In honor of this past year’s celebration of the 50th Anniversary of James Bond I decided to go back through all the James Bond movies of the past fifty years including the latest release “Skyfall” to determine what I thought was the Ultimate James Bond experience for fans old and new. I decided to break every movie down into five distinct Bond movie devises and give them a score from 1-5 on how well they hit the mark. The one with the highest overall score would be the winner. Now, this will be up for much debate but please know this is just my opinion and I am glad to get everyone’s thoughts and opinions but this is how “I” feel being a James Bond fan all of my life. Now something that did surprise me is the way some of these finished in the rankings is not the way I feel about them in regards to being my favorites. For instance, I really enjoy the Daniel Craig movies but their rankings are hurt by the fact that do not use many gadgets or have many cool henchmen which were staples of the original James Bond movies. So take a look enjoy and let’s hear what you think:
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Villain |
Henchman |
Bond Girls |
Plot |
Gadgets |
total |
Overall rank |
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| Goldfinger |
1964 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
24 |
1 |
| Live and Let Die |
1973 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
20 |
2 |
| The Spy who Loved me |
1977 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
3 |
| Goldeneye |
1995 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
20 |
4 |
| Thunderball |
1965 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
19 |
5 |
| Skyfall |
2012 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
18 |
6 |
| Die Another Day |
2002 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
18 |
7 |
| From Russia with Love |
1963 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
17 |
8 |
| Moonraker |
1979 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
17 |
9 |
| Diamonds are Forever |
1971 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
17 |
10 |
| The Man with the Golden Gun |
1974 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
17 |
11 |
| Casino Royal |
2006 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
16 |
12 |
| For Your Eyes Only |
1981 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
16 |
13 |
| On Her Majesty’s Secret Service |
1969 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
16 |
14 |
| Tomorrow Never Dies |
1997 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
16 |
15 |
| License to Kill |
1989 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
16 |
16 |
| The World is Not Enough |
1999 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
16 |
17 |
| Dr. No |
1962 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
15 |
18 |
| You Only Live Twice |
1967 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
15 |
19 |
| Octopussy |
1983 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
14 |
20 |
| Quantum of Solace |
2008 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
13 |
21 |
| A View to a Kill |
1985 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
22 |
| The Living Daylights |
1987 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
12 |
23 |
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