I think the most underrated bond movies of all time is the Timothy Dalton ones. He really brought the more darker and mysterious side of bond and not the cheesy and weird bond like Roger Moore.
Although Dalton's Bond was much closer in personality to Fleming's Bond in the novels, Dalton's moodiness as Bond is not very appealing to most Bond film audiences. It hurt Dalton's performance as Bond that he too often spoke his dialogue through clenched teeth when, for example, he would say the name of the character Koskov in the Bond film ''TLD''. Plus Dalton's looks were all wrong for Bond. Bond is supposed to have rugged good looks like Connery and Lazenby, not smoothly handsome good looks like Brosnan and Dalton.
Reall? You better read Fleming`s novels. Bond there looks exactly like Dalton and acts quite like Dalton (Dalton was abit too intellectual for early Flemings`s Bond
Even so, i always wanted more of a one on one fist fight from him.. i think it was very lacking in tld with what could have been an all out brawl between him and Necros.
margus kiis in the novels Bond was more like Dalton like you said but also fit Connery’s and Craig’s personalities and portrayals in films more then other Bond actors
One of my favs, also, but it does have one glaring flaw (what Bond film, or any movie for that matter, doesn't?) that is shared with "For Your Eyes Only", making that one a chore to re-watch: the part that takes place in Afghanistan needed some serious editing. Way too long and seriously slowed down the film. Of course, a lot of "blockbuster" films are overly bloated.
Angus Cook Of course it has flaws, every movie has. But it's one of my favourites as well. But the Bond girl does bring it down for me. She's just so... simple 😐
TMWTGG was a fun and exciting turn to the bond series. Sure it might have been a bit silly but at least it was something new. And Christopher Lee killed the role of a good Bond villain. Surely memorable and entertaining imo
LTK has always been a darling of Bond fans for being so different. While some can't stand it most have always agreed it never got the attention it deserved.
License To Kill is probably my favourite Bond film. I have no idea why people dislike it, and why do people dislike the gore so much?.. I know Bond usually isn't gory but who cares? There's so many of these films and they're all so similar to one another, whenever a movie does something different in the series I applaud it! Plus... Practical gore effects are just awesome to look at, and people who actually get uncomfortable over the gore?.... Ookaayy... 😕 I guess since I watch a shit ton of horror movies I'm desensitised maybe.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is definitely my favorite Bond film as well as one of my favorite films ever, but I agree the average person who's not a franchise fan probably doesn't know it exists or if they do know it only as "the one with that guy who only did one movie". I didn't realize Spectre was in the underrated camp. I would have thought the opposite. I remember hearing a lot of love for it when it was new, but I don't keep up much with any fan opinion sites, besides these videos of course. Lastly, your video reminded me once again that I should re-visit the Dalton movies which I haven't seen since maybe sometime in the 1990s... or maybe just The Living Daylights.
Brilliant video ! I just love The Living Daylights ! Timothy Dalton is my favourite Bond actor (with Daniel Craig being really not far behind)...Do you know any good James Bond forum/app where people can talk about 007 ?
I remember when i was about 8 or 9 Bond movies were on TV my parents made us all sit down as a family and watch them, the only ones i can remember watching back then were Thunderball, The Living Daylights and Never Say Never Again. Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies were the ones that really got me into Bond and i used to watch these two movies over and over again.
skyfall is very well done...it's just not as fun as a typical bond film. it doesn't have to be campy like the moore films, but the mood throughout skyfall was dark, with few if any breaks for any kind of levity. if it had done this right, it could be top 5. instead, it can be hard at times to watch.
Casino Royale is seen as the best hands down by a lot of people but skyfall, from russia with love, goldeneye, goldfinger and the world is not enough are all better. Its great but slightly overrated. I kind love die another day but I think TWINE and living daylights are the most underrated hands down.
Good video, Thunderball is slow but it is by far the funniest bond film, it's not my fave but I can see why people like it, both two Dalton films are underated imo but you're right about World Is Not Enough, such a fun film and OHMSS is the black sheep of the franchise but to me it's my favourite Bond film from the 60s (From Russia with Love comes in close second which I think is a bit underrated since every talks about it's follow up Goldfinger all the time).
Agree with pretty much all of your decisions, especially Thunderball. I find it starts out strong enough but because 1/4 of the movie is underwater, it ends up feeling slow and boring.
“No-one in their right mind would make a film where a lady says, ‘that’s my little Octopussy’ and at the same time pretend that it’s a classy art-house film.” Great line. 😁 My overrated and underrated would go something like this: Overrated: 1) Thunderball (I agree!) 2) You Only Live Twice 3) The Living Daylights (I don’t like the second half, maybe I’ll enjoy it more on a rewatch) Underrated: 5) License to Kill 4) For Your Eyes Only (sorry, I’m a fan of this one), 3) The World is Not Enough 2) Tomorrow Never Dies 1) Die Another Day (I love it! Total silliness from start to finish).
Have to disagree with you about "Thunderball". It was one of the few Bond films that actually had character motivation rather than formulaic cardboard cutouts. All 3 of the Bond women in this movie have depth, no bimbos here. The villain wants to kill Bond because Bond's trying to screw his girl! Listen to the dialogue in this film; it's realistic as well as sophisticated, with a subtle british wit. No stupid slapstick here, no corny swooning of girls into Bond's arms - he has to work at it like the rest of us do in the real world. Plus, cool frogman armies, SPECTRE, and this was the 1st to be about a stolen nuke (though one figured in "Goldfinger") and Connery was at his absolute prime here. His mannerisms were more subtle and disarmingly casual here and age had ruggedized his looks so that he no longer looked like a ventriloquist's dummy. The flaws of this film are because 1) it was based off of a TV play of several parts that Fleming had co-wrote with Kevin McClory and I think they used too much of it. The whole Shrublands sequence could have been cut and it could have started with the plane hijacking with no change in plot. That made this a bloated film because 2) it was the first big budget Bond movie, and they wanted to make something epic, so threw in too much crap. It wouldn't have hurt to excise an underwater scene or two as they are slow by their very nature, and it badly needed a chase sequence when Bond escapes from Largo's villa shark pool.
You can't be serious about the dialogue. Thunderball has some of the worst in the series. "Anything else?" "Yes, tell him Paula's dead." "Okay." "What a coincidence." "Yeah, so convenient."
There's positively no depth in Thunderball. Paula was a total non-entity. She occasionally is given dialogue for the sake of exposition and Bond doesn't even care about her death. Patricia Fearing ? Yet another chick who resists Bonds charms and then eventually gives him, nothing memorable about him. Domino is pretty much Honey Rider 2.0 who avenges her brother's death. How is that a nuanced character ? Largo's motivation doesn't give him much character either. As a matter of fact, I could barely see any jealously stemming from him. Largo was little more than a jumped up henchman. Adolfo Celi has a screen presence but his character a little more than empty suit unlike Klaus Maria Brandauer who injected a colorful, psychopathic nature into his role coupled with a pathetic quality. Connery does well but Thunderball but he isn't enough to make up for it's shortcomings.
You know we must 'travel in different circles' as the saying goes, For Your Eyes Only has always been an underrated film. More of a dramatic adult piece, than a typically cliché lets-have-an-explosion-every-15-minutes action film. As for OHMSS every fan with a brain (and taste) knows that this is one of the best Bond films period. Actually I was going to make a comment about Bond films are not for 9 years olds but I saw all these classic Bond films around that age as well so it must be a generation thing. Also as for Quarrel Jnr being in LaLD, they only did that because Quarrel was in the book and chronologically LaLD was before DrNo. I would have hated it if they just created another character. The greatest thing about the classic films is that 70% stayed to to the books. And that's why For Your Eyes Only is one of the greats. Another thing (and please I mean this respectfully) stop saying "everyone" when everyone is the same 15 or so people in Bond forums. They don't speak for the majority. At the time - and yes I'm that old to know first hand - critics and fans praised The Living Daylights more than LTK so I don't know where you're getting this info about it being "the forgotten Bond" because it's just not true.
+Justin Todd-Walker see films though should not depend upon their book in order to be good. It doesn't matter what happens in the book, because you can't expect everyone who sees the corresponding film to have read the book. Sure it's nice for the fans of the book to try to match it up, but the whole point of a film is to be a film, not pay homage to the book. Again, it's nice to do it, but that does not matter really. So to say that that is why for your eyes only is good just doesn't make sense. A lot of people watching the films don't even know the books exist. My point for quarrel jr. Was that literally he's the same guy, nothing more then that. When discussing OHMSS, I meant that people that aren't huge fans of the series, and as for the living daylights, I don't know how you could know that film if you don't know the series. That's my point. As for saying 'everyone', just trying to cut down the word count but I see your point, and when editing it was bugging me as well
Apologies for the month late reply lol I have to disagree, with your point "the whole point of a film is to be a film, not pay homage to the book" films can pay homage to the books and still be a film in itself - look at OHMSS, FRWL, even Casino Royale. And it's not why I said it's good, that was only part reason. FYEO to me was the closest Moore film to be a real life Cold War thriller which is another reason why it's my all time favourite. Side note: I freaking love all these vids you do. Keep it up :-)
you only live twice is better than goldfinger ( oh jesus i said it ) and a view to a kill is a very underrated bond film its the best of the moore films while i agree with you on octapussy and the world is not enough spectre is bad because of what they did to bloflied
I never really knew the world is not enough was underrated. Among me and my friends TWINE is ranked pretty high. The Living Daylights by far had the best soundtrack of all the series (in my opinion) though. I even bought all the songs from it on iTunes and sometimes I'll jam out to the ice chase song as I work in my studio.
+Dan Roland well I find that the masses just doesn't give the film as much credit for being original as it deserves. It's coupled with die another day a lot in rankings which I don't understand
My favorites. The living daylights - good story and good setting. It's not often named as a favorite. It's kinda a forgotten bond movie. Goldeneye - the first I saw in the Cinema. It has all the action, women, plot, badguys, location and cold war refferences. You only live twice - A fantasy/fairytail like Bond adventure. saw it when I was 9 for th first time.
Quinn C my man you are a 100% right about thunderball! I pretty much think the same way too. I also gotta say that I also agree with you 100% in the most underrated list because I really loved spectre and I've seen it more that 10 times already. The Russian bad guy from Octopussy was sort of an overshadow of Putin to me. The World is not enough had a terrible villain and a not so good Bond girl (Denise Richards) but that did not stop the film from being great because of another strong female villain, good locations, and a really epic sounding theme song. OHMSS is just so great and I cannot put it in words but I have to say that it is one of my all time favorite movies ever. Living Daylights was just plain awesome because it finally brought bond to a more dark and realistic level after very campy Roger Moore moments. I also have to say that Dalton is a very underrated bond and it would have been great if he did more 007 movies. I think Dalton is the closest to Craig.
Good points. I’m an old Bond fan (I mean “old”) and I almost agree with you. I give a credit for Dr. No for being the first. I don’t like Spectre because I’m not a fan of the Daniel Craig era (nothing against him as an actor) at all. I miss the “British mode” of the prior films. And I like For Your Eyes Only for a single personal reason: Sir Roger Moore is my favorite Bond. And, by the way, I love The Living Daylights! Could have seen more movies with Sir Dalton. I think he made a terrific 007!
I Agree With Spectre, Octopussy and the Living Daylights being Underrated and yes the overrated ones are spot on, especially with thunderball, which bored me to tears, it just drags. But for Me Licence to Kill is the most Underrated bond film simply because It gets the most Hate simply for being Too Dark and Humorless, I agree its very dark and not everyone likes that but I like both incarnations of bond be it the more fantasy adventure ones like You Only live twice, Goldfinger and Spy Who loved me, or be it the Dark and Serious thrillers Like Licence to Kill, Casino Royale, and Skyfall.
@@thursoberwick1948 Ehh not really a clone but it definitely took influence, and it’s not the only bond film that followed the trends of the time. Licence to Kill’s story is more about revenge and loyalty than it is drugs. Live and Let Die also had drugs in its plot and was following the blaxploitation trend in the 1970s
@@CRITTERBUSTERS Live and Let Die is a very different film. It does have the drug plot, but you also get great voodoo stuff, blaxploiitation and the New Orleans stuff. Licence to Kill has a lot of 80s tropes that you could see in the years just before it was made - they were ten a penny. It feels more like Miami Vice. Its big original idea was Bond going rogue (which has been reused by Craig a few times). Reagan had launched a "War on Drugs" (which has proven entirely ineffective) and Hollywood followed suit. Bond in it felt more American than British in that sense. The last section of the Living Daylights wanders into that territory too with the Afghan nonsense (up til then it is a decent Bond film)... which is more like Rambo III
@@thursoberwick1948 Perhaps. I still liked the film despite all that, probably because I liked a lot of those aforementioned movies. Also I really liked the Dynamic between Bond and Sanchez its really good as are the performances. I’d say Licence to Kill has more in common with Scarface than Miami Vice, Sanchez is a bit like Tony Montana if he didn’t get high on his own supply ha ha. Also Bond fortunately isn’t wearing baggy linen pastels.
Underrated: #1 Quantum of Solace #2 The Living Daylights #3 Live and Let Die Overrated: #1 OHMSS #2 Licence to Kill #3 You Only Live Twice Top 5 Bond Films: #1 Goldfinger #2 Skyfall #3 Casino Royale #4 Goldeneye #5 Thunderball Bottom 3 Bond Films: #24 Moonraker #23 The World is Not Enough #22 OHMSS Bond Actors Ranked: #1 Sean Connery #2 Pierce Brosnan #3 Daniel Craig #4 Roger Moore #5 George Lazenby #6 Timothy Dalton
OHMSS is so underrated. Has way more emotional depth than any Bond's than came before it and most after it. Beautiful visuals and great chase sequences. Deserves way more than 6.7 on IMBD.
As always, I enjoyed your video. Here is my list. Most Overrated 4 Tomorrow Never Dies - 2nd worst villain in the franchise, overly long superhero action sequences that are not very bondesque (NOTE: helicopters don't fly like that). The plot, which was full of holes already, has aged terribly, no chemistry between Wai Lin and Bond, the stupid side plot of Paris and a dull ending. 3 Goldfinger I used to rate this higher but each rewatch it drops, It’s slow paced (golf isn’t exactly exciting), the plot holes are immense. It also suffers that it is sandwiched between FRWL (Connery's best film and TB (Connery's best acting). Please don't misunderstand me, I still like this film but it doesn't belong near the top. 2 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - This is on nearly every top 5 list out there and it doesn't merit it. Lazenby's wooden acting and constant over-dubbing of his voice shows he was not a good actor, slow in the middle, poor rear projection work all detract greatly from the film. It is a great story, written very well and shot well so it's not a terrible film just a middle of the road JB film. 1 Casino Royale - This is a decent Action/super-hero movie, highly predictable, but it’s not bond, in fact it comes off as a anti-Bond film. Craig is a dumbed-down brutish Jason Borne/superhero action star with mental stability issues (let's blow up a embassy with dozens of people seeing me do it). He would never be able to pass the tests to be a 00 (I know they tried to gloss over this later). Just like Goldfinger's golf scene, poker, especially unrealistic poker, for 30 minutes isn’t exactly exciting so let’s drug him (everyone saw that coming but it makes no sense). Don’t get me going on the stupid torture scene. I didn’t find much chemistry between Bond and Vesper, the instant love relationship was silly (what are they 12 year olds) and her death was comically unrealistic. I get it, it's a great suspend your mind super action hero flick like The Expendables but it's not Bond. Most Underrated 5 Octopussy 4 The World in Not Enough 3 Die Another Day - This first half of this film is the best of any Bond films and then it goes off the rails but it doesn’t deserve last place as most people put it. The CGI is limited and not really that bad for that era and if you accept the sci-fi concept it is a very fun film to watch. Plus it has Jinx, one of the best Bond girls ever and the super hot Miranda Frost. 2 A View to a Kill - I get the faults of this film but each time I watch it I enjoy it more and more. This is a classic Bond movie with all of the needed elements, great opening scene and final scene, nice locales, menacing villain, awesome hench-woman, great pacing and it has two of the most intense scenes of any Bond Film in it. If Dalton would have done this it might be considered one of the best. 1 FRWL - I have seen this ranked 12-18 in lot's of lists lately and that is insane. This is the best Connery film easily, it has great pacing, awesome dialogue, nice locales, the iconic train fight scene with one of the best henchmen around. Simply put this is a solid spy thriller that proves that you don't need tons of action to keep you in suspense.
Spectre felt a bit long but it was a good Bond adventure.....and I agree with you totally on the Living Daylights.....on its own it is a fantastic Cold War thriller but because it is in a Bond series thats why it is tossed off. But I also think Licence To Kill is also underrated because it is way better movie than people give it credit for and yes Thunderball is way overrated
I'm glad you mentioned TWINE, it's my personal favorite of the series. I never got why it got so much hate. Yeah, Denise Richards is a terrible actress but she's not even in the movie that much, so I don't feel she's enough to drag it down. Good list overall!
Here's one for you: How about "the Man with the Golden Gun"? Yes, it has stupid humor (JW Pepper), it has low-brow audience pandering (the Kung Fu schoolgirls), yes, it had an unbelievable stunt (the spinning car jump)and it made a mis-step with its title song, yet...........it also has Roger Moore in his prime, it has Christopher Lee (who was Ian Fleming's cousin, BTW) as a villain, an oddly quirky one, unusual for Lee, the Thai settings are stunning, and that golden gun and the idea of such a million dollar assassin is just too cool. And, although no match for Ken Adams, I appreciate the effort they made with that solar power plant set' it was the largest indoor set ever made until Adams outdid it with the supertanker interior of "The Spy Who Loved Me".
Your review of Dr. No and Thunderball were grabage IMHO. Ayn Rand thought Dr. No. was Connery's best performance (Ayn Rand didn't have much of a sense of humor). Thunderball was my favorite when I was a kid and I greatly admire the effort Tom Jones put into the title song(he nearly fainted at the end). Octopussy was not a great film by any means, but it was a guilty pleasure of mine. OHMSS was one of the most underated films of all time. Connery wasn't around so Lazenby did what he could -- and Lazenby could fight,too. Pity he didn't do another Bond film was he could've repolaced Connery (almost). Dr. No and From Russia with Love didn't have all the supercalifragilistic gadgets that we see in the later Bond films. And, in contrast to everyone else, I liiked the music in Dr. no, too.
I would vote License to Kill as being underrated but LD is a good choice too. Overrated: the Brosnan ones; too much "shoot-em-up" vs. Stormtrooper caliber henchmen, though I like Brosnan's one on one work.
I think FYEO is more overated by fans than the public...having said that it has genuinely grown on me a lot over the years....not so much Bill Conti's disco score though.
I have no time to dignify this comment with a proper response. Besides I'm too busy watching the Night Of The Day Of The Dawn Of The Son Of The Bride Of The Return Of The Revenge Of The Terror Of The Attack Of The Evil, Mutant, Hellbound, Flesh-Eating, Crawling, Alien, Zombified, Subhumanoid Living Dead - Part 5.
+Brian Wigglesabit In the interest of goodwill, peace, harmony, friendship and all that nice stuff I shall write the movie titles out in full from this day forth. No, I don't want you to feel that you've pressured me into it, it was my decision alone. In fact I've been riddled with guilt since my abbreviation caused such upset therefore it was inevitable that I put things right in future and refain from all uses of abbreviations. I hope this response doesn't sound a little OTT.
Most over-rated: * Diamonds Are Forever (god this movie is terrible, what a bad way for Connery to exit, wouldn't you agree Mister Kidd? I actually hate this movie more than Live and Let Die). * Dr. No (I could barely watch it, it was so boring). * The Spy Who Loved Me (it's actually good, but I think it gets held up as one of the "good" Moore movies and so it seems better than it actually is). * For Your Eyes Only (for the reasons you stated). * Goldfinger (this is going to get a lot of WTFs, and I do like it, but honestly I don't like it as much as From Russia With Love or Thunderball... when I see this movie I pretty much think about Kentucky Fried Chicken, Mint Juleps and Pussy Galore). Most under-rated: * Spectre (for reasons stated) * The Living Daylights (for reasons stated) * The World Is Not Enough * A View To A Kill (this is for some reason my favorite Roger Moore movie) * OHMSS (despite how weird it is). Overall best-to-worst: * Casino Royale * From Russia With Love * Thunderball * Skyfall * Goldeneye * Spectre * Goldfinger * OHMSS * The Living Daylights * The World Is Not Enough * A View To A Kill * Tomorrow Never Dies * The Spy Who Loved Me * You Only Live Twice * Quantum of Solace * License to Kill * Dr. No * For Your Eyes Only * The Man With The Golden Gun * Moonraker * Live and Let Die * Octopussy * Diamonds are Forever * Die Another Day
Agree with both of those points. Dr No invented the whole thing, and it's full of classic moments. Connery is magnetic throughout, unlike in later Bonds. And yeah, Tomorrow Never Dies is bland and dull. Completely charmless.
I don't see how Tomorrow Never Dies can be called overrated if its not even mentioned as one of the best Bond films. Everyone agrees that it's mediocre.
I never really "got" Octopussy, but I agree that The World Is Not Enough is under-rated. Just rewatched OHMSS (literally just now). This film has some really crazy weirdness in it (where to start... the horrible father who punches his daughter? the almost-comical drive-by shooting at the end?), but it is definitely better than the later Connery films and most of the Roger Moore era. I agree that The Living Daylights is one of the better Cold War movies of the 1980s. It is unfortunate that License to Kill was such a crudmuffin by comparison... Timothy Dalton is one of the best actors to take on the role of Bond (I think he is better than Moore and Brosnan). There are definitely some Bond movies that get as much praise as they deserve ("From Russia With Love", "Goldeneye", "Casino Royale" being examples). But good to spotlight the ones that get lost in the shuffle.
The ending of the Bond film ''OHMSS'' is not ''almost comical'' as you incredibly inaccurately describe it. It was a movingly sad ending and the best ending of all the Bond films because that film and the ending of that film humanized James Bond. That film made audiences care about Bond beyond the iconic cardboard, crosslegged, crossarmed movie poster stance James Bond. It is just a shame that Lazenby made the colossal blunder of refusing to play Bond in any further films. He would have been a superb James Bond and would have been widely accepted as Bond by movie audiences if he had played the role in other Bond films.
I see your point; and they definitely were trying to achieve that. And the last few moments were Bond is crying over his beloved ARE touching. But the drive-by itself is what I find comical. Blofeld and Bunt look like villains from the Adam West Batman series, and they just sort of come out of nowhere. Moreover, they don't hang around long enough to make sure the job is actually carried through -- Bond himself escapes death fairly casually because his assassins are wholly incompetent. Compare the drive-by at the end of OHMSS with the drive-by in, say, the one at the end of "Menace II Society."
@ Quinn C. But supposedly the film ''OHMSS'' more accurately adheres to Fleming's novel than any other Bond film, so where is the surprise that ''came out of nowhere'' in that film?
I totally agree the living daylights is one of the best bond films, as well as the world is not enough. However, when I think of overrated films I don't say thunderball, but You only live twice.
Quinn C hey man just like to say this this list is a big pile of crap. Quarrel is one of the most memorable allies of Bond and to compare him to Quarrel Jr is ridiculous. Dr No is more memorable than any of the Brosnan villains and he's only on the screen for ten minutes. And Felix in that film is god to. So good that they didn't have him back because he overshadowed Bond a little bit in his scenes. He was cool! And Thunder Ball gets a lot of un deserved criticism mainly for the under water scenes which I enjoy especially the battle at the end, so I don't understand how people dislike them. Anyway my list is better. Over Rated 1) Golden Eye 2) SkyFall 3) The Spy Who Loved Me Under Rated 1) Thunder Ball 2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 3) Spectre
+Maldini88 I don't think quarrel and dr no aren't memorable, indeed quite the opposite. I've discussed this in my top allies list, but he is the most interesting part of the middle third of this film. But the problem is is that that is not saying much. As for dr no, sure he's cool but just like largo he is kind of lame. I have to disagree with you on Felix though, sure he's cool but I don't think he outshines bond at all, besides they almost never bring Felix back. Thunderball does get hate for the underwater scene, but almost every critic puts in in the top 8, so that's why it's on the list
Thunder Ball is my second favourite Bond film so there's no doubt that it should be in the top eight in my opinion. The reason they didn't bring Jack Lord back as Leiter was because he was quite similar to Bond. The next time we see him in Gold Finger the character is quite a lot different to Bond. The only problem I have with Dr No himself is that he didn't get more screen time. But with what he has he is memorable. Largo on the other hand is on it quite a bit but doesn't have any memorable qualities really.
If you acknowledge that DR NO was the first film and from 62 you still can have it as a favourite. For the ability they had to create films then plus they never knew if bond films would take off like they did then this is a great film. Its not in my top bond films but understand why somebody would have
I agree with all of your underrated picks (except for the World is Not Enough, which may be my least favorite in the series), but I freakin' LOVE Dr. No!!!!!!!
In a way, Goldfinger is the first true Bond film, as we've come to know them. The previous films were almost realistic, while Goldfinger introduced the over-the-top villain, the peculiar henchman, the world threatening terror plot, the gadgets and the jokes. And like Dr. No, it might have taken more movies to hone those elements, but you've got to give it credit for having started them.
Quentin Summers A lot of fans consider Goldfinger one of their top favorites. At the time when released in 1964 it became the definitive James Bond film a phenomenon world wide in popularity for the franchise as it was also same year The Beatles came to the United States from England. Goldfinger performed better at box office then both Dr No and From Russia With Love making double then both films combined also the budget for Goldfinger was double the size of Dr No’s production budget. I consider it my favorite Connery film and in my top five out of 24 Bond films.
Quarrel Jr in LALD is supposed to be Dr No’s Quarrel’s son., in the movies mind you. But since LALD came before Dr No in the books, it is just Quarrel in both stories. Quarrel Jr was created for the 1973 film since Quarrel was killed in Dr No.
Overrated: Skyfall (many rank top 5, i'd rank 13-14), Goldfinger (many rank top 2, I'd rank 6-7), Tomorrow Never Dies (many rank 10-14, I'd rank in bottom 5) Underrated: The World is Not Enough (many - 18-22, I'd rank 14-16) , Spectre (many rank bottom 3, I'd rank 16-18), Thunderball (many rank 13-19, I'd rank 7-8) The Living Daylights (many rank 15-18, I'd rank 10-12) Properly rated generally: From Russia w/ Love (top 3), The Spy who Loved me (top 5-6), You Only Live Twice (7-10 range) Dr. No (8-12 range) , OHMSS (top 10 if not top 5), Diamonds are Forever (15-20 range) Live and Let Die ( 12 -15 range) Casino Royale (top 5)
Licence to Kill has got to be the most underrated of all the films. As a stand alone film it trumps most Bond movies, Basically it's Bond vs Pablo Escobar... What more could you want?!
By today's standards, I think "You Only Live Twice" is more overrated than Dr. No and Thunderball in my opinion. I've seen people go as far as calling it "Connery's best" (a lot of times for the wrong reasons) which is total absurdity, and even he would probably agree since he was bored with Bond by that point. If the the film didn't have Donald Pleasence or the legendary Ken Adams' Volcano lair, then it wouldn't be as memorable. I used to love it as a kid, but once I read the novel it made me realize how much they wasted that title doing it before OHMSS. In addition to that, the Bond girls are unmemorable, the ally is basically a Japanese form of Bond, and SPECTRE's henchmen (Number 11 and the henchman that gets killed by Blofeld's piranhas) are just general rehashes of more notable henchmen like Red Grant and Fiona Volpe. I also definitely agree with The Living Daylights, The World is Not Enough, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service. They're the top most underrated Bond films of all time. You could also place The Man with the Golden Gun in that list as well.
Unfortunately I differ with you on most films. "For your eyes only" is my most favorite Roger Moore Bond film. Only I wish it was played by someone other than Moore, maybe Dalton. For Dr. No, you have to remember that it was made as early as in 1962. The film was exciting and fast. Also the introduction of Bond, the Bond music, etc. were superb. On the other hand, I found "On her Majesty's secret service" terribly slow. The only good thing about that film was the Bond girl.
Anyone can point out flaws in a movie, but all movies have them. The question is, do the flaws outweigh what's good in a film? If OHMSS had Connery in it, it would have been the best Bond film ever. Having actual real people populating your story makes the action have meaning. For this reason, I find most "action" films dull, including several of the later Bond movies. Also, don't apologize for liking "Octopussy". It has a lot going for it: cold-war Germany setting, decent action sequences, some great villains, Moore seemed to get a shot of testosterone for this one, it was just hurt by a weak climactic battle and a corny India sequence. If you think about it, it sort of parallels "The Living Daylights". TLD has what in my opinion is the second best Bond after Connery: Timothy Dalton. You're right, it's a pleasure to finally see MI6 actually fighting the Russkis, and the only real flaw I can find with it is the Afghanistan part being a little too stretched out.
I find both of Timothy Dalton's movies as really really under-rated. I find "Tomorrow never dies" as under-rated. I thought "The World is not enough" had a good story but badly presented. Contrary to many people, I quite enjoyed "You only live twice". Now I may make most people angry but I really feel the most over-rated Bond film is "Goldfinger". It simply puts a lot of emphasis on glamour and gadgets but not enough on the story-line, the characters and emotions.
I agree with what you say about For Your Eyes Only, Tomorrow Never Dies, and You Only Live Twice. It's funny how does films are ranked 2,3 and 4 on my all time Bond films. I really enjoy The World Is Not Enough. I also agree that Goldfinger is a very overrated Bond film as well. The only part of On Her Majesty's Secret Service that I didn't like was when he disguised himself as Sir Hillary Bray.
I do like For Your Eyes Only because it is a fresh take for Moore's Bond. It is the only film Moore's Bond is down to earth and strip away all the gadgets. This is the closet Moore's Bond to be Fleming's interpretation of Bond.
Also think Spectre is underrated, especially in the US. Obviously the script could've used a bit more polish, but it does a perfect job of bringing the classic Bond feel to a modern day film. The US critics hated how it was more like the classic films, but this style is what the Craig era was building up to: Bond starting off and we learn some of his origins, and now he IS the James Bond we've known (even though it's still a new universe). I think both Dalton films are extremely underrated, and so is Dalton. Ppl now love George(and rightfully so), but Dalton is honestly the finest actor to have portrayed Bond from an acting standpoint. If he had a few more films I think ppl would give him the attention he deserves (imagine him in a period piece CR) My most overrated is Thinderball. It has some amazing moments, but a lot of it feels sloppy as well. It's still a classic and one an example of classic Bond films.
I really liked Spectre, but I think some of the critics might down it because (1) it came after the truly magnificent Skyfall and (2) it came out after we've seen a bunch of "dark and gritty" reboots of big franchises (Bond itself in Casino Royale, The Nolan Batman trilogy, Man of Steel, etc.) and in some ways Spectre felt somehow a bit too much like those, but with a somewhat weaker "Big Bad" (compare Heath Ledger's joker to Christoph Waltz's "osher of awl yer paiiin.")
Spectre was the last Bond film I went to see in the movie theaters. It is interesting that it really is telling you that this is Craig's last Bond film. But am not such a huge fan of it. Of the Craig films the most underrated is Quantum of Solace. My girl friend turned to me at the time and said about Craigs Bond, "he's a sociopath" the dumping of the man's body in the garbage bin, don't want to give anything away, and the line by the female lead to Bond is just classic> Agree with you about Dalton, the first film that he did though, the beginning was like classic Sean Connery, but the second half is like bad Roger Moore Bonds. License to Kill, which was not such a box office hilt in the USA, was really good for me due to the lead villain Robert Davi. He was the first if I can say honorable villain, in that he would never betray a person as he was a man of honor. Also he is the one villain who actually falls in love with Bond, yes there is an undertone of homosexuality in his character, and Dalton was the perfect actor for his affections.
The character Sanchez in the Bond film ''LTK'' is just a typical drug kingpin and a boring villain nowhere near as interesting as the Bond film villains Auric Goldfinger, Ernst Stavro Blofeld or Dr. No.
7Lukibi99Tore7 Samchez is an amazing villain. He's extremely well written and Davi's performance is absolutely perfect. He's hardly boring, especially when he's pissed off
For me Auric Goldfinger and Dr. No are just cartoon villains. Davi's villain has far more depth. One of his last lines to Dalton's Bond, paraphrasing, I could have given you the world, which shows his great disappointment in James Bond. He was a man who really valued loyalty more than money. You have to also kind of like him when he opts that one obnoxious guy who works for him. He is really the first Bond villain who is three dimensional, in that he can make an argument for himself why he is right, where as the previous Bond villains, really could not. I would also make the argument that the first Bond villain who was three dimensional, before Davi was Klaus Maria Brander in never Say Never Again.
Your number one License to Kill, definitely. While not well received on its original release, On Her Majesty Secret Service has often now been regarded as the best Bond Film of All time,. the World Is Not Enough, has a lot of striking resemblances to the Dark Knight Rises, and I think is better than that film. I prefer Never Say Never got Thunderball. The lead actor villain, Brander is better, so is the lead female fem Fetal, better, can remember her name. But I think in Thunderball the lead female lead is better. Also the climax in Thunderball holds up better than in Never Say Never.
I would say the most overrated Bond films are Skyfall, Live And Let Die and For Your Eyes Only. To some extent maybe The Spy Who Loved Me too. The underrated ones? Diamonds Are Forever, Moonraker and Spectre.
I agree that FYEO was very weak. However, FINALLY near the end of his years as 007, Roger Moore had a downright great scene in which he gets ruthless, becomes tough. When he kills the Dove by kicking his Mercedes over the cliff.
I think you are being naive on criticizing Doctor so much. It was a MUCH SIMPLER world in 1962. This movie SHOCKED movie-goers into being interested in 007. Yes, when compared to the others, it lacks a lot. But just as Dr Hannibal Lecter tells Will Graham (in thrilling movie "Red Dragon") about the "Tooth Fairy" after the latter made mistakes in his first mass killing, "He did much better in Atlanta, Will ..."
The World is not Enough is okay but its second act is DEATHLY boring. The first and third acts are pretty solid and Sophie Marceau was excellent to offset the awful Denise Richards. The Living Daylights is actually very nice and it's more underrated than Licence to Kill because that was always the darling of hardcore Bond fans.
I think the most underrated bond movies of all time is the Timothy Dalton ones. He really brought the more darker and mysterious side of bond and not the cheesy and weird bond like Roger Moore.
Although Dalton's Bond was much closer in personality to Fleming's Bond in the novels, Dalton's moodiness as Bond is not very appealing to most Bond film audiences. It hurt Dalton's performance as Bond that he too often spoke his dialogue through clenched teeth when, for example, he would say the name of the character Koskov in the Bond film ''TLD''. Plus Dalton's looks were all wrong for Bond. Bond is supposed to have rugged good looks like Connery and Lazenby, not smoothly handsome good looks like Brosnan and Dalton.
Reall? You better read Fleming`s novels. Bond there looks exactly like Dalton and acts quite like Dalton (Dalton was abit too intellectual for early Flemings`s Bond
Thespian Bond is best Bond
Even so, i always wanted more of a one on one fist fight from him.. i think it was very lacking in tld with what could have been an all out brawl between him and Necros.
margus kiis in the novels Bond was more like Dalton like you said but also fit Connery’s and Craig’s personalities and portrayals in films more then other Bond actors
Living Daylights is my No. 1. I love Dalton in this film, the score, the plot and the direction.
Lic to kill way better
@@davideric8250 true its my No. 1
Timothy Dalton is my personal favorite Bond and I think his films are underrated.
Says every other person on the internet. Sadly Dalton's second film was yet another War on Drugs clone.
The two Dalton movies are the most underrated, Tomorrow Never Dies and The World is not Enough, then maybe Diamonds are Forever and a few Moore films
Living Daylights has no flaws, it's the best film ;)
+Angus Cook living daylights and OHMSS are pretty great
One of my favs, also, but it does have one glaring flaw (what Bond film, or any movie for that matter, doesn't?) that is shared with "For Your Eyes Only", making that one a chore to re-watch: the part that takes place in Afghanistan needed some serious editing. Way too long and seriously slowed down the film. Of course, a lot of "blockbuster" films are overly bloated.
It does have flaws, male nudity for a start.
Angus Cook Of course it has flaws, every movie has. But it's one of my favourites as well. But the Bond girl does bring it down for me. She's just so... simple 😐
i love TLD, but koskov and whitaker suck. that's a flaw.
TMWTGG was a fun and exciting turn to the bond series. Sure it might have been a bit silly but at least it was something new. And Christopher Lee killed the role of a good Bond villain. Surely memorable and entertaining imo
I might get hate for saying this, but it is one of my favorites, quite possibly top 5
@@taklampan650 Agreed
Both of the Timothy Dalton's movie are in my top 3 Bond Movies......Disappointed you didn't include LTK in the underrated list.
Holy Balls what are the other two
LTK has always been a darling of Bond fans for being so different. While some can't stand it most have always agreed it never got the attention it deserved.
I really dislike ltk
License To Kill is probably my favourite Bond film.
I have no idea why people dislike it, and why do people dislike the gore so much?.. I know Bond usually isn't gory but who cares? There's so many of these films and they're all so similar to one another, whenever a movie does something different in the series I applaud it! Plus... Practical gore effects are just awesome to look at, and people who actually get uncomfortable over the gore?.... Ookaayy... 😕 I guess since I watch a shit ton of horror movies I'm desensitised maybe.
Lic to kill was pretty good but LD was zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is definitely my favorite Bond film as well as one of my favorite films ever, but I agree the average person who's not a franchise fan probably doesn't know it exists or if they do know it only as "the one with that guy who only did one movie".
I didn't realize Spectre was in the underrated camp. I would have thought the opposite. I remember hearing a lot of love for it when it was new, but I don't keep up much with any fan opinion sites, besides these videos of course.
Lastly, your video reminded me once again that I should re-visit the Dalton movies which I haven't seen since maybe sometime in the 1990s... or maybe just The Living Daylights.
OHMSS is awesome if you love skiing..those ski chase scenes were epic.
A lot of people hate Spectre
YESSS! I was hoping you’d include Timothy Dalton’s portrayal during the underrated list
You're right, spectre is so underrated. Admittedly a little long, but hey. It's the way things are done now...
+Ann Nee very true
Quinn C
I love the last three Daniel Craig Bonds but Casino Royal is one of the most overrated film of all time.
spectre is an austin powers film in disguise.
you probably think die another day is a masterpiece.
Oh...and TLD has always been in my personal top 3.
Its 2nd in my list.....Lovely Movie
+G-Spot Specialist it is my favourite...
+BookyReviewZola It's a movie You can watch anytime.
TLD is a top 10 bond flick, and is underrated, but LTK is the better movie. dalton in general is way underrated.
doaftheloaf Definitely. LTK has the waaaaaay better Bond girl. Kara Milovy was just so wet...
I'd like to hear your thoughts on who you think should be the knew bond Quinn?
Brilliant video ! I just love The Living Daylights ! Timothy Dalton is my favourite Bond actor (with Daniel Craig being really not far behind)...Do you know any good James Bond forum/app where people can talk about 007 ?
Also I think u should do a vid on when bond actors looked their best like which film they looked the toughest and handsomest
I agree Spectre is underrated, I enjoy it a lot. Also The Living Daylight is one of the best Bond movie
I remember when i was about 8 or 9 Bond movies were on TV my parents made us all sit down as a family and watch them, the only ones i can remember watching back then were Thunderball, The Living Daylights and Never Say Never Again. Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies were the ones that really got me into Bond and i used to watch these two movies over and over again.
+Josh Lawson they're all damn good
I LOVE THUNDERBALL
That's sweet. But, weren't you too young to watch Bond films and that too with your family😆
Skyfall is the most overrated Bondfilm in my opinion
skyfall is very well done...it's just not as fun as a typical bond film. it doesn't have to be campy like the moore films, but the mood throughout skyfall was dark, with few if any breaks for any kind of levity. if it had done this right, it could be top 5. instead, it can be hard at times to watch.
paavofilmpjes i agree
paavofilmpjes wrong its ohmss
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paavofilmpjes I agree
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is Christopher Nolan’s favorite bond film. You can see the inspiration for the snow scenes in Inception. Nice video 👍
I knew that The Living Daylights and On Her Majesty's Secret Service were the 2 most underrated films. Both are excellent films! :)
Casino Royale is seen as the best hands down by a lot of people but skyfall, from russia with love, goldeneye, goldfinger and the world is not enough are all better. Its great but slightly overrated.
I kind love die another day but I think TWINE and living daylights are the most underrated hands down.
Spectre is just pure entertainment...a great film!
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SPECTRE is pure something.
Good video, Thunderball is slow but it is by far the funniest bond film, it's not my fave but I can see why people like it, both two Dalton films are underated imo but you're right about World Is Not Enough, such a fun film and OHMSS is the black sheep of the franchise but to me it's my favourite Bond film from the 60s (From Russia with Love comes in close second which I think is a bit underrated since every talks about it's follow up Goldfinger all the time).
Agree with pretty much all of your decisions, especially Thunderball. I find it starts out strong enough but because 1/4 of the movie is underwater, it ends up feeling slow and boring.
“No-one in their right mind would make a film where a lady says, ‘that’s my little Octopussy’ and at the same time pretend that it’s a classy art-house film.”
Great line. 😁
My overrated and underrated would go something like this:
Overrated:
1) Thunderball (I agree!)
2) You Only Live Twice
3) The Living Daylights (I don’t like the second half, maybe I’ll enjoy it more on a rewatch)
Underrated:
5) License to Kill
4) For Your Eyes Only (sorry, I’m a fan of this one),
3) The World is Not Enough
2) Tomorrow Never Dies
1) Die Another Day (I love it! Total silliness from start to finish).
Have to disagree with you about "Thunderball". It was one of the few Bond films that actually had character motivation rather than formulaic cardboard cutouts. All 3 of the Bond women in this movie have depth, no bimbos here. The villain wants to kill Bond because Bond's trying to screw his girl! Listen to the dialogue in this film; it's realistic as well as sophisticated, with a subtle british wit. No stupid slapstick here, no corny swooning of girls into Bond's arms - he has to work at it like the rest of us do in the real world. Plus, cool frogman armies, SPECTRE, and this was the 1st to be about a stolen nuke (though one figured in "Goldfinger") and Connery was at his absolute prime here. His mannerisms were more subtle and disarmingly casual here and age had ruggedized his looks so that he no longer looked like a ventriloquist's dummy.
The flaws of this film are because 1) it was based off of a TV play of several parts that Fleming had co-wrote with Kevin McClory and I think they used too much of it. The whole Shrublands sequence could have been cut and it could have started with the plane hijacking with no change in plot. That made this a bloated film because 2) it was the first big budget Bond movie, and they wanted to make something epic, so threw in too much crap. It wouldn't have hurt to excise an underwater scene or two as they are slow by their very nature, and it badly needed a chase sequence when Bond escapes from Largo's villa shark pool.
You can't be serious about the dialogue. Thunderball has some of the worst in the series.
"Anything else?"
"Yes, tell him Paula's dead."
"Okay."
"What a coincidence."
"Yeah, so convenient."
There's positively no depth in Thunderball. Paula was a total non-entity. She occasionally is given dialogue for the sake of exposition and Bond doesn't even care about her death. Patricia Fearing ? Yet another chick who resists Bonds charms and then eventually gives him, nothing memorable about him. Domino is pretty much Honey Rider 2.0 who avenges her brother's death. How is that a nuanced character ? Largo's motivation doesn't give him much character either. As a matter of fact, I could barely see any jealously stemming from him. Largo was little more than a jumped up henchman. Adolfo Celi has a screen presence but his character a little more than empty suit unlike Klaus Maria Brandauer who injected a colorful, psychopathic nature into his role coupled with a pathetic quality. Connery does well but Thunderball but he isn't enough to make up for it's shortcomings.
Shrublands is more fun in NSNA
Tommorow Never Dies and The World is not enough are my favourite films of the series and I think they are the most underrated :(
TND is better, but TWINE is still good
What? Dr. No and Thunderball are my 2 favorites.
I love Dr No, Thunderball is one of my least favourites.
@@cookiesontoast9981 , I heard TB kind of sucked
@@cookiesontoast9981 The dinner scene between Bond and Dr. No is just amazing. Bond so arrogant and cocky and just mocks him
Thunder balls should have been on this list for the Most overrated! So boring and poorly acted.
@@davideric8250
It is THE MOST overrated
l love the Living Daylights too. One of my favourites, I saw this in 1987 at the pictures.
I never realised it was underrated or forgotten though.
You know we must 'travel in different circles' as the saying goes, For Your Eyes Only has always been an underrated film. More of a dramatic adult piece, than a typically cliché lets-have-an-explosion-every-15-minutes action film. As for OHMSS every fan with a brain (and taste) knows that this is one of the best Bond films period.
Actually I was going to make a comment about Bond films are not for 9 years olds but I saw all these classic Bond films around that age as well so it must be a generation thing.
Also as for Quarrel Jnr being in LaLD, they only did that because Quarrel was in the book and chronologically LaLD was before DrNo. I would have hated it if they just created another character. The greatest thing about the classic films is that 70% stayed to to the books. And that's why For Your Eyes Only is one of the greats.
Another thing (and please I mean this respectfully) stop saying "everyone" when everyone is the same 15 or so people in Bond forums. They don't speak for the majority. At the time - and yes I'm that old to know first hand - critics and fans praised The Living Daylights more than LTK so I don't know where you're getting this info about it being "the forgotten Bond" because it's just not true.
+Justin Todd-Walker see films though should not depend upon their book in order to be good. It doesn't matter what happens in the book, because you can't expect everyone who sees the corresponding film to have read the book. Sure it's nice for the fans of the book to try to match it up, but the whole point of a film is to be a film, not pay homage to the book. Again, it's nice to do it, but that does not matter really. So to say that that is why for your eyes only is good just doesn't make sense. A lot of people watching the films don't even know the books exist. My point for quarrel jr. Was that literally he's the same guy, nothing more then that. When discussing OHMSS, I meant that people that aren't huge fans of the series, and as for the living daylights, I don't know how you could know that film if you don't know the series. That's my point. As for saying 'everyone', just trying to cut down the word count but I see your point, and when editing it was bugging me as well
Apologies for the month late reply lol
I have to disagree, with your point "the whole point of a film is to be a film, not pay homage to the book" films can pay homage to the books and still be a film in itself - look at OHMSS, FRWL, even Casino Royale.
And it's not why I said it's good, that was only part reason. FYEO to me was the closest Moore film to be a real life Cold War thriller which is another reason why it's my all time favourite.
Side note: I freaking love all these vids you do. Keep it up :-)
you only live twice is better than goldfinger ( oh jesus i said it ) and a view to a kill is a very underrated bond film its the best of the moore films while i agree with you on octapussy and the world is not enough spectre is bad because of what they did to bloflied
I never really knew the world is not enough was underrated. Among me and my friends TWINE is ranked pretty high. The Living Daylights by far had the best soundtrack of all the series (in my opinion) though. I even bought all the songs from it on iTunes and sometimes I'll jam out to the ice chase song as I work in my studio.
+Dan Roland well I find that the masses just doesn't give the film as much credit for being original as it deserves. It's coupled with die another day a lot in rankings which I don't understand
My favorites.
The living daylights - good story and good setting. It's not often named as a favorite. It's kinda a forgotten bond movie.
Goldeneye - the first I saw in the Cinema. It has all the action, women, plot, badguys, location and cold war refferences.
You only live twice - A fantasy/fairytail like Bond adventure. saw it when I was 9 for th first time.
OHMSS is one of THE best Bond movies! Right along with The Living Daylights!!❤️❤️
Quinn C my man you are a 100% right about thunderball! I pretty much think the same way too. I also gotta say that I also agree with you 100% in the most underrated list because I really loved spectre and I've seen it more that 10 times already. The Russian bad guy from Octopussy was sort of an overshadow of Putin to me. The World is not enough had a terrible villain and a not so good Bond girl (Denise Richards) but that did not stop the film from being great because of another strong female villain, good locations, and a really epic sounding theme song. OHMSS is just so great and I cannot put it in words but I have to say that it is one of my all time favorite movies ever. Living Daylights was just plain awesome because it finally brought bond to a more dark and realistic level after very campy Roger Moore moments. I also have to say that Dalton is a very underrated bond and it would have been great if he did more 007 movies. I think Dalton is the closest to Craig.
Well I've said it before and I'll say it again, great minds think alike
Pretty good list other than For Your eyes only I still stand by it as one of the best films in the series
It has Bibi (cough) but also a great heroine (that crossbow), Topol and fantastic locations.
I almost agree with your list. 4 of your Underrated Films List are part of my top 5.
Jeremy Clarkson said in "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" that "Living Daylights" is his favorite Bond movie.
Good points. I’m an old Bond fan (I mean “old”) and I almost agree with you. I give a credit for Dr. No for being the first. I don’t like Spectre because I’m not a fan of the Daniel Craig era (nothing against him as an actor) at all. I miss the “British mode” of the prior films. And I like For Your Eyes Only for a single personal reason: Sir Roger Moore is my favorite Bond. And, by the way, I love The Living Daylights! Could have seen more movies with Sir Dalton. I think he made a terrific 007!
I Agree With Spectre, Octopussy and the Living Daylights being Underrated
and yes the overrated ones are spot on, especially with thunderball, which bored me to tears, it just drags.
But for Me Licence to Kill is the most Underrated bond film simply because It gets the most Hate simply for being Too Dark and Humorless, I agree its very dark and not everyone likes that but I like both incarnations of bond be it the more fantasy adventure ones like You Only live twice, Goldfinger and Spy Who loved me, or be it the Dark and Serious thrillers Like Licence to Kill, Casino Royale, and Skyfall.
Licence to Kill is a clone of a million anti-drug films at the time.
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Ehh not really a clone but it definitely took influence, and it’s not the only bond film that followed the trends of the time. Licence to Kill’s story is more about revenge and loyalty than it is drugs. Live and Let Die also had drugs in its plot and was following the blaxploitation trend in the 1970s
@@CRITTERBUSTERS Live and Let Die is a very different film. It does have the drug plot, but you also get great voodoo stuff, blaxploiitation and the New Orleans stuff. Licence to Kill has a lot of 80s tropes that you could see in the years just before it was made - they were ten a penny. It feels more like Miami Vice. Its big original idea was Bond going rogue (which has been reused by Craig a few times). Reagan had launched a "War on Drugs" (which has proven entirely ineffective) and Hollywood followed suit. Bond in it felt more American than British in that sense.
The last section of the Living Daylights wanders into that territory too with the Afghan nonsense (up til then it is a decent Bond film)... which is more like Rambo III
@@thursoberwick1948
Perhaps. I still liked the film despite all that, probably because I liked a lot of those aforementioned movies. Also I really liked the Dynamic between Bond and Sanchez its really good as are the performances. I’d say Licence to Kill has more in common with Scarface than Miami Vice, Sanchez is a bit like Tony Montana if he didn’t get high on his own supply ha ha. Also Bond fortunately isn’t wearing baggy linen pastels.
The most overrated Bond flick: NTTD! The most underrated Bond flick: AVTAK! These are my picks.
I totally agree with your comments on Spectre. If Christoph Waltz was a stronger Bloefeld this movie could have been great.
Underrated:
#1 Quantum of Solace
#2 The Living Daylights
#3 Live and Let Die
Overrated:
#1 OHMSS
#2 Licence to Kill
#3 You Only Live Twice
Top 5 Bond Films:
#1 Goldfinger
#2 Skyfall
#3 Casino Royale
#4 Goldeneye
#5 Thunderball
Bottom 3 Bond Films:
#24 Moonraker
#23 The World is Not Enough
#22 OHMSS
Bond Actors Ranked:
#1 Sean Connery
#2 Pierce Brosnan
#3 Daniel Craig
#4 Roger Moore
#5 George Lazenby
#6 Timothy Dalton
QOS is a fast paced disaster !!! Its a train wreck
I'd say Licence to Kill is the most underrated. I think more people appreciate it now than when it came out
Underrated excluding LTK:
5. Tomorrow Never Dies
4. Die Another Day
3. Octopussy
2. The Man With The Golden Gun
1. Diamonds Are Forever
Good gosh yes
Do Most Overrated and Underrated James Bond Songs.
Also, I think Live and Let Die is a bit overrated
Even the living daylights song is underrated its so good tho
i don't think LaLD is a bad movie, but to me it isn't an easy watch.
Also I love both Octopussy and The World Is Not Enough.
Octopuses is my favorite
Quantum of Solace is the most UNDERRATED film ever. It is the best bond film!!!
I'm honestly not that big a fan of Goldfinger either. It was certainly a sensation at the time, but it hasn't aged well at all.
Most overrated: Goldfinger
Most underrated: The World is Not Enough
OHMSS is so underrated. Has way more emotional depth than any Bond's than came before it and most after it. Beautiful visuals and great chase sequences. Deserves way more than 6.7 on IMBD.
As always, I enjoyed your video. Here is my list.
Most Overrated
4 Tomorrow Never Dies - 2nd worst villain in the franchise, overly long superhero action sequences that are not very bondesque (NOTE: helicopters don't fly like that). The plot, which was full of holes already, has aged terribly, no chemistry between Wai Lin and Bond, the stupid side plot of Paris and a dull ending.
3 Goldfinger I used to rate this higher but each rewatch it drops, It’s slow paced (golf isn’t exactly exciting), the plot holes are immense. It also suffers that it is sandwiched between FRWL (Connery's best film and TB (Connery's best acting). Please don't misunderstand me, I still like this film but it doesn't belong near the top.
2 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - This is on nearly every top 5 list out there and it doesn't merit it. Lazenby's wooden acting and constant over-dubbing of his voice shows he was not a good actor, slow in the middle, poor rear projection work all detract greatly from the film. It is a great story, written very well and shot well so it's not a terrible film just a middle of the road JB film.
1 Casino Royale - This is a decent Action/super-hero movie, highly predictable, but it’s not bond, in fact it comes off as a anti-Bond film. Craig is a dumbed-down brutish Jason Borne/superhero action star with mental stability issues (let's blow up a embassy with dozens of people seeing me do it). He would never be able to pass the tests to be a 00 (I know they tried to gloss over this later). Just like Goldfinger's golf scene, poker, especially unrealistic poker, for 30 minutes isn’t exactly exciting so let’s drug him (everyone saw that coming but it makes no sense). Don’t get me going on the stupid torture scene. I didn’t find much chemistry between Bond and Vesper, the instant love relationship was silly (what are they 12 year olds) and her death was comically unrealistic. I get it, it's a great suspend your mind super action hero flick like The Expendables but it's not Bond.
Most Underrated
5 Octopussy
4 The World in Not Enough
3 Die Another Day - This first half of this film is the best of any Bond films and then it goes off the rails but it doesn’t deserve last place as most people put it. The CGI is limited and not really that bad for that era and if you accept the sci-fi concept it is a very fun film to watch. Plus it has Jinx, one of the best Bond girls ever and the super hot Miranda Frost.
2 A View to a Kill - I get the faults of this film but each time I watch it I enjoy it more and more. This is a classic Bond movie with all of the needed elements, great opening scene and final scene, nice locales, menacing villain, awesome hench-woman, great pacing and it has two of the most intense scenes of any Bond Film in it. If Dalton would have done this it might be considered one of the best.
1 FRWL - I have seen this ranked 12-18 in lot's of lists lately and that is insane. This is the best Connery film easily, it has great pacing, awesome dialogue, nice locales, the iconic train fight scene with one of the best henchmen around. Simply put this is a solid spy thriller that proves that you don't need tons of action to keep you in suspense.
Spectre felt a bit long but it was a good Bond adventure.....and I agree with you totally on the Living Daylights.....on its own it is a fantastic Cold War thriller but because it is in a Bond series thats why it is tossed off.
But I also think Licence To Kill is also underrated because it is way better movie than people give it credit for and yes Thunderball is way overrated
I'm glad you mentioned TWINE, it's my personal favorite of the series. I never got why it got so much hate. Yeah, Denise Richards is a terrible actress but she's not even in the movie that much, so I don't feel she's enough to drag it down. Good list overall!
TWINE has a good villain but there are issues like the extras. At some points it's so obvious that they are.
can anyone please tell Where can I find Donpfeff Review?
Because people always say that OHMSS is underrated, it has now made it too overrated
Agreed
Good shit next one should be "top 5 most enjoyable james bond movies with not much of a plot" or something.
+Det vardrt I'll just say you've given me an idea
cheers bro always enjoy watching ur vids especially the bond ones!
Here's one for you: How about "the Man with the Golden Gun"? Yes, it has stupid humor (JW Pepper), it has low-brow audience pandering (the Kung Fu schoolgirls), yes, it had an unbelievable stunt (the spinning car jump)and it made a mis-step with its title song, yet...........it also has Roger Moore in his prime, it has Christopher Lee (who was Ian Fleming's cousin, BTW) as a villain, an oddly quirky one, unusual for Lee, the Thai settings are stunning, and that golden gun and the idea of such a million dollar assassin is just too cool. And, although no match for Ken Adams, I appreciate the effort they made with that solar power plant set' it was the largest indoor set ever made until Adams outdid it with the supertanker interior of "The Spy Who Loved Me".
Your review of Dr. No and Thunderball were grabage IMHO. Ayn Rand thought Dr. No. was Connery's best performance (Ayn Rand didn't have much of a sense of humor). Thunderball was my favorite when I was a kid and I greatly admire the effort Tom Jones put into the title song(he nearly fainted at the end). Octopussy was not a great film by any means, but it was a guilty pleasure of mine. OHMSS was one of the most underated films of all time. Connery wasn't around so Lazenby did what he could -- and Lazenby could fight,too. Pity he didn't do another Bond film was he could've repolaced Connery (almost). Dr. No and From Russia with Love didn't have all the supercalifragilistic gadgets that we see in the later Bond films. And, in contrast to everyone else, I liiked the music in Dr. no, too.
I love Ayn Rand but I could give a rats ass her opinion on a Bond film
I'm thankful I ain't the only guy with Spectre in my underrated list.
I would vote License to Kill as being underrated but LD is a good choice too. Overrated: the Brosnan ones; too much "shoot-em-up" vs. Stormtrooper caliber henchmen, though I like Brosnan's one on one work.
I think FYEO is more overated by fans than the public...having said that it has genuinely grown on me a lot over the years....not so much Bill Conti's disco score though.
I have no time to dignify this comment with a proper response. Besides I'm too busy watching the Night Of The Day Of The Dawn Of The Son Of The Bride Of The Return Of The Revenge Of The Terror Of The Attack Of The Evil, Mutant, Hellbound, Flesh-Eating, Crawling, Alien, Zombified, Subhumanoid Living Dead - Part 5.
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+Brian Wigglesabit In the interest of goodwill, peace, harmony, friendship and all that nice stuff I shall write the movie titles out in full from this day forth. No, I don't want you to feel that you've pressured me into it, it was my decision alone. In fact I've been riddled with guilt since my abbreviation caused such upset therefore it was inevitable that I put things right in future and refain from all uses of abbreviations. I hope this response doesn't sound a little OTT.
+kalsolarUK you do you
Most over-rated:
* Diamonds Are Forever (god this movie is terrible, what a bad way for Connery to exit, wouldn't you agree Mister Kidd? I actually hate this movie more than Live and Let Die).
* Dr. No (I could barely watch it, it was so boring).
* The Spy Who Loved Me (it's actually good, but I think it gets held up as one of the "good" Moore movies and so it seems better than it actually is).
* For Your Eyes Only (for the reasons you stated).
* Goldfinger (this is going to get a lot of WTFs, and I do like it, but honestly I don't like it as much as From Russia With Love or Thunderball... when I see this movie I pretty much think about Kentucky Fried Chicken, Mint Juleps and Pussy Galore).
Most under-rated:
* Spectre (for reasons stated)
* The Living Daylights (for reasons stated)
* The World Is Not Enough
* A View To A Kill (this is for some reason my favorite Roger Moore movie)
* OHMSS (despite how weird it is).
Overall best-to-worst:
* Casino Royale
* From Russia With Love
* Thunderball
* Skyfall
* Goldeneye
* Spectre
* Goldfinger
* OHMSS
* The Living Daylights
* The World Is Not Enough
* A View To A Kill
* Tomorrow Never Dies
* The Spy Who Loved Me
* You Only Live Twice
* Quantum of Solace
* License to Kill
* Dr. No
* For Your Eyes Only
* The Man With The Golden Gun
* Moonraker
* Live and Let Die
* Octopussy
* Diamonds are Forever
* Die Another Day
that is a very interesting list, I do find it curious that you enjoy A View To A Kill so much
The most overrated bond film is Tomorrow never dies, just so boring.Can't agree about Dr No being overrated ,it's a classic
Agree with both of those points. Dr No invented the whole thing, and it's full of classic moments. Connery is magnetic throughout, unlike in later Bonds.
And yeah, Tomorrow Never Dies is bland and dull. Completely charmless.
I don't see how Tomorrow Never Dies can be called overrated if its not even mentioned as one of the best Bond films. Everyone agrees that it's mediocre.
I agree with both of your number ones. I never really liked Thunderball and The Living Daylights is in my top 5 007 films.
I never really "got" Octopussy, but I agree that The World Is Not Enough is under-rated.
Just rewatched OHMSS (literally just now). This film has some really crazy weirdness in it (where to start... the horrible father who punches his daughter? the almost-comical drive-by shooting at the end?), but it is definitely better than the later Connery films and most of the Roger Moore era.
I agree that The Living Daylights is one of the better Cold War movies of the 1980s. It is unfortunate that License to Kill was such a crudmuffin by comparison... Timothy Dalton is one of the best actors to take on the role of Bond (I think he is better than Moore and Brosnan).
There are definitely some Bond movies that get as much praise as they deserve ("From Russia With Love", "Goldeneye", "Casino Royale" being examples). But good to spotlight the ones that get lost in the shuffle.
I'm glad you enjoyed my video
The ending of the Bond film ''OHMSS'' is not ''almost comical'' as you incredibly inaccurately describe it. It was a movingly sad ending and the best ending of all the Bond films because that film and the ending of that film humanized James Bond. That film made audiences care about Bond beyond the iconic cardboard, crosslegged, crossarmed movie poster stance James Bond. It is just a shame that Lazenby made the colossal blunder of refusing to play Bond in any further films. He would have been a superb James Bond and would have been widely accepted as Bond by movie audiences if he had played the role in other Bond films.
+7Lukibi99Tore7 he may have found it comical in that it just came out of nowhere
I see your point; and they definitely were trying to achieve that. And the last few moments were Bond is crying over his beloved ARE touching.
But the drive-by itself is what I find comical. Blofeld and Bunt look like villains from the Adam West Batman series, and they just sort of come out of nowhere. Moreover, they don't hang around long enough to make sure the job is actually carried through -- Bond himself escapes death fairly casually because his assassins are wholly incompetent.
Compare the drive-by at the end of OHMSS with the drive-by in, say, the one at the end of "Menace II Society."
@ Quinn C. But supposedly the film ''OHMSS'' more accurately adheres to Fleming's novel than any other Bond film, so where is the surprise that ''came out of nowhere'' in that film?
Dalton’s duology for me belong side by side on my top 10 bond films. They deserve way more love.
I totally agree the living daylights is one of the best bond films, as well as the world is not enough. However, when I think of overrated films I don't say thunderball, but You only live twice.
Quinn C hey man just like to say this this list is a big pile of crap. Quarrel is one of the most memorable allies of Bond and to compare him to Quarrel Jr is ridiculous. Dr No is more memorable than any of the Brosnan villains and he's only on the screen for ten minutes. And Felix in that film is god to. So good that they didn't have him back because he overshadowed Bond a little bit in his scenes. He was cool! And Thunder Ball gets a lot of un deserved criticism mainly for the under water scenes which I enjoy especially the battle at the end, so I don't understand how people dislike them. Anyway my list is better.
Over Rated
1) Golden Eye
2) SkyFall
3) The Spy Who Loved Me
Under Rated
1) Thunder Ball
2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3) Spectre
+Maldini88 I don't think quarrel and dr no aren't memorable, indeed quite the opposite. I've discussed this in my top allies list, but he is the most interesting part of the middle third of this film. But the problem is is that that is not saying much. As for dr no, sure he's cool but just like largo he is kind of lame. I have to disagree with you on Felix though, sure he's cool but I don't think he outshines bond at all, besides they almost never bring Felix back. Thunderball does get hate for the underwater scene, but almost every critic puts in in the top 8, so that's why it's on the list
Thunder Ball is my second favourite Bond film so there's no doubt that it should be in the top eight in my opinion. The reason they didn't bring Jack Lord back as Leiter was because he was quite similar to Bond. The next time we see him in Gold Finger the character is quite a lot different to Bond. The only problem I have with Dr No himself is that he didn't get more screen time. But with what he has he is memorable. Largo on the other hand is on it quite a bit but doesn't have any memorable qualities really.
If you acknowledge that DR NO was the first film and from 62 you still can have it as a favourite. For the ability they had to create films then plus they never knew if bond films would take off like they did then this is a great film. Its not in my top bond films but understand why somebody would have
I agree with all of your underrated picks (except for the World is Not Enough, which may be my least favorite in the series), but I freakin' LOVE Dr. No!!!!!!!
+So Awkward well hey sparking controversy is my forte
I didn't like Goldfinger too much
Ageism ?
Quentin Summers It's good and all but most people say it's their Nr. 1 which I just don't see personally.
CLASSIC huh? Ageism?
In a way, Goldfinger is the first true Bond film, as we've come to know them. The previous films were almost realistic, while Goldfinger introduced the over-the-top villain, the peculiar henchman, the world threatening terror plot, the gadgets and the jokes. And like Dr. No, it might have taken more movies to hone those elements, but you've got to give it credit for having started them.
Quentin Summers A lot of fans consider Goldfinger one of their top favorites. At the time when released in 1964 it became the definitive James Bond film a phenomenon world wide in popularity for the franchise as it was also same year The Beatles came to the United States from England. Goldfinger performed better at box office then both Dr No and From Russia With Love making double then both films combined also the budget for Goldfinger was double the size of Dr No’s production budget. I consider it my favorite Connery film and in my top five out of 24 Bond films.
Did you raid Calvin Dyson's notes or somethin
I don’t even think he’s made a video on this
1:19 “It’s... vanilla”
Clearly, he watches Calvin Dyson.
Lol
i do agree with the living daylights it's one very underrated bond film but it's a lot better than some of the moore bond films
Quarrel Jr in LALD is supposed to be Dr No’s Quarrel’s son., in the movies mind you. But since LALD came before Dr No in the books, it is just Quarrel in both stories. Quarrel Jr was created for the 1973 film since Quarrel was killed in Dr No.
The Living Daylights is easily the G.O.A.T.
I hate on her majesty's secret service. It was good but Lazenby ruined it
Agree definitely on The World Is Not Enough & Spectre!
Overrated: Skyfall (many rank top 5, i'd rank 13-14), Goldfinger (many rank top 2, I'd rank 6-7), Tomorrow Never Dies (many rank 10-14, I'd rank in bottom 5)
Underrated: The World is Not Enough (many - 18-22, I'd rank 14-16)
, Spectre (many rank bottom 3, I'd rank 16-18), Thunderball (many rank 13-19, I'd rank 7-8) The Living Daylights (many rank 15-18, I'd rank 10-12)
Properly rated generally: From Russia w/ Love (top 3), The Spy who Loved me (top 5-6), You Only Live Twice (7-10 range) Dr. No (8-12 range) , OHMSS (top 10 if not top 5), Diamonds are Forever (15-20 range) Live and Let Die ( 12 -15 range) Casino Royale (top 5)
For your eyes only the most underrated one= ITS A classic
Licence to Kill has got to be the most underrated of all the films. As a stand alone film it trumps most Bond movies, Basically it's Bond vs Pablo Escobar... What more could you want?!
You are Right...Movies like Thunderball are overrated..and The living daylights not get Attention what it should get to...
By today's standards, I think "You Only Live Twice" is more overrated than Dr. No and Thunderball in my opinion. I've seen people go as far as calling it "Connery's best" (a lot of times for the wrong reasons) which is total absurdity, and even he would probably agree since he was bored with Bond by that point. If the the film didn't have Donald Pleasence or the legendary Ken Adams' Volcano lair, then it wouldn't be as memorable. I used to love it as a kid, but once I read the novel it made me realize how much they wasted that title doing it before OHMSS. In addition to that, the Bond girls are unmemorable, the ally is basically a Japanese form of Bond, and SPECTRE's henchmen (Number 11 and the henchman that gets killed by Blofeld's piranhas) are just general rehashes of more notable henchmen like Red Grant and Fiona Volpe. I also definitely agree with The Living Daylights, The World is Not Enough, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service. They're the top most underrated Bond films of all time. You could also place The Man with the Golden Gun in that list as well.
Both of the Dalton bonds movies are two of the best movies ever, both very underrated.
Unfortunately I differ with you on most films. "For your eyes only" is my most favorite Roger Moore Bond film. Only I wish it was played by someone other than Moore, maybe Dalton. For Dr. No, you have to remember that it was made as early as in 1962. The film was exciting and fast. Also the introduction of Bond, the Bond music, etc. were superb. On the other hand, I found "On her Majesty's secret service" terribly slow. The only good thing about that film was the Bond girl.
I thought the best looking Bond was Timothy Dalton he should of been given more films to do he wasn't given much of a chance to develop as Bond.
Anyone can point out flaws in a movie, but all movies have them. The question is, do the flaws outweigh what's good in a film? If OHMSS had Connery in it, it would have been the best Bond film ever. Having actual real people populating your story makes the action have meaning. For this reason, I find most "action" films dull, including several of the later Bond movies. Also, don't apologize for liking "Octopussy". It has a lot going for it: cold-war Germany setting, decent action sequences, some great villains, Moore seemed to get a shot of testosterone for this one, it was just hurt by a weak climactic battle and a corny India sequence. If you think about it, it sort of parallels "The Living Daylights". TLD has what in my opinion is the second best Bond after Connery: Timothy Dalton. You're right, it's a pleasure to finally see MI6 actually fighting the Russkis, and the only real flaw I can find with it is the Afghanistan part being a little too stretched out.
I agree world is not enough is underrated always liked it alot
I find both of Timothy Dalton's movies as really really under-rated. I find "Tomorrow never dies" as under-rated. I thought "The World is not enough" had a good story but badly presented. Contrary to many people, I quite enjoyed "You only live twice".
Now I may make most people angry but I really feel the most over-rated Bond film is "Goldfinger". It simply puts a lot of emphasis on glamour and gadgets but not enough on the story-line, the characters and emotions.
I agree with what you say about For Your Eyes Only, Tomorrow Never Dies, and You Only Live Twice. It's funny how does films are ranked 2,3 and 4 on my all time Bond films. I really enjoy The World Is Not Enough. I also agree that Goldfinger is a very overrated Bond film as well. The only part of On Her Majesty's Secret Service that I didn't like was when he disguised himself as Sir Hillary Bray.
I do like For Your Eyes Only because it is a fresh take for Moore's Bond. It is the only film Moore's Bond is down to earth and strip away all the gadgets. This is the closet Moore's Bond to be Fleming's interpretation of Bond.
Also think Spectre is underrated, especially in the US. Obviously the script could've used a bit more polish, but it does a perfect job of bringing the classic Bond feel to a modern day film. The US critics hated how it was more like the classic films, but this style is what the Craig era was building up to: Bond starting off and we learn some of his origins, and now he IS the James Bond we've known (even though it's still a new universe). I think both Dalton films are extremely underrated, and so is Dalton. Ppl now love George(and rightfully so), but Dalton is honestly the finest actor to have portrayed Bond from an acting standpoint. If he had a few more films I think ppl would give him the attention he deserves (imagine him in a period piece CR)
My most overrated is Thinderball. It has some amazing moments, but a lot of it feels sloppy as well. It's still a classic and one an example of classic Bond films.
I really liked Spectre, but I think some of the critics might down it because (1) it came after the truly magnificent Skyfall and (2) it came out after we've seen a bunch of "dark and gritty" reboots of big franchises (Bond itself in Casino Royale, The Nolan Batman trilogy, Man of Steel, etc.) and in some ways Spectre felt somehow a bit too much like those, but with a somewhat weaker "Big Bad" (compare Heath Ledger's joker to Christoph Waltz's "osher of awl yer paiiin.")
Spectre was the last Bond film I went to see in the movie theaters. It is interesting that it really is telling you that this is Craig's last Bond film. But am not such a huge fan of it. Of the Craig films the most underrated is Quantum of Solace. My girl friend turned to me at the time and said about Craigs Bond, "he's a sociopath" the dumping of the man's body in the garbage bin, don't want to give anything away, and the line by the female lead to Bond is just classic> Agree with you about Dalton, the first film that he did though, the beginning was like classic Sean Connery, but the second half is like bad Roger Moore Bonds. License to Kill, which was not such a box office hilt in the USA, was really good for me due to the lead villain Robert Davi. He was the first if I can say honorable villain, in that he would never betray a person as he was a man of honor. Also he is the one villain who actually falls in love with Bond, yes there is an undertone of homosexuality in his character, and Dalton was the perfect actor for his affections.
The character Sanchez in the Bond film ''LTK'' is just a typical drug kingpin and a boring villain nowhere near as interesting as the Bond film villains Auric Goldfinger, Ernst Stavro Blofeld or Dr. No.
7Lukibi99Tore7 Samchez is an amazing villain. He's extremely well written and Davi's performance is absolutely perfect. He's hardly boring, especially when he's pissed off
For me Auric Goldfinger and Dr. No are just cartoon villains. Davi's villain has far more depth. One of his last lines to Dalton's Bond, paraphrasing, I could have given you the world, which shows his great disappointment in James Bond. He was a man who really valued loyalty more than money. You have to also kind of like him when he opts that one obnoxious guy who works for him. He is really the first Bond villain who is three dimensional, in that he can make an argument for himself why he is right, where as the previous Bond villains, really could not. I would also make the argument that the first Bond villain who was three dimensional, before Davi was Klaus Maria Brander in never Say Never Again.
Overrated:
1. Skyfall
2. For Your Eyes Only
3. From Russia With Love
Underrated:
1. Octopussy
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. Quantum of Solace
I agree with you on skyfall, from russia with love and octopussy
Most Underrated:
5. Spectre
4. Thunderball
3. The World is Not Enough
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1. License to Kill
Your number one License to Kill, definitely. While not well received on its original release, On Her Majesty Secret Service has often now been regarded as the best Bond Film of All time,. the World Is Not Enough, has a lot of striking resemblances to the Dark Knight Rises, and I think is better than that film. I prefer Never Say Never got Thunderball. The lead actor villain, Brander is better, so is the lead female fem Fetal, better, can remember her name. But I think in Thunderball the lead female lead is better. Also the climax in Thunderball holds up better than in Never Say Never.
I would say the most overrated Bond films are Skyfall, Live And Let Die and For Your Eyes Only. To some extent maybe The Spy Who Loved Me too. The underrated ones? Diamonds Are Forever, Moonraker and Spectre.
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I agree that FYEO was very weak. However, FINALLY near the end of his years as 007, Roger Moore had a downright great scene in which he gets ruthless, becomes tough. When he kills the Dove by kicking his Mercedes over the cliff.
I think you are being naive on criticizing Doctor so much. It was a MUCH SIMPLER world in 1962. This movie SHOCKED movie-goers into being interested in 007. Yes, when compared to the others, it lacks a lot. But just as Dr Hannibal Lecter tells Will Graham (in thrilling movie "Red Dragon") about the "Tooth Fairy" after the latter made mistakes in his first mass killing, "He did much better in Atlanta, Will ..."
THUNDERBALL??? As 3rd worst???!!! HUH?? How about the complete POS Quantum???? That is the worst of all of them!!!
The World is not Enough is okay but its second act is DEATHLY boring. The first and third acts are pretty solid and Sophie Marceau was excellent to offset the awful Denise Richards. The Living Daylights is actually very nice and it's more underrated than Licence to Kill because that was always the darling of hardcore Bond fans.
Agree about living daylights being criminally totally ignored not to sure about Octopussy or Moonraker both very weak films
Another awesome video. I'm amazed how much I always agree with you - though I do think Goldfinger is a bit overrated myself!!
+Barney on Movies hey thank you very much
Bro had me until the Kara Milovy slander... To each his own I guess
You wouldn’t know an overrated underrated Bond film if it fell on your head