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The James Bond Films Hurt/Heal Game

As will Tommorow Never Dies simply becuase of how superior K.D. Lang's song was (and they were idiots not to use it as the main theme.)
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.)

Eliminated:
3rd: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
"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. :lol:

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? :lol:)
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 :D
 
Indeed, I'd like to see the 007th tradition continued in the new thread (whatever ends up there).
 
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.
 
Indeed, I'd like to see the 007th tradition continued in the new thread (whatever ends up there).
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. :techman:

And while I didn't enjoy eliminating it, there's something rather appropriate about the first Bond film being ranked 007th. :D
 
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