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[Johnboy007]

Here we go:

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

[Licenced2kill]

1. Licence to Kill
2. OHMSS
3. Goldfinger
4. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. The Living Daylights
6. Goldeneye
7. From Russia With Love
8. Thunderball
9. You only live twice
10. Live and let die
11. For your eyes only
12. Octopussy
13. Moonraker
14. A view to a kill
15. Diamonds are forever
16. dr no
17. the man with the golden gun
18. Tomorrow never dies
19. the world is not enough
20. die another day

[Ryder on the Storm]

1) Goldfinger
2) From Russia With Love
3) The Spy Who Loved Me
4) Thunderball
5) Octopussy
6) The Living Daylights
7) Goldeneye
8) Live and Let Die
9) Doctor No
10) Diamonds Are Forever
11) For Your Eyes Only
12) You Only Live Twice
13) Licence to Kill
14) On Her Majesty's Sercret Service
15) Moonraker
16) Die Another Day
17) The Man With The Golden Gun
18) A View To a Kill
19) The World Is Not Enough
20)Tomorrow Never Dies

[Kingdom Come]

I have no idea if I have posted on this thread before (that's what my short term memory is like) so in case I haven't. . .

1. You Only Live Twice
2. Live And Let Die
3. The Spy Who Loved Me
4. Die Another Day
5. Moonraker
6. Diamonds Are Forever
7. Goldeneye
8. The Living Daylights


The other films in the series are at best, 'good'. As for, From Russia With Love, Thunderball & Licence To Kill, I cannot rate them at all, as they represent not only the worst films in the series but some of the worst films I have ever seen.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

It's kind of tough, there's a few that I'd put on an equal playing field but I'll take a stab

1)FRWL
2)TLD
3)TSWLM
4)TND
5)FYEO
6)LTK
7)Doctor No
8)Thunderball
9)YOLT
10)Goldfinger
11)Goldeneye
12)TWINE
13)DAD
14)LALD
15)Moonraker
16)Octopussy
17)OHMSS
18)TMWTGG
19)DAF
20)AVTAK

Edited by ComplimentsOfSharky, 08 December 2004 - 10:46 PM.

[Skudor]

Very, very hard. Would have to re-edit this until the end of my days, and still not get the order precisely right. But broadly:

1. Thunderball
2. Goldfinger
3. On Her Majesty

[Brett Sinclair]

1.Live and let die
2.Moonraker
3.For your eyes only
4.A view to a kill
5.The spy who loved me
6.Octopussy
7.Die another day
8.You only live twice
9.Goldfinger
10.The man with golden gun
11.On her majesty's secret service
12.Never say never again
13.Licence to kill
14.Tomorrow never dies
15.DR No
16.Goldeneye
17.From russia with love
18.The world is not enough
19.The living daylights
20.Thunderball
21.Diamonds are forever.

MMM cant you just guess im a Roger Moore fan

[Bond_Bishop]

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

[Kingdom Come]

Dr No - a start. **

From Russia With Love - Coma inducing, sevearly overrated. Pains me to sit through this. Was Young drunk when he directed that last scene? *

Goldfinger - Now we're getting somewhere. Fantasy elements allowed to surface. ***

Thunderball - The worst Bond film ever produced. No redeeming qualities. *

You Only Live Twice - Bond as a Bond film should be. Stunning; sets; music; locations all outstanding and giving us something we had never been presented with before. *****

On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Switzerland portions of this film are very atmospheric but so many other things do not work. Uninteresting Tracy, made worse by a very unappealing performance by Rigg. The dubbing on this film is so bad that it must rank as the best example of that in motion picture history. The weakest photographed of the series. Everything looks so dull. The editing is ludicrous. *

Diamonds Are Forever - Connery's finest; the wittiest script; fantastic locations; a holiday atmosphere. A feel good film. ****

Live And Let Die - One of the best. Roger is perfection in the role and unlike Connery, he is likeable and self effacing. Photography is Ted Moore's best; Cain's design excellent; the fresh score rousing and wonderfully diverting characters. ****

Man With The Golden Gun - Fantastic locations; a feast for the eyes; but let down by too many dumb characters. The main cast are intriguing to say the least but hampered by a script that needed more time to put things right. Another 'Bond on holiday' feel to this one. ***

The Spy Who Loved Me - A landmark in the series. The highest production values up to that time and it shows. The pace is perfect and all its action sequences still work even by todays standards. A feeling of everyone involved pushing the boat out. *****

Moonraker - Great scope. The best photographed of the series with a play on yellows and variations on yellow; the locations cannot and have never been bettered; Jaw droppingly eye catching; music; design all excellent. Only three, over the top humour scenes, detracted from the end result. Very colourful. *****

For Your Eyes Only - A major comedown after Moonraker. Dull characters and even duller storyline. Does have two of the very best action sequences in the series history; Bond/Melina beinging dragged underwater (no music; MUCH more effective) and the climb to St Cyril's. ***

Octopussy - India and Alan Hume's cinematography make this film. As a storyline it is uninteresting and protracted, especially the scenes in and around the circus and build to the fight on the train. Better than average dialogue and Jordan makes for an appealing villian. ***

Never Say Never Again - A mistake to remake another mistake. Without a doubt a film that has worse dubbing than O.H.M.S.S. A huge letdown and damaging to the series. Panned but atmospheric score. *

A View To A Kill - The worst screenplay in many a year; way too protracted and the climactic scene on the Goldedn Gate is cronic. Again the dubbing is terrible; Roger obviously dubbed when he had a cold and boy can we hear it; VERY distracting. Fantastic cast though. Bottom line, Maibaum/Wilson's script should not have been produced. **

The Living Daylights - Writing massively improved since the last outing. Dull cast, but surprisingly lots of intergrity, which came as a nice surprise. A classic feel to the film, but also a downbeat feeling runs through portons of it. All the characters badly dressed, including Bond and this Bond's low-key approach only works in some scenes. ***

Licence To Kill - A t.v. version of a Bond film. Appallingly badly directed and edited. Slow; univolving; cheap and derivitive. *

GoldenEye - Bond nearly back to where he should be. Well directed and the screenplay is very well paced. Fresh, moody and original score. Considering it cost nearly half as much as an Arnie film, they did a great job in making it look more expensive that it was. Lively dialogue by Jeffrey Caine. ****

Tomorrow Never Dies - Not as bad as Licence To Kill, but terribly dull. The screenplay lacks anything approaching freshness and the entire film feels bereft of at least two major action sequences. Its short pre-production period is felt throughout the entire film. Widescreen retailers NEVER stop screening this film on their sets. *

World Is Not Enough - Interesting in the sense that it is very obvious they wanted to concentrate on story and character. Slightly stodgy in too many places and badly photographed. Major fault is too many characters and not enough screen time to develop them as they should have been.
***

Die Another Day - Pared down screenplay; fast; inventive; surprising; and contains one hour (Iceland) that ranks as one of the most exciting & eye boggling hours in the series history. Brilliantly edited. Though has the worst Bond song with compromised titles and Cleese again giving an irritatingly threatrical performance. ****

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

You're supposed to rank them 1-20 you just listed them in order... haha..

[Kingdom Come]

I have! If you go back a half dozen posters you should see my list of top five Bond films and then a few more!

[Qwerty]

1.Live and let die
2.Moonraker
3.For your eyes only
4.A view to a kill
5.The spy who loved me
6.Octopussy
7.Die another day
8.You only live twice
9.Goldfinger
10.The man with golden gun
11.On her majesty's secret service
12.Never say never again
13.Licence to kill
14.Tomorrow never dies
15.DR No
16.Goldeneye
17.From russia with love
18.The world is not enough
19.The living daylights
20.Thunderball
21.Diamonds are forever.

MMM cant you just guess im a Roger Moore fan

Nice choices!

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

I have! If you go back a half dozen posters you should see my list of top five Bond films and then a few more!

Ah, missed that

My apologies

[Canis Ex Machina]

Site newbie, figured this'd be a good place to start...

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

While I've seen Casino Royale('67) and Never Say Never Again, I thought they were beyond awful (whereas Die Another Day was just awful), and thus neglected to include them.

[Qwerty]

Welcome to the CBn forums!

[tdalton]

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

[Bon-san]

Interesting list, tdalton. 1-10 = down to earth. 11-20 = the fantastic. Most lists I've seen, including my own, are not as neatly demarcated. Here's to your sense of fidelity.

[CharlieBind]

As for, From Russia With Love, Thunderball & Licence To Kill, I cannot rate them at all, as they represent not only the worst films in the series but some of the worst films I have ever seen.

I agree with you about Licence (it's truelly dire) but From Russia With Love? It's not a title that comes to mind whenever I think of a 'bad' movie and I've seen a heck of a lot of movies.

[YOLT]

The other films in the series are at best, 'good'. As for, From Russia With Love, Thunderball & Licence To Kill, I cannot rate them at all, as they represent not only the worst films in the series but some of the worst films I have ever seen.

Just the pre-titles of From Russia With Love is better than some of the films in the series. I dont mind watching GE DAF and LTK but just give me more of FRWL

[tdalton]

After watching a good number of the fims on DVD and during the AMC Bond Marathon this month, I've decided that it's time to re-do my rankings. The biggest winner in the redo is Live and Let Die, jumping from 13 to 9. The biggest loser: Diamonds Are Forever, falling from 14 to 19

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

[cvheady007]

1. Dr. No
2. From Russia With Love
3. Thunderball
4. Goldfinger
5. You Only Live Twice
6. Goldeneye
7. Licence to Kill
8. The Spy Who Loved Me
9. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
10. Tomorrow Never Dies
11. Die Another Day
12. Diamonds Are Forever
13. The Living Daylights
14. For Your Eyes Only
15. Live and Let Die
16. Octopussy
17. A View To A Kill
18. Moonraker
19. The Man With the Golden Gun
20. The World is Not Enough
21. Never Say Never Again
22. Casino Royale (the spoof, if anybody thinks it belongs on the list)

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

Much like tdalton I've found my list has changed a little bit, so here goes.
My clear winner is OHMSS which jumped from near the bottom to number 3 after much more consideration. My top 5 remains almost exactly the same however.

1. FRWL
2. TLD
3. OHMSS
4. TSWLM
5. TND
6. DN
7. GE
8. FYEO
9. LTK
10.TB
11.YOLT
12.GF
13.OP
14.TMWTGG
15.LALD
16.TWINE
17.DAD
18.AVTAK
19.MR
20.DAF

[Frosty]

1. MOONRAKER
2. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
3. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
4. LICENCE TO KILL
5. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
6. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
7. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
8. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
9. GOLDFINGER
10. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
11. OCTOPUSSY
12. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
13. DIE ANOTHER DAY
14. THUNDERBALL
15. DR. NO
16. LIVE AND LET DIE
17. A VIEW TO A KILL
18. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
19. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
20. GOLDENEYE

[trumanlodge89]

diamonds are forever up 1 since i last rakend the films, OHMSS up 3
DAD, SWLM, GE, and FRWL all down one spot.


20) moonraker (falls off a cliff after the gondola scene)
19) die another day (the first 75 mins are top notch. the last half hour is terrible. brosnan phones it in, halle berry is terrible)
18) diamonds are forever (fun movie, poor ending)
17) a view to a kill (walken is good, moore is too old, uninspired bond girl)
16) octopussy (kind of boring, good performence by maud adams)
15) you only live twice (amazing theme song tho)
14) the man with a golden gun (interesting story, subpar production values)
13) the living daylights (confusing, opening and the post-titles)
12) the world is not enough (middle tends to drag, denise ritchards?)
11) dr. no (low budget production values, great introduction to bond)
10)for your eyes only (maybe moores best performence, somewhat weak story)
9) tomorrow never dies (paris carver is a fascenating character, rehashes TSWLM)
8) thunderball (great theme song, too much underwater)
7) live and let die (great introduction to moore, the boat chase is outstanding)
6) the spy who loved me (IMO, the grandest of the films, best visuals)
5) goldeneye (brosnan is great, best fight (bond and trevelyan))
4) from russia with love (connery really comes into the role here. not technically the first, but the first real bond film)
3) on her majesties secret service (outstanding music and top notch action, plus great visuals and storytelling, best blofeld)
2) goldfinger (still great, connerys best. best villian in the series)
1)licence to kill (third best villian, best performence in a bond film by bond, great girl, an outstanding "curveball" for the series)

[dinovelvet]

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

[hcmv007]

Mine really hasn't changed too much.

21. NSNA
20. DAD
19. Octopussy
18. A View to a Kill
17. Licence to Kill
16. DAF
15. TMWTGG
14. TND
13. Moonraker
12. Golden Eye
11. TSWLM
10. YOLT
9. DN
8. FYEO
7. Goldfinger
6. OHMSS
5. TLD
4. From Russia w/ Love
3. TWINE
2. Live and Let Die
1. Thunderball

I never saw the CR spoof, so I didn't rate it. Anyway, that's mine, and just b/c it is low, does not mean I hate it or wouldn't own it. My biggest mover has been LTK< which I had at 20, before I joined here and saw it again. My biggest loser was Goldfinger, I have seen it too many times.

[licensetostudy]

1) Goldfinger
2) From Russia With Love
3) The Spy Who Loved Me
4) Thunderball
5) Octopussy
6) The Living Daylights
7) Goldeneye
8) Live and Let Die
9) Doctor No
10) Diamonds Are Forever
11) For Your Eyes Only
12) You Only Live Twice
13) Licence to Kill
14) On Her Majesty's Sercret Service
15) Moonraker
16) Die Another Day
17) The Man With The Golden Gun
18) A View To a Kill
19) The World Is Not Enough
20)Tomorrow Never Dies

I notice how many lists change for fans over the years, but other than the addition of Die Another Day your list has not changed in 4 years. I remember back in the summer of 2001 on your web site Bondian Mayhem you had TWINE and TND last, and GF, FRWL, and TSWLM at the top. Some things will never change.

[licensetostudy]

1. MOONRAKER
2. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
3. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

Now Frostman, that is what I call a true Moore fan.

[bryonalston]

1. **FRWL**
2. **TB**
3. **TSWLM**
4. **LTK**
5. **DN**
6. OP
7. FYEO
8. TLD
9. OHMSS
10. GE
11. TND
12. YOLT
13. LALD
14. DAF
15. GF
16. TWINE
17. MR
18. AVTAK
19. DAD
20. TMWTGG

[Qwerty]

I never saw the CR spoof, so I didn't rate it. 

I recommend seeing it sometime to see just how different it is from the official series.