Fun with Polls – Best Bond Girl

Welcome Back To James Bond Fun With Polls Week!

Today, we are going in a different direction. While the last two days have featured videos, today’s poll features pics. Pics of hot girls.

Now, I should say that these are not just any girls. These are BOND GIRLS and that phrase has a special meaning all to itself. A Bond Girl is not just a girl that has been in a James Bond movie. Numerous publications before the internet and websites after the internet was invented made the mistake (purposefully or not) of calling any girl that was in one of the movies a Bond Girl.

I call Bullshit.

A Bond Girl, in my opinion, has to be the main protagonist/ antagonist in the film. She is usually strong, intelligent, and capable of matching James Bond in many ways. Like Bond, she also has weaknesses which cause her to fall into peril.

Before we get started, I want to report yesterday’s results. You were able to vote for up to five films for Best Title Credits Sequence. The top vote-getter was: Goldfinger. The top six were:

  • Goldfinger – 18 votes
  • From Russia With Love – 11 votes
  • Casino Royale – 9 votes
  • Live And Let Die – 8 votes
  • The Spy Who Loved Me – 5 votes
  • Goldeneye – 5 votes

Sorry, Brick! Downfield Matriculator is 2/5ths of the way towards being correct in his prediction that Goldfinger would sweep the week.

Back to today’s task. You are to evaluate the Bond Girl in each film and pick your favourite. You will notice that some films have two Bond Girls. For those, I have carefully evaluated the merits of the characters to determine if they deserve equal billing. I will explain my rationale for inclusion for each candidate for those special situations.

As with yesterday, another way to evaluate them is the 12-year old boy method: Which one has the nicest boobies and butts?

I’m not here to tell you how to vote. You do you.

As before, you will get a chance to vote for five films. The top vote-getter wins.

In chronological order,

Dr. No – Honey Ryder – Ursula Andress
From Russia With Love – Tatiana Romanova – Daniela Bianchi
Goldfinger – Pussy Galore – Honor Blackman

Yes, the Masterson sisters did have substantial parts in the film, but their screen time and, more importantly, their contribution to the overall film were both inferior to Pussy Galore’s

Thunderball – Domino Vitali – Claudine Auger
You Only Live Twice – Aki – Akiko Wakabayashi

This movie featured two female leads, Aki and Kissy Suzuki. I’m giving the nod to Aki as her role is more substantial and integral to the film. Fun fact: the actresses were originally supposed to play each other’s roles, Akiko spoke English better, so she got the more substantial part instead. She also got the writers to rename the character “Aki” to match her name.

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – Tracy Di Vicenzo – Diana Rigg
Diamonds Are Forever – Tiffany Case – Jill St. John
Live And Let Die – Solitaire – Jane Seymour
The Man With The Golden Gun – Mary Goodnight – Britt Ekland
The Spy Who Loved Me – Anya Amasova – Barbara Bach
Moonraker – Holly Goodhead – Lois Chiles
For Your Eyes Only – Melina Havelock – Carole Bouquet
Octopussy – Octopussy – Maud Adams
Never Say Never Again – Fatima Blush – Barbara Carrera
A View To A Kill – Stacey Sutton – Tanya Roberts

Yes, Grace Jones plays May Day and had a substantial part in the film, but the story really revolves around Tanya’s Stacey and how her pursuit of justice leads to Zorin’s downfall. Gotta give it to Stacey.

The Living Daylights – Kara Milovy – Maryam d’Abo
Licence To Kill – Pam Bouvier – Carey Lowell
Licence To Kill – Lupe Lamora – Talisa Soto

Yes, this is our first film with two candidates! Honestly, both characters are strong women and contribute equally to the development and resolution of the plot. They each stand on their own, so they should each be considered a true Bond Girl.

Goldeneye – Xenia Onatopp – Famke Janssen
Goldeneye – Natalya Simonova – Izabella Scorupto

Once more, we have two Bond Girls in the same film. One is a protagonist and the other an antagonist. Both are integral to the story.

Tomorrow Never Dies – Wai Lin – Michelle Yeoh

Teri Hatcher got equal or top billing in the marketing, but in reality that was a racist appeal to white people in the US and Europe. Michelle Yeoh is the real star of the film and holds her own with James Bond.

The World Is Not Enough – Elektra King – Sophie Marceau

Yes, Denise Richards as Dr. Christmas Jones was hilarious eye candy and gave us the awesome ending line about Christmas only coming once a year, but she is not a Bond Girl.

Die Another Day – Jinx – Halle Berry
Die Another Day – Miranda Frost – Rosamund Pike

So sue me, I like Rosamund Pike, ok? Listen, I think she took her smaller part and actually out-acted Oscar-winner Halle Berry. She deserves consideration as another brilliant antagonist.

Casino Royale – Vesper Lynd – Eva Green
Quantum of Solace – Camille Montes – Olga Kurylenko
Skyfall – M – Judy Dench

This may seem like a controversial pick, but I’m sorry THE WHOLE MOVIE IS ABOUT HER! It absolutely HAS to be her.

Spectre – Madeleine Swann – Lèa Seydoux

The poll is below and will be open until midnight Pacific time.

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herodotus450

I see Christmas didn’t come to this party.

yeah right

As one of the resident old bastards, the first Bond movie I saw was Goldfinger. At the drive in. When it first came out!

My favorite is probably Live and Let Die, although I really liked You Only Live Twice also.

Just Lurking

What’s a drive in?
-millenials

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Also
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Sharkbait

I should have done martinis this week. DAMNIT!

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Oh man, Diana Rigg.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

I would argue that Gloria Hendry deserves a nod from Live and Let Die
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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Yes.

SonOfSpam

Three votes so far for Judi Dench? AW YEAH!

(Mine was Jane Seymour, who can still get it even though she’s like 90)

litre_cola

Had to.

Unsurprised

Izabella Scorupto really is deeply underrated as a Bond girl and in general. Oh well.

The Dalton movies were so gloriously perfect 80s nonsense with hot women.

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem

I love me some Rosamund Pike, but saying that she out-acted Halle Berry is like saying Heath Schuler outplayed Akili Smith – technically true, but not really saying much.

In this analogy, Cher is Nathan Peterman

Unsurprised

Further evidence that Skyfall is a crap movie.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Judi Dench looks like she’s been drinking vodka for breakfast for the past 40 years.

/looks at calendar

You say that like it’s a bad thing.

Brick Meathook

“Pussy Galore” is hands-down the best Bond Girl name, but let’s face it Honor Blackman is pretty average looking. The main draw of her character is that she is a bitter lesbian but fortunately 007 cures her of that nonsense.

I have yet to see how Maud Adams was ever considered attractive by anyone at any time.

Judi Dench looks like she’s been drinking vodka for breakfast for the past 40 years. Plus she was a lousy “M”.

Jill St. John is the Best Bond Girl Ever, and this is a well-established fact. Plenty O’Toole certainly rocks the house in her brief appearance before she goes swimming.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Jill St. John is an ugly cow who can’t act; fact. Maude Adams is the Best Bond Girl Ever, and this is a well-established fact.

Game Time Decision

This is the hardest poll yet.

theeWeeBabySeamus

That’s what your mom said….LAST NIGHT!!!!
Suck it, Trebek.

Game Time Decision

As long as you help her around the house, she’s all yours.

theeWeeBabySeamus

LOL. I am actually quite domestic.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Tanya Roberts is the only right answer so I am placing only one vote.

theeWeeBabySeamus

OK fine, Eva Green ain’t so bad neither.

LemonJello

Fitting that the poll is up on time for the Bond Girls.

ArmedandHammered

I know she isn’t really a bond girl, but I really have a hard place in my “heart” for Plenty O’Toole from Diamonds are Forever, she needed a lot more screen time.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Yes.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Yes.

nomonkeyfun

I would vote for Honor Blackman 5 times, or however many votes we get if that were allowed.

But, I wouldn’t mind “suffering” the fate on Famke Janssen’s conquests.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I’m OK with that.