Sunday, November 15, 2015

My own personal Bond film ranking: from Dr. No to Spectre

Personal Bond film ranking after seeing Spectre:

RankFilmComment
25The World Is Not Enough (1999)Terrible. Denise Richards playing a Physicist, named Christmas?
24Die Another Day (2002)Slightly better than The World is not Enough, that's all.
23Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)Look like they ran out of ideas for Bond after GoldenEye.
22Never Say Never Again (1983)Remake of Thunderball.
21The Living Daylights (1987)Can barely remember anything from this forgettable film.
20Quantum of Solace (2008)Yuck. Some decent scenes, but too long and mostly forgettable.
19A View to a Kill (1985)Excellent villain. Bond looks like he should have retired though.
18Octopussy (1983)Some redeeming scenes, but not one of the better bonds. Excellent Villain.
17Moonraker (1979)Often panned, but not a bad movie. Jaws is pretty terrifying in the role.
16Licence to Kill (1989)Better movie for Dalton, worth seeing. Bond goes rogue!
15The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)Great action sequences.
14The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)Scaramanga and little Nick Hack make for great villains.
13Diamonds Are Forever (1971)Excellent location in Las Vegas, the villains in this movie make it good, albeit a little campy.
12Live and Let Die (1973)Great Bond filmed in a New Orleans setting.
11Skyfall (2012)Long, but original plot and great storyline.
10You Only Live Twice (1967)Austin Powers stole a lot of ideas from this classic.
9On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)Refreshing timepiece, ensured that you don't have to be Connery to pull off a Bond.
8From Russia with Love (1963)Connery lives James Bond in this film. Epic fight scene on train.
7GoldenEye (1995)Perhaps the best plot for any Bond movie. Great all round cast.
6Spectre (2015)A "best of" Bond. Throwbacks to previous Bond scenes, looks like they broke the bank with some of the action scenes.
5Casino Royale (2006)Bond is back with this movie. A little long, but some great scenes here.
4Dr. No (1962)The first bond movie I ever saw. Amazing movie.
3Thunderball (1965)Perhaps Connery's best? Was so good they had to do an unofficial remake.
2For Your Eyes Only (1981)Has it all. Great bond girls, great action, great scenery.
1Goldfinger (1964)Gave life to a lot of James bond'isms. Never boring.

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