Your Top 5 Bond Films (presently)

chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
edited August 2012 in The James Bond Films
Mine are:

Tomorrow Never Dies
The Living Daylights
Diamonds Are Forever
Goldeneye/Licence To Kill (tie)
The Spy Who Loved Me

I know, strange choices.... but my fondness evolves.
Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
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  • DutchfingerDutchfinger Holland With LovePosts: 1,240MI6 Agent
    Although many of us posted this before in the top 22 thread, here's my top 5 anyway:

    1. License to Kill
    2. Goldeneye
    3. Goldfinger
    4. Casino Royale
    5. The Spy Who Loved me

    It's a coincidence that all major actors have a movie in my Top 5, and also a coincidence that there is a movie of every decade in it as well! I guess for me every decade had atleast one very good movie!
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Dutchfinger wrote:
    3. Goldfinger
    Funny, GF is great, and I feel DAF is equally as great (same director), the deciding factor between the two for me is the sheer elegance of the production.
    And while I believe Thunderball is arguably the 'best' Connery Bond film, it just moves a little bit too slow for my taste to beat GF or DAF on this list.
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    1. Goldfinger
    2. From Russia With Love
    3. Casino Royale
    4. Dr. No
    5. Thunderball
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    BL, your list is a fairly 'serious' one- no great love for Dalton's take?
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • DutchfingerDutchfinger Holland With LovePosts: 1,240MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    Dutchfinger wrote:
    3. Goldfinger
    Funny, GF is great, and I feel DAF is equally as great (same director), the deciding factor between the two for me is the sheer elegance of the production.
    And while I believe Thunderball is arguably the 'best' Connery Bond film, it just moves a little bit too slow for my taste to beat GF or DAF on this list.

    Hehe.. well I respect your opinion on that matter but DAF happens to be my least favorite movie in the franchise... :P
    I think Goldfinger is iconic, classic and pretty much the quintessensial Bond film, the blue print of all Bond movies pretty much. DAF on the other hand, attempted to reproduce the succes of Goldfinger, but failed tremendously in my opinion. It features a bored Connery, a plot that could have been so much more. A Blofeld dressed as a lady (!) (THATS supposed to be the same menacing guy we first saw stroking that cat in FRWL! now HE is dressed as a lady.) Blofeld clones, a laser satalite so accurate that it can demolish submarine's from out of space. (Years before DAD very fake scene's where already present!) I'm sorry, I just rate it very low :)
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  • DEFIANT 74205DEFIANT 74205 Perth, AustraliaPosts: 1,881MI6 Agent
    As per the "top 20" thread ...

    1. From Russia With Love
    2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    3. Dr No
    4. Goldfinger
    5. Thunderball
    "Watch the birdie, you bastard!"
  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    5.License to kill
    4. the living daylights
    3. Octopussy
    2. Casino Royale
    1. For your eyes only
    “The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. "
    -Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    My Top Five.

    1, OHMSS
    2, Licence to Kill
    3, Goldfinger
    4, From Russia with Love
    5, The spy who loved me

    I don't include CR or QOS as they are from a NEW series of Films. :007)
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  • Golrush007Golrush007 South AfricaPosts: 3,421Quartermasters
    1. From Russia With Love
    2. Casino Royale
    3. Goldfinger
    4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    5. GoldenEye
  • Smiert-SpionamSmiert-Spionam Posts: 318MI6 Agent
    1. From Russia With Love
    2. Casino Royale
    3. Licence to Kill
    4. The Living Daylights
    5. Live and Let Die
    Smiert Spionam
  • BIG TAMBIG TAM Wrexham, North Wales, UK.Posts: 773MI6 Agent
    My Top Five never change. They are:-

    1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    2. From Russia With Love
    3. Goldfinger
    4. Dr. No
    5. Thunderball

    To me they represent all that is great about Bond, bearing the distinction of being sufficiently different from one another to never feel one is watching a retread. Everything that follows these five seems to liberally borrow from one or more of them in some form or another.

    If I could be allowed a cheeky sixth choice it would be THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. This isn't a guilty pleasure. I've concluded I like it precisely because it unashamedly plunders past glories. Another member on this forum said that if they had to show a Bond film to an alien unaware of 007's world then this would be the one. I agree. GOLDFINGER sets the template for OTT Bondery but this one is probably the perfect summation of Bond glories in one neat package.
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Actually I liked both Dalton entries, but my list reflects that fact that I'm such a big Connery fan. If I had a sixth and seventh pick, I would include OHMSS, then TLD.
    chrisisall wrote:
    BL, your list is a fairly 'serious' one- no great love for Dalton's take?
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    DAF on number 3....

    You must be joking :D
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys wrote:
    DAF on number 3....

    You must be joking :D
    Can't help it. I just love the flick. Goofy bits & all.
    Excuse me, I have to go walk my rat.
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,757Chief of Staff
    Presently...

    1 OHMSS
    2 Casino Royale
    3 Quantum Of Solace
    4 From Russia With Love
    5 The Living Daylights
    YNWA 97
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Interesting, Sir Miles! You liked QOS that much, huh?
    Sir Miles wrote:
    Presently...

    1 OHMSS
    2 Casino Royale
    3 Quantum Of Solace
    4 From Russia With Love
    5 The Living Daylights
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • DrFragmentDrFragment South Coast Of EnglandPosts: 49MI6 Agent
    1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    2. Casino Royale
    3. Licence To Kill
    4. The Spy Who Loved Me
    5. From Russia With Love
    "Mm... Royal Beluga, north of the Caspian."
  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    2. From Russia With Love
    3. The Spy Who Loved Me
    4. Goldeneye
    5. The Living Daylights
    1. Ohmss 2. Frwl 3. Op 4. Tswlm 5. Tld 6. Ge 7. Yolt 8. Lald 9. Cr 10. Ltk 11. Dn 12. Gf 13. Qos 14. Mr 15. Tmwtgg 16. Fyeo 17. Twine 18. Sf 19. Tb 20 Tnd 21. Spectre 22 Daf 23. Avtak 24. Dad
  • WildeWilde Oxford, UKPosts: 621MI6 Agent
    CASINO ROYALE
    FRWL
    DR NO
    GOLDENEYE
    QUANTUM OF SOLACE

    Given 5 more choices...

    TWINE
    TLD
    LTK
    LALD (Almost for Sherrif Jay Dubya alone!)
    OHMSS

    As you can tell I'm not a huge fan of the Moore era!
  • 7700777007 Posts: 502MI6 Agent
    1.Skyfall
    2.Casino Royale
    3.QOS
    4.?
    5.FRWL
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    77007 wrote:
    1.Skyfall
    Yeah, it was really good- definitely my favourite Craig film yet (Fleming purists will still say CR was his best no doubt). In fact, I *may* have to think about sliding it into my top 5...
    Okay, so some of the CGI was obvious, and the bigger 'stunts' seemed to regress to Brosnan's movies, but Craig gave an easy, nearly flawless performance. He's clearly in the zone here...
    wait...
    has this movie been released yet? :o
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • DutchfingerDutchfinger Holland With LovePosts: 1,240MI6 Agent
    77007 wrote:
    1.Skyfall
    2.Casino Royale
    3.QOS
    4.?
    5.FRWL

    :)) What kind of a list is that? - Why a question mark on 4? Shoulnd't you just put FRWL up there automaticly? :p ... I do have a feeling though that Skyfall might have the potential to make it in a lot of people's top 5's!
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  • GordoLeiterGordoLeiter Posts: 462MI6 Agent
    1. From Russia With Love
    2. Live and Let Die
    3. Goldfinger
    4. Licence to Kill
    5. Goldeneye
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,757Chief of Staff
    Blackleiter wrote:
    Interesting, Sir Miles! You liked QOS that much, huh?
    Sir Miles wrote:
    Presently...

    1 OHMSS
    2 Casino Royale
    3 Quantum Of Solace
    4 From Russia With Love
    5 The Living Daylights

    I do, yes....and I really struggle to comprehend how some don't share my passion for it :s
    YNWA 97
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    "Well the methods of the Great Pioneers, Have often Puzzled Conventional Minds " :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • JarvioJarvio EnglandPosts: 4,241MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    Blackleiter wrote:
    Interesting, Sir Miles! You liked QOS that much, huh?
    Sir Miles wrote:
    Presently...

    1 OHMSS
    2 Casino Royale
    3 Quantum Of Solace
    4 From Russia With Love
    5 The Living Daylights

    I do, yes....and I really struggle to comprehend how some don't share my passion for it :s

    The films ok... pity about the song :))
    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
  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,638MI6 Agent
    For a mix of personal and entertainment-value reasons, here's my Top 5


    1. Thunderball
    2. Casino Royale
    3. Live and Let Die
    4. Dr No
    5. GoldenEye
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    edited August 2012
    My NEW ones are are:

    Tomorrow Never Dies
    The Living Daylights
    Goldeneye/Licence To Kill (tie)
    Thunderball
    The Spy Who Loved Me

    my fondness evolves still....
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • Polar Bear 0007Polar Bear 0007 CanadaPosts: 129MI6 Agent
    1. Diamonds Are Forever
    2. Dr. No
    3. Thunderball
    4. Living Daylights
    5. Moonraker
    This is where we leave you Mr. Bond. (Pilot, Apollo Airlines)
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Polar Bear 0007 wrote:
    5. Moonraker
    Really? Can you expand on why you like it that much to include it in your top 5? Personally, I find the 'Jaws" stuff to be a deal-breaker... :s
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
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