Who's your favorite James Bond? - Page 3

I guess since I pretty much grew up with Brosnan as Bond, he would have to be my vote.

Dalton.

The OP left out Barry Nelson, Daliah Lavi, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Peter Sellers and Jacqueline Bisset.

Idk how any voted craig over the others Anyway i voted connery but with brosnan in a close second

I'm really surprised to read so much admiration for Dalton as Bond. His two films are at least in the bottom 50 percent of the collection, but quality of the films aside, he lacked the charm and sophistication of the Bond character, instead playing the role as an action star. If Bond is just another action hero, then he's quite wimpy compared to his muscle-bound box office peers. Brosnan was the opposite--very slick and a believeable lady's man, but after Goldeneye the level of writing really declined, and some of Brosnan's Bond films are ridiculous and barely watchable.

Roger Moore, the longest-serving Bond, understood the inherent camp and cliches of the role, and instead of trying to reinvent Bond as something he isn't (as Dalton did, in a predictable but regrettable reaction to the lousy tail-end of Moore's Bond career) played along with the joke. "The Spy Who Loved Me" remains one of the best Bond films (totally aside from the lovely Barba Bach's contributions) because Moore balanced out the illogic with his suave manner and great sense of humor. But Moore wasn't an action star, and never tried to be. By the time the series got to Octopussy and A View to a Kill, Bond films were more comedy than spy thriller.

Connery is the best Bond, easy, because even at his laziest (Diamonds Are Forever) he owned the role. His dry (and often dark) British humor has been imitated by the others Bonds, but never matched successfully, and he always balanced Bond's cold professional detachment with inner warmth and devotion to duty. The screenwriting on the early Bond films varied in quality, with some material (like the long underwater scenes in Thunderball) aging poorly, but Connery's take on Bond and nonplussed reaction to all manner of situations is timeless.

I like Sean Connery but truth be told I am a bit of a violent brute when push comes to shove so I relate better to Daniel Craig.

The rest are so silly it's really hard to watch them.

I had the impression that Fleming wanted ultra-suave David Niven to do Bond originally.

It's pretty cool that so many like Dalton. Too bad they didn't show up for his movies or he would've gotten a chance to make more.

i like dalton. connery looks cool, but i never could get past the accent. i always figured a british agent should sound, well, british and not alike a marble-mouth scotsman.

Connery, how is this even a contest? And that's Sir Sean Connery dammit.

Dude, I wasn't even TEN yet.

(I did go see The Living Daylights on a visitation with my dad... Still one of my favorite Bond movies)

Connery is an icon and deserving of much respect for his cinematic Bond. However, I voted for Craig as he most closely resembles the Bond I imagined as a kid, reading the books.

A true fan from age 10. You may have been too young to remember the outcry about "fans" boycotting The Living Daylights because the producers didn't get Remington Steele to play Bond. Then again, you might know that because you're a walking movie trivia book. That was what doomed Dalton. (Even less went to see License to Kill for the same reasons.) Moore was my favorite, but I'll readily admit that A View to a Kill was the worst Bond movie ever. It was a shame people didn't support Dalton as he made two very good Bond flicks that were such an improvement over A View to a Kill.

+1. People tend to forget that after the Moore movies, the producers wanted a departure from that Bond -- wisecracking, foppish, and over the hill. Dalton went back to the books and gave a hunted, haunted Bond with the dynamism and vigor Roger Moore no longer could display. If anything, he did too good a job. For Licence to Kill -- which might be the second worst Bond film (and is certainly the least memorable), through no fault of Dalton's, the producers and writers wanted to have a grittier feel in keeping with contemporary action movies (such as the Dirty Harry movies). The result... wasn't very Bond.

Connery is the gold standard for Bond. I like Timothy Dalton because he represented who Bond was, an outsider with the guile and talent to fulfill and exceed his lot in life in a class-driven society. He's supposed to have a bit of a chip on his shoulder, which is why I also like Craig. Brosnan was OK, but after Goldeneye hardly memorable. Moore was good in letting you in on the joke, which became a joke in itself. Lazenby never got a true shot, but the movie has Diana Rigg and one of the better Bond stories, so. . . . Connery Dalton Brosnan Moore Craig (not enough movies yet, but should rapidly rise to 2 or 3) Lazenby

Connery is the best IMO.

I feel like Craig is playing a totally different Bond than any of the others, which after the invisible Aston Martin, and Pierce Brosnan surfing on Tsunami sized waves is something I think the series needed . Bond is a secret agent not a super hero.