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oliver9184 · 08-23-2010, 12:47 PM

Very difficult question. I'll have to consider it some more before I vote. I can think of pros and cons for all of them (except pros for Lazenby and Craig). How it is in my head:

Connery - the first Bond. Would win most polls. Everyone's favourite Bond, via nostalgia. But definately a bastard, couldn't pull of the humour, overly belligerant and, with hindsight, less at ease with the ladies than we've since come to expect Bond to be.

Moore - the comedy Bond; the soft, grinning, dandified Bond and the Bond that starred in the worst films during the franchise's choppiest patch. Certainly the funnest and perhaps the funniest Bond ,and did well with the girls, but never seemed comfortable with violence.

Lazenby - the odd Bond out. The grinning fool of a Bond that didn't look right and didn't seem to understand what was going on (he fell in love and got married!). But probably the most agreeable Bond, the one you'd get on best with if you happened to get caught up in an adventure with him.

Dalton - first of the new school. Very brave, very action-loving, very ruthless Bond, very much the other end of the scale to Moore's camp antics. Perhaps slightly less screen presence than the others, which made the violence committed by this Bond sometimes seem callous.

Brosnan - my Bond. I probably will vote for him even though he completely disgraced himself and almost out-Moored Moore in Die Another Day. He's the first Bond I was old enough to see in the cinema, where Bond's meant to be seen. A lazy, effortless Bond with the right attitude, charm and who brought a welcome smattering of irony to the role.

Craig - No thanks. Bond doesn't look like Daniel Craig. Daniel Craig looks like a Bond villain. I presume this superBond was dreamed up after the Bond people saw the first two Bourne films, saw how that character effectively rendered theirs irrelevant. Bond's not supposed to do really SECRET spying! He's supposed to do ostentatious spying and the guards are stupid so they don't see him and that's what makes it good to watch. Bond had nowhere to go after Bourne - I might still be interested if it had directed itself away from that, and gotten sillier. Anyway, because he doesn't look like or really act or sound like Bond, Craig's the worst one.

08-23-2010, 12:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
oliver9184 Psycho	Very difficult question. I'll have to consider it some more before I vote. I can think of pros and cons for all of them (except pros for Lazenby and Craig). How it is in my head: Connery - the first Bond. Would win most polls. Everyone's favourite Bond, via nostalgia. But definately a bastard, couldn't pull of the humour, overly belligerant and, with hindsight, less at ease with the ladies than we've since come to expect Bond to be. Moore - the comedy Bond; the soft, grinning, dandified Bond and the Bond that starred in the worst films during the franchise's choppiest patch. Certainly the funnest and perhaps the funniest Bond ,and did well with the girls, but never seemed comfortable with violence. Lazenby - the odd Bond out. The grinning fool of a Bond that didn't look right and didn't seem to understand what was going on (he fell in love and got married!). But probably the most agreeable Bond, the one you'd get on best with if you happened to get caught up in an adventure with him. Dalton - first of the new school. Very brave, very action-loving, very ruthless Bond, very much the other end of the scale to Moore's camp antics. Perhaps slightly less screen presence than the others, which made the violence committed by this Bond sometimes seem callous. Brosnan - my Bond. I probably will vote for him even though he completely disgraced himself and almost out-Moored Moore in Die Another Day. He's the first Bond I was old enough to see in the cinema, where Bond's meant to be seen. A lazy, effortless Bond with the right attitude, charm and who brought a welcome smattering of irony to the role. Craig - No thanks. Bond doesn't look like Daniel Craig. Daniel Craig looks like a Bond villain. I presume this superBond was dreamed up after the Bond people saw the first two Bourne films, saw how that character effectively rendered theirs irrelevant. Bond's not supposed to do really SECRET spying! He's supposed to do ostentatious spying and the guards are stupid so they don't see him and that's what makes it good to watch. Bond had nowhere to go after Bourne - I might still be interested if it had directed itself away from that, and gotten sillier. Anyway, because he doesn't look like or really act or sound like Bond, Craig's the worst one.