The James Bond Films Elimination Game - 2012

Eliminate TLD. It will scare the Living Daylights of it.

Toppers eliminated the eliminated movies.

Makes sense.

Dr No [6]
From Russia with Love [26]+
Goldfinger [15]
Thunderball [38]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [19]
The Living Daylights [1]-

Eliminated:

007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

Walecs wrote:

Toppers eliminated the eliminated movies.

Makes sense.

Yeah... what?

I mean, you didn't include them in your post. :)

I can't be the one to eliminate TLD but it isn't among the classic pantheon.

Dr No [7]+
From Russia with Love [26]
Goldfinger [15]
Thunderball [37]-
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [19]
The Living Daylights [1]

Eliminated:

007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

hegottheboot wrote:

I can't be the one to eliminate TLD but it isn't among the classic pantheon.

That's how I feel about it. It's a great modern Bond film, but no true classic like the others listed. Which is too bad, because I believe Dalton would have benefited from something on the same level as the other classics. Instead he was given John Glen to work with.

Dr No [8] +
From Russia with Love [26]
Goldfinger [14] -
Thunderball [37]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [19]
The Living Daylights [1]

Eliminated:

007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

The film that has no business within the pantheon is the horrendously overrated Goldfinger. The film may have been stupor mundi in 1964, but it has aged terribly.

I'll happily eliminate it (TLD). Well not happily, but 6th is pretty damn good for a non-classic era film. Now I have to start putting (-) against films that I consider to be utter perfection.

Tuesday
Dr No [8]
From Russia with Love [26]
Goldfinger [15] +1
Thunderball [37]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [19]
The Living Daylights [0]-1

Eliminated:
006) The Living Daylights
007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

Wednesday

Dr No [8]
From Russia with Love [27] +1
Goldfinger [15]
Thunderball [36] -1
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [19]


Eliminated:
006) The Living Daylights
007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

Battle of the 60s (sans YOLT)!

I figured timmer would be OK with giving TLD the boot. Farewell, TLD and many congratulations for outlasting all Bond films post-OHMSS.

Tuesday:

Dr No [7]-1
From Russia with Love [27]
Goldfinger [15]
Thunderball [37]+1
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [19]

Eliminated:

006) The Living Daylights
007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

Walecs wrote:

I mean, you didn't include them in your post. :)

Ah, my bad Walecs.

Python wrote:

Battle of the 60s (sans YOLT)!

It's almost the perfect final 5. While I would rank the Connery films as the perfect 6 with OHMSS making a perfect 7, that's just me. But if you had to toss out two of the 7, DAF and YOLT, would definitely be the the pair that the broader Bond-community would drop.

And way back, M joked that BAB's reputation might take a hit based on the way the early voting was going, and what might still be standing at the end, but ultimately we have delivered a very conventional Final 5. Even Final 6, as TLD, gets much love in the broader Bond community.

Wednesday

Dr No [7]
From Russia with Love [27]
Goldfinger [16]+1
Thunderball [37]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [18]-1

Eliminated:

006) The Living Daylights
007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

Wednesday

Dr No [8] +1
From Russia with Love [27]
Goldfinger [15] -1
Thunderball [37]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [18]

Eliminated:

006) The Living Daylights
007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

Wednesday

Dr No [7] -1
From Russia with Love [27]
Goldfinger [15]
Thunderball [37]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [19] +1

Eliminated:

006) The Living Daylights
007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

Wednesday

Dr No [8]+
From Russia with Love [27]
Goldfinger [14]-
Thunderball [37]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [19]

Eliminated:

006) The Living Daylights
007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

Dr No [8]
From Russia with Love [27]
Goldfinger [14] -
Thunderball [37]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [19] +

Eliminated:

006) The Living Daylights
007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

You didn't do your math, Walecs.

:)

I'll do it for you.

Dr No [8]
From Russia with Love [27]
Goldfinger [13]
Thunderball [37]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [20]

Eliminated:

006) The Living Daylights
007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

Python wrote:

hegottheboot wrote:

I can't be the one to eliminate TLD but it isn't among the classic pantheon.

That's how I feel about it. It's a great modern Bond film, but no true classic like the others listed. Which is too bad, because I believe Dalton would have benefited from something on the same level as the other classics. Instead he was given John Glen to work with.

It's just not up to the absolute classic title of the 60's era. IMO it's the last great Bond film, and works it's way into my top 10 all time which is the first ten with TLD knocking DAF out to no. 11. I think this was also Glen doing his best work in the director's chair, going above even FYEO which is really an editor's/second unit picture.


Dr No [9]+
From Russia with Love [27]
Goldfinger [13]
Thunderball [36]-
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [20]

Eliminated:

006) The Living Daylights
007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

Dr No [10]+
From Russia with Love [27]
Goldfinger [13]
Thunderball [35]-
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [20]

Eliminated:

006) The Living Daylights
007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

Wednesday

Dr No [7] -
From Russia with Love [27]
Goldfinger [16] +
Thunderball [37]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [18]

Eliminated:

006) The Living Daylights
007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

hegottheboot wrote:

I think this was also Glen doing his best work in the director's chair, going above even FYEO which is really an editor's/second unit picture.

Agreed. TLD greatly improved upon FYEO IMHO with its John Barry score, more exciting finale, and a Bond actor better suited to the more Fleming-ish approach.

Wednesday

Dr No [6] -1
From Russia with Love [27]
Goldfinger [16]
Thunderball [38] +1
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [18]

Eliminated:

006) The Living Daylights
007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

Thursday

Dr No [6]
From Russia with Love [28] +1
Goldfinger [16]
Thunderball [37] -1
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [18]

Eliminated:

006) The Living Daylights
007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace

Thursday

Dr No [5] -1
From Russia with Love [28]
Goldfinger [16]
Thunderball [37]
On Her Majesty's Secret Service [19] +1

Eliminated:

006) The Living Daylights
007) Moonraker
008) Diamonds Are Forever
009) GoldenEye
0010) For Your Eyes Only
0011) The Spy Who Loved Me
0012) Tomorrow Never Dies
0013) The World Is Not Enough
0014) The Man with the Golden Gun
0015) Licence to Kill
0016) A View to a Kill
0017) Live and Let Die
0018) Die Another Day
0019) Casino Royale
0020) Octopussy
0021) You Only Live Twice
0022) Quantum of Solace