And this is it! The final Bond video on my channel (not including Austin Powers). Here I rank every single Bond flick from most Bond to least Bond and I include my thoughts on the Daniel Craig era as well for anyone who would like to know my thoughts on those films. It has been an epic journey through each and every Bond film and I would really like to say thank you so much everyone for sticking around! I have enjoyed reading every single comment (even the bad ones!) and loved hearing your opinions on each film. If you disagree with my rankings, as I am sure you will, please let me know yours in the comments! Have a great day! :)
Great list! I'm a fan of all these movies, so it would be kinda difficult for me to rank them. So I can appreciate when somebody takes the time to rank them due to their personal opinions. Connery and Moore are both equal pinnacle Bonds to me, since I grew up watching their old movies as a pre-teen. OHMSS is great; you might re-evaluate that one one day, like a poster before me mentioned. But Dalton and his two movies are special favorites of mine. Even Christopher Nolan lists him as his favorite Bond actor. As a teen, I started getting heavily into the series after Licence to Kill was released. And whenever I see Brosnan and Craig's films, I can't help but compare them all to the legacy of Dalton's gritty, Fleming-inspired approach, even though they're both great actors, and their films (especially GoldenEye and Casino Royale) are entertaining in their own right.
Great and I agree with most of your rankings! Thanks so much for doing this and for all the videos. I enjoyed sharing this long journey with you. Am also glad to see so much love for Timothy Dalton's movies as he was one of my childhood Bonds along with Roger Moore and I also rate them highly! Well done on completing this series and giving us so much entertainment along the way!
How is YOLT racist ? Bond tries to disguise himself to blend into the community. Thats not racist. The definition of racist is: "prejudiced against or antagonistic towards a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalised." Bond is the minority fish out of water in this movie so he must change accordingly. Also, JW Pepper is deliberately created as a racist character to indicate the level of racism in the USA at that time by caricaturing the deep south racist stereotype. Instead of preaching about racism through virtue signalling and exposition, the filmmakers made Pepper a buffoon to show how stupid racism is. He's not just a fun character, who many enjoy, he is the convex mirror to mainstream racist tropes of the time and therefore an important part of the movie satire puzzle. PS in Dalton's name, the DA IS pronounced like DOOR - so it sounds like dawl-tonne.
Timothy Dalton's Bond had a unique emotional range. He's physical and violent, tense like piano wire. He's a real rebel, and can barely tolerate following orders from MI6. But he's also the most sentimental of the Bonds, and has the most genuine and kind smile.
Dalton's Bond is closest to the Bond of the books. License To Kill is my favourite and contains Flemings iconic "He disagreed with something that ate him"
Timothy Dalton is the GOAT! The Living Daylights is my favourite movie of them all! i would put Octopussy in 2nd place and either Goldeneye or Casino Royale in 3rd.
Top 10 'James Bond' Films : 10. You Only Live Twice (1967) 5. Moonraker (1979) 9. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) 4. Dr. NO (1962) 8. Casino Royale (2006) 3. Thunderball (1965) 7. Octopussy (1983) 2. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) 6. Goldfinger (1964) 1. From Russia with Love (1963)
Here's my tier list. Definitely think that OHMSS might grow on you on a rewatch, even the action. I feel like it strikes a pretty perfect balance between intense and frenetic, but also the viewer still being able to follow along pretty handily. My favorite Bond (as you may guess from my ranking) is Dalton. Timmy D. the legend! 25. Die Another Day 24. Diamonds Are Forever 23. The Man With The Golden Gun 22. A View To A Kill 21. Spectre 20. Tomorrow Never Dies 19. You Only Live Twice 18. Quantum of Solace 17. Thunderball 16. Live And Let Die 15. Moonraker 14. Goldfinger 13. The World Is Not Enough 12. Octopussy 11. Dr. No 10. No Time To Die 9. For Your Eyes Only 8. Goldeneye 7. From Russia With Love 6. The Spy Who Loved Me 5. Skyfall 4. The Living Daylights 3. Casino Royale 2. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 1. License To Kill
Seven movies in your top line is Perfect because he is 007 After All with that being said I'll give you my Top 7 1 Goldfinger 2 Skyfall 3 The Spy Who Loved Me 4 Tomorrow Never Dies 5 From Russia With Love 6 Octopussy 7 OHMSS
Great Video!!! Its been fun going on your James Bond journey. I agree with you that even my least favorite movie is still watchable, cause I just love each bond movie for what they are. My rankings of Bond movies are below, not counting Never say never again. Thanks for all you do and keep up the good work. 1.Casino Royal 2.Living Daylights 3.Goldeneye 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.License To Kill 6.From Russia With Love 7.Skyfall 8.For Your Eyes Only 9.Octopussy 10.You Only Live Twice 11.Tomorrow Never Dies 12.Goldfinger 13.The World Is Not Eoungh 14.A View To A Kill 15.No Time To Die 16.Quanton Of Solace 17.Thunderball 18.Moonraker 19.Dr. No 20.Diamonds Are Forever 21.Live And Let Die 22.Die Another Day 23.The Man With The Golden Gun 24.Spectre 25.On Her Majesty Secret Service
Great ranking. I have respect for this list, however, as a Bond fan, of course no one's ranking is exactly the same. But it is fun to compare. Here's my list: 25. The Man With The Golden Gun 24. Diamonds Are Forever 23. A View To A Kill 22. The World Is Not Enough 21. Quantum Of Solace 20. Tomorrow Never Dies 19. Moonraker 18. You Only Live Twice 17. Octopussy 16. Die Another Day 15. Live And Let Die 14. The Living Daylights 13. Spectre 12. For Your Eyes Only 11. Dr. No 10. The Spy Who Loved Me 9. Skyfall 8. Goldfinger 7. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 6. Thunderball 5. Licence To Kill 4. No Time To Die 3. From Russia With Love 2. Casino Royale 1. Goldeneye
I agree. It is very fragmentary, especially in the second half, due to the use of multiple directors, and it has some issues related to the over-inflated egos of some of the cast, especially Peter Sellers, who walked out of the production which meant that the film had to be cut around his scenes. There are, however, some funny moments, excellent music and great art direction, especially the heavily stylised Berlin sequence. It also has a brilliant cast: David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, Deborah Kerr, Ursula Andress, et al.
Kind of "shocking" ;) to me about Live and Let Die! I personally think you are giving a little too much weight to the annoyance of the sheriff character haha. He fits in the story and world if you ask me. It's kind of a collage/pastiche of the American south and American culture of the time. There's so much to love about this movie, its impossible for me to care about any shortcomings it might have. The energy is infectious to me. For me its tied for the best with Casino Royale. :) Also, just putting this out there: the Quantum of Solace stans confuse me. It's objectively a bad movie, haha.
On Hulu, I believe, there's a documentary called Becoming Bond which details the truly incredible story of how George Lazenby landed the role of Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (and why it was his only one.) Positively shocking, if it wasn't true you'd never believe it.
Right now, my ranking would be: First Quartile: Goldeneye, The Spy who loved me, Casino Royale, Skyfall, Goldfinger, Licence to Kill Second Quartile: You only live twice, Tomorrow never dies, On her Majesties Secret Service, Moonraker, The Living Daylights, For your eyes only Third Quartile: Octopussy, Live and let die, From Russia with love, The World is not enough, Thunderball, Dr. No Fourth Quartile: A View to a Kill, The Man with the Golden Gun, Quantum of Solace, Diamonds are forever, Die another Day, Spectre Dr.No serves as a Benchmark of sorts, with all movies below it (fourth Quartile) being below par (enjoyable, yes, but flawed) I don't know where to rank No Time to die yet, but right now it'd be right in between second and third Quartile.
This is excellent placings I’ve seen so far since I’ve been looking at Bond rankings recently. All 25 are around where mine would be. Only a handful close-ish but it’d be tough to see spot on. Anyway hats off, good sir. Goldeneye my number 1.
I think Funniest Bond : Roger Moore Fave Bond Movie : On Her majesty’s service Coolest Bond : Sean Connery Fave Portrayal of Bond: Timothy Dalton Worst Bond girls & Movies: Pierce Brosnans series. Felt Overly long & hyped Bond movies : Daniel Craigs series Should be next Bond : Henry Cavill or Richard Madden. Should have been Bond : Clive Owen . Best Non Bond, Bond style movies : The Bourne series All IMO , and bond is for everyone ..
Been a bond fan since the early 80’s. Here’s my list. 25 Quantum of Solace 24 No Time to Die 23 Spectre 22 Tomorrow Never Dies 21 Octopussy 20 Die Another Day 19 A View to a Kill 18 The World is Not Enough 17 Moonraker 16 Diamonds are Forever 15 Skyfall 14 Dr No 13 The Man With the Golden Gun 12 Live and Let Die 11 You Only Live Twice 10 Licence to Kill 9 Goldeneye 8 On her Majesty’s Secret Service 7 Casino Royale 6 Thunderball 5 The Living Daylights 4 The Spy Who Loved Me 3 Goldfinger 2 For Your Eyes Only 1 From Russia With Love
My top 5 is: 1.- Casino Royale, simply the best James Bond movie. 2.- Goldfinger, one of the best and the most important James Bond film. It's influence during the 1960's was tremendous. And by the way, Sean Connery is my favorite James Bond. 3.- On the Majesty Secret Service. Telly Savalas was the best Blofeld for me and Tracy was one of the best Bond girls. 4.- GoldenEye. It had the best that you can wait in a Bond movie. 5.- The Spy who Loved Me. Everything work in this movie.
Here's my list from worst to best 26. Never say never again 25. A view to a kill 24. Spectre 23. Quantum of solace 22. Octopussy 21. Thunderball 20. For your eyes only 19. Diamonds are forever 18. Moonraker 17. Live and let die 16. Die another day 15. Dr No 14. The man with the golden gun 13. The world is not enough 12. Tomorrow never dies 11. Goldfinger 10. Skyfall 9. From Russia with love 8. The spy who loved me 7. The living daylights 6. You only live twice 5. Goldeneye 4. Licence to kill 3. Casino royale 2. No Time to die 1. On her majesty's secret service
Good taste sir. But i do think the reason you dont like live and let die is because it wasto hyped for you. Try watching it again. To me its on the shaken not stirred list
Great tier list! My top 10 would be- 10. For Your Eyes Only 9. The Living Daylights 8. Tomorrow Never Dies 7. License to Kill 6. From Russia with Love 5. The Spy who Loved me 4. Skyfall 3. Goldeneye 2. Goldfinger 1. Casino royale
For Your Eyes Only has a smaller plot but it is a very Cold-War-plot. The race for tech that can disturb the balance in the Cold War is classic spy-thriller. When I think of For Your Eyes Only I immediately remember the attack on the Havelocks, the 2CV-chase (one of the best car-chases in Bond-movies and Bond is not even driving), the Bond-girl, Topol, the complete ski chase, the twist, Bond killing Locque, the climb to the monastery. Yes, the movie is a bit too long, some action-scenes could have been cut (the scenes on the icehockeyring and the attack with the cycles in the village seemed so 'oops, we have gone through 10 minutes without an action-scene'), the way Kristatos wanted to execute Melina and Bond after catching them was so stupid (after seeing the scene in Austin Powers where Dr Evil refuses to just shoot Austin Powers I always laugh when I get to that scene in FYEO). FYEO is certainly not the best Bond but after the ridiculous Moonraker is was a great retuning of Bond and I am a bit surprised that you say you do not really remember anything about this movie while it has so many classic scenes and actually one of the better more grounded plots of all Bond-movies. In Octopussy they quickly started going the other way again, though that movie certainly tried to keep the plot a bit more grounded and serious than most Bond-movies. I like my Bond-movies to at least feel a bit realistic, that is why I love Goldfinger, From Russia with Love, Goldeneye, Casino Royale, For Your Eyes Only and I would really like to add Living Daylights and License to Kill, but I did not like Dalton in Living Daylights because he did not seem to know what to do with the role yet, and Licence to Kill did not feel like a Bond-movie, Dalton is better here but when watching LTK I always imagine seeing Schwartzenegger playing Dalton's part and thinking it would be an even better movie. Casino Royale is the only Craig-Bond I like because of the more grounded plot, but I do not like the ending, they should have opted here for the OHMSS-ending. The other Craig-Bonds always miss the mark, I thought the idea of an overarching storyline was stupid. I never understood why Skyfall got to be so popular, yes, Javier Bardem is great but Javier Bardem did this in No Country for Old Men and we know he does this very well, but the rest of the movie is so meh, they seemed to want to return to the classic Bond-formula but not really, something that troubled Spectre even more. I do not like Quantum but at least Quantum tried to keep up with the tone that was set in Casino Royale, something Craig obviously found very important since he helped write Quantum when the writers began their strike, and something that probably made him hate the part when the writers started to deviate from that tone in Skyfall and certainly in Spectre. I like the way you presented the list, I always found that a better way than just going through a list from 25 to 1 because there is a bit more tension.
First, my tier categories: 1. Commander Bond (the best of the best) 2. Miss Moneypenny (flirts with greatness) 3. Felix Leiter (appreciated, but inconsistent) 4. Francisco Scaramanga (bad, but enjoyable) 5. Sheriff Pepper ("You're not thinkin' of...?") And now, the rankings: Commander Bond -- On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Licence to Kill, Casino Royale (2006), From Russia with Love, Goldeneye, The Living Daylights, For Your Eyes Only Miss Moneypenny -- Octopussy, You Only Live Twice, Skyfall, Moonraker, Dr. No, Thunderball, Goldfinger Felix Leiter -- Live and Let Die, The World Is Not Enough, No Time to Die, Spectre, The Spy Who Loved Me Francisco Scaramanga -- Never Say Never Again, A View to a Kill, Die Another Day, Tomorrow Never Dies Sheriff Pepper -- Casino Royale (1967), The Man with the Golden Gun, Quantum of Solace, Diamonds Are Forever
Finally someone who loves Octopussy! Octopussy isn't my favorite Bond film but it is the only Bond movie that really means something to me. This movie really got me through some hard times in my life. Thank you for putting it so high on the list!
My (likely to be slightly controversial) least favorite to favourite ranking of all 25 official films. (I only dislike the final 3.) Also my favourite Bond is Pierce Brosnan. ❤️ 25. Diamonds Are Forever 24. Die Another Day 23. Skyfall 22. Dr No 21. A View To A Kill 20. The Man With The Golden Gun 19. You Only Live Twice 18. Octopussy 17. Moonraker 16. Thunderball 15. Live And Let Die 14. Quantum Of Solace 13. Spectre 12. No Time To Die 11. From Russia With Love 10. The Living Daylights 9. For Your Eyes Only 8. Licence To Kill 7. Tomorrow Never Dies 6. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 5. Goldfinger 4. The World Is Not Enough 3. The Spy Who Loved Me 2. Casino Royale 1. Goldeneye
My own list Bond... James Bond 1. From Russia With Love 2. Goldeneye 3. Casino Royale 4. Licence To Kill 5. The Living Daylights Shaken... Not Stirred 6. Thunderball 7. Goldfinger 8. For Your Eyes Only 9. Dr. No 10. The Spy Who Loved Me 11. On Her Majesty's Secret Service Gooooood 12. Live and Let Die 13.Tomorrow Never Dies 14. You Only Live Twice 15. Skyfall Shocking... positively shocking! 16. A View To A Kill 17. The World is Not Enough 18. The Man With the Golden Gun 19. Octopussy Live and Let Die 20. Moonraker 21. Diamonds Are Forever 22. Die Another Day 23. Quantum of Solace 24. SPECTRE I've not seen NTTD to rank it
Quite surprised by how much our lists match. One or two major differences here and there, but others are literally on the cusp of the next tier either way.
Don't know if I could rank every movie... I've seen most of them, but there's a few I've only seen bits and pieces of. My top 10 would be: 1) Casino Royale 2) GoldenEye 3) Skyfall 4) Goldfinger 5) Die Another Day 6) Tomorrow Never Dies 7) The Spy Who Loved Me 8) License to Kill 9) The Living Daylights 10) No Time to Die
Thank you so much for watching all the James Bond movies!! I grew up with all of them and its nice that you finally got to see them all too and made the commitment !!! It will be interesting to see your ratings of these movies in a few years time and see if its changed or not!
I believe that you should rewatch the Connery movies. Also i would especially recommend you to rewatch Thunderball. It is very underrated on your list. You will see that in Thunderball Connery is giving his best performance as James Bond and the best overall Bond performance on the franchise. For me Thunderball, Goldfinger and From Russia with Love are the top three classic Bond films of all time.
This is my personal opinion, but I did watch Skyfall in theaters and I never understood why people were giving it so much love. First of all, I thought its theme about whether digital intelligence gathering by MI6 was justified was executed really badly, especially months after US and NATO intelligence gathering was under its worst scrutiny--re the Wikileaks disclosures surrounding US metadata gathering. (To be continued, SPOILERS BELOW) The twist that the enemy was one of M's field agents, a problem the agency created, completely undermines her argument: the security problems MI6 faced were only ever the ones it created. And the climax is that Bond stops Silva from committing a murder-suicide, only for M to die immediately afterward. It left me asking, "Why should I care about the last 2 hours I just watched anymore?" It was like a comedy, but it wasn't funny. And all those callbacks to the earlier franchise just struck me as empty. They're just reminders of better movies than the one I'm watching, and temptation to watch the next one. Well, why should I? When the last two Bond films were promised to be so great but winded up such huge disappointments? I do not exaggerate when I say Skyfall killed the James Bond franchise for me. I've not watched another one in theaters, and I've only watched Spectre with friends on home video. I didn't want to watch it, and afterward I wanted to not watch it. Even the action sequences were dull, unrealistic, more funny than thrilling. Damn you Skyfall!
There's a few variations but my list would be very similar, especially Dalton's 2 epics! Here's a few ideas for you or anyone else wanting to see the Bonds or other Co Stars in non Bond films. Eg you should totally do Dracula and the Frankenstein films with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Continuity is often Planet of the Apes sequel off but they're all great horror fun, they'd take some time to get through them :D Other suggestions are like 'The Man who haunted himself' Roger Moore's favourite role, a couple of years before he was Bond, there's a James Bond reference in it too :D Highlander's a great Sean Connery film, made around the same time as Never, he beame great friends with Christopher Lambert during the shoot, classic film.... Starting to think you've watched it already, I might be thinking of Shan... Anyway. Flash Gordon and Hot Fuzz are awesome Timothy Dalton films :D Pierce Brosnan was in The Lawnmower Man, I personally like it but it's fifty fifty with most, you either really like it or don't like it much. Oh and for Bond like vibes, the Ipcress File and it's sequels are made by the same people and Austin Powers seems to have aimed more at looking like Michael Caine, especially in Billion Dollar Brain.
I'm happy that No Time To Die was Daniel Craig's last movie as James Bond (it was a better & more entertaining 007 entry than 'Spectre'). Even if Safin wasn't a great villain, there were other things that I like very much: * The scene with the Aston Martin DB5. * The locations in Matera, Jamaica, Norway & Faroe Islands. * Madeleine finally having a bit of personality as a character. * Bond having leisure time in Italy & Jamaica. * The scenes with Felix Leiter. * Daniel Craig's performance. * Bond accompanied by another 00 agent for much of the movie, including the climax. * Blofeld executing his plan to kill James Bond from his cell * Q's character (my favorite version of the character along with Desmond Llewelyn's) * Bond pleasing a child and having other unimaginable challenges (physically and emotionally) * See MI6 having a change of 'status quo' Which moments do you like in No Time To Die?
My own ranking of the Bond movies would be using your system if I may. Bond, James Bond: On Her Majesty's Secret Service / The Spy Who Loved Me / For Your Eyes Only / Thunderball / The Living Daylights / Licence to Kill / Goldeneye / Casino Royale / Skyfall / Live an Let Die / You Only Live Twice Shaken Not Stirred: Goldfinger / From Russia With Love / The World is Not Enough Gooooooood: Dr No / Quantum of Solace / Tomorrow Never Dies Shocking, Positively Shocking: Moonraker / The Man With the Golden Gun / Never Say Never Again Live and Let Die: Die Another Day / Diamonds Are Forever / A View To a Kill / No Time to Die / SPECTRE I've really, really enjoyed your journey through classic Bond but I would like to address one final thing about the perception of You Only Live Twice being racist. I have actually lived in Japan . I lived in Chiba Prefecture, outside of Tokyo. A largely rural area. I taught English at a language school in nearby Noda city. James Bond has always been hugely popular in Japan and You Only Live Twice is one of the most popular Bond movies over there. The Japanese actually find Sean Connery's unconvincing transformation into a Japanese fisherman hilariously funny and do not find it racist or are offended by it at all.
Great list! Agree on a lot of things. The thing with the Bond-films is that there are few that are terrible. I mean, even though Diamonds are forever is among the worst, it is entertaining, in my opinion. If you compare to other movie series where mostly the first 2 movies are good and after that they become absolute shite, the Bond-movies do have a very high lowest point.
1. From Russia with Love 2. Goldfinger 3. You Only Live Twice 4. Octopussy 5. A View to a Kill 6. Tomorrow Never Dies 7. The Living Daylights 8. For Your Eyes Only 9. Skyfall 10. Licence to Kill 11. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 12. Thunderball 13. The World Is Not Enough 14. Dr. No 15. Diamonds Are Forever 16. GoldenEye 17. Die Another Day 18. The Spy Who Loved Me 19. The Man with the Golden Gun 20. Moonraker 21. Live and Let Die 22. Casino Royale 23. Spectre 24. Quantum of Solace 25. No Time to Die
this would be fun after any long franchise concludes. Especial if they rebooted the series or actors a few times Maybe Star Tereks or Spider-man or Batman or police academy or Harry Potter or Godzillas... yah Godzilla is a long one with lots of vibes and reboots. Do Godzilla next. also you gotta do Casino Royale 1967 actully the more I think of it the more I want to see you react to and rank all the Toho films like not just every Godzilla movie even the American Godzillas but also the Mothra films and the Kong ones, Falkenstine congers the world, and The War of the Gargantuas
Nice rankings, I agree with most of it... especially Living Daylights but I hated License to Kill (horrible casting, cheesy directing). From the beginning of your video, the color system is all backwards, green=good, red= bad! Good job overall!
Great listing. Unsurprisingly, given personal tastes, I don’t agree with quite a lot of it: for me SEAN CONNERY had the best mix of edge, playful humour and charisma as Bond and my top five are 1. GOLDFINGER 2. FRWL 3. DR. NO 4. CASINO ROYALE (2006) and 5. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS. However, your passion and enthusiasm for movies of all kinds and from all eras (even finding positive things to say about DIE ANOTHER DAY!) make your reactions a lot of fun to watch, and this is a very enjoyable Bond overview.
Interesting ranking... here's mine: 1. The Spy Who Loved Me 2. Casino Royale 3. From Russia With Love 4. Goldfinger 5. Skyfall ---------------------------------------------------------- 6. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 7. Dr. No 8. GoldenEye 9. Live and Let Die 10. Octopussy ----------------------------------------------------------- 11. For Your Eyes Only 12. Licence To Kill 13. No Time To Die 14. The Living Daylights 15. The World Is Not Enough ----------------------------------------------------------- 16. Thunderball 17. You Only Live Twice 18. Tomorrow Never Dies 19. Quantum of Solace 20. Moonraker ----------------------------------------------------------- 21. Spectre 22. Die Another Day 23. The Man with the Golden Gun 24. A View to a Kill 25. Diamonds Are Forever
Not bad. Here to help... Bond James Bond are The Spy Who Loved Me, Living Daylights, Casino Royale, Skyfall Every Sean Connery.🌞 Oh and He didn't die. No Time To Die. 🍸
Ok now. There is no way, ........no way........that Never Say Never should be in front of For Your Eyes Only. And also Die Another Day? Oh my land!! LoL. One thing became evident with this Bond journey. Those of us that grew up with Bond, actually lived through and watched the movies as they came out through the years..vs..those that watch them all later and caught up quickly, there is a difference of opinion. I think we had more time to let certain ones sink in and let appreciation grow, marinate if you will. They all had different impacts on us because they came to us at different points of our lives, and as our tastes evolved. One thing for sure....after another 20 years, your lists order will change! Guaranteed! It does for all of us.
Must watch video of Q's namesake, Geoffrey Boothroy, who wrote a letter to Ian Fleming saying that Bond's Beretta was "really a lady’s gun": th-cam.com/video/VuO34MDezzU/w-d-xo.html
I really like No Time To Die! I don't mind the ending, but the villain is what holds this film back for me... I really liked that NTTD redeemed the Bond/Swan love story...
See I like you only Live twice, gold finger and a view to a kill. And Diamonds are forever purely because of the theme and Tiffany case . My least favourite is thunder ball and on her majesty secret service .
This was fun. Personally, I would have ranked "For Your Eyes Only" at least one category higher, simply because of the strong female lead. But I was always going to be happy with your rankings as long as "Licence to Kill" was somewhere "up there" (and I knew it would be). Possibly my favourite Bond film, definitely in my top 5.
No one will ever post a JB ranking on TH-cam that will ever match someone else's ranking. Ollie is only 12 years old or so he might change his mind later
To me there's 10 Bond movies I think are worth watching more than once. In order of release I'd go: 1. FRWL 2. OHMSS 3. DAF 4. Moonraker 5. Octopussy 6. TLD 7. LTK 8. GoldenEye 9. TND 10. TWINE
Killing off Bond is the worst decision ever made in a Bond film in my opinion. NTTD was a great film besides that. It was fun seeing your ranking and following your Bond journey! Here is my ranking (P.S. I grew up with Pierce Brosnan's films) 1. The World Is Not Enough 2. For Your Eyes Only 3. Casino Royale 4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 5. From Russia With Love 6. Tomorrow Never Dies 7. Thunderball 8. GoldenEye 9. Licence to Kill 10. The Living Daylights 11. The Spy Who Loved Me 12. No Time to Die 13. Goldfinger 14. Octopussy 15. Live and Let Die 16. You Only Live Twice 17. Moonraker 18. Skyfall 19. Die Another Day 20. Dr. No 21. Diamonds Are Forever 22. The Man with the Golden Gun 23. Quantum of Solace 24. A View to a Kill 25. Spectre 26. Never Say Never Again 27. Casino Royale 1967 28. Casino Royale 1954
I would LOVE to know how you create a graph like this. I'm sure it's simple, but I'm an old timer. I kinda want to make a list of my own. If anyone can let me know, I'd appreciate it.
Time enjoyably spent. You got "From Russia" up there at the top, so we're cool. 😉 The only serious disagreement I have is you putting "Octopussy" so high. For my generation (X), Moore was our Bond, and to see him as a CLOWN was simply unforgivable. (My 1st Bond: "Moonraker") But your praise of the film is making me consider watching Octo again, 40 years later. And yeah, don't be surprised if OHMSS slowly moves up your rankings as the years go on. So many fresh takes on the character and his world. Anyway, great job!
I like and respect your ranking my dear even if mine is a little different 👍🏻👍🏻 My Bond will Always be Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan was also great imo. Octopussy is one of my personnal favorite whith the spy who loves me and goldeneye. Nice journey by your side in the James Bond world, and i agree that nearly every film in the franchise is a "good" movie at least partialy 🙂 thanks for your awesomes reactions 👍🏻👍🏻
34:32 Skyfall was also the first Bond film I saw in theatres... I got onboard the James Bond train during the whole 50th anniversary thing... Me and my whole family went to see it and it was amazing. I'll never forget it...
I was a kid when these movies started, so this is as much a generational difference as anything, but I will just speak of the two early Bonds in the movies. Sean - #1 is Goldfinger. You are correct, it introduces the Bond world but without (and this is important I think) a villain who is trying to take over the world … he is essentially just a thief. Has the best henchman (I like him better than Jaws, the hat alone makes him), has the best car, and has the best Bond girl name. And wow, for me the worst of all the pre-1980 Bond movies without a doubt is From Russia with Love. How they managed to make a Bond movie dull and boring is beyond me. I even thought the train scene was a yawner. If you can’t tell, I really hate this movie. It is literally the only Bond movie that I will not watch again. Lol. Best Roger - Man with the Golden Gun. This was the first time it was “personal” for Bond and the villain is great. Also, Live and Let Die is a fantastic movie. Give it another chance.
I also think that even the worst 007 movie is still an average/aceptable movie in general... or better than many feature films of a similar caliber. Something that I find fascinating in the 007 film franchise is that it has quality standards or minimum requirements to give us an entertaining product that, in the best of cases, can become a classic of cinema... or, in the worst case scenario, ends up as just another object on its assembly line (but it never becomes one of the worst films of all time). I mean, I'd give my least favorite 007 movie a zero if I compare it to the other 25 films, but if I weigh it against the entire spectrum of world cinema, I'd probably give it a 5 or 6. Also, my favorite Bond movie (which has a 10 out of 10 compared to the other 25 installments) would actually have an 8 or 9 if compared to much more iconic films in history. At the end of the day, I think that the fact that these films are part of a 60-year-old cinematographic tradition and have followers who have maintained it as a cult phenomenon (praising its virtues more than its flaws), makes it easier to appreciate one of its movies, even if it's the most generic Bond movie or doesn't fill the shoes of other film franchises. If I've never fallen asleep watching a 007 movie (or stopped it long before its climax) or if it makes me want to give it another shot with a fellow Bond fan present... it must mean something, right?
I really like your list~! I think mine would be similiar and i'm so happy the love you give for "The Living Daylights" (and Timontyh Dalton in general, he's my favorite bond!) as i feel it's probably the most underrated of James Bond films to this day that i find myself watching it the most from time and time again, same with "octopussy" ! I also totally get what you're saying about "Die another day" as i recently rewatched it after so long, it's one of those movies that are so bad they're kind of good in their badness, or atleast entertaining! Unlike "Diamonds are forever" which i deff agree with being the bottom one. I hated "Diamonds", it's cheap, ugly and aggravating in how it tries to be "Look at how we're poking fun at ourselves" in the most cynical levels. Not to mention, disappointing followup for "Majesty's". If there's anything i'd change from the list, i'd probably knock "Thunderball" and "Never say never again" into Live and Let Die -category, as i find one an expensive bore of an action movie, and latter missed opportunity and also boring. Maybe that movie's plot just doesn't work for me.
this was such a good ranking! i’ve always enjoyed this franchise yet i’ve only watched a few entries from start to finish. recently i’ve been determined to watch them all properly, and you explained each film perfectly! you’ve peaked my interest in a lot of them👌🏼
I definitely rate _Live and Let Die_ higher. While _No Time to Die_ made it fun to try spotting all the allusions to the previous movies, it was otherwise shockingly mediocre in plot and writing; I was astonished at how good the reviews were, but that might be because most of the reviewers were young and had their taste shaped by the Craig films. It will be interesting to see how the producers choose to reboot after killing Bond; they've always maintained that Bond is *not* a codename. There could be a successor Agent 007, but not another James Bond.
@RolyPolyOllie Reactions - How is YOLT racist ? Bond tries to disguise himself to blend into the community. Thats not racist. The definition of racist is: "prejudiced against or antagonistic towards a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalised." Bond is the minority fish out of water in this movie so he must change accordingly. Also, JW Pepper is deliberately created as a racist character to indicate the level of racism in the USA at that time by caricaturing the deep south racist stereotype. Instead of preaching about racism through virtue signalling and exposition, the filmmakers made Pepper a buffoon to show how stupid racism is. He's not just a fun character, who many enjoy, he is the convex mirror to mainstream racist tropes of the time and therefore an important part of the movie satire puzzle. PS in Dalton's name, the DA IS pronounced like DOOR - so it sounds like dawl-tonne.
you are right....but university,media and this diversity-talk...etc,etc...ingrained guilt by design(political goals)...if you are young and want to be a good person-they may trap you...
And this is it! The final Bond video on my channel (not including Austin Powers). Here I rank every single Bond flick from most Bond to least Bond and I include my thoughts on the Daniel Craig era as well for anyone who would like to know my thoughts on those films. It has been an epic journey through each and every Bond film and I would really like to say thank you so much everyone for sticking around! I have enjoyed reading every single comment (even the bad ones!) and loved hearing your opinions on each film. If you disagree with my rankings, as I am sure you will, please let me know yours in the comments!
Have a great day! :)
Great list! I'm a fan of all these movies, so it would be kinda difficult for me to rank them. So I can appreciate when somebody takes the time to rank them due to their personal opinions. Connery and Moore are both equal pinnacle Bonds to me, since I grew up watching their old movies as a pre-teen. OHMSS is great; you might re-evaluate that one one day, like a poster before me mentioned. But Dalton and his two movies are special favorites of mine. Even Christopher Nolan lists him as his favorite Bond actor. As a teen, I started getting heavily into the series after Licence to Kill was released. And whenever I see Brosnan and Craig's films, I can't help but compare them all to the legacy of Dalton's gritty, Fleming-inspired approach, even though they're both great actors, and their films (especially GoldenEye and Casino Royale) are entertaining in their own right.
Great and I agree with most of your rankings! Thanks so much for doing this and for all the videos. I enjoyed sharing this long journey with you. Am also glad to see so much love for Timothy Dalton's movies as he was one of my childhood Bonds along with Roger Moore and I also rate them highly! Well done on completing this series and giving us so much entertainment along the way!
@@iangrant3615 Thank you for watching along with me!!It was such a fun journey!
How is YOLT racist ? Bond tries to disguise himself to blend into the community. Thats not racist. The definition of racist is: "prejudiced against or antagonistic towards a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalised." Bond is the minority fish out of water in this movie so he must change accordingly. Also, JW Pepper is deliberately created as a racist character to indicate the level of racism in the USA at that time by caricaturing the deep south racist stereotype. Instead of preaching about racism through virtue signalling and exposition, the filmmakers made Pepper a buffoon to show how stupid racism is. He's not just a fun character, who many enjoy, he is the convex mirror to mainstream racist tropes of the time and therefore an important part of the movie satire puzzle. PS in Dalton's name, the DA IS pronounced like DOOR - so it sounds like dawl-tonne.
Timothy Dalton's Bond had a unique emotional range. He's physical and violent, tense like piano wire. He's a real rebel, and can barely tolerate following orders from MI6. But he's also the most sentimental of the Bonds, and has the most genuine and kind smile.
Dalton's Bond is certainly a lot more complex than the others. He is everything Daniel Craig tried to be, actually.
Dalton's Bond is closest to the Bond of the books. License To Kill is my favourite and contains Flemings iconic "He disagreed with something that ate him"
Timothy Dalton is the GOAT! The Living Daylights is my favourite movie of them all! i would put Octopussy in 2nd place and either Goldeneye or Casino Royale in 3rd.
I keep saying Dalton .. and people just laugh at me ..
I know it's all personal opinions, but... seriously? 'Man With The Golden Gun' above 'Live And Let Die'?
...I'm hurt, man.
For Your Eyes Only is the last "appearance" of Blofeld and also shows Teresa Bond's grave at the beginning of the movie.
Top 10 'James Bond' Films :
10. You Only Live Twice (1967) 5. Moonraker (1979)
9. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) 4. Dr. NO (1962)
8. Casino Royale (2006) 3. Thunderball (1965)
7. Octopussy (1983) 2. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
6. Goldfinger (1964) 1. From Russia with Love (1963)
100% agree with your list. Living daylights was my favorite too. Only wish there was more Dalton.
Here's my tier list. Definitely think that OHMSS might grow on you on a rewatch, even the action. I feel like it strikes a pretty perfect balance between intense and frenetic, but also the viewer still being able to follow along pretty handily.
My favorite Bond (as you may guess from my ranking) is Dalton. Timmy D. the legend!
25. Die Another Day
24. Diamonds Are Forever
23. The Man With The Golden Gun
22. A View To A Kill
21. Spectre
20. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. You Only Live Twice
18. Quantum of Solace
17. Thunderball
16. Live And Let Die
15. Moonraker
14. Goldfinger
13. The World Is Not Enough
12. Octopussy
11. Dr. No
10. No Time To Die
9. For Your Eyes Only
8. Goldeneye
7. From Russia With Love
6. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. Skyfall
4. The Living Daylights
3. Casino Royale
2. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
1. License To Kill
Seven movies in your top line is Perfect because he is 007 After All with that being said I'll give you my Top 7
1 Goldfinger
2 Skyfall
3 The Spy Who Loved Me
4 Tomorrow Never Dies
5 From Russia With Love
6 Octopussy
7 OHMSS
Great Video!!! Its been fun going on your James Bond journey. I agree with you that even my least favorite movie is still watchable, cause I just love each bond movie for what they are.
My rankings of Bond movies are below, not counting Never say never again. Thanks for all you do and keep up the good work.
1.Casino Royal
2.Living Daylights
3.Goldeneye
4.The Spy Who Loved Me
5.License To Kill
6.From Russia With Love
7.Skyfall
8.For Your Eyes Only
9.Octopussy
10.You Only Live Twice
11.Tomorrow Never Dies
12.Goldfinger
13.The World Is Not Eoungh
14.A View To A Kill
15.No Time To Die
16.Quanton Of Solace
17.Thunderball
18.Moonraker
19.Dr. No
20.Diamonds Are Forever
21.Live And Let Die
22.Die Another Day
23.The Man With The Golden Gun
24.Spectre
25.On Her Majesty Secret Service
FRWL, OHMSS, TSWLM, TLD, GE, CR.
Objective Best film of each actor.
Great ranking. I have respect for this list, however, as a Bond fan, of course no one's ranking is exactly the same. But it is fun to compare. Here's my list:
25. The Man With The Golden Gun
24. Diamonds Are Forever
23. A View To A Kill
22. The World Is Not Enough
21. Quantum Of Solace
20. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. Moonraker
18. You Only Live Twice
17. Octopussy
16. Die Another Day
15. Live And Let Die
14. The Living Daylights
13. Spectre
12. For Your Eyes Only
11. Dr. No
10. The Spy Who Loved Me
9. Skyfall
8. Goldfinger
7. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
6. Thunderball
5. Licence To Kill
4. No Time To Die
3. From Russia With Love
2. Casino Royale
1. Goldeneye
I’d like to see you do Casino Royale (1967), the James Bond spoof. It’s not good but it has some entertaining parts.
I agree. It is very fragmentary, especially in the second half, due to the use of multiple directors, and it has some issues related to the over-inflated egos of some of the cast, especially Peter Sellers, who walked out of the production which meant that the film had to be cut around his scenes. There are, however, some funny moments, excellent music and great art direction, especially the heavily stylised Berlin sequence. It also has a brilliant cast: David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, Deborah Kerr, Ursula Andress, et al.
Kind of "shocking" ;) to me about Live and Let Die! I personally think you are giving a little too much weight to the annoyance of the sheriff character haha. He fits in the story and world if you ask me. It's kind of a collage/pastiche of the American south and American culture of the time. There's so much to love about this movie, its impossible for me to care about any shortcomings it might have. The energy is infectious to me. For me its tied for the best with Casino Royale. :)
Also, just putting this out there: the Quantum of Solace stans confuse me. It's objectively a bad movie, haha.
Great review
So glad to see both of daltons bonds were they should be at the top.
On Hulu, I believe, there's a documentary called Becoming Bond which details the truly incredible story of how George Lazenby landed the role of Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (and why it was his only one.) Positively shocking, if it wasn't true you'd never believe it.
Right now, my ranking would be:
First Quartile: Goldeneye, The Spy who loved me, Casino Royale, Skyfall, Goldfinger, Licence to Kill
Second Quartile: You only live twice, Tomorrow never dies, On her Majesties Secret Service, Moonraker, The Living Daylights, For your eyes only
Third Quartile: Octopussy, Live and let die, From Russia with love, The World is not enough, Thunderball, Dr. No
Fourth Quartile: A View to a Kill, The Man with the Golden Gun, Quantum of Solace, Diamonds are forever, Die another Day, Spectre
Dr.No serves as a Benchmark of sorts, with all movies below it (fourth Quartile) being below par (enjoyable, yes, but flawed)
I don't know where to rank No Time to die yet, but right now it'd be right in between second and third Quartile.
This is excellent placings I’ve seen so far since I’ve been looking at Bond rankings recently. All 25 are around where mine would be. Only a handful close-ish but it’d be tough to see spot on. Anyway hats off, good sir. Goldeneye my number 1.
other than Daiamonds are Forever .In ten years Moonraker will be your favorite movie..that's just how it works.😁
Ahahah I'm looking forward to that moment!
I think
Funniest Bond : Roger Moore
Fave Bond Movie :
On Her majesty’s service
Coolest Bond :
Sean Connery
Fave Portrayal of Bond:
Timothy Dalton
Worst Bond girls & Movies:
Pierce Brosnans series.
Felt Overly long & hyped Bond movies :
Daniel Craigs series
Should be next Bond :
Henry Cavill or Richard Madden.
Should have been Bond : Clive Owen .
Best Non Bond, Bond style movies : The Bourne series
All IMO , and bond is for everyone ..
Been a bond fan since the early 80’s. Here’s my list.
25 Quantum of Solace
24 No Time to Die
23 Spectre
22 Tomorrow Never Dies
21 Octopussy
20 Die Another Day
19 A View to a Kill
18 The World is Not Enough
17 Moonraker
16 Diamonds are Forever
15 Skyfall
14 Dr No
13 The Man With the Golden Gun
12 Live and Let Die
11 You Only Live Twice
10 Licence to Kill
9 Goldeneye
8 On her Majesty’s Secret Service
7 Casino Royale
6 Thunderball
5 The Living Daylights
4 The Spy Who Loved Me
3 Goldfinger
2 For Your Eyes Only
1 From Russia With Love
I know what you mean about your first Bond Movie in theaters having a Special Place in your heart for Me that's Tomorrow Never Dies
My top 5 is:
1.- Casino Royale, simply the best James Bond movie.
2.- Goldfinger, one of the best and the most important James Bond film. It's influence during the 1960's was tremendous. And by the way, Sean Connery is my favorite James Bond.
3.- On the Majesty Secret Service. Telly Savalas was the best Blofeld for me and Tracy was one of the best Bond girls.
4.- GoldenEye. It had the best that you can wait in a Bond movie.
5.- The Spy who Loved Me. Everything work in this movie.
Here's my list from worst to best
26. Never say never again
25. A view to a kill
24. Spectre
23. Quantum of solace
22. Octopussy
21. Thunderball
20. For your eyes only
19. Diamonds are forever
18. Moonraker
17. Live and let die
16. Die another day
15. Dr No
14. The man with the golden gun
13. The world is not enough
12. Tomorrow never dies
11. Goldfinger
10. Skyfall
9. From Russia with love
8. The spy who loved me
7. The living daylights
6. You only live twice
5. Goldeneye
4. Licence to kill
3. Casino royale
2. No Time to die
1. On her majesty's secret service
Good taste sir. But i do think the reason you dont like live and let die is because it wasto hyped for you. Try watching it again. To me its on the shaken not stirred list
Great tier list!
My top 10 would be-
10. For Your Eyes Only
9. The Living Daylights
8. Tomorrow Never Dies
7. License to Kill
6. From Russia with Love
5. The Spy who Loved me
4. Skyfall
3. Goldeneye
2. Goldfinger
1. Casino royale
I am so happy that you appreciate From Russia With Love, my favourite movie. Prime espionage movie and prime Connery!
Glad to know there are more of us Octopussy fans out there
So glad you rate Timothy Dalton so highly. I have been secretly thinking for years that The Living Daylights might be my favourite Bond movie...
Dalton was Craig 20 years too soon and people weren't ready for him.
For Your Eyes Only has a smaller plot but it is a very Cold-War-plot. The race for tech that can disturb the balance in the Cold War is classic spy-thriller. When I think of For Your Eyes Only I immediately remember the attack on the Havelocks, the 2CV-chase (one of the best car-chases in Bond-movies and Bond is not even driving), the Bond-girl, Topol, the complete ski chase, the twist, Bond killing Locque, the climb to the monastery. Yes, the movie is a bit too long, some action-scenes could have been cut (the scenes on the icehockeyring and the attack with the cycles in the village seemed so 'oops, we have gone through 10 minutes without an action-scene'), the way Kristatos wanted to execute Melina and Bond after catching them was so stupid (after seeing the scene in Austin Powers where Dr Evil refuses to just shoot Austin Powers I always laugh when I get to that scene in FYEO). FYEO is certainly not the best Bond but after the ridiculous Moonraker is was a great retuning of Bond and I am a bit surprised that you say you do not really remember anything about this movie while it has so many classic scenes and actually one of the better more grounded plots of all Bond-movies. In Octopussy they quickly started going the other way again, though that movie certainly tried to keep the plot a bit more grounded and serious than most Bond-movies. I like my Bond-movies to at least feel a bit realistic, that is why I love Goldfinger, From Russia with Love, Goldeneye, Casino Royale, For Your Eyes Only and I would really like to add Living Daylights and License to Kill, but I did not like Dalton in Living Daylights because he did not seem to know what to do with the role yet, and Licence to Kill did not feel like a Bond-movie, Dalton is better here but when watching LTK I always imagine seeing Schwartzenegger playing Dalton's part and thinking it would be an even better movie. Casino Royale is the only Craig-Bond I like because of the more grounded plot, but I do not like the ending, they should have opted here for the OHMSS-ending. The other Craig-Bonds always miss the mark, I thought the idea of an overarching storyline was stupid. I never understood why Skyfall got to be so popular, yes, Javier Bardem is great but Javier Bardem did this in No Country for Old Men and we know he does this very well, but the rest of the movie is so meh, they seemed to want to return to the classic Bond-formula but not really, something that troubled Spectre even more. I do not like Quantum but at least Quantum tried to keep up with the tone that was set in Casino Royale, something Craig obviously found very important since he helped write Quantum when the writers began their strike, and something that probably made him hate the part when the writers started to deviate from that tone in Skyfall and certainly in Spectre. I like the way you presented the list, I always found that a better way than just going through a list from 25 to 1 because there is a bit more tension.
First, my tier categories:
1. Commander Bond (the best of the best)
2. Miss Moneypenny (flirts with greatness)
3. Felix Leiter (appreciated, but inconsistent)
4. Francisco Scaramanga (bad, but enjoyable)
5. Sheriff Pepper ("You're not thinkin' of...?")
And now, the rankings:
Commander Bond -- On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Licence to Kill, Casino Royale (2006), From Russia with Love, Goldeneye, The Living Daylights, For Your Eyes Only
Miss Moneypenny -- Octopussy, You Only Live Twice, Skyfall, Moonraker, Dr. No, Thunderball, Goldfinger
Felix Leiter -- Live and Let Die, The World Is Not Enough, No Time to Die, Spectre, The Spy Who Loved Me
Francisco Scaramanga -- Never Say Never Again, A View to a Kill, Die Another Day, Tomorrow Never Dies
Sheriff Pepper -- Casino Royale (1967), The Man with the Golden Gun, Quantum of Solace, Diamonds Are Forever
Finally someone who loves Octopussy! Octopussy isn't my favorite Bond film but it is the only Bond movie that really means something to me. This movie really got me through some hard times in my life. Thank you for putting it so high on the list!
My (likely to be slightly controversial) least favorite to favourite ranking of all 25 official films. (I only dislike the final 3.)
Also my favourite Bond is Pierce Brosnan. ❤️
25. Diamonds Are Forever
24. Die Another Day
23. Skyfall
22. Dr No
21. A View To A Kill
20. The Man With The Golden Gun
19. You Only Live Twice
18. Octopussy
17. Moonraker
16. Thunderball
15. Live And Let Die
14. Quantum Of Solace
13. Spectre
12. No Time To Die
11. From Russia With Love
10. The Living Daylights
9. For Your Eyes Only
8. Licence To Kill
7. Tomorrow Never Dies
6. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
5. Goldfinger
4. The World Is Not Enough
3. The Spy Who Loved Me
2. Casino Royale
1. Goldeneye
My own list
Bond... James Bond
1. From Russia With Love
2. Goldeneye
3. Casino Royale
4. Licence To Kill
5. The Living Daylights
Shaken... Not Stirred
6. Thunderball
7. Goldfinger
8. For Your Eyes Only
9. Dr. No
10. The Spy Who Loved Me
11. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Gooooood
12. Live and Let Die
13.Tomorrow Never Dies
14. You Only Live Twice
15. Skyfall
Shocking... positively shocking!
16. A View To A Kill
17. The World is Not Enough
18. The Man With the Golden Gun
19. Octopussy
Live and Let Die
20. Moonraker
21. Diamonds Are Forever
22. Die Another Day
23. Quantum of Solace
24. SPECTRE
I've not seen NTTD to rank it
Quite surprised by how much our lists match. One or two major differences here and there, but others are literally on the cusp of the next tier either way.
Don't know if I could rank every movie... I've seen most of them, but there's a few I've only seen bits and pieces of. My top 10 would be:
1) Casino Royale
2) GoldenEye
3) Skyfall
4) Goldfinger
5) Die Another Day
6) Tomorrow Never Dies
7) The Spy Who Loved Me
8) License to Kill
9) The Living Daylights
10) No Time to Die
Thank you so much for watching all the James Bond movies!! I grew up with all of them and its nice that you finally got to see them all too and made the commitment !!!
It will be interesting to see your ratings of these movies in a few years time and see if its changed or not!
Octopussy's train chase sequence is possibly the most exciting part of any james bond movie ever.. besides maybe the cargo plane fight in TLD.
I believe that you should rewatch the Connery movies. Also i would especially recommend you to rewatch Thunderball. It is very underrated on your list. You will see that in Thunderball Connery is giving his best performance as James Bond and the best overall Bond performance on the franchise. For me Thunderball, Goldfinger and From Russia with Love are the top three classic Bond films of all time.
This is my personal opinion, but I did watch Skyfall in theaters and I never understood why people were giving it so much love. First of all, I thought its theme about whether digital intelligence gathering by MI6 was justified was executed really badly, especially months after US and NATO intelligence gathering was under its worst scrutiny--re the Wikileaks disclosures surrounding US metadata gathering. (To be continued, SPOILERS BELOW)
The twist that the enemy was one of M's field agents, a problem the agency created, completely undermines her argument: the security problems MI6 faced were only ever the ones it created. And the climax is that Bond stops Silva from committing a murder-suicide, only for M to die immediately afterward. It left me asking, "Why should I care about the last 2 hours I just watched anymore?" It was like a comedy, but it wasn't funny.
And all those callbacks to the earlier franchise just struck me as empty. They're just reminders of better movies than the one I'm watching, and temptation to watch the next one. Well, why should I? When the last two Bond films were promised to be so great but winded up such huge disappointments? I do not exaggerate when I say Skyfall killed the James Bond franchise for me. I've not watched another one in theaters, and I've only watched Spectre with friends on home video. I didn't want to watch it, and afterward I wanted to not watch it. Even the action sequences were dull, unrealistic, more funny than thrilling. Damn you Skyfall!
There's a few variations but my list would be very similar, especially Dalton's 2 epics!
Here's a few ideas for you or anyone else wanting to see the Bonds or other Co Stars in non Bond films. Eg you should totally do Dracula and the Frankenstein films with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Continuity is often Planet of the Apes sequel off but they're all great horror fun, they'd take some time to get through them :D
Other suggestions are like 'The Man who haunted himself' Roger Moore's favourite role, a couple of years before he was Bond, there's a James Bond reference in it too :D
Highlander's a great Sean Connery film, made around the same time as Never, he beame great friends with Christopher Lambert during the shoot, classic film.... Starting to think you've watched it already, I might be thinking of Shan... Anyway.
Flash Gordon and Hot Fuzz are awesome Timothy Dalton films :D
Pierce Brosnan was in The Lawnmower Man, I personally like it but it's fifty fifty with most, you either really like it or don't like it much.
Oh and for Bond like vibes, the Ipcress File and it's sequels are made by the same people and Austin Powers seems to have aimed more at looking like Michael Caine, especially in Billion Dollar Brain.
I'm happy that No Time To Die was Daniel Craig's last movie as James Bond (it was a better & more entertaining 007 entry than 'Spectre').
Even if Safin wasn't a great villain, there were other things that I like very much:
* The scene with the Aston Martin DB5.
* The locations in Matera, Jamaica, Norway & Faroe Islands.
* Madeleine finally having a bit of personality as a character.
* Bond having leisure time in Italy & Jamaica.
* The scenes with Felix Leiter.
* Daniel Craig's performance.
* Bond accompanied by another 00 agent for much of the movie, including the climax.
* Blofeld executing his plan to kill James Bond from his cell
* Q's character (my favorite version of the character along with Desmond Llewelyn's)
* Bond pleasing a child and having other unimaginable challenges (physically and emotionally)
* See MI6 having a change of 'status quo'
Which moments do you like in No Time To Die?
My own ranking of the Bond movies would be using your system if I may.
Bond, James Bond: On Her Majesty's Secret Service / The Spy Who Loved Me / For Your Eyes Only / Thunderball / The Living
Daylights / Licence to Kill / Goldeneye / Casino Royale / Skyfall / Live an Let Die / You Only Live Twice
Shaken Not Stirred: Goldfinger / From Russia With Love / The World is Not Enough
Gooooooood: Dr No / Quantum of Solace / Tomorrow Never Dies
Shocking, Positively Shocking: Moonraker / The Man With the Golden Gun / Never Say Never Again
Live and Let Die: Die Another Day / Diamonds Are Forever / A View To a Kill / No Time to Die / SPECTRE
I've really, really enjoyed your journey through classic Bond but I would like to address one final thing about the perception of You Only Live Twice being racist. I have actually lived in Japan . I lived in Chiba Prefecture, outside of Tokyo. A largely rural area. I taught English at a language school in nearby Noda city. James Bond has always been hugely popular in Japan and You Only Live Twice is one of the most popular Bond movies over there. The Japanese actually find Sean Connery's unconvincing transformation into a Japanese fisherman hilariously funny and do not find it racist or are offended by it at all.
Favorite Bond movie: From Russia with Love
Favorite Bond actor: Sean Connery
Favorite non-Bond spy movie: North by Northwest
Great list! Agree on a lot of things. The thing with the Bond-films is that there are few that are terrible. I mean, even though Diamonds are forever is among the worst, it is entertaining, in my opinion. If you compare to other movie series where mostly the first 2 movies are good and after that they become absolute shite, the Bond-movies do have a very high lowest point.
1. From Russia with Love
2. Goldfinger
3. You Only Live Twice
4. Octopussy
5. A View to a Kill
6. Tomorrow Never Dies
7. The Living Daylights
8. For Your Eyes Only
9. Skyfall
10. Licence to Kill
11. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
12. Thunderball
13. The World Is Not Enough
14. Dr. No
15. Diamonds Are Forever
16. GoldenEye
17. Die Another Day
18. The Spy Who Loved Me
19. The Man with the Golden Gun
20. Moonraker
21. Live and Let Die
22. Casino Royale
23. Spectre
24. Quantum of Solace
25. No Time to Die
Loved rewatching these films with you! Was over all too soon. I will probably take another run through again soon.
this would be fun after any long franchise concludes. Especial if they rebooted the series or actors a few times Maybe Star Tereks or Spider-man or Batman or police academy or Harry Potter or Godzillas... yah Godzilla is a long one with lots of vibes and reboots. Do Godzilla next.
also you gotta do Casino Royale 1967
actully the more I think of it the more I want to see you react to and rank all the Toho films like not just every Godzilla movie even the American Godzillas but also the Mothra films and the Kong ones, Falkenstine congers the world, and The War of the Gargantuas
Nice rankings, I agree with most of it... especially Living Daylights but I hated License to Kill (horrible casting, cheesy directing). From the beginning of your video, the color system is all backwards, green=good, red= bad! Good job overall!
Great listing. Unsurprisingly, given personal tastes, I don’t agree with quite a lot of it: for me SEAN CONNERY had the best mix of edge, playful humour and charisma as Bond and my top five are 1. GOLDFINGER 2. FRWL 3. DR. NO 4. CASINO ROYALE (2006) and 5. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS. However, your passion and enthusiasm for movies of all kinds and from all eras (even finding positive things to say about DIE ANOTHER DAY!) make your reactions a lot of fun to watch, and this is a very enjoyable Bond overview.
I ❤ to see Octopussy so high, it's really great 👍
Quantum of solace is really 💩
My no.1 is The spy who loved me ❤
Great ranking. Goldfinger, The spy who loved me and Casino Royale would be my top three
you are sane with regard to DAD.. but wow.. Skyfall villain is weak!?!??!! SHOCKING.
Interesting ranking... here's mine:
1. The Spy Who Loved Me
2. Casino Royale
3. From Russia With Love
4. Goldfinger
5. Skyfall
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6. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
7. Dr. No
8. GoldenEye
9. Live and Let Die
10. Octopussy
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11. For Your Eyes Only
12. Licence To Kill
13. No Time To Die
14. The Living Daylights
15. The World Is Not Enough
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16. Thunderball
17. You Only Live Twice
18. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. Quantum of Solace
20. Moonraker
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21. Spectre
22. Die Another Day
23. The Man with the Golden Gun
24. A View to a Kill
25. Diamonds Are Forever
Not bad. Here to help...
Bond James Bond are
The Spy Who Loved Me,
Living Daylights,
Casino Royale,
Skyfall
Every Sean Connery.🌞
Oh and
He didn't die. No Time To Die.
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Ok now. There is no way, ........no way........that Never Say Never should be in front of For Your Eyes Only. And also Die Another Day? Oh my land!! LoL. One thing became evident with this Bond journey. Those of us that grew up with Bond, actually lived through and watched the movies as they came out through the years..vs..those that watch them all later and caught up quickly, there is a difference of opinion. I think we had more time to let certain ones sink in and let appreciation grow, marinate if you will. They all had different impacts on us because they came to us at different points of our lives, and as our tastes evolved. One thing for sure....after another 20 years, your lists order will change! Guaranteed! It does for all of us.
Must watch video of Q's namesake, Geoffrey Boothroy, who wrote a letter to Ian Fleming saying that Bond's Beretta was "really a lady’s gun": th-cam.com/video/VuO34MDezzU/w-d-xo.html
So the only good thing about live and let die was jaws and the music😭 just say it was too many black characters for you🙄
I really like No Time To Die! I don't mind the ending, but the villain is what holds this film back for me... I really liked that NTTD redeemed the Bond/Swan love story...
See I like you only Live twice, gold finger and a view to a kill. And Diamonds are forever purely because of the theme and Tiffany case . My least favourite is thunder ball and on her majesty secret service .
This was fun. Personally, I would have ranked "For Your Eyes Only" at least one category higher, simply because of the strong female lead. But I was always going to be happy with your rankings as long as "Licence to Kill" was somewhere "up there" (and I knew it would be). Possibly my favourite Bond film, definitely in my top 5.
No one will ever post a JB ranking on TH-cam that will ever match someone else's ranking.
Ollie is only 12 years old or so he might change his mind later
Strongly recommend the following podcasts: Tres Bond, James Bonding and James Bond Radio.
Good overview. But based on your ratings, Timothy Dalton does not have anything but great James Bond films.
Man.. Daniel Craig’s are by far the best of the franchise minus Spectre and QOS
Your missing out not seeing David Niven as Sir James Bond and Woody Allen as Jimmie Bond; Bond’s greatest enemy.
I swear the only sane Bond watcher is this guy.
To me there's 10 Bond movies I think are worth watching more than once. In order of release I'd go:
1. FRWL
2. OHMSS
3. DAF
4. Moonraker
5. Octopussy
6. TLD
7. LTK
8. GoldenEye
9. TND
10. TWINE
Killing off Bond is the worst decision ever made in a Bond film in my opinion. NTTD was a great film besides that. It was fun seeing your ranking and following your Bond journey! Here is my ranking (P.S. I grew up with Pierce Brosnan's films)
1. The World Is Not Enough
2. For Your Eyes Only
3. Casino Royale
4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5. From Russia With Love
6. Tomorrow Never Dies
7. Thunderball
8. GoldenEye
9. Licence to Kill
10. The Living Daylights
11. The Spy Who Loved Me
12. No Time to Die
13. Goldfinger
14. Octopussy
15. Live and Let Die
16. You Only Live Twice
17. Moonraker
18. Skyfall
19. Die Another Day
20. Dr. No
21. Diamonds Are Forever
22. The Man with the Golden Gun
23. Quantum of Solace
24. A View to a Kill
25. Spectre
26. Never Say Never Again
27. Casino Royale 1967
28. Casino Royale 1954
Never Say Never Again higher than a official Bond Movie that hurts!
Love your ranking of you only live twice I would have it at goooddddd in front if Dr. No
Glad to see Octopussy getting some love. It's my favorite Moore movie, since it is very serious, and has a lot of urgency.
You gotta react to ( IF LOOKS COULD KILL ) 1991🔥
Having Octopussy so high is insane!
I would LOVE to know how you create a graph like this. I'm sure it's simple, but I'm an old timer. I kinda want to make a list of my own. If anyone can let me know, I'd appreciate it.
tiermaker.com is where you make these types of tier lists! You can make your own template and import in your own images! :)
@@RolyPolyOllieReactions Wow that was fast! LOL Thanks man!
Time enjoyably spent. You got "From Russia" up there at the top, so we're cool. 😉 The only serious disagreement I have is you putting "Octopussy" so high. For my generation (X), Moore was our Bond, and to see him as a CLOWN was simply unforgivable. (My 1st Bond: "Moonraker") But your praise of the film is making me consider watching Octo again, 40 years later. And yeah, don't be surprised if OHMSS slowly moves up your rankings as the years go on. So many fresh takes on the character and his world. Anyway, great job!
Tracy bond best bind girl ever
On her majesty would be top for me
Love anything BOND
This was enjoyable. I agree with most of your choices
Side note may I recommend the 80s movie called "LadyHawke" .
Perhaps you could try the Star Trek films as your next franchise.
Maybe you can read the future...
I'll just do my top 5 in order of release:
From Russia With Love
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Living Daylights
Casino Royale
Skyfall
I like and respect your ranking my dear even if mine is a little different 👍🏻👍🏻 My Bond will Always be Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan was also great imo. Octopussy is one of my personnal favorite whith the spy who loves me and goldeneye.
Nice journey by your side in the James Bond world, and i agree that nearly every film in the franchise is a "good" movie at least partialy 🙂 thanks for your awesomes reactions 👍🏻👍🏻
34:32 Skyfall was also the first Bond film I saw in theatres... I got onboard the James Bond train during the whole 50th anniversary thing... Me and my whole family went to see it and it was amazing. I'll never forget it...
I was a kid when these movies started, so this is as much a generational difference as anything, but I will just speak of the two early Bonds in the movies. Sean - #1 is Goldfinger. You are correct, it introduces the Bond world but without (and this is important I think) a villain who is trying to take over the world … he is essentially just a thief. Has the best henchman (I like him better than Jaws, the hat alone makes him), has the best car, and has the best Bond girl name. And wow, for me the worst of all the pre-1980 Bond movies without a doubt is From Russia with Love. How they managed to make a Bond movie dull and boring is beyond me. I even thought the train scene was a yawner. If you can’t tell, I really hate this movie. It is literally the only Bond movie that I will not watch again. Lol. Best Roger - Man with the Golden Gun. This was the first time it was “personal” for Bond and the villain is great. Also, Live and Let Die is a fantastic movie. Give it another chance.
I also think that even the worst 007 movie is still an average/aceptable movie in general... or better than many feature films of a similar caliber.
Something that I find fascinating in the 007 film franchise is that it has quality standards or minimum requirements to give us an entertaining product that, in the best of cases, can become a classic of cinema... or, in the worst case scenario, ends up as just another object on its assembly line (but it never becomes one of the worst films of all time).
I mean, I'd give my least favorite 007 movie a zero if I compare it to the other 25 films, but if I weigh it against the entire spectrum of world cinema, I'd probably give it a 5 or 6. Also, my favorite Bond movie (which has a 10 out of 10 compared to the other 25 installments) would actually have an 8 or 9 if compared to much more iconic films in history.
At the end of the day, I think that the fact that these films are part of a 60-year-old cinematographic tradition and have followers who have maintained it as a cult phenomenon (praising its virtues more than its flaws), makes it easier to appreciate one of its movies, even if it's the most generic Bond movie or doesn't fill the shoes of other film franchises.
If I've never fallen asleep watching a 007 movie (or stopped it long before its climax) or if it makes me want to give it another shot with a fellow Bond fan present... it must mean something, right?
I really like your list~! I think mine would be similiar and i'm so happy the love you give for "The Living Daylights" (and Timontyh Dalton in general, he's my favorite bond!) as i feel it's probably the most underrated of James Bond films to this day that i find myself watching it the most from time and time again, same with "octopussy" ! I also totally get what you're saying about "Die another day" as i recently rewatched it after so long, it's one of those movies that are so bad they're kind of good in their badness, or atleast entertaining! Unlike "Diamonds are forever" which i deff agree with being the bottom one. I hated "Diamonds", it's cheap, ugly and aggravating in how it tries to be "Look at how we're poking fun at ourselves" in the most cynical levels. Not to mention, disappointing followup for "Majesty's".
If there's anything i'd change from the list, i'd probably knock "Thunderball" and "Never say never again" into Live and Let Die -category, as i find one an expensive bore of an action movie, and latter missed opportunity and also boring. Maybe that movie's plot just doesn't work for me.
this was such a good ranking! i’ve always enjoyed this franchise yet i’ve only watched a few entries from start to finish. recently i’ve been determined to watch them all properly, and you explained each film perfectly! you’ve peaked my interest in a lot of them👌🏼
I definitely rate _Live and Let Die_ higher. While _No Time to Die_ made it fun to try spotting all the allusions to the previous movies, it was otherwise shockingly mediocre in plot and writing; I was astonished at how good the reviews were, but that might be because most of the reviewers were young and had their taste shaped by the Craig films. It will be interesting to see how the producers choose to reboot after killing Bond; they've always maintained that Bond is *not* a codename. There could be a successor Agent 007, but not another James Bond.
Really love all your reactions, Ollie! And enjoyed your rankings
Yes! Octopussy is a great movie! Don't understand the hate for it. Ok, there's some goofy moments, but it's an over all good movie.
Belfield in spectre lolllll
Solid list! Definitely agree with your list for the most part and for similar reasons.
No one should say "omg"
I didn't know you had Bond reactions. I used to watch you, around a year ago, and saw you pop up in my recommended today. Will be interesting to see
Thanks for popping back! There should be a playlist with every Bond movie up to the end of the Brosnan era if you would like to check them out :)
@@RolyPolyOllieReactions Definitely will!
Where’s No Time To Die??
No time to die was at the end of the video!
I think live and let die is wayyyyy better than the man with the golden gun
@RolyPolyOllie Reactions - How is YOLT racist ? Bond tries to disguise himself to blend into the community. Thats not racist. The definition of racist is: "prejudiced against or antagonistic towards a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalised." Bond is the minority fish out of water in this movie so he must change accordingly. Also, JW Pepper is deliberately created as a racist character to indicate the level of racism in the USA at that time by caricaturing the deep south racist stereotype. Instead of preaching about racism through virtue signalling and exposition, the filmmakers made Pepper a buffoon to show how stupid racism is. He's not just a fun character, who many enjoy, he is the convex mirror to mainstream racist tropes of the time and therefore an important part of the movie satire puzzle. PS in Dalton's name, the DA IS pronounced like DOOR - so it sounds like dawl-tonne.
you are right....but university,media and this diversity-talk...etc,etc...ingrained guilt by design(political goals)...if you are young and want to be a good person-they may trap you...