Sean Connery |
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38.1% (83) |
Roger Moore |
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6% (13) |
Timothy Dalton |
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3.7% (8) |
Pierce Brosnan |
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18.3% (40) |
Daniel Craig |
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33.9% (74) |
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Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4485 Joined: 25 Feb 2008     | |
BANNED  Posts: 99 Joined: 25 Oct 2008    | Timothy Dalton he was my all time fav User was banned for: Why women wear tight dresses?. (Permanent) |
Paperboy  Posts: 39 Joined: 8 Oct 2008   |
HAHAHA! SNL, haha. Roger Moore wins. Hands down! |
BANNED  Posts: 3486 Joined: 25 Aug 2008    | It's good to see Sir Sean is still the top. Plus, the new Bond movies are losing their... style. They cater to a "modern" audience which means less subtlety and more explosions, car chases and general WHOA! than was in the previous films. They don't even compare to the books anyhoo. Sighs User was banned for: The Second Annual Escapist Election: Part 1: Presidential Primaries. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3752 Joined: 6 Feb 2008   | A Covalent Bond. [/geeky science joke] |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 356 Joined: 28 Aug 2008     | Toss up between Connery and Moore. Both had the Bond character just right, however, i'll go for Connery, just because he showed Bond's cold, cruel streak which is now sadly missing. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 360 Joined: 5 Mar 2008    | Connery, then Craig. Pierce Brosnan was a horrible Bond IMO, at least for all the movies after Goldeneye, that was the only decent one. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1113 Joined: 19 May 2008   | I happen to think that Moore encompasses most of the traits that make Bond... Bond. Connery is the most bad-ass hands down, but I think he's a little rough around the edges. He plays Bond like Bogart would play him. It's cool, but I don't feel the character is like that. On the other hand, Brosnan is all British charm and ladies' man, but you get the feel like he has a double to do every scene that isn't pleasin' the ladies. Lazenby and Dalton don't work for me. Dalton doesn't look like an Englishman (or a hero) and Lazenby... I dunno. He just wasn't convinving to me. I haven't seen the new one, so I can't really say anything about Craig. So while Moore is definitly one of the "softer" Bonds, I think his portrayal of the character hits most of the marks while not topping any of them. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1685 Joined: 13 Jul 2008   | I said pierce brosnan, but only becaause he's the only one i've ever seen in a movie. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2768 Joined: 18 Sep 2007   | It was a toss-up between Connery and Craig for me; both capture the "elegant thug" aspect very well, whereas most of the other Bonds forgot the "thug" part. In the end I came down in favour of Craig because he came closest to the Bond in the novels... though it was pretty much a coin flip. That being said, I enjoyed Lazenby's performance and thought that On Her Majesty's Secret Service was one of the better Bond films... he just needed to look a bit more like a killer and I'd have put him up with Connery. -- Steve |
BANNED  Posts: 117 Joined: 15 Oct 2008   | I come from the 80s. Roger Moore User was banned for: A Black President in 80% Caucasian Country. (Permanent) |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 767 Joined: 30 Nov 2007  |
I was torn for the same reasons you were. In the end, I have to go with Craig because I think he's heads and shoulders above Connery as an actor, if only his equal as a visual icon. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3274 Joined: 10 Oct 2008  |
Go watch all of the Connery Bond movies, then come back and tell us your opinion. Connery wipes the floor with Moore. |
Paperboy  Posts: 26 Joined: 17 Apr 2008 | I watch Bond films for the comedy. Moore Wins. AFAIS Craig manages to take away all the balls from a Bond movie. I mean come on. They are playing Poker and no plot to destroy the world... Connery is classic. Close second. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 155 Joined: 11 Sep 2008  | The new guy. |
Beat Writer Posts: 163 Joined: 14 Apr 2008     | Craig, mainly because his Bond is a lot more believable. |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 10 Joined: 19 Sep 2008 | Daniel Craig. Guy's got style. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 643 Joined: 27 Mar 2008   | Interesting range of opinions in here. My first Bond was Roger Moore in View to a Kill and while I was young I preferred his movies.
That's what I'm talking about! I, too, liked Secret Service more than most people; partly because it stuck very close to the book. Even the unhappy ending. It's a shame they kept working Blofeld into every movie in those days, I was annoyed to see his people show up in From Russia With Love. |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire  Posts: 10303 Joined: 28 Nov 2007    | Daniel Craig right now, subject to change if his next movie bombs. My personal order: 1. Daniel Craig |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1154 Joined: 10 Aug 2008 | Adam West... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1390 Joined: 3 Apr 2008    | who was the first guy to do it?? in the 90's he was pretty good. (i think it was the 90's) |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1154 Joined: 10 Aug 2008 | ...just kidding. I like Sean Connery the best. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1154 Joined: 10 Aug 2008 |
Damn it...you forgot Adam West (he can take the place of a rock)!!! |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire Posts: 10303 Joined: 28 Nov 2007 |
...That would be the 60's. And to any interested, I am currently working on a series of movie reviews featuring the entire series. Next is Goldfinger. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2768 Joined: 18 Sep 2007 | If I had to criticise the other Bonds: Dalton was actually pretty good, just not well-served by the scripts and maybe a touch too "flip". Both made it difficult to believe that his Bond could actually be hurt, and that robbed his movies of a lot of the dramatic potential. Moore had great charisma and did an excellent job portraying the "playboy" aspect but sometimes it was tough to see him as the stone-killer he needed to be as a 00-level agent. When he did hit that (certain scenes in Golden Gun and Live and Let Die, for instance) he was great; when he was too much the fashion plate (View to a Kill) or carrying on with a smirk that was lost. Moore also had to endure the most "cartoony" scripts of the series, Moonraker most notably in that list. Brosnan was just too polished. I like him very much as a person and actor, but as Bond he was too smooth. Also, I'm sad to say, Brosnan was a victim of the gadget mentality in scripts to a greater degree than Moore though at least he didn't have to fight a villain who could survive reentry. -- Steve |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1390 Joined: 3 Apr 2008 |
thanks so whats his name? because that was good stuff |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire Posts: 10303 Joined: 28 Nov 2007 |
That would be Sir Sean Connery. The one in the 90's was Pierce Brosnan. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 657 Joined: 8 Jul 2008  | Favorite movie was Octopussy, because they had their epic fight on a circus train. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1390 Joined: 3 Apr 2008 |
thanks a million |
Muckraker  Posts: 231 Joined: 10 Oct 2008 | Sean Connery has a cool accent. I think it's ridiculous that he isn't even British....YEAH! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1569 Joined: 26 Mar 2008 | Pierce Brosnan for mine; he's everything James Bond should be, suave, sophisticated, witty and capable of handling himself. Sean Connery was also brilliant, I just didn't find him as smooth as Brosnan. Roger Moore did a decent job; he nailed Bond's smart-arse side but just didn't seem as physically intimidating as some of the others. Which brings me to Daniel Craig. Initially I was sceptical because he looked too rough to be your typical Bond, however he brings a certain amount of rawness and brutality to the role which I think is a welcome change. If you are up against a Her Magesty's finest you would expect to be in for the fight of your life and that's where Daniel Craig delivers. |
Paperboy  Posts: 14 Joined: 6 Oct 2008    | My two favorites are Sean Connery and Roger Moore. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3105 Joined: 28 May 2008   | Daniel Craig. Casino Royale is the only Bond film I could honestly say I liked. Just found the others far too cheesy. |
Paperboy  Posts: 30 Joined: 27 Oct 2008   | I'm sorry, but wtf is with all the people voting for Daniel Craig?! Sure, Casino Royale was a great film and he did quite a good job in it but it wasn't amazing. Just because the last few Brosnan ones were a bit naff doesn't mean you can go around declaring Casino to be the greatest Bond movie ever and Craig to be the "chosen one". It wasn't the grittiest Bond flick, it wasn't the most realistic, it wasn't the most faithful to the novels, it didn't have the strongest villain(s), hell, it didn't even have the hottest Bond girls (absolute crackers though in fairness, as you'd expect). So now, go off and watch the other 20 films and see the error of your ways or else come up with a damn good justification of picking Craig over the others. Okay, rant over. Sorry, this is one of the few issues I actually have a strong opinion on :P |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 608 Joined: 6 Oct 2008  |
Seconded. And thank you. But alas, off to actually watch casino royale now for a refresher course on the votes on this thread lol |
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Connery.
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