Rank all the Bond Films!

Was wondering where SPECTRE fit into one's ranking.

Also didn't realise you rated TND and GE so highly, and AVTAK and FYEO so lowly.

FieldsMan wrote:

didn't realise you rated TND and GE so highly, and AVTAK and FYEO so lowly.

I'd argue only the first nine films on my list are good films per se; the rest are a mediocre bunch and almost interchangeable. TND is not a good film, but parts of it appeal to me because I once worked with Richard Desmond and it's hard to watch Elliot Carver without thinking of him. To give another example, Moonraker is there simply because I like the Lockheed Electra and Derek Medding's modelwork. As I said, outside of the top 10, sometimes the rankings are for personal rather than qualitative reasons. Some of the bottom 10 I've seen only once and my life would not have been any poorer if I'd not seen them at all.

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

Christ, is SPECTRE worse than three of Brosnans? : (

Lazenby. wrote:

Christ, is SPECTRE worse than three of Brosnans? : (

Really hope SPECTRE grows on me upon DVD watchings but, yeah, I had less fun with it than those Brosnan flicks.

Erica Ambler wrote:

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

Hmmm. Just above "Die Another Day", that's not the kind of endorsement that will send me running to the movie theater.

I'm trying to avoid spoilers (and thus avoiding the SPECTRE subforum) but looks as if the latest Bond caper is getting the red-headed stepchild treatment.

It will never de-thrown QOS as the red-headed stepchild. That's just a special kind of special.

Too right.

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I think I'll go on in the detailed ranking thread but the bare bones look like this.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
From Russia With Love
The Living Daylights
Licence To Kill
Dr No
Thunderball
For Your Eyes Only
Octopussy
Skyfall
Spectre
Goldfinger
Diamonds Are Forever
Moonraker
You Only Live Twice
Live and Let Die
Goldeneye
Casino Royale
The Spy Who Loved Me
A View To A Kill
Die Another Day
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World Is Not Enough
Quantum of Solace
The Man With The Golden Gun

So that's one person who doesn't hate SPECTRE. Though #10 for a film with a new car smell doesn't bode too well seeing as, more often than not, they slip downwards as the freshness wears off.

I guess going in with lowered expectations might be a plus.

It's not as bad as it looks, ranking wise, level pegging with three or four others including Skyfall. But yes as freshness wears so does the liking but Skyfall is still strong whereas Casino Royale wore thin a couple of years on.

Best of luck CJB.

CJB wrote:

So that's one person who doesn't hate SPECTRE. Though #10 for a film with a new car smell doesn't bode too well seeing as, more often than not, they slip downwards as the freshness wears off.

I guess going in with lowered expectations might be a plus.

I didn't hate it either, far from it.

CJB wrote:

I guess going in with lowered expectations might be a plus.

Or just go with a flask and a set of tits to grab.

That was the plan, sans flask.

1. Tomorrow Never Dies
2. From Russia With Love
3. Goldeneye
4. Thunderball
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
6. Dr. No
7. The World Is Not Enough
8. For Your Eyes Only
9. Skyfall
10. Goldfinger
11. A View to a Kill
12. The Living Daylights

13. Octopussy
14. You Only Live Twice
15. The Spy Who Loved Me

16. Quantum of Solace
17. Licence to Kill
18. Spectre
19. Casino Royale
20. The Man With The Golden Gun
21. Live and Let Die
22. Die Another Day
23. Moonraker
24. Diamonds Are Forever

Only seen SP once. Has the potential to move down to the bottom of the barrel. The only reason why it's where it's at now is because of the beautiful cinematography, Monica Bellucci, the PTS and Hinx.

No way it's below QOS for me. Quite above it, infinitely. I don't think it would be in my top 5 though. I haven't done a marathon this year, so I am not sure where I would place it like I did in 2012 for SF.

Yeah I think all of that bottom half from 16 - 24 needs a rearrange methinks…

Yes, Moonraker is shockingly too low.

Indeed, and DAF.

DAF bored me this year when I watched it which is a Bond film's biggest sin… Excellent score, great dialogue and a colourful cast of characters but too thin a plot, dodgy special effects and poorly paced. First time it's been dead last as it's usually it's DAD or LALD.

Oh well, will see how it goes next year if I do a Bondathon.

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1. Dr. No

2. From Russia With Love

3. Thunderball

4. The Living Daylights

5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

6. Spectre

7. A View To A Kill

8. You Only Live Twice

9. Octopussy

10. The Man With The Golden Gun

11. For Your Eyes Only

12. Casino Royale

13. Never Say Never Again

14. Moonraker

15. Licence To Kill

16. Goldfinger

17. Live And Let Die

18. Quantum of Solace

19. The Spy Who Loved Me

20. Diamonds Are Forever

21. Skyfall

22. The World Is Not Enough

23. Die Another Day

24. Tomorrow Never Dies

25. GoldenEye

New film new list I guess

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

Cracking top 5, and good to see GE so high. SP is definitely too high though.

FieldsMan wrote:

Cracking top 5, and good to see GE so high. SP is definitely too high though.

I love the character mix of GE so it holds up well imo, as for SPECTRE its too early to tell whether it will sink or swim at its current point - in many ways it is the opposite of the Thunderball effect really, there is a film that when I watch it it often feels too long and languid but the moment the credits have finished all those great moments and that wonderful sense of style strikes me tenfold and leaves me wanting more....with SPECTRE it seemed a breeze to watch and was fun, but afterward you start to question why on earth it worked in the first instance......