Countdown to Skyfall: Bottom 5 Bond Films

Every Bond Save for one falls on this list... Guess Which one doesn't!

Bond recently turned 50 years old on the screen and it’s time to look back at the ultimate secret agent leading up to the 23^rd film in the Bond franchise Skyfall. We move now to the worst of the worst James Bond films. There are some really awful ones so let’s get right into the worst of the worst of Bond James Bond.

5. Quantum of Solace

If Casino Royale is a great gritty reboot that doesn’t lose the essence of Bond than Quantum of Solace is its terrible little brother that is gritty but looses the essence of Bond. Shaky cam in a Bond movie? Really? You’re kidding right? Shaky cam made the action sequences so awful that most were close to unwatchable. Pair this with a generic plot with a terrible villain and any lack of “Bond moments” and you’ve got yourself a really bad non Bond, Bond movie.

4. Diamonds are Forever

The end of the Connery era ended on an absolute dud. After the fantastic On her Majesty’s Secret Service (which PS is a rule now that after any great film in which Bond falls in love a terrible revenge film must follow see the above entry and now this one) Diamonds are Forever fell flat on every level including the rushed revenge plot that got rushed at the beginning of the film. Throw in the generic Bond plot and the beginning of the silliness of the Roger Moore era and we have one unappealing film, despite the Goldfinger crew being behind it.

3. Live and Let Die

Out of the many horrid Roger Moore films that could have gone on this list (like Man with the Golden Gun and Moonraker and The Spy who Loved Me (although I haven’t, nor do I want to see Octopussy)) Live and Let Die ultimately wins because of its overall deadness. There is no energy in this film at all and it goes on forever and ever and ever and ever. It’s only saving grace, Paul McCartney’s opening song which is the only thing that should be remembered from this dud.

2. Die Another Day

I hate this film. Let’s get that out of the way right now. The worst CGI I have ever seen in a movie ever and this one is chalked full of it. Add the stupid plot, a film that goes on for way to long, a dreadful villain, a script that could make a puppy cry, and Madonna and you have Die Another Day. Yuck!

1.  The Living Daylights

The film that almost singlehandedly killed the Bond franchise, this spot can only be reserved for Timothy Dalton’s first film as Bond, The Living Daylights. Dalton is a good actor, but being a good actor doesn’t make you a good bond by a long shot. Generic, poorly scripted, cold, and flat out boring, there are many reasons why no one went to watch The Living Daylights and why James Bond didn’t return for many years after the two Dalton films.