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I think the biggest knock on Brosnan is how easily most people have accepted Craig and how well he's doing in the rebooted universe.
Lazenby was a good Bond, who had the misfortune to have to follow up Connery. Poor guy never really had a chance.
Likewise, Dalton followed up Moore. I think that movies in general, and James bond in specific, really suffered in the 70s, and most of Moore's work is campy crap, but he held the role for so long that, again, people weren't ready for the transition to Dalton. Moore's movies improved towards the end, with For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy being at least plausible spy movies (whereas The Spy Who Loved me and Moonraker both featured villains who's motive was to destroy the world (?) and a henchman whose preferred method of killing people was to bite them (??))
The fact that (most) people likehow Craig's doing the role indicates, to me, that he's not being perceived as taking Brosnan's place. If that's the case, was it ever really Brosnan's place? I think his movies suffered from growing ever more unrealistic and bizarre, with villains in subsequent movies that had bullet-in-the-head based immunity to pain, and diamonds-in-the-face based powers (seriously, why not remove them?) In my view, the movies are better when there's at least some degree of plausibility involved.
My first Bond memories (actually seeing them in a theater) were in 1983, when we got to see head-to-head competition between Moore and Connery with dueling releases of the "official" Octopussy, and the non-official Thunderball remake, Never Say Never Again. I think Octopussy was the stronger movie. I think I was in 6th grade. We had to do book reports, and so I tried to do one on one of the Bond books - my teacher said there was stuff in there that was inappropriate for my age though...
My dad and I go to see each movie, it's probably the only time he goes to see a movie.
My favourites with each actor:
Goldfinger
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
For Your Eyes Only
License to Kill
Tomorrow Never Dies
Casino Royale
Albatross wrote: I liked 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' if that helps?
Agreed, the TTSS film and TV series were excellent. All bond films are silly OTT nonsense, even the 'realistic' ones. With that in mind I plumped for Roger Moore. You just can't top this stuff on a bank holiday afternoon. J.W. Pepper is my favourite recurring minor Bond character.
David Niven is one of the finest actors we have ever seen. It speaks volumes for this site that he received zero votes. Shame on you all!!
I'll argue the case for Moore a little bit more: The idea of somebody taking on Dr Evil style warlords and super villians is pretty absurd when you think about it. Fleming hints at this in the books, and Moore knows it. Hence the eyebrow. Besides, there is nothing wrong with the saint (great show) and I will arm wrestle anybody who says otherwise!!
As for Sean, he said Mish Moneypenny, and for that, I will always laugh. Plus his early bonds are ace, in particular Russia with love due to the stellar performance of Robert Shaw.
I'm with Meangreen when it comes to Goldeneye - great fight scene between Brosnan and Bean. IMO probably one of cinema's best.
As for Craig, well Casino Royale was the mutt's nuts, but Qauntum stunk the place up. I've got high hopes for skyfall.
As for the others, I rate Dalton (probably the only person) and on her Majesty's secret service is probably the truest to the books. Plus it's got Savalas in it.
Rant over.
Automatically Appended Next Post: I second what George Spriggot said.
JW Pepper is probably Frazz's uncle, If he'll admit to having a family member from Louisiana
And he's pretty funny in the man with the golden gun.
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"Our crops will wither, our children will die piteous
deaths and the sun will be swept from the sky. But is it true?" - Tom Kirby, CEO, Games Workshop Ltd
Can't remember an actor starring as 007 in a "Golden finger" (??) the film is shot in Thailand, both in what appears to be Jim Thompson's estate. and an andaman rock once called "Koh Tapu Islet". the said rock is now called "Koh James Bond Islet"
The scenic rock itself gets the name after the word "Tapu" a local word that means "a (construction) nail"
by the time the film was shot. Bangkok does not looks differs to any post-colonial era city nor being so majestic as its present day incarnations. there were no skyscrapers there, simple clapboard houses roofed by corrugate iron was common. Today such houses grouped in Bangkok 'hoods are now viewed as a slum and those slums are gradually being replaced by more desirable 'Condominia' over time, actually I am favoring this transition.
Another 007 shot in Thailand was... well can't remember (Goldeneye or something) but the scenery represents either Hongkong, Beijing or Shanghai (or any eastcoast Chinese city). the story was about a press tycoon trying to provoke the WW3 by sinking a british frigate and shooting down chinese MiG with their 'cruise ship'.
Lone Cat wrote: Can't remember an actor starring as 007 in a "Golden finger" (??) the film is shot in Thailand, both in what appears to be Jim Thompson's estate. and an andaman rock once called "Koh Tapu Islet". the said rock is now called "Koh James Bond Islet"
Roger Moore in The Man with the Golden Gun.
Lone Cat wrote: Another 007 shot in Thailand was... well can't remember (Goldeneye or something) but the scenery represents either Hongkong, Beijing or Shanghai (or any eastcoast Chinese city). the story was about a press tycoon trying to provoke the WW3 by sinking a british frigate and shooting down chinese MiG with their 'cruise ship'.
Tomorrow Never Dies.
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Skyfall previews have been doing the rounds in the newspapers and from what they say it's going to be a good film, apart from Javier's dodgy haircut!
Roger Moore and Christopher Lee in the same film...you couldn't buy that talent in this day and age!
"Our crops will wither, our children will die piteous
deaths and the sun will be swept from the sky. But is it true?" - Tom Kirby, CEO, Games Workshop Ltd
