Comments on: BOND GIRLS TOP 40: GIRLS 1-10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/bond_girls_top_40_girls_1_10 The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:14:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Chief Longstick http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/bond_girls_top_40_girls_1_10#comment-25970 Chief Longstick Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:49:25 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=5017#comment-25970 @<a href="#comment-25154" rel="nofollow">Prescat</a>: I like your explanation and take on the "Bond Girls". It is VERY difficult to try and rank them, it's either win-win or lose-lose depending on how you look at it. The gap between the top girl and the bottom girl is marginal at most, and they indeed are the hottest women in the world! Personal taste, the era we grew up in, and just the internal chemical factor that we can't explain all contribute to our own unique likes / dislikes of a particular Bond girl. Some of the newer movies (and the women involved) don't quite do it for me, as I prefer a more interesting story, plot, and characters, not all this modern glitz and computer animation. More class basically, all around class. And the Connery and Moore (and Lazenby's lone film) have more of it to go around in my opinion. Anyways, I like hearing about your favourite Bond girls, your "love-affair" with Britt Ekland is very commendable. I also greatly enjoy hearing other Bond fans simply talk about Bond. It is a special treasure in my life :-) @Prescat: I like your explanation and take on the "Bond Girls". It is VERY difficult to try and rank them, it's either win-win or lose-lose depending on how you look at it. The gap between the top girl and the bottom girl is marginal at most, and they indeed are the hottest women in the world! Personal taste, the era we grew up in, and just the internal chemical factor that we can't explain all contribute to our own unique likes / dislikes of a particular Bond girl. Some of the newer movies (and the women involved) don't quite do it for me, as I prefer a more interesting story, plot, and characters, not all this modern glitz and computer animation. More class basically, all around class. And the Connery and Moore (and Lazenby's lone film) have more of it to go around in my opinion. Anyways, I like hearing about your favourite Bond girls, your "love-affair" with Britt Ekland is very commendable. I also greatly enjoy hearing other Bond fans simply talk about Bond. It is a special treasure in my life :-)

]]> By: Prescat http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/bond_girls_top_40_girls_1_10#comment-25154 Prescat Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:04:06 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=5017#comment-25154 I actually think you did a very good job. It is so tough to rank "Bond Girls", because let's face it. they are ALL extremely hot women, among the sexiest in the world, (that's why they are Bond girls), and number 40 is still prettier than 99% of most women. I think what also factors into these list, of course, is personal taste, AND the era you grew up in. When I was a boy, just getting real interested in girls, Diamonds are Forever, Live and Let Die, and The Spy Who Loved Me, were out and popular, so my early crushes were on Jane Seymour, (my #5 also), and Barbara Bach, my #1), and The Diamonds are Forever girls. With that said, number 2 for me had to be Britt Ekland. That bikini STILL drives me nuts, and her cute face, and fun personality was a winner. Claudine Auger would make my Top 10 and you also could never be wrong having Halle, Tanya, and Denise in a top 10. The tribute to Mrs. Moneypenny a great Bond character, (especially the one of my youth, the lovely, classy, and talented Lois Maxwell), was well deserved and a very nice touch to your ratings. Good job! I actually think you did a very good job. It is so tough to rank "Bond Girls", because let's face it. they are ALL extremely hot women, among the sexiest in the world, (that's why they are Bond girls), and number 40 is still prettier than 99% of most women. I think what also factors into these list, of course, is personal taste, AND the era you grew up in. When I was a boy, just getting real interested in girls, Diamonds are Forever, Live and Let Die, and The Spy Who Loved Me, were out and popular, so my early crushes were on Jane Seymour, (my #5 also), and Barbara Bach, my #1), and The Diamonds are Forever girls. With that said, number 2 for me had to be Britt Ekland. That bikini STILL drives me nuts, and her cute face, and fun personality was a winner. Claudine Auger would make my Top 10 and you also could never be wrong having Halle, Tanya, and Denise in a top 10. The tribute to Mrs. Moneypenny a great Bond character, (especially the one of my youth, the lovely, classy, and talented Lois Maxwell), was well deserved and a very nice touch to your ratings. Good job!

]]> By: Chief Longstick http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/bond_girls_top_40_girls_1_10#comment-16892 Chief Longstick Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:35:08 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=5017#comment-16892 Oh and one more thing, I'm glad you have a little tribute for Miss Moneypenny. Lois Maxwell looks incredible in most of her films and Caroline Bliss was a sexy replacement. She tries to tone it down a bit with the hair put up and the glasses, but you can see that she is a major babe! Oh and one more thing, I'm glad you have a little tribute for Miss Moneypenny. Lois Maxwell looks incredible in most of her films and Caroline Bliss was a sexy replacement. She tries to tone it down a bit with the hair put up and the glasses, but you can see that she is a major babe!

]]> By: Chief Longstick http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/bond_girls_top_40_girls_1_10#comment-16891 Chief Longstick Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:31:07 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=5017#comment-16891 You did throw a couple curveballs my way with this top 10.All in all though a very well 'rounded' list.Only a few manditory comments about the 1-10 though. First off, I don't believe Maud Adams as Andrea Anders should be in the top 10. She is probably more intriging in TMWTGG than Britt Ekland and gets overlooked because she gets capped.Plus people might forget about her because TMWTGG is generally disliked and disappointing (TMWTGG in my opinion has more potential than any Bond movie but it just really didn't come together and fell flat).Maybe put her in the top 20, but not top 10. Shirley Eaton, Daniella Bianchi, and Claudine Auger all belong in the top 10.Personally I put Claudine Auger (Domino) at #2. Fiona Fullerton at #6 are you kidding me? Were you totally wasted when you watched that movie? She is totally hot don't get me wrong, but I could go back through your entire list and explain why she should be moved back. Plus "View To A Kill" gets worse everytime I watch it and should have been Timothy Dalton's first, or second, Bond film. Jane Seymour good call in the top 10. How horny is she in "Live And Let Die"? And as a bonus, Jane Seymour has aged better than anyone else I can think of off hand, hopefully naturally of course.That's what she claims at least. Caterina Murino, hot - yes, top 10 hot - no. I guess she does it for you. Halle Berry, good call in the top 10. I would question anyone who wouldn't put her in the top 10. And by far the hottest woman with short-er hair EVER! Barbara Bach top 10? I'm not sure. She would at least be in my top 15 though. But I do commend you on that pick and respect you alot more for putting her so high up.Very tastefull of you. And Ursula Andress at #1, but of course! I guessed / hoped that before I Even got to the top 10. How can you compete with her? She set the standard for everyone to come after her and her character is just as fine as she is. I have disagreed with some of your picks, and am surprised by some of your snubs. But for the most part you grade your Bond women very well and the coolest thing about Bond women / films is that we don't all usually like the same ones, but we all do like them. You did throw a couple curveballs my way with this top 10.All in all though a very well 'rounded' list.Only a few manditory comments about the 1-10 though.

First off, I don't believe Maud Adams as Andrea Anders should be in the top 10. She is probably more intriging in TMWTGG than Britt Ekland and gets overlooked because she gets capped.Plus people might forget about her because TMWTGG is generally disliked and disappointing (TMWTGG in my opinion has more potential than any Bond movie but it just really didn't come together and fell flat).Maybe put her in the top 20, but not top 10.

Shirley Eaton, Daniella Bianchi, and Claudine Auger all belong in the top 10.Personally I put Claudine Auger (Domino) at #2.

Fiona Fullerton at #6 are you kidding me? Were you totally wasted when you watched that movie? She is totally hot don't get me wrong, but I could go back through your entire list and explain why she should be moved back. Plus "View To A Kill" gets worse everytime I watch it and should have been Timothy Dalton's first, or second, Bond film.

Jane Seymour good call in the top 10. How horny is she in "Live And Let Die"? And as a bonus, Jane Seymour has aged better than anyone else I can think of off hand, hopefully naturally of course.That's what she claims at least.

Caterina Murino, hot – yes, top 10 hot – no. I guess she does it for you.

Halle Berry, good call in the top 10. I would question anyone who wouldn't put her in the top 10. And by far the hottest woman with short-er hair EVER!

Barbara Bach top 10? I'm not sure. She would at least be in my top 15 though. But I do commend you on that pick and respect you alot more for putting her so high up.Very tastefull of you.

And Ursula Andress at #1, but of course! I guessed / hoped that before I Even got to the top 10. How can you compete with her? She set the standard for everyone to come after her and her character is just as fine as she is.

I have disagreed with some of your picks, and am surprised by some of your snubs. But for the most part you grade your Bond women very well and the coolest thing about Bond women / films is that we don't all usually like the same ones, but we all do like them.

]]> By: Scandicci http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/bond_girls_top_40_girls_1_10#comment-16156 Scandicci Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:47:43 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=5017#comment-16156 Barbara Bach was the first Bond girl I knew. My uncle had a pirated betamax copy of the Spy Who Loved Me back in the late 70s early 80s and my cousins and I watched it a few hundred times. She is and shall always be the ultimate Bond girl for me. Barbara Bach was the first Bond girl I knew. My uncle had a pirated betamax copy of the Spy Who Loved Me back in the late 70s early 80s and my cousins and I watched it a few hundred times. She is and shall always be the ultimate Bond girl for me.

]]> By: Swordfish http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/bond_girls_top_40_girls_1_10#comment-278 Swordfish Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:00:22 +0000 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news/?p=5017#comment-278 10) Had this been an actual Top 10 list, this is where Martine Beswick would have gone (or even the other Gypsy girl, Aliza Gur, or any of a number of other oversights). 9) After Ursula Andress, Shirley Eaton's golden girl is the most iconic Bond woman. She's a bit on the thin side for my taste, but what a face and what a look. Definitely top 10 material. 8) That's better. Hot, hot, hot even compared to other Bond girls, Daniela Binachi may have the best all-around body on the list. 7) And while she gets the odd bit of jealous criticism for cellulite, Claudine Auger may be the most beautiful woman on the list. Except for Halle Berry, they unfortunately don't make Bond women like Auger any more. 6) Your set-up highlights the problem with this choice. After Austin Powers, no one can take those smarmy but prudish Bond seduction scenes seriously _ if anyone ever did. Fiona Fullerton is a good-looking woman, but the audience doesn't get what it wants. Personally, I think of AVTAK and chuckle. 5) Jane Seymour is a seriously pretty woman and may have the series' best hair after Sophie Marceau and Michelle Yeoh. But suffers from that silly "virgin seeress" conceit, which is only one factor that makes LALD a cringefest. You can just see the script meetings: we've been slightly progressive, now we've got to throw in something for the racists. Seymour's performance is also just plain dull. She's been better in almost everything else she's done. (On a related note, whoever's breasts those are in "Wedding Crahsers" are certainly nice, and perky enough for a 25-year-old, much less a 55-year-old. On the other hand, they don't look any larger than Seymour's natural 35Bs, they're largely obscured by Vince Vaughn's hands and we don't see Jane's face and cleavage together in the same shot. I congratulate Seymour on her continued good-looks and wish those breasts are hers, but the jury is way, way out on that.) 4) Lust at first sight, huh? I'll admit Caterina Murino is Top 11-15 material. Physically, she reminds me of Barbara Carrera, who is missing. 3) Damn, Halle Berry is one fine woman. Definitely in the top 3. 2) In several decades, the former Richard Starkey had more luck than entire continents. But while I like Mrs. Ringo as much as anyone, well, almost, I'd slide her down a few spots to accommodate Halle Berry, Sophie Marceau, Claudine Auger, Teri Hatcher. Still, Bach plays a strong character in an enteratining movie, so I won't gripe too much. I still regret there was no action between Barbara Bach and Caroline Munro. What a missed opporunity! 1) Right you are. The orignal is still the greatest. There are Bond Girls with pretty faces, better legs and even better breasts than Ursula Andress, but nobody represents as well as she does. Not even Halle Berry coming out of the sea can erase the memory of Ursula's appearance in Dr. No. In any event, you've rehabilitated yourself with this top 10, which holds up very well. 10) Had this been an actual Top 10 list, this is where Martine Beswick would have gone (or even the other Gypsy girl, Aliza Gur, or any of a number of other oversights).

9) After Ursula Andress, Shirley Eaton's golden girl is the most iconic Bond woman. She's a bit on the thin side for my taste, but what a face and what a look. Definitely top 10 material.

8) That's better. Hot, hot, hot even compared to other Bond girls, Daniela Binachi may have the best all-around body on the list.

7) And while she gets the odd bit of jealous criticism for cellulite, Claudine Auger may be the most beautiful woman on the list. Except for Halle Berry, they unfortunately don't make Bond women like Auger any more.

6) Your set-up highlights the problem with this choice. After Austin Powers, no one can take those smarmy but prudish Bond seduction scenes seriously _ if anyone ever did. Fiona Fullerton is a good-looking woman, but the audience doesn't get what it wants. Personally, I think of AVTAK and chuckle.

5) Jane Seymour is a seriously pretty woman and may have the series' best hair after Sophie Marceau and Michelle Yeoh. But suffers from that silly "virgin seeress" conceit, which is only one factor that makes LALD a cringefest. You can just see the script meetings: we've been slightly progressive, now we've got to throw in something for the racists. Seymour's performance is also just plain dull. She's been better in almost everything else she's done. (On a related note, whoever's breasts those are in "Wedding Crahsers" are certainly nice, and perky enough for a 25-year-old, much less a 55-year-old. On the other hand, they don't look any larger than Seymour's natural 35Bs, they're largely obscured by Vince Vaughn's hands and we don't see Jane's face and cleavage together in the same shot. I congratulate Seymour on her continued good-looks and wish those breasts are hers, but the jury is way, way out on that.)

4) Lust at first sight, huh? I'll admit Caterina Murino is Top 11-15 material. Physically, she reminds me of Barbara Carrera, who is missing.

3) Damn, Halle Berry is one fine woman. Definitely in the top 3.

2) In several decades, the former Richard Starkey had more luck than entire continents. But while I like Mrs. Ringo as much as anyone, well, almost, I'd slide her down a few spots to accommodate Halle Berry, Sophie Marceau, Claudine Auger, Teri Hatcher. Still, Bach plays a strong character in an enteratining movie, so I won't gripe too much. I still regret there was no action between Barbara Bach and Caroline Munro. What a missed opporunity!

1) Right you are. The orignal is still the greatest. There are Bond Girls with pretty faces, better legs and even better breasts than Ursula Andress, but nobody represents as well as she does. Not even Halle Berry coming out of the sea can erase the memory of Ursula's appearance in Dr. No.

In any event, you've rehabilitated yourself with this top 10, which holds up very well.

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