Ranking the Women of James Bond | According to Head of Section

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  • We know them, we love them! For decades, the 'Bond Girl' has been legendary - beautiful, sexy, yet smart and capable, inspiring men to search for the right women in our own lives! Head of Section will finally break down a few of his favorites and why!
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  • @nathanchambers2607
    @nathanchambers2607 3 роки тому +14

    I'm honestly surprised Wei Lin, Domino, Anya Amasova (XXX), and Camille didn't make the list

  • @MichaelHonscar
    @MichaelHonscar 3 роки тому +5

    My top 5:
    1. Kara Milovy
    2. Octopussy
    3. Wai Lin
    4. Melina Havelock
    5. Holly Goodhead

  • @CSA1861
    @CSA1861 3 роки тому +16

    Not gonna lie, you had me in the first half there, I was waiting for Kara the whole video and Im not gonna lie I'm very pleasantly surprised. She is definitely deserving of #2 absolutely, bond goes back to see her after her concert which just builds on the chemistry they have the whole time, it's brilliant

  • @vorhangauf...
    @vorhangauf... 3 роки тому +9

    What an interesting and surprising choice. No Tatjana Romanova, no Anya Amasova, no Pam Bouvier?

    • @pietro355
      @pietro355 3 роки тому +3

      Also for me was very strange

  • @caseyzaft6734
    @caseyzaft6734 2 роки тому +4

    Where the HELL is Domino?

  • @aklcraigc
    @aklcraigc 3 роки тому +4

    One more for Kara.

  • @TheBondExperience
    @TheBondExperience 3 роки тому +9

    Phenomenal stuff....this is what you do BEST! Has to be in my top ten of YOUR videos that I have enjoyed!

  • @saint.vitus.7775
    @saint.vitus.7775 Рік тому +2

    Cool list. But you missed 2 of the best... Michelle Yeoh as Wai Lin (Tomorrow Never Dies) & Barbara Bach as Major Anya Amasova (The Spy Who Loved Me).

  • @Ma0Matthew47
    @Ma0Matthew47 3 роки тому +12

    This is what we've all been waiting for, never mind No time to die.

  • @dto1270
    @dto1270 Рік тому +2

    "MayDay" (Grace Jones) receives an honorable mention from me...

  • @phila3884
    @phila3884 2 роки тому +2

    Been a year, I'm just at the Top 5 point in your video and still watching... I'm rooting for my all-time favorite..not the most iconic or even a household name, the character or the actress probably, but she's a banger as the kids like to say. Hint: Thunderball.
    Edit: okay your criteria is a Bond girl, not Bond villain. My choice would definitely qualify as a henchwoman. So maybe another Top Ten. But, still...

  • @jasonmarks7133
    @jasonmarks7133 Рік тому +2

    Can't believe Claudine Auger's Domino is not on this list.

  • @paulpatterson3514
    @paulpatterson3514 3 роки тому +2

    Did I miss Natalya/Isobella Scorupco?

  • @aaronwalderslade
    @aaronwalderslade 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent first choice.
    Your defense completely won me over.

  • @keithbrown8490
    @keithbrown8490 3 роки тому +8

    Two of my favorites Fiona and Domino from "Thunderball" I guess because the movie was one of the first Bond movie I saw in theaters as a teen. Also I would place "Thunderball" as one of my top picks for having the most number of beautiful women in any of the Bond movies.

    • @vordman
      @vordman 3 роки тому

      Fiona is an unrepentant crook so doesn't qualify as a Bond girl. Absolutely gorgeous though.

    • @keithbrown8490
      @keithbrown8490 3 роки тому +1

      @@vordman I just go with the idea if she's a female and she's in a Bond Movie that makes her a Bond Girl.

    • @caza728
      @caza728 10 місяців тому

      @@keithbrown8490And Bond banged her.

  • @ricardocantoral7672
    @ricardocantoral7672 3 роки тому +2

    I guess Bond Girls is now a dirty word among fans ?

  • @arindamchakarborty2346
    @arindamchakarborty2346 Рік тому +2

    Where is barbara Bach, natalia simonova , Daniela bianchi .

  • @ernestosalinas8231
    @ernestosalinas8231 3 роки тому +2

    Excellent list except for #9. Should have been Barbara Bach as Anya Amasova. As for Tracy & Vesper ? Well, what can I say. Cheers Bond fans 🍸🍸7

  • @richardscott9973
    @richardscott9973 3 роки тому +9

    By looks is one thing, by character another.... Ursula is iconic, domino the sexiest, vesper the closest to being bond's equal....my choice....his one and only wife...

    • @francisdashwood1760
      @francisdashwood1760 3 роки тому

      Don't forget the hot little tart, Bibi Dahl! She's the yummiest dish of them all! No way I'm kicking that peach cobbler out of my room!

  • @lorenzgoller1794
    @lorenzgoller1794 Рік тому +1

    That would be my ranking.
    1. Diana Rigg (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
    2. Claudine Auger (Thunderball)
    3. Daniela Bianchi (From Russia with love)
    4. Carole Bouquet (For Your Eyes Only)
    5. Honor Blackman (Goldfinger)
    6. Ursula Andress (Dr. No)
    7. Barbara Bach (The Spy who loved me)

  • @grzegorzpawowski2076
    @grzegorzpawowski2076 Рік тому +1

    So much kudos for featuring Magda and Kara Milovy in your top 10 - my No.2 and No.1 respectively. Sadly, my No.3, Fiona Volpe, didn't make the list.

  • @rrassoc
    @rrassoc 11 місяців тому +1

    I do appreciate your perspective, but of course have several disagreements.
    Where's Anya? Or Wai Lin?

  • @kimberlywalker3970
    @kimberlywalker3970 9 місяців тому +1

    Interesting choices. I agree w/you pick of Octopussy. Maud Adams was definitely age appropriate and chemistry plays a big role in how a story plays on screen. It probably didn't hurt that she was also in Man with a Golden Gun. I think some of your other choices were also interesting. In fact, not many people would've picked your choices for #10. I see the similarities so, it makes sense. Again, the choices were very interesting because these picks for Bond girls aren't your standard choices. Good thinking outside the box.

  • @robertharvey2604
    @robertharvey2604 3 роки тому +5

    Some interesting choices (Magda and Solange for instance). I get your thought process though. Love Kara. She is also a favorite of mine. Very interesting first choice. Not in my Top Ten but the film is. It's the first I saw at the cinema and I've always liked Maud Adams. Great video.

  • @masudashizue777
    @masudashizue777 Рік тому +1

    They only needed one Japanese Bond girl in You Only Live Twice, but if you asked me to choose between Akiko Wakabayashi and Mie Hama, I couldn't do it.

  • @wickdaline8668
    @wickdaline8668 3 роки тому +4

    Am I the only one who has Madeleine as one of my favorites?

    • @bedlams
      @bedlams 3 роки тому +3

      I, too. Lea Seydoux ( doctor Madeleine Swan)

    • @nihits
      @nihits 3 роки тому +2

      I like her too.. I think she is going to get into top tier in no time to die

  • @arindamchakarborty2346
    @arindamchakarborty2346 Рік тому +1

    Being an Indian I propose you to check out hindi film industry actress Zeenat Aman , Parveen Babi , Kimi Katkar , Aishwariya Rai , Deepika Padikone , Katrina Kaif , then decide whether these actresses fit in BOND girl crytiria or not . I think in 70s zeenat aman was very good with roger moore and I also think aishwariya rai would be great with daniel craig , what do think guys .

  • @jamesbiggs8187
    @jamesbiggs8187 3 роки тому +3

    Great video Joe but shocked that Daniela "I think my mouth is too big" Bianchi didn't get a mention, not even as a runner-up. Certainly ticks the "integral to the plot" box. And somehow I just knew you would have Octopussy at number 1 😉

  • @leopolddankic3840
    @leopolddankic3840 3 роки тому +2

    5. Domino 4. Electra King 3. Anya Amasova 2. Tatiana Romanova 1. Tracy Bond

  • @michaelchristian5089
    @michaelchristian5089 2 роки тому +1

    Jill St John was a babe & 'Tiffany' for more interesting in 'smart' mode than 'bimbo' mode!

  • @no288
    @no288 3 роки тому +1

    kissy suzuki she (along with another Japanese actress) were sent to London for three months, to be tutored in English. Maybe thats why she didn't had too many dialog scene in the movie

  • @unclepatrick2
    @unclepatrick2 3 роки тому +6

    Two of my favorites that you did not mention .
    Wai Lin from Tomorrow never Dies . She a skilled agent and can clearly fight as well as Bond if not better.
    It not a romance but it is a relation between two Highly skill agents who clearly respect each other.
    And the other that would be on my list, Camille from Quantum of Solace. Of all the Bond Girls and every time we heard talk about doing a spin off with a Bond Girl, Camille is the one I really would like to see. She a strong character that has her own goals . She using Bond as much as he is using her. She a professional agent with some personal flaws ,not all of which were dealt with in the Movie and she from South America , a area that we have not seen much in the Bond Films.
    She be a perfect choice for a spin off able to hold a film with out Bond .

  • @gatekeeperboxing5898
    @gatekeeperboxing5898 11 місяців тому +1

    Most of the ladies in your Top 10 without Vesper & Tracy made little impression on me at all.

  • @lloydpassafume5357
    @lloydpassafume5357 3 роки тому +2

    Top 5 for me
    1. Tracy Bond
    2. Vesper Lynd
    3. Pussy Galore
    4. Melina Havelock
    5. Pam Bouvier
    Honorable mentions: Anya Amasova, Tatiana Romanova, Octopussy

    • @Murr48
      @Murr48 3 роки тому +1

      Almost perfect. I’d swap Galore and Melina and bump Bouvier for Kara.

    • @nihits
      @nihits 3 роки тому +1

      i like pam bouvier too..

  • @p4radigm989
    @p4radigm989 Рік тому +2

    Melinda Havelock is definitely better than your No.10, because I don't even count Daniel Craig movies as James Bond movies anymore.
    The last good Bond move was with Pierce Brosnan "Die another Day". everything afterwards sucks and isn't Bond.
    Your No.1 is wrong as well. the BEST and most beautiful Bond girl is 100% DIANA RIGG.

    • @Beingjamesbond
      @Beingjamesbond  Рік тому +1

      You might have missed the opening where I said Tracy and Vesper are already tied for number one. And Die Another Day is the last ‘good’ Bond movie and Casino Royale sucks? That’s certainly a novel take, but to each their own.

    • @p4radigm989
      @p4radigm989 Рік тому +1

      @@Beingjamesbond I fell asleep watching the 1st Daniel Craig Bond movie several times. It doesn't have the same charme, the actor is a dwarf and has no humor, and the writing was bad. It's just an action movie, not a Bond movie. So I didn't even bother with the rest of Craig's Bond movies. I think they are all victim of what happens when a Studio decides to change things for "modern audiences" - it all goes to suck, like the new Star Wars, new Star Trek, new Arielle, new Indiana Jones... The time of good Cinema and TV is over and will never come back (very few exceptions).

  • @cliffbennett1658
    @cliffbennett1658 3 роки тому +2

    Honor Blackman, Daniela Bianchi and Claudine Auger were so classy.

  • @jimlubinski4731
    @jimlubinski4731 3 роки тому +4

    I always enjoy your videos, even though I often disagree with the ratings. Vesper would never have made my top 10 list, but my number 1 would have been Fiona from Thunderball for the character and certainly for her presence. Second would be Domino from the same movie (my number 1 favorite James Bond movie, by the way). My third ranking would be Pussy Galore. And number 4 would be a tie, two different characters portrayed by the same actress, Maud Adams in The Man With the Golden Gun and Octopussy. As you said, these are personal choices. It's always fun too see varying opinions.

  • @mekiki9420
    @mekiki9420 3 роки тому +1

    Maryam d'Abo in The Living Daylights

  • @terrancehall9762
    @terrancehall9762 3 роки тому +1

    wrong on both points on halle....halle is top 3 for me and no pam bouvier? your list but i don't agree

  • @michaelpoplawski2998
    @michaelpoplawski2998 3 роки тому +3

    I am shattered to not see Pam Bouvier.

  • @invisibleray6987
    @invisibleray6987 Рік тому +2

    You disappointed me with your Love for BLOODY Daniel Craig on your Bond top 25

    • @Beingjamesbond
      @Beingjamesbond  Рік тому +1

      I hope you recover quickly. Did you also notice that 2 of Craig's were in my bottom 5, and that EVERY Bond actor has films in my top 10?

    • @invisibleray6987
      @invisibleray6987 Рік тому

      @@Beingjamesbond YEAH YOU ARE MORE FORGIVEN THAN BOND EXPERIENCE

  • @muntaserali7978
    @muntaserali7978 3 роки тому +3

    Versper (Eva Green, Casino Royale) and Tracy (Diana Rigg, OHMSS) are my favourite

  • @deanjonasson6776
    @deanjonasson6776 3 роки тому +6

    Every person has his/her own favourites, of course, but yours are both inspired and justified with thoughtful reasons. I would certainly agree with your Top 3 pics but I also appreciated how women with smaller (but riveting) roles make your list. A very enjoyable episode, Joseph!

  • @KenFromBeara
    @KenFromBeara 3 роки тому +1

    Kissy actress was put into the film due to production problems

  • @DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader
    @DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader 3 роки тому +6

    I really appreciate this video for multiple reasons. I like taking Tracy out of the equation right off the bat. Thanks for using the better Bond Women term and actually remaining a discussion instead of mere ranking-but I truly appreciate the promotion of the underrated and undervalued characters of the 80’s. Especially Kara and the greater character arc they give her. In many ways she is the culmination that all the lead female characters of the 80’s built up to and is a perfected refinement of the Stacey Sutton type.

  • @j.st.jamesesq.9599
    @j.st.jamesesq.9599 3 роки тому +5

    The challenge with the Maga character (Kristina Wayborn) in "Octopussy," as pointed out in the book, "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang," is that she starts off as Kamal Khan's escort, but toward the end of the movie seems to just be another one of Octopussy's circus performers. The viewer is not quite sure what her relationship to either Khan or Octopussy is supposed to be, though she ends up loyal to the latter.

    • @nicknewman7848
      @nicknewman7848 3 роки тому +2

      When she realises that Khan was going to let her get blown up by a nuclear bomb she becomes full team Octopussy. They just didn't have a line of dialogue that would have made her motivations clear. It is a bit ambiguous and something that might been done a bit better these days.

    • @TequilaToothpick
      @TequilaToothpick 2 роки тому

      "MAGA character" *shudder*. Magda lol

  • @dannytoon7040
    @dannytoon7040 Рік тому +1

    I just came up with one to check out for Bond
    How many kills does the villians have.
    For example, gold finger, MURDERED a room full of people,a guy in a car, at the fort Knox.
    Spy who loves me, the ship, the submarine s, car chase.
    Things like that. The villians got people Dead also,by the hands of the villians.
    The volcano made a rocket lift and fighting.

  • @vordman
    @vordman 3 роки тому +2

    Sylvia Trench is utterly adorable.

  • @florantegalvez8498
    @florantegalvez8498 3 роки тому +4

    You know what? Two things here. First, I am very happy to see Aki and Kara in your top 10. They are certainly in mine. Even though Aki is underwritten, WOW, what an impact she makes in You Only Live Twice. The actress is wonderful! She seems much more mature and believable than Kissy.. Her death is a shocking moment that still resonates. I LOVE how Kara affects James Bond in The Living Daylights. For heaven’s sake, she gets Bond onto a roller coaster and it is delightful. Maryam D’Abo carries a lot of weight on her shoulders as basically being the only Bond woman in the film, save for the implied classic tryst he has in the Pre-Titles sequence. She evolves as vulnerable and gullible to strong willed, fighting in the last third of the film. The character is presented in a real, genuine way. Totally see Octopussy as #1 on your list. She is a badass in action and attitude. She runs her own empire, helping women to empower themselves . She is mature, wise and has great chemistry with Moore’s Bond that you believe they could have a longtime relationship well after the movie ends.

  • @user-dq6tf9ms6q
    @user-dq6tf9ms6q Рік тому +1

    My favorite bond girl is tracy. haha

  • @morgan97475
    @morgan97475 3 роки тому +3

    Can these ladies be ranked? They're all fantastic in their own way. They're all proof that Aphrodite existed & had offspring.

  • @merkavah4
    @merkavah4 3 роки тому +1

    1 through 10 - Solitaire.
    The end.

  • @eabcool
    @eabcool 3 роки тому +3

    I like the Octopussy pick . I don't get Melina on the runner up list while a few girls in the top 10 were only in the movies for a few minutes. Also , suprised Christmas Jones and Stacy Sutton didn't make your worst list ahead of Kissy

  • @johncouch2115
    @johncouch2115 Рік тому +1

    No mention of Natalia, Wei Lin, and Pam Bovie???

  • @kristianjanse182
    @kristianjanse182 3 роки тому +3

    Great video again. Similar taste. My favorite is Kara. Without her you don’t have a story. I find that very important for a Bond girl. I see Elektra more as a female Bond villain.

  • @jamesatkinsonja
    @jamesatkinsonja 2 роки тому +1

    4:58 As you say it does seem odd in hindsight that Bond technically has a 'girlfriend' who he has an open relationship with [she slips off a wedding ring in Dr No] in the earlier Connery films. Allegedly the plan was for what occurred in From Russia With Love [Bond is reintroduced with her before going off to the customary briefing scene] to be the pattern for every film but Guy Hamilton had no interest in doing it for Goldfinger and it got forgotten about. Given like the MI6 regulars at the time there didn't seem to be much desire to do something else with the character [it's said that the plan was for her to be the main Bond girl a few films down the line but that's doubtful given they then were adapting Fleming pretty faithful] they were probably right to drop her but it does flesh out Bond's world a bit and what he's up to between missions.

  • @francisdashwood1760
    @francisdashwood1760 3 роки тому +4

    Sylvia Trench is still my fav Bond girl! Not only is she the first Bond girl, but in my view is the most realistic of all the Bond girls! As well, I rank her pairing with Bond in the casino as the #1 iconic scene in Bond movie history!

    • @rrassoc
      @rrassoc 11 місяців тому +1

      "Trench."
      "Sylvia Trench."

  • @BigMack1959
    @BigMack1959 3 роки тому +6

    Great list Joe but I would've added Fiona Volpe to that list, for me one of the sexiest women in the Bond Films.

    • @nihits
      @nihits 3 роки тому +1

      absolutely although this list is for good girls

    • @BigMack1959
      @BigMack1959 3 роки тому +1

      @@nihits I prefer bad girls, much more fun ;-)

  • @erikdolnack2737
    @erikdolnack2737 3 роки тому +2

    Ursula Andress' Honey Ryder is without question THE number one most iconic Bond Girl, the one that all the rest are measured against. She created the mold that is "The Bond Girl". Ursula Andress made Bond Girls "Bond Girls" and created the expectation that every Bond movie must have a super sexy love interest for James Bond. All the other Bond girls pale in comparison to Honey Ryder.

  • @caza728
    @caza728 10 місяців тому +1

    What about Rosie Carver?

  • @BrizzyBrake
    @BrizzyBrake 3 роки тому +3

    i agree with your list, perfectly written and said, and alot that i haavent thinked about, like your right about goldfinger that she is the one who gets bond out, so that is kind of fascinating in a way, so that rape scene has more stakes to it, since maybe the character last luck in winning, i wouldnt go by doing, that and also bond has the power of changing a lesbian to a straight female that quick i dont buy, i mean give me a movie, where bond can change orientation of a character sex, i really want to see that, Luccia and Sciarra is pretty much the same the girl from skyfall and spectre, they could be lost twins in my opinion. But I have some seperate ones of my own, we know that tracy and vesper, and rider are queens of the bond womans, so lets see what a diamond or a clover would be in my opinion talking card jingo, I would say xenia ontopp is great, and the theory goes that her sister appears in living daylights, when bond tries to get the guy out in the pipe, theres a woman there helping them smothers the guy with her breasts, but Q later says that she kills with her thighs, so maybe there is something there, just a theory. But she was great as a bad ass, and holds her own. I also loved the one and only natalya simonova smart and gets bond out of alot of situations, and can hold her own, and i can see brosnan settle down with her or king, they are both in the same boat of great and powerful bond woman, and then wai lin i loved alot she does hold her own, as a action female, doesnt even need bond sometimes. Teri Hatcher i dont like, but to be honest i wish Eunice Gayson daugther who made a cameo as a background extra in the casino of goldeneye, should have played psychiatrist caroline or mrs carver role, but yeah that would have been great to have the first bond girl namesake come back. Pam Bouvier i liked as well can hold her own, the other one i forgot her name i didnt need, but she was okay not the best, Olga kureylanko has the look, and my drama teacher in college did work with her, but she doesnt do much in the movie, i wish she could have faught more, as well as strawberry fields, i wish we got some great action from her, i mean she is a agent of MI6, also the first bettle song i heard, so that is kind of crazy to think about. i do like gemma arterton as an actress but if she held her own would put her on my top. We have to see how madeline swan comes on the list, you know what would be a great bond girl an alternative octopussy would be Jaclyn Smith, who played in the charlies angel original show, see her in 1983 Colorfast Wild Orchids by Max Factor "Jaclyn Smith" TV Commercial to see what she looks like back then, she would have been great, and can see her in that role, but adams is great in this role then her role in TMWTGG, even though its different, but i like both i guess, but hopefully you can do a part two of a bond girl with someones elses pick maybe someones else can way in with their pick, also how M got vesper into Mi6 was similar to Miranda Frost getting the position in DAD.

    • @nihits
      @nihits 3 роки тому

      One is Una Yakov (xenia onatopp precursor) other is Rosika Miklos (operator). they are different people

  • @anshumistry2617
    @anshumistry2617 3 роки тому +4

    I would have liked to see Fiona on the list as well. Her character adds a lot of value to TB. I can see myself watching TB for Fiona. Additionally, just because Bond falls in love with Tracy (marries her too) and Vesper should not automatically make them top Bond girl characters. I do not think I have ever watched OHMSS and CR for Tracy (like her interaction with Blofeld) and Vesper respectively. I have read the books, in films, I am not sure if these two characters make a similar impact. They are good characters but I am hesitant to automatically put them as top two.

    • @ernestosalinas8231
      @ernestosalinas8231 3 роки тому

      Fiona was more Bond villainous than Bond girl, but very able ,capable , and deadly.

  • @Michael_Scott_Howard
    @Michael_Scott_Howard 3 роки тому +1

    Wow, your list is beyond off.....

  • @johnrigs6540
    @johnrigs6540 3 роки тому +3

    Excellent job here -
    where Joe removes our two most obvious choices
    and then proceeds to select all kinds of unexpected Bond girls - from the smallest of parts to one that has an entire film named after her!
    As for my personal choice
    It would be Vesper of course as my all time favorite - not only for her incredible beauty but also for her charm, elegance and intelligence!
    But besides those two top obvious choices-
    my gut instinct would probably go with Domino and Anya for the simplest and easiest of reasons!
    However….. if I’m selecting one for all the deeper reasons you spoke so eloquently on - most important -
    BELIEVING in her relationship with James Bond…..
    It would probably be KARA!

  • @ClassicRockLivesOn
    @ClassicRockLivesOn 3 роки тому +2

    My favorites, Mei Linn, Solitaire, Kara (she's so pretty) and Anya. My favorite ever is Tracy of course, she just can't be beat.

  • @jamiem8680
    @jamiem8680 3 роки тому +1

    A great list,,,how could it not be,,,but my own top 2 don’t even get a mention! Tatiana from FRWL is my all time number one,,,what a woman! And number 2 is Natalya from Goldeneye, they try to make her look a bit frumpy but she is just stunning! But hey I do get Octopussy, it would have been the perfect end to Rogers time to sail off with her at the end .

  • @mercuryrising2424
    @mercuryrising2424 3 роки тому +1

    Very good presentation Joseph. I was surprised, though, not to see any mention of Major Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) from The Spy Who Loved Me.

  • @invisibleray6987
    @invisibleray6987 2 роки тому +1

    The go to channel for Bond Info

  • @irina1296
    @irina1296 4 дні тому

    I LOVE your top 2 so much! Both ladsies are very high in my list too. My most favorite Bond girls are also a bit controversial: Lois Chiles (Moonraker), Kim Basinger (Never Say Never Again), Tanya Roberts (A View to a Kill)

  • @KenFromBeara
    @KenFromBeara 3 роки тому +1

    Zora was better than Paula

  • @JannAsheNemophilaFan
    @JannAsheNemophilaFan 3 роки тому +1

    Nice list, very well done. Tracy, Solitaire, Aki, Vesper, Severin, Electra King, Kara, Mei Linn, Magda and Octopussy, P Galore, Cigar Girl, Fiona Volpe. Their who I love. Severin is awesome despite not in it much. And Aki I love despite her not being in long. But I love both Electra King and Mei Linn. Michelle Yeoh I love in TND, she’s Bonds equal, both physically and intelligence, and I love her Asian beauty. Sophie Marceau is just Gorgeous. Magdas spiral down the balcony is stunning. And Tracy wins on my list, skating up in a tan skate outfit, and just stunning in it, oh my, and her Horse riding attire, so beautiful. And I love Jane Seymour, so Solitaire is my second. Kara is very good. Bond using her, and slowly falling for her, is such a great story. And I’m with you on Octopussy and Living Daylights, both in my top Films.

  • @cosmicgirl2761
    @cosmicgirl2761 3 роки тому +1

    Halle was awful , your mama

  • @randysheetz690
    @randysheetz690 3 роки тому +1

    So why not just do a top 12?

  • @ravensthorne4631
    @ravensthorne4631 3 роки тому +3

    Great video as always. Good to see Octopussy and Kara in the list. Personally, I'd have included Melina in the top 10 - and Pam Bouvier too (an often overlooked and underrated character)

  • @sfbloodsister
    @sfbloodsister 3 роки тому +2

    You nailed it, The chemistry is great in The Living Daylights. They’re adorable through the whole thing, he wins her a stuffed animal for Christ’s sake. Sure she almost crashes the plane into the mountain but she’s a fuckin cello player what does she know about planes. Still she was ride or die.
    Michelle Yeoh shoulda got a nod tho

  • @markjone671
    @markjone671 3 роки тому +1

    I was with you with Kara Milovy. I think she is often a very undervalued character. She does indeed have a story arc and it is a totally believable one but you lost me with Octopussy. I think she and Bond are far too independent, with their lifestyles and goals pulling them in different directions. I really can't see that relationship lasting. James Bond and Anya Amasova however. I can actually see those two as a perfect match. Shared lifestyle, perspectives, experiences, military backgrounds, same disciplines and understanding of inhabiting the same kind of world. I could actually see Anya considering defection just so they could be together.

  • @7apxh
    @7apxh 3 роки тому +1

    I have to ask... how old do you think Maud Adams is in Octopussy? You refer to her as almost on Bond´s level age wise and age compatible and this is not the first time. She was like 37-28 when she did Octopussy so a full 18 or so years younger than Roger Moore. So on the old side by Bond girl standards but hardly on Moore´s level.

    • @nihits
      @nihits 3 роки тому

      37-28? thats a wide range

    • @Beingjamesbond
      @Beingjamesbond  3 роки тому

      She was substantially younger than Moore, but the disparity stayed the same between 75 and 83. AVTAK went back to a much steeper and more obvious disparity.

  • @CrackingTheCodeOfSpyMovies
    @CrackingTheCodeOfSpyMovies 3 роки тому +2

    Great job, Joseph! Love it! Just put a link to it in our Wolrdwide Community of Spy Movie Fans group!

  • @frankieraya1
    @frankieraya1 3 роки тому +1

    That was meant to say Kara

  • @jordanmaiden0073
    @jordanmaiden0073 3 роки тому +5

    Love to see Kara rank high, she’s easily in my top 5. Great chemistry with Dalton and a great character.

  • @JALushNatureWellness
    @JALushNatureWellness 4 місяці тому

    Totally disagree that Vespa and Tracy are automatically at the top just because it was written that Bond fell in love with them. That doesn't make sense.
    What makes much more sense is that when you think of James Bond, which Bond women immediately pop into your head?(pun intended) This is totally subjective, just like your ranking. For me, Bach, Berry, Seymour, Andress, and John jump to mind. But I have to admit, once Daniel Craig became Bond, I had to stop watching. He lacks humor, and the series has sucked since then. Eva Green is like a stiff robot. I don't see the appeal.
    Also, funny thing: I always thought Maryam d'Abo was Nastassja Kinski; ha ha ha. Did anyone else? 🤔

  • @justice4all72
    @justice4all72 3 роки тому +3

    Excellent points made, love this list. Made me rethink a lot of the characters and their archetypes

  • @invisibleray6987
    @invisibleray6987 2 роки тому +1

    The ladies

  • @mattsme13
    @mattsme13 4 дні тому

    I can't believe you left Natalya Simonova off the list. Easily a top 3 girl!

  • @unclepatrick2
    @unclepatrick2 3 роки тому +2

    Why I love to have seen Aki survive and go with Bond into the Volcano , Her death is a important moment in the movie .
    Also the second actress playing Kitty in YOLT barely spoke English. Which is why so little of her dialog was left in the film.

  • @jamesatkinsonja
    @jamesatkinsonja 2 роки тому

    5:15 That's a complete myth I'm afraid. Paris was always going to be her own character and apparently it was Pierce's suggestion to make her an ex of Bond's. Given Sylvia's screen time in films that were made 35/36 before TND was very limited and I doubt Eunice Gayson would be hired back the reaction probably would have been 'Who?' by most so I didn't really buy it even before it was debunked.
    The only past Bond girls that would be 'eligible' is Natayla as she was the only previous Brosnan Bond girl but I can't see her fitting into that scenario [like marrying Carver] so that wouldn't have worked either.

  • @renekauts8323
    @renekauts8323 3 роки тому +4

    I think Maud Adams(in Octopussy!) is the most dignified woman in Bond franchise!!! I also love-love-love Domino Derval, Akiko Wakabayashi, Anya Amasova, Kara Milovy and so on..........

  • @mattvirgo1542
    @mattvirgo1542 2 роки тому +3

    I really liked the list
    I used to be a member of the bjb forum years ago and bought the bjb book when it was first released back then.
    So happy to see great content is still being made by yourself but I miss the forum.

    • @Beingjamesbond
      @Beingjamesbond  2 роки тому

      Same here Matt! What a great little community we had pre- social media. Thanks for always being there my friend!

  • @danielyoung1846
    @danielyoung1846 2 роки тому

    Definitely some surprises in there, but a solid, well thought-out list. I would've added Carey Lowell's Pam Bouvier though.

  • @georger.3489
    @georger.3489 3 роки тому

    My Top 5 would be:
    1 Fiona Volpe
    2 Anya Amasova
    3 Electra King
    4 Honey Ryder
    5 Vesper Lynd

  • @JohnDoe-tm9wz
    @JohnDoe-tm9wz Рік тому

    Dude, this video is perfect!!! MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY 🙌🏻

  • @tomahawk238
    @tomahawk238 3 роки тому +2

    Tania has always been my favorite

  • @keithalanbaker535
    @keithalanbaker535 2 роки тому

    Can't believe you've picked the one-dimensional Octopussy Over The Sensational Fiona volpe.

  • @charlesmarsh316
    @charlesmarsh316 3 роки тому +2

    I very much like the perspectives you offer about the roles played by the characters in the stories - your pairing of characters according to their contributions to their respective films (Jill/Tilly, Severine/Lucia) is spot on, I think. Also, your assessment of the relative success of each character and how you apportion praise and criticism among the actors, writers, directors is also very thoughtful. Jill St. John, for example, does a great job with rather poor material from the writer and director.
    For my part, I'd have included Natalya Simonova in the list and also Anya Amasova. The former checks all the boxes from an objective standpoint, the latter is my sentimental choice.
    A VERY enjoyable video - thanks for bringing some fun to an otherwise humdrum Wednesday!

  • @siaynoq4963
    @siaynoq4963 3 роки тому +2

    great video! if there is one thing i don't like about your top two... it's that you keep apologizing for placing them so high up in your rankings. both kara and octopussy are also in my top five (my list includes vesper and tracy), and everything you said about those two characters is also why i love them. they are some of the best characters of the franchise!

  • @wjkesq9918
    @wjkesq9918 3 роки тому +3

    Exactly what I said to Dutch Bond Fan. Tracy and Vesper are on their own list of two.

  • @dtuk22
    @dtuk22 3 роки тому +4

    Won't say the name of who came top, for those who've not seen the video yet....But a very worthy winner indeed. 👍

  • @nihits
    @nihits 3 роки тому +1

    Every bond actor goes off to sunset with one and we are all good :)
    Sean Connery: Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman)
    George Lezenby: Tracy DiVicenzo (Diana Rigg)
    Roger. Moore: Octopussy (Maud Adams)
    Timothy Dalton: Kara Milovy (Maryam D'Abo)
    Pierce Brosnan: Natalya Simonova (Isabella Scorupco)
    Daniel Craig: Vesper Lynd (Eva Green)

  • @lmw27if
    @lmw27if 3 роки тому +6

    So happy you love the women of Octopussy! A great underrated Moore Bond film. Joseph, your opinions so often line up with mine. Love your videos!!!!

  • @Paul91-
    @Paul91- 3 роки тому +1

    My ranking from Worst to Best:
    24: Jinx (DAD).
    23: Stacey (AVTAK).
    22: Tiffany (DAF).
    21: Christmas Jones (TWINE).
    20: Mary Goodnight (TMWTGG).
    19: Aki and Kissy (YOLT).
    18: Lucia and Madeline (SP).
    17: Severine (SF).
    16: Tatiana (FRWL).
    15: Honey (DN). (I know I am going to get crucified for putting her this low but I personally find her to be underdeveloped and overrated).
    14: Wai Lin (TND). (Another girl I personally find to be overrated).
    13: Domino (TB). (Like the TB film, I wasn't really a big fan of this character but she has grown on me considerably recently).
    12: Camille (QOS).
    11: Kara (TLD).
    10: Solitaire (LALD).
    9: Holly (MR).
    8: Anya (TSWLM).
    7: Melina (FYEO).
    6: Pussy (GF).
    5: Octopussy (OP).
    4: Pam (LTK).
    3: Natalya (GE).
    2: Tracy (OHMSS).
    1: Vesper (CR).