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What representation of James Bond did you like the most?

Sean Connery.

For me... Sean Connery IS Bond.

I'll give Roger Moore a distant second.

FITZZ wrote: For me... Sean Connery IS Bond.

I'll give Roger Moore a distant second.

Yeah some of Roger Moore's bond movies were pretty cheesy and over the top, even for a James Bond film (Moonraker I'm looking at you).

People may call me a heretic, but I'm torn between Craig, Brosnan and Connery.

I much prefer the movies Craig was on... and his grittier Bond. Brosnan had style, and I thought he was a good continuation of the Bond persona. Connery is just classic, and his image has been associated with Bond long before all the others.

I'm going with Craig, though. I don't know how much it derives from the books, but I found his movies more entertaining than any other James Bond.

Cheesecat wrote:

FITZZ wrote: For me... Sean Connery IS Bond.

I'll give Roger Moore a distant second.

Yeah some of Roger Moore's bond movies were pretty cheesy and over the top, even for a James Bond film (Moonraker I'm looking at you).

Moore's first few Bond films were pretty good ( Live and let Die, The man with the Golden Gun & The Spy who loved me) but after that they started to go downhill quick IMO.


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MeanGreenStompa wrote:

When did Peter Sellers play Bond??

EDIT.....Casino Royale (1966)...missed that.

FITZZ wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:

FITZZ wrote: For me... Sean Connery IS Bond.

I'll give Roger Moore a distant second.

Yeah some of Roger Moore's bond movies were pretty cheesy and over the top, even for a James Bond film (Moonraker I'm looking at you).

Moore's first few Bond films were pretty good ( Live and let Die, The man with the Golden Gun & The Spy who loved me) but after that they started to go downhill quick IMO.


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MeanGreenStompa wrote:

When did Peter Sellers play Bond??

I thought "For Your Eyes Only" was pretty good as far as James Bond films go, it had a more realistic storyline.

Sean Connery is the classy original. Craig is getting closer to the books, but I'm voting for the classic.

You know how bond's one weakness is, and what happens to Craig's bond?

Well, in the original "Casino Royale"

For your eyes Only wasn't bad,but after Moonraker (which was awful) Moore's Bond just lost something for me.
Octopussy was Ok,and A View to a Kill had Christopher Walken...so at least it was partialy watchable,But IMO Roger Moore's Bond just lost his "oomph" after The Spy who loved me.

I like my Bond more like the books. More cold-hearted, less nice-guy. Craig is excellent, Dalton was better than he got credit for, and Lazenby was remarkably true to character but had the bad luck of following Connery; I'd have liked to have seen what he could have done with more of a chance to work.

(I think that's why Dalton was received poorly too - following on the heels of Moore the clown, he was just too brutal for people.)

I think it's hard to judge them though, as they're all tied to the era they come from. Connery is Bond in the 60s. Moore is the campy 70s, followed by a few edgier early-eighties films. Dalton is the late 80s, Brosnan is the 90s, and Craig is 2000+. Moore is my least favourite, but the scripts he had to work with were trash.

Which Bond would you want as a friend? Connery or Brosnan. Which would you want working for you as an assassin? Probably Dalton or Craig. It's a difference of approach. Connery and Brosnan were too friendly.

My name is Shean Connery. I Shpeak like a very shexy man.

Say that out loud. You will know who my favorite bond is.

Alright, which one of you mugs chose Timothy Dalton?! That's sacrilege along the lines of saying Han shot second.

Connery is the all-time classic. But Craig is rapidly making a case.

And I write that as a reformed Moore fan, having grown up with him.

Khornholio wrote:Alright, which one of you mugs chose Timothy Dalton?! That's sacrilege along the lines of saying Han shot second.

Well, I was one of them Dalton is far too underrated as Bond. He was cold and calculating as Bond should be. He is the only one not to have made a bad film (excepting maybe Lazenby and OHMSS). And contrary to popular belief, he does get lots of sex (well, at least two per film anwyay).

Dalton is underrated. I reckon if he'd been in more films then people would've warmed to him a bit. But I have to say it's between Connery and Brosnan. Moore was a bit too cheesy (I found myself constntly watching his eyebrows).

Connery played a sort of Good Cop/Bad Cop in one guy; he was pleasant and well-mannered when he wanted to be, and the complete opposite when he didn't.

Brosnan was less of a nice guy but made up for it in how he went about his job. He might not be the friendliest chap but you can't fault his work as a Double 0.

Connery all the way for me although I feel Daniel Craig is a very close second. He has the potential to be the best if the next few Bond films continue the good trend.

filbert wrote:Connery all the way for me although I feel Daniel Craig is a very close second. He has the potential to be the best if the next few Bond films continue the good trend.

Thought Quantum of Solace (although watchable) was a sharp drop in the quality after Casino Royale. Respect to Jeffrey Wright though for being only the second actor to have played Felix Leiter twice. I'd really love to see a Leiter / Bond team up in the third Craig film.

Flashman wrote:

filbert wrote:Connery all the way for me although I feel Daniel Craig is a very close second. He has the potential to be the best if the next few Bond films continue the good trend.

Thought Quantum of Solace (although watchable) was a sharp drop in the quality after Casino Royale. Respect to Jeffrey Wright though for being only the second actor to have played Felix Leiter twice. I'd really love to see a Leiter / Bond team up in the third Craig film.

I kind of agree although I think any Bond film would have struggled following on from Casino Royale which was a real tour-de-force. But yes, I think Quantum wasn't the strongest Bond film but Daniel Craig still impressed me - he just oozes 'Bond' whatever that may be.

I voted Daniel Craig. I just didn't like Bond films before him, but now having enjoyed Casino Royale especially, I'm keen to give them another look.

I guess I just 'buy' Craig, if you take my meaning. He looks badass. He's cold. He's the only guy who's played Bond that I would not relish the prospect of fighting. He just has that aura, and that's an absolute necessity if you're playing a cold-blooded government assassin, IMO.

Dalton all the way. Less campy (okay, ninjas), more down to business, before it went downhill with the Brosnan crap again. Casino Royale is a great revival of the franchise (if a bit on the long side near the end), but sadly ruined by Quantum, which is a massive drop in quality.

I was born in the 90's (well, 1990) so Bosnan was the Bond I grew up with.

I don't like Craig as Bond. He's a phenomenal actor, and he plays the role well, but he's never looked like a Bond to me. Blond hair, blue eyes... Too Aryan. Bonds, in my mind have always been darker looking.

Well I grew up watching Moore, but also respected Connery, as my Dad was a strong influence in supporting him as the best Bond. However, I seem to have drifted away from the movies after Moore until Craig. He renewed my interest and I thoroughly enjoyed the new movies and looking forward to the next one, so I voted for Craig.

Brosnan, but only because he was in Goldeneye.

Mannahnin wrote:Connery is the all-time classic. But Craig is rapidly making a case.

And I write that as a reformed Moore fan, having grown up with him.

I really liked Craig in Casino Royale. It’s a strange deal. When I dfirst saw CS I hated it. Saw it later while channel bopping and became entranced with it getting progressing better each time I saw it. Now its one of my favorite films. Then they did the second film and I thought it was absolute trash and boring has hell, vowing not to see another Bond film (it was like the old lame ass Bond movies)

I liked Craig better in Layer Cake regardless.

The Daniel Craig Casino Royale was the best Bond movie so far. Period. End of.

It had everything you'd want in a Bond movie, and then some. Quantum of Solace wasn't quite as good as Casino Royale, but it was still alright.

So I have to go with Craig, with Brosnan and Connery tied at second.

Craig's pretty darn good in everything; Layer Cake was indeed cool.

I agree that Quantum was pretty big disappointment after CR; that being said, it was still at or above par for quality with most of the Bond films there have ever been. I have high hopes for future installments.


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boogeyman wrote:Well I grew up watching Moore, but also respected Connery, as my Dad was a strong influence in supporting him as the best Bond.

Likewise. When I was a teenager I usually categorized them as "the sex Bond" and "the violence Bond" respectively.

I voted for Roger Moore - don't really know why, but he was always my favourite - maybe it was the eyebrows!!

I also liked Pierce Brosnan - he just seemed to fit the role somehow.

Never really like Sean Connery - he always came across as somehow flippant & disinterested - maybe that was his interpretation of the character, but it didn't do it for me.

Mannahnin wrote:Craig's pretty darn good in everything; Layer Cake was indeed cool.

I agree that Quantum was pretty big disappointment after CR; that being said, it was still at or above par for quality with most of the Bond films there have ever been. I have high hopes for future installments.


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boogeyman wrote:Well I grew up watching Moore, but also respected Connery, as my Dad was a strong influence in supporting him as the best Bond.

Likewise. When I was a teenager I usually categorized them as "the sex Bond" and "the violence Bond" respectively.

I think the difficulty is that the Bourne films (and CR) upped the ante. Until CR I hadn't seen a Bond film in decades. They were utterly uninteresting to me. QS has returned me to that state.

Connery or Pierce.

Connery is the classic, but Pierce justs looks the part perfectly