Who is your favorite James Bond? Also, what's your favorite Bond film?

Who is your favorite James Bond?

  • Sean Connery

  • George Lazenby

  • Roger Moore

  • Timothy Dalton

  • Pierce Brosnan

  • Daniel Craig

  • David Niven

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Gotta go with Craig and Casino Royale.

Honestly, I don't really give a shit about the Bond films outside of his. A while back I tried to give the Brosnan movies another go and they were even worse than I remembered.
 
Dr No
GoldenEye
On her Majesty's secret service

Craig has only had one good Bond movie and it is in the lower half of the top 10.
 
I'd love to have a serious discussion about Skyfall sometime but I'm four years too late and didn't frequent Mayberry back in 2012. There were reasons I stayed away, and I've warmed up to it significantly since the end of 2015.

But basically, the premise of my Skyfall discussion is that it's actually a Western, and not a spy film or action movie or any of that.
 
jeicex said:
Also, there is no real "wrong" selection here. I can make a good argument for most of the Bonds, but Roger Moore stands above thanks to his Bond film library.

But if you preferred Lazenby, you may need give a good explanation, and if you preferred Niven, you're probably trolling the poll but I put the option up so that's on me.
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I thought Lazenby had potential. It's too bad he got talked out of later roles. On Her Majesty's Secret Service was on one of the movie channels yesterday.
 
soggyfist said:
I thought Lazenby had potential. It's too bad he got talked out of later roles. On Her Majesty's Secret Service was on one of the movie channels yesterday.
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I agree, he could have grown into a solid Bond. The problem he faced is that his debut performance wasn't particularly noteworthy, compared to the debuts of the others. Connery in Dr. No, Moore in Live and Let Die, Dalton in Living Daylights, Brosnan in GoldenEye, Craig in Casino Royale. They all started off running, while Lazenby was too blase and indifferent throughout the film. I know he wasn't an actor and was a model, but it's all relative when discussing Bonds.
 
I'll go with Timothy Dalton and License to Kill as my favorite Bond film.
 
Each Bond had some redeeming characteristics, and I like to summarize them as what character they embody.

Connery: All around badass, could charm, kill, or be manly
Lazenby: Dashing and charming
Moore: Suave and sophisticated, an incredibly smooth talker and brought a lighter element to the Bonds but could flip that kill switch and murder a whole bunch of people
Dalton: An assassin, betrayed and out for revenge kicking all the asses along the way
Brosnan: An action movie star, which can be cool
Craig: Tough, strong rookie thrown into the deep end trying to prove himself to the agency, and has several very different Bond performances as his films were much more diverse than the others
 
jeicex said:
I'd love to have a serious discussion about Skyfall sometime but I'm four years too late and didn't frequent Mayberry back in 2012. There were reasons I stayed away, and I've warmed up to it significantly since the end of 2015.

But basically, the premise of my Skyfall discussion is that it's actually a Western, and not a spy film or action movie or any of that.
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That's interesting. What makes you say that?
 
Sean Connery is the only answer.

Goldfinger FTW!
 
jeicex said:
Each Bond had some redeeming characteristics, and I like to summarize them as what character they embody.

Connery: All around badass, could charm, kill, or be manly
Lazenby: Dashing and charming
Moore: Suave and sophisticated, an incredibly smooth talker and brought a lighter element to the Bonds but could flip that kill switch and murder a whole bunch of people
Dalton: An assassin, betrayed and out for revenge kicking all the asses along the way
Brosnan: An action movie star, which can be cool
Craig: Tough, strong rookie thrown into the deep end trying to prove himself to the agency, and has several very different Bond performances as his films were much more diverse than the others
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By your breakdown, it's safe to assume that Craig's Bond is the prequel to Dalton's tired agent Bond.
 
loyalyolayal said:
By your breakdown, it's safe to assume that Craig's Bond is the prequel to Dalton's tired agent Bond.
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Craig is the reboot of all Bonds, in fact Casino Royale is his first mission. That's not a spoiler, it's just how they did it. While it is a little difficult to have a reboot of Bond with the technology of today and not of the 60s when they started, anachronism aside, they really pushed the boundaries of what Bond was. There was a lot more character development in the Craigs than the rest, because in the others, Bond was pretty established as "this is the guy". Craig was a lot more raw and gritty.
 
jeicex said:
Craig is the reboot of all Bonds, in fact Casino Royale is his first mission. That's not a spoiler, it's just how they did it. While it is a little difficult to have a reboot of Bond with the technology of today and not of the 60s when they started, anachronism aside, they really pushed the boundaries of what Bond was. There was a lot more character development in the Craigs than the rest, because in the others, Bond was pretty established as "this is the guy". Craig was a lot more raw and gritty.
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Yeah. Reboot as it is, Craig's Bond would probably end up closer to Dalton's than to Moore's a couple dozen missions down the road. That's how I look at it anyway.
 
loyalyolayal said:
Yeah. Reboot as it is, Craig's Bond would probably end up closer to Dalton's than to Moore's a couple dozen missions down the road. That's how I look at it anyway.
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I think you're right. He had a much more bitter tone as the series progressed, and it's understandable given the nonsense he's been through with his agency the past four films.
 
jeicex said:
I think you're right. He had a much more bitter tone as the series progressed, and it's understandable given the nonsense he's been through with his agency the past four films.
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I want Craig's Bond to die with him. Like be the quintessential Bond for a generation or 2. We could see how Craig/Bond age & how he would deal with the scenarios in each film in the series. Would he end up being a handler? An independent contractor? Replace M? Rogue? Switch side? The potential is endless...Until the next reboot of course by a transsexual minority playing Bond. Because it's inevitable.
 
Huge Bond fan here.
Sean Connery defined the role and set the standard for what Bond is, so much so that the ian flemming made Bond Scottish just because of him. So in that way i guess my vote will go to him but i do love Craig as a close second. Timothy Dalton was really dark and cold kind of like Craig beyond Casino Royal but too much of him wouldn't have been a good idea for the franchise. Lazenby breaks my heart because he had the most potential of them all. He looked the part and played the part very well but it was so short lived! Moore and Brosnan are tied for absolute worst. Brosnans films were garbage and so over the top it was hard to take seriously. Moor was great in the beginning but he became way too much of a comedic Bond for my liking near the end of his run.
 
loyalyolayal said:
Yeah. Reboot as it is, Craig's Bond would probably end up closer to Dalton's than to Moore's a couple dozen missions down the road. That's how I look at it anyway.
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The idea is that he will become more like Sean Connery's Bond after Casino Royal. That movie is laying the framework for what made Bond the way he was in the first place. The cold hearted, womanizing, romancer, seasoned assassin. It's all leading up to what Connery was, especially when you consider the reintroduction of Specter. It's trying to bring it back to that Bond. It wouldn't make sense for Craig's Bond to die with him, it goes completely against the purpose of his run at the franchise.
 
loyalyolayal said:
Until the next reboot of course by a transsexual minority playing Bond. Because it's inevitable.
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1.) sean connery
2.) daniel craig
3.) bronson
4.) moore
5.) niven
6.) dalton
7.) george lazenby

although this might be an unpopular opinion, i found roger moore's portrayal of bond to be almost as goofy as niven's comedy version of the same [lel] character; the films are rife with tired gags, terrible action scenes and unbelievable love scenes between a nate-diaz-titted moore (old) and beautiful women. the spy who loved me was a good film, but when looking at the whole of his work as bond, it's a bit of an outlier.

bronson is largely credited as taking the bond series out of the shit-pit that were the dalton years. . . i agree, for the most part, only after the success that was goldeneye, fuck happened? a bunch of tired films, with shitty co-stars, cheesy villains (i wont lie: i liked renard), terrible co-stars culminating in one of the worst bond films of all-time: die another day.

dalton wasn't very good. lazerby is barely considered. niven is a joke (literally).

at the end of the day, sean was in the best bond films. from russia with love is STILL the best bond film even after all these years, and dr. no is a close second, followed by goldfinger, so yeah, there isn't much of a debate [from my end]. craig was good though. he was the best bond in terms of action sequences and being believable as an action spy (sean had some good judo though).

best bond theme: moonraker by bassey
 
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