Think how much BETTER No Time To Die would've been if the great Bob Mitsch was the final screenwriter instead of Phoebe Waller Bridge! He probably would've been cheaper too...
Here’s my list: 26: Quantum of Solace 25: A View to a Kill 24: The Man With the Golden Gun 23: Die Another Day 22: Spectre 21: Never Say Never Again 20: The Living Daylights 19: Diamonds Are Forever 18: Moonraker 17: The World Is Not Enough 16: Licence to Kill 15: No Time to Die 14: For Your Eyes Only 13: You Only Live Twice 12: Tomorrow Never Dies 11: Octopussy 10: Live and Let Die 9: GoldenEye 8: The Spy Who Loved Me 7: Thunderball 6: Dr. No 5: Skyfall 4: Goldfinger 3: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 2: From Russia With Love 1: Casino Royale
Why didn’t you have a contrasting view in here? You all rank NO TIME TO DIE near the bottom so you are all just reinforcing the one sided point of view. It also seems an American centric view where the film didn’t do so well. In Britain and Europe where the film did much better l think we are more accepting of less cookie cutter films. This was a brave powerful film. In fact l have never been so moved by a Bond film. To say that it is not a Bond movie as one of you have and Daniel Craig is not Bond is also way off the mark. But l guess it is pointless to disagree because of the one sided nature of this podcast.
Hi Mark…we had no idea what we would think of NTTD when we decided to do this. And as we kept our rankings secret from each other, we weren’t even sure what they would be until we recorded this! I don’t think any of said Craig wasn’t Bond, in fact a few of us said in our intros that we believe he’s the BEST Bond. We just had issues with some of the writing he was given. And in general, the script was the biggest problem we had with the movie. Which is a shame because there were many elements we really liked in this that we pointed out. So we did our best to keep it balanced, but it just worked out that most of us weren’t impressed. Interesting thought that perhaps Americans are harder on this movie than British audiences…we have friends in both countries and personally we’ve seen opinions of the film split down the middle, no matter what country they were from. That, that’s our perspective. Appreciate you listening and for the comment!
Thank you. Very good discussion by the way. I guess I liked this movie a little more than you guys, but it's not one of my favourites by any means, and I didn't hear many points I disagreed with. I loved Skyfall, but on the whole I'm chiefly a fan of the original 1962-89 run of films, most since have missed the mark a little for me.
@@IgorsDen Totally fair! If you're curious, we go more in depth on our thoughts on the "classic" films in Ultimate Bondcast 1/2...This Part 3 was like an "update" with No Time To Die. ruclips.net/video/u_glYs0zld8/видео.html
@@Athena007 Hey Brad and Athena! I sincerely and wholeheartedly apologize. I was rewatching y’all’s Bond discussion videos again and didn’t see your reply comments till now. I somehow lost access to my previous RUclips account. 🤦🏻♂️ I really enjoy y'all's Bond friend group discussion over the Bond films. I love how you all have different opinions and some of the same perspectives on the many Bond films. I have listed below my current Bond film ranking. I think over time, No Time to Die will get lower on my overall ranking, but for now, I have it at 15. I agree with you, Brad and Athena, that No Time to Die isn’t the best Bond film. I admire the filmmakers for doing something different, but I really didn’t care for the story execution of the film or for Bond’s death. No Time to Die has too many plot contrivances. 😬 I’m so sorry again for not seeing your replies earlier. I’m grateful for y'all's Bond video discussion, and I'm a huge fan of you two. Thank you. 🙏😊 James Bond film ranking: 1. Skyfall 2. Casino Royale 3. GoldenEye 4. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 5. The Spy Who Loved Me 6. From Russia With Love 7. Dr. No 8. Moonraker 9. The World Is Not Enough 10. Thunderball 11. Goldfinger 12. The Living Daylights 13. License to Kill 14. Spectre 15. No Time To Die 16. Live and Let Die 17. The Man With The Golden Gun 18. Die Another Day 19. Quantum of Solace 20. Octopussy 21. Tomorrow Never Dies 22. You Only Live Twice 23. For Your Eyes Only 24. A View To A Kill 25. Diamonds Are Forever
I think everyone has been a bit harsh on NTTD. I genuinely thought it could have been one of the best bond films of the series if it wasn't for the ending. So entertaining throughout though. I am still unsure of the ending and am certain Skyfall and Casino Royale are superior but this is by no means a bad bond film in my opinion.
Fair enough! NTTD seems to be THE most divisive movie of the series. People either seem to love it or hate it. It's a daring movie in any case. Thanks for stopping by!
Very very enjoyable !! You are all on my wavelength regarding the current movie which is a contrast to the other popular podcasters . Spy has always been my favourite !!!
I had forgotten that I’d listened to this . With a couple of exceptions namely The Man With The Golden Gun which I’ve always loved , I’m def on the same wavelength .. No time to die did well not to finish last . A great listen !!
I never got the confusion about whether the child is Bond's. We the audience know she's pregnant from the PTS, Bond knows right away because of the blue eyes and it seemed obvious to me that she was just saying it wasn't because she was angry. I don't think it was supposed to be a mystery.
I'm not far apart from any of your rankings on here which is very nice to see. Collective ranking is the closest. If From Russia With Love and Octopussy switched places would be bordering near perfect. 1. GoldenEye 2. Goldfinger 3. The Spy Who Loved Me 4. Octopussy 5. Skyfall 6. You Only Live Twice 7. On Her Majesty's Secret Service 8. For Your Eyes Only 9. Casino Royale 10. Moonraker 11. Licence To Kill 12. Tomorrow Never Dies 13. The Living Daylights 14. Live and Let Die 15. From Russia With Love 16. The World Is Not Enough 17. No Time To Die 18. Diamonds Are Forever 19. Thunderball 20. Dr. No 21. The Man With the Golden Gun 22. Spectre 23. A View To A Kill 24. Never Say Never Again 25. Die Another Day 26. Quantum Of Solace Favourite Bond: Moore Best Bond: unknown
Thank you, yeah seems a bit different. I love the number of set pieces in Octopussy, epic pre-title scene, the locations are very good, some good humour from Bond. We get Q appearing out on the field, which Moore requested. My 12-15 placings I'd say are 'good' Bond movies. I like FRWL, and it could easily jump to 12 on the next watch. I think it properly gets great when we get on the train. Some good elements before that but still finding itself a tad.
This is one of those movies where I really enjoyed it, but I absolutely understand the criticisms. You guys brought up excellent points, but I had fun. They need to go back to stand alone stories in my humble opinion.
Thank you! And agreed that they need to go a new direction next time with stand alone stories. I’ve been hearing that from even the fans of this movie.
My ranking of Bond movies: 1. The spy who loved me (1977) MASTERPIECE 2. Goldfinger (1964) MASTERPIECE 3. Skyfall (2012) 4. Casino royale (2006) 5. Dr. No (1962) 6. From russia with love (1963) 7. Goldeneye (1995) 8. The living daylights (1987) 9. For your eyes only (1981) 10. Licence to kill (1989) 11. Tomorrow never dies (1997) 12. You only live twice (1967) 13. On her majesty ' s secret service (1969) 14. Live and let die (1973) 15. The man with the golden gun (1974) 16. No time to die (2021) 17. Moonraker (1979) 18. A view to a kill (1985) 19. Spectre (2015) 20. Die another day (2002) 21. Octopussy (1983) 22. Thunderball (1965) 23. The world is not enough (1999) 24. Quantum of solace (2008) 25. Diamonds are forever (1971)
It says a lot about a movie when four die-hard Bond fans have the same reaction as me - who is admittedly not a Bond fan. I've seen all of Craig's movies on the big screen but none of the previous (except for the occasional TV airing or home video rental growing up). Casino Royale and Skyfall were spectacular while Quantum was dreadful and NTTD was . . . confusing and predictable, if such is possible. Mostly it felt unimportant, and that's unfortunate. Enjoyed this ranking video. My favorite moments were Athena's "sneakily snuck" phrasing ( 27:09) and hearing Brad laughing on Athena's feed (1:00:09).
Hey Paul, great to hear from ya! Interesting to hear your perspective from a mostly-Craig guy. Sounds like we are all on the same page (and I also love those little moments in the podcast). Happy holidays!
At last! A round table that has the guts to point out that that the emperor is wearing no clothes. I have been a Bond fan since 1971 (an English one) and this is my number 26 (on your scale). What has made this the worst for me is that with the Cuba sequence in ‘No Time To Die’ the filmmakers have shown that they could have given us a traditional ie. ‘proper’ Bond film updated to 2020s expectations had they wanted to but no, from the return to Norway onwards we had to be subjected to banal soap operatics and a grandstanding curtain call for actor Daniel Craig on an almost literal stage at the end. I felt no emotion at all at the climax, if we can call it that, as it seemed that we were being asked to say goodbye to the actor, not the character. Terrible!
26: No Time to Die (Lead balloon ending, not Bond to me) 25: Quantum of Solace (Horrible editing) 24: Never Say Never Again (A worse version of Thunderball, which I already don’t like) 23: Spectre (Why does everything have to connect!?) 22: Die Another Day (Too silly, worst screenplay of the series) 21: The Man with the Golden Gun (Bond at his most unlikable. Memorable villains) 20: A View to a Kill (Senior citizen Bond versus the MTV generation) 19: Diamonds are Forever (Sluggish and slow) 18: The World is Not Enough (Poorly shot action sequences, miscast Bond Girl) 17: Thunderball (Boring villain, languid underwater scenes) 16: Dr. No (Vanilla Bond) 15: Tomorrow Never Dies (Best Bond Girl actress, zero chemistry with Brosnan) 14: Moonraker (Great light entertainment, entertaining silliness) 13: You Only Live Twice (Great spy film marred by racist moments and an unmotivated Sean Connery) 12: Licence to Kill (Great 80s revenge movie. Glad to see Q getting a sizable role) 11: Octopussy (Fun adventure movie. Good mystery elements) 10: Live and Let Die (Fantastic soft reboot of the franchise) 9: The Living Daylights (Great movie let down by weak villains) 8: From Russia with Love (The best spy film in the series. Best fight scene of the franchise) 7: For Your Eyes Only (A return to basics for the franchise, and a highly entertaining installment) 6: Skyfall (An emotional roller coaster from start to finish. Great villain performance) 5: Goldfinger (THE classic Bond movie) 4: Casino Royale (Should be #1, but just 10 minutes too long) 3: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (The best Bond Girl, and an unforgettable ending) 2: Goldeneye (My first Bond movie. I picked a good one to start with) 1: The Spy Who Loved Me (Nobody Does it Better)
@@bengrenan8192 I just find NTTD to be technically impressive, but ultimately a depressing and messy experience to watch. Licence To Kill was depressing as well in some ways, but at least it felt like a tight coherent story.
You guys should do more Bond podcasts. The original ranking video is one the best Bond-related things on RUclips. My only complaint was that it was difficult to keep track of who was talking (which you’ve thankfully fixed with this video).
I wonder how you got this right when you overrated similary awful Skyfall and underrated Quantum of Solace which is the only Craig's movie where he reminds me of classical Bond character to some point and the story was by far the most interesting. Maybe this movie will redpill you...JB is indeed about fantasy and since you rated Casino as number two I guess your fantasy is getting your balls smashed? Xd What sucked about the movie: dumb Bond leaving his wife for a slander, Lynch who is only there to push some agenda (killing the scientist for saying he could kill all black people lol), 007 number assigned to Lynch - spitting to JB fans faces, lame storyline, gay Q which is irrelevant, garbage villain who has no reason to hate Bonds wife, video game like action scenes.
If you're curious to hear more of our thoughts on the other movies vs just No Time To Die, we go into the pluses and minuses of each movie in our first two parts of the Ultimate Bondcast here... ruclips.net/video/u_glYs0zld8/видео.html
Yep, I guess that would be us! But I think we spell out our reasons pretty well. If you're curious to know specifically what we thought of DAF, DAD, and NSNA, we briefly review all the older Bond films in parts 1 and 2 here- ruclips.net/video/u_glYs0zld8/видео.html
These guys: "Ahh, this movie is too deep! I just want to turn my brain off and enjoy a film!" Also these guys: "Why is there a portrait of Robert Brown hanging in the MI6 corridors??? That's a continuity mistake!"
I wouldn't call it LOVE but I think I was harsh on it before. It's just good, stupid, escapist fun and while it's not perfect, there's still a lot to like. We went more into our thoughts on Diamonds in our last Bondcast here (queued up for ya)...ruclips.net/video/u_glYs0zld8/видео.html
Awesome to see you guys back! I loved your last ranking and I watched it over and over. Your show is a great example of the Bond fandom, everyone has thier favourites but its all so good natured and fun. Also thank goodness I'm not alone regarding my huge disappointment with NTTD, which to me is a horrible example the actor being more important than James Bond. I find it such a depressing, melodramatic mess and worst, I actually felt betrayed as a fan. Keep making Bond ranking vids guys!
Using a 5 point scale for 17 Bondian elements (villain, action, look etc) I added them up and the ranking seemed reasonable to me: 1) The Spy Who Loved Me 68 2) Goldeneye 68 3) Goldfinger 67 4) Tomorrow Never Dies 66 5) On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 64 6) Moonraker 64 7) From Russia with Love 62 8) Casino Royale 61 9) You Only Live Twice 61 10) Skyfall 56 11) Octopussy 55 12) The World is Not Enough 55 13) License to Kill 52 14) Live and Let Die 51 15) A View to a Kill 51 16) Die Another Day 48 17) For Your Eyes Only 48 18) The Living Daylights 48 19) The Man with the Golden Gun 47 20) No Time to Die 47 21) Thunderball 47 22) Quantum of Solace 46 23) Dr. No 45 24) Diamonds Are Forever 37 25) Spectre 37 26) Never Say Never Again 36
..... 21. A View to a Kill (Average Ranking: 22) 22. LALD (13) 23. Spectre (24) 24. No Time to Die (25) 25. Die Another Day (23) 26. Quantum of Solace (26) At least for the lowest six, my personal ranking closely follows the "average" of this panel (with one exception). As for the fifth cinematic Bond film (released 8 or 9 weeks before You Only Live Twice) I would rank it in the middle third, more precisely between #15 and #20. While it arguably has a threadbare plot, it does have first-rate music (I own its OST, though not the film itself in any form), good cast (several of whom have previously appeared in an EON Bond film), and solid visual presentation, quite reflective of that particular (psychedelic) era. Had Sean Connery been afforded the opportunity to star first in OHMSS and then YOLT (with story from novel, not the one conjured up by Roald Dahl) he might have had a fantastic exit, even if not an upbeat one. And Roger Moore assuredly would have had a far more wonderful exit had Moonraker been his farewell entry.
I have watched nearly all the bond movies up to Craigs casino royale. Didnt like the new direction/feel that casino royale bought to bond so I haven't seen any others yet. Favorite bond: brosnan Best bond: Moore Worst bond: Dalton
It might be worth giving Skyfall a chance, though if you didn’t like the more dramatic/realistic tone of Casino you might not be happy with that one either.
@@RetroCarsForever Yeah I'll probably watch them all one day just to say I've seen them all. I don't think the bond films should be made too realistic, that has never been what a bond story is about. It's all about the far fetched, way out, larger than life , fantastical villainous endeavors of maniacal masterminds planning world domination, and a suave debonair racing against time to foil their plans, all with imagination inspiring gadgets that could actually be within the reach of creating by the average man if only he had the time to spend tinkering in his workshop, and maybe produce for himself the gadgets to be a possible equivalent of the dashing hero himself.
And why didn't Bond take Madeleine and Mathilde off the island and let 007 finish the mission? Because that would have made too much sense? Japan & Russia wanted to know why there was a plane over a disputed island but didn't care about all the activity before they got there? Also, Goodspeed escaped when Alcatraz got bombed in The Rock and MacGyver killed nanobots with a hyperbaric chamber. 4DX was fun though.
@@greatwuta He means Nomi (007). But honestly...It's a Bond movie, Bond's gotta stay behind and save the day while someone else takes his family to safety, even though that's not the most logical thing to do.
The new 007 should have stayed to finish the mission. That makes more sense story wise… but not much sense when James Bond is missing from the climax of his own film. And yeah! Disputed waters… with previous activity… good point. Too many questions, not enough answers.
Me: Sorry guys, no time to watch no time to die.
Also Me: I’m going to watch a multi part podcast analyzing no time to die
Hahah! Nice.
No Time To Die is actually available to rent from home now if that helps.
@@RetroCarsForever hahahaha, that’s a euphemism for “I don’t want to watch it because everyone says it’s bad”
@@SaleProofCarReviews Your mileage may vary...SOME people seem to absolutely love this movie!
@@SaleProofCarReviews LOL! Have you seen the other Craig 007 films? If so, might as well finish his run and see NTTD. Otherwise… eh. Haha!
49:49 😂😂😂 This story about his older brother
I know right??
Oooo, that would have been an exceptionally great villain death mentioned by Bob at 25:40 !
Think how much BETTER No Time To Die would've been if the great Bob Mitsch was the final screenwriter instead of Phoebe Waller Bridge!
He probably would've been cheaper too...
Here’s my list:
26: Quantum of Solace
25: A View to a Kill
24: The Man With the Golden Gun
23: Die Another Day
22: Spectre
21: Never Say Never Again
20: The Living Daylights
19: Diamonds Are Forever
18: Moonraker
17: The World Is Not Enough
16: Licence to Kill
15: No Time to Die
14: For Your Eyes Only
13: You Only Live Twice
12: Tomorrow Never Dies
11: Octopussy
10: Live and Let Die
9: GoldenEye
8: The Spy Who Loved Me
7: Thunderball
6: Dr. No
5: Skyfall
4: Goldfinger
3: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
2: From Russia With Love
1: Casino Royale
Great list! Not too far off from my own (except I seem to favor Dalton movies more than you)
Why didn’t you have a contrasting view in here? You all rank NO TIME TO DIE near the bottom so you are all just reinforcing the one sided point of view. It also seems an American centric view where the film didn’t do so well. In Britain and Europe where the film did much better l think we are more accepting of less cookie cutter films. This was a brave powerful film. In fact l have never been so moved by a Bond film. To say that it is not a Bond movie as one of you have and Daniel Craig is not Bond is also way off the mark. But l guess it is pointless to disagree because of the one sided nature of this podcast.
Hi Mark…we had no idea what we would think of NTTD when we decided to do this. And as we kept our rankings secret from each other, we weren’t even sure what they would be until we recorded this!
I don’t think any of said Craig wasn’t Bond, in fact a few of us said in our intros that we believe he’s the BEST Bond.
We just had issues with some of the writing he was given. And in general, the script was the biggest problem we had with the movie.
Which is a shame because there were many elements we really liked in this that we pointed out.
So we did our best to keep it balanced, but it just worked out that most of us weren’t impressed.
Interesting thought that perhaps Americans are harder on this movie than British audiences…we have friends in both countries and personally we’ve seen opinions of the film split down the middle, no matter what country they were from.
That, that’s our perspective. Appreciate you listening and for the comment!
I remember John and Athena from posting on the CBn forums in the late 00s (under the name Safari Suit). Nice to see them again.
That's where I met them as well! I'll tell them that.
Thank you. Very good discussion by the way. I guess I liked this movie a little more than you guys, but it's not one of my favourites by any means, and I didn't hear many points I disagreed with. I loved Skyfall, but on the whole I'm chiefly a fan of the original 1962-89 run of films, most since have missed the mark a little for me.
@@IgorsDen Totally fair!
If you're curious, we go more in depth on our thoughts on the "classic" films in Ultimate Bondcast 1/2...This Part 3 was like an "update" with No Time To Die.
ruclips.net/video/u_glYs0zld8/видео.html
Will check them out, thanks again
Yes! I enjoyed y’alls previous Bond ranking discussion & I’m excited to hear this new ranking discussion! Thank you! 🙏
Thanks Bruce! Enjoy this new episode, and let us know your thoughts!
Glad you enjoyed the previous recordings, Bruce! And thanks for checking out this new one. Where do you rank No Time To Die?
@@Athena007 Hey Brad and Athena! I sincerely and wholeheartedly apologize.
I was rewatching y’all’s Bond discussion videos again and didn’t see your reply comments till now. I somehow lost access to my previous RUclips account. 🤦🏻♂️
I really enjoy y'all's Bond friend group discussion over the Bond films. I love how you all have different opinions and some of the same perspectives on the many Bond films.
I have listed below my current Bond film ranking. I think over time, No Time to Die will get lower on my overall ranking, but for now, I have it at 15. I agree with you, Brad and Athena, that No Time to Die isn’t the best Bond film. I admire the filmmakers for doing something different, but I really didn’t care for the story execution of the film or for Bond’s death. No Time to Die has too many plot contrivances. 😬
I’m so sorry again for not seeing your replies earlier. I’m grateful for y'all's Bond video discussion, and I'm a huge fan of you two. Thank you. 🙏😊
James Bond film ranking:
1. Skyfall
2. Casino Royale
3. GoldenEye
4. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
5. The Spy Who Loved Me
6. From Russia With Love
7. Dr. No
8. Moonraker
9. The World Is Not Enough
10. Thunderball
11. Goldfinger
12. The Living Daylights
13. License to Kill
14. Spectre
15. No Time To Die
16. Live and Let Die
17. The Man With The Golden Gun
18. Die Another Day
19. Quantum of Solace
20. Octopussy
21. Tomorrow Never Dies
22. You Only Live Twice
23. For Your Eyes Only
24. A View To A Kill
25. Diamonds Are Forever
I think everyone has been a bit harsh on NTTD. I genuinely thought it could have been one of the best bond films of the series if it wasn't for the ending. So entertaining throughout though. I am still unsure of the ending and am certain Skyfall and Casino Royale are superior but this is by no means a bad bond film in my opinion.
Fair enough! NTTD seems to be THE most divisive movie of the series. People either seem to love it or hate it. It's a daring movie in any case. Thanks for stopping by!
Very very enjoyable !! You are all on my wavelength regarding the current movie which is a contrast to the other popular podcasters . Spy has always been my favourite !!!
I can't believe all the positive press this movie seems to be getting! So glad we can be the counterpoint LOL
I had forgotten that I’d listened to this . With a couple of exceptions namely The Man With The Golden Gun which I’ve always loved , I’m def on the same wavelength .. No time to die did well not to finish last . A great listen !!
Yessssss I’ve been waiting for this!!!
Hope it was worth the wait! Definitely was fun to record (and the results were shocking...positively shocking!)
you guys read my mind lots of good points that's how I felt!
Glad to hear! Thanks for listening.
I never got the confusion about whether the child is Bond's. We the audience know she's pregnant from the PTS, Bond knows right away because of the blue eyes and it seemed obvious to me that she was just saying it wasn't because she was angry. I don't think it was supposed to be a mystery.
I think we felt it was a “wishy washy” reveal when it should’ve had more impact. I think Bond movies work best when they are direct and to the point.
I'm not far apart from any of your rankings on here which is very nice to see. Collective ranking is the closest. If From Russia With Love and Octopussy switched places would be bordering near perfect.
1. GoldenEye
2. Goldfinger
3. The Spy Who Loved Me
4. Octopussy
5. Skyfall
6. You Only Live Twice
7. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
8. For Your Eyes Only
9. Casino Royale
10. Moonraker
11. Licence To Kill
12. Tomorrow Never Dies
13. The Living Daylights
14. Live and Let Die
15. From Russia With Love
16. The World Is Not Enough
17. No Time To Die
18. Diamonds Are Forever
19. Thunderball
20. Dr. No
21. The Man With the Golden Gun
22. Spectre
23. A View To A Kill
24. Never Say Never Again
25. Die Another Day
26. Quantum Of Solace
Favourite Bond: Moore
Best Bond: unknown
Awesome list! And interesting that your thoughts on Octopussy and FRWL seem different than most.
Thank you, yeah seems a bit different. I love the number of set pieces in Octopussy, epic pre-title scene, the locations are very good, some good humour from Bond. We get Q appearing out on the field, which Moore requested.
My 12-15 placings I'd say are 'good' Bond movies. I like FRWL, and it could easily jump to 12 on the next watch. I think it properly gets great when we get on the train. Some good elements before that but still finding itself a tad.
@@bengrenan8192 I do agree that Octopussy is way underrated and a lot of good old fashioned 007 escapist fun!
This is one of those movies where I really enjoyed it, but I absolutely understand the criticisms. You guys brought up excellent points, but I had fun. They need to go back to stand alone stories in my humble opinion.
Thank you! And agreed that they need to go a new direction next time with stand alone stories. I’ve been hearing that from even the fans of this movie.
My ranking of Bond movies:
1. The spy who loved me (1977) MASTERPIECE
2. Goldfinger (1964) MASTERPIECE
3. Skyfall (2012)
4. Casino royale (2006)
5. Dr. No (1962)
6. From russia with love (1963)
7. Goldeneye (1995)
8. The living daylights (1987)
9. For your eyes only (1981)
10. Licence to kill (1989)
11. Tomorrow never dies (1997)
12. You only live twice (1967)
13. On her majesty ' s secret service (1969)
14. Live and let die (1973)
15. The man with the golden gun (1974)
16. No time to die (2021)
17. Moonraker (1979)
18. A view to a kill (1985)
19. Spectre (2015)
20. Die another day (2002)
21. Octopussy (1983)
22. Thunderball (1965)
23. The world is not enough (1999)
24. Quantum of solace (2008)
25. Diamonds are forever (1971)
Great list, thanks for sharing!
It says a lot about a movie when four die-hard Bond fans have the same reaction as me - who is admittedly not a Bond fan. I've seen all of Craig's movies on the big screen but none of the previous (except for the occasional TV airing or home video rental growing up). Casino Royale and Skyfall were spectacular while Quantum was dreadful and NTTD was . . . confusing and predictable, if such is possible. Mostly it felt unimportant, and that's unfortunate. Enjoyed this ranking video. My favorite moments were Athena's "sneakily snuck" phrasing ( 27:09) and hearing Brad laughing on Athena's feed (1:00:09).
Hey Paul, great to hear from ya! Interesting to hear your perspective from a mostly-Craig guy. Sounds like we are all on the same page (and I also love those little moments in the podcast). Happy holidays!
At last! A round table that has the guts to point out that that the emperor is wearing no clothes. I have been a Bond fan since 1971 (an English one) and this is my number 26 (on your scale). What has made this the worst for me is that with the Cuba sequence in ‘No Time To Die’ the filmmakers have shown that they could have given us a traditional ie. ‘proper’ Bond film updated to 2020s expectations had they wanted to but no, from the return to Norway onwards we had to be subjected to banal soap operatics and a grandstanding curtain call for actor Daniel Craig on an almost literal stage at the end. I felt no emotion at all at the climax, if we can call it that, as it seemed that we were being asked to say goodbye to the actor, not the character. Terrible!
Glad you appreciated this podcast, if not the movie!
26: No Time to Die (Lead balloon ending, not Bond to me)
25: Quantum of Solace (Horrible editing)
24: Never Say Never Again (A worse version of Thunderball, which I already don’t like)
23: Spectre (Why does everything have to connect!?)
22: Die Another Day (Too silly, worst screenplay of the series)
21: The Man with the Golden Gun (Bond at his most unlikable. Memorable villains)
20: A View to a Kill (Senior citizen Bond versus the MTV generation)
19: Diamonds are Forever (Sluggish and slow)
18: The World is Not Enough (Poorly shot action sequences, miscast Bond Girl)
17: Thunderball (Boring villain, languid underwater scenes)
16: Dr. No (Vanilla Bond)
15: Tomorrow Never Dies (Best Bond Girl actress, zero chemistry with Brosnan)
14: Moonraker (Great light entertainment, entertaining silliness)
13: You Only Live Twice (Great spy film marred by racist moments and an unmotivated Sean Connery)
12: Licence to Kill (Great 80s revenge movie. Glad to see Q getting a sizable role)
11: Octopussy (Fun adventure movie. Good mystery elements)
10: Live and Let Die (Fantastic soft reboot of the franchise)
9: The Living Daylights (Great movie let down by weak villains)
8: From Russia with Love (The best spy film in the series. Best fight scene of the franchise)
7: For Your Eyes Only (A return to basics for the franchise, and a highly entertaining installment)
6: Skyfall (An emotional roller coaster from start to finish. Great villain performance)
5: Goldfinger (THE classic Bond movie)
4: Casino Royale (Should be #1, but just 10 minutes too long)
3: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (The best Bond Girl, and an unforgettable ending)
2: Goldeneye (My first Bond movie. I picked a good one to start with)
1: The Spy Who Loved Me (Nobody Does it Better)
Great lists (and reasons!) Brad here, and we are generally pretty darn similar in our rankings.
@@RetroCarsForeverI think you liked The World is Not Enough a lot more than I did. Why I’ll never understand.
@@zacharylewis2802 Well I give my thoughts why pretty succinctly in this video! But it does seem to be a very divisive movie.
Excellent ranking. Just got NTTD higher at 17. It is too OTT. As said in the video having all those randomly different writers didn't help.
@@bengrenan8192 I just find NTTD to be technically impressive, but ultimately a depressing and messy experience to watch.
Licence To Kill was depressing as well in some ways, but at least it felt like a tight coherent story.
Recording this podcast was great therapy!
I feel soooo much better, phew!
You guys should do more Bond podcasts. The original ranking video is one the best Bond-related things on RUclips. My only complaint was that it was difficult to keep track of who was talking (which you’ve thankfully fixed with this video).
Thanks so much! Maybe, like James Bond, we will return...
A great time. Thanks Brad.
Thank YOU! You brought up so many great points that were in our subconscious that you brought to the surface. Better than therapy!!
I wonder how you got this right when you overrated similary awful Skyfall and underrated Quantum of Solace which is the only Craig's movie where he reminds me of classical Bond character to some point and the story was by far the most interesting. Maybe this movie will redpill you...JB is indeed about fantasy and since you rated Casino as number two I guess your fantasy is getting your balls smashed? Xd What sucked about the movie: dumb Bond leaving his wife for a slander, Lynch who is only there to push some agenda (killing the scientist for saying he could kill all black people lol), 007 number assigned to Lynch - spitting to JB fans faces, lame storyline, gay Q which is irrelevant, garbage villain who has no reason to hate Bonds wife, video game like action scenes.
If you're curious to hear more of our thoughts on the other movies vs just No Time To Die, we go into the pluses and minuses of each movie in our first two parts of the Ultimate Bondcast here...
ruclips.net/video/u_glYs0zld8/видео.html
Favorite Bond: Brosnan
Best Bond: Craig/Connery
Worst Bond: Moore
Underrated Bond: Lazenby
Most Penitential Bond: Dalton
Nice! My personal fave is Dalton but I think Connery is probably the "best."
So there are actually people who thinks that DAF, DAD and NSNA are better than NTTD. Interesting .🧐
Yep, I guess that would be us! But I think we spell out our reasons pretty well.
If you're curious to know specifically what we thought of DAF, DAD, and NSNA, we briefly review all the older Bond films in parts 1 and 2 here-
ruclips.net/video/u_glYs0zld8/видео.html
These guys: "Ahh, this movie is too deep! I just want to turn my brain off and enjoy a film!"
Also these guys: "Why is there a portrait of Robert Brown hanging in the MI6 corridors??? That's a continuity mistake!"
Hahaha! Good point. I guess we are just Bond geeks, we can never truly turn our brains off to continuity stuff like that!
Haha. Too true.
Ugh, why the Diamonds Are Forever love? That movie is a P.O.S. of a movie. The worst James Bond 007 movie of all time.
I wouldn't call it LOVE but I think I was harsh on it before. It's just good, stupid, escapist fun and while it's not perfect, there's still a lot to like.
We went more into our thoughts on Diamonds in our last Bondcast here (queued up for ya)...ruclips.net/video/u_glYs0zld8/видео.html
Connery is great in it.
Awesome to see you guys back! I loved your last ranking and I watched it over and over. Your show is a great example of the Bond fandom, everyone has thier favourites but its all so good natured and fun.
Also thank goodness I'm not alone regarding my huge disappointment with NTTD, which to me is a horrible example the actor being more important than James Bond. I find it such a depressing, melodramatic mess and worst, I actually felt betrayed as a fan.
Keep making Bond ranking vids guys!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed our new podcast, if not the new movie!
Not to worry guys, JAMES BOND WILL RETURN played by Rachel Ziegler or a gay black female.
Nah, the producers have been asked about the possibility of a female James Bond, and they're adamant that it would never happen.
Using a 5 point scale for 17 Bondian elements (villain, action, look etc) I added them up and the ranking seemed reasonable to me:
1) The Spy Who Loved Me 68
2) Goldeneye 68
3) Goldfinger 67
4) Tomorrow Never Dies 66
5) On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 64
6) Moonraker 64
7) From Russia with Love 62
8) Casino Royale 61
9) You Only Live Twice 61
10) Skyfall 56
11) Octopussy 55
12) The World is Not Enough 55
13) License to Kill 52
14) Live and Let Die 51
15) A View to a Kill 51
16) Die Another Day 48
17) For Your Eyes Only 48
18) The Living Daylights 48
19) The Man with the Golden Gun 47
20) No Time to Die 47
21) Thunderball 47
22) Quantum of Solace 46
23) Dr. No 45
24) Diamonds Are Forever 37
25) Spectre 37
26) Never Say Never Again 36
Cool! One of our podcaster (john) did a similar points system to get to his rankings. What were your 14 elements exactly?
@@RetroCarsForever Action, Villain, Henchman, Bond, Pre-title, Climax, Fun, Look, Girl, Cringe, Gadgets, Locales, Theme song, Scheme, Drama, Bloat and Allies (I added 3 more)
1,4,3,4,0,2,1,4,4,4,1,4,3,2,1,4,3 DN 45
2,2,5,5,3,4,2,5,5,4,3,4,1,4,4,4,5 FRWL 62
2,5,5,5,3,5,4,4,4,3,5,3,4,5,2,5,3 GF 67
2,2,4,4,4,2,2,5,3,1,4,5,2,3,2,1,2 TB 47
3,5,3,2,3,5,5,5,2,1,5,5,3,4,2,4,4 YOLT 61
4,4,4,2,2,4,3,5,5,4,1,5,4,4,5,2,4 OHMSS 64
1,1,4,2,2,1,3,2,2,1,3,1,4,2,1,4,2 DAF 37
4,3,5,3,1,2,4,3,4,1,3,3,5,1,2,4,3 LALD 51
2,5,4,2,3,3,3,3,2,1,3,5,1,2,2,4,3 TMWTGG 47
3,3,5,4,5,4,5,5,4,4,5,5,5,3,3,4,2 TSWLM 68
3,5,4,4,5,4,4,5,3,1,5,5,2,4,2,4,3 MR 64
5,1,3,3,3,2,3,3,3,3,2,4,2,1,3,3,4 FYEO 48
5,3,4,3,4,3,4,3,3,3,4,4,1,2,1,3,4 OP 55
2,3,3,3,2,2,2,2,3,2,1,2,1,2,2,2,3 NSNA 36
3,5,5,2,3,4,4,3,1,1,3,3,5,1,1,3,4 AVTAK 51
3,2,4,3,4,2,2,2,3,4,3,3,3,2,3,2,3 TLD 48
2,4,4,4,2,5,2,2,3,4,2,2,3,2,5,2,4 LTK 52
5,4,5,4,5,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,3,3,3,4 GE 68
5,4,4,4,5,3,4,4,4,4,4,3,3,3,3,5,3 TND 66
3,4,3,4,4,2,3,4,2,2,3,3,3,3,5,3,3 TWINE 55
3,3,4,4,4,3,4,3,2,1,4,3,1,2,2,3,2 DAD 48
3,5,3,4,4,3,3,4,5,5,1,3,4,4,5,1,4 CR 61
3,2,2,3,2,2,2,3,3,3,1,2,3,3,3,5,3 QOS 46
3,5,2,4,5,3,2,3,2,5,1,3,5,3,5,1,4 SF 56
3,2,4,2,2,1,1,1,3,2,2,3,2,2,3,1,2 SP 37
3,3,2,3,4,3,1,2,3,2,2,3,2,3,5,1,4 NTTD 47
Awesome! How do you define "Cringe" and "Bloat" and in your opinion why are they good things?
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21. A View to a Kill (Average Ranking: 22)
22. LALD (13)
23. Spectre (24)
24. No Time to Die (25)
25. Die Another Day (23)
26. Quantum of Solace (26)
At least for the lowest six, my personal ranking closely follows the "average" of this panel (with one exception).
As for the fifth cinematic Bond film (released 8 or 9 weeks before You Only Live Twice) I would rank it in the middle third, more precisely between #15 and #20. While it arguably has a threadbare plot, it does have first-rate music (I own its OST, though not the film itself in any form), good cast (several of whom have previously appeared in an EON Bond film), and solid visual presentation, quite reflective of that particular (psychedelic) era.
Had Sean Connery been afforded the opportunity to star first in OHMSS and then YOLT (with story from novel, not the one conjured up by Roald Dahl) he might have had a fantastic exit, even if not an upbeat one. And Roger Moore assuredly would have had a far more wonderful exit had Moonraker been his farewell entry.
Interesting thoughts, I can dig it!
Love how Americans pronounce "craig" like "kreg" it's an "ai" not "e" the "ai" sounds like "ay" haha
Weird, I dont know if I've ever consciously thought about that before! Guess we have an "American Accent" 😆
Happy to see this return after the last two ultiyreviews
Awesome, thanks for listening!
I have watched nearly all the bond movies up to Craigs casino royale. Didnt like the new direction/feel that casino royale bought to bond so I haven't seen any others yet.
Favorite bond: brosnan
Best bond: Moore
Worst bond: Dalton
It might be worth giving Skyfall a chance, though if you didn’t like the more dramatic/realistic tone of Casino you might not be happy with that one either.
@@RetroCarsForever Yeah I'll probably watch them all one day just to say I've seen them all.
I don't think the bond films should be made too realistic, that has never been what a bond story is about. It's all about the far fetched, way out, larger than life , fantastical villainous endeavors of maniacal masterminds planning world domination, and a suave debonair racing against time to foil their plans, all with imagination inspiring gadgets that could actually be within the reach of creating by the average man if only he had the time to spend tinkering in his workshop, and maybe produce for himself the gadgets to be a possible equivalent of the dashing hero himself.
And why didn't Bond take Madeleine and Mathilde off the island and let 007 finish the mission? Because that would have made too much sense? Japan & Russia wanted to know why there was a plane over a disputed island but didn't care about all the activity before they got there? Also, Goodspeed escaped when Alcatraz got bombed in The Rock and MacGyver killed nanobots with a hyperbaric chamber. 4DX was fun though.
Huh, never thought about why BOND stayed behind and Nomi didn't...Good point! You'd think she's the more official/younger/more athletic agent.
007 did finished the mission lol
@@greatwuta He means Nomi (007).
But honestly...It's a Bond movie, Bond's gotta stay behind and save the day while someone else takes his family to safety, even though that's not the most logical thing to do.
The new 007 should have stayed to finish the mission. That makes more sense story wise… but not much sense when James Bond is missing from the climax of his own film. And yeah! Disputed waters… with previous activity… good point. Too many questions, not enough answers.