There have been 26 James Bond movies, in which agent 007 clashes with various nefarious forces and invariably saves the world. Whether a good villain, or even a good plot, is crucial to the success of a Bond film is debatable, as some people watch them for James Bond himself, the Bond girls, the gadgets, or the action. Or even just out of habit. Esquire identified 104 Bond villains worthy of note and ranked them from the lamest to the most awesome. Looking through the list can be an exercise in nostalgia, and the villains you forgot about are just as wacky as they ever were, like the Three Blind Mice.
The Film: Dr. No
The Actors: Eric Coverly, Charles Edghill, and Henry Lopez
The Basics: A trio of assassins who pose as blind beggars
Noteworthy for being the first Bond villains we see on screen, these three putter around Jamaica pretending to be blind so they can sneak up on their victims and pump them full of lead. One of their hits brings Bond into the plot. He returns the favor by sending them driving off a cliff to a fiery death. "I think they were on their way to a funeral," Bond quips.
No, I won't say where they ranked (the three are counted as one villain), but you can read about all 104 Bond villains at Esquire. -via Boing Boing