Now we come to probably the most
popular topic of discussion when talking about the Bond movies; the
Bond girls. Who were the best leading ladies that graced the screen
alongside the likes of Sean Connery and Daniel Craig? We'll get to
those later, but first let's get the worst Bond girls out of the way.
Going a bit shorter than before with only a Top 4 of the worst Bond
girls in franchise history.
4. Jinx (Halle Berry) (Die Another
Day)
For the record, I
do think Halle Berry is a very good actress when given the right
material. Can't say she really fits for a Bond movie, though. To
simply put it, she uses a 'your mama' comeback in the film. Yes, a
'Your Mama' joke in a James Bond movie. Need I say more?
3.
Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland) (The Man with the Golden Gun)
So you take one of
Bond's secretaries from the Ian Fleming novels and reduce her to
being a damsel in distress and give her nothing to do except go
around in a bikini? That's what they did in this film and you can see
how bad of an idea this was.
2. Dr.
Christmas Jones (Denise Richards) (The World is Not Enough)
A Bond girl who has
certainly graced many of the 'worst Bond girls' list, usually named
the worst Bond girl of all time. But, I don't think she was that bad.
Compared to the next Bond girl on this list, she at least helped Bond
occasionally although that's still not saying much. Really, this was
just a case of miscasting.
1.
Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts) (A View to a Kill)
Compared to Jones,
Sutton was just a straight-up damsel in distress. I literally can't
remember if she ever helped Bond once throughout the entire movie.
She was just there to be saved by him all the time. Should I also
mention that at the time this came out, Roger Moore was even older
than Roberts' mother at this point? Moore was already too old to
begin with, but that alone should have been a clear warning sign for
the filmmakers at this point.
And now, the Top 5 Best Bond Girls of
all time...
5. Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman)
(Goldfinger)
Probably the most famous Bond girl
ever, and easily the one who has attracted the most controversy
solely because of her name. Her name was almost changed just because
the filmmakers were concerned about the censors. Still, even with
that ridiculous name, she was one of the classiest Bond girls to have
ever graced the screen alongside 007.
4. Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh) (Tomorrow
Never Dies)
While she wasn't
the first Bond Girl to do so, Yeoh's Wai Lin is one of the few Bond
girls who can rival Bond as a secret agent. In fact, Wai Lin might
even be Bond's superior. She doesn't even really need 007 because she
is very much capable of taking care of herself.
3.
Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) (The Spy who Loved Me)
Like Wai Lin, Agent
XXX is in every way Bond's equal. What makes her superior to Wai Lin
is her own revenge storyline when she learns that Bond had killed her
lover (during the opening sequence of the film), which creates some
great romantic tension between them. Of course, like any great Bond
girl, Bach has terrific chemistry with the leading Bond of the film,
in this case Roger Moore.
2.
Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) (Casino Royale)
Vesper is one of
two Bond girls who ever stole the heart of '007', and probably the
most complex Bond girl to date. When it is discovered that she
betrayed him, it not only destroys Bond on a mental level, it drives
him throughout 'Quantum of Solace' because he did truly love her. On
top of that, Green has fantastic chemistry with Craig.
1.
Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg) (On Her Majesty's
Secret Service)
It takes a special
girl to not only be the love interest of Bond in a Bond movie, but to
also be the only one he ever popped the question to. That honor
belongs to Diana Rigg's Tracy, and while it's sadly true that their
relationship ends on a tragic note, the film took its time to build
up their relationship just to break our hearts when it ends. That
final scene is not only the saddest moment in any Bond film, but one
of the saddest moments ever put on film.
NEXT UP: MY TOP 5 WORST BOND FILMS OF
ALL TIME
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