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[jamesmarinos]

I think its time to position DAD in our faveorites
now most of us (If not all) have seen it.
It doent come in my top 5, but mabe it does in yours!
My top 5

Goldfinger.
Goldeneye.
Live and Let Die.
The Spy Who Loved ME.
The World Is Not Enough

[zencat]

Yes...

THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
GOLDFINGER
OHMSS/FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
DIE ANOTHER DAY
OCTOPUSSY

But this changes weekly.

[Carver]

1.Goldfinger
2.GoldenEye
3.The Spy Who Loved Me
4.On Her Majesties Secret Service
5.The Living Daylights
As always, this changes weekly, like Zencat's list:)

[Martini]

It does.

1. The Spy Who Loved Me
2. The Living Daylights
3. Goldfinger
4. From Russia With Love
5. Die Another Day

[Alexborn007]

Its just too much fun to not put on my list

1.From Russia With Love
2.Goldeneye
3.The Living Daylights
4.Goldfinger
5.Die Another Day

Please note, DAD and GF are tied. Heresy? Perhaps...

[DLibrasnow]

It makes it into my top 5...I keep switching around order of the 007 movies in my the top 5 depending on my mood, but here goes :

1. The Spy Who Loved Me.
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
3. A View to a Kill.
4. Never Say Never Again (I know, I know --what can I say I love this movie)
5. Die Another Day.

[IndyJones]

Here are my top five favorite Bond films.

1. Die Another Day
2. The World Is Not Enough
3. Goldeneye
4. Licence To Kill
5. The Spy Who Loved Me

[Johnny Tower]

1. "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977)
2. "Goldfinger" (1964)
3. "From Russia With Love" (1963)
4. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969)
5. "For Your Eyes Only" (1981)

Just in case you wanted to know what film missed the cut (barely):

6. "Dr. No" (1962)

[B5Erik2]

I had the entire series (and NSNA) listed from my favorite to least favorite on another thread, but here goes...

1. Dr No
2. Licence To Kill
3. Tomorrow Never Dies
4. For Your Eyes Only
5. The Living Daylights

That's not too far off...

...and DAD ranks about 15th.

[jamesmarinos]

WOW thanks for the realy Groovy replys!
I see most people inclde OHMSS. I guess u love or
hate this move, or is it Lazenby? DAD makes a
few apperances too!
But so far Spy Who loved me rates top! Good Stuff.

[kevrichardson]

i think it's still early to consider DAD a great Bond Film. stil here are my top 5 Bond Films 1) From Russia with Love 2) ThunderBall. 3) On Her Majesty Secret Service. 4). Dr.NO. 5).GoldFinger:eek:

[Felix's lighter]

1) Goldfinger - That one's a no-brainer.

2) For Your Eyes Only - I've said it before and I'll say it again: Roger Moore IS Ian Fleming's James Bond.

3) Octopussy - "I must have seen that movie . . . twice." - Homer Simpson.

4) The Spy Who Loved Me - It really IS Bond and beyond...

5) Thunderball - How is this movie considered "slow"? I devour every single frame of this epic adventure. Gets big points for Bond using Fiona as a human shield.

FYI: DAD ranks around Number 11 or 12. That doesn't mean I don't like it; of Brosnan's Bonds, only GoldenEye ranks in my Top Ten.

[doublenoughtspy]

1. OHMSS
2. Goldfinger
3. SWLM
4. Living Daylights
5. Goldeneye

Carver - we have the same films - just in a slightly different order.

[White Persian]

I'm afraid it doesn't make the cut for me. The first half would, but not the second.

My current top five:

1 On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2 From Russia With Love
3 The Living Daylights
4 GoldenEye
5 Goldfinger

This represents my favourites, rather than an objective "best" list.

[jamesmarinos]

I saw "Best Bond" TV programe on the brittish network ( Sadly not on U.S, Canadian or other networks) The britts voted Goldfinger at number 1 and TWINE at number 2 (Goldfinger included in all but 3 of our posts).
Anyway just thought I would update u all on what the Britts thought of bond films and how they are rated.

[iceberg]

TOP FIVE BONDS:

1.) FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE: Not only classic Bond, but classic espionage suspense drama.

2.) ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE: Great Bond flick with an audacious, if downbeat, ending. Plus it's got the best Bond girl ever: Tracy Di Vicenzo.

3.) (tie) THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH: Don't know if it's just me, but I see a lot of OHMSS in this one. Plus it's got the second best Bond girl ever: Elektra King--Tracy Di Vicenzo who lost her way. Big time.

3.) (tie) GOLDFINGER: The original action/thriller. Great villain, great girls, greatr setpieces, great flick.

4.) GOLDENEYE: PB seems a little subdued and less alive than in later flicks, but it's got Izabella Scorupco, Sean Bean, and Famke Janssen--all kicking *** in their roles.

5.) LICENCE TO KILL: Severely underrated, simply because it dares to buck the formula. And, sadly, it paid the price.

DAD places at around number 7 for me, right behind and FOR YOUR EYES ONLY.

[boeserzwilling]

Here are my Top 5 UNOFFICIAL Bond films

1. Casino Royale (don't ask...)

2. Never Say Never Again (Sean Connery as James Bond!)

3. Goldeneye (the Ian Fleming biography)

4. The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (the other biography)

5. North by Northwest (Cary Grant might have been an interesting 007)

[brendan007]

1. OHMSS - excellent story, great casting (yes, even lazenby is good), brilliant location, exciting action, just a perfect film.

2. TND- highly entertaining, full of action, classic bond. the most rewatchable bond film ever.

3. OCTOPUSSY- really grown to love this film lately. everything just works well, manages to be fun and serious at the same time.

4. DAD- big, huge, entertaining, gives us a sitation for bond we havent seen before, but still gives us everything we want from a bond film

5. FYEO- takes itself seriously, but still is great entertainment. good
story, great bond girl, a nice change of pace.

[ray t]

1 THUNDERBALL....the first wide screen epic...has its flaws but inspite of them it is a massive effort for its time and FOR ALL TIME...

2 THE SPY WHO LOVED ME... a re-make of lewis gilbert's own YOLT and the pre-cursor of spottiswood's TND...it is BOND AND BEYOND

3 OHMSS...the greatest score...the greatest bond actress...truest to fleming a la FRWL, yet so epic...a gamble of an ending that (at the time) did not pay as it does in retrospect

4 GOLDFINGER...THE PROTOTYPE of all the BIG bonds...great girls...great vilians...great car...connery at his SHARPEST!

5...DIE ANOTHER DAY....everything but the kitchen sink...best of the (VERY GOOD) brosnan bonds...ahead of GoldenEye primarily because the score makes it feel like a "James Bond 007" flick which serra failed to do.

honourable mentions (in chronological order):

FRWL
Moonraker
The Living Daylights
GoldenEye
Tomorrow Never Dies

[Citizen Bond]

1. Goldfinger
2. From Russia With Love
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. Octopussy

...my list never changes. For me, it's just definitive...these are the best!

DAD places at #8, just after Dr. No at #6 and FYEO at #7. Formally it was #7, with FYEO at #8, but upon further viewing I concluded FYEO was the better of the two. A similar debate came up with TSWLM and OHMSS, Thunderball and YOLT, and LTK and TND.

[Dr Niles Crane]

I have a lot of trouble assembling the Bond films into best v worse, but I think your lists are pretty much on the ball.

But for me, as someone wisely mentioned my favourite list changes weekly.

If I have one too many vodka martinis Casino Royale becomes my favourite (I am with you there "don't ask") and the plot actually starts to make sense, but unfortunately by the next morning I have forgotten my reasoning and I am back where I started, strangley wondering about the signifigance of "hair looms" and wishing I had drunk more water the night before.

If I have had a bad day at work "Licence to Kill" (why can't I have one. I would use it wisely... I swear) becomes my favourite. I would love various people who have annoyed me to tragically die in a tanker accident and then I get around to thinking isn't Tim a good actor? No really on that one - I am serious, Tim rocks.

But then I am always won over by Roger the dodger - bad safari suits and all - and I rediscover my love of those really funky looking islands with the big rocks somewhere in the South China Sea and Roger's ability to **** an eyebrow at inapropriate moments.

But then as they replay all the films on a saturday night I my love affair with Sean is reawakened as he "effects me" in "Never Say Never Again" -(A rogue film, but the fact that the bad guys actually have a their own personalised logo matchbooks and helicopter landing pads makes it all worthwhile. Where else, but on a Bond film would they come up with that one). Then Sean gives me nightmares with that terry toweling sky blue bath robe in blue "Goldfinger".. But ohh Pussy. I'll jump into your plane any day. And I am not being crude here... I like joy rides.

And of course Pierce... Completely different, yet strangely perfect. I think I might be displaying PB bias here. All that training in Remington Steele obviously paid off. From defying gravity in "Goldeneye" to shoving a drill thingie into Elliot Carver's face in "Tomorrow Never Dies" the man has a certain appeal, but I will leave you to work out what it is?. And let us not forget to to mention all the people who spend a lot of their time managing to ensure that the big drill thingie doesn't actually squish the guy who plays Elliot Carver, thus ending his great career as a lead in "Miss Saigon".

How can you choose? No really I would like to know. On Bondian qualities, action-adventure? Fill me in. What does make a good Bond film? And if you say action, adventure, good looking girls, and really wild things I will beat you up.

[Contessa]

Agree with everything you stated, Dr. Crane (love the user name, btw).
Ok, if I had to rank my top five, it would be something like:
1. From Russia With Love
2. OHMSS (if not for Lazenby, it would be perfect)
3. Goldeneye/The World is Not Enough (my choice here varies)
4. Goldfinger
5. The Living Daylights
Whew! That was tough!

[Steve H]

Goldfinger
OHMSS
Live and Let Die
Living Daylights
TND

[daman3755]

Yeah, this list changes weekly like a lot of other people here in CBN Land:

The Living Daylights
Goldfinger
Goldeneye
Die Another Day
On Her Majesty's Secret Service

[Sir James]

Well 2 and 3 occasionaly interchange but the top three are the untouchable, and classic James Bond films!

1. Die Another Day
2. GoldenEye
3. The World is Not Enough
GAP
4. From Russia With Love
5. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

[Glen Barrington]

Originally posted by iceberg
TOP FIVE BONDS:

1.)  FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE:  Not only classic Bond, but classic espionage suspense drama.

2.)  ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE:  Great Bond flick with an audacious, if downbeat, ending.  Plus it's got the best Bond girl ever: Tracy Di Vicenzo.

3.)  (tie) THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH: Don't know if it's just me, but I see a lot of OHMSS in this one.  Plus it's got the second best Bond girl ever: Elektra King--Tracy Di Vicenzo who lost her way.  Big time.

3.)  (tie) GOLDFINGER:  The original action/thriller.  Great villain, great girls, greatr setpieces, great flick.

4.)  GOLDENEYE: PB seems a little subdued and less alive than in later flicks, but it's got Izabella Scorupco, Sean Bean, and Famke Janssen--all kicking *** in their roles.  

5.)  LICENCE TO KILL: Severely underrated, simply because it dares to buck the formula.  And, sadly, it paid the price.  

DAD places at around number 7 for me, right behind and FOR YOUR EYES ONLY.

Iceberg, my list is IDENTICAL to yours! And for very similar reasons fpr each! Thanks for saving me some typing!

[mario007]

here goes, ...

1. Die Another Day
2. The Living Daylights
3. Goldeneye
4. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. Octopussy

[DanMan]

Here's my top 5...

DAD
LTK
OHMSS
TB
MR

[jamesmarinos]

WOW, Many are finding DAD come into the Top position! I recently have bashed and rubbished DAD in my previous threads, I went and saw it for the second time the other day and i have had a change of heart!
The first half of the film is the best first half of any bond film ever!!
Its just that damn CGI, Maddonna song and the plane sequence at the end I really hate!!! But i am cetian this will grow on me. :-) Exept the song.

[Kara Milovy]

1. FRWL
2. GE
3. TSWLM
4. DAF
5. TLD