The Sean Connery Era (1962-1967; 1971)

Got so much ass that any of us might be his bastard children.

Rankings:

FRWL
GF
DN
TB
DAF
YOLT

FRWL
DN
GF
TB
YOLT
DAF

FRWL
DN
TB
GF
YOLT
DAF

The above ranking is solely based on the portrayal of the character, not the overall quality of the listed films.


If I were ranking the films, I'd move DAF ahead of YOLT.

TB
FRWL
DN
DAF
GF
YOLT

CJB wrote:

TB
FRWL
DN
DAF
GF
DAF

I didn't know there were two DAFs.

Makeshift Python wrote:

CJB wrote:

TB
FRWL
DN
DAF
GF
DAF

I didn't know there were two DAFs.

A damn shame. As the old saying goes: four of Lana Wood's tits are better than two.

But yeah, YOLT in last place.

Ahh, the Connery era. It's probably one of the more diverse eras, actually. Not in a good way, though....

FRWL
DN
GF
TB
DAF
YOLT














NSNA (if you were wondering....)

Connery really did play cool the best, but then he phoned it in for 2 too many Bond films.

Based on films:

From Russia, With Love
Doctor No
Thunderball
Goldfinger
You Only Live Twice
Diamonds Are Forever

Based on performances:

Doctor No
From Russia With Love
Thunderball
Golfinger
Diamonds Are Forever
You Only Live Twice

GF
FRWL
DN
TB
DAF
YOLT

Based on performance.

FRWL
TB
DN
DAF
NSNA
GF
YOLT

I know there's a black sheep, but I'd rather accept that old man as Bond than the impostor of 95-02.

groucho070 wrote:

I know there's a black sheep, but I'd rather accept that old man as Bond than the impostor of 95-02.

Brosnan was only marginally younger in DAD and surely didn't look any younger than Sean in NSNA.

Give me NSNA over probably half of the EON films.

I haven't seen them recently enough to do any super serious rankings, but my top 3 are undoubtedly FRWL, GF, and Dr. No. In that order.

FourDot wrote:

Give me NSNA over probably half of the EON films.

I haven't seen them recently enough to do any super serious rankings, but my top 3 are undoubtedly FRWL, GF, and Dr. No. In that order.

I would agree if it weren't for that awful awful score.

FRWL
TB
DN
GF
DAF
YOLT

1. From Russia with Love (1963)
2. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
3. Thunderball (1965)
4. Dr. No (1962)
5. You Only Live Twice (1967)
6. Goldfinger (1964)

Yes, I said it. Goldfinger is my least favorite of Connery's six.

1. GOLDFINGER
2. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
3. DR. NO
4. THUNDERBALL
5. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
6. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

1. Diamonds Are Forever
2. Goldfinger
3. You Only Live Twice
4. Thunderball
5. From Russia With Love
6. Dr. No
7. NSNA

All are top 10 Bond films and difficult to rank. I include NSNA because I think it is equally valid. It's Connery's worst, but still a very good Bond film.

1. From Russia With Love
2. Thunderball
3. Goldfinger
4. Dr No
5. You Only Live Twice
6. Diamonds are Forever
.
.
.
.
7. Never Say Never Again.

Whoops, I forgot about NSNA. Here's what my rankings look like with it included:

1. From Russia with Love
2. Diamonds Are Forever
3. Thunderball
4. Dr. No
5. Never Say Never Again
6. You Only Live Twice
7. Goldfinger

The best of the Bond eras.

1. DR. NO
2. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
3. THUNDERBALL
4. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
5. GOLDFINGER
6. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

Each film is incredibly enjoyable. The Young films are the greatest, however, and are the best adaptations of Fleming's Bond, in my opinion. The scores for most of these films are great, too. I consider YOLT to be one of Barry's best scores, while DAF, TB, FRWL, and GF are also outstanding.

groucho070 wrote:

Based on performance.

FRWL
TB
DN
DAF
NSNA
GF
YOLT.

A year and two months since I posted this, and I still agree.

8/22 From Russia with Love
12/22 Diamonds Are Forever
16/22 You Only Live Twice
17/22 Dr No
19/22 Goldfinger
22/22 Thunderball

Sean Connery vs the rest:

1. Roger Moore
2. Pierce Brosnan
3. Sean Connery
4. Timothy Dalton
5. George Lazenby
6. Daniel Craig

Best Sean Connery performance:

1. From Russia with Love
2. Diamonds Are Forever
3. You Only Live Twice
4. Thunderball
5. Dr No
6. Goldfinger

Best Chacter development:

1. From Russia with Love
2. Diamonds Are Forever
3. Dr No
4. You Only Live Twice
5. Goldfinger
6. Thunderball

Bondgirl's:

1. Jill Masterson (Goldfinger)
2. Kissy Suzuki (You Only Live Twice)
3. Zora (From Russia With Love)
4. Honey Rider (Dr No)
5. Tatiana Romanova (From Russia With Love)
6. Sylvia Trench (Dr No)
7. Tiffany Case (Diamonds Are Forever)
8. Pussy Galore (Goldfinger)
9. Aki (You Only Live Twice)
10. Plenty O' Toole (Diamonds Are Forever)
11. Domino (Thunderball)
12. Rosa Klebb (You Only Live Twice)
13. Helga Brand (You Only Live Twice)
14. Tilly Masterson (Goldfinger)
15. Fiona Volpe (Thunderball)

Villian:

1. Blofeld (From Russia With Love)
2. Blofeld aka Number 1 (Thunderball)
3. Dr No
4. Kronsteen (From Russia With Love)
5. Blofeld (Diamonds Are Forever)
6. Mr Wint and Mr Kidd
7. Bambi & Thumper (Diamonds Are Forever)
8. Professor Dent (Dr No)
9. Mr Osato (You Only Live Twice)
10. Vargas (Thunderball)
11. Grant (From Russia With Love)
12. The Pool scene guy ''Rodney'' (Diamonds Are Forever)
13. Goldfinger
14. Rosa Klebb (From Russia With Love)
15. Helga Brand (You Only Live Twice)
16. Blofeld (You Only Live Twice)

Best pre-title:

1. Goldfinger
2. You Only Live Twice
3. Diamonds Are Forever
4. Thunderball
5. From Russia With Love

Maintitle:

1. Goldfinger
2. You Only Live Twice
3. Dr No
4. From Russia Wih Love
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. Thunderball

Title song (Maintitle or end credits)

1. You Only Live Twice
2. Matt Munroe - From Russia With Love
3. Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger
4. Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
5. Tom Jones - Thunderball
6. Three Blind Mouse (Dr No)

Score:

1. Dr No
2. From Russia With Love
3. Diamonds Are Forever
4-6. Goldfinger Thunderball You Only Live Twice

Except some highlights iam not a fan of the music from Goldfinger, Thunderball and You Only Live Twice.
Diamonds Are Forever disapointed too, but on the same way as The Man With The Golden Gun and A View To A Kill.

Friends (selection)

1. Kerim Bay
2. Tiger Tanaka
3. Henderson
4. Quarrel Sr (Dr No)
5. Felix Leiter in DAF
6. Willard Whyte (Diamonds Are Forever)
7. Felix Leiter in Dr No
8. Felix Leiter in Goldfinger

My 5 best Connery villains:

1. Kronsteen
2. Grant
3. Dr. No
4. Prof. Dent
5. Largo

Honorable mentions:

Wint & Kidd, who were genuinely disturbing villains.
Helga, for the tits.

Movies (not including NSNA)
1. From Russia with Love
2. Diamonds Are Forever
3. Thunderball
4. Dr. No
5. You Only Live Twice
6. Goldfinger

Sean against the Rest
1. Pierce Brosnan
2. Roger Moore
3. Timothy Dalton
4. Sean Connery
5. Daniel Craig
6. George Lazenby

Connery in performance
1. From Russia with Love
2. Thunderball
3. Dr. No
4. Goldfinger
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. You Only Live Twice

Girls
1. Tatiana Romanova
2. Domino Derval
3. Honey Ryder
4. Aki
5. Tiffany Case
6. Kissy Suzuki
7. Miss Galore

Main Villains
1. Dr. Julius No
2. Rosa Klebb
3. Emilio Largo
4. Auric Goldfinger
5. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (DAF)
6. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (YOLT)

Henchmen
1. Donald "Red" Grant
2. Oddjob
3. Professor R.J. Dent
4. Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd
5. Fiona Volpe
6. Vargas
7. Mr. Osato
8. Helga Brandt

Pre-Title Sequence
1. Goldfinger
2. Diamonds Are Forever
3. Thunderball
4. From Russia with Love
5. You Only Live Twice

Title Song
1. Thunderball by Tom Jones
2. From Russia with Love by Matt Munro
3. Diamonds Are Forever by Shirley Bassey
4. Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey
5. You Only Live Twice by Nancy Sinatra

Allies
1. Kerim Bey
2. Tiger Tanaka
3. Felix Leiter (Thunderball)
4. Quarrel
5. Felix Leiter (Goldfinger)
6. Willard Whyte
7. Felix Leiter (Diamonds Are Forever)

Phew this is gonna be tough..... but it beats work ^^

Movies

2/22 From Russia with Love
3/22 Thunderball
4/22 Goldfinger
8/22 Dr No
9/22 You Only Live Twice
11/22 Diamonds Are Forever

Sean Connery vs the rest: (only one challenger for him imo places 3-6 regularly change)

1. Sean Connery
2. Timothy Dalton
.
3. Roger Moore
4. George Lazenby
5. Daniel Craig
6. Pierce Brosnan

Best Sean Connery performance:

1. Thunderball
2. Goldfinger
3. Diamonds are Forever
4. From Russia with Love
5. Dr No
6. You Only Live Twice

Best Character development:

1. From Russia with Love
2. Thunderball
3. Dr No
4. Diamonds are Forever
5. Goldfinger
6. You Only Live Twice

Bond girl's: (can't bring myself to include Klebb in this section!)

1. Domino (Thunderball)
2. Fiona Volpe (Thunderball)
3. Pussy Galore (Goldfinger)
4. Tatiana Romanova (From Russia With Love)
5. Tiffany Case (Diamonds Are Forever)
6. Honey Rider (Dr No)
7. Jill Masterson (Goldfinger)
8. Paula (Thunderball)
9. Sylvia Trench (Dr No)
10. Aki (You Only Live Twice)
11. Plenty O' Toole (Diamonds Are Forever)
12. Tilly Masterson (Goldfinger)
13. Zora (From Russia With Love)
14. Kissy Suzuki (You Only Live Twice)
15. Helga Brand (You Only Live Twice)

Villain:

1. Goldfinger
2. Grant (From Russia With Love)
3. Blofeld (From Russia With Love)
4. Blofeld aka Number 1 (Thunderball)
5. Dr No
6. Emilio Largo
7. Rosa Klebb
8. Kronsteen (From Russia With Love)
9. Blofeld (You Only Live Twice)
10. Blofeld (Diamonds Are Forever)
11. Mr Wint and Mr Kidd
12. Vargas
13. Professor Dent (Dr No)
14. Helga Brand (You Only Live Twice)
15 Bambi and Thumper (Diamonds are Forever)
16. Mr Osato (You Only Live Twice)
17. The Pool scene guy ''Rodney'' (Diamonds Are Forever)

Best pre-title:

1. Goldfinger
2. Thunderball
3. You Only Live Twice
4. Diamonds Are Forever
5. From Russia With Love

Main title:

1. You Only Live Twice
2. Thunderball
3. Goldfinger
4. From Russia Wih Love
5. Diamonds Are Forever
6. Dr No

Title song (Main title or end credits)

1. You Only Live Twice
2. Diamonds are Forever
3. Thunderball
4. From Russia With Love
5. Goldfinger
6. Three Blind Mouse (Dr No)

Score:

1. You Only Live Twice
2. Diamonds are Forever
3. Thunderball
4. Goldfinger
5. From Russia With Love
6. Dr No

Friends (selection)

1. Kerim Bay
2. Felix Leiter (Dr No)
3. Tiger Tanaka (You Only Live Twice)
3. Felix Leiter (Thunderball)
4. Quarrel Sr (Dr No)
5. Paula (Thunderball)
6. Felix Leiter (Goldfinger)
7. Felix Leiter in DAF
8. Willard Whyte (Diamonds Are Forever)