Best James Bond

• ernest_t_bass

  

  No need to explain. What actor portrayed the best James Bond? I am a big fan of Daniel Craig, but before him, I was in the minority and liked Roger Moore.
  
  What say you?
  
  
• bigdaddy2003

  

  Connery for me. Not very close either.
• Curly J

  

  I think Connery. Roger Moore was more recognizable in my time, but being older now I think of Sean. (I'll take The Rapist for 200 Alex !!!)
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Connery
  
  
  Brosnan
  Craig
  
  
  
  ...the rest
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Tobias Fünke;856991 wrote:Connery
  
  
  Brosnan
  Craig
  
  
  
  ...the rest

  
  Brosnan? Really?
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Brosnan was the man. He was definitely smoother than Craig is. Craig is a bull in a china shop.
• GoChiefs

  

  Connery
• Curly J

  

  Tobias Fünke;857043 wrote:Brosnan was the man. He was definitely smoother than Craig is. Craig is a bull in a china shop.

  'That's not what your Mom said Trebek...ha ha ha'
• gut

  Ha! I guess I, too, am in the minority. Connery was great, but I really liked what Roger Moore brought to the table. IMO, Moore pulled off more arrogance, and better, which for me was a better fit for the character. Connery was smooth, Moore was brash and I think it comes down to what you think works better.
• Curly J

  

  gut;857089 wrote:Ha! I guess I, too, am in the minority. Connery was great, but I really liked what Roger Moore brought to the table. IMO, Moore pulled off more arrogance, and better, which for me was a better fit for the character. Connery was smooth, Moore was brash and I think it comes down to what you think works better.

  I tend to agree Gut. Connery was a bad ass as Bond, yet hated being the character. Moore embraced it in a smarmy sort of way. Like I posted earlier I always thought of Moore as Bond...until I saw Connery as Bond....they both were different and great in their own way. Making the same character different.
• gut

  Curly J;857090 wrote:I tend to agree Gut. Connery was a bad ass as Bond, yet hated being the character. Moore embraced it in a smarmy sort of way. Like I posted earlier I always thought of Moore as Bond...until I saw Connery as Bond....they both were different and great in their own way. Making the same character different.

  
  Bingo, that's the word I was looking for. Bond is BRITISH SAS, and smarmy fits the bill. Connery was a more wolrdly, suave Bond, and it's a valid take on the character. My preference is for Moore, though, who portrayed more of a blue-collar/average guy who acted sophisticated, which I think is more realistic, if that makes sense.
• 4cards

  

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  ....me (hahahahaha Trebek!).
  
  Obviously my choice for best Bond is Sean Connery!
• ernest_t_bass

  

  I just did a quick Wiki search and got the table above. Anyone have any idea why this one would have been left out:
  
  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061452/
  
  Bond: David Niven
  
  
• OSH

  

  No love for Timothy Dalton?!
• vball10set

  Sean Connery--old school cool
• Y-Town Steelhound

  

  Sean Connery for sure. Though Daniel Craig's Bond would win in a fight with all of them. He seems to be the most "bad-ass" if not quite as "smooth".
• gut

  Y-Town Steelhound;857363 wrote:Sean Connery for sure. Though Daniel Craig's Bond would win in a fight with all of them. He seems to be the most "bad-ass" if not quite as "smooth".

  
  Craig pulls it off well as a "young" Bond. You'd expect him to be a bit rougher around the edges than Connery's. I like Craig, as well, and IMO he's a not-too-distant 3rd in this.
  
  On a related note, sad to see the Bond films go the way of cheap Hollywood explosions and special effects. The story really suffers.
• Y-Town Steelhound

  

  gut;857377 wrote:On a related note, sad to see the Bond films go the way of cheap Hollywood explosions and special effects. The story really suffers.

  
  I think that was certainly the case with the Brosnan movies (especially the last two), but Casino Royale shifted things back towards a better storylien. QOS was ok, and we'll see how the next one shakes out.
• Heretic

  

  ernest_t_bass;857182 wrote:I just did a quick Wiki search and got the table above. Anyone have any idea why this one would have been left out:
  
  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061452/
  
  Bond: David Niven
  
  

  Niven starred in a spoof Bond film (non-canon, therefore, why Niven isn't included) according to here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JamesBond
  

  OSH;857261 wrote:No love for Timothy Dalton?!

  
  The Living Daylights is one of my favorites. Any movie where a villain listens to The Pretenders through his headphones deserves mad love. And where another one is a wanna-be military genius who'd likely fit in with our Politics forum.
• Fred Garvin

  Sean Connery.
  
  Craig has surprised me really. I like what he brings to the role.
  I don't dislike Brosnan as much as others.
  Anybody but George Lazenby. That was just terrible.
• Tiernan

  Pierce Brosnan as JB makes as much sense as Rosie O'Donnel as a "Bond Girl".
• 4cards

  

  ...loved all the Bond Movies w/Connery but I think my favorite was " You Only Live Twice", which had good story line (not great) w/ a cute Asain babe!
  
  
• fan_from_texas

  When I think of Bond, I think of Brosnan.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Roger Moore because he was the Bond of my generation.
• Sonofanump

  Fred Garvin;857404 wrote:Anybody but George Lazenby.

  
  I loved Diana Rigg.