Poll: Vote for your favourite Bond

[madwarper]

Connery. The first. The best. The standard all others will fail to meet.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

Yes... the real life inspiration for James Bond was that of a member of the RAF!

My favourite was Sean Connery... I can't really place why, but when I think James Bond I think of him!

 

[Saulkar]

Pierce Brosnan is my all time favourite given that I saw all of his films first as they were released during my childhood and one of the most revolutionary FPS was based upon my favourite spy flick: Golden Eye.

 

[Kaymish]

Pearce Brosnan all the way my all time favourite Bond, The world is not Enough was the best bond film ever i think
and after that is Sean Connery
and then Daniel Craig im not sure what it is but Craig is just not as good to me

 

[SpAc3man]

Please. Brosnan was crap. The movies were crap, his acting was crap, his lines were crap. Connery is the benchmark as far as I am concerned. The only one that surpasses Connery is Craig.
Craig is a gentleman yet hard as nails. He wears a suit because he has class, not because he is a smug tosser like Brosnan's Bond.

 

[Starik20X6]

Where's the option for "I'm an indecisive cretin who doesn't want to pick a favourite because I think they all have their merits (except for Lazenby, who made the only Bond movie I have never finished watching)"? That's my option. Seeing as it's not an option, I'll go with Brosnan, as he was my first Bond.

 

[game-lover]

Who the hell is David Niven??? Am I the only one who hasn't heard of him?

Anyway... I haven't seen all the movies... But I'm tempted to pick Brosnan because damn if he isn't hot.

Or Lazenby mostly because that was a good movie from scenes I glimpsed and I feel bad for him because it's really all his stupid agent's fault he didn't do anymore.

Craig maybe. I had issues with him being cast as his movies were supposed to be prequels and he looks much older than what Sean Connery looked like in his movies. And he's blonde. But I too find him sexy. And some of his lines were cool.

Or Connery. Because he's the first who started. And I find him hot now honestly.


My mom would go with him.

Yeah, this is pretty much a cop out answer. Sorry about that.

 

[Dags90]

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Not really, it pretty summarily explains the current poll.

People have generally stuck to:

Bond they grew up with.
Original Bond.
Bond who looks amazing in square cut trunks/current Bond.

 

[GonvilleBromhead]

I've always loved the books, and somewhat lament that Thunderball, excepting OHMSS, was the last film to really follow the books, which somewhat taints my view. As such, I'm a Dalton and Craig fan

 

[Coffeejack]

A friend of mine met Roger Moore when he was filming in Hong Kong for "The Man With the Golden Gun". She said that he and other members of the cast, such as Christopher Lee, were well-mannered gentlemen and very likeable. Roger Moore had a good run of films and gave a series of memorable performances, so I'll have to go with him.

 

[vun]

As already said- Brosnan is the distillation of all the best traits of the bonds that came before- therefore it would have to be him, even though much of the brosnan era scriptwriting fell short and Connery is absolutely excellent. I suppose I'd rank them:



1: Brosnan- Best bits of everyone, and knew how to kick ass and have fun at the same time.

2: Connery- Pretty much nailed the role in everything except Diamonds Are Forever. Lazenby should have done that one. I love the way Connery just sort of goes along with the absurd nature of things sometimes, like the names of women he meets.

3: Moore- Comfortably good fun. A little cheesy but everyone forgets he could do a serious scene just as well. For Your Eyes Only, anyone? Also had some spectacular stunts in his time.

4: Lazenby- A real life black belt, Lazenby in some ways does the most vicious energetic fighting. Probably the deadliest looking in action on screen. Poor guy had to act like a chaste fop, and genuinely fall in love. This was so different from the bond fare before it that everyone hated him for it, and I dont think he deserves an ounce of it.

5: Dalton- Brought too much of his classical training to his acting. Brooded the best, but every single threat, no matter how small, had his eyes bugging out like he just shat himself- making him look far less capable than the others.

6: Craig- Excellent in Casino Royale, but overall breaks the big rule of bond physique: The whole point is that Bond is an average build guy with special training. He carries a small pistol and isn't built like a tank, so that the movies can keep putting bond at a disadvantage, whether in firepower or physical strength, and he uses his wits to find a solution. Craig just pounds on everyone and overcomes them with sheer force, which frankly just sucks. Seeing Connery face off against Oddjob or Moore against Jaws is far more entertaining than Craig's fights against people equally or less physical than he is.



All in all I've found Craig's reality to be an interesting 'what if Bond was just starting out now' alternate reality, but I think it's high time we ditched it and got back to James Bond, veteran spy, kicking arse and loving it... or at least as much as his smirk and raised eyebrow will show it...

This guy makes some fine points.

I'd have to go with Connery first though, he's the perfect Bond for me. Roger Moore is a close second for reasons I can't describe, but I love seeing him in the role.
Brosnan comes in third simply because he was Bond while I grew up and again; he plays Bond the way I like him.


As for Craig, Squilookle makes a good point, but the reason I don't really like him is because, surprisingly, he's not the kind of Bond I want to see.

 

[Woodsey]

Well, Craig brings a coldness that you'd expect Bond to have, but Bond's charm suffers as a result.

Not really, there's plenty of it in Casino Royale. It's just not cringe-worthy.

Yes... the real life inspiration for James Bond was that of a member of the RAF!

He's an amalgamation of quite a few people, including Fleming. Or at least, how Fleming wanted to see himself.

OT: Craig, by a mile. How the hell Brosnan is beating him I don't know. (Brosnan wasn't awful, but... eh.) Craig plays a character, the rest often come dangerously close to a caricature, minus Connery (who Craig is better than).

 

[EHKOS]

I HATE Craig. But I do like Pierce a lot. Mostly because he was in Nightfire.

 

[BlueberryMUNCH]

Mmh this thread was done a few days ago.
Still, I'd say my top 3 are Connery, Brosnan and Craig (in no particular order).
On the basis that I like the two 'new' ones though, I'll vote Craig:].

...Yeah, that deja vu seriously just crit me for like, thousands of damage. xD

...That was an amazing response haha, gonna have to use that one in the future:'D

 

[Arina Love]

Pierce Brosnan because he is awesome.

 

[savageoblivi0n]

And who the fuck is David Niven?

Who the hell is David Niven???

He played Bond in the original version of Casino Royale in the....60's or 70's..can't remember offhand

edit: IMDB to the rescue!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061452/

 

[JackandTom]

I must have seen each and every Bond film, even the none canon ones, at least ten times over. My personal favourite Bond is Pierce Brosnan, mostly because he stars in my favourite Bond film; Goldeneye. I do think Dalton is underrated though, and his films were great as well, I do love each Bond for there different reasons though so it's very hard to pick an overall best. Also, Roger Moore is always referred to as the 'funny one' but he could have his serious moments as well. Remember this scene from For Your eyes Only?

 

[thesilentman]

Connery, Moore, Brosnan and Craig. All of them remind me of the times when I was young and watched these all with my dad. Ah, such memories...

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