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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Jezter" data-source="post: 1611086" data-attributes="member: 1015">Here are my thoughts on each individual Bond movie, ranking them as 1st Tier (the best), 2nd Tier (so-so), and 3rd Tier (the worst).1st TierDr. No:  The movie that started it all, and still manages to entertain.  Ursula Andress' rising out of the ocean in her bikini definately has to be one of the more famous Bond moments of all time.From Russia With Love:  This movie has a lot of things going for it... A gripping Cold War spy plot with Bond persuing a Soviet cypher machine, a gorgeous Bond girl, a great fight scene (Sean Connery and Robert Shaw duking it out on the Orient Express), and the very first appearance of Bond's arch-nemesis: Ernst Blofeld.  This is the most plausable of the Bond films, and features Bond using his own cunning to best his enemies rather than high-tech gadgets or outrageous stunts.  Basically, James Bond is a spy in this movie rather than a super action hero.Goldfinger:  This movie is the iconic 007 movie, and as I mentioned earlier in this thread, it's the movie that most people think of first when they hear James Bond.  This movie features cool gadgets (including Bond's famous Aston Martin), a great villain, a creepy henchman (the hat-throwing Oddjob), some great Bond girls, and some great action scenes.  Plus, who could forget the memorable banter between Bond and Goldfinger?"Do you expect me to talk, Goldfinger?""No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die."  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />Thunderball:  If Goldfinger established the formula that would be used in all later Bond movies, Thunderball was the movie that perfected it.  Thunderball features gorgeous tropical scenery, beautiful women, great villains, awesome gadgets, and an unforgettable action scene involving evil organization SPECTRE in an underwater battle against American Aqua-Soldiers.  This movie is Bond at his best.You Only Live Twice:  As you can no doubt tell by now, I really love the original Connery Bond movies.  This movie opens with James Bond faking his own death to go undercover in search of SPECTRE, and is the very first movie where we get to see the face of the evil mastermind Ernst Blofeld.  This movie also has an awesome vehicle for Bond (a helicopter that can be carried in a few suitcases), exotic locales set in the Japanese islands, and ninjas.  Yes, honest-to-God ninjas!The Spy Who Loved Me:  If you've ever wondered where the "sexy female Russian secret agent" stereotype came from, look no further.  The gorgeous Barbara Bach plays a Soviet agent who assists Bond in hunting down a madman who seeks to start a nuclear war.  This movie also introduces Jaws, one of the most memorable characters ever in the 007 franchise.  The climactic battle between the American submarine crew and the villain's henchmen is still impressive to this date.For Your Eyes Only:  This movie returns to the "cold war thriller" genre rather than having Bond going up against mad scientists and criminal masterminds.  For a Moore film, this movie feels surprisingly like one of the Sean Connery Bond movies.  This movie also pays a lot of attention to plot and character development.  Plus, it's the one of only two post-OHMSS movie that mentions Bond's departed wife.Goldeneye:  After a six year hiatus, Bond returned to the silver screen with a bang.  Pierce Brosnan took up the mantle of Bond, and Judy Dench played the new M.   In this movie, Bond goes up against a former friend turned foe (played by the always-enjoyable Sean Bean) in post-Cold War Russia.  Memorable things from this movie include Xenia Onatopp, the psychotic villainess who derives sexual pleasure from crushing men to death with her legs, and James Bond driving a tank through the streets of St. Petersburg.2nd TierOn Her Majesty's Secret Service:  I love thee, I love thee not, I love thee, I love thee not...  There are a lot of things I liked about this movie, and a lot of things I didn't care for in the slightest.  After Connery, Lazenby was a letdown as 007, I know that some people liked him in the role, but to me he was never convincing as Bond.  I actually didn't like Telly Savalas as Blofeld (Savalas felt too rough and tough for the role as the evil mastermind), and this movie created a big continuity error by having Blofeld act as though he'd never met Bond before (even though they met just one film earlier in You Only Live Twice).  This movie also has an Austin Powers-like "shagadellic swinga'" feel to it that made it hard for me to take it seriously at times.  On the plus side, this movie shows a more human side to the Bond character, and Diana Rigg does perfectly as the only woman who ever managed to steal Bond's heart.  The final scene in this movie is absolutely heart-wrenching, and I dare say that if Connery had starred in this movie rather than Lazenby, this film would be a lot more popular among Bond fans.Live and Let Die:  One of the stranger Bond movies, but still manages to entertain.  Bond takes on voodoo priests and heroin dealers in the Carribbean.  This movie also features a young Jane Seymour in one of her very first movie roles.Octopussy:  This is another movie in the "Russian era" of Bond films, when nearly every Bond movie that came out from the late-70s to the late-80s centered on the Soviet Union somehow.  In this one, a renegade Russian general (played by Steven Berkoff, who also appeared in Rambo 2) enlists the help of jewelry smugglers to help him detonate a nuclear bomb on an American Air Force bace.  This movie has a rather elaborate plot to it, and it took a couple of viewings before I fully understood it, but I still like it.A View to a Kill:  A decent Moore Bond movie.  It's hard to go wrong with Christopher Walkin in the role of a villain, and this movie features a fantastic title song as well. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />The Living Daylights: One of the more plausable Bond movies, and easily the best of the two movies where Bond was played by Timothy Dalton.Tomorrow Never Dies:  An enjoyable Bond film with lots of stunts, explosions, and a great car chase.  Michelle Yeoh (who would later go on to star in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) plays a Chinese secret agent who ends up assisting Bond against an evil media baron in this enjoyable Bond flick.Die Another Day:  The first half of this movie is excellent, but during the second half it becomes a little too sci-fi.  Still, it's enjoyable overall, and Brosnan's second-best Bond film.  Halle Berry is very sexy as the American secret agent named Jinx, although at times it seems like her character is trying to steal the spotlight from James.3rd TierLicence to Kill:  A bad title song, weak villains, boring action scenes, and unmemorable Bond girls.  This movie almost killed the Bond franchise, and it took nearly six years before the next one (Goldeneye) was released.Diamonds are Forever: Sean Connery returned for one more official Bond movie after Lazenby's brief shot at the role.  Diamonds are Forever had lame villains, forgettable girls, and an incomprehensible plot.  This movie is easily the black sheep of the Connery Bond films.The Man with the Golden Gun:  Not even the presence of Christopher Lee can save this one.  I consider this the absolute worst Bond film.Moonraker:  James Bond does Star Wars?  This is easily the most implausable of the Bond movies, and even the presence of Jaws can't save it from being one of the worst of the series.The World Is Not Enough:  Sub-par direction and an confusing plot make this movie the worst Brosnan Bond film.  Denise Richards, while sexy, is totally unconvincing as a nuclear scientist.  The pacing was bad, and the action scenes were a little too over-the-top.</blockquote>

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