User blog:FranceSwitzerland/Top James Bond Movies

Hi, everyone! Next year, the 25th official James Bond movie will be released. As you probably knew already, I'm a big fan of this movie franchise and that's why I decided to make my own top of it. This top will include all 24 official James Bond and the unofficial James Bond movie Never Say Never Again. I know there are more unofficial James Bond movies like the Casino Royale movies from 1954 and 1967 but I have never seen these movies and I know they are very bad. I can give you the advice to never watch these movies. Now, lets start.

25. The Living Daylights (1985) 1/10
Timothy Dalthon's first movie and my worst James Bond movie. You are probably wondering why. Most people don't think the Living Daylights is one of the best James Bond movies, but also don't see it as one of the best. Well, where should I start. To be honest, this is the only James Bond movie which I haven't fully seen. That's just because I hate this one that much and I don't feel like I miss something if I don't fully see this one. Lets start about James Bond himself. Personally, I think Timothy Dalton is the weakest James Bond actor. He acts with very less emotions and in this movie it is much worse than in Licence to Kill. A lot of people see him as one of the best Bond actors and wanted him to make even more Bond movies, but I completely disagree with that. But I don't blame Dalton for this being my least favorite James Bond movie. That's the woman who is in the whole movie next to him. I really don't understand why you would cast such a bad actress as a bondgirl. Also, she is for sure my most ugly bondgirl in the whole franchise. She is the biggest reason why I couldn't manage to watch this movie until the end. But she isn't the only thing. I also really think that the story lacks very much and it is a very forgettable movie. It looks like we have everything already seen. For example, Necros is just a much weaker version of one of the henchmen we have already seen at Roger Moore's movies. I almost forget to say that Georgi Koskov is played by a Dutch actor. When I looked at the cast for the first time, I was already very surprised that he managed to get a role in a James Bond movie, but now it is not a surprise that he ended in such a weak movie. I don't think he is the worst James Bond villain, but his actions never seemed to care to me. At the end, Brad Whitaker was killed and Koskov not? This is something which I don't understand and was very weak to me. The movie is also trying to make some kind of love relationship with James Bond and Kara Millovy. We have already seen that lots of times and this is the weakest one in the whole James Bond franchise. Last but not least, I can't forget to mention that it is very disappointed to see a new Moneypenny and M. I can't remember much more of this movie, because it's so forgettable. The only advice I can give you with this movie is that you shouldn't watch it, it's just a big waste of time.

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 * - Timothy Dalton as James Bond
 * -Maryam D'Abo being the most ugly Bondgirl
 * -Georgi Koskov
 * -Necros being a very forgettable henchman
 * -Very forgettable movie
 * -Terrible love relationship between James Bond and Kara Millovy
 * -New M and Moneypenny

24. Quantum of Solace (2008) 1/10
Does this come as a surprise to anyone? I guess we all have this feeling: Casino Royale was so great movie! And we are all very curious for the next movie. But the only thing that happens in the end is everyone being very disappointed of this movie that really seems to be a sequel to Casino Royale. I really think that was one of the worst things they could ever do. This movie starts out of nowhere and we see James Bond driving somewhere in Italy. The creators of this movie expect that everyone has seen Casino Royale and knows why James Bond is driving there and is being followed by lost of cars. That's already a big no for me. Not much later, we see that James Bond has Mr. White in the trunk of this car in Siena. Everybody who has not seen Casino Royale doesn't even know who this Mr. White is. The James Bond franchise should not have movies that are sequels to others, so I really hate this. Also, not forgetting to mention the fact that James Bond got very fast from the Como Lake to Siena, which is very unrealistic. Similarly to this scene in the beginning, we have some really great action scenes in this movie. In Siena and Bregenz for example. But sometimes I really think these scenes are too aggressive and this is not how James Bond is. That leads to the next point which also makes the movie very bad. Is there any other reason in this movie for James Bond's actions instead of getting revenge for Vesper Lynd's death in Casino Royale? The answer on this question is very easily. It's a big no, because Marc Foster (director of this movie) and his team didn't had any idea for another reason. These actions make James Bond ending up in Haiti where we meets Dominic Greene and Camille Montes. Wait a minute, was their meeting on purpose or just something else which happened because of Bond wanting revenge? A very important question which doesn't gets answered. Lets talk about these characters who get introduced. I really think that Dominic Greene is one of the worst and most forgettable villains. Pretty much the only thing he wants is to make a coup by seizing the water supply in Bolivia, making General Medrano become the president of Bolivia. Wait? Wasn't the purpose of this movie Bond getting revenge for the death of Vesper Lynd? This really has nothing to do with that and I really know that nobody cares about this! Also, everything happens very fast and this isn't very good explained. James Bond follows this guy all over the world and at the end it seems like he knows something about Vesper Lynd? I really don't understand this. Lets now talk about Camille Montes. She is played by Olga Kurylenko, in my opinion a very overrated and bad actress. She walks around in the movie like she is the most beautiful girl in the world, but for me she is a very annoying and useless character. Without any reason, James Bond starts saving her and giving her much attention. There is really no reason for this. That's why I really think Montes' is also one of the worst bondgirls. Remember that scene when Bond and her end up in some kind of cave? There is totally nothing happening between these two. I don't know what Foster tried to make her, but there is completely no vibe between these characters. If you compare Camille Montes with Vesper Lynd from the last movie, the only thing you can conclude is that she is one of the weakest Bondgirls ever with also one of the worst actresses. Luckily, there is another bondgirl in this movie called Strawberry Field (weird name if you ask me) played by Gemma Arterton. The first time I saw this movie, I was really hoping Montes would be pushed out of the movie and Strawberry Fields would become the end bongirl, but on the end I got very disappointed. Although Bond has sex with Strawberry Fields, out of nowhere she is suddenly killed. I have to say that I really feel sad for Gemma Arterton. She looked a very promising bondgirl to me, but she had so small role and got killed way too easily. Of course, this stupid Camille Montes becomes the end bondgirl and the last scene in the movie with her says enough. She gives Bond one small kiss and they don't even have sex or whatever I should call it with each other. Now, lets go further to the end scene. Bond and Montes are in Bolivia and destroy the base where Medrano and Greene are. And at the end there is some kind of plot change. Montes wants to kill Medrano and that's why she was the whole time with Bond. Why the hell she didn't said that earlier to him? Of course, she manages to easily kill Medrano while you would think he is much stronger than her. Very unrealistic if you ask me. When the whole base is destroyed, Bond starts asking Greene questions about Quantum. And of course once again, everyone knows that this Quantum is SPECTRE! In this movie it is not yet revealed, but everyone knows it. They should have called it SPECTRE already (I know they didn't have the right for SPECTRE yet, but this really seemed as something which was very bad), because the name Quatum was never used anymore and seemed very useless to me. When Bond is done with Greene, he gives him motoroil and drives away in a car. On the end of the movie, M tells Bond that is Greene is death. So wait, what??? You are going to tell me that Greene is death now and his death happened of-screen? So the Foster was even lazy enough to don't even show Greene's death on screen. Worst idea ever. Now lets go back to the important question of this movie: Does Bond get revenge for Vesper's death? On the end, Bond visits Vesper's old lover in Moscow and he starts Bond telling Bond some bullshit we all don't care about. No, Bond doesn't gets revenge for Vesper Lynd's death. They decided to make a complete movie about this, but on the end we get disappointed for the 999999th time. There are only a few things I still have to mention. This movie is together with Goldfinger the shortest James Bond movie (both 106 minutes) and I really think that's pretty short for a James Bond movie. Of course there isn't much the makers of this movie could show you more, but on the other hand it really shows that this is just a useless James Bond movie we all shouldn't care about. Furthermore, I really miss Q and Moneypenny in this movie. In Casino Royale, you didn't miss them, but in this movie I really miss them and it doesn't even looks like a James Bond movie for me. What advice can I give you for this movie? The first and most important advice, watch Casino Royale before you watch this movie! You won't get anything of this movie if you haven't seen Casino Royale. But actually, the best advice I can give is just to not watch this movie. It's a terrible movie and doesn't gives any answers on what happened in Casino Royale. The only thing you do by watching this piece of shit is wasting 106 minutes of your life.

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 * - This movie being a sequel to Casino Royale
 * - Very unrealistic travel from the Como Lake to Siena
 * - Action scenes being too aggressive
 * - Only reason for James Bond's action is revenge for Vesper Lynd's death
 * - Dominic Greene being one of the worst and most forgettable villains
 * - Dominic Greene's plans to seize the water supply of Bolivia to make General Medrano the president of Bolivia.
 * - Camille Montes being one of the worst and uglies bondgirls.
 * - Camille Montest walking around in the movie like a princess
 * - Strawberry Fields having a very small role and not being the end bondgirl
 * - Terrible end scene in Bolivia
 * - Terrible vibe between Bond and Montes
 * - Quantum just being SPECTRE
 * - Dominic Greene's off-screen death
 * - James Bond not getting revenge for Vesper's death
 * - The movie being very short
 * - No Moneypenny and Q in this movie.