Bond at 50: The "Good" Bond Girls

 This is the toughest list of them all, so to make things easier, only included in the list are the "good" bond girls, and there will be a latter list for the henchwomen. I can't emphasise how hard a top 5 is, although Ekland looked incredible in "that" bikini she couldn't act, Izabelle Scorupco seemed to have everything but she didn't quite make it, Carole Bouquet has everything except personality, Ursula Andress was "THE" original bond girl and Denise Richards erm, well she was hot...

5. Solitaire (Jane Seymour, Live and Let Die)

 Jane Seymour just about gets on to the list in her role as "Solitaire". The tarot card reader whose powers lie in her virginity. Of course Bond manipulates her completely in order to get her into bed, which is portrayed on screeen in a completely misogynistic manner. Still she's superbly naive to Moore's double-entendre's and rye lines and she looks beautiful throughout the film. Seymour was one of the few Bond girls to forge a successful post-Bond career, and still maintains her good looks today.

4. Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach, The Spy Who Loved Me)

 Mrs. Ringo Starr is possibly the most attractive of all the Bond girls. She was also developed as a character to match Bond, as she plays his KGB counterpart. Despite having one of the better roles of a Bond girls, her acting skills leave much to be desired. Still, it doesn't matter as she wears some of the most provocative outfits of the Bond series. Another who starred opposite Moore, and as such got the brunt of his cheesy one liners and puns, which make her status as a Bond girl all the Moore impressive.

3. Tracy Di Vicenzo (Dame Diana Rigg, On Her Majesty's Secret Service)

 The only true Bond girl, in the sense that she married him. It's believable and easy to see why, as she is a strong willed woman, who manages to hold her own and equal Bond in the charm department. Though Tracy isn't the most attractive of the Bond girls, she has intelligence and personality that few of the early Bond girls match. Her fatal and poignant ending is one of the most memorable and admired scenes from the franchise. She's yet another element as to why On Her Majesty's Secret Service is one of the best Bond films.

2. Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman, Goldfinger)

 The most famously named Bond girl, and because of it the most recognised. Despite her ridiculous name, she is definetly one of the more interesting Bond girls, as a part of Auric Goldfinger's crew of female pilots. Her sexuality, like her morality, is implicitly questionable to say the least, despite this Bond manages to seduce her in the stables. She is one of the most strong-willed of the Bond girls, as well as being one of the most aesthetically pleasing. It's interesting to note that 8 years earlier Honor Blackman was the star and Sean Connery an extra in the Titanic-based film A Night to Remember. Honor Blackman is now 84, but still looks remarkably good for her age.

1. Vesper Lynd (Eva Green, Casino Royale)
 For me, I think Vesper Lynd pips, as not only is she a great Bond girl, but her character goes some way in shaping the man Bond would become. Another independant Bond girl, but who comes across as incredibly feminine at the same time. She at times appears emotionally fragile (as too does Bond himself), but is able maintain her composure when it matters most. She also has her own wit and charm, as well as intelligence and guile. She's the first woman Bond falls in love with, and her demise is what shapes the Bond we know and love. Eva Green is one of the most perfectly proportioned women in film today, and therefore is one of the best looking Bond girls. A great acheivment in making a Bond girl, that encompasses all the good that came before her, and a benchmark for those who follow.