Who was the best James Bond?

[LaParkaYourCar]

Let's see who was the best.

[Zorin Industries]

As much as I like Connery, I always enjoyed the Moore era movies more, and I liked the comedy Moore brought as well.

[cawthon777]

I'd have to go with Moore but I'm liking Pierce a lot too.

 

For the person that picks Dalton, they get smacked (Buffy referrence).

[Guest CanadianChick]

I picked Peirce. I don't really know why, but he's cool to me.

[Guest T®ITEC]

I mark for Sean Connery.

[Guest Ravenbomb]

I, too, picked Mr. Connery.

[Guest Mattdotcom]

The Man, The Myth, The Original...

[Guest jimmy no nose]

It was close between Sean Connery and Roger Moore, but I ended up choosing Connery because he was the first.

[Guest Black Tiger]

Someone better smack me then, because I love Dalton's version of Bond. Dalton's version was alwasy very serious and to the point, never one to make dumb ass jokes (Moore) or sexual inuendos (Connery).

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

A repost from the Bond thread I started, cause I don't want to type it all over again.

 

I'm surprised by the Timoth Dalton love, he's usually considered the worst, but he gets more flack than he deserves. It's just that he was an abrupt shift from Moore and harkened back to Connery without his charm and humor. Now, Brosnan is someone who has those traits down and he's really coming into his own. They'll be hard pressed to replace him when the time comes. Moore had his own way of doing things, but he hung on way too long, should have ducked out after For Your Eyes Only. Connery though is the man who made the series in the first place and understood the character better than anyone ever will.

I heard on some special that each generation has their own Bond and that man will always be special to them. I think that explains the Dalton love. For a small group of people in their late teens and early twenties now, Dalton was their Bond. I wonder if anyone can consider George Lazenby to be theirs?

[Guest The Hamburglar]

Dalton ownorz all. Connery may have been more suave and well-rounded but no Bond ever fucked up shit good with such sadistic glee as Dalton did in License to Kill.

[Guest dreamer420]

I like Pierce Brosnan, followed shortly by Sean Connery. All of the other Bonds never really did anything for me, although I am a mark for any Bond movie.

[Guest Retro Rob]

I also love all the Bond movies, but Pierce is my favorite Bond. I'm not really sure why, he just seems like the most interesting of the 5. I also really liked The World is Not Enough, which it seems like many people hated. Go figure. Maybe we should start a favorite Bond Movie thread.

[Guest areacode212]

Someone better smack me then, because I love Dalton's version of Bond. Dalton's version was alwasy very serious and to the point, never one to make dumb ass jokes (Moore) or sexual inuendos (Connery).

I voted for Connery, but Dalton is a close second. He was the least charming of them all, yet I always found him to be the most likable one. Go figure. He was the Anti-Moore--more of a badass, less of a gambling womanizer, and was very believable in the role of a secret agent. Roger Moore was like Hugh Hefner as James Bond.

 

I love that shot in The Living Daylights, where you first see Dalton's face (when he hears the scream and whips his head around).

[Guest C.H.U.D.]

I have to go with Pierce, I think he was born to play Bond.

[Guest evenflowDDT]

Interesting quote from IMDb:

 

"Bond producer Cubby Brocolli, remarked that Lazenby could have been the best Bond had he not quit after just one film."

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

I read Adam West's bio and in it, he said he met Cubby Broccoli in England while they were still searching for a new Bond and he offered him the job. West refused, saying he didn't think a non-Englishmen would be accepted in the role. He thought he could do the part, but the fans would reject him.

 

What I find odd is that Roger Moore is the only true Englishman to play him. Connery is Scottish, Dalton is Welsh, Brosnan is Irish and Lazenby is Australian. If you count the spoof Casino Royale, then David Niven is English too.

[Guest cabbageboy]

Voted for Connery, he was the first and his movies are still the best.

 

If I had to rank them I would have Brosnan next since he is a good balance of Moore's pretty boy style and Connery's slightly tougher persona. Moore goes next for longevity if nothing else. Lazenby next since he was in one hell of a good movie. Dalton last because he was sorta dreary and nondescript.

[Guest Human Fly]

I voted for Connery, he almost made a cameo in the new one but for some reason that got cancelled.

 

Any word on who the next Bond will be? I know Pierce is going to do at least one more, but after that who should don the tuxedo?

[Guest HBK16]

I had to go with Connery to. He is just so awesome.. Wait I think that sounded gay.

 

Rephrase: Sean Connery is a very good James Bond therefore I picked him.

 

Better..

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

I believe Brosnan has said now that he will do 2 or 3 more as long as he feels physically able to do so.

 

I've heard some mild rumbling about Clive Owen, who's the guy from the BMW commercial films, but it will most likely be a fairly unknown actor.

[Guest HBK16]

Bronsman is a good Bond, I have to give him that. And I would be glad to see him do a few more. But like most other sequals or series, they wont get better with every one.

[Guest DrTom]

I voted for Connery, who just ruled as Bond. Brosnan is good, but no one captured the smug charm of Bond better than Connery. I absolutely loathed Roger Moore, and I'm pretty indifferent toward the other two, though I tend to agree that Dalton gets a bum rap he really doesn't deserve.

[Guest What?]

I picked Brosnan, mainly because he was in my favorite Bond movie "GoldenEye."

 

 

 

Connery is definite second. Can't say much for the others cuz I haven't seen any but Connery and Pierce.

[Guest GameCop]

Christian Bale should play bond once Pierce's contract with MGM runs out.

Have any of you seen American Psycho? Bale would be f'n awesome!

[Guest Hogan Made Wrestling]

1. Pierce Brosnan. I like his style and persona, and his manner of speach is the best of any of them. Brosnan is one of my favorite actors period, actually. Goldeneye is my favorite Bond movie.

 

2. Sean Connery. He did a great job with the role, I just like Brosnan's style a bit better. Most of his movies were good, From Russia With Love being the best.

 

3. Timothy Dalton. His more serious style was a breath of fresh air, particularly when he portrayed "Bond with a grudge" in License to Kill.

 

4. Roger Moore. Too many tits and ass jokes and stupid innuendo. He was in a lot of good Bond movies though, For Your Eyes Only being my favorite of his.

 

5. George Lazenby. Totally non-descript, a bad actor, and his only movie was not that great IMO.

[Guest Nevermortal]

I think that Russell Crowe might get the next Bond role.

 

But a thumbs down to the proposed "Jinx" spinoff. Whoever thought of that needs to die.

[Guest TheZsaszHorsemen]

No David Niven? No Woody Allen? FOR SHAME!

 

 

Seriously though. I think the next Bond should either be Clive Owen, Adrian Paul, or a complete unknown. DO NOT GIVE IT TO RUSSELL CROWE. I'd rather see Burt Reynolds get it.

[cawthon777]

Adrian Paul would work. He can get a sword and go around cutting off bad guy's heads saying "There can be only one".

 

Immortals with swords are pimps.

[Guest TheZsaszHorsemen]

Adrian Paul would work. He can get a sword and go around cutting off bad guy's heads saying "There can be only one".

 

Immortals with swords are pimps.

Actually there are quite a few fan sites campaigning for Paul.

 

 

So nyah!