Link to Part 2 here- th-cam.com/video/ySDnsnNBtIA/w-d-xo.html And if you're curious where No Time To Die fit into our rankings, we recently recorded a Part 3! You can listen to it here (and actually WATCH us this time!)- th-cam.com/video/PuhLXFnHC00/w-d-xo.html
Using a 5 point scale for 14 Bondian elements (villain, action, look etc) I added them up and the resulting rank seemed reasonable to me: 1) The Spy Who Loved Me 62 2) Goldeneye 59 3) Goldfinger 59 4) On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 58 5) Tomorrow Never Dies 58 6) Moonraker 57 7) You Only Live Twice 56 8) Casino Royale 54 9) From Russia with Love 52 10) Skyfall 48 11) The World is Not Enough 48 12) Octopussy 46 13) Live and Let Die 45 14) A View to a Kill 45 15) License to Kill 44 16) The Man with the Golden Gun 42 17) Die Another Day 42 18) The Living Daylights 42 19) For Your Eyes Only 41 20) Thunderball 41 21) No Time to Die 40 22) Quantum of Solace 40 23) Dr. No 38 24) Diamonds Are Forever 33 25) Spectre 33 26) Never Say Never Again 31
A well-done & fun discussion! I feel like the fanbase in general has been sleeping on The World Is Not Enough. I'd rate it #13 out of 25. It's an easy one to underestimate, but is also one of the darkest & most grim Bond movies. Plus, it lays the groundwork for all the best aspects of Craig's era (same writers).
Agreed! I was one of the few supporters of TWINE in this podcast. It doesn’t quite nail the landing but I think it at least attempts to do something interesting with character drama.
@@RetroCarsForeverAgreed. You and Athena did an excellent job defending this film. Definitely has a lot of subtle/deep things going on. The Elektra/Tracy parallels are good. And the moment she reveals she cut off her own earlobe is a brilliant reference to Blofeld in OHMSS.
28: Casino Royale (1954) 27: A View to a Kill 26: The Man with the Golden Gun 25: Casino Royale (1967) 24: Die Another Day 23: Quantum of Solace 22: Octopussy 21: Never Say Never Again 20: No Time to Die (just speculation) 19: Live and Let Die 18: The Living Daylights 17: Spectre 16: For Your Eyes Only 15: Moonraker 14: Diamonds are Forever 13: You Only Live Twice 12: Tomorrow Never Dies 11: The World is Not Enough 10: Thunderball 9: Goldeneye 8: The Spy Who Loved Me 7: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 6: Dr. No 5: From Russia with Love 4: Licence to Kill 3: Goldfinger 2: Skyfall 1: Casino Royale (2006)
1- Goldfinger (1964) 2- Casino Royale (2006) 3- Goldeneye (1995) 4- From Russia With Love (1963) 5- The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) 6- Dr No (1962) 7- License to Kill (1989) 8- Skyfall (2012) 9- On Her Majesty Secret Service (1969) 10- You Only Live Twice (1967) 11- Live and Let Die (1973) 12- The World is Not Enough (1999) 13- Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) 14- The Living Daylights (1987) 15- For Your Eyes Only (1981) 16- Spectre (2015) 17- Octopussy (1983) 18- The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) 19- Moonraker (1979) 20- Thunderball (1965) 21- A View to a Kill (1985) 22- Die Another Day (2002) 23 - Quantum of Solace (2008) 24- Diamonds are Forever (1971) 25- Never say Never Again (1983) 26- Casino Royale (1967)
25. Never Say Never Again 24. Die Another Day 23. Skyfall 22. Moonraker 21. Spectre 20. Goldfinger 19. A View To A Kill 18. Diamonds Are Forever 17. Goldeneye 16. Tomorrow Never Dies 15. Casino Royale 14. You Only Live Twice 13. Quantum Of Solace 12. Octopussy 11. The Spy Who Loved Me 10. Live And Let Die 9. Licence To Kill 8. For Your Eyes Only 7. Dr No 6. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 5. The Living Daylights 4. The Man With The Golden Gun 3. The World Is Not Enough 2. Thunderball 1. From Russia With Love
Brad Hansen yeah it’s a favourites list. I think goldfinger is bland and boring, and skyfall tries to be picturesque and artistic and doesn’t have a good plot. On a side note, is there a chance you’ll do an updated list anytime in the future?
Your list is probably the worst I've seen. Skyfall #23, Goldeneye #17 & Casino Royale #15 lol What he really meant by "bold" is idiotic. Love From Russia with Love & Thunderball though... Cured my insomnia.
It's always frustrated me. The editing is a mess, it keeps cutting back to the random crowdgoers in the horse race for no reason well after they've left, they're wearing similar clothes to it's hard to tell who's who...There are moments and score is great (BRING ARNOLD BACK!) but it just feels sloppily made to me.
Thanks so much! Get well soon. Feel free to comment back with your own rankings once you’ve watched the series. And don’t forget part 3, where we reviewed No Time To Die and actually reconsidered some of our older rankings here- th-cam.com/video/PuhLXFnHC00/w-d-xo.html
@@theccpisaparasite8813 Thanks! I had Covid a few weeks ago so I know how that feels...Not fun but at least its a good excuse to watch and listen to things that you enjoy!
1. Live And Let Die 2. For Your Eyes Only 3. Licence To Kill 4. Skyfall 5. Goldeneye 6. Casino Royale 7. Octopussy 8. From Russia With Love 9. The Living Daylights 10. Goldfinger 11. The Spy Who Loved Me 12. Tomorrow Never Dies 13. A View To A Kill 14. Thunderball 15. Moonraker 16. The World Is Not Enough 17. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 18. The Man With The Golden Gun 19. Diamonds Are Forever 20. You Only Live Twice 21. Quantum Of Solace 22. Dr No 23. Die Another Day 24. Spectre
Yeah during the movie You Only Live Twice and after returning to Diamonds Are Forever, you could see right away that Connery's Bond days were quickly and sadly ending.
Spectre was the one film that could genuinely have been the best in the series, given the premise, and it turned out to be the biggest missed opportunity.
25. Spectre 24. Diamonds are Forever 23. Die Another Day 22. Quantum of Solace 21. Tomorrow Never Dies 20. Man with the Golden Gun 19. View to a Kill 18. World is Not Enough
@Jack The Film Fanatic Dad has better pacing better action better car chase better plot better song better chemistry with bond girl and villain, no boardroom subplot, no ripping off Austin powers, no avengers tower, no Scooby-Doo gang.
I basically agree with all your points. They're both near the bottom of the pile for me, but I do have more FUN watching Die Another Day than Spectre (which is a dark bore for a lot of its runtime for me)
I'm back: 21: this one is low on my scale too. It flips back and forth year to year for me. Denise Richards I agree is the down side of this film. I like the storyline and the mission briefing scenes. Opening scene is good. The villain and henchmen I thought were weak. It's the only Brosnan I didn't see in theaters. And I agree this is Brosnan's worst acting performance. I like the twist with Elektra. 20: you guys are killing me haha. DAF is my 5th favorite. I love the Vegas local. It's a fun film. My favorite scene is the climbing outside the casino. The ambiance in that scene is great. Love the score. I love it's opening as a connection to YOLT. The bad guys are great: Wint Kidd Blofeld...You can see how psychotic they are right up there with Javier Bardem. The only thing I dislike is the end. The whole oil platform sucks. Too anticlimactic. 19: I didn't think this movie was amazing but I thought it's way better than 19/20. You guys will probably hate me but I like QOS slightly better than SPECTRE. What I like most about this film is a return to the old atmosphere of the Connery/Lazenby films. I don't know where their going with this film. I hope they aren't going to redo the oldies like DN/FRWL/GF etc. I wish they connected with Quantum in an earlier film. Loved Christopher waltz, thought they brought out the psychotic Blofeld well. I don't mind his relationship to Bond. Liked the Goldfinger car and other old connectors. Is the black man at the S.P.E.C.T.R.E table Kananga? The woman Irma Bunt or Rosa Klebb? In the closing credits one of the baddies at the table is "Francisco" :O I really dislike the handgun taking out the helicopter :p
QOS is also a way better Daniel Craig Bond film than Spectre. At least QOS (say whatever you want about it) had the 2008 writer's strike. Spectre had no excuse whatsoever for being really bad.
Love all of them. My response to your rankings: 25: Love the opera scene also! Didn't like the airplane scene and ending hotel scene. I had QOS very low like you guys until I started watching it back to back with Casino as 1 film. Try it. That's the only way I watch them now. 24: Worst bond film. Horrible dialogue. Everything's a quip. Lee Tomahori directed xxx 2 same style. Crappy film. Love the Cuban and Hong Kong scenes. 23: Walken saves this film. Roger looks great for his age but you could tell he was done with it. He does not look too old. No more than Connery in DAD and NSNA. I think people say this because it's popular too just like the whistle in TMWTGG jump scene. It doesn't ruin either. I don't even notice it. Walken though is awesome. The cave scene is lame. Favorite opening titles scene. 22: This film is underrated. Goodnight is my favorite Bond girl. The reason this film is better than 22 is because Bond is actually on a direct mission. The assassin theme is great. It's a dark Roger Moore. I like the tough Moore edge. Lee and Herve are great. The car jump is pretty cool despite the whistle. Not ruined come on you just say that because it feels good too. Again love the dark side of Moore in this. These first two and TMWTGG are the most debated Bond films. I'll be back...
As for that slide whistle...Some people are down with it, others (like me) it basically ruins a really exciting stunt. Same with Beach Boys music in AVTAK. To each their own!
Brad Hansen yeah I get what you mean it would've been better without it but I think it's too much to say it ruins it. It's not that I don't think it's better without it because it is but what I mean is it doesn't bother me and that might be because I saw it as a kid and I didn't notice it then (same with beach boys) and just thought the stunts were cool. As I got older and people pointed out the goofyness I shrugged it off because of my already established impressions of them. In fact the whole campyness, especially Moore, became campy later on especially after the Austin powers trilogy, which created campyness in our culture towards Bond (CR 1967 also). In fact we may even thank Austin for forcing Mike and Barb to change Bond out of that. In conjunction with this is just the change in cultural media. In 15 years Craig's films may seem campy, Brosnan's do but this isn't because they were meant too but rather because we're beginning to see that they're dated. Just my view on the subject of camp :) thanks for talkin'
Totally get what you're saying! There are some oddities with films or TV or comics that we grew up with, that a fresh audience would be weirded out by, but if you grew up with it, it's just a part of that thing you love.
I really enjoyed this. A total Bond nerd too. I love how you all delve deep into each film. I disagree here and there but I can see your arguments. Off to part 2.
My ranking - 24. Die Another Day 23. Spectre 22. Goldeneye 21. Skyfall 20. Casino Royale 19. A View To A Kill 18. Quantum Of Solace 17. Dr No 16. Diamonds Are Forever 15. Live And Let Die 14. You Only Live Twice 13. Octopussy 12. Moonraker 11. Licence To Kill 10. The World Is Not Enough 9. The Spy Who Loved Me 8. Tomorrow Never Dies 7. Goldfinger 6. On Her Majesty’s SS 5. The Man With The GG 4. The Living Daylights 3. For Your Eyes Only 2. From Russia With Love 1. Thunderball
1. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 2. From Russia With Love 3. Casino Royale 4. For Your Eyes Only 5. The Spy who Loved Me 6. Skyfall 7. Licence to Kill 8. Goldfinger 9. Tomorrow Never Dies 10. GoldenEye 11. Live and Let Die 12. The Living Daylights 13. You Only Live Twice 14. Thunderball 15. Doctor No 16. Man with the Golden Gun 17. Spectre 18. Quantum of Solace 19. World is Not Enough 20. Moonraker 21. Diamonds are Forever 22. Die Another Day 23. Octopussy 24. A View to a Kill
My response to your ranking: 25: I like it a bit I don't like elements of earth action scene thing The Bond girl was... unnatural she was uncomfortable to watch The ginger lady was alright that goldfinger reference was bad It was melodramatic and the locations were great the chases as Well the opera scene is gorgeous boat scene is good and also The hotel room scene was brilliantly filmed gorgeous cinema- -tography it was good 6/10 24: The first half was better and Die_Another_Day song was #*%+ The script is so bad for example ROSAMOND: name? HALLE: ( says some weird name says she is a space agent ) ROSAMOND: space? I bet James explained to you his big BANG theory? HALLE: I think I got the THRUST of it. The ice palace is crap enough said 4/10 23: It was OK I did like it but it was a bit boring It was very weird the Eiffel Tower scene was Awkward it's not so bad so I can give it no more than 7/10 22: A very underrated one I really like it and a great structure it is A good one I am going to give this a good score I LOVE KNICK-KNACK 8/10 21: This is actually a pretty good bond film Good action, Good acting, ( From Sophie Marceau ) And Christmas jones isn't that bad I like her she's good Definitely not Brosnan's best his second to bottom But I like it definitely worth a watch for Sophie Marceau And the villain is great love the final scene 8/10 20: Wahoo, I am a big fan of this I have a good story here goes When I was 8 years old I had the James Bond collection ( I still do have the collection ) and I had seen them all up to on her majesty's secret service and we saw that. Next was one that sounded good. I decided to look at the disc when I was about to watch it. I saw the trailer and everything and I opened the page with the disc and I saw Diamonds Are Forever 12. It was 12. But we convinced my dad so yeah! 9/10 19: This is great! Very convoluted, but entertaining! 9/10
Die another day The Living Daylights The world is not enough Quantum of Solace Spectre Thunderball Octopussy A view to a kill Tomorrow never dies Diamonds are forever The man with the golden gun Moonraker For your eyes only License to Kill Live and let die On her majesty’s secret service You only live twice From Russia with love Goldeneye Goldfinger Dr. No Skyfall Casino Royale The Spy Who Loved Me
Practical Car Guy crazy close to your list! I may have been too harsh on it, having only seen it once during my 17 day full 24 watch last week. Loved licence to kill though!
Ok Brad and company. I am going to run this by you guys because I think it's a legit issue. That being the psychology of the fans. Ok like most of you I started watching Bond early. I saw my 1st Bond film Dr No around 4-5 years old on tv. Loved it and over the years I saw all of them on tv growing up except the Daltons. I didn't see the Daltons until my 20s. I saw the Brosnans and Craig's as they came out. With that being said, there's a lot of criticism of the older Bonds as being cheesy especially Moore. And this is my point: Bond has never been bonehead cheesy. Sure tongue in cheek humor but not campy. So where did the camp come from? Here's my psychological theory: When we were growing up Connery Lazenby and Moore were proverbially the shit. Men of men. Bad ass. For you guys Dalton was too. But for me Daltons villains were lame but I think that's because I saw those when I was older 20 years after they came out and I wish I saw them younger when they came out. I would like them more but as I've watched them over the years they've grown on me. We saw the Brosnans when we were older and Craig's so they have the same connotation as the old ones when we were young. But as we got older the older films started seeming campy. Why? 2 reasons: 1) each film is made for it's era and in its era wasnt cheese. Also I think as we get older we want Moore reality (pun intended). 2) and this is the big one: Austin Powers. Bond was never campy until Austin. Only after did everyone see the old Bonds and even Brosnan as goofy. (Take note: Austin is a really well done 1967 Casino Royale. Make that connection with YOLT issues) This is why they transformed Bond with Craig. They needed to give Bond the hard edge again that was erased by Mike Meyers. In fact Craig said Austin Powers ruined Bond. Some of you mentioned that you didn't rate these films based on your childhood nostalgia but that is exactly what you should include because thats actually part of the objectivity of the effect of the era they came out in, which had effect on you. Ok. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Loving the series or certain films because of nostalgia is 100 percent a worthy reason to love them. However, for our particular rankings, we were trying to do something a little more "scientific," ranking the series as best we could REMOVED from that, so that someone new to the series might look at this list and take some value from it.
Practical Car Guy I have to be honest, I have grown to dislike Spectre more and more. It’s okay I guess. Too long, to dramatic, boring ass blofeld. However I do not hate it as much as others for sure. It’s at #17 or 18 for me
Practical Car Guy right. It’s a mixed bag. It is shot well, Daniel Craig is still one of the greatest. As a whole, it was a disappointment. Nothing really stuck with me as much as the stuff in the classics.
I wish I loved Man With Golden Gun as much as you! It's still way down in my rankings for the reasons I mentioned, but the locations are beautifully exotic and well filmed for sure.
@@RetroCarsForever James Bond island (khao phing khan) is amazing in person! I was lucky to experience it when covid was still on with pretty much no people there!
Amazing: From Russia with Love, Live and Let Die, The Spy Who Loved Me, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, Licence to Kill, Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, Spectre Good: The Man with the Golden Gun, Moonraker, The Living Daylights, The World is Not Enough, Casino Royale mediocre: Dr. No, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Skyfall, No Time to Die Bad: Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever Very bad: On Her Majesty Secret Service, For Your Eyes Only, Die Another Day (Catastrophe)
1. Octopussy (1983) 2. Casino Royale (2006) 3. On Her Majesty‘s Secret Service (1969) 4. For Your Eyes Only (1981) 5. The Living Daylights (1987) 6. Live And Let Die (1973) 7. GoldenEye (1995) 8. You Only Live Twice (1967) 9. Goldfinger (1964) 10. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) 11. SPECTRE (2015) 12. The World Is Not Enough (1999) 13. Thunderball (1965) 14. Diamonds Are Forever (1971) 15. Dr. No (1962) 16. A View To A Kill (1985) 17. Skyfall (2012) 18. Casino Royale (1954) 19. Moonraker (1979) 20. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) 21. From Russia With Love (1963) 22. Die Another Day (2002) 23. Never Say Never Again (1983) 24. The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) 25. Quantum Of Solace (2008) 26. Casino Royale (1967) 27. Licence To Kill (1989)
Brad Hansen I was absolutely never a fan of LTK.. I‘m really not a fan of the dark tone cause in some places, this movie is really going far. After my first watch LTK sent me straight into a couple of nightmares.. Another thing is that half-way through I get quite bored and i loose interest.. Or Talisa Soto is not the best actress. To me it just feels like a guiness world record attempt for putting the most gory scenes in one movie.. Its like the filmmakers wanna disgust the audience.. And if the dark scenes are censored on the TV versions and most people look away on the first watch, whats the point of making them in the first place? But dont worry I do have stuff to praise. The soundtrack is great, the title song is great, the plot is well-written and we have a great villain! Thats about it.
One part of TWINE that always bugged me but nobody ever talks about: Bond killing Davidov. It feels very off. For one thing we know hardly anything about the guy. Bond knows hardly anything about the guy or what he’s up to. I don’t feel like he deserved to die and Bond had no reason to kill him in that moment
I've never thought about that before, but you have a good point. I think I was always distracted why he wouldn't use his silencer for that kill (which he has just a few scenes later).
Perhaps! But trust me when I say you didn't miss much beyond what you see in the thumbnail image. This was also HEAVILY edited down, and that's a lot less jarring when done with audio vs video.
@@RetroCarsForever maybe so but I still feel it would add a whole new dimension to it - it would have been a lot more entertaining too watch. But hey it was still pretty darn good
I wonder how you (mathematically) you arrived at the ratings. How for instance was DAD at 24 when none of you had rated it that low individually. I don't doubt it's correct I just wonder.🤔 I love the ranking though and the discussion. I'm a Bond geek and love hearing about how other people perveive the movies we all know and love 🙄
Feel free to double check our math, but it's a simple average amongst our five final votes...Keep in mind we changed our rankings a tad after our discussion, so final ratings for each person can be seen at the very end of Part 2. Thanks for tuning in!
Why? It obviously worked for him, and launched his life long love of Bond! Im not saying its the best of the series, but Diamonds certainly has all the classic elements that most people love in Bond movies.
Jesus! The World Is Not Enough number 25 - number23 by someone ?(someone insane apparently) - it’s got the best intro at the Bank and the boat chase - worse Bond film in a franchise of some truly bad films - WTF!!! You all ranking of this single film ruined your overall rankings cause honestly it makes most of you look like you have no idea what is and isn’t a bad film - this one films ranking is BEYOND ridiculous The fact that 3 of you literally rank it last and 2 have it near the top 10 tells me something is way off here with this films overall final ranking on thus film - it ruin your rankings and I can’t take it seriously
The nice thing about having five people ranking each movie is you get a nice mix of opinions, so any “wayward” opinions get their sharp edges softened. I think the people who ranked it lower clearly stated their reasons for doing so, even if it didn’t agree with them! In Part 3 (out soon) we will all have a chance to reevaluate our old rankings. So I’m hoping TWINE does a bit better.
The World is Not Enough isn’t very good I would rank it 23 or 24. The pre-credits sequence is good but that’s about it. It’s just really boring with limp action sequences, and not many interesting characters.
I'm absolutely in the minority here but... both Spectre and TWINE are in my top 5. I adore those films. Throw in some TLD, TB, GE, YOLT and you have my favourite movies in the series thus far.
@@RetroCarsForever agreed. I love the opening, Mr Hinx was a decent henchmen and I actually don’t hate the theme by any means. But then the story just goes downhill and it’s my least favourite ending to a bond film.
I love this podcast so much. I discovered it late in quarantine as a Bond fan. But this is fantastic. I hope they get together again and do another Bond podcast. Possibly another Bondathon 10 years later or something.
My top 2 Bond movies will forever be 1# Goldfinger and 2# OHMSS with the occasional flip flop. I have a few honorable mentions like License to Kill and Thunderball/ Never Say Never Again but all three movies are a country mile behind Goldfinger and OHMSS. I would never try to take on the undertaking of ranking all 25 Bond movies. I think my head would explode.
It was pretty tough to rank them all! I found the top choices and the bottom choices were relatively easy, what was tricky was ranking all the mid tiers.
Link to Part 2 here- th-cam.com/video/ySDnsnNBtIA/w-d-xo.html
And if you're curious where No Time To Die fit into our rankings, we recently recorded a Part 3!
You can listen to it here (and actually WATCH us this time!)- th-cam.com/video/PuhLXFnHC00/w-d-xo.html
#24 You know your Bond movie is in trouble when even Sir Roger Moore thinks the invisible car is too silly.
- Explosive Burgler-proof Car
- Submarine Car
Using a 5 point scale for 14 Bondian elements (villain, action, look etc) I added them up and the resulting rank seemed reasonable to me:
1) The Spy Who Loved Me 62
2) Goldeneye 59
3) Goldfinger 59
4) On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 58
5) Tomorrow Never Dies 58
6) Moonraker 57
7) You Only Live Twice 56
8) Casino Royale 54
9) From Russia with Love 52
10) Skyfall 48
11) The World is Not Enough 48
12) Octopussy 46
13) Live and Let Die 45
14) A View to a Kill 45
15) License to Kill 44
16) The Man with the Golden Gun 42
17) Die Another Day 42
18) The Living Daylights 42
19) For Your Eyes Only 41
20) Thunderball 41
21) No Time to Die 40
22) Quantum of Solace 40
23) Dr. No 38
24) Diamonds Are Forever 33
25) Spectre 33
26) Never Say Never Again 31
A well-done & fun discussion! I feel like the fanbase in general has been sleeping on The World Is Not Enough. I'd rate it #13 out of 25. It's an easy one to underestimate, but is also one of the darkest & most grim Bond movies. Plus, it lays the groundwork for all the best aspects of Craig's era (same writers).
Agreed! I was one of the few supporters of TWINE in this podcast. It doesn’t quite nail the landing but I think it at least attempts to do something interesting with character drama.
@@RetroCarsForeverAgreed. You and Athena did an excellent job defending this film. Definitely has a lot of subtle/deep things going on. The Elektra/Tracy parallels are good. And the moment she reveals she cut off her own earlobe is a brilliant reference to Blofeld in OHMSS.
@@jambler15 Heh, never even connected the ear lobe reference before!
Guys thank you for putting this list together. Jealous I wasn’t there with you guys to talk about it with you, lol. Thank you!
Our pleasure, thanks for listening!
28: Casino Royale (1954)
27: A View to a Kill
26: The Man with the Golden Gun
25: Casino Royale (1967)
24: Die Another Day
23: Quantum of Solace
22: Octopussy
21: Never Say Never Again
20: No Time to Die (just speculation)
19: Live and Let Die
18: The Living Daylights
17: Spectre
16: For Your Eyes Only
15: Moonraker
14: Diamonds are Forever
13: You Only Live Twice
12: Tomorrow Never Dies
11: The World is Not Enough
10: Thunderball
9: Goldeneye
8: The Spy Who Loved Me
7: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
6: Dr. No
5: From Russia with Love
4: Licence to Kill
3: Goldfinger
2: Skyfall
1: Casino Royale (2006)
Awesome list! Not too far off from ours actually (I also find the old Casino Royales barely watchable)
Brad Hansen the one from the 50s was just plane awful, but the 60s one wasn’t too bad
1- Goldfinger (1964)
2- Casino Royale (2006)
3- Goldeneye (1995)
4- From Russia With Love (1963)
5- The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
6- Dr No (1962)
7- License to Kill (1989)
8- Skyfall (2012)
9- On Her Majesty Secret Service (1969)
10- You Only Live Twice (1967)
11- Live and Let Die (1973)
12- The World is Not Enough (1999)
13- Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
14- The Living Daylights (1987)
15- For Your Eyes Only (1981)
16- Spectre (2015)
17- Octopussy (1983)
18- The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
19- Moonraker (1979)
20- Thunderball (1965)
21- A View to a Kill (1985)
22- Die Another Day (2002)
23 - Quantum of Solace (2008)
24- Diamonds are Forever (1971)
25- Never say Never Again (1983)
26- Casino Royale (1967)
The opening chase in Quantum is the best chase I've seen in any film.
John Spade It's choppy as heck though. Kinda ruined it for me.
25. Never Say Never Again
24. Die Another Day
23. Skyfall
22. Moonraker
21. Spectre
20. Goldfinger
19. A View To A Kill
18. Diamonds Are Forever
17. Goldeneye
16. Tomorrow Never Dies
15. Casino Royale
14. You Only Live Twice
13. Quantum Of Solace
12. Octopussy
11. The Spy Who Loved Me
10. Live And Let Die
9. Licence To Kill
8. For Your Eyes Only
7. Dr No
6. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
5. The Living Daylights
4. The Man With The Golden Gun
3. The World Is Not Enough
2. Thunderball
1. From Russia With Love
Nice list. Some bold choices in there!
Brad Hansen yeah it’s a favourites list. I think goldfinger is bland and boring, and skyfall tries to be picturesque and artistic and doesn’t have a good plot.
On a side note, is there a chance you’ll do an updated list anytime in the future?
Nice to see some love for TMWTGG.
Your list is probably the worst I've seen. Skyfall #23, Goldeneye #17 & Casino Royale #15 lol
What he really meant by "bold" is idiotic. Love From Russia with Love & Thunderball though... Cured my insomnia.
The chase on the roofs in QOS is actually in my top 5 bond scenes, love the score and hand-to-hand combat
It's always frustrated me. The editing is a mess, it keeps cutting back to the random crowdgoers in the horse race for no reason well after they've left, they're wearing similar clothes to it's hard to tell who's who...There are moments and score is great (BRING ARNOLD BACK!) but it just feels sloppily made to me.
Great set of review videos. 👍 Reviewing the entire series while trapped indoors with Covid. Cheers me immensely
Thanks so much! Get well soon. Feel free to comment back with your own rankings once you’ve watched the series.
And don’t forget part 3, where we reviewed No Time To Die and actually reconsidered some of our older rankings here-
th-cam.com/video/PuhLXFnHC00/w-d-xo.html
@@RetroCarsForever Oh, I'll survive. Just a pain in the @ss. Your reviews are just so fun.
@@theccpisaparasite8813 Thanks! I had Covid a few weeks ago so I know how that feels...Not fun but at least its a good excuse to watch and listen to things that you enjoy!
1. Live And Let Die
2. For Your Eyes Only
3. Licence To Kill
4. Skyfall
5. Goldeneye
6. Casino Royale
7. Octopussy
8. From Russia With Love
9. The Living Daylights
10. Goldfinger
11. The Spy Who Loved Me
12. Tomorrow Never Dies
13. A View To A Kill
14. Thunderball
15. Moonraker
16. The World Is Not Enough
17. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
18. The Man With The Golden Gun
19. Diamonds Are Forever
20. You Only Live Twice
21. Quantum Of Solace
22. Dr No
23. Die Another Day
24. Spectre
Yeah during the movie You Only Live Twice and after returning to Diamonds Are Forever, you could see right away that Connery's Bond days were quickly and sadly ending.
Great job. Second time listening, and I expect this video will continue to get many views over the years. I agree with Bob’s rankings the most!
Thanks so much! I'll tell Bob that LOL
Hes clearly a man of good taste!
Spectre was the one film that could genuinely have been the best in the series, given the premise, and it turned out to be the biggest missed opportunity.
Agreed. Such a disappointment. All the ingredients for an all-time great were there, too.
I love the part in DAF where he shoots the Blofeld clone with the climbing piton. His first kill with one and it will not be his last lol.
Iconic shot (I used it in my Connery Spectre trailer that you can find on this channel)
World is not enough was pretty good!
SOME of us agreed with you. But not enough to bump its average very high!
I have three favorite actors, Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore, Sean Connery, and Timothy Dalton. In that order. The first three are the best Bonds.
I love them all! But I like to say that Dalton is my FAVORITE Bond, while Connery is the BEST.
25. Spectre
24. Diamonds are Forever
23. Die Another Day
22. Quantum of Solace
21. Tomorrow Never Dies
20. Man with the Golden Gun
19. View to a Kill
18. World is Not Enough
@Jack The Film Fanatic Dad has better pacing better action better car chase better plot better song better chemistry with bond girl and villain, no boardroom subplot, no ripping off Austin powers, no avengers tower, no Scooby-Doo gang.
I basically agree with all your points. They're both near the bottom of the pile for me, but I do have more FUN watching Die Another Day than Spectre (which is a dark bore for a lot of its runtime for me)
The hate for The World Is Not Enough is too unbearable for me!
A few of us dig it! (I was one of them) But not enough to offset the other really low scores.
I'm back:
21: this one is low on my scale too. It flips back and forth year to year for me. Denise Richards I agree is the down side of this film. I like the storyline and the mission briefing scenes. Opening scene is good. The villain and henchmen I thought were weak. It's the only Brosnan I didn't see in theaters. And I agree this is Brosnan's worst acting performance. I like the twist with Elektra.
20: you guys are killing me haha. DAF is my 5th favorite. I love the Vegas local. It's a fun film. My favorite scene is the climbing outside the casino. The ambiance in that scene is great. Love the score. I love it's opening as a connection to YOLT. The bad guys are great: Wint Kidd Blofeld...You can see how psychotic they are right up there with Javier Bardem. The only thing I dislike is the end. The whole oil platform sucks. Too anticlimactic.
19: I didn't think this movie was amazing but I thought it's way better than 19/20. You guys will probably hate me but I like QOS slightly better than SPECTRE. What I like most about this film is a return to the old atmosphere of the Connery/Lazenby films. I don't know where their going with this film. I hope they aren't going to redo the oldies like DN/FRWL/GF etc. I wish they connected with Quantum in an earlier film. Loved Christopher waltz, thought they brought out the psychotic Blofeld well. I don't mind his relationship to Bond. Liked the Goldfinger car and other old connectors. Is the black man at the S.P.E.C.T.R.E table Kananga? The woman Irma Bunt or Rosa Klebb? In the closing credits one of the baddies at the table is "Francisco" :O I really dislike the handgun taking out the helicopter :p
In my opinion, Quantum of Solace is better film than: A View to a Kill, Moonraker, Die Another Day and Diamonds are Forever.
I totally agree.
QOS is also a way better Daniel Craig Bond film than Spectre. At least QOS (say whatever you want about it) had the 2008 writer's strike. Spectre had no excuse whatsoever for being really bad.
Agreed, but I still put Diamonds Are Forever over Quantum
@@ricardoapolinario5029 Diamonds is the worst 007 film.
@@greatwuta Nah, Moonraker is the worst, by far
Love all of them. My response to your rankings:
25: Love the opera scene also! Didn't like the airplane scene and ending hotel scene. I had QOS very low like you guys until I started watching it back to back with Casino as 1 film. Try it. That's the only way I watch them now.
24: Worst bond film. Horrible dialogue. Everything's a quip. Lee Tomahori directed xxx 2 same style. Crappy film. Love the Cuban and Hong Kong scenes.
23: Walken saves this film. Roger looks great for his age but you could tell he was done with it. He does not look too old. No more than Connery in DAD and NSNA. I think people say this because it's popular too just like the whistle in TMWTGG jump scene. It doesn't ruin either. I don't even notice it. Walken though is awesome. The cave scene is lame. Favorite opening titles scene.
22: This film is underrated. Goodnight is my favorite Bond girl. The reason this film is better than 22 is because Bond is actually on a direct mission. The assassin theme is great. It's a dark Roger Moore. I like the tough Moore edge. Lee and Herve are great. The car jump is pretty cool despite the whistle. Not ruined come on you just say that because it feels good too. Again love the dark side of Moore in this.
These first two and TMWTGG are the most debated Bond films. I'll be back...
As for that slide whistle...Some people are down with it, others (like me) it basically ruins a really exciting stunt. Same with Beach Boys music in AVTAK. To each their own!
Brad Hansen yeah I get what you mean it would've been better without it but I think it's too much to say it ruins it. It's not that I don't think it's better without it because it is but what I mean is it doesn't bother me and that might be because I saw it as a kid and I didn't notice it then (same with beach boys) and just thought the stunts were cool. As I got older and people pointed out the goofyness I shrugged it off because of my already established impressions of them. In fact the whole campyness, especially Moore, became campy later on especially after the Austin powers trilogy, which created campyness in our culture towards Bond (CR 1967 also). In fact we may even thank Austin for forcing Mike and Barb to change Bond out of that. In conjunction with this is just the change in cultural media. In 15 years Craig's films may seem campy, Brosnan's do but this isn't because they were meant too but rather because we're beginning to see that they're dated. Just my view on the subject of camp :) thanks for talkin'
Totally get what you're saying! There are some oddities with films or TV or comics that we grew up with, that a fresh audience would be weirded out by, but if you grew up with it, it's just a part of that thing you love.
I really enjoyed this. A total Bond nerd too. I love how you all delve deep into each film. I disagree here and there but I can see your arguments. Off to part 2.
My ranking -
24. Die Another Day
23. Spectre
22. Goldeneye
21. Skyfall
20. Casino Royale
19. A View To A Kill
18. Quantum Of Solace
17. Dr No
16. Diamonds Are Forever
15. Live And Let Die
14. You Only Live Twice
13. Octopussy
12. Moonraker
11. Licence To Kill
10. The World Is Not Enough
9. The Spy Who Loved Me
8. Tomorrow Never Dies
7. Goldfinger
6. On Her Majesty’s SS
5. The Man With The GG
4. The Living Daylights
3. For Your Eyes Only
2. From Russia With Love
1. Thunderball
Intriguing list! There's a few on there that I'm surprised are so low (Casino Royale, SkyFall, and GoldenEye)
This was so great I really enjoyed this and agreed with all the points brought up
Thanks! And I'm amazed you agreed with us on EVERY point, hard to do with so many movies!
Practical Car Guy agreed, that’s what made this such a fun series to watch and rank.
1. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
2. From Russia With Love
3. Casino Royale
4. For Your Eyes Only
5. The Spy who Loved Me
6. Skyfall
7. Licence to Kill
8. Goldfinger
9. Tomorrow Never Dies
10. GoldenEye
11. Live and Let Die
12. The Living Daylights
13. You Only Live Twice
14. Thunderball
15. Doctor No
16. Man with the Golden Gun
17. Spectre
18. Quantum of Solace
19. World is Not Enough
20. Moonraker
21. Diamonds are Forever
22. Die Another Day
23. Octopussy
24. A View to a Kill
Nice! Not too far off from our list too.
Blofeld ranking
5 Charles Gray's
4 Max Von Sydow
3 Christoph Waltz
2 Telly Savalas
1 Donald Pleasence
I think the only times they ever truly nailed Blofeld was either Pleasance, or better yet, when we didn't see his face!
My response to your ranking:
25: I like it a bit I don't like elements of earth action scene thing
The Bond girl was... unnatural she was uncomfortable to watch
The ginger lady was alright that goldfinger reference was bad
It was melodramatic and the locations were great the chases as
Well the opera scene is gorgeous boat scene is good and also
The hotel room scene was brilliantly filmed gorgeous cinema-
-tography it was good
6/10
24: The first half was better and Die_Another_Day song was #*%+
The script is so bad for example
ROSAMOND: name?
HALLE: ( says some weird name says she is a space agent )
ROSAMOND: space? I bet James explained to you his big BANG theory?
HALLE: I think I got the THRUST of it.
The ice palace is crap enough said
4/10
23: It was OK I did like it but it was a bit boring
It was very weird the Eiffel Tower scene was
Awkward it's not so bad so I can give it no more than
7/10
22: A very underrated one
I really like it and a great structure it is
A good one I am going to give this a good score
I LOVE KNICK-KNACK
8/10
21: This is actually a pretty good bond film
Good action, Good acting, ( From Sophie Marceau )
And Christmas jones isn't that bad I like her she's good
Definitely not Brosnan's best his second to bottom
But I like it definitely worth a watch for Sophie Marceau
And the villain is great love the final scene
8/10
20: Wahoo, I am a big fan of this
I have a good story here goes
When I was 8 years old I had the James Bond collection ( I still do have the collection ) and I had seen them all up to on her majesty's secret service and we saw that. Next was one that sounded good. I decided to look at the disc when I was about to watch it. I saw the trailer and everything and I opened the page with the disc and I saw Diamonds Are Forever 12. It was 12. But we convinced my dad so yeah!
9/10
19: This is great! Very convoluted, but entertaining!
9/10
Good job!
I love the man with the golden gun
Die another day
The Living Daylights
The world is not enough
Quantum of Solace
Spectre
Thunderball
Octopussy
A view to a kill
Tomorrow never dies
Diamonds are forever
The man with the golden gun
Moonraker
For your eyes only
License to Kill
Live and let die
On her majesty’s secret service
You only live twice
From Russia with love
Goldeneye
Goldfinger
Dr. No
Skyfall
Casino Royale
The Spy Who Loved Me
Pretty close to our list (tho WOW you dont seem to like Living Daylights one bit!)
Practical Car Guy crazy close to your list! I may have been too harsh on it, having only seen it once during my 17 day full 24 watch last week. Loved licence to kill though!
@@phialpha88 Was that your first viewing of the series?
Ok Brad and company. I am going to run this by you guys because I think it's a legit issue. That being the psychology of the fans.
Ok like most of you I started watching Bond early. I saw my 1st Bond film Dr No around 4-5 years old on tv. Loved it and over the years I saw all of them on tv growing up except the Daltons. I didn't see the Daltons until my 20s. I saw the Brosnans and Craig's as they came out.
With that being said, there's a lot of criticism of the older Bonds as being cheesy especially Moore. And this is my point: Bond has never been bonehead cheesy. Sure tongue in cheek humor but not campy. So where did the camp come from?
Here's my psychological theory:
When we were growing up Connery Lazenby and Moore were proverbially the shit. Men of men. Bad ass. For you guys Dalton was too. But for me Daltons villains were lame but I think that's because I saw those when I was older 20 years after they came out and I wish I saw them younger when they came out. I would like them more but as I've watched them over the years they've grown on me.
We saw the Brosnans when we were older and Craig's so they have the same connotation as the old ones when we were young. But as we got older the older films started seeming campy. Why?
2 reasons:
1) each film is made for it's era and in its era wasnt cheese. Also I think as we get older we want Moore reality (pun intended).
2) and this is the big one: Austin Powers. Bond was never campy until Austin. Only after did everyone see the old Bonds and even Brosnan as goofy. (Take note: Austin is a really well done 1967 Casino Royale. Make that connection with YOLT issues)
This is why they transformed Bond with Craig. They needed to give Bond the hard edge again that was erased by Mike Meyers. In fact Craig said Austin Powers ruined Bond.
Some of you mentioned that you didn't rate these films based on your childhood nostalgia but that is exactly what you should include because thats actually part of the objectivity of the effect of the era they came out in, which had effect on you.
Ok. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Loving the series or certain films because of nostalgia is 100 percent a worthy reason to love them.
However, for our particular rankings, we were trying to do something a little more "scientific," ranking the series as best we could REMOVED from that, so that someone new to the series might look at this list and take some value from it.
Spectre is Fanstastic
Spectre is so bad, full of plotholes…. let me guess, ur favourite Bond Actor is Daniel Craig?
Where would you rate Spectre in the series?
Practical Car Guy I have to be honest, I have grown to dislike Spectre more and more. It’s okay I guess. Too long, to dramatic, boring ass blofeld. However I do not hate it as much as others for sure. It’s at #17 or 18 for me
@@fijistarproductions990 It went down and down my list upon further viewings, too. It's in my bottom 5 now.
Even still, there's parts I really like!
Practical Car Guy right. It’s a mixed bag. It is shot well, Daniel Craig is still one of the greatest. As a whole, it was a disappointment. Nothing really stuck with me as much as the stuff in the classics.
The man with the golden gun is the best! I've been to the island in Thailand (in my pic)
I wish I loved Man With Golden Gun as much as you! It's still way down in my rankings for the reasons I mentioned, but the locations are beautifully exotic and well filmed for sure.
@@RetroCarsForever James Bond island (khao phing khan) is amazing in person! I was lucky to experience it when covid was still on with pretty much no people there!
Amazing: From Russia with Love, Live and Let Die, The Spy Who Loved Me, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, Licence to Kill, Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, Spectre
Good: The Man with the Golden Gun, Moonraker, The Living Daylights, The World is Not Enough, Casino Royale
mediocre: Dr. No, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Skyfall, No Time to Die
Bad: Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever
Very bad: On Her Majesty Secret Service, For Your Eyes Only, Die Another Day (Catastrophe)
1. Octopussy (1983)
2. Casino Royale (2006)
3. On Her Majesty‘s Secret Service (1969)
4. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
5. The Living Daylights (1987)
6. Live And Let Die (1973)
7. GoldenEye (1995)
8. You Only Live Twice (1967)
9. Goldfinger (1964)
10. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
11. SPECTRE (2015)
12. The World Is Not Enough (1999)
13. Thunderball (1965)
14. Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
15. Dr. No (1962)
16. A View To A Kill (1985)
17. Skyfall (2012)
18. Casino Royale (1954)
19. Moonraker (1979)
20. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
21. From Russia With Love (1963)
22. Die Another Day (2002)
23. Never Say Never Again (1983)
24. The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
25. Quantum Of Solace (2008)
26. Casino Royale (1967)
27. Licence To Kill (1989)
Booo for putting LTK so low! (But obviously some of us put it there)
Brad Hansen I was absolutely never a fan of LTK.. I‘m really not a fan of the dark tone cause in some places, this movie is really going far. After my first watch LTK sent me straight into a couple of nightmares.. Another thing is that half-way through I get quite bored and i loose interest.. Or Talisa Soto is not the best actress. To me it just feels like a guiness world record attempt for putting the most gory scenes in one movie.. Its like the filmmakers wanna disgust the audience.. And if the dark scenes are censored on the TV versions and most people look away on the first watch, whats the point of making them in the first place? But dont worry I do have stuff to praise. The soundtrack is great, the title song is great, the plot is well-written and we have a great villain! Thats about it.
@@David-281 Fair enough! You're not alone in your thoughts on this controversial film. I def agree it goes too far with the violence.
One part of TWINE that always bugged me but nobody ever talks about: Bond killing Davidov. It feels very off. For one thing we know hardly anything about the guy. Bond knows hardly anything about the guy or what he’s up to. I don’t feel like he deserved to die and Bond had no reason to kill him in that moment
I've never thought about that before, but you have a good point. I think I was always distracted why he wouldn't use his silencer for that kill (which he has just a few scenes later).
The World is Not Enough being 21 already makes this list kinda bogus
I wish it was higher! I tried my best with a relatively high ranking.
Die Another day is soooooo bad. I don't like Quantum all that much, but DAD is just the absolute worst.
You should have done it in video rather than just audio it would have been so much better.
Perhaps! But trust me when I say you didn't miss much beyond what you see in the thumbnail image.
This was also HEAVILY edited down, and that's a lot less jarring when done with audio vs video.
@@RetroCarsForever maybe so but I still feel it would add a whole new dimension to it - it would have been a lot more entertaining too watch. But hey it was still pretty darn good
Diamonds Are Forever at 19 is too high and You gave The Man With The Golden Gun a 1 out 10? Come on now.
In this podcast at least I personally ranked Man With Golden Gun dead last. My reasons are clearly stated why!
I wonder how you (mathematically) you arrived at the ratings. How for instance was DAD at 24 when none of you had rated it that low individually. I don't doubt it's correct I just wonder.🤔 I love the ranking though and the discussion. I'm a Bond geek and love hearing about how other people perveive the movies we all know and love 🙄
Feel free to double check our math, but it's a simple average amongst our five final votes...Keep in mind we changed our rankings a tad after our discussion, so final ratings for each person can be seen at the very end of Part 2.
Thanks for tuning in!
Brad Hansen Oh, so the group average was derived from the final ratings at the end? That makes sense. Thanks for the reply and keep up the great work🙄
@@annnee6818 Thanks!
can't argue with that bottom 3
I feel sad for any Bond Fan that says, Diamonds Are Forever is the first Bond movie he or she ever saw.
Why? It obviously worked for him, and launched his life long love of Bond!
Im not saying its the best of the series, but Diamonds certainly has all the classic elements that most people love in Bond movies.
@@RetroCarsForever Let's just say this. If Diamonds Are Forever was my first Bond movie, the odds are, it will be my last. That movie is horrible.
greatwuta different strokes for different folks!
My first Bond film wasn’t a classic either (Tomorrow Never Dies) but it still hooked me.
@@RetroCarsForever I love Tommorrow Never Dies. Don't be ashamed by that. Wait till you see my list when I finish watching both parts of these videos.
I love Diamonds are forever. I watch it much more than Goldfinger.
Jesus!
The World Is Not Enough number 25 - number23 by someone ?(someone insane apparently) - it’s got the best intro at the Bank and the boat chase - worse Bond film in a franchise of some truly bad films - WTF!!!
You all ranking of this single film ruined your overall rankings cause honestly it makes most of you look like you have no idea what is and isn’t a bad film - this one films ranking is BEYOND ridiculous
The fact that 3 of you literally rank it last and 2 have it near the top 10 tells me something is way off here with this films overall final ranking on thus film - it ruin your rankings and I can’t take it seriously
The nice thing about having five people ranking each movie is you get a nice mix of opinions, so any “wayward” opinions get their sharp edges softened.
I think the people who ranked it lower clearly stated their reasons for doing so, even if it didn’t agree with them!
In Part 3 (out soon) we will all have a chance to reevaluate our old rankings. So I’m hoping TWINE does a bit better.
@@RetroCarsForever
I’ll definitely check out Part 3!
The World is Not Enough isn’t very good I would rank it 23 or 24. The pre-credits sequence is good but that’s about it. It’s just really boring with limp action sequences, and not many interesting characters.
I'm absolutely in the minority here but... both Spectre and TWINE are in my top 5. I adore those films. Throw in some TLD, TB, GE, YOLT and you have my favourite movies in the series thus far.
To each their own!
Spectre is the worst bond movie, 100%. The only truly bad bond movie
It's a real shame because there are some scenes in it (mostly in the first third) that I think are exceptional.
@@RetroCarsForever agreed. I love the opening, Mr Hinx was a decent henchmen and I actually don’t hate the theme by any means. But then the story just goes downhill and it’s my least favourite ending to a bond film.
This is just sad.
Im sorry to have saddened you.
I love this podcast so much. I discovered it late in quarantine as a Bond fan. But this is fantastic. I hope they get together again and do another Bond podcast. Possibly another Bondathon 10 years later or something.
Thank you! We've talked about doing something similar to this, maybe for another series like Mission Impossible. We'll see, stay tuned!
My top 2 Bond movies will forever be 1# Goldfinger and 2# OHMSS with the occasional flip flop. I have a few honorable mentions like License to Kill and Thunderball/ Never Say Never Again but all three movies are a country mile behind Goldfinger and OHMSS.
I would never try to take on the undertaking of ranking all 25 Bond movies. I think my head would explode.
It was pretty tough to rank them all! I found the top choices and the bottom choices were relatively easy, what was tricky was ranking all the mid tiers.