James Bond

[Tank]

Which one was your favorite?

Sean Connery

George Lazenby

Roger Moore

Timothy Dalton

Pierce Brosnan

Daniel Craig

[T.G.]

Bobby

[Redondo]

Sean Connery of course because he was the original Bond in movies

[Slegnaac]

Roger Moore

Summer of '73, Live and Let Die is playing as a double feature with The Mechanic.   I think I went at least six times to see that double bill.

[T.G.]

Gary U.S. Bonds

[halomatt]

Craig did it best. 

[Jason]

Lazenby. Any other answer is stupid

[RallyMo]

11 minutes ago, cals said:

This isn’t gonna be popular but Timothy Dalton was fantastic in The Living Daylights and the other one he did.

He got screwed, honestly. All of the Brosnan films after Goldeneye absolutely suuuuuucked.

[Tank]

1 hour ago, cals said:

This isn’t gonna be popular but Timothy Dalton was fantastic in The Living Daylights and the other one he did.

I couldn’t stand anything about Dalton as 007 or in any other movie role. 

[tdawg87]

Sly Stallone

[Adam]

I have no frame of reference

[Brandon]

I've actually done a deep dive on this watching videos of nerds that have dissected this question or premise. And I agree Craig was the best with the role, also helped by the fact all the movies were great or at least very good. Connery is a close second.

[Tank]

i've liked craig the best so far. i've only seen one with connery and thought it was . . . okay. i liked moore's sarcastic one-liners best. i had high hopes for brosnan - wasn't disappointed but wasn't amazed, either.

[WicketMaiden]

Connery set the standard, Daniel Craig was pretty good but enjoyed the benefit of far bigger budgets, superior special effects and more action packed scripts, so it's challenging to draw a direct comparison.

Overall though I think the franchise is overrated. Bourne would take out Bond and his latest cool gadget with a biro and a couple of paperclips. 

[T.G.]

12 minutes ago, WicketMaiden said:

Overall though I think the franchise is overrated.

For sure.

[Lou]

17 minutes ago, WicketMaiden said:

Connery set the standard, Daniel Craig was pretty good but enjoyed the benefit of far bigger budgets, superior special effects and more action packed scripts, so it's challenging to draw a direct comparison.

Overall though I think the franchise is overrated. Bourne would take out Bond and his latest cool gadget with a biro and a couple of paperclips. 

At least one of you got it right. 

[St1ck]

Idris Elba

[Tank]

3 hours ago, WicketMaiden said:

Overall though I think the franchise is overrated.

as the series started out, i think the big appeal was 007 being a very sophisticated gentleman in every aspect - dressed to the 9s, great car, and just a dashing presence all around. the movies always featured a beautiful girl that bond always had to save and they filmed in exotic locations. during the roger moore era, you were guaranteed seeing a scene with sharks and another one with snow-skiing. and then there were the great gadgets, like watches that had weapons and all kinds of really cool defensive features in each car. the villains were always pretty much the same, too, with a consistent theme of wanting to take over the world.

they didn't deviate very much from this script over the decades until they got to daniel craig. i like that the current bond has had a bit more edginess to him. 

[WicketMaiden]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

as the series started out, i think the big appeal was 007 being a very sophisticated gentleman in every aspect - dressed to the 9s, great car, and just a dashing presence all around. the movies always featured a beautiful girl that bond always had to save and they filmed in exotic locations. during the roger moore era, you were guaranteed seeing a scene with sharks and another one with snow-skiing. and then there were the great gadgets, like watches that had weapons and all kinds of really cool defensive features in each car. the villains were always pretty much the same, too, with a consistent theme of wanting to take over the world.

they didn't deviate very much from this script over the decades until they got to daniel craig. i like that the current bond has had a bit more edginess to him. 

Very accurate analysis @Tank, the cars and gadgetry were a big draw in the early days. The Bond films used to be a staple of the British Xmas TV schedules in the days before satellite, I've seen all the early ones countless times and yet my total memories are a gorgeous silver DB5; the Lotus Esprit-submarine thing; bad bikinis; casual misogyny; Jaws; some piranhas (?); and Goldfinger's cat. Oooh, and the laser scene where they should have just shot him rather than strap him to the slowest moving laser in the world before leaving the room. Not much considering the hours invested. I don't dislike it, but i don't think it's all that.

[AngelsLakersFan]

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