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[Mi6 AgntBond007]

With the beautiful Rosamund Pike's turn as Miranda Frost, I began to think about the Bond Girls of the Brosnan films. If I had to rank them, the list would be as follows:

1) Elektra King
2) Wai Lin
3) Natalya Simonyava
4) Miranda Frost
5) Xenia Onatopp
6) Paris Carver
7) Jinx
8) Christmas Jones

King takes the top spot because she was absolutely gorgeous, while at the same time manipulative, cunning, and extremely deadly. Those attributes made her one of the most dangerous Bond Girls of the franchise.

[Adam]

1) Elektra King
2) Miranda Frost
3) Natalya Simonova
4) Xenia Onatopp
5) Wai Lin
6) Christmas Jones
7) Paris Carver
8) Jinx

[kyleisviolent]

1. Miranda Frost
2. Natalya Simonva
4. Xenia Onatopp
5. Elektra King
6. Wai Lin
7. Paris Carver
8. Jinx

[DLibrasnow]

1. Jinx Johnson (I believe Johnson is her last name, after all Robinson greets her as "agent Johnson")
2. Miranda Frost.
3. Elektra King.
4. Xenia Onatopp.
5. Christmas Jones.
6. Wai Lin.
7. Natalya Simonova.
8. Paris Carver.

[BondChick4ever8]

1) Elektra King
2) Miranda Frost
3) Natalya Simonyava
4) Jinx
5) Xenia Onatopp
6) Paris Carver
7) Christmas Jones
8) Wai Lin

[Surrender]

1) Elektra King Classy Sexy with a twist
2) Wai Lin This girl knows her stuff
3) Natalya Simonyava Classy bird.
4) Miranda Frost Bitch Traitor Doesn't fall for Bond
5) Paris Carver Cheesy but does the job
6) Jinx Great action, shame about the dialogue
7) Christmas Jones Pants

[homerjbond]

1) Elektra King (I love her straddling Bond on the torture chair!)
2) Miranda Frost (Cute and sexy at the same time)
3) Xenia Onatopp (Pretty much launched Famke's career)
4) Christmas Jones (Regardless of all the jokes, she is still sexy)
5) Jinx (Her entrance and that's about it)
6) Natalya Simonyava (Kinda bland)
7) Wai Lin (Just doesn't appeal to me that much, although I admire the fact that she did alot of her own stunts)
8) Paris Carver (Go back to doing Radio Shack commercials!)

[5 BONDS]

I thought it was meant to be Jinx Jordan

[homerjbond]

Maybe she has aliases. Anyways, when she introduces herself to Bond in Cuba, she said something in French before she said "My friends call me Jinx." Does anyone know what she said?

[Adam]

Originally posted by Surrender
7) Christmas Jones       Pants

I don't know if you're referring to her hotpants in that scene (maybe not), but I think it's awesome/hilarious--why is she defusing bombs in hotpants? Or why is Wai Lin breaking into Carver's Hamburg center in heels? And WHY is Miranda wearing that sexy outfit on the Antonov? And if you look into the past, did Stromberg pull out the sexiest ladies' top he could find to put Anya in? It doesn't make any sense, and that's what's so good about it.

[Mi6 AgntBond007]

Originally posted by Adam
And WHY is Miranda wearing that sexy outfit on the Antonov?

I had the same reaction when I saw DAD. Miranda just happened to be wearing a sports bra for that scene? What did she go and change beforehand in anticipation of the duel? LOL

[Citizen Bond]

1. Jinx
2. Elektra King
3. Wai Lin
4. Xenia Onnatop
5. Miranda Frost
6. Paris Carver
7. Natalya Simonova
8. Christmas Jones

[Mi6 AgntBond007]

Just read an interview with Brosnan where he said that his favorite Bond girl of the all the films is Daniela Bianchi from FRWL. He said his favorite from his movies as Bond is Izabella Scorupco as Natalya Simonova from GE.

[00Kevin]

1) Natalya Simonva
2)Electra King
3)Miranda Frost
4)Xenia Onatopp
5)Wai Lin
6)Jinx
7)Paris Carver
8)Christmas Jones

[Dortmunder]

It's hard to pick the first ones because I think that they're all so good.

1) Xenia Onatopp
2) Jinx
3) Miranda Frost
4) Natalya Simonva
5) Wai Lin
6) Elektra King
7) Paris Carver
8) Christmas Jones

[iceberg]

They are indeed all pretty good, compared to their predecessors. Sorry, but even Tatyana Romanova in FRWL was a bit wimpy: "James, never leave me." Girl, please.

And Pussy Galore was a good precursor to the Strong Bond Girl, but that name -- while part of the Early Bond charm -- detracts from her overall image. Or perhaps it's just my contemporary feminist mindset.

Anyhow, I digress.... Here is my ranking:

1. Elektra King: Complex, mysterious, fascinating. A Bond girl that does not easily slide into any easy niche. A breath of fresh air.

2. Natalya Simonova: No Superwoman like Jinx or Wai Lin. Just an ordinary girl in over her head and trying to survive -- and admirably so.

3. Miranda Frost: Elektra King lite. The same enigmatic, "is she or isn't she" quality. And there's nothing more compelling than ice-covered fire.

4. Xenia Onatopp: The closest to an over the top Brosnan Bond Villainess; Famke Janssen has fun with the role, and so do we.

5. Wai Lin: Forget Jinx. This is the Bond girl who is truly Bond's equal.
Michelle Yeoh improves upon an underwritten role.

6. Paris Carver: Gorgeous and intriguing, she is onscreen for a pitiably short amount of time. But Teri Hatcher works wonders with what little she is given, and her scenes with Brosnan are quietly powerful.

7. Jinx: Sure, you are as capable as Bond. But don't kid yourself, sweetie, Wai Lin and Anya Amasova (Hell, even Pam Bouvier) beat you to the title of "Bond's equal" first. Thank God for Halle Berry's talent.

8. Christmas Jones: Could've been great if the producers and director of TWINE hadn't watered her down. In the TWINE of my dreams, the character is intact and is played by Natasha Henstridge (imagine her and Sophie Marceau on the poster!)

[fulgentius]

1) Natalya Simonova: perfect
2) Miranda Frost: ah, Miranda !
3) Jinx: more personnality and presence than Wai Lin
4) Xenia Onatop: overacting, but it fits for an over the top henchwoman
5) Wai Lin: could have ranked higher if actually given something to do
6) Paris Carver: good scenes, not given much room to breathe though
7) Elektra King: interesting character ruined by painful overacting
8) Christmas Jones: poor character, poor dialogue, bad acting

I like the first four a lot; Wai Lin is sadly underused, and we don't see much of Paris Carver; still, I like them. Elektra and Christmas are actually bad.

[rafterman]

1. Miranda Frost
2. Wai Lin
3. Elektra King
4. Christmas Jones
5. Natalya Simonova
6. Xenia Onatopp
7. Jinx
8. Paris Carver

[red dwarf]

1) Elektra King
2) Miranda Frost
3) Xenia Onatopp ( death by thighs )
4) Christmas Jones ( bad acting but hot
5) cigar girl ( nice looking )
6) Natalya Simonyava (bah hair )
7) Wai Lin ( pathetic )
8) Paris Carver (Go back to superman !)

[Sir James]

I cant rank them all together, so I will split them up into good girls and Bad girls

Good Girls:
1. Jinx: The first female James Bond
2. Natalya: Not as hot as shes cracked up to be, and I hate the accent, but a Bond girl for a new generation
3. Christmas Jones: If not for her wonderful breasts, she would be at the very bottom
4. Paris Carver: She was the introduction the "Brosnan Bond Girl" the one with a past, a history with Bond, and a reason for her actions
5. Wai Lin: Ugly, and just well ugly.

Bad Girls
1. Elektra King: She was one of the first Bond girls to get under Bonds skin, and the only one that deserves an Oscar for her performance.
2. Miranda Frost: She had a lot to live up to. She was always overshadowed by Halley Berry, and had to try to improve on the Elektra King like Bond girl. And its done wonderfully, that and the fact that I would have "sex for dinner" with her any day!
3. Xenia Onnatopp: She was cool, and quite attractive, but was not that well devolped, in both the character and physical lol sense.

[Jinx's Bikini]

Top Five Brosnan Bond Girls:

1 - Elektra King
2 - Miranda Frost
3 - Jinx
4 - Xenia Onatopp
5 - Wai Lin

[red dwarf]

jinx is cool...

sure she had some bad lines but it was her character....

she was different to the typical other ones like natalya and christmas jones..

[Peter]

1. Wai Lin--Smart, sexy, confident, and tough. Great charisma
2. Natalya Simoniva--very pretty and earnest. Bird with a wing down
3. Jinx Jordan--Very confident and cool. Some dumb lines, but appealing
4. Xenia Onatopp--Not one of my faves, but deliciously over the top. Hot!
5. Elektra King--Intelligent, but not truly beguilling. "Twist" a cliche
6. Miranda Frost--lovely to look at, but underused. "Twist" also a cliche
7. Paris Carver--quite sexy in her scenes, but somewhat flat dialogue. Why did he fall in love with her again?
8. Christmas Jones--Actually quite beautiful, only ruined by each time she speaks. Still, it was not a well written character, and they gave her all the worst techno-babble lines. At least she's spunky!

[White Tuxedo]

These are just my tastes.

1) Onatopp - her character is classic
2) Miranda Frost - Finally, a Brosnan Bond girl that I actually find quite attractive. I also really like her style.
3) Wai Lin - She's fun.
4) Jinx Jordan - She's fun as well. The two would make a fun pair. BTW, I don't mean in a dirty way. JInx was actually better than I expected.
5) Elektra King - I wasn't too impressed with TWINE as many people were. I don't see it as some great James Bond character study, but as a lame soap opera that backfired. Accordingly Elektra was ehhh. She and the movie itself are beautiful to look at though.
6) Natalya Simonova - She was ok. Nothing special.
7) Paris Carver - Teri Hatcher in a Bond movie? I guess she fit the part ok.
8) Christmas Jones - Denise Richards couldn't act her way out of a wet paper bag with a chainsaw. Who cast her anyway? The last line in TWINE was good though.