Simple 3-Part Bond Movie List

chrisisall · August 2013

Without getting into details and qualifications, I was wondering if we could do this simple title list.
1- The Bond movies you watch quite frequently.
2- The Bond movies you see infrequently, but you DO see them.
3- The ones you avoid seeing if you can help it.

1-
DN
TB
YOLT
LALD
TMWTGG
OP
TLD
LTK
GE
TND
QOS

2-
FRWL
GF
OHMSS
DAF
TSWLM
FYEO
TWINE
DAD
CR
SF

3-
NSNA
MR
AVTAK

Anyone else?

DelicatessenInSteel · August 2013

1- The Bond movies you watch quite frequently.
OP
LALD
MR
FYEO
LTK
TMWTGG
OHMSS
2- The Bond movies you see infrequently, but you DO see them.
DN
YOLT
DAF
AVTAK
TLD
GE
FRWL
GF
CR
TSWLM
TND
3- The ones you avoid seeing if you can help it.
TB
NSNA
CR 67
TWINE
DAD
QOS
SF

chrisisall · August 2013

DelicatessenInSteel wrote:

1- The Bond movies you watch quite frequently.
TMWTGG

I think you and I will be among the very few who put this in the first category!

Dalkowski110 · August 2013

There are films I've watched tons and tons of times trying to get something out of them and have either succeeded (in the case of TLD, especially) or failed (in the case of QOS and AVTAK). Should we carve out an exception for that, or perhaps change it to "The films you watch frequently for the sake of enjoyment", "Films you watch for the sake of enjoyment not very often, but do so", and "Films you may watch a lot, but not for the sake of enjoyment"? Maybe asking for a change in the question is too much, but perhaps stating whether you've watched a particular film for the sake of enjoyment vs. dissection might be a better question. In any case, I'll treat my list as "for the sake of enjoyment"...alternately, if you've been around, you've obviously seen a lot more of Connery and Moore's films than Dalton, Brosnan, or Craig's. I've thus excluded SF from the list simply because I've not gotten enough chances to watch it.

Tier 1...
-FRWL
-GF
-DN
-OHMSS
-TB
-GE
-TSWLM
-CR
-OP
-YOLT
-TLD
-LTK
-DAF
-LALD

Tier 2
-TMWTGG (barely misses Tier 1)
-FYEO
-TND
-TWINE
-AVTAK (For all I've bashed it)
-QOS (Also for all I've bashed it)

Tier 3 (Note that there are VERY few films I outright try and avoid)
-MR
-DAD
-NSNA (Just rewatched it. I liked Bernie Casey as Felix Leiter and thought Fatima Blush was a pretty good character...but it was almost as if someone stuck a bunch of Bond characters in a non-Bond universe. I can't explain it any better than that.)
-The original CR that had Barry Nelson playing "Jimmy Bond"
-CR '67 (Unwatchable to me. Literally the only Bond film I've tried to make it through and have failed).

chrisisall · August 2013

Dalkowski110 wrote:

There are films I've watched tons and tons of times

I guess I meant "These days." Not like a cumulative score. 8-)

Blackleiter · August 2013

Tier 1

YOLT
GF
CR
FRWL
OHMSS
DN
TB
TLD
LTK
DAF

Tier 2

GE
TWINE
QOS
TND
SF
FYEO
OP
TSWLM
DAD
NSNA

Tier 3

AVTAK
TMWTGG
MR
LALD

chrisisall · August 2013

Blackleiter wrote:

Tier 3
LALD

*Dr. Smith voice*
How daaaaarrrre you.

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Blackleiter · August 2013

chrisisall wrote:

Blackleiter wrote:

Tier 3
LALD

*Dr. Smith voice*
How daaaaarrrre you.
)

Perhaps you're right. I'm not that big a fan of LALD, but I wouldn't say I actively avoid it. Let's move that one to Tier 2. See, I'm not an inflexible old curmudgeon after all!

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Dalkowski110 · August 2013

chrisisall wrote:

I guess I meant "These days." Not like a cumulative score.

I should have clarified, then, at least on the bit you quoted me on. I also meant "these days" regarding enjoyment vs. understanding and not a cumulative score. You can watch films over and over again for understanding, time not withstanding. With that said, it's almost impossible to avoid a cumulative score with SF since it's only been out a short time.

chrisisall · August 2013

Dalkowski110 wrote:

With that said, it's almost impossible to avoid a cumulative score with SF since it's only been out a short time.

Well, I suppose, but I've ascertained that while I enjoy SF, it's definitely 2nd tier material for me. Not a movie I will watch more than once a year.

Dalkowski110 · August 2013

chrisisall wrote:

Well, I suppose, but I've ascertained that while I enjoy SF, it's definitely 2nd tier material for me. Not a movie I will watch more than once a year.

::Shrugs:: I suppose, but then, most of our lists are probably pretty flexible if a new point about a film is raised or something in said film is given new meaning, new context, or even changed (and with SF, I see this as an actual possibility). For example, what if all that cut content that supposedly made Severine into an exponentially less-sympathetic character gets restored at one point (since I know that scene drags down much of the film for you; you did state it)? Again, I find it difficult to avoid the cumulative/time effect.

chrisisall · August 2013

Dalkowski110 wrote:

all that cut content that supposedly made Severine into an exponentially less-sympathetic character gets restored at one point (since I know that scene drags down much of the film for you; you did state it)? Again, I find it difficult to avoid the cumulative/time effect.

That makes it more acceptable, not necessarily exponentially better. I still have major issues with the score & Craig's haircut. 8-)

DelicatessenInSteel · August 2013

chrisisall wrote:

DelicatessenInSteel wrote:

1- The Bond movies you watch quite frequently.
TMWTGG

I think you and I will be among the very few who put this in the first category!

Yes...the burden of genius & good taste is only for those few 00's. -{ -{

mythrenegade · August 2013

Great idea. I will watch any of the films, but I never choose the films in tier three unless I am watching a series (All films, all Moore films etc.). Skyfall is still pretty new but I love it and it gets chosen frequently...

Tier One :
Dr. No
From Russia With Love
The Spy Who Loved Me
Diamonds Are Forever
Skyfall
Tomorrow Never Dies
Quantum of Solace
For Your Eyes Only

Tier Two:
Goldfinger
Live and Let Die
You Only Live Twice
Casino Royale
The Man With the Golden Gun
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Octopussy
The Living Daylights
Goldeneye
The World is Not Enough

Tier Three:
License to Kill
A View to a Kill
Thunderball
Die Another Day
Moonraker

Tier Four: I refuse to acknowledge this film as a bond film and haven't watched it in 25 years:
NSNA

Joel

chrisisall · August 2013

Wow Joel, what an interesting list. I'm particularly fascinated to see SF & TND in the same tier. Eclectic taste sir! -{

Firemass · August 2013

Tier 1: I watch these a lot

Octopussy
A View to a Kill
Moonraker
The Spy Who Loved Me
Goldeneye
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World is Not Enough
Dr. No

Tier 2: I watch these every so often

The Living Daylights
Die Another Day
Goldfinger
From Russia With Love
You Only Live Twice
The Man With the Golden Gun
Licence to Kill
Live and Let Die
Quantum of Solace

Tier 3: I tend to avoid these ones

OHMSS
Thunderball
For Your Eyes Only
Skyfall
Casino Royale
Diamonds Are Forever

chrisisall · August 2013

Firemass wrote:

Tier 1: I watch these a lot
Moonraker
Dr. No

Again, fascinating to see what (seeming opposites to me) ends up on the first level. :007)

Peppermill · August 2013

There is no tier 3 for me

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Lexi · August 2013

1st level
QoS
CR
SF
TLD
TWINE
LTK
DAD
TMWTGG
TSWLM

2nd Tier
TND
OHMSS
GE
YOLT
FRWL
FYEO

3rd tier
MR
GF
LALD
TB
DAF
DN
AVTAK
OP

mythrenegade · August 2013

chrisisall wrote:

Wow Joel, what an interesting list. I'm particularly fascinated to see SF & TND in the same tier. Eclectic taste sir! -{

That's why I like this thread. I wouldn't put all of my tier 1 films in a list of "the best" or even necessarily my favorite but these are the ones I watch more than others. I agree CR is a better film than QoS, but I find I watch QoS more often.

Skyfall is the best bond since FYEO IMHO. I really like that film.

Joel

chrisisall · August 2013

Lexi wrote:

1st level
TMWTGG

Three of us with this on the first level...

Lexi · August 2013

chrisisall wrote:

Lexi wrote:

1st level
TMWTGG

Three of us with this on the first level...

I would go as far to say I think it's Moore's best Bond film B-)

chrisisall · August 2013

Lexi wrote:

chrisisall wrote:

Lexi wrote:

1st level
TMWTGG

Three of us with this on the first level...

I would go as far to say I think it's Moore's best Bond film B-)

We must start our own GGG club!
(Golden Gun is Great)

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screename · August 2013

I currently don't own all the Bond films, so everything is proportional to how often I do get to watch one.

-Casino Royale (06)
-Quantum of Solace
-Tomorrow Never Dies
-The World is Not Enough
-The Living Daylights

-Goldfinger
-From Russia With Love
-Thunderball
-Goldeneye
-The Man With the Golden Gun
-License to Kill
-On Her Majesty's Secret Service

-Live and Let Die
-The Spy Who Loved Me
-Moonraker
-For Your Eyes Only
-Octopussy
-A Veiw To a Kill
- Dr. No
-You Only Live Twice
-Diamond are Forever
-Skyfall (been having a hankering for this one recently though ?:) )
-Die Another Day

Thunderpussy · August 2013

List 1, All the Bond Films -{ ( Watch them all, all the time )

List 2, .........................

List 3, CR(67) and NSNA. CR (67) is very, very Bad and very 60's humor
NSNA, is so Boring. Nothing much happens.
( althought I love E Fox as M, and B Casey as Leiter )

chrisisall · August 2013

Thunderpussy wrote:

List 1, All the Bond Films -{ ( Watch them all, all the time )

TP, you watch even DAD & MR often??? Like twice a year or so???

Thunderpussy · August 2013

Unlike some, I have very fond memories of Moonraker so Yes I do watch it several times ( even more) a year. I also watch DAD ( first half is great) many times a year, I even watch TMWTGG and QOS over and over even though I think
they are pretty weak films. But I love them all.

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chrisisall · August 2013

Thunderpussy wrote:

Unlike some, I have very fond memories of Moonraker so Yes I do watch it several times ( even more) a year.

You are a better fan than I, Gunga Din.

Thunderpussy · August 2013

Luckily as I work for myself I usually have a Bond film on while I'm working instead of listening to the radio or watching telly.

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chrisisall · August 2013

Thunderpussy wrote:

Luckily as I work for myself I usually have a Bond film on while I'm working instead of listening to the radio or watching telly. )

Can I work for you too? B-)

Kabraxal · August 2013

1:

TLD
LK
GE
QOS
TMWTGG
CR
FYEO
TSWLM
TB
TND

2:

GF
LALD
TWINE
DN
YOLT
OP
FRWL
OHMSS
DAF
DAD
MR
NSNA
AVTAK

3:

SF

I can rewatch almost all bonds easily, though tier one is the one I will go to regularly. At this point, only Skyfall is a must avoid movie... I have tried and tried to get into it but sadly it will just be the Bond film I keep on a shelf collecting dust

Simple 3-Part Bond Movie List

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