Ranking the Bond Films

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Poll: Who Was the Best Bond Actor?
Sean Connery
30%
 30%  [7]
George Lazenby
4%
 4%  [1]
Roger Moore
13%
 13%  [3]
Timothy Dalton
4%
 4%  [1]
Pierce Brosnan
0%
 0%  [0]
Daniel Craig
26%
 26%  [6]
Jasonconfused
21%
 21%  [5]
Total Votes : 23

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nutso42
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  • Posted: 01/16/2013 01:24
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DAY 10 OF MY BOND MOVIE MARATHON
Today: The Spy Who Loved Me

Man, I am loving the Moore films a lot more than I'd expected I would. While I realize the Connery movies surely stay truer to the source material, Moore's movies are pure cinema.

The primary thing I liked about The Spy Who Loved Me is Bond takes on much more of a leader role. In numerous of the earlier films (i.e. Thunderball, You Only Live Twice) the climax involved two small armies attacking each other. Each time, Bond hung back and charged in halfway through the battle.
In this one, Bond is leading the charge in the submarine, and when they hit a wall (literally), he's the one who plants the explosives so they can finish the charge.

There wasn't really anything about this movie I disliked. Almost all the earlier movies had a "What the....?!" moment. This one was mostly free of that.
Plus, it was free of appearances by the redneck sheriff from the last two movies! For a while I was worried he'd be the new Felix Leiter or something...

OVERALL RANKINGS:
1. From Russia With Love
2. The Spy Who Loved Me
3. Goldfinger
4. The Man With the Golden Gun
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. You Only Live Twice
7. Thunderball
8. Dr. No
9. Live and Let Die
10. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

(yes, I did a little reorganizing. And yes, I put a Moore film above Goldfinger. Sorry.)

Up next: Moonraker!
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AgainstMeAgainstYou



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  • #22
  • Posted: 02/17/2013 05:34
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For me:

The Godawful Bond Films

23: Die Another Day (Pierce Brosnan)
22: Octopussy (Roger Moore)
21: Diamonds Are Forever (Sean Connery)
20: Moonraker (Roger Moore)
19: A View to a Kill (Roger Moore)

The Cringeworthy Bond Films

18: Tomorrow Never Dies (Pierce Brosnan)
17: The Man with the Golden Gun (Roger Moore)
16: The World is Not Enough (Pierce Brosnan)

The Flawed Bond Films

15: Live and Let Die (Roger Moore)
14: Quantum of Solace (Daniel Craig)
13: Thunderball (Sean Connery)

The Good Bond Films

12: For Your Eyes Only (Roger Moore)
11: Licence To Kill (Timothy Dalton)
10: You Only Live Twice (Sean Connery)

The Awesome Bond Films

9: Goldfinger (Sean Connery)
8: GoldenEye (Pierce Brosnan)
7: Dr. No (Sean Connery)
6: The Spy Who Loved Me (Roger Moore)

The Perfect Bond Films

5: Casino Royale (Daniel Craig)
4: From Russia With Love (Sean Connery)
3: The Living Daylights (Timothy Dalton)
2: Skyfall (Daniel Craig)
1: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (George Lazenby)

It's a bit of a tossup between Skyfall and OHMSS (TLD is in that conversation a little as well), but I'm inclined to say OHMSS. It basically had everything in it that makes a good Bond film. To anyone who's only watched OHMSS once and doesn't favour it, I'm begging you to give it one or two more watchthroughs. I did, and I don't regret it one bit.
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JMan
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  • Posted: 02/17/2013 16:35
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The ones I've seen are (in order of how good they are):

Casino Royale
From Russia With Love
Die Another Day
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The World Is Not Enough
Quantom of Solace

Top 3: Great. Bottom 3: OK

I can't wait to see Skyfall!
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nutso42
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  • Posted: 02/18/2013 23:24
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I did this same thing on another forum (on this one I eventually quit posting my running Bond movie journal). But here's my final rankings on it.

OVERALL RANKINGS:
1. From Russia With Love
2. The Spy Who Loved Me
3. The Living Daylights
4. Goldfinger
5. Casino Royale
6. The Man With the Golden Gun
7. Tomorrow Never Dies
8. Diamonds Are Forever
9. Licence To Kill
10. Thunderball
11. A View To a Kill
12. Skyfall
13. GoldenEye
14. You Only Live Twice
15. Octopussy
16. Dr. No
17. For Your Eyes Only
18. Live and Let Die
19. Quantum of Solace
20. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
21. Die Another Day
22. Moonraker
23. The World Is Not Enough
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  • Posted: 02/18/2013 23:36
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nutso42 wrote:
I did this same thing on another forum (on this one I eventually quit posting my running Bond movie journal). But here's my final rankings on it.

OVERALL RANKINGS:
1. From Russia With Love
2. The Spy Who Loved Me
3. The Living Daylights
4. Goldfinger
5. Casino Royale
6. The Man With the Golden Gun
7. Tomorrow Never Dies
8. Diamonds Are Forever
9. Licence To Kill
10. Thunderball
11. A View To a Kill
12. Skyfall
13. GoldenEye
14. You Only Live Twice
15. Octopussy
16. Dr. No
17. For Your Eyes Only
18. Live and Let Die
19. Quantum of Solace
20. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
21. Die Another Day
22. Moonraker
23. The World Is Not Enough

Man, Skyfall's way too low, it's like the perfect bond film
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nutso42
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  • Posted: 02/19/2013 00:13
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MrFrogger wrote:
Man, Skyfall's way too low, it's like the perfect bond film


I loved Skyfall. This should give you an idea how much I loved the others above it.
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  • Posted: 07/15/2014 22:20
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Wow, my list is in MAJOR need of an update.

23: Die Another Day
22: Diamonds Are Forever
21: The Man with the Golden Gun
20: Moonraker
19: Quantum of Solace
18: A View to a Kill
17: Live and Let Die
16: Tomorrow Never Dies
15: Goldfinger
14: You Only Live Twice
13: Dr. No
12: For Your Eyes Only
11: Thunderball
10: The World is Not Enough
9: Octopussy
8: From Russia With Love
7: GoldenEye
6: Skyfall
5: The Spy Who Loved Me
4: Licence to Kill
3: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2: The Living Daylights
1: Casino Royale

I would probably say my top nine are top tier. All phenomenal Bond films.
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nutso42
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  • Posted: 07/16/2014 00:57
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AgainstMeAgainstYou wrote:

5: The Spy Who Loved Me
4: Licence to Kill
3: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2: The Living Daylights
1: Casino Royale


Much respect for Dalton's being so high.
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  • Posted: 07/16/2014 02:01
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nutso42 wrote:
Much respect for Dalton's being so high.


Dalton's my favourite Bond, as you know. LTK and TLD are just solid pieces of cinema in their own right.
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CubaZed
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AgainstMeAgainstYou wrote:
Dalton's my favourite Bond, as you know. LTK and TLD are just solid pieces of cinema in their own right.


Dalton is massively underrated. Honestly your list is rock solid, the only things I would change would be moving Goldfinger somewhere into the top 10 and putting The World Is Not Enough at the very bottom.
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