When I started to peel back the layers it became pretty easy to filter the list down to a short list...there were a handful of Bond movies that just were not very good. All Timothy Dalton movies were eliminated for me because he did not a good Bond make...he was just downright awful!
so in reverse order here is my top ten list:
10: Thunderball
How can you go wrong with Tom Jones belting out the song and the now infamous jetpack action?
9: Goldeneye
The Opening Sequence alone is worth the price of admission! Here is another version of the opening sequence linked to the Propellerheads song:
The Dark Side of Goldeneye from Gregory Pike on Vimeo.
8: The Spy Who Love Me
Another great opening scene. A great opening line to boot "James, I need you" with Bond smugly replying "So Does England". The villain Jaws was cast so well and he makes for a perfect bad guy who scared the beejeezuz outta me when I was a kid...and who could forget the Lotus car transforming into an underwater rig.
7: Casino Royale
This was the intro of Daniel Craig as Bond and he made for a great Bond...although the movie made him out to be a little too PC for my liking
6: Diamonds Are Forever
great Bond girls in Vegas...what more do you need?
5: Goldfinger
This might just be the most captivating collection of Bond girl names...
4: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
George Lazenby did a nice job and it blends in well with the Bond series. Great location shots in Zermatt and another great villain!
3: Live and Let Die
Roger Moore getting it done with an awesome film song!
2: From Russia With Love
Classic old school Bond with a great plot and great locations to film
1: Dr No
My list tends to gravitate to the older Bonds because the older movies had believable plots with natural enemies/foes that are not too far of a stretch. The other super cool aspect of the older Bond movies is the mix of gadgets that seemed so futuristic but still credible. With the advent of special effects, the Bond movies started to go downhill where the stunts were not as believable because they were made by special effects and not by stunt people actually doing the stunts....
There are so many great scenes but the epitome of Bond to me is Dr No....The best Bond girl scene of all time might just be Honey Rider (Ursula Anders) coming out of the ocean onto the beach and encountering a smirking 007
so in reverse order here is my top ten list:
10: Thunderball
How can you go wrong with Tom Jones belting out the song and the now infamous jetpack action?
9: Goldeneye
The Opening Sequence alone is worth the price of admission! Here is another version of the opening sequence linked to the Propellerheads song:
The Dark Side of Goldeneye from Gregory Pike on Vimeo.
8: The Spy Who Love Me
Another great opening scene. A great opening line to boot "James, I need you" with Bond smugly replying "So Does England". The villain Jaws was cast so well and he makes for a perfect bad guy who scared the beejeezuz outta me when I was a kid...and who could forget the Lotus car transforming into an underwater rig.
7: Casino Royale
This was the intro of Daniel Craig as Bond and he made for a great Bond...although the movie made him out to be a little too PC for my liking
6: Diamonds Are Forever
great Bond girls in Vegas...what more do you need?
5: Goldfinger
This might just be the most captivating collection of Bond girl names...
4: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
George Lazenby did a nice job and it blends in well with the Bond series. Great location shots in Zermatt and another great villain!
3: Live and Let Die
Roger Moore getting it done with an awesome film song!
2: From Russia With Love
Classic old school Bond with a great plot and great locations to film
1: Dr No
My list tends to gravitate to the older Bonds because the older movies had believable plots with natural enemies/foes that are not too far of a stretch. The other super cool aspect of the older Bond movies is the mix of gadgets that seemed so futuristic but still credible. With the advent of special effects, the Bond movies started to go downhill where the stunts were not as believable because they were made by special effects and not by stunt people actually doing the stunts....
There are so many great scenes but the epitome of Bond to me is Dr No....The best Bond girl scene of all time might just be Honey Rider (Ursula Anders) coming out of the ocean onto the beach and encountering a smirking 007
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