I noticed something about Bond Film quality versus Trope-iness

Which is to say, I think there are some great Bond Films that don't really feel weighed down by The Formula (From Russia With Love, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Casino Royale), and I feel that there are some other Bond Films that are great because they executed The Formula so very well (Goldfinger, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me).  There are some films that are just awful, yes, but there are others that wound up falling flat on their faces because they tried to be "tropey" and "not tropey" at the same time (The World is Not Enough, Skyfall).


So anyway, I plotted out this curve.  You might disagree with where I've placed each film, but I do think that basically every Bond Film can be placed on this curve.

Addenda: I will never apologize for thinking Skyfall is a schizophrenic mess. If they wanted to do a Serious Bond Film in the style of OHMSS or Casino Royale, they should have done that. If they wanted to do The 50th Anniversary Bond Movie, they should have done that. They tried to do both, and I'm sorry-not-sorry that I'm the only one who can see the result is a style-over-substance pile of cack.