1962 - Dr. No - Fast moving, relentless, good plot, one of the most gorgeous heroine, and is very down to earth. The film runs more like a Bogart crime story and the dialogues are equally witty. My 2^nd favourite. Features the best villain of the lot - Joseph Wiseman's Dr. No. The Tarantula scene is still the scariest of them all, thanks to good editing and performance of the lead. Connery is very human and at the same time, business-like here.

1963 - From Russia With Love - Connery, director Terence Young and editor Peter Hunt's favourite Bond movie. My favourite too. A pure espionage thriller that is probably the most faithful to Fleming's novel. Exotic, exciting and exhilarating. Fantastic cinematography and great suspense. Connery is the perfect James Bond, cold, ruthless, menacing and at the same time, irresistible to women.

1964 - Goldfinger - The film that everyone, except me and a few, rates as the best. Pure fun. Features the best heroine (Honor Blackman's fearless Pussy Galore) and the most colourful villain (Goldfinger) and henchman (Oddjob). Aston Martin makes its debut here and there is no doubt that it tends to steal the show from the main man. Connery is cool. Simply great to watch and he takes things lightly as he knows that he can resolve the situation.

1965 - Thunderball - A special Bond film because it deals with underwater war most of the time. It tend to drag a little but is very suspensful - as this is a race-against-time movie. The underwater photography is stunning and this is the first Bond film to be shot in widescreen Panavision. Great villainess and she isn't any Bimbo. Connery is tough, mean, and very, very ruthless.

1967 - You Only Live Twice - In my opinion, the worst of the sixties - but of course it ranks much better than most of Moore and Brosnan's outings. The Japanese setting is fine, but the story tends to be too far-fetched - it deviates completely from the excellent source novel. Connery looks tired and uninterested, and most of us know that he had already declared his intention to stop doing Bond movies.

1967 - Casino Royale - An unnofficial spoof, not by Broccoli's team. David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen stars and plays James Bond. What? Go figure. Though most of the comedy is out of place, revisiting it might give you an  idea where Mike Myers got HIS idea for Austin Powers. I liked this much disregarded comedy.

1969 - On Her Majesties Secret Service - Connery is out and what a shame, this could have been his best movie. It sticks close to the source novel and features one of the best car and ski chase sequences. Savalas is the definite Blofeld, minus the American accent. Great story, the most romantic in the installment. Lazenby is the fresh-out-of college Bond that we don't want to see. He imitates Connery, and that's a mistake brother.

1971 - Diamonds Are Forever - Connery is back, yessssss. The most campy of his Bond films. It tends to be stupid at time, but with Connery's presence the film remains sober. Charles Gray is horribly miscast as Blofeld and I guess his cat was more menacing than him. The heroine brings bad name to the other good ones and Jill St. John didn't do much there. Connery is Connery. Too bad, this is his last official Bond film.

1973 - Live And Let Die - Moore's entry. A unique Bond film that pits our super spy with a voodoo cult. Introduces the beautiful Jane Seymour and the major inclusion of African American cast cashes on the blaxploitation craze of the time. Moore is all right, and this is certainly his best Bond movie.

1975 - The Man With The Golden Gun - Everything looks rushed, from performance right up to background music, and it really was. Too bad, Christopher Lees Scaramanga could have been the best Bond villain, if not for the poor script and very bad direction. As it would be with future Moore outings, good ol' Roger is the only joy here.

1977 - The Spy Who Love Me - Decided by many as Moore's best. I find it okay, good adventure and features Jaws, the henchmen we love to hate. The pretitle sequence is one of the best in the entry - can say one of the most unforgettable. So is the submerging Lotus Espirit. Moore is again all fun. He isn't THE Bond, but he brings a lot of fun.

1979 - Moonraker - Comedy, stunts and gadgets pushes the story to the background. The bad guy could have been good, but again, spoiled by bad script. Fashion statements is at the extreme and very cringe-worthy. Jaws makes an unnecessary comeback and it features one of the worst good-guys/bad-guys shootouts. Moore. Watch this movie only for Roger Moore.

1981 - For Your Eyes Only - Perhaps the most realistic of Moore's outing. It features great cinematography and good action sequences that stay firm on the ground. The bad guy, though realistic, is not very memorable. Good performance from Topol as the ally. Moore does well, and actually acts in some scenes. Bravo.

1983 - Octopussy - Fun, gadgets, stunts make a comeback here. The setting is India and too bad they shouldn't have resorted to too many racist jokes. Features some of the best stuntwork, and is memorable to me because this is the first Bond movie I had ever watched. Moore looks visibly old, but his great sense of humour saves some really bad performance.

1983 - Never Say Never Again - Another 'unofficial' Bond film with Connery back playing Bond after twelve years. Honestly, this is a horrible movie, only gaining some points because of Connery, Barbara Bach and Klaus Marie Brandueur whose Emilio Largo is the most three dimensional bad guy of them all. Again, watch it for Connery. Think of Bond past retirement.

1985 - A View To A Kill - Many will agree with me that this is one of the worst of the lot. Beginning to like some of the scenes upon second viewing. Walken makes a good villain, but again suffers from bad script. Grace Jones makes an appearance here, while she is great as Walken's hench...err..woman, she does not exactly meant to be seen in bed. Moore needs a break. He looks old and tired. That's all right Rog old boy, you can go now.

1987 - The Living Daylights - What an entry. Dalton's first and the movie reverses completely from the tongue-in-cheek comedy action of Moore's outings back to its root - espionage thrillers. The bad guys could have been better with better script and performance. The heroine is believable and her conflict can be empathised. Dalton is smashing! He is the natural successor to Connery, playing Bond as hard as nail and dangerous secret agent. He is also very romantic.

1989 - License To Kill - Almost killed the franchise. Easily the most realistic of all Bond film, with Bond out for revenge on his own. The violence is dark and at times, ugly. People, include Bond, gets dirty and bleeds. The bad guy, easily the best since the sixties, is a real bad guy that you know living in some drug cartel countries. Dalton is all flesh and blood Bond. The closest to the man I read about in Flemings Bond. Too bad, this is his last Bond.

1995 - GoldenEye - A great hiatus and they come up with a mediocre. Horrible soundtrack and I hate M. Moneypenny is rude and arrogant and Bond doesn't deserve her. The location and the action are good and I like Sean Bean's 006. Brosnan is a crowd pleaser, but not to me. He looks panicky and very self conscious. Hope he would loosen up a bit.

1997 - Tomorrow Never Dies - A marriage of Kung Fu flicks and seventies action Bond flicks. Michelle Yeoh does what she usually does in Hong Kong. Jonathan Pryce plays an interesting villain, but not all that menacing. Features some interesting action, but it's hardware all the way. Brosnan have not done any homework. He pays too much attention to the script and has very little input of his own - or so I think.

1999 - The World Is Not Enough - In my opinion the worst alongside Golden Gun. You would feel like asking who in the right mind would want to put that emotional lady as chief of MI6. The heroine does the best worst-performance of all Bond girls, mostly relying on body language. The action looked like they were written first and had a story written around them. Brosnan. Nah, I don't want to anger his fans. He is servicable. That's all.