Eyes only / Moore
4 On Her Majecty's Secret Service / Lazemby
5 From Russia With Love / Connery
Good
6 You Only Live Twice / Connery
7 Goldfinger / Connery
8 Thunderball / Connery
9 The Spy Who Loved Me / Moore
10 Live And Let Die / Moore
11 Dr No / Connery
12 A View To A Kill / Moore
Bad
13 Diamonds are Forever / Connery
14 Moonraker / Moore
15 Octopussy / Moore
16 The Man With The Golden Gun / Moore
Horrible
17 Tomorrow Never Dies / Brosnan
18 Golden Eye / Brosnan
19 World Is Not Enough / Brosnan
20 Die Another Day / Brosnan
The Top 5 never changes apart from switching places with each other once in awhile:
Excellent
1. Never Say Never Again
2. The Spy Who Loved Me
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4. A View to a Kill
5. For Your Eyes Only
Great
6. The Living Daylights
7. GoldenEye
8. Goldfinger
9. You Only Live Twice
10. Live and Let Die
11. Doctor No
12. From Russia With Love
Okay
13. Octopussy
14. The Man With The Golden Gun
15. Thunderball
16. Moonraker
17. License to Kill
18. Diamonds are Forever
19. Die Another Day
Horrible
20. Tomorrow Never Dies
21. Casino Royale (1967)
22. The World is Not Enough
Great:
From Russia With Love
For Your Eyes Only
The Living Daylights
Very Good:
The Spy Who Loved Me
You Only Live Twice
Dr. No
Goldfinger
Licence To Kill
Okay:
Goldeneye
Octopussy
Thunderball
Live And Let Die
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Mediocre:
A View To A Kill
The World Is Not Enough
Tomorrow Never Dies
The Man With The Golden Gun
Diamonds Are Forever
Never Say Never Again (not official, I know)
Awful:
Moonraker
Die Another Day