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And the same stubbornness about the Dalton.
2. Craig (but SP better be good)
3. Dalton (bit too intense, but victim of bad timing for serious Bond)
4. Moore (saved the franchise/kept it going)
5. Brosnan (victim of some bad scripts)
6. Lazenby (great book/script and opportunity he didn't deserve)
If the question was who I'd like to have a pint wth at a pub based on easy going, good guy rep, I'd almost reverse the order
1. Moore (#1 Bond actor nice guy)
2. Brosnan
3. Dalton
4. Craig (definitely no selfies)
5. Connery
6. Lazenby (#1 Bond actor jerk)
Regarding HIM, he is funny in interviews but I suspect he has a much more unpleasent side when the cameras aren't on him.
Ditto I cannot imagine Roger having done a better job. The only other actor I can imagine having done it justice at the time was perhaps a young Dalton.
Just watched OHMSS and again amazed how good Lazenby is!
I wouldn't want anyone else in the role.
His chemistry with Diana Rigg is worth their weight in Gold!
The love story would never have worked with Connery imo.
I agree on Dalton though. That could have been interesting!
The same could be said of Craig, but as least Lazenby has a valid excuse (little to no formal training, at the time).
As for what Lazenby is like when the camera's aren't rolling, I don't know, and I don't think I really care. The least experienced of all the actors, but despite his acting limitations, had a go at the role, and more or less covered up his acting limitations with his confidence and athleticism.
Calculated from my Bond movie ranking list:
1. TIMOTHY DALTON (7.0 - 5th and 9th rank) TLD-LTK
2. DANIEL CRAIG (9.25 - 1st, 4th, 13th and 19th rank) SP-CR-QOS-SF
3. PIERCE BROSNAN (11.5 - 2nd, 10th, 14th and 20th rank) GE-TND-DAD-TWINE
4. ROGER MOORE (15.0 - 6th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th, 22nd and 23rd rank) OP-FYEO-LALD-MR-TSWLM-AVTAK-TMWTGG
5. SEAN CONNERY (15.83 - 7th, 8th, 17th, 18th, 21st, 24th rank) FRWL-GF-DN-TB-YOLT-DAF
Objectively I rate Sean Connery as the best, it just can't be argued. My personal rankings are based on the overall experience and feelings towards those movies and actors.
GEORGE LAZENBY (3.0 - 3rd rank) OHMSS actually would be on top this ranking! But I really cannot include him with only one movie, can I?
2 Dalton-second most Flemingian
3 Moore-my Bond growing up
4 Craig- damn fine Bond, could easily be no. 1
5 Connery. Hmm, this seems wrong, he was breathtakingly good in his first three.
11. Brosnan. I refuse to bash the guy.
2. Craig
3. Moore
4. Dalton
5. Lazenby
6. Brosnan
Roger Moore is ahead of Dalton because as a kid Moore was my absolute favourite. So I kinda think that Dalton is overall a better Bond but because of nostalgic reasons I usually put Moore ahead of him in the ratings. And of course Roger has more good Bond movies under his belt since Timothy only has two...
http://www.imdb.com/poll/TUbLpUvRmyo/results?answer=5&ref_=po_rv
1. Sean Connery (by a mile)
2. Daniel Craig
3. Roger Moore (close to Craig but SP has increased the distance somewhat)
4. Timothy Dalton
5. George Lazenby
6. Pierce Brosnan
2. Craig
3. Moore
4. Brosnan
5. Dalton
6. Lazenby
All makes sense. But for me I'd still swap Moore and Dalton.
2. Daniel
3. Roger
4. Tim
5. Pierce
6. George
2. Dalton
3. Brosnan
4. Craig
5. Lazenby
6. Moore
I perfectly have clear that my number 1 are Pierce Brosnan and Sean Connery, if I could pick just one id go for Pierce since he is the one is saw first so Connery automatically goes second place but now my third and 4th place has become much trickier if ties were not allowed
If i can have ties witn no problem id say Craig and Dalton second since Pierce and connery would be 1st but if i had to separte 3rd and 4th here it comes my indecisiveness.
Craig looks more of a Bond for the big screen, something about him I can't describe makes him more cinematic and is a little more belivable than Dalton as a hard edge Bond but Dalton is more balanced between though amd charming and looks more like the classicly handsome dark hair, lean and tall Bond.
Ok i finally made my mind if i can't have ties and need to rank them from 1-6
1 Pierce Brosnan
2 Sean Connery
3 Daniel Craig
4 Timothy Dalton
5 Roger Moore
6 George Lazenby
gap
Tony Curtis
another gap
a huge gap
again gap
Tim Dalton & Daniel Craig
Sean Connery
Pierce Brosnan
George Lazenby (only 6th because of only 1 movie, otherwise up there with Dan & Tim)
Now that IS shocking. I find ranking them quite a monumental task. I could probably put Lazenby 6th because of only 1 movie and objectively his acting ability is simply not up to bar with the rest. But beyond that I have an epileptic seizure and start foaming from the mouth purely from the thought of ranking them. Who is objectively the best screen Bond? Connery. Who is the closest to Fleming's Bond? Dalton. Who do I personally gravitate towards out of nostalgic reasons? Moore. SEE? IMPOSSIBLE. Let's just say I find them all equally good, and each in their very own distinctive way fit their respective movies perfectly.
1 Sean Connery
2 Roger Moore
3 George Lazenby
4 Daniel Craig
5 Timothy Dalton
6 Barry Nelson
7 David Niven
8 Pierce Brosnan
Shame on you
You forgot him after David Niven!!
youtu.be/oBcRiwjuDak