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Rank the Brosnan-Craig films


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#1 glidrose

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Posted 20 July 2013 - 08:33 PM

Okay, so we're getting close to hitting rock bottom for new topics.

 

Barbara Broccoli and MGW produced these films by themselves without ol' Cubby - okay, so he was still (barely) alive for GE, but let's look past that. There's also a new generation of Bond fans who have little use for the pre-Brosnan era. And I do think the Brosnan and Craig entries together form Bond 2.0 (and 2.1). They have a lot more in common with modern adventure films and modern cinema than what the 80's Bond films offered. Besides seven films is easier to rank than - what is it? - 23, 24, 25, 26, 61, 98, 136 films? (Imagine the lists our grandchildren will compile? "My top 25 Bond films!")

 

1. CR'06

2. TND

3. DAD

4. SF

 

...mind the huge gap...

 

5&6. (tied) TWINE & QOS

7. GE

 

What I find interesting is that there's no in-between. I either like the films (in varying degrees) or despise them. Perhaps a sign that BB and MGW are more adventurous and ambitious than HS and especially ARB.



#2 tdalton

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Posted 20 July 2013 - 09:22 PM

1.  Quantum of Solace

2.  Casino Royale

 

(big gap)

 

3.  GoldenEye (tie)

3.  Skyfall (tie)

5.  Tomorrow Never Dies

 

(big gap)

 

6.  The World Is Not Enough

7.  Die Another Day



#3 x007AceOfSpades

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Posted 20 July 2013 - 10:43 PM

1.) Casino Royale

2.) Skyfall

3.) GoldenEye

4.) Tomorrow Never Dies

5.) The World Is Not Enough

6.) Quantum Of Solace

7.) Die Another Day



#4 Vauxhall

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 12:19 AM

Found this one surprisingly straightforward:

CASINO ROYALE
SKYFALL
GOLDENEYE
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
TOMORROW NEVER DIES
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
DIE ANOTHER DAY

#5 mttvolcano

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 12:24 AM

Casino royale

the world is not enough

skyfall

tomorrow never dies

goldeneye

quantum of solace

die another day



#6 ViperSRT87

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 01:11 AM

Hmm interesting topic.

 

I'd say for me personally

 

1. Skyfall

2. Goldeneye

3. Casino Royale

4. Tomorrow Never dies

5. The world Is Not Enough

6. Quantum of Solace

7. Die Another Day (After a huge gap)

 

I admit I do want to give QoS another watch. I have watched it only twice and i just couldn't get into it. I haste the overly fast paced scenes. For me it makes the movie hard to watch. However I do want to give it another chance for the story. 

 

DAD I still like Brosnan's performance....just everything else is horrid. 



#7 sharpshooter

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 05:43 AM

Skyfall

Casino Royale

Goldeneye

Quantum of Solace

Tomorrow Never Dies

Die Another Day

The World is not Enough



#8 AgenttiNollaNollaSeitsemän

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 08:03 AM

Skyfall

Casino Royale

GoldenEye

The World Is Not Enough/Quantum of Solace

Tomorrow Never Dies

(a gap in scale of Mariana trench)

Diarrhoea Another Day



#9 S K Y F A L L

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 08:11 AM

Interesting new racking category; BB and MGW films:

 

GE

QOS

TDN

SF 

TWINE

CR

DAD



#10 thecasinoroyale

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 08:23 AM

Let's go:

 

 

1) 'Skyfall'

2) 'Casino Royale'

3) 'GoldenEye'

4) 'Quantum Of Solace'

5) 'Tomorrow Never Dies'

6) 'The World Is Not Enough'

7) 'Die Another Day'

 

This goes in ranks of enjoyment, characters, story and over-all Bond feel.



#11 FlemingBond

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 04:02 PM

1. Casino Royale

2. Skyfall

3. Goldeneye

4. Tomorrown Never Dies

5. Quantum of Solace

6. The World is not Enough

7. Die Another Day.



#12 bribond

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 04:21 PM

Anyone feel Brosnan versus Craig is this generation's Connery vs. Moore?  

 

1) Casino Royale

 

2) Skyfall

 

also, mind the fairly large gap (I'm not English but I love the term)

 

3) The World is Not Enough

 

4) Quantum of Solace

 

5) Tomorrow Never Dies

 

6) Goldeneye

 

7) Die Another Day



#13 Walecs

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 05:29 PM

1. Casino Royale
2. GoldenEye
3. Skyfall

4. Tomorrow Never Dies
5. Die Another Day
6. The World Is Not Enough

7. Quantum of Solace



#14 Major Tallon

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 05:44 PM

1.  Casino Royale

2.  GoldenEye

3.  Skyfall

4.  Quantum of Solace

5.  The World Is Not Enough

6.  Tomorrow Never Dies

 

(Enormous Gap)

 

7.  Die Another Day



#15 KBOX007

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 07:12 PM

1. Tomorrow Never Dies

2. Skyfall (almost a tie)

3. Goldeneye (right there too)

 

4. Die Another Day  

5. Casino Royale (basically tied with DAD)

 

6. TWINE 

 

(Giant chasm) 

 

7. Quantum of Solace



#16 Guardian Viper

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 07:34 PM

1. GoldenEye

2. The World is Not Enough
3. Skyfall

4. Casino Royale

5. Tomorrow Never Dies

6. Die Another Day

7. Quantum of Solace



#17 Hansen

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Posted 21 July 2013 - 08:22 PM

Easy:
Casino Royale
GoldenEye
The World is not Enough
Tomorrow Never Dies
Die Another Day
Quantum of Solace
Skyfall

#18 Professor Pi

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Posted 22 July 2013 - 12:58 AM

Mind the gaps...

1 CR
2 SF

3 QoS
4 TND

5 GE

6 TWINE
7 DAD

#19 Daddy Bond

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Posted 22 July 2013 - 07:00 AM

#1 - Skyfall (probably my all time favorite Bond movie, second only to TSWLM)

#2 - Quantum of Solace (yes, I like it THAT much)

#3 - Casino Royale (notice, ALL the Craig movies are before the Brosnan movies)

#4 - Goldeneye (I noticed the Brosnan movies match the order of their release)

#5 - Tomorrow Never Dies

#6 - The World is Not Enough

#7 - Die Another Day (I still enjoy this one when in the move)



#20 Yellow Pinky

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Posted 22 July 2013 - 10:39 AM

CASINO ROYALE
SKYFALL
QUANTUM OF SOLACE

 

(big gap)

 

 

GOLDENEYE

 

(big gap)

 

TOMORROW NEVER DIES
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
DIE ANOTHER DAY 



#21 DominicGreene

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Posted 22 July 2013 - 05:49 PM

1.) Casino Royale

2.) Skyfall

3.) GoldenEye

4.) Tomorrow Never Dies

5.) The World Is Not Enough

6.) Quantum Of Solace

7.) Die Another Day

 

I second this. 



#22 oatesy

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Posted 22 July 2013 - 07:15 PM

1. Skyfall

2. Casino Royale

3. Quantum of Solace

 

4. GoldenEye

5. The World Is Not Enough

 

6. Tomorrow Never Dies

 

[ 10 light years ]

 

7. Die Another Day



#23 Belmont

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Posted 23 July 2013 - 05:20 AM

Interesting challenge. In my vague mental ranking of the series, I'd always placed QoS above the middle two Brosnan films, but when faced with choosing between the three films, I was kind of surprised to find that I enjoy more stuff in TND and TWINE.

 

1. Goldeneye

2. Casino Royale

3. Skyfall

4. Tomorrow Never Dies

5. The World is not Enough

6. Quantum of Solace

 

*huge dark chasm*

 

7. Die Another Day



#24 ViperSRT87

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Posted 23 July 2013 - 01:41 PM

So thus far he is what we have learned on average:

 

Most posters seem to like Craig's movies over Brosnan and almost everyone rates DAD all the way down in chasms of despair haha 



#25 lechero

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Posted 23 July 2013 - 02:51 PM

1. Skyfall / Casino Royale (still not quite sure which one I like better)

3. Goldeneye

4. Quantum of Solace

5. Tomorrow Never Dies

6. The World Is Not Enough

7. Die Another Day


Edited by lechero, 23 July 2013 - 02:51 PM.


#26 Grard Bond

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Posted 23 July 2013 - 06:26 PM

For me the problem is that the Brosnan Bond movies didn't age very well. Only GoldenEye I realy like.

 

Casino Royale

GoldenEye

 

Skyfall

 

Tomorrow Never Dies

The World is not Enough

Die Another Day

 

Quantum of Solace


Edited by Grard Bond, 23 July 2013 - 06:26 PM.


#27 Gt Munn

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Posted 25 July 2013 - 01:59 AM

1. Goldeneye

2. Casino Royale

3. Tomorrow Never Dies

4. Skyfall

 

Bottom of the Coal Shaft

 

5. World Is Not Enough

6. Quantum of Solace

7. Die Another Day



#28 Gobi-1

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Posted 26 July 2013 - 06:55 AM

1. Skyfall ****

2. Casino Royale ***1/2

3. GoldenEye ***1/2

4. Tomorrow Never Dies ***1/2

5. Quantum of Solace ***

6. The World Is Not Enough ***

7. Die Another Day **1/2



#29 Rene Mathis

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Posted 26 July 2013 - 12:19 PM

Skyfall
Casino Royale
Tomorrow Never Dies
Goldeneye
The World Is Not Enough
Quantum of Solace
Die Another Day

#30 Dustin

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Posted 26 July 2013 - 01:29 PM

I'd agree that the series itself certainly felt 'different' after picking up with GOLDENEYE. And to me at least LTK's winking fish always hinted at more than just the end of a Bond film. But I actually find it hard to rate-rank the Brosnan films in the same league as the Craig ones. Not because there is an evident rise in quality - which there is - or because the central character is supposed to be 'rebooted' with CASINO ROYALE. My difficulties with this task stem more from a feeling that Craig's entries seem to aim for a different experience that's not merely the sum of thecarthewatchthebirdsthestuntsthenumberyouknowtherest. Although that evidently is still part of the game. But with Craig and CR one extra dimension seems to have been added, something that previous films didn't actually involve. So I feel the task at hand isn't exactly fair towards Brosnan, or the predecessors for that matter.