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[S K Y F A L L]

It's all only one film and it's the best film ever made. It's right next to Copernicus and the Hubble Telescope as mankinds greatest achievements!

[thecasinoroyale]

2. A View To A Kill
24. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Woah!

 
That ranking is... one of the most surprising and shocking things I´ve ever read on this board.  

"Then you have my resignation, sir!"

[SecretAgentFan]

"This is no country club..."

 

Oh.  Wrong thread.

[Bondage007]

I've still got to wait 1.5 weeks, but I've been curious about the rankings and it's good to see Spectre generally in the top half of rankings, although someone has ranked it at 21st

[sharpshooter]

I've still got to wait 1.5 weeks, but I've been curious about the rankings and it's good to see Spectre generally in the top half of rankings, although someone has ranked it at 21st

Same wait for me, too. I'm hoping SPECTRE makes my top ten list at least. I think it has the potential to with Daniel Craig's presence alone.

[solace]

I love QOS also. Highly underrated. I think it will date well like OHMSS

[Irrigator]

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

[Vauxhall]

Knocked this together in less than five minutes based on gut instinct. Bit surprised at some of them.

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

[SecretAgentFan]

Interesting choices all around.

 

I´m planning to revisit the films that plummeted on my list during my re-watch sessions this spring:  THUNDERBALL, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY and... uh, no, too early for THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH.

[Vauxhall]

Interesting choices all around.

I´m planning to revisit the films that plummeted on my list during my re-watch sessions this spring: THUNDERBALL, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY and... uh, no, too early for THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH.

Good plan. There's a couple I want to revisit as well. GOLDFINGER and YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE both rose a fair bit for me, with DR NO dropping. I feel that SPECTRE is in about the right place though for me at this stage.

[Mr. Arlington Beech]

1. Casino Royale

2. Dr. No

3. From Russia With Love

4. Goldfinger

5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

6. SPECTRE

7. Thunderball

8. You Only Live Twice

9. Skyfall

10. Live And Let Die

11. The Spy Who Loved Me

12. Diamonds Are Forever

13. The Man With The Golden Gun

14. Moonraker

15. Quantum Of Solace

16. The Living Daylights

17. For Your Eyes Only

18. Octopussy

19. A View To A Kill 

20. Licence To Kill

 

21-24: Brosnan movies (are all the same for me)

[Hockey Mask]

Updated ranking in signature...

[Double-Oh Agent]

Here's my new rankings:

 

1. Licence To Kill

2. Octopussy

3. For Your Eyes Only

4. GoldenEye

5. The Living Daylights

6. Tomorrow Never Dies

7. Casino Royale

8. The Spy Who Loved Me

9. SPECTRE

10. Goldfinger

11. Diamonds Are Forever

12. Live And Let Die

13. Thunderball

14. Die Another Day

15. From Russia With Love

16. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

17. Skyfall

18. The World Is Not Enough

19. You Only Live Twice

20. Moonraker

21. Quantum Of Solace

22. A View To A Kill

23. Never Say Never Again

24. The Man With The Golden Gun

25. Dr. No

[rubixcub]

Over the course of the last year, I've re-watched all of them (didn't get to SF until yesterday afternoon, then went out & saw SP).  Surprised at how some of my rankings have changed over the years.  A few of these rankings may be a little fuzzy, i.e. they could conceivably switch (3 & 4, 5 & 6, 16 & 17), but for the moment, then:

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

Dave

Edited by rubixcub, 07 November 2015 - 05:36 PM.

[Pushkin]

Below is my current list. One film that many love that I just don't get is the Spy Who Loved Me. To me it was emblematic of how bloated and camp the franchise became. That said, I am glad others love it and I am certainly not looking for a fight.

 

1.       From Russia with Love

 

2.       Goldfinger

 

3.       Skyfall

 

4.       Casino Royale

 

5.       For Your Eyes Only

 

6.       Thunderball

 

7.       Dr. No

 

8.       Goldeneye

 

9.       Spectre

 

10.   The Living Daylights

 

11.   On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

 

12.   Live and Let Die

 

13.   You Only Live Twice

 

14.   Quantum of Solace

 

15.   The Man with the Golden Gun

 

16.   The World is Not Enough

 

17.   Octopussy

 

18.   License to Kill

 

19.   Never Say Never Again

 

20.   Diamonds are Forever

 

21.   Tomorrow Never Dies

 

22.   Die Another Day

 

23.   A View to a Kill

 

24.   The Spy Who Loved Me

 

25.   Moonraker

[SecretAgentFan]

Had to do it.   SPECTRE did provoke me into re-thinking my previous ranking of the films - just as my re-watch sessions in June did.
 

 

25. NSNA  (still last place - some amusing scenes but always the weird stepbrother of the franchise)

 

24. TWINE (no change - and I did love this film years ago.  Strange how feelings can change.)

23. DAD (dropped a few places - although I am entertained by the film)

22. DAF (a narrative mess of many amusing ideas - oh, wait, that happens a lot with Bond films, right?)

21. FYEO (great Sir Roger turn, many great scenes - but the sum of its parts has less impact on me)

20. TB (re-watched it again, had more fun, Connery is actually fantastic, but it kind of never rises to the top for me; what could have made it better for me... less water?)

19. LTK (solid)

18. AVTAK (better than I had remembered)

17. DN (legendary)

16. SPECTRE (very entertaining but...)

15. YOLT

14. MR

13. TMWTGG

12. GE

11. CASINO ROYALE

 

10. GF

9. OP

8. LALD

7. TND

6. TLD

5. OHMSS

4. QUANTUM OF SOLACE

3. FRWL

2. SKYFALL

1. TSWLM

 

As you can see (most probably can´t be bothered to): the first 15 films have not changed their position on my list.  Adding SPECTRE at no. 16 might position it as a big disappointment (with all previous Craig films in the top 11) - but since I love all the 25 films dearly, it kind of puts that ranking in perspective.

[byline]

1.  Casino Royale

2.  Skyfall

3.  From Russia with Love

4.  Goldfinger

5.  Thunderball

6.  Dr. No

7.  Spectre

8.  The Living Daylights

9.  For Your Eyes Only

10. Quantum of Solace

11. Goldeneye

12. The Man with the Golden Gun

13. The World Is Not Enough

14. License to Kill

15. Live and Let Die

16. Tomorrow Never Dies

17. You Only Live Twice

18. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

19. The Spy Who Loved Me

20. Octopussy

21. Moonraker

22. Never Say Never Again

23. Diamonds Are Forever

24. A View to a Kill

25. Die Another Day

[Pam Bouvier]

Nice to see LTK at the top in your ranking, Double-0Agent.  That doesn't happen often and its one of my favorites, as well.  Classic Fleming. Too bad it is under rated by so many.

Edited by Pam Bouvier, 12 November 2015 - 05:22 AM.

[Pam Bouvier]

Just based on my current level of desire to watch each one again:

 

1. LTK

2. Casino Royale 

3. Skyfall

4. OHMSS

5. Goldeneye

6. TLDL

7. TSWLM

8. FRWL

9.  Spectre

10.  FYEO

11. TWINE

12.  NSNA (for the tango scene)

13.  Octopussy

14.  TND

15.  Goldfinger

16.  DAF

17. LALD

18.  Thunderball

19.  Moonraker

20.   DAD

21.  Dr. No

22.  AVTAK

23.  TMWTGG

24.  QOS

25.  YOLT

[kronsteen63]

1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

2. From Russia with Love

3. Casino Royale

4. SPECTRE

5. Thunderball

6. The Living Daylights

7. Licence to Kill

8. Dr. No

9. For Your Eyes Only

10. Live and Let Die

11. Goldfinger

12. Diamonds Are Forever

13. GoldenEye

14. You Only Live Twice

15. Skyfall

16. Octopussy

17. The Man with the Golden Gun

18. The Spy Who Loved Me

19. Quantum of Solace

20. Moonraker

21. A View to a Kill

22. Tomorrow Never Dies

23. The World is Not Enough

24. Never Say Never Again

25. Die Another Day

Edited by kronsteen63, 12 November 2015 - 07:13 PM.

[Pushkin]

Well after seeing SPECTRE a second time today its moved up in my estimation. 

 

1.     From Russia with Love

2.     Goldfinger

3.     Skyfall

4.     Casino Royale

5.     SPECTRE

6.     For Your Eyes Only

7.     Thunderball

8.     Dr. No

9.     Goldeneye

10.   The Living Daylights

11.   On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

12.   Live and Let Die

13.   You Only Live Twice

14.   Quantum of Solace

15.   The Man with the Golden Gun

16.   The World is Not Enough

17.   Octopussy

18.   License to Kill

19.   Never Say Never Again

20.   Diamonds are Forever

21.   Tomorrow Never Dies

22.   Die Another Day

23.   A View to a Kill

24.   The Spy Who Loved Me

25.   Moonraker

[Mr. Arlington Beech]

Seeing these rankings... all are different, but most have in common one thing,  almost all put QOS as the lesser liked Craig's movie. And on IMDb rating (a broader showroom of popularity) this tendency is even clearer... I wonder where are all those QOS defenders, that around 2008 use to claim that Forster's movie was somehow a misunderstood masterpiece and a pinnacle for Bond films. I guess it's only after times passes, that we really get to see how a movie is regarded, at least for the majority of people.

[SecretAgentFan]

Look closer - on this page alone there are two people who rank QOS within their top ten.

[Mr. Arlington Beech]

Look closer - on this page alone there are two people who rank QOS within their top ten.

Two in a universe of….?? And the other member, besides you, that put QOS in his top ten- just in the tenth place, still ranks QOS as his lesser liked Craig movie (and that was exactly what I originally said) Anyhow, I edited my post highlighting a wider display of this tendency on IMDb rating- where it's at the 14th place among EON's Bond movies.

I respect your taste, but you´re clearly in a tiny minority regarding QOS. For instance, I like SP (I think only CR is better than that movie in the Craig era), but I have to face the fact that the majority of people, fans or non Bondfans, think SF is a better film.

[SecretAgentFan]

True.  Still, QOS has many fans on this board.  And if it hadn´t - so what?  Can´t win them all, as Mr. Bond says.

[Hockey Mask]

Seeing these rankings... all are different, but most have in common one thing,  almost all put QOS as the lesser liked Craig's movie. And on IMDb rating (a broader showroom of popularity) this tendency is even clearer... I wonder where are all those QOS defenders, that around 2008 use to claim that Forster's movie was somehow a misunderstood masterpiece and a pinnacle for Bond films. I guess it's only after times passes, that we really get to see how a movie is regarded, at least for the majority of people.

Big, big QoS fan. Still think people will come around to it.

[Double-Oh Agent]

Nice to see LTK at the top in your ranking, Double-0Agent.  That doesn't happen often and its one of my favorites, as well.  Classic Fleming. Too bad it is under rated by so many.

Yeah, I agree. In fact, I think Licence To Kill and Octopussy are the two most underrated Bond films with Tomorrow Never Dies third. If I have to pick a most overrated film, I would probably go with Skyfall. It's good, but I don't think it's as great as many people seem to think.

 

As for Licence To Kill, I love, love, love, Robert Davi as Franz Sanchez--the best villain in the series and Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier--my favorite Bond girl. It has some of the best stunts of the series too--the Wavekrest escape and tanker truck chase are absolutely awesome.

[Professor Pi]

Completely agree with you on LTK.  I even met Robert Davi and told him he was my favorite Bond villain (still is.)  And Carey Lowell, mmmm!  She saved Bond long before Swann got credit for being the first to do that.  Not a bad way for Dalton to bow out, in her arms.

 

Always loved Octopussy from day one.  It's John Glen's Lewis Gilbert film.  Big production, nice song, good chemistry with Roger and Maude.  FYEO is better, but OP is a fave.

 

TND still my favorite Broz Bond, though it's slipped overall for me.  It's sort of violent and cold hearted, but the first hour is just vintage.  Would have been cool had his ex actually been one from the movies, but tough to do on an actor's second film.

 

And I find it easier to respect QoS than I do Skyfall.  The script seems more unfinished than having the holes that SF does.  They didn't quite pull it off, but I respected what they were trying to do.  Especially when I heard Forster saying each action set piece represented one of the four elements--earth, water, air, and fire.

[The Dove]

Right...time to update my rankings list after my 2nd viewing of SPECTRE last night...which did make my top 10!! There are some slight changes since my last ranking in July of 2013..

 

1. Skyfall

 

2. Casino Royale (2006)

 

3. Thunderball

 

4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

 

5. From Russia With Love

 

6. Goldfinger

 

7. Goldeneye

 

8. SPECTRE

 

9. Live And Let Die

 

10. The Spy Who Loved Me

 

11. You Only Live Twice

 

12. For Your Eyes Only

 

13. Dr. No

 

14. Tomorrow Never Dies

 

15. Licence To Kill

 

16. Quantum of Solace

 

17. Moonraker

 

18. The Living Daylights

 

19. The World Is Not Enough

 

20. Octopussy

 

21. A View To A Kill

 

22. Diamonds Are Forever

 

23. The Man With The Golden Gun

 

24. Die Another Day

[tdalton]

Completely agree with you on LTK.  I even met Robert Davi and told him he was my favorite Bond villain (still is.)  And Carey Lowell, mmmm!  She saved Bond long before Swann got credit for being the first to do that.  Not a bad way for Dalton to bow out, in her arms.
 
Always loved Octopussy from day one.  It's John Glen's Lewis Gilbert film.  Big production, nice song, good chemistry with Roger and Maude.  FYEO is better, but OP is a fave.
 
TND still my favorite Broz Bond, though it's slipped overall for me.  It's sort of violent and cold hearted, but the first hour is just vintage.  Would have been cool had his ex actually been one from the movies, but tough to do on an actor's second film.
 
And I find it easier to respect QoS than I do Skyfall.  The script seems more unfinished than having the holes that SF does.  They didn't quite pull it off, but I respected what they were trying to do.  Especially when I heard Forster saying each action set piece represented one of the four elements--earth, water, air, and fire.

Completely agreed with everything here. Well said.

As for Quantum of Solace, going back to what SecretAgentFan said about it already being in two Top 10s on this very page, if I were to put my own Top 10 here, that would be a third for it, just here alone. I'll take that film over any Bond film we've gotten since Dalton hung up the tux, although Casino Royale does come close. Everything else since then, however, not so much.