I heard the new James Bond movie "Casino Royale"
is supposed to be very good. Was wondering how people would rank the different James Bonds up to now. Mine would be as follows;

Sean Connery- The best by a mile.
Roger Moore- good but not great.
Pierce Brosnan- witty but too much of a "pretty boy" in my opinion to appeal to male viewers.
Timothy Dalton- an absolute bore- would have been more interesting watching Don Knotts play James Bond.

Lazenby was superb for a first-time actor and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is damn close to "From Russia With Love" as best alltime Bond film.

Brosnan, he's no Bond in my world...

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My favourite has always been Roger Moore, with a strong second Sean Connery.
Pierce Brosnan is three, but I must admit that "The World Is Not Enough" and "Die Another Day" are very weak films (though I think it's not Brosnan's fault).
Timothy Dalton was not that bad I think. The Thing about those two films is that they happened to be in the late 80s, when the James Bond concept (Perestrojka!) was not en vogue anymore and some other action heroes like Dr. Jones, Sgt. Riggs/ Murtaugh or Lt. McLane evolved, "Goldeneye" was a reaction to the action blockbuster boom of the late 80s, early 90s, like "Moonraker" was a pity attempt to do something "Star Wars"-like.
The worst Bond for me was Lazenby, I kind of like the film, but for me he was just a guy between two Connery Bonds.

"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" would be one of the best bond films ..but... with Lazenby ...

Imagine Connery would have been on his place.

Yesterday the new bond had premiere for continental Europe here in Zurich. With presence of Daniel Craig. They asked people afterwards and almost everybody was surprised how good the movie and the new JB are. Especially women... lol He is supposed to be very sexy, has unbelievable blue eyes..

Don't think I've even seen the Bond movie(s) with Lazenby. He must have been short-lived as Bond.

best Ian Fleming books..... Casino Royale, OHMSS

best Bond film(S)....Goldfinger (Connery at his best)
OHMSS.....one of the finest books and one of the best films- but a miscast lead.
The Spy Loved Me....Moore's best Bond outting.
Licence To Kill....Dalton takes Bond back to how Flemming meant him to be.
Goldeneye.... Brosnans first best Bond film, reinvented for the 90's.

best bond songs.... From Russia With Love- Matt Monro
Goldfinger- Shirley Bassey.
Theme to OHMSS -John Barry
THe Spy Who Loved Me- Carly Simon
Octopussy- Rita Coolidge.

Haven't seen the new one, so I'll leave out Craig.

1 Sean Connery.
2 Pierce Brosnan.
3 George Lazenby.
4 Roger Moore
5 Timothy Dalton

Best Bond movie: Goldfinger. No contest.

JumpingKentFlash

Best Bond Theme:

Goldfinger

Next Best: LIVE AND LET DIE!

1. Connery
2. Brosnan
3. Lazenby
4. Dalton
5. Moore (James Bond almost became comedy!)

Best film: Goldfinger

Best theme: Goldfinger (runner up: Goldeneye)

1. Connery
2. Moore (I like the comedy aspect)
3. Brosnan
4. Dalton
5. Lazenby

Best film: Goldfinger
Best theme: Goldfinger (the whole soundtrack)
Best song: Goldfinger
Best bond girl: "Ursi national" Ursula Andress (Dr. No)
Best Bond bad guy: : Gert Fröbe (Goldfinger)

lazy-slob Wrote:
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> Best Bond Theme:
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> Next Best: LIVE AND LET DIE!


"Live And Let Die" is the best by a country mile in my book.
(Putting up the next Ultimate Collection soon)?

JumpingKentFlash

On Her Majesty's Secret Service is simply the best and LAZEMBY IS GREAT. Song by louis Armstrong is fantastic.

Best James Bond?

ROGER MOORE by MILES....

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Best: Connery



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I saw the new bond film last night-it is very good and Daniel Craig is a great bond in the making!

'now I'm a lucky fella, cause I'm married to the fortune teller'

worst James Bond?....David Niven

Best: Connery

Do like the music in On Her Majesties Secret Service.

Don't forget the first Bond in Casino Royale: Barry Nelson, or Bob Holness in the radio version.

Similar post about a week ago.

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Bob Holness in the radio version.

can i have a 'P' please, Q?

Interestingly enough, they say that Timothy Dalton was the most authentic to the original character.

I think Keith would make a superb Bond.

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> Interestingly enough, they say that Timothy Dalton
> was the most authentic to the original character.

if you care to read the excellent and underrated books, you'll see
that ,yes, that is the case.

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> > Interestingly enough, they say that Timothy
> Dalton
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> character.
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> if you care to read the excellent and underrated
> books, you'll see
> that ,yes, that is the case.


Most people aren't aware of that. Thanks for the verification.

I grew up in the 80's, so I'm a Roger Moore man. But I like Connery too!

1. Dalton
2. Brosnan
3. Lazenby
4. Connery
5. Moore

Best movie - Moonraker.

Best soundtrack - For Your Eyes Only.

Hottest babe - Jane Seymour.MEZ

and Ay ay baby it hurts

As a fan, I was hugely excited to see the new Bon film last night.

It doesn't disappoint.

They've basically done a "Bind Begins" type film where - though set in the present day - he's just starting out his career and has yet to become the suave and sophisticated secret agent we all know and love.

Daniel Craig - after all the initial misgivings in the press - has come out fighting and is entirely credible in the role.

There are also some nice touches about familiar things in the film but I won't say any more so as not to give away anything!

1. Connery
2. Brosnan
3. Moore
4. Lazenby
5. indifferent to all the rest of the minor players

Haven't seen the recent Casino Royale yet, but read a review saying he's the best yet in the paper. I bet he never named the dog Indiana though.

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He is not all british LOL



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1. Connery
2. Brosnan
3. Moore
4. Lazenby
5. Dalton

Best Bond Movie: Three way tie - From Russia With Love/Goldfinger/Thunderball
Best Bond Girl: Honey Rider in Dr. No, Pussy Galore
Best Bond Car: DB-5
Best Bond Gadget: "Little Nellie"
Best Baddie: Auric Goldfinger

One of the best lines:
(To Dr. Dent shooting at him: "That's a Smith & Wesson, and you've had your six."

I think Connery will always be the ultimate, but Brosnan is the Bond of my generation and he was certainly better than Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton. I think they got it all wrong with Roger Moore too.