Thread: Who do you Think is the Best James Bond

I agree with most. Connery is the best. With that being said, Daniel Craig is a VERY close second for me and I can see him edging out Connery with time. I love how he makes the character more cut-throat at times.

Originally Posted by jockeys

exactly. here's the rundown, folks, from worst to best:
lazenby: completely forgettable
dalton: total sissy
connery: totally ancient sissy
moore: also a sissy, but smooth talker with the charisma to pull off a tuxedo that connery never had.
brosnan: smooth, the perfect gentleman bond. still a sissy.
craig: not a sissy. the only bond that could kick my ass. violent, sarcastic, his brutality is honed to poetic perfection.

read the books. bond was not supposed to have been a martini sipping sissy. he was supposed to have been a barely restrained serial killer with a penchant for expensive watches. he was supposed to be king leonidas in a tuxedo.

craig nails it.

Originally Posted by JMS

Connery without a doubt.

What he said.

I'm going to go with Connery. But it has to be said the script and direction play a large part in this. Craig would be great in a great Bond movie, Connery would have been bad in a bad one.

Don't mention Zardoz!

I agree with Jockeys that Craig is the most like the psycho in Ian Fleming's books. Fleming's Bond was a mad dog playboy loner without all the fancy equipment. He terminated problems up close and personal. However, the Bond movies are all very Hollywood. They share the titles and a few characters, but the books are vastly different than the movies. The movies, even Craig's "Casino Royale", are all toned down PC versions of the books.

That said, Connery is Bond for me. I was an impressionable teen when I saw my first Bond movie, "Thunderball" and I hadn't read the books.

Originally Posted by Tonsor

... the books are vastly different than the movies.

On a related note, what does everyone think of the novel 'Devil May Care', the latest James Bond novel written by Sebastian Faulks?

When i was a boy my favourite was Moore. He'd resolve every fight with a swift kick to his opponents plums!
Over time it became Connery. The films are better & he's a great Bond.
No Bond will ever oust him, for me, as no film could be more exciting now than they were when i was a boy!

To me the best was Connery, followed by Brosnan. Like 2 generations of 007. They were the most classy.

Craig... I don't know, not really. Maybe because he's BLOND!!!

Sean Connery was king, his early bonds were good, not a lot of Hollywood crap, just brains and balls, then it got really stupid with gimmickry and gadgetry.The others are not worth mentioning. Now Craig comes along and is doing it better, mostly because the movie character is closer to the novel character, its gotten back to brains and balls and realistic violence can now be shown in film, which gives him an edge over Connerys bond.

It is Sean Connery all the way. These are my dad's favorite movies. I'm pretty sure he owns everyone. I used to watch them all the time when I was growing up.