Poll: Best Bond
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Wow, I was the only one who voted for Daniel Craig. Sean Connery is good of course. I grew up in the 90's though. James Bond got laid more than bricks in those movies but he was never what I would call able.
Daniel Craig is higher on the scale of badassery and I like it a lot. He could hold his own against Solid Snake or other more badass spies.
Daniel Craig is higher on the scale of badassery and I like it a lot. He could hold his own against Solid Snake or other more badass spies.
I choose Sean Connery because his last name is fairly similar to my first, and I don't care who you are or what your sexuality is, but Sean Connery is a sexy *****.
This. An agent must be extremely fit to do the job, able to hold himself in a fight and be good with the ladies. Daniel is all the above. This is bond, well new bond.(Old bond was about gadgets and other doohickeys to screw up the enemy.)PirateKing said:
Pierce Brosnan is my personal favourite followed really closely by Daniel Craig. Why do I like Brosnan? Because the man is incredibly suave and charming and that's just in real life. For me, he embodies the very essence of the character and when you think about what the qualities of James Bond are (pre-reboot of course), Pierce Brosnan is the first person I think of.
1. Daniel Craig, just because I really bought him as James Bond in all aspects. Good with women, charismatic, hot, and very, very badass. He was just truer to the book version to me than the others.
2. Sean Connery. The classic, with the only real reason I put him below Daniel Craig is that I felt Daniel Craig was more physically capable and skilled while maintaining his other talents. Still a very fine James Bond, with no shame in thinking he is the best.
3. Timothy Dalton. Probably the most underrated Bond, I always liked Dalton in the role. He wasn't quite as attractive physically as most of the others, but after Roger Moore, his darker interpretation was welcome, and he had a charismatic quality about him. To me, it's a shame that he couldn't continue longer with the role.
4. Pierce Brosnan. He was all right as James Bond. Part of my real problem with him is the lack of high-quality scripts. But beyond that, he always seemed too smug for me. He was obviously capable, and had the womanizing part down pat, but he always seemed to have a quality of smug assurance about him, like no one would dare hurt James Bond. Then again, you try making Die Another Day look good.
5. George Lazenby. I haven't seen OHMSS in a while, so I won't really comment much, other than to say that he always struck me as a bit too emotional for the part. Again, can't say much other than that, due to the time that has passed since the last time I saw it.
6. Roger Moore. Urgh...I honestly dislike him in the role. He was too old, went on too long, was smarmier than all hell, his movies had way too many comic moments (not dark comedy, I mean literally joking and spitting out one-liners all over the place), and he only had a few moments where he actually seemed like James Bond rather than a lucky shot.
2. Sean Connery. The classic, with the only real reason I put him below Daniel Craig is that I felt Daniel Craig was more physically capable and skilled while maintaining his other talents. Still a very fine James Bond, with no shame in thinking he is the best.
3. Timothy Dalton. Probably the most underrated Bond, I always liked Dalton in the role. He wasn't quite as attractive physically as most of the others, but after Roger Moore, his darker interpretation was welcome, and he had a charismatic quality about him. To me, it's a shame that he couldn't continue longer with the role.
4. Pierce Brosnan. He was all right as James Bond. Part of my real problem with him is the lack of high-quality scripts. But beyond that, he always seemed too smug for me. He was obviously capable, and had the womanizing part down pat, but he always seemed to have a quality of smug assurance about him, like no one would dare hurt James Bond. Then again, you try making Die Another Day look good.
5. George Lazenby. I haven't seen OHMSS in a while, so I won't really comment much, other than to say that he always struck me as a bit too emotional for the part. Again, can't say much other than that, due to the time that has passed since the last time I saw it.
6. Roger Moore. Urgh...I honestly dislike him in the role. He was too old, went on too long, was smarmier than all hell, his movies had way too many comic moments (not dark comedy, I mean literally joking and spitting out one-liners all over the place), and he only had a few moments where he actually seemed like James Bond rather than a lucky shot.
Daniel Craig's bond is a whiney emotional tool.
That is not what bond is supposed to be.
Bond is supposed to be a sexist, smooth talking brit, with whacky gadgets and stupid one-liners, bedding every woman in sight.
That is not what bond is supposed to be.
Bond is supposed to be a sexist, smooth talking brit, with whacky gadgets and stupid one-liners, bedding every woman in sight.
Craig's Bond is how Bond got to be this way. There's reasoning for it, it's supposed to be that way. He didn't pop out of the womb electrocuting things and having sex with women just because. I would also argue that there isn't once he whines, and in the books, the one-liners aren't really that prevalent. At least in the better ones. Just because they took out the corny parts doesn't mean it's not what it's supposed to be. It just means they made it better.Arcticflame said:
OK, who's the goof who picked George Lazenby? He's the worst Bond ever. He's so bad, I can't even name any other movie he's done. Can you? Sean Connery is still the best Bond. Craig is growing on me though. He's certainly better than Lazenby and Dalton. I only kind of liked Roger Moore. He never really struck me as fitting the character very well. Pierce Brosnan is a good actor. It's too bad that most of his Bond movies were during the period when the gadgets and stunt pieces were getting to the point of being absurd. By that point, they had been trying to top the previous film with the next one that it had gotten out of hand. It was certainly time to "reboot" the series with the more gritty and realistic Casino Royale.
I realise this, but It doesn't mean it's what I want to see in bond movies. I disagree with their choice, In this respect the criticism being lined up against it about it having similarities to the bourne series are quite true. I'm saying that bond DID arrive at the womb as the greatest spy, because that's how the series rolls, it is a series of idiocy, which is what made it funny. It lost it's charm to me when it started trying to give bond deeper emotions.ellimist337 said:
Daniel Craig. I'm really not a fan of any of the older cheesy Bonds, and his more gritty, realistic character is much better.