Obviously I can't say that this is official, but I was always a fan of the films that resemble the books closely. As I'm a fan of lists, here is my set of Bond Related Lists. (And yes, I stand by my placing of On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
Best Bond?
1. Connery
2. Craig
3. Dalton
4. Brosnan
5. Lazenby
6. Moore
Bond Films In Order of Preference (With Classic Line)
1. From Russia With Love - Just nudges out Casino Royale thanks to Robert Shaw's outstanding bad guy ("Red Wine With Fish. That Should Have Told Me Something")
2. Casino Royale - Truly genius if you can leave your preconceptions at the door. ("Now the whole world will know you died scratching my balls")
3. Dr. No - Classic ("No, I'm just looking")
4. Goldeneye - The Last time Bond was successfully updated("Her Majesty's Loyal Terrier")
5. License To Kill - The only film up to Casino Royale that captured the grittiness of Flemings original novels ("He disagreed with something that ate him")
6. Goldfinger ("No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die!")
7. The Living Daylights - If you can get over the lack of foresight regarding the mujahideen and their Oxford educated leader - D'Oh! ("Good news. You won't be hung in the morning. You will be shot!")
8. Thunderball - Or is that Never Say Never again? ("I think he got the point")
9. The World Is Not Enough - Probably controversial at this position, but I think it's the second best Brosnan, no question (Elektra: "A Fool's Sentiment"; Bond: "Family Motto")
10. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Best Bond Girl, Bobsledding and the most underestimated of all Bonds. Just think if George had stuck with it we could have avoided Roger Moore altogether! ("This never happened to the other fella")
11. Live And Let Die - Casual Racism and Date Rape aside... ("Names Is For Tombstones, Baby.")
12. You Only Live Twice - Despite several missteps in the climax and a woeful Japanese transformation ("Give him his cigarettes. It won't be the nicotine that kills you, Mr. Bond.")
13. For Your Eyes Only - Yes, I think this is the second best Moore. What's your problem. It's got Topol and Julian Glover in, what more do you want? Oh, and that cool assault on the monastery. ("We can make a deal Mister Bond. I'll get you a delicatessen, made out of stainless steel!")
14. Diamonds Are Forever - I strongly suspect that this film is actually total shit, but Connery basically saves it. ("Double Jeopardy, Mr Bond")
15. Tomorrow Never Dies - A mess, though sequences are good, plus the bad guy just is too mental to be credibly successful in the normal world.("Always give the public what they want!")
16. The Spy Who Loved Me - Cheese, cheese, cheese, cheese, cheese and isn't this basically the plot from You Only Live Twice again? (Tart: "But James, I need you!"; Bond "So does England")
17. Die Another Day - Self referential and shite. Gadgets have just gone too far. The best thing about this film is it scared everyone into starting again. Want more of the same? Watch Captain fucking Scarlet.("That'll teach you to lecture me. Get me another anger management therapist.")
18. Octopussy - Hard to ignore Racism and icky pensioner sex. ("There you are, Vijay. That should keep you in curry for a few weeks")
19. The Man With The Golden Gun - Anti-Climactic, especially given the quality of the villain. This gets panned for missed potential. Oh, and the lousy Britt Ekland. ("There's a useful four letter word, and you're full of it.")
20. Moonraker - Oh dear lord! Where to begin? Best just to let sleeping crap lie. ("A Woman?")
21. A View To A Kill - Another waste of a great (potentially the best) villain actor and Moore is so old it's a wonder he doesn't collapse from a heart attack at any moment. ("If you're the best they've got, they're more likely try and cover up your embarrassing incompetence")
Best Bond Themes (With Mrs K)
1. Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
2. We Have All The Time In The World - Louis Armstrong
3. Live And Let Die - Wings
4. You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra
5. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
6. Surrender - k.d. lang (A Cheat, I Know - but you listen to the end titles of Tomorrow Never Dies and deny this should have been the theme!)
7. From Russia With Love - Matt Munro
8. Goldeneye - Tina Turner
9. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
10. A View To A Kill - Duran Duran
11. Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley Bassey
12. You Know My Name - Chris Cornell
13. The World Is Not Enough - Garbage
14. Living Daylights - A Ha
15. For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton
16. Moonraker - Shirley Bassey
17. All Time High - Rita Coolidge (Well, you try and think of a rhyme for Octopussy!)
18. License To Kill - Gladys Knight
19. Tomorrow Never Dies - Sheryl Crow
20. Die Another Day - Madonna
21. Thunderball - Tom Jones
22.The Man With The Golden Gun - Lulu (Just Embarrassing)
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