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My Ratings of all the Bond Films.

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RGA

From start to end James Bond -- even the bad ones I enjoy watching when they pop up on the boob tube. I rate from 0 - 5
5 Being a masterpiece
4 Being Excellent
3 Being Good and the minimum rating for me to recommend the film
2 Being mediocre. Not recommended with too many problems but may hold diverting interest
1 Being a poor film all the way around
0 From a production perspective as bad or worse than one but also in very bad taste making one long for the experience of a Root Canal.
Dr. No (1962) ***
From Russia with Love (1963) ***1/2
Goldfinger (1964) ***1/2
Thunderball (1965) **1/2
You Only Live Twice (1967) ***
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) ***
Diamonds Are Forever (1971) ***
Live and Let Die (1973) **
The Man with the Golden Gun (1975) **1/2
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) ***1/2
Moonraker (1979) *1/2
For Your Eyes Only (1981) **1/2
Octopussy (1983) ***
Never Say Never Again (1983) ***
A View to a Kill (1985) **1/2
The Living Daylights (1987) **
Licence to Kill (1989) ***1/2
Goldeneye (1995) ***
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)***
The World Is Not Enough (1999)***
Die Another Day (2002) ***

Casino Royale (2006) ****
I am not going to get into silly debates over who the best Bond is because looking over my list they all made a successful film. Lazenby is the only exception as he was in possibly the best written smartest film of the lot(except for the new Casino Royale) but he simply didn't carry the day as Bond and it suffers as a result.
The rest of the actors each brought something different to the role. I never hate Roger Moore since I grew up with him as James Bond - he played the part tongue firmly in cheek and I had no problem with that. I also like the intense Dalton Bond which reminds me a little more of Daniel Craig. Interesting that perhaps if Dalton had this role at this time instead of in the 80s he would be looked upon in a better light.
Best Five
Casino Royale
Goldfinger
Licence to Kill
The Spy Who Loved Me
From Russia With Love
Worst film: Moonraker

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4 Stars? - WinthorpeIII 14:39:13 11/29/06 (1)
Casino Royal 2006, 4 stars? I'm glad you liked it. I'd give it 2 1/2.

"Goldfinger" and "Dr No" are my favorites. As for Bonds:
1. Sean Connery
2. Roger Moore.
Craig had no style.
- He's too new to have style... - RGA 05:28:29 12/06/06 (0)
  Style comes with experience and in Casino Royale the James Bond character just received his double O. Heck he doesn't even know what drink to like in this movie.
  If he cranks out a couple more like Casino Royale I will have no problem claiming him as the best Bond. And yes that includes one of my all time favorite actors in Sean Connery.
  And you know what has me more excited by Craig and Casino Royale -- I saw it on a 14 inch laptop on a downloaded weak print copy. It's so good IMO that it does not even need the big screen. And why? Because this is the first Bond in 20 years that is more about a professional killing machine best of the best than about a silly watch that has lazers and cars that go invisible.
  But hey not everyone's gonna like it.
My two favorites are - DavidLD 06:47:42 11/28/06 (1)
1. Goldfinger
2. Octopussy
BUT the current Casino Royale is right up there.
I wouldn't mind seeing them now do remakes of all the Bond movies as more serious spy thrillers with less preposterous gadgetry. The only one I think would be hard to top as a remake would be Goldfinger, with all fabulous villans (Gert Frobe and Odd Job) the famous and subtly amusing scenes (like where the crushed LIncoln with gold in trunk is loaded into the back of a Ford Ranchero and the car-pickup barely goes down on its springs at it drives off hauling the crushed Lincoln with dead body and Gold.)
Somehow I think Ian Fleming would be proud of the current Bond movie as being truer to what the novelist originally intended, and not as full of Hollywood gimmicks designed to stimulate ticket sales, nor as blatantly sexist. I even think that Albert Broccoli (rest his soul) would find the more serious approach to the entire series appealing.
Whatever Bond's take vis a vis Happy Feet, it's making enough money to make a 15 or 20 movie series of more serious remakes financially feasilble. A number of these movies are already 40 years old and even older.
David
- I'm in agreement with you.. - Troutbum 07:42:06 11/28/06 (0)
  re: Fleming being thrilled with the new direction. I think if he lived long enuf to see his work in films we would never have had to put up with the "gadgetry" as you see. His books had some humor, very dry, but the character was basically a ruthless, but human person.

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