Rank each film in terms of it's villains
Jarvio
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Title asks it all. Rank the Bond films in order, in terms of it's villains only... so ignore everything else except villains.
Here's my list:
1 AVTAK - Zorin was the best villain no doubt about it
2 TMWTGG - Scaramanga was decent, and christopher lee did a great job
3 LALD - Baron samedi, the man cannot die. Need I say more?
4 DAD - Thought Gustav Graves was superb
5 GE - Alec Trevelyan, Boris, Xenia, Ouromov - all great
6 DN- First ever villain so gotta give him some credit
7 YOLT - Best Blofeld
8 OHMSS - Not as good as Donald Pleasance, but Blofeld nonetheless
9 DAF - Blofeld nonetheless. Wint and Kidd annoyed me though
10 LTK - Sanchez was good. Other villains not so much
11 TB - Largo was super-evil, must admit
12 GF - Good villains, classic ones like Oddjob, a bit overrated I think, but still great
13 TWINE - Not a fan of the film, but Electra King and Reynard were good villains to be fair
14 OP - Kamal and Orlov very unmemorable... but ok, and the knife throwers were cool
15 CR - Le Chiffre kind of overrated, but gotta love the eye lol
16 TSWLM - Stromberg nothing special. Never been a Jaws fan either. Not bad though, and at least they're memorable
17 MR - Despise the film, but Drax himself wasn't so bad. Jaws however, got even worse
18 TND - Don't believe I've not ranked this last. But at least Carver was memorable... kind of
19 FYEO - Very unmemorable
20 FRWL - Also unmemorable. I think red grant is overrated. He's nothing special at all, just a random henchman if you ask me. Rosa Klebb was a joke of a villain
21 TLD - You call these villains?! Completely uninspired, unmemorable, and lacking in creativity if you ask me. Not a bad film though
How would everyone else rank the films in terms of it's villains?
Here's my list:
1 AVTAK - Zorin was the best villain no doubt about it
2 TMWTGG - Scaramanga was decent, and christopher lee did a great job
3 LALD - Baron samedi, the man cannot die. Need I say more?
4 DAD - Thought Gustav Graves was superb
5 GE - Alec Trevelyan, Boris, Xenia, Ouromov - all great
6 DN- First ever villain so gotta give him some credit
7 YOLT - Best Blofeld
8 OHMSS - Not as good as Donald Pleasance, but Blofeld nonetheless
9 DAF - Blofeld nonetheless. Wint and Kidd annoyed me though
10 LTK - Sanchez was good. Other villains not so much
11 TB - Largo was super-evil, must admit
12 GF - Good villains, classic ones like Oddjob, a bit overrated I think, but still great
13 TWINE - Not a fan of the film, but Electra King and Reynard were good villains to be fair
14 OP - Kamal and Orlov very unmemorable... but ok, and the knife throwers were cool
15 CR - Le Chiffre kind of overrated, but gotta love the eye lol
16 TSWLM - Stromberg nothing special. Never been a Jaws fan either. Not bad though, and at least they're memorable
17 MR - Despise the film, but Drax himself wasn't so bad. Jaws however, got even worse
18 TND - Don't believe I've not ranked this last. But at least Carver was memorable... kind of
19 FYEO - Very unmemorable
20 FRWL - Also unmemorable. I think red grant is overrated. He's nothing special at all, just a random henchman if you ask me. Rosa Klebb was a joke of a villain
21 TLD - You call these villains?! Completely uninspired, unmemorable, and lacking in creativity if you ask me. Not a bad film though
How would everyone else rank the films in terms of it's villains?
1 - LALD, 2 - AVTAK, 3 - LTK, 4 - OP, 5 - NTTD, 6 - FYEO, 7 - SF, 8 - DN, 9 - DAF, 10 - TSWLM, 11 - OHMSS, 12 - TMWTGG, 13 - GE, 14 - MR, 15 - TLD, 16 - YOLT, 17 - GF, 18 - DAD, 19 - TWINE, 20 - SP, 21 - TND, 22 - FRWL, 23 - TB, 24 - CR, 25 - QOS
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
Comments
2. YOLT, Blofeld at his most powerful
3. DN, the villain at his most ominpotent
4. GF, Gert Froebe is just class
5. TMWTGG, Christopher Lee is perfectly cast
6. TB, SPECTRE and Largo at its most devious
7. LTK, Franz Sanchez would rip your throat out as soon as look at you
8. OHMSS, Blofeld at his most intelligent
9. LALD - too many villains to count, and some you cant even kill
10 MR, Drax has all the best lines
11. TSWLM, I love a button pressing villain
12, FYEO, simply a ruthless crook working for the Russkies
13. OP, two villains stitching everyone up
14, AVTAK, I find Grace Jones more menacing then Zorin
15. TLD, They concentrated on plot more then villains in this one.
16. DAF, an effete Blofeld but classy nonethless. And you didnt quite know what he was going to pull out of the hat.
17, CR, Should have been higher but I forgot about him
The rubbish ones
18. GE, Sean Bean has the charisma of a bowl of porridge
19. TND, Jonathan Pryce has the charisma of a day old bowl of porridge
20. TWINE, Robert Carlyle has the menace of a bowl of porridge that has congealed
21, DAD,I cant think of a porridge analogy but he was to bad even for that.
A truly psychotic and evil man
2. Casino Royale: Le Chiffre
He Performs the worst tortore a man can suffer
3. Licence To Kill: Franz Sanchez
The only villin to make Bond truly sad
4. Goldeneye: Alec Trevelyan
Gains Bond's trust and friendship and smashes it
5. TMWTGG: Francisco Scaramanger
What a shot
The rest:
6. Dr. No
7. You Only Live Twice
8. Goldfinger
9. The Living Daylights
10. Live And Let Die
11. Die Another Day
12. For Your Eyes Only
13. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
14. From Russia With Love
15. Thunderball
16. The World Is Not Enough
17. Diamonds Are Forever
18. Moonraker
19. The Spy Who Loved Me
20. Octopussy
21. Tomorrow Never Dies
2. YOLT- Pleasence's portrayal of Blofeld is iconic, and to think he wasn't the first choice.
3. DN- The villain that started it all. Dr. No has everything: charm, a great lair, mystery and gimmick hands.
4. TMWGG- Scaramanga was so effective in coolness, charm, and cunning: Lee was excellent.
5. OHMSS- Savalas plays an amped up, physical Blofeld, wonderfully.
6. LTK- Sanchez was excellent: nice and dark, like the film.
7. MR- Drax was far too good for this mediocre fair, nice Jaws material too.
8. FRWL- Another nice ensemble of good villans, Robert Shaw was teriffic.
9. TSWLM- Stromberg was great, but Jaws was phenomenal.
10. TB- Largo was cool, presented a real threat to Bond.
11. AVTAK- I normally don't like Walken, but he was quite good in this one.
12. FYEO- Great dichotomy of good and evil with the villain and pseudo-villan.
13. LALD- Great ensemble, Kananga was a great lead baddie.
14. TND- Carver represents to me everything the Brond movies (save this one) were missing: outlandish schemes, over the top character, great gimmick, etc.
15. DAF- This Blofeld ruins the continuity of the entire series, so I dock him for that.
16. GE- 006 was cool enough, nice personal attachment to Bond.
17. OP- Not enough emphasis on Kamal Khan, he could have been great.
18. TLD: Joe Don Baker, I remember, the others, ?
19. CR: Le Chiffre- Nice Bondish gimmick (bleeding eyes) but not grandiose enough for my Bond pleasure.
20. TWINE: villain- pretty boring and nonthreatening.
21. DAD: Zao- seems an even less interesting version of the TWINE villain, Graves- completely unmemorable- much like the film.
I think your forgetting Blofeld/Irma Bunt, shooting of Bond's wife, which obviously also made Bond sad
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
2. DN- First and one of the best. Superb.
3. LALD- Kananga was awesome and the best Moore villain IMO, Baron Samedi was cool also.
4. FYEO- Realistic, no plans for world domination, very deceiving.
5. MR- Just like Hitler, but got much closer to his goal of world domination, perfect villain.
6. TND- Unlike most people, I thought he was great. Charismatic, ambitious, and sort of menacing.
7. TSWLM- Sinister and good at pressing buttons. Jaws was magnificent.
8. FRWL- Grant was perfect, Klebb was okay, and Blofeld was great and mysterious.
9. GF- Goldfinger was very memorable and Oddjob was good.
10. YOLT- Blofeld was great, the second best Blofeld after the mysterious Blofeld on FRWL and TB
11. OP- Kahn and Orlov were great together and very menacing
12. AVTAK- Zorin was magnificent, but May Day sucks to high he**(too manly) IMO.
13. DAD- Graves was awesome, but I never liked Zao.
14. GE- Trevelyn was good, Ouromov is my favorite henchmen, but I don't like Zenia or Boris.
15. TMWTGG- Scaramanga was okay, but Nick Nack is boring.
16. DAF- Blofeld was crap but Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd were great.
17. TLD- Koskov was good but Whitaker was not very menacing.
18. LTK- Never liked Sanchez.
19. TWINE- Both Renard and Electra suck.
20. CR- I hate Le Chiffre.
21. OHMSS- Bunt was ugly and stupid and Savalas sucked and was definitely the worst Blofeld IMO.
Also you might want to see the film again. Bunt ran the clinic (at least day to day operations) scared the ... out of Bond after he escaped Piz Gloria; the guards would have been lost without her, also had she been there during the avalanche she might have been smart enough to grab both Tracy *and* Bond. I never could figure out why Blofeld thought only Tracy lived. Your questioning her intelligence also holds no water.
Yes, only hot girls should be Bond villains, like Naomi or Zenia. Also, Bunt isn't menacing or evil at all, she is just a short ugly person who climbs into other people's beds to catch people. Also, the guards would not be lost without her, Grunther is smart enough to keep them in shape, he's probably smarter than Bunt and this Blofeld. He's the only good villain in that movie IMO.
By the way,I know this is a ridiculous statement but I couldn't think of anything else at the time to show my dislike for Bunt.
Bunt shot Bond's wife, easily the single greatest act of villainy (wrt Bond personally) in the whole series. And Savalas was far and away the best Blofeld-- he was easily better than the whiney-little-boy Pleasance (who actually might have been the inspiration for the kid in The Incredibles, now that I think about it) or the cross dressing Charles Grey. He was the only one of the three actors to actually present himself as both a physical and intellectual threat to Bond.
IMO, Blofeld shot bond's wife, Bunt just pulled the trigger on his orders. Bond even said it himself.... "It's Blofeld!" not Bunt. It was Blofeld's idea most likely and if he wasn't injured, he would have shot the gun himself. And afterwards he went after Blofeld, not Bunt, he blamed Blofeld so Blofeld brought the pain to him so Blofeld is one of the best villains of all time.
Also, I don't think that Pleasance's Blofeld was the best, the mysterious one from FRWL and TB is the best Blofeld IMO.
Bunt was Blofeld's woman-- they were a team. Thus, she deserves some of his thunder.
That could have just been Bond's sexism manifesting itself...
2. TB
3. DN
4. TSWLM
5. OHMSS
6. MR
7. TMWTGG
8. AVTAK
9. FRWL
10. GE
11. YOLT
12. OP
Can't really decide between the rest but am sure last is DAD
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