That brings up a good question--should I include songs that were featured in the movie, but not in the main titles? From "Underneath the Mango Tree" and "We Have All the Time in the World" to the closing credits songs that have adorned most of the movies since the late '80s? (The Pretenders did two extra songs for TLD, and I personally prefer "Where Has Everybody Gone?" to the a-ha title track.) "It's all right...it's quite all right, really. She's having a rest. We'll be going on soon. There's no hurry, you see...we have all the time in the world...."
From Russia With Love 8 + Goldfinger 10 - Eliminated: 3rd: On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4th: Casino Royale (2006) 5th: The Living Daylights 6th: GoldenEye 007th: Dr. No 8th: You Only Live Twice 9th: The Spy Who Loved Me 10th: Tomorrow Never Dies 11th: Licence to Kill 12th: Thunderball 13th: For Your Eyes Only 14th: Live and Let Die 15th: The Man With the Golden Gun 16th: The World is Not Enough 17th: Octopussy 18th: Die Another Day 19th: Diamonds Are Forever 20th: A View to a Kill 21st: Moonraker
From Russia With Love 6 - Goldfinger 11 + Eliminated: 3rd: On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4th: Casino Royale (2006) 5th: The Living Daylights 6th: GoldenEye 007th: Dr. No 8th: You Only Live Twice 9th: The Spy Who Loved Me 10th: Tomorrow Never Dies 11th: Licence to Kill 12th: Thunderball 13th: For Your Eyes Only 14th: Live and Let Die 15th: The Man With the Golden Gun 16th: The World is Not Enough 17th: Octopussy 18th: Die Another Day 19th: Diamonds Are Forever 20th: A View to a Kill 21st: Moonraker
My guess is I'll have to settle for second best, but Russia w/ Love FTW!!!!! From Russia With Love 7 + Goldfinger 9 - Eliminated: 3rd: On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4th: Casino Royale (2006) 5th: The Living Daylights 6th: GoldenEye 007th: Dr. No 8th: You Only Live Twice 9th: The Spy Who Loved Me 10th: Tomorrow Never Dies 11th: Licence to Kill 12th: Thunderball 13th: For Your Eyes Only 14th: Live and Let Die 15th: The Man With the Golden Gun 16th: The World is Not Enough 17th: Octopussy 18th: Die Another Day 19th: Diamonds Are Forever 20th: A View to a Kill 21st: Moonraker
FRWL is my favorite Bond flick. I cannot let it die. From Russia With Love 8 + Goldfinger 7 - Eliminated: 3rd: On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4th: Casino Royale (2006) 5th: The Living Daylights 6th: GoldenEye 007th: Dr. No 8th: You Only Live Twice 9th: The Spy Who Loved Me 10th: Tomorrow Never Dies 11th: Licence to Kill 12th: Thunderball 13th: For Your Eyes Only 14th: Live and Let Die 15th: The Man With the Golden Gun 16th: The World is Not Enough 17th: Octopussy 18th: Die Another Day 19th: Diamonds Are Forever 20th: A View to a Kill 21st: Moonraker
I'm kind of torn here...I've always considered Goldfinger to be a bit overrated...I can see where it was big in its day, but I don't see where it stands the test of time to still be considered the best of the best in this series...and intellectually, I want to like FRWL better...but I just don't feel that connection with it, and if I had to throw one of these movies in right now, I'd probably pick Goldfinger for pure watchability...but since I don't feel too strongly one way or another, and I already hurt FRWL once, and it is a movie that deserves some props...I guess it's Goldfinger's turn.... From Russia With Love 9 + Goldfinger 5 - Eliminated: 3rd: On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4th: Casino Royale (2006) 5th: The Living Daylights 6th: GoldenEye 007th: Dr. No 8th: You Only Live Twice 9th: The Spy Who Loved Me 10th: Tomorrow Never Dies 11th: Licence to Kill 12th: Thunderball 13th: For Your Eyes Only 14th: Live and Let Die 15th: The Man With the Golden Gun 16th: The World is Not Enough 17th: Octopussy 18th: Die Another Day 19th: Diamonds Are Forever 20th: A View to a Kill 21st: Moonraker
From Russia With Love 7- Goldfinger 6+ Eliminated: 3rd: On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4th: Casino Royale (2006) 5th: The Living Daylights 6th: GoldenEye 007th: Dr. No 8th: You Only Live Twice 9th: The Spy Who Loved Me 10th: Tomorrow Never Dies 11th: Licence to Kill 12th: Thunderball 13th: For Your Eyes Only 14th: Live and Let Die 15th: The Man With the Golden Gun 16th: The World is Not Enough 17th: Octopussy 18th: Die Another Day 19th: Diamonds Are Forever 20th: A View to a Kill 21st: Moonraker
From Russia With Love 5- Goldfinger 7+ Eliminated: 3rd: On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4th: Casino Royale (2006) 5th: The Living Daylights 6th: GoldenEye 007th: Dr. No 8th: You Only Live Twice 9th: The Spy Who Loved Me 10th: Tomorrow Never Dies 11th: Licence to Kill 12th: Thunderball 13th: For Your Eyes Only 14th: Live and Let Die 15th: The Man With the Golden Gun 16th: The World is Not Enough 17th: Octopussy 18th: Die Another Day 19th: Diamonds Are Forever 20th: A View to a Kill 21st: Moonraker
Heh, this is awesome. From Russia With Love 6 + Goldfinger 5 - Eliminated: 3rd: On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4th: Casino Royale (2006) 5th: The Living Daylights 6th: GoldenEye 007th: Dr. No 8th: You Only Live Twice 9th: The Spy Who Loved Me 10th: Tomorrow Never Dies 11th: Licence to Kill 12th: Thunderball 13th: For Your Eyes Only 14th: Live and Let Die 15th: The Man With the Golden Gun 16th: The World is Not Enough 17th: Octopussy 18th: Die Another Day 19th: Diamonds Are Forever 20th: A View to a Kill 21st: Moonraker
We're getting really close, now: From Russia With Love 7 + Goldfinger 3 - Eliminated: 3rd: On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4th: Casino Royale (2006) 5th: The Living Daylights 6th: GoldenEye 007th: Dr. No 8th: You Only Live Twice 9th: The Spy Who Loved Me 10th: Tomorrow Never Dies 11th: Licence to Kill 12th: Thunderball 13th: For Your Eyes Only 14th: Live and Let Die 15th: The Man With the Golden Gun 16th: The World is Not Enough 17th: Octopussy 18th: Die Another Day 19th: Diamonds Are Forever 20th: A View to a Kill 21st: Moonraker
From Russia With Love 8 + Goldfinger 1 - Eliminated: 3rd: On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4th: Casino Royale (2006) 5th: The Living Daylights 6th: GoldenEye 007th: Dr. No 8th: You Only Live Twice 9th: The Spy Who Loved Me 10th: Tomorrow Never Dies 11th: Licence to Kill 12th: Thunderball 13th: For Your Eyes Only 14th: Live and Let Die 15th: The Man With the Golden Gun 16th: The World is Not Enough 17th: Octopussy 18th: Die Another Day 19th: Diamonds Are Forever 20th: A View to a Kill 21st: Moonraker
I guess I will. Goodbye Mr. Goldfinger, you were good but FRWL was better. From Russia With Love 9 + Eliminated: 2nd: Goldfinger - 3rd: On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4th: Casino Royale (2006) 5th: The Living Daylights 6th: GoldenEye 007th: Dr. No 8th: You Only Live Twice 9th: The Spy Who Loved Me 10th: Tomorrow Never Dies 11th: Licence to Kill 12th: Thunderball 13th: For Your Eyes Only 14th: Live and Let Die 15th: The Man With the Golden Gun 16th: The World is Not Enough 17th: Octopussy 18th: Die Another Day 19th: Diamonds Are Forever 20th: A View to a Kill 21st: Moonraker
And might I suggest that instead of songs you go with the novels. Just the Flemings probably, but you could include the Gardners and Bensons as well if you wanted.
^I'm not even sure I'd be qualified to vote, it's been so long since I read some of those. I'm game if there's enough interest, but for now I think I'll do the songs. (And I decided to just do one main song from each movie. I started to compile a broader list, and quickly discovered that there were just too many source songs in the films, variations of the title song in the closing credits, etc., to bother with.) Anyroad, as a formality, here are the final results for this one... Gold: From Russia With Love Silver: Goldfinger (Now that just doesn't seem right, does it? ) Bronze: On Her Majesty's Secret Service 4th: Casino Royale (2006) 5th: The Living Daylights 6th: GoldenEye 007th: Dr. No 8th: You Only Live Twice 9th: The Spy Who Loved Me 10th: Tomorrow Never Dies 11th: Licence to Kill 12th: Thunderball 13th: For Your Eyes Only 14th: Live and Let Die 15th: The Man With the Golden Gun 16th: The World is Not Enough 17th: Octopussy 18th: Die Another Day 19th: Diamonds Are Forever 20th: A View to a Kill 21st: Moonraker So...a pretty fun and interesting contest overall, with some surprising results. I think Moore got beat up a little too harshly, but every Bond actor got a film in the top 10, so that's cool. Thanks for playing, everyone! I'll be posting the next game shortly.
Yeah, it was ahead by so much. But I'm very happy with how this list turned out for the most part. I love how Dr. No is ranked 007th
Not so bad. The last two standing were my two favorites, although I rate Goldfinger higher than From Russia. Casino Royale went a little earlier for my taste, but stood with the last batch, so fair play there. Interesting game.
Ditto. I appreciate you all keeping it going. I did it just as a joke, but it was cool to see it turn into something more. And while I didn't enjoy eliminating it, there's something rather appropriate about the first Bond film being ranked 007th.