Rank all the Bond Films!

You didn’t even like the flugelhorn FYEO instrumental? Come on!

Sarai wrote:

I just thought he turned the suck knob up to eleven.

I'm going to need a lie down in a darkened room if you keep saying things like that .

that probably had something to do with the flugelhorn

I've been told I have quite the flugelhorn.

Don't go tootin' your own ...

(unless it is in the privacy of your own home, so as to avoid frightening the horses.)

Wouldn't want to intimidate those horses.

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

avl_bmb wrote:

1. Casino Royale
...
25. Tomorrow Never Dies

White Rook to White Knight [aka MKKBB]...

CJB wrote:

avl_bmb wrote:

1. Casino Royale
...
25. Tomorrow Never Dies

White Rook to White Knight [aka MKKBB]...

Send in the clown.

Nice seeing Octopussy and Live and Let Die so high on your list.

Sarai wrote:

Nice seeing Octopussy and Live and Let Die so high on your list.

Hell yeah. Roger Moore’s Bond is a fascinating litmus test for your appreciation of the sillier side of this franchise, perhaps even life itself. Opinions on his take vary more wildly than any other Bond, fluctuating between recoil and refusal of his light-hearted japery to an unironically sincere appreciation for his willingness to be in on the joke. It seems an entire generation hates him, but I just love him.

I totally get why his films are looked down upon by many, but he will forever be my childhood favorite, perpetual pick-me-up, and go-to comfort Bond.

CJB wrote:

avl_bmb wrote:

1. Casino Royale
...
25. Tomorrow Never Dies

White Rook to White Knight [aka MKKBB]...

KKBB's not gonna like this!

avl_bmb wrote:

Sarai wrote:

Nice seeing Octopussy and Live and Let Die so high on your list.

Hell yeah.  Roger Moore’s Bond is a fascinating litmus test for your appreciation of the sillier side of this franchise, perhaps even life itself.  Opinions on his take vary more wildly than any other Bond, fluctuating between recoil and refusal of his light-hearted japery to an unironically sincere appreciation for his willingness to be in on the joke.  It seems an entire generation hates him, but I just love him.

I totally get why his films are looked down upon by many, but he will forever be my childhood favorite, perpetual pick-me-up, and go-to comfort Bond.

Kudos to japery. Not a word one encounters every day among Bond fans.

I thought it was slang for Japanese people

Sarai wrote:

I thought it was slang for Japanese people

Well, it can refer to their manner of speaking.

The definitive Bond film rating?

That was ... weird.

1. OHMSS
2. SF
3. LTK
4. CR
5. GE
6. TLD
7. FRWL
8. DN
9. FYEO
10. Gun
11. TB
12. SP
13. LALD
14. NTTD
15. DAF
16. GF
17. QoS
18. Spy
19. TND
20. MR
21. AVTAK
22. YOLT
23. OP
24. TWINE
25. DAD

Strong top 10, PK.

I must say, surprised to see NTTD ahead of DAF. Chalk and cheese in terms of tone and the type of humour for my money.

Yeah, if humor were my overriding criterion, DAF would be No. 1, and MR No. 3. LTK, IMO, has the strongest combination of humor and severity of all the Bond films.

People often forget that there's a good bit of levity in LTK, stemming from Sharkie, Wayne Newton, Q, and occasionally Dalton himself.

CJB wrote:

People often forget that there's a good bit of levity in LTK, stemming from Sharkie, Wayne Newton, Q, and occasionally Dalton himself.

Not to mention Truman-Lodge ("We wouldn't want our best customers developing a drug habit."), Pam ("Aaaaw, bullshit!") and Sanchez ("Drug dealers of the world, unite!").

After all the grief he's given Bond down the years about his attitude to the gadgetry, Q's tossing of the 'radio broom' after the briefest of uses in LTK is glorious.

CJB wrote:

People often forget that there's a good bit of levity in LTK, stemming from Sharkie, Wayne Newton, Q, and occasionally Dalton himself.

I kinda find it disjointed with the emphatic violence throughout. I suppose it could work. Lethal Weapon would be a touchpoint. Maybe that's what they were going for. But a lot of it doesn't land for me. It's that same style of gag humor as the rest of the Glen movies. Some cute stuff but it's not got legs. Can you do pressurizing a head to explode and alluding to the rape of Bond's best friend's wife BUT ALSO have laser beam camera photographing a photograph in which the subjects turn into skeletons? Eh it's a tall task...