Ranking EVERY Main Bond Girl | 007 Women Worst to Best
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Hearing Isabella Scorupco just flat out say, "Bond girls have always been strong. I think it's a pathetic question from journalists," was fucking glorious.
She's one of my top Bond girls, largely because they don't put her in competition with Bond to make her look strong (which they felt obliged to do with Anya, Goodhead, Wai Lin, and even Nomi). She's just an expert in a completely different field who saves Bond's butt several times, and carries on with aplomb after the massacre of her colleagues. AND they had the nerve to keep her in frumpy office clothes for 2/3 of the film.
@@paulthomas3247 Love that you pointed out the "frumpy office clothes." There literally isn't a single scene where they sex her up. Not even when her and Bond are on the beach in Cuba, and she's in a swimsuit. She has got to be the least sexualized of any Bond girl ever, and easily one of the most competent! Thoroughly deserving of the top 3 placement!!
@@crazypomp927 Counterpoint: the 3 seconds of Scorupco in a sarong in Cuba, and her combat gear in the final act, are definitely eye-popping. But even the combat gear is practical, and not objectifying, so overall I agree.
I'd just like to add - props to Calvin for digging up that interview with Scorupco. I did a little video on Scorupco and d'Abo recently, and couldn't find that clip anywhere.
That annoying Bond girl from The Man with the Golden Gun was not strong though. But Natalya is my favorite of Bond girl of all time. I loved that she even had her own storyline before meeting Bond.
Calvin's Ranking
23. Kissy Suzuki - You Only Live Twice 3:40
22. Kara Milovy - The Living Daylights 5:13
21. Jinx - Die Another Day 6:43
20. Stacey Sutton - A View To A Kill 7:59
19. Domino Derval - Thunderball 9:32
18. Madeleine Swann - Spectre/No Time To Die 10:36
17. Mary Goodnight - The Man With The Golden Gun 12:48
16. Melina Havelock - For Your Eyes Only 14:12
15. Tatiana Romanova - From Russia With Love 15:18
14. Anya Amasova - The Spy Who Loved Me 16:42
13. Solitaire - Live And Let Die 17:59
12. Camille Montes - Quantum Of Solace 19:19
11. Christmas Jones - The World Is Not Enough 20:39
10. Tiffany Case - Diamonds Are Forever 24:31
09. Wai Lin - Tomorrow Never Dies 25:50
08. Honey Ryder - Dr. No 27:27
07. Pam Bouvier - License To Kill 29:29
06. Holly Goodhead - Moonraker 30:39
05. Octopussy - Octopussy 32:28
04. Pussy Galore - Goldfinger 34:21
03. Natalya Simonova - GoldenEye 36:02
02. Teresa di Vincenzo - On Her Majesty's Secret Service 38:19
01. Vesper Lynd - Casino Royale 40:15
Thank you😊
Doctor Who companions kind of have the same issue: the idea of the old companions as screaming damsels in distress is firmly established in people's minds, even though that wasn't nearly as common as people seem to think it was.
Indeed, all that bunkum that the new series gave us well-rounded female characters for the first time. Haven't they ever seen seen Barbara Wright, Liz Shaw, Sarah-Jane Smith, Romana?
The very dangerous Leela of the Sevateem probably saw herself as the Doctor's bodyguard!
The only companion that could fit that description that I can think off is Mel.
@@fromthethirdplanet I mean, Mel's almost certainly the worst example of a damsel companion, but she's not the only one. Peri is another frequent offender, to pick an example off the top of my head. Adric also filled this role pretty often, when he wasn't being insufferable or (very occasionally) actually useful.
Doctor Who is very serialized so if you've never seen The Wheel In Space or The Krotons and only seen The Mind Robber, even Zoe *could* be seen as the stereotypical "companion".
LOVE seeing you put Natalya that high, and watching that clip of Izabella shutting down the whole "is your Bond girl going to be stronger this time" is just fantastic. First time I've seen one of your videos. Kudos!
Thanks very much for this, Sam! Appreciate it! Always happy to meet a fellow Natalya fan too 😁
One thing I do have to disagree is the dislike for Kara… however she would only work with Dalton’s Bond. Bond clearly is in love with her and she represents a sense of normalcy to his dirty and dangerous world. He knows it won’t last, but he wants as much time with Kara as it will be possible. A beautiful and heartbreaking relationship.
I think that Kara in some ways personifies the audience as a normal person that's swept away on a spy adventure 😃
I looooooove kara and the living daylights. This list was so aggravating 😅
@@sortehuse I think there's some truth to this. But she falls almost *too* much on the normal girl side, generally in having very vapid mouth agog sort of looks. But I also think there was meant to be a very deliberate contrast line drawn between Dalton's Bond (who was meant to be a harder, darker Bond, especially given the time), and her softer, naivete.
although i dont like how she's seen in the teaser poster, Kara is amazing and I think one of the few Bond girls with the best personality
@@DafyddBrooks I'd have to admit... At a younger age, that teaser poster was a favorite of mine... ;)
I'm actually shocked Christmas Jones WASN'T Calvin's top pick.
HA! Give it a few more years and who knows
@@calvindyson I do believe it would be Diana Rigg as the most intriguing Bond Girl in the movie series as Calvin's #1 favorite.
I do not understand why, but it is obvious we disaggree on this subject
@@donovaneddiealanhodges1499 If only she couldve thrown around a couldve of guys.
My favorite Bond girl was Michelle Yeoh. She is the only character that went toe to toe as an agent with Bond. They didn't use a stunt double in her fight scenes. She made several movies with Jackie Chan. She was better at it than Brosnan.
Such a great actress
I agree. From the top of my hat there were only two Bond girls as competent as the man himself: Berry's and Yeoh's respective characters. Advantage Yeoh because of the stunt stuff.
But I guess competence isn't the criteria here (and that's ok).
And she escaped the Bond girl curse more than anyone.
@@TequilaToothpick She wasn't exactly relying on the Bond franchise for success! I've followed her for years before TND. But you do make me think about Seymour, Roberts, and others whose careers survived the "Bond curse".
@@paulthomas3247 Did Roberts survive the 'Bond Curse'? Other than 'That 70's show' many years later her career wasn't anything special [correct me if I've missed something], if anything Bond did a lot of damage [to the extent her Wiki page goes from Bond to that 70's show to retirement in dividing up her career], similar to Denise Richards who's never stopped working but arguably never recovered from Bond.
It’s gotta be Vesper Lynd. Such an incredible performance from Eva Green and a genuinely heartbreaking ending.
Fun fact: When filming Casino Royale Eva Green, being a method actor, drowned herself in an elevator for real in order to maintain realism. A real dedication to the craft that you just don't see nowadays! Hats off to you Ms. Green, may you rest in peace.
@@HOTD108_ When did Green (ACTOR) pass on?
@@HOTD108_ she's still alive
Either her or Diana Rigg as Tracy.
Tracy gets the slight edge for me
I can picture this as a Buzzfeed article - We ranked EVERY Bond girl and number 11 will shock you!
As a proudly deputized member of the Bond fan police myself, I must respect your resilience Calvin. Your ability to endure prison is admirable, albeit misplaced. Just put Kara and Tatiana higher on your list and Christmas lower and we can all put this silly business behind us. 🙂
Good video by the way! 😁
I'm pleased to see all the love for Kara in the comments. I think she's a wonderful Bond girl. I love Maryam D'Abo and I love the vulnerability of the character who is completely out of her depth but does her best and seems by the end to really care for Bond. I assume they got the idea from the novel The Spy Who Loved Me, which was about an ordinary woman getting mixed up in a Bond adventure. The Living Daylights would be my favourite Bond film if the villains were a bit less silly.
She was probably also inspired by Tatiana from 'From Russia with Love' [manipulated as part of a bigger villain's scheme and deemed dispensable] and Domino from 'Thunderball' [girlfriend of the villain who switches sides to bring him down].
Yeah its rlly such a shame about the villains because the rest I really love, especially the action, setting and character, the emotions not often shown in bond films are great. Especially how he gets properly upset and angry when Saunders dies and kind of lashes out at Kara. She's also clearly written to be a bit naive and innocent, yet still a strong-willed person, I get that shes a bit of a stereotype but definitely not as bad as the 60s. Their relationship too is for one of the most believable. I know a lot won't agree but I didn't really buy Tracy as much, especially cuz Lazenby was a much more philandering guy in the film and rarely showed interest in her. In Living Daylights, Bond is dedicated to her and shows real love, and there is clear chemistry too.
@@jamesatkinsonja Yes I think your right there :)
Kara forever man, after so many Bond girls being just there for sexy reasons, having Kara in the movie was a breath of fresh air and a great way to show the new James Bond.
I was truly shocked at her placement. She's always been my favorite because she's such a normal person. She had a kind heart, but was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. The first half of The Living Daylights is outstanding. It suffers from a really lackluster third act.
Wowwww, good on Izabella Scorupco for that comment! I get so tired when each new actress comments how "This won't be like the useless old damsels, finally the Bond Girl will be strong!" It feels disrespectful, and ignorant of the series's true history, when the useless bimbo Bond girls can be counted on one hand. So kudos to Izabella for breaking that narrative, and to you too, Calvin!
Poor Calvin's childhood 😅
It will never not be strange seeing Natalya in clothes that aren't the skirt and blue jumper combo! I've seen the film many times of course, but the game just makes such a huge impression, haha
That’s one of the reasons why Natalya is my second favourite Bond girl.
I do think they added that beach scene to get her in more revealing clothes! [as at the end she's in a sensible top and combat trousers].The fact she wears office wear for much of the film makes her feel so much more real. I would also blame journalists for doing that angle as every new Bond woman gets sold on that angle by the tabloids [Monica Bellucci was on the front cover of a magazine saying a similar thing for Spectre and my brother called it that she'd sleep with Bond but otherwise be barley in it]
Bond girls have been strong
I recently found a quote from Lois Maxwell on her departure from Bond where she described the Bond girls as 'there minds are blank, there faces forgettable' so maybe she was guilty of perpetuating the stereotype.
pam from liscense to Kill is very underrated. i mean she saves Bond's life a few times
Pam Bouvier is my #1.
"You're DEAD!"
"You Took The Words RIGHT out of My Mouth!"
@@nekusakura6748 Dario would've bled out then and there, but it wasn't enough.
He needed to be sent through the industrial grinder . . .
She's my favorite, without a doubt!
The shower scene with Vesper after the fight in the stairwell is one of the most memorable scenes in any action film. The way it grounds what just happened in reality and adds consequence to what normally is just a hero dispatching the goons was unparalleled. To me, that scene is what sets Casino Royale apart from your run of the mill action flick
One of the most memorable scenes in any action film? really? that shower scene? there are billions of other scenes that are genuinely memorable.
@@Ali007572
Opinions are like arseholes
Everyone's got one
@@danugo6742 Yeah yeah, except this is an objective fact, not a hugely memorable scene whatsoever. :)
@@Ali007572
But this brought it into the real world for me at least
After serious fisticuffs or a bit of tough and rumble sometimes you just need a quiet moment to gather your thoughts and personally I think they captured this perfectly
@@Ali007572 its an opinion chill
My top 3 Bond girls are the same but in a different order.
1. Natalya Simonova
2. Teresa Bond
3. Vesper Lynd
I think Natalya edges out the other two for me as she has her own little story before she meets Bond. I love how she gets caught up in Bond's mission and how she becomes to trust him and work together to save the day. Plus I think she is the most beautiful of Bond co-stars.
Much love also for Wai Lin for how badass she is. Octopussy for her maturity and ambiguity. Pam Bouvier for how supportive and resourceful she is. Pussy Galore for her sass and holding her own against Bond.
On a side note I really appreciate your defence of Denise Richards as I've always enjoyed her presense too and I think there is a lot of snobbery regarding her casting that a lot of other Bond girls don't have.
Glad to see Michelle Yeoh so high up. I'm a fan of her films and she's an underappreciated Bond girl.
I love Michelle Yeoh, and she's great as Wai Lin, but she and Bond have the weakest romantic chemistry, followed closely by Malina and Spectre's Madeleine. The kissing at the end feels very shoehorned in, to me.
Yeah, Michelle Yeoh is awesome. She's pushing 60 now and she still looks great and can kick ass and do her own stunts!
I really liked her in Star Trek: Discovery too.
Love her in just about everything. But never felt she fit in as a Bond Girl. The whole time watching I’m like, “they are setting her up for a spin off series, aren’t they?”
@@douglaskrueger3755 I totally fell for her in Police Story 3 (Supercop) and have been a fan ever since.
@@paulthomas3247 I wish they had just parted as friends at the end like they should have done with Melina. When they stopped using the 'Bond formula' so rididly they were able to have Camille and Bond do that which felt much more natural.
Tracy and Vesper are such great bond women that it's almost hard to choose one over the other.
Great video as always Mr. Calvin Dyson
I would choose Tracy just because she got married . . . Otherwise, very little to differ
Top 2 of this list is self-evident 😀
I will never get the dislike for Kara. Is she naiv? Sure. But I'd argue that Goodnight and some of the other Bond girls are even more naiv and in a much more dire way. She's just a normal civilian and a young girl at that! I mean, I love you Calvin, and you're entitled to your opinion...but putting Jinx above her should land you in jail ;)
How she is behind Stacey Sutton and Mary Goodnight is beyond me given Kara is far more likable and a key part of the story but it's all an opinion after all.
Not to mention Christmas Jones who probably didn't even need to be in that film [given she just kind of tags along in many scenes] and I really got no fun out of it [nothing against Denise Richards, just bad writing]. Kara is a vital part of the story.
Or Tiffany Case who is very forgettable too...Probably the most baffled I've been watching a Calvin video!
Me neither. Kara is a much more proactive Bond girl than at least half of them. She actually initiates the battle at the end of TLD. She was easily the second strongest Bond girl of the 70s and 80s, Octopussy being the first. Aside from Kara and Octopussy, the Bond girls of that era aren't very proactive or strong. Even Anya has to be saved by Bond multiple times.
@@spencerkindra8822 Melina Havelock was plenty proactive and strong. I'd argue even more so than Kara or Octopussy. The latter of whom ended up in a damsel in distress situation during the climax.
My rule of thumb for the Bond girls is, "When in doubt, go French!"
Claudine Auger
Corinne Clery
Carole Bouquet
Sophie Marceau
Eva Green
Lea Seydoux
It never fails.
I didn't really like Lea Seydoux. Her chemistry with Craig felt forced and as a bond girl she was bland and much her tough act was forced.So I agree with the list except for her .
You forgot Bérénice Marlohe and Olga Kurylenko (yes, Ukrainian-born, but she holds a French passport) ;) but yes, as a Frenchman myself, I gotta say this is a pretty strong bunch!... save for Léa Seydoux xD (but I may be a bit biased, she and I have acquaintances in common, and they didn't have a single nice thing to say about her as a person^^ but even so, objectively speaking, I find her to be a very boring actress, whose coldness on-screen didn't allow for much chemistry with Daniel Craig, sadly).
@@b.chaline4394 Yeah a passport definitively changes someones nationality
Well, it failed with Seydoux. But the remaining of the bunch are at the top of the game, Vesper and elektra en tête.
@@b.chaline4394 seems like your bias has something to do with how she's constantly written in France? the rich nepo baby who got roles because her daddy's family is rich. I wonder if it's true that you ran in the same circle as her. because if that's true, then you wouldn't be here posting comments about her.
Natalya was my first crush. Hearing Izabella break the generic interview trend was amazing.
So if the likes of Aki, Tilly, Paula, Plenty, Andrea, Corinne, Paris etc. aren’t on the list, will we be getting a separate Sacrificial Lambs Ranking video? Or perhaps ‘Act 1 Bond Girls’ or ‘Secondary Bond Girls’ so you can also include the ones who survived such as Lucia, Paloma etc.
That’s indeed my plan though the definition of who counts in that ranking is something I definitely need to think about. Just one secondary Bond girl per film perhaps? Or perhaps ones that have more than 1 scene? For instance, I guess the woman Bond is apparently living with after he’s been shot in Skyfall is technically a secondary Bond girl but she has no lines or relevance to the plot so it wouldn’t seem fair to rank her along with Sylvia Trench, Lupe etc
@@calvindyson It’s tricky, because it seems any woman who appears in a Bond film gets to call themselves a Bond girl (Valerie Leon is sometimes called a Bond girl for her appearance in TSWLM even though she gets two lines of dialogue or so). But hey, the more tiers of Bond Girl levels there are, the more ranking videos you get to do!
Tier 1: Main Bond girls who are important to the story, survive to the end and end up with Bond.
Tier 2: Bond Girls who are important to the story who either die or don’t end up with Bond at the end.
Tier 3: Characters like Sylvia Trench or Miss Caruso: named characters who don’t serve the plot but they sleep with Bond, so I guess it still counts.
Tier 4: Unnamed characters, but ones who Bond has slept with so, again, it counts apparently.
Tier 5: Unnamed characters like the receptionist in The Spy Who Loved Me who don’t really do much but have enough sex appeal so that also counts somehow.
Tier 6: Unnamed characters with no lines who don’t interact with Bond, like the women in Gonzales’ pool in FYEO.
Tier 7: Background extras wearing all their clothes.
@@BenCol That means Maud Adams counts as Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 7. 😁
Cristina Cole as the receptionist from CR would be my number one for that list !
@@samh2103 Calvin did a video which proves she's not actually in A view to a Kill despite the urban legend.
I always thought of Elektra King as more of the "Bond girl" from TWINE. Yes, she's the villain, but she has much more of a Bond girl presence throughout most of the film than Christmas.
That's why for a first time viewer it works well as a 'bait and switch' because it plays around with the traditional structure, similar to how it's M who's with Bond for the 3rd act of Skyfall rather than the usual one off Bond girl.
I was curious at the start whether you might consider Aki/Kissy together, as well as Christmas/Elektra together, given that those films really did have two major Bond girls in them. I think for the most part the top 10 would be pretty similar to mine. I certainly would placed Mary Goodnight lower. Totally agree with your comments about Madeleine; while I am still angry about NTTD, one thing it did do right was improve upon the Bond/Swan relationship from Spectre.
As for your time in prison, a couple bits of advice: 1) look out for the scorpions, and 2) an early 00's electro-pop song by Madonna playing in the background possibly means you're about to be tortured.
...or just exclude Kissy (1967) and "Dr. Christmas 'comes once a year' Jones" (1999) from this list, just as the spot is left VACANT for Skyfall ~
@@bonghunezhou5051 In fairness those characters are in the climax of the film and kiss Bond at the end, esentially replacing earlier love interests Aki [Killed] and Electra [becomes the villian]. Severene in Skyfall is dead at about the half way mark and isn't replaced.
aki would have been in my top 10 if she hadn't been replaced for no reason, and elektra's the villain so she doesn't count. kissy is more wooden than lazenby.
the only thing spectre got right was the opening scene. the rest of the film was an atrocity on the level of what russia's doing in ukraine right now. of course the new film does it better. it wouldn't be all that possible to do worse.
btw, an early 00s electro pop song by madonna is already torture enough. the rest is overkill. as is much of the movie.
@@doaftheloaf No film-good or bad-can be compared to real life events. A very tasteless comment.
Roger said himself (about Tanya Roberts) something along the lines of "When the mother of your leading lady is younger than you are, you know it's time to quit." :-)
As Roger got older his female leads should have been older. They got it right in MR and OP. Lois Chiles was 32 (looked older) and Maud Adams was 38 in OP. Both were far more age appropriate than Carole Bouquet (24) and Tanya Roberts while 36, played a much younger and more naive character, which made an cringy mate for a 58 year old Bond
Roger was actually wrong. Tanya Robert’s mom was born in 1923, Moore was born in 1927
@@markcarbonaro6524 I wouldn't really say Chiles and Adams were that age appropriate given they were 20 [Chiles] and 18 [Adams] years younger than Moore at the time so still young enough to be his daughters.
Eva Green is just everything, I don’t think the Craig era would have been as successful without her, she’s absolutely captivating and by far the best ‘bond girl’
For me she somehow isn't haha
Could be better though. She’s not really what I think of when I try and think of a good Bond girl.
Green said there still good friends in real life now.
I think we all just have to get use to the idea that you have an unusual affection for the world is not enough and accept it.
In regards of Tracy, Lazenby shines in every scene they’re in together and every time she shows up when he’s trying to escape an instant of warmth and safety come into the moment. She’s just my personal favorite
Wow! You're misunderstanding of Kara in TLD is shocking.
The idea that she's "hapless" is overstated. I was an Army Intelligence Analyst in a former life, and I dare say I would be equally "hapless" trying to, say, fly a massive cargo plane. This lady was a freaking Cellist, for goodness sake.
As far as not fitting the tone of the film...she practically IS the film. The sooner you recognize that The Living Daylights is a romance first/action movie second, the better you might appreciate the film. And D'abo gives a surprisingly natural performance of this character.
I always liked Solitaire. She was psychic and she beat Bond at Gin.
Yes, Vesper Lynd is the best Bond girl, no questions. She has everything, charisma, grace, beauty, brains, strong character and chemistry. Her entrance scene in that train and that conversational ping pong where she goes head to head with Bond in itself is good enough for her to be #1. She doesn't get saved by Bond either. She or her shadow is in every Bond movie after that. Kudos to Eva Green for such a brilliant performance.
29:29 Pam Bouvier from License To Kill is my favorite. She is just awesome standing in the bar with her shotgun controlling the fight. Then she tunes into his allay and together with Q they take on the drug cartel.
Bouvier and Bond really work together as a team and that is something rare for bond girls. Plus she looks sexy as hell in the casino scenes with her breathtaking dress.
The death of the lovely Aki is always upsetting to watch. I think she's far more attractive and has tons more personality than Kissy who seems to serve no purpose other than replacing Aki for no good reason.
I heard a story that kizi was supposed to be the main bond girl in YOLT.
But as she didn't speak fluent English, the makers planned to replace her with akee.
She threatened to commit suicide because she was devastated upon hearing that news, that too after calling her to England . . .
So the producers decided to accommodate her for a role .
@@randomhuman97 Yes, I've heard that story too.
@@randomhuman97 That story was confirmed by Lewis Gilbert on one of the docos (Inside YOLT?)
What's weird about that is Gert Frobe spoke no English and he's the main villain two films earlier. And given almost every single female character in the 60s seemed to get redubbed by Nikki van der Zyl anyway, seemed somewhat daft to change it up the way they did.
Your comment demonstrates exactly why the script was written this way...to bring out this type of emotion from the audience.
I agree, David Bull. I still get sad seeing Aki dying. She's actually my 3rd favorite Bond Girl after Tracy and Vesper. Her English was excellent and she broke the stereotype of the little Japanese woman/ prostitute type. She looked gorgeous and could she ever drive her car! Sadly, Kissy was just like milk toast - BOOOOOOOOOORING. Crazy movie but Aki was indeed a star! :)
You know what? I'll toss in the non-Eon Bond girls just for good measure.
1. Tracy (OHMSS) -- She's obviously #1. She's the rare Bond girl to have a stronger character arc than "I guess I'm on 007's side now," and her fate feels doubly tragic for it.
2. Vesper (CR '06) -- She's obviously #2. I don't quite think you can hit the impact of Tracy twice, but this is as close as you can get.
3. Kara (TLD) -- More than any other Bond girl, she feels like an everyday person stuck in the middle of world-shaking events. And she has great chemistry with Dalton.
4. Madeleine (NTTD) -- Bond falls in love with her a tad too quickly in Spectre, but she makes for a great pairing with him, which makes the ending of NTTD feel like even more of a jerk move on EON's part.
5. Tatiana (FRWL) -- In terms of chemistry, none of Connery's other female leads come close, and her internal conflict makes her the most complex of the early (read: pre-Tracy) Bond girls.
6. Natalya (GE) -- She's very relatable, and I love that she's allowed to spend most of the movie in her basic desk job attire rather than in some exotic garb.
7. Octopussy (OP) -- She's Moore's best Bond girl for the chemistry alone, but I also like that she's a criminal with a heart of gold (sorta like a Catwoman type).
8. Holly (MR) -- This Bond girl is one of the most (convincingly) intelligent and competent love interests of the series.
9. Melina (FYEO) -- She's easily one of my favorite Bond girls . . . except when she's supposed to be expressing attraction to Moore.
10. Pussy (GF) -- She's a well-acted, tough character, but I find the barn scene so repellant that it actually sours my feelings about Ms. Galore otherwise.
11. Solitaire (LALD) -- Much like Ms. Galore, this is a really good character marred by Bond's apparent disregard for consent.
12. Domino (NSNA) -- She is easily the best improvement in this remake, since she's actually given sufficient screen time!
13. Vesper (CR '67) -- My preferred Ursula Andress character is the one who's essentially a villain. She might even rank higher if she didn't suddenly disappear from the picture.
14. Tiffany (DAF) -- For the first 2/3 of the film, she's a great character. Then the script completely betrays her in the third act.
15. Honey (DN) -- I appreciate the backstory we get with her, but I find her romance with Bond a little abrupt and unconvincing.
16. Pam (LTK) -- She has a few really good moments (especially with Wayne Newton), but she's a generic 1980s action movie love interest.
17. Camille (QOS) -- She's one of the better things about one of the worst Bond films, but she doesn't really stick with me.
18. Domino (TB) -- There's a good character here that simply doesn't get enough screen time to make the proper impact.
19. Anya (TSWLM) -- On paper, this character is a great co-lead, but Barbara Bach's wax-figure performance lets it down.
20. Stacey (AVTAK) -- I find her convincing when she's allowed to be competent, but she's too much of a damsel in distress.
21. Valerie (CR '54) -- This Americanized version of Vesper is not particularly remarkable, but she's not horrible, either.
22. Jinx (DAD) -- She's okay if you just want to give Bond someone to shag with no strings attached, but that's a little disappointing for the main female lead.
23. Christmas (TWINE) -- It's not that Denise Richards is a bad choice for a Bond girl. It's that she's a bad choice for *this* Bond girl.
24. Wai (TND) -- She's fine as a reluctant ally, but the chemistry isn't there at all. You might as well turn Nomi into the love interest in the latter half of NTTD. It just doesn't work.
25. Mary (TMWTGG) -- Of the Bond girls who actually get a prominent role in the film, she's the worst. Completely intolerable.
26. Moneypenny or M? (SF) -- I suppose this is a placeholder for which MI6 agent best qualifies as the "Bond girl" of this film, if anyone.
27. Kissy (YOLT) -- The worst Bond girl by default is the one who feels the most redundant and underdeveloped. Just stick with Aki!
There was a poll on a dating platform at the time of Spectre’s release regarding which Bond girl has the best rapport with Bond and Vesper was number 8. And guess who was number 1 (I’ll give you a hint… she is your (Calvin’s) third favourite 😁)
Vesper HAS to be #1. Although she was only in Casino Royale, technically she was in all of Daniel Craig’s movies- weather it be a photo, message, flashback ect, vesper always came back to James’ mind. The best Bond girl by far.
My memory may be faulty, but where is she in Skyfall?
Didn’t like her.
Isabella was already my childhood favorite strong bond woman/total babe, but hearing her lay it out in the press interview in 1995 was awesome
Honestly, I adored Ana de Armas in No Time To Die. She did her job in the film and exited the stage. She wasn't the main bond girl of the film, but I dare say she was far more memorable than Madeleine Swann's performance. Top Five.
Absolutely!!!!!!
Probably one of the stupidest things i've ever seen in a Bond-movie, simply put in the movie because EVERY single Hollywood-movie these days HAS to have a girlboss (This film needed 3). But the fact that this insecure, clumsy and very untrained agent is somehow better than Bond in a fight, while wearing a party-gown and looking how she did is such a break of immersion that I just straight up laughed out loud when that trainwreck of a scene played in the cinema.
Ouuuuuuuuuh she was electric!! Had a really short screen time but she made such a memorable and huge impact on the movie. Really hope to see her again in a Bond film.
@@ziadfazaruddin75 agreed!!!
@@ziadfazaruddin75 - What impact? Other than utterly breaking any suspension of disbelief?
Sure, she is absolutely stunning, and not without charm and humor, but her role carried no plot purpose at all. She was only put in the movie cause “feminine woman can be just as badass”, even if they have no training or reasonable way of being badass.
What I love about these movies is the fact that parody films like the Johnny English franchise went out of their way to approach ACTUAL Bond girls to get a role in those films, with both Rosamund Pike and Olga Kurylenko making appearances in that franchise.
It's an example that parodies like this are not just parodying to the original source material, but paying homage to it as well.
The Kingsman Franchise also cast Halle Berry [Golden Circle] and Gemma Arterton [The King's Man].
@@jamesatkinsonja Probably, but I'm not interested in Kingsman.
My Top 5:
5. Tiffany Case
4. Tatjana Romanova
3. Kara Milovy
2. Tracy di Vicenzo
1. Madeleine Swann 💖
Fiona Volpe! The bathtub scene and Bond handing her shoes hahahahah epic James Bond moment.
I think you may need to watch YOLT again. Kissy climbs up and down a mountain twice, swims who knows how many miles while evading gunfire, shimmies down a rope from the top of a volcano without getting shot unlike some ninjas that dont manage as well, shoots at least one baddie and hello....SHE MARRIES JAMES BOND without once laughing at his Beatles wig. Jinx is dead last. Yo Mama.
She is a bit of a let down compared to her novel counterpart [her name's not even said on screen]. I think if her and Aki were combined into one character that would have made her much better but as you say she does do a lot more action than people think.
@@jamesatkinsonja if they just stuck with aki the film is tons better.
Am I wrong for considering the villains Bond girls too? Because my favorite is Rosamund Pike as Miranda Frost, especially once I found out that it was her very first role. Although I'm also obsessed with Denise Richards in her prime being a Bond girl, regardless of her performance. She's just mesmerizing.
I also love James Bond and really wish you were a bigger channel cause you're my favourite youtuber and I think you're the best in what you're doing. I guess you're the only channel that videos I can can watch 20 times and still wouldn't be bored
Bond girls are tough to rank. But my top ten definitely-
1) Vesper Lynd
2) Natalya Simonova
3) Tracey Bond
4) Pam Bouvier
5) Anya Amasova
6) Pussy Galore
7) Tiffany Case
8) Holly Goodhead
9) Melina Havelock
10) Wai Lin
We share many of the same top 10!
@@calvindyson Bond girls are hard to rank so glad we have similarities
Anya Amasova FTW
My list:
1. Anya Amasova
2. Domino
3. Octopussy
Personally I think Tracy is the best Bond girl but I appreciate that Eva Green’s portrayal of Vesper Lynd was outstanding.
She's not my favourite but I do think Pam Bouvier get overlooked by bond fans. She's more than eye candy and fits in well with the plot but most of all she's consistent as a character
she's in my top 5 and so is her film.
I'd rather they'd just kept her as an ally to Bond and not shoehorned in the rivalry with Lupe [which feels very soap opera, especially in that party scene at the end] or made her wear that grey dress for much of the film [did they run out of money for costumes?] but given Carey Lowel isn't an action star like Michelle Yeoh she did a great job.
Pam Bouvier is among top 10 Bond girls.
@@jamesatkinsonja I have always had a bias for the Bond gils who were themselves written as agents, and could at least to some extent be a ewual or rrliable partner to Bond.
So many times, I see Calvin's rankings initially and I'm like...whoa, how could he have ranked it THAT way? But then he explains himself and I rarely find that he's completely irrational in the way HE sees something. Rankings are what they are...opinions. And he always backs them up with pretty sound explanations. It's all a matter of taste, I suppose.
For comedic purposes Calvin you could have put the scene/line in from Skyfall with M saying ‘Oh go on then eject me. See if I care?!’ , when dismissing her off your list 😂
I’d have to say that all 3 of Bond’s loves Tracy, Vesper, and Madeleine probably the most subtle names compared to all the outlandish names. While I agree Vesper and Tracy deserving their ranks, I would have placed Madeleine closer up if not in the top 10 only by being redeemed by NTTD.
Solid list. My Top 5:
5. Tiffany Case _Diamonds Are Forever_ 💎
4. Vesper Lynd _Casino Royale_ ♠️
3. Pussy Galore _Goldfinger_ 🛩
2. Kara Milovy _The Living Daylights_ 🎻
1. Tracy Di Vicenzo _OHMSS_ ⛸️
Pretty great list
Great choices
Diana Rigg was always my favorite too
Diana Rigg will always be my favorite!!!
Tracy was great.
Under rated film
Thank you for this list! Especially your quips about the names and probably? Meanings made me laugh out loud. It's always fun to watch your list - no matter if I agree with them. Your delivery is always so entertaining and witty! Thank you!
Thanks for watching, Penny! I'm glad you enjoyed it :D much appreciated!
I agree :)
Really happy to see I'm not the only one who likes to dog on Jinx. Then again, I'm not a huge fan of Halle Berry in general (yeah, yeah, go ahead and crucify me).
As for Denise Richards, when you consider how many other Bond Girls are bland, boring, or just "there"...Christmas Jones IS one of the better ones. She might even be in the Top 10 for me. (Welcome to the Gulag, EDG)
Then there's our mutual #1...Vesper Lynd...I could almost write an essay on how much I LOVE Eva Green in this role. She's stunningly beautiful, smart, sassy, can match wits with Bond and I genuinely buy that Bond could truly fall in love with a woman like this and it's one of the RARE times in this series where a character's death hits me hard in the feels (even to this day). It's going to be a very long time, if at all, before we get another Bond Girl the quality of Vesper...If there's anyone reading this comment who has Vesper near the BOTTOM of your list, I'm genuinely curious as to why because she's perfect.
One last thing... 35:02 "...Pussy straddles..."...that was intentional, right?
To give Berry her due she was great in John Wick 3. Jinx's main issue is that the spin off was announced before the film came out [if it was announced after many would say 'Huh!'] and was going to be an origin story...so she was given little background in Die Another Day so it was hard to care about the character. Wei Lin would have been a lot better candidate for a Brosnan era spin off. It didn't help new comer Rosamund Pike outshone Berry too.
To me, Stacey Sutton was more of a missed opportunity. She was a smart geologist who was able to decipher exactly what, where, along with when Zorin's ultimate goal of destruction was. She could've been a character who was fully grounded along with being rather badass. Her klutziness and ear splitting squawk simply weren't necessary.
Agreed. She should be a lot better given that, as you say, on paper her character sounds great. But something went wrong in casting [nothing against Tanya Roberts as a person but she wasn't the best fit-someone nearer Moore's age would have worked better as Moore himself admitted] and in execution.
Having Grace Jones or even Fiona Fullerton to be the lead was the real missed opportunity.
Natalya is at the top of the list for me because she was absolutely crucial to the success of the mission and Bond's survival. Without Natalya, Bond doesn't find the location in Cuba, he doesn't have time bought with the satellite's reprogramming, and he certainly would have ridden that satellite down next to Trevelyan. Natalya is one of the few Bond girls who learns and adapts on her journey through the movie and employs tactics that she picked up on from earlier, truly excelling as an ordinary person thrust into an extraordinary situation.
Living Daylights was filmed during the AIDS epidemic in the news. So writers wrote Kara as she is in the film, with Bond slowly developing a relationship. But they let us know this is still the Bond we know, with the pre title line: " won't you join me".
I totally get where you're coming from with what Eva Green brings to Casino Royale what with her other roles in gothic horror, I'm reminded of that photo on set with her playing the piano with the cigarette in her mouth, she brings such an alluring energy to Casino, an off-kilterness so you're never quite sure what Vesper's intentions are which made her the perfect choice to play the role. And for how pivotal their roles had to be it was a miracle that we had actresses as good as Green and Rigg as Vesper and Tracy respectively.
I know I'm going to be sent to the gulag but I really like Dr Madeleine Swann she's certainly not in the same league as the other two and I'll admit my love her might not be rational but after No Time to Die I really appreciate her character and it does a lot to sell her and Bond's relationship, I like that they're two fundamentally broken people still trying to love each other. And personality-wise I like that she has a (justifiable) iciness about her and Léa Seydoux is incredible at capturing her vulnerability.
I personally disagree with Madeleine Swann being that low. If she was just in Spectre then sure, but I think she had a lot more chemistry with Bond in No Time to Die.
Somehow that relationship doesn't really appeal to me.
My 10 best Bond girls
1) Madeleine Swann
2) Tracy Bond
3) Tiffany Case
4) Pam Bouvier
5) Kara Milovy
6) Natalya Semonova
7) Tatjana Romanova
8) Solitare
9) Melina Havelock
10) Vesper Lynd
My personal top pick is Natalya Simonova. I felt like she had the most meaningful relationship with Bond. I also liked Pam Bouvier and as kind of a bonus pick I'd add Alura McCall from the Nightfire video game.
Her and vesper top my list.
I think because Madeline was set up to be bond's greatest love is the reason why I liked her so much. Yes, she didn't have that much to do in her films. But, I think at the base of it all she is very similar to bond where she's just trying to survive. And because of her origins she mirrors him very well
see, this was believable with tracy and vesper. it wasn't with madeline. i see nothing about her that would make him fall in love with her on that level. no one's buying it and they shouldn't be selling it.
spectre didn't do anything right. there was a video comparing QOS and spectre, and the line that fits was that quantum did it badly, but spectre did it wrong. i swear the script writers had never seen a bond film before.
NTTD might do enough to make the madeline character okay, but she's not what the writers are trying to tell us she is. she's just not. it doesn't work.
@@doaftheloafCraig's Bond was far less of a womaniser than past Bond's-Madeline is the first serious relationship he's had since Vesper as he only has One-Night stands in Quantum and Skyfall so I can believe Craig's Bond is someone looking for a partner.
@@jamesatkinsonja okay, you make a good argument, as far as it goes, but madeline is completely unremarkable in every way. why should this woman be bond’s true love? I just don’t buy it. there’s nothing in this character that stands out. she’s not bad, she’s just…mid.
if you’re going to make a movie, you need to understand your characters, especially in a series. the last two films do a piss poor job of that. why does bond fall for this woman instead of any of the others? I don’t see it.
@@doaftheloaf My response is 'what others'? As I said, there really isn't anyone else after Vesper-there is no main Bond girl in Skyfall and his relationship with Camille remains platonic in Quantum while anyone else he beds are extras, cameos [Monica Bellucci] or get killed off. He's clearly not has any serious relationships in his 5 year exile in Jamaica. I had no issues with her in Spectre but NTTD does a lot to flesh out her character and her relationship with Bond but each to there own after all. I just think the backlash to the character was overblown even in Spectre.
@@jamesatkinsonja she’s just completely unremarkable. you could understand why bond fell for vesper, or tracy, and why these characters affected him so. madeline does not have this quality. why is he in love with her instead of any of the other bond girls he wasn’t? why not natalya or wai lin or pam bouvier or octopussy or any of the other interesting ones?
Pam is my favorite. She's everything you want in a Bond girl and she holds her own in every scene.
The character of Mary Goodnight in the actual novel of The Man With The Golden Gun is a very strong heroine, and a believable MI6 agent, unlike the good awful movie version.
Interesting. I wonder why it was changed so dramatically? Granted, I haven't seen the movie in years. But I recall her being very annoying.
@@darth856 Apparently Britt Ekland really wanted to play Mary Goodnight [for some reason] so they slapped the name onto the character and didn't care about the book.
It's a nice touch she's also in a few previous Bond books [even contributing to Bond's obituary in 'You Only Live Twice'] before becoming a more prominent character which is something the film series hasn't really done except arguably for M.
Even though she's the villain, i consider elektra somewhat a bond girl, or the bond girl that wasn't lol. Tragic character. James obviously cared about her and was hurt by what he had to do in the end. Great performance by sophie marceau
She was a Bond Girl. Dunno why he missed off the list, she is more of a Bond Girl than Jones was. WINE is a great film.
@@MikeWilsonBarrett she ended up being the main villain and Jones was technically the bond girl.
@@nigeldean3726 and? You can be a villian and a Bond Girl at the same time.
Same with Famke Jansson. She is a Bond Girl as well
@@MikeWilsonBarrett And Miranda Frost.
@@MikeWilsonBarrett This was a list of main Bond girls, excluding villains like Elektra, heavies [like Xenia] and secondary female characters like Paloma. Elektra would only have been both if Christmas Jones wasn't in the film.
My personal favorite is Anya Amasova. She was strong but still feminine and Barbara Bach was unbelievably gorgeous. It might be her eyes that drag me in.
Honestly, as much as I love femme fatales like Xenia, Wai Lin, Melina Havelock, and Agent XXX for breaking the typical Bond Girl damsel trope and creating new sub-genres.
As someone who watches 007 actually for just the Bond Girls, Madeleine Swan gave almost every aspect of many Bond Girls.
The producers seemed to design her after noire femme fatales and damsels because she was almost always wearing light colors and retro styles like the trench coat or silver gown.
It really invoked the “holiday” or romance ambient of the franchise alike Vesper when they were abroad, even in the final scenes of Spectre. The widescreen shot focuses on Bond and Swan reuniting across a bridge, took me back to Casablanca.
Xenia, like May Day was more of a villain. But I agree.❤
@@deetgeluid May Day was actually pretty unique in her own right, she had a subtle supernatural aura about her in regards to her strength.
Plus she switched sides by the last act, sort of like Pussy Galore but with less dialogue and “persuasion”
I really hope they have a femme fatale lined up as the main antagonist! It’s been years since they tried with “World is Not Enough” I really love the more reserved and nuanced Bond girls.
@@TheRealAdaWong They did have a female villain in the recent Mission Impossible film although she's never a femme Fatale.
Dude - this video brought me so much joy! It was entertaining and I appreciate how you stuck to your favorites and justified them even if they're not the most popular choices (i.e. Christmas Jones). Thanks for making this one!
Your original top 10 Bond girls video was the first video I watched on your channel so it’s interesting seeing you come back to it after all this time. I did somehow expect Christmas Jones and Holly Goodhead to be ranked higher if I’m honest.
And if you get put in the Bond fan gulag for liking Christmas Jones just wait until the Bond fan police hear that Madeline Swann is one of my all time favourite Bond girls. I adore the character and am so glad she came back, and admittedly some of my love extends to Léa Seydoux herself. The character will always be a favourite of mine.
That video was good but the improvement's between his earlier work and his current output show's how far Calvin has come on youtube [especially on being more comprehensive]. He's just getting better and better.
23.) Jinx
22.) Christmas Jones
21.) Stacey Sutton
20.) Kissy
19.) Mary Goodnight
18.) Octopussy
17.) Holly Goodhead
16.) Tatiana Romanova
15.) Tiffany Case
14.) Camille Montes
13.) Pussy Galore
12.) Honey Rider
11.) Wai Lin
10.) Melina Havelock
9.) Domino Derval
8.) Kara Milovy
7.) Pam Bouvier
6.) Solitaire
5.) Anya Amasova
4.) Natalya Simonova
3.) Madeline Swann
2.) Tracy Bond
1.) Vesper Lynd
Thanks for this, Will. Happy to see you really like Madeline Swann! Good to know there's some love for her out in the fandom :)
@@calvindyson she would have been close to the bottom until No Time to Die developed upon her and turned her into a really interesting and compelling character for me
The funniest line in this video:
(Horrible screaming) "Halle Berry fan." 🤣😂
Honestly, my issue with Christmas Jones isn't anything to do with Denise Richards at all. Its actually just that her character should've just been called "Exposition Jones" instead. The last time I watched TWINE, it was the first time where I noticed that all of her lines were essentially just reiterations of what was happening in the scenes and it was really annoying and not because of anything Denise Richards was doing either. Her character just suffers from having it where the Bond formula dictated having two Bond girls. If TWINE had just had Electra King as the Bond girl then it would've been fine... which Calvin, she is the Bond girl of TWINE, you know?! Where would she rank?! Great video!
I still think that my favourite Bond film is Tomorrow Never Dies so I think that there is an underlying chemistry between Wai Lin and Bond despite popular opinion even if not on a romantic level. Their relationship does feel professional but you can tell that they would be well suited if they were a couple.
Great video Calvin, really digging the long format! :) My two cents regarding Christmas Jones:
1) regardless of the actress and her believability (and I really like Denise Richards, and find her no less credible as a scientist than Tanya Roberts as a geologist or Maryam d'Abo as a cellist), her inclusion in TWINE, to me, is akin to having Solange Dimitrios pop up during the Venice portion of Casino Royale instead of the Bahamas. Quite simply said, there is a bigger fish to fry. The relationship between Bond and Elektra is the core of the film, and then there's the M stuff. We do not need another character, Zukovsky is already there to help!!!
2) even so, I think she does not gel very well with the tone of the film, much like Kara in TLD (agree with you on that one). It's very well known how TWINE's tone is all over the place, which is one of the most offputting things about a film that I otherwise enjoy a lot. Sadly, she is the most broad aspect of that tonal discrepancy, in my humble opinion :)
Thanks, Bertrand! Thanks also for sharing your thoughts on Christmas Jones, I don't disagree at all and I think you summed up the issues with the character very clearly and succinctly. As I mentioned in the video, I have a hard time even really articulating why I like her so much beyond just the fact that I just really enjoy watching her on screen and I suppose nostalgia plays a big part too! Really happy you enjoyed the video and thanks very much again :)
Also, consider Hedy Lamarr. She was an accomplished inventor in her twenties.
kara milovy & anya amasova deserved to be in the top 10 imo, especially above christmas jones, pam bouvier & doctor goodhead lol.
Natalya simonova & Tracy are equally both my very favorites, so good to see them both in the top 3.
Madeline swann would be way higher up my list personally. For me, I do agree about spectre, she doesn't quite work I'm that film and their romance is rushed. But for me in No Time To Die she absolutely knocks it out of the park. She's one of if not my absolute favourite parts about the movie, i love her conversation with Craig when he comes back to find her in Norway, and after that she really works as a different take on the bond girl, taking on a motherly role as well as a girlfriend for bond, and as a result her priorities must be split. I love them as a family and there conversation at the end of NTTD is in my top 5 scenes in bond and their chemistry shines through for me. While she's obviously no vesper, NTTD alone elevates her into the top 5 for me
Agreed. I even liked her a lot more in Spectre re-watching the series as a 5 part run as she's the first woman bond has come across who's not a one night stand since Vesper. I get the feeling he's a man who wants to settle down by that point and feels a connection with Swan. No Time to Die builds on this and really cements her as a fav. I also disagree with Calvin's argument she's unlikable [especially as I don't get much enjoyment from some he's rated having 'comedy/camp' appeal]-her background with her father and Spectre mean's she's going to be naturally guarded but like Bond she wants to 'come out of the cold' and find love.
I unfortunately didn't like her in both movies.
seems that most people like the bossified girls that kick ass (like Paloma who was an expert right away with just 3 weeks training). I like Madeleine for just being a woman who doesn't have the "i'm a strong independednt woman look at me act tough" persona that like Nomi and Paloma were (and Vesper too).
I have a lot of fondness for Stacey Sutton because “A View To A Kill” was the very first Bond film that I ever saw and 10 year old me was in love with her.
So it’s understandable that the creator of the video likes Denise Richards a lot based on the rose colored glasses of the memories of his youth. Plus, she is quite easy on the eyes.
Great video. I took the day off for my birthday and have so far spent most of it just binge-watching your show. Cheers!
I don’t know how you do it, but you’re always valid. It doesn’t really matter in which positions each Bond girl is being placed in, because as you said it’s a very hard list to do. It’s the arguments that matters, and all of yours is great. Cheers!
very fun and entertaining video as always, calvin! i particularly enjoyed the skits in this one - “…halle berry fan,” haha!
Glad you like them! Thanks very much for this :D
I think Diana Rigg was the sexiest woman ever in the history of the entire known universe…I suppose it’s theoretically possible someone else was sexier in an alternate dimension, but the science just is there yet to find out.
With your comments about Kara... she fits the tone of the movie; her complete ignorance of the wider situation fits in perfectly with Bond's task of negotiating a massive continent-spanning mystery- she was just as clueless as he was at the start.
Mr ranking (top 10):
10. Pam Bouvier
9. Anya Amasova XXX
8. Octopussy
7. Honey Ryder
6. Giacinta “Jinx” Johnson
5. Pussy Galore
4. Natalya Simonova
3. Dominique “Domino” Derval (Fight me, I love Thunderball and she is gorgeous and fits the story so well 😛)
2. Teresa di Vincenzo “Tracy” Bond
1. Vesper Lynd
That’s a fantastic top 10. I don’t know if Domino is on my top 3 but I would definitely have her in my top 6.
Eva Green is a fantastic actress and also benefited from outstanding writing. A good combination...
Great work Calvin! You're a credit to Bond fans.
It's more about the justifications than the rankings, and at the former you excel brilliantly! Highly entertaining!
My List (also included Domino Vitali, Kim Basinger, Never Say Never Again)
25 Jinx Die Another Day
24 Domino Vitaly Never Say Never Again
23 Kissy Suzuki You Only Live Twice
22 Dr. Christmas Jones The World Is Not Enough
21 Madeline Swann Spectre
20 Madeline Swann No Time To Die
19 Tatiana Romanov From Russia With Love
18 Camille Montes Quantum of Solace
17 Wai Lin Tomorrow Never Dies
16 Stacy Sutton A View to A Kill
15 Dr. Holly Goodhead Moonraker
14 Vesper Lynd Casino Royale
13 Honey Ryder Dr. No
12 Domino Derval Thunderball
11 Octopussy Octopussy
10 Mary Goodnight The Man With the Golden Gun
9 Kara Milovy The Living Daylights
8 Tracy Bond On Her Majesty's Secret Service
7 Pussy Galore Goldfinger
6 Anya Amasova The Spy Who Loved Me
5 Tiffany Case Diamonds Are Forever
4 Melina Havelock For Your Eyes Only
3 Natalya Simonova GoldenEye
2 Solitaire Live and Let Die
1 Pam Bouvier Licence To Kill
Much enjoyed, even the rankings I disagreed with. Also hope you escaped from the Bond Fan Gulag, I hear it is a terrifying place. The Dalton Detachment of Guards made out that they were a nice bunch and invited one prisoner to the kitchens to make Devon Cream Teas for everyone. When they found that he did not use strawberry jam, well.... People still hear about the details without failing to shudder
Excellent in depth take on this, Calvin -
great to see u return after your short break after that epic No Time To Die analysis!
These past few Sundays just haven’t been the same without a new Calvin Video!!
I actually agree with most of your choices as well.
Vesper, without a doubt is also my all time favorite as she is for most of us fans,I bet.
I think she is the smartest and most beautiful Bond girl there ever was
and as you pointed out - none of the films have ever even come close to having the spectacular chemistry her and Bond had in Casino.
Right below her I’d probably put Tracy (of course - she was MRS BOND!)
And then probably Madeline.
( after a terrible debut in Spectre I thought she was just sensational in NTTD
plus extra bonus points for being Mom to Bonds only child!)
I think Rogers best was Anya - who was easily his best match
with Maud Adams Octopussy a close second.
And I actually think Sean’s best may have been…
Tiffany Case from Diamonds lol!
I think their chemistry was easily the best he ever had with any of his leading ladies in any of his films.
(though my personal fav is Domino - I’d put Pussy second I think!)
Pierces best was definitely Natalia
and I like Kara as Daltons best.
Great to see
Sundays are back to normal again…
Because Calvin is BACK!
I just love the way you don’t take yourself too seriously 😂❤
Was delighted to see Diana Rigg come in at #2 on this list. What a talent and what a beauty. She created another, of course, iconic role as Mrs. Peel in the Avengers. Then you think of all her wonderful work in the theater and in such a tremendous variety of roles. She was certainly one of a kind. PS Of course, I had a tremendous crush on her as a young lad watching black and white episodes of the Avengers on a tiny TV set with rabbit ears sticking out the window.
I would put Tracy as number 1.
@@klaudiagrob Works for me! She is/was the best!
Yes Diana Rigg as the unforgettably tragic Tracy has a place at the top. She was quite popular in my country half a world away as Emma Peel in the British spy series the Avengers.
Camille Montes from Quantum could handle herself. Quite underrated, I must say.
She's also one of the Best acted Bond Girls in my opinion.
Maud Adams as Octopussy was such great character, and she wasn't young enough to be Roger Moore's Bond's Daughter!
Diana Rigg was a great replacement for Honor Blackman in The Avengers, and she killed it in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and that it had my favorite Bond helps!
Actually Maud was 18 years younger than Roger so was young enough to be his daughter!
Tops: Tracy, Solitaire, Vesper, Natalya, Electra King, P Galore, Wei Lin, Aki, Kara, Tatiana, Octopussy, Assamova. Severin and Paloma at top for me,despite lack screen time. Severin and Bond at bar is classic Bond. Paloma is incredible, well done.
Bottom: Jinx, T Case, Madeline, Goodnight.
But for me Tracy and Solitaire have scenes in less flattering outfits, yet look stunning. Tracy makes skate outfits, fur coat beautiful, as does Solitaire in everyday clothes. Vesper always in stunning dresses, outfits. But looks between Bond and Tracy, like in the barn, and when he looks up at her at from the bench at skate, speak volumes.
The World is not Enough was my first Bond film and I think Christmas Jones is underrated. I think you placed her on this ranking perfectly.
I never got the whole point of toxic fandom - I think your list is well supported in discussion of each entry you present. I absolutely agree with the top 2 choices and their placements and it being a "photo-finish". Such brilliant writing and performances deserve such accolades.
I think this ranking is a bit harsh on Kara, at least give her the dignity of being above Jinx in this ranking. Couldn’t argue with the top three chosen. I’m in the camp of giving Denise Richards a top 10 Bond girl for me. I enjoy her in the role. I think she’s a lot of fun. Never got the hate she gets from some fans. She’s in a film where she’s competing against Sophie Marceau and the expanded storyline Judi Dench got as M. But I also love TWINE a little too much since it has the honour of being the first Bond film I saw in the cinema.
Sophie Marceau totally outplayed her.
Still my favorite:
“Keep leaning on that tooter Charlie and you’re gonna get a shot in the mouth!”
23:00 BLESS YOU for caring about Denise Richards! Sofia Coppola had a similar (if even more crushing) Godfather experience. Thank goodness Sofia found her footing as a director.
GoldenEye definitely learned a lot from Dalton's two movies about giving Bond's costar more to do.
I came here expecting Dr. Christmas Jones to be at the bottom of the list and was delighted to see her ranked just outside the top ten. I think Bond fans are mainly judging Denise Richards’ celebrity as an FHM pinup of the 90’s, her highly publicized marriage to Charlie Sheen and then her subsequent career in reality TV over her actual performance in the TWINE.
I love that you stuck with the gulag bit for the rest of the video! Great choices too...you have excellent taste in Bond Girls.
Diana Rigg No: 1 for me !