The OG film with the OG actor. Back in 1961 it was only a glimpse into what EON, Ian Fleming, Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman all had in store for the next 70+ years. We had Moneypenny and M, but no Q here. Terence Young would eventually do a trilogy despite not doing Goldfinger and getting pulled back for Thunderball. Broccoli and Saltzman were high on Connery (despite already losing his hair), but Fleming wanted someone else. Bernard Lee only got the part the day before shooting because he was available. Ursula Andress (whom only made 6K on this) is currently still kicking at 88. Her character is random to the plot, she just likes to go the eventual 'bad guy island' for scavaging. The bad guys have left her alone up many times supposedly until the point where James runs into her. I can't remember any other Bond girl being essentially a 'rando' to the plot. She still gets wrapped up with Bond when they get captured. Honey Ryder getting out of the water is probably the second most iconic Bond scene to the gun barrel. It feels like the duo give up almost too easy. I get that Spectre had a dragon tank/war machine, and they were likely outnumbered but they don't do a good job showing us what they were up against even despite losing someone. It's not a hard watch despite being a early 60s movie. The car scenes might be the most painful special effect-wise, if that's what they were even called back then. The humor was added to get the movie past the sensors. Dr. No was picked from Fleming's work due to the straightforwardness of the plot and only one big action set piece at the end. Fleming reportedly called it "Dreadful. Simply dreadful." No went 100K over budget and the movie was about to be shut down but after it made a ton of money, the sequel - From Russia - had double the budget of Dr. No. In Japanese it translates to 'We Don't Want Doctors'. It probably would have been ranked much higher but back in 2012 I had ranked this next to last. I honestly don't remember what I actually had last if it wasn't License to Kill, Die Another Day, Golden Gun or Diamonds. It has the highest website scores so far, and averages to just over 5th place for each score. However I did rank Dr. No at 10 on this rewatch, so this spot is appropriate to how I feel right now on how it fits with 25 other movies.
| Movie | IMDB | Rot. Tom. | Rot. Tom. Aud. | 2012 Rank | 2024 Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10. Dr. No | 7.2 | 95% | 82% | 25 | 10 |
| 11. Thunderball | 6.9 | 85% | 73% | 14 | 16 |
| 12. License to Kill | 6.7 | 80% | 61% | 15 | 8 |
| 13. You Only Live Twice | 6.8 | 74% | 69% | 19 | 17 |
| 14. For Your Eyes Only | 6.7 | 69% | 64% | 21 | 9 |
| 15. On Her Majesty's Secret Service | 6.7 | 81% | 64% | 24 | 15 |
| 16. Moonraker | 6.2 | 60% | 43% | 5 | 14 |
| 17. Live and Let Die | 6.7 | 67% | 64% | 16 | 20 |
| 18. Octopussy | 6.5 | 42% | 47% | 12 | 11 |
| 19. The Man with the Golden Gun | 6.7 | 42% | 55% | 7 | 26 |
| 20. Quantum of Solace | 6.5 | 64% | 58% | 18 | 23 |
| 21. The World Is Not Enough | 6.4 | 51% | 49% | 8 | 25 |
| 22. Never Say Never Again | 6.1 | 71% | 37% | 17 | 18 |
| 23. A View to Kill | 6.3 | 37% | 40% | 9 | 21 |
| 24. Tomorrow Never Dies | 6.5 | 57% | 53% | 20 | 22 |
| 25. Diamonds are Forever | 6.5 | 64% | 57% | 23 | 24 |
| 26. Die Another Day | 6.1 | 55% | 41% | 22 | 19 |
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