Best James Bond Film?

[The Batman]

Out of all the official EON films, which one do you think is the best?

 

[Fincher]

Casino Royale.

 

[dallywhitty]

On Her Majesty's Secret Service is a masterpiece. Casino Royale is a close second.

 

[KnightErrant]

Die Another Day

 

[The Joker]

Goldfinger

 

[Fallen Angel]

On Her Majesty's Secret Service...just over From Russia with Love.

 

[David H.]

Casino Royale.

I think this depends on who your first Bond was. Which style introduced you to the series.

 

[Lily Adler]

Waiting for someone to say Skyfall and see the craziness to happen.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Goldfinger. Just a non-stop thrill ride from start to finish. So many classic moments in that one.

 

[Frankeh]

The Spy Who Loved Me

 

[Silvermoth]

Die Another Day

I was hoping someone would be brave enough to choose this

 

[marcvader]

Goldfinger will always be the quintessential Bond film for me.

 

[Marvolo]

From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
Casino Royale

 

[titansupes]

Casino Royale, followed by Goldfinger and GoldenEye.

 

[Loki882]

From Russia With Love. Easily for me.

The rest of the Top Five:

-Casino Royale.
-On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
-Skyfall.
-Goldeneye.

 

[Lord]

For me it's a tie between From Russia With Love and Casino Royale.

3. Skyfall
4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5. Goldfinger
6. Goldeneye

I know Goldfinger has many iconic moments, but i found it much more flawed than it's predecessor. It still was a realy good film, and a fun experience, but it also pushed Bond into the more mysoginistic side On Her Majesty's Secret Service had slightly gotten away from (just slightly). The fact that it was one of the most popular Bond films also made sure Guy Hamilton would stay around for too long in the franchise and make 3 successive stinkers (DaF, LaLD and TMWtGG). He pretty much started an era of James Bond films that was creatively and quality-wise stagnant. From 1971 to 2002 there were what? 3 007 films that were considered to actualy be great? The other 11 range from being considered decent, guilty pleasures or jsut plain bad.

Contrast that with the first 6 films. They usualy ranked from Good to classic (Though you could make a case against You Only Live Twice).

 

[KnightErrant]

I was hoping someone would be brave enough to choose this

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[AnneFan]

On Her Majesty's Secret Service...just over From Russia with Love.

They're my top two as well.

 

[The Joker]

How on earth did Die Another Day get a vote?

 

[OutOfBoose]

How on earth did Die Another Day get a vote?

Someone missed the button.

 

[metaphysician]

I have a hard time choosing between The Living Daylights and License To Kill. IMO, Timothy Dalton is the best Bond, by a fair margin. I gave my vote to Living Daylights, since it had the better Bond girl and is somewhat more of a traditional Bond plot. I could pick differently on a different day, though.

 

[KillerMcQueen]

How on earth did Die Another Day get a vote?

Just be glad they didn't click on Diamonds are Forever.

 

[Loki882]

They're both awful imo.

 

[Fincher]

Going ahead and making a list:

1. Casino Royale (one of the best movies ever)
2. The Living Daylights
3. The Spy Who Loved Me
4. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
5. Goldfinger
6. Skyfall
7. Licence to Kill
8. A View to a Kill

I find From Russia With Love boring.

 

[Dark Raven]

From Russia With Love and Goldfinger. I like most of the Connery ones anyway except for Diamonds are Forever (which isn't as bad as some other ones though).

Thunderball would've been a lot better if they didn't have very long, drawn-out underwater sequences which slow it down. There's a lot of good stuff in that movie and the Bond girls are among the loveliest. They spent so much money on the underwater sequences that they almost felt obligated to show it off, which led to it being far too slow there. It's a bit like the difference between Star Trek: The Motion Picture and all subsequent Star Trek films where they didn't feel the need to have to show off the Enterprise in all its detail in a drawn-out sequence.

Of the Moore films, the Spy Who Loved Me.

Worst ones for me are Die Another Day (worst Bond movie ever), Quantum of Solace, Spectre, Skyfall, the Man with the Golden Gun and Diamonds are Forever. The World is Not Enough is also more boring now than when I first watched it. I don't think it's as watchable on reflection.