Tuesday, August 4, 2020

The 007 Project -- Rankings Page

Ranking the Bond movies and other elements. Updating as I go. 

MOVIES

  1. Tomorrow Never Dies
  2. Skyfall
  3. Casino Royale
  4. Goldeneye
  5. License to Kill
  6. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  7. Die Another Day
  8. The World Is Not Enough
  9. Octopussy
  10. Moonraker
  11. Live and Let Die
  12. Thunderball
  13. No Time to Die
  14. Quantum of Solace
  15. Spectre
  16. Goldfinger
  17. The Spy Who Loved Me
  18. A View to a Kill
  19. Dr. No
  20. You Only Live Twice
  21. The Living Daylights
  22. The Man with the Golden Gun
  23. From Russia With Love
  24. Diamonds Are Forever

BONDS

  1. Pierce Brosnan
  2. Daniel Craig
  3. Timothy Dalton
  4. Roger Moore
  5. Sean Connery
  6. George Lazenby

BOND GIRLS (criteria = 75% looks, 25% personality.  Apologies for being shallow.)

  1. Madeleine Swann (Spectre)
  2. Melina Havelock (For Your Eyes Only)
  3. Solitaire (Live and Let Die)
  4. Domino (Thunderball)
  5. Stacey Sutton (A View to a Kill)
  6. Tatiana Romanova (From Russia With Love)
  7. Tracy Bond (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
  8. Dr. Holly Goodhead (Moonraker)
  9. Strawberry Fields (Quantum of Solace) 
  10. Wai Lin (Tomorrow Never Dies)
  11. Vesper Lynd (Casino Royale)
  12. Natalya Simonova (Goldeneye)
  13. Anya Amasova (The Spy Who Loved Me)
  14. Pussy Galore (Goldfinger)
  15. Tiffany Case (Diamonds Are Forever)
  16. Honey Ryder (Dr. No)
  17. Kissy Suzuki (You Only Live Twice)
  18. Jinx (Die Another Day)
  19. Lupe (Licence to Kill)
  20. Mary Goodnight (The Man with the Golden Gun)
  21. Magda (Octopussy)
  22. Caroline (Goldeneye)
  23. Inga Bergrstom (Tomorrow Never Dies)
  24. Camille Montes (Quantum of Solace)
  25. Pam Bouvier (Licence to Kill)
  26. Octopussy
  27. Andrea Anders (The Man with the Golden Gun)
  28. Paris Carver (Tomorrow Never Dies)
  29. Severine (Skyfall)
  30. Kara Milovy (The Living Daylights)
  31. Sylvia Trench (Dr. No, From Russia With Love)
  32. Aki (You Only Live Twice)
  33. Patricia Fearing (Thunderball)
  34. Countess Lisl von Schlaf (For Your Eyes Only)
  35. Dr. Molly Warmflash (The World Is Not Enough)
  36. Dr. Christmas Jones (The World Is Not Enough)

VILLAINS (criteria = competency, toughness)

  1. Silva (Skyfall)
  2. Franz Sanchez (Licence to Kill)
  3. Blofeld (Spectre)
  4. Safin (No Time to Die)
  5. Blofeld (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
  6. Renaud (The World is Not Enough)
  7. Alec Trevelyan (Goldeneye)
  8. Gustav Graves (Die Another Day)
  9. Hugo Drax (Moonraker)
  10. Scaramanga (The Man with the Golden Gun)
  11. Kananga (Live and Let Die)
  12. Max Zorin (A View to a Kill)
  13. Le Chiffre (Casino Royale)
  14. Elliot Carver (Tomorrow Never Dies)
  15. Kamal Khan (Octopussy)
  16. Emilio Largo (Thunderball)
  17. Karl Stromberg (The Spy Who Loved Me)
  18. Dr. No
  19. Goldfinger
  20. Dominic Greene (Quantum of Solace)
  21. Kristatos (For Your Eyes Only)
  22. Rosa Klebb (From Russia With Love) 
  23. Koskov and Whitaker (The Living Daylights)
HENCHMEN 
  1. Oddjob (Goldfinger)
  2. Stamper (Tomorrow Never Dies)
  3. Jaws (The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker)
  4. Dario (Licence to Kill)
  5. Patrice (Skyfall)
  6. Zao (Die Another Day)
  7. Necros (The Living Daylights)
  8. Donald "Red" Grant (From Russia With Love)
  9. Gobinda (Octopussy)
  10. Tee Hee and Baron Samedi (Live and Let Die)
  11. Mr. Hinx (Spectre)
  12. Chang (Moonraker)
  13. Erich Kriegler (For Your Eyes Only)
  14. Primo (No Time to Die)
  15. Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd (Diamonds Are Forever)
  16. Hans (You Only Live Twice)
  17. Three Blind Mice (Dr. No)
  18. Vargas (Thunderball)
  19. Nick Nack (The Man with the Golden Gun)
FEMME FATALES
  1. Elektra King (The World is Not Enough)
  2. Miranda Frost (Die Another Day)
  3. Xenia Onatopp (Goldeneye)
  4. Fiona Volpe (Thunderball)
  5. Naomi (The Spy Who Loved Me)
  6. May Day (A View to a Kill)
  7. Helga Brandt (You Only Live Twice)
  8. Miss Taro (Dr. No)

TITLE SONGS

  1. Skyfall, by Adele
  2. Die Another Day, by Madonna
  3. Tomorrow Never Dies, by Sheryl Crow
  4. Goldeneye, by Tina Turner
  5. Nobody Does It Better (The Spy Who Loved Me), by Carly Simon
  6. You Only Live Twice, by Nancy Sinatra
  7. Thunderball, by Tom Jones
  8. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
  9. The World is Not Enough, by Garbage
  10. Live and Let Die, by Wings
  11. Moonraker, by Shirley Bassey
  12. From Russia With Love, by Matt Monro
  13. Goldfinger, by Shirley Bassey
  14. You Know My Name (Casino Royale), by Chris Cornell
  15. For Your Eyes Only, by Sheena Easton
  16. No Time to Die, by Billie Eilish
  17. Diamonds Are Forever, by Shirley Bassey
  18. The Living Daylights, by A-Ha
  19. All Time High (Octopussy), by Rita Coolidge
  20. A View to a Kill, by Duran Duran
  21. Licence to Kill, by Gladys Knight
  22. The Man with the Golden Gun, by Lulu
  23. Writing's on the Wall (Spectre), by Sam Smith
  24. Another Day to Die, by Jack White and Alicia Keys

MACGYVER PROJECT ALUMNI (in order of appearance)

  1. Sean Connery: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  2. Joseph Wiseman (Dr. No): The Battle of Tommy Giordano
  3. Walter Gotell (several): GX-1, Gold Rush
  4. Soon-Taik (The Man with the Golden Gun): Murderer's Sky
  5. Julian Glover (For Your Eyes Only): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  6. Lynn-Holly Johnson (For Your Eyes Only): The Enemy Within
  7. Kristina Wayborn (Octopussy): The Escape
  8. Alison Doody (A View to a Kill): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  9. David Yip (A View to a Kill): Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  10. Andreas Wisniewski (The Living Daylights): Die HardMission Impossible 1Mission Impossible 4
  11. John Rhys Davies (The Living Daylights): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  12. Robert Davi (Licence to Kill): Die Hard
  13. Christopher Neame (Licence to Kill): Deathlock, Legend of the Holy Rose, Good Knight MacGyver
  14. Teri Hatcher (Tomorrow Never Dies): 6 MacGyver episodes, 1 Quantum Leap episode
  15. Vincent Schiavelli (Tomorrow Never Dies): Soft Touch 
BOND-RELATED MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS NOT HEARD IN ANY MOVIE (in no particular order)

2 comments:

  1. How do you order the rest of the Bond flicks? Surprised to not see Casino Royale in the top 8

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    1. Yeah I haven't gotten to Casino Royale yet -- I'm going in order and updating as I go.

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