Poll: The Best James Bond
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Brosnan, Dalton and Craig.
Hard to judge Lazenby as he only did the 1 (I think).
Moore's Bond was contained too slapstick and innuedo.
I'd like to see a Bond portrayed in the the same way as the bond but not convinced that would go down well with people these days.
Hard to judge Lazenby as he only did the 1 (I think).
Moore's Bond was contained too slapstick and innuedo.
I'd like to see a Bond portrayed in the the same way as the bond but not convinced that would go down well with people these days.
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You just dont get lines like "No Mr. bond, I expect you to die" in the newer movies.
Yes the DC movies are the better movies overall, but they, as others have said are far too serious compared to the historic James Bond films for me.
Yes the DC movies are the better movies overall, but they, as others have said are far too serious compared to the historic James Bond films for me.
I’m a fan of Brosnan, Goldeneye is one of my favourite Bond movies. He was actually lined up to be Bond instead of Dalton but couldn’t get out of his Remington Steele contract in the US. He could have easily had a ten year run if they didn’t go so stupid with the invisible car and DNA altering surgery.
I think they felt they had to go far over to the serious side after the gimmicks of the later films and the success of the likes of The Bourne Trilogy and other more visceral movies. It certainly seems to have worked.
Exactly. Think Kingsman was a very on the nose rebuttal of modern Bond films. I like them well enough, but they do tend to think far too highly of themselves, especially that last one which was pure drivel.
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I do want to actually. After hearing good things about the night manager, I managed to obtain a copy from a charity shop but never got round to reading it. Both the Night Manager & Tinker Tailor soldier spy are on Amazon prime Video right now, so they will end up being this weekends viewing!
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Connery
Brosnan
Dalton
Moore
Lazenby
Would have liked more of lazenby and daltrey.
haven’t managed a full DC Bond movie. He’s far too poe faced and just a Jason Bourne wannabe (yea yes I know it’s the other way round)
For me Connery had style, panache, charisma and a little ‘je ne sais quoi’
Daltrey and Brosnan were more ‘sinister’ and threatening, Dalton more so but Goldeneye on it’s own elevates Brosnans position imo. For me, the traits those 3 brought to Bond seemed to come much more naturally to them. Craig, while trying to be moody and broody, suave etc it just seems forced. Plus he generally gives me the squits just watching him lol
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Brosnan
Dalton
Moore
Lazenby
Would have liked more of lazenby and daltrey.
haven’t managed a full DC Bond movie. He’s far too poe faced and just a Jason Bourne wannabe (yea yes I know it’s the other way round)
For me Connery had style, panache, charisma and a little ‘je ne sais quoi’
Daltrey and Brosnan were more ‘sinister’ and threatening, Dalton more so but Goldeneye on it’s own elevates Brosnans position imo. For me, the traits those 3 brought to Bond seemed to come much more naturally to them. Craig, while trying to be moody and broody, suave etc it just seems forced. Plus he generally gives me the squits just watching him lol
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Roger Moore for me! (he also played The Saint).
My favourite Bond film is Live and Let Die. I like the old films best anyway. 'Old' as in early 60s to the late 80s, with the action-packed films starting with Goldfinger. I like them for car chases and explosions, very much raw footage and stunts back then rather than the CGI you see nowadays. For the new films, 'new' as in 1995-present, I liked Golden Eye and the World is Not Enough, but in the 2000s onwards, they get a bit too serious for me. Skyfall was good seeing on the big screen though for its action sequences and that train derailment scene.
My favourite Bond girl was the main one from You Only Live Twice (Japanese girl).
My favourite Bond film is Live and Let Die. I like the old films best anyway. 'Old' as in early 60s to the late 80s, with the action-packed films starting with Goldfinger. I like them for car chases and explosions, very much raw footage and stunts back then rather than the CGI you see nowadays. For the new films, 'new' as in 1995-present, I liked Golden Eye and the World is Not Enough, but in the 2000s onwards, they get a bit too serious for me. Skyfall was good seeing on the big screen though for its action sequences and that train derailment scene.
My favourite Bond girl was the main one from You Only Live Twice (Japanese girl).
Dalton for me.
Was Dalton not considered for OHMSS but way too young, I think if say this had happened, the 70's Bond films would have been very different.
Moonraker film is duff, but the book is great - 50's paranoia. I really liked Fleming's short stories - A View to a Kill and Living Daylights are really good reads.
Was Dalton not considered for OHMSS but way too young, I think if say this had happened, the 70's Bond films would have been very different.
- Connery is awesome, oozes charisma, I think the first four films, up to Thunderball are great - from then on Connery loses interest, living the good life and a bit paunchy (You Only Live Twice and Diamonds are Forever).
- Lazenby was excellent and still to this day; one of the best bond films.
- Craig is a great interpretation for modern times, brilliant fight scenes. A real bruiser, just the films are a bit marmite, a couple of excellent and then, trying to make the plots too clever (Quantum, Spectre). I just like the idea that Bond is fighting an organisation and dispatches his enemies on the way.
- Roger Moore, made some brilliant films, and some awful. Octapussy was just nonsense (like Moonraker). Although these two films have amazing openers. If Roger had quit after For Your Eyes Only (his best by a mile). A View to a Kill is not that bad a film, only Roger is showing his age. One thing for Roger's films the stunts were the real deal, no CGI nonsense.
- Pierce Brosnan, apologies my least favourite. Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies, I really enjoyed, the rest got silly.
Moonraker film is duff, but the book is great - 50's paranoia. I really liked Fleming's short stories - A View to a Kill and Living Daylights are really good reads.
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What was serious and bland about stealing water?
don't forget the hollywood writers strike shafted everything after Casino Royale and the hash job the director and actors managed to cobble together has created problems later plots then had to try to unvravel. It's a shame as given how good CR was I think they could have really been something special instead of the damb squib that got released instead.
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Head - Connery
Heart - Moore
Heart - Moore
same goes for Tom Clancy books not written by TC.
I've only read a few IF books but they were in a set of reader's digest at a holiday cottage many many years ago and I'd be lying if I said I could remember them in enough detail. I just remember it being very short, which was possibly due to the RD format.
Yeah - the darker interpretations both in acting and script are much better when they portray him as ruthless when he needs to be - somehow even those Craig's interpretation is at times quite extreme it doesn't have that same darkness to it. Bond should be a weapon where the only redeeming feature is the end goal.
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Timothy Dalton.