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  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Laz was alright, but he had a lot of help too. A great script, an outstanding director, a score for the ages, excellent co-stars, wonderful cinematography/locations and a decent budget. Basically, he didn't screw up and that's to be commended.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Laz was alright, but he had a lot of help too. A great script, an outstanding director, a score for the ages, excellent co-stars, wonderful cinematography/locations and a decent budget. Basically, he didn't screw up and that's to be commended.

    And i think in DAF he would have improved even more...
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Best Bonds - Fleming Faithfulness
    1. Dalton
    2. Craig (acting not hair colour)
    3. Connery/ Lazenby
    5. Moore
    6. Brosnan

    Best Bonds - Silver Screen
    1. Connery
    2. Craig - Screen presence
    3. Moore
    4. Brosnan
    5. Lazenby
    6. Dalton


    Best Bonds - My rating/ choice/ preference
    1. Connery
    2. Craig
    3. Dalton - Based on his films being better than Moore's
    4. Moore
    5. Lazenby
    6. Brosnan - Based on his films being the worst of the series in general
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Nice way of ranking it.

    My take:

    Best Bonds - Fleming Faithfulness
    1. Connery
    2. early Moore
    3. Dalton
    4. Craig
    5. Laz
    6. later Moore
    7. Brosnan

    Best Bonds - Silver Screen
    1. Connery
    2. Moore
    3. Brosnan
    4. Craig
    5. Laz
    6. Dalton

    Best Bonds - My rating/choice/preference
    1. Connery
    2. Moore
    3. Craig
    4. Brosnan (on the back of GE/DAD only - he has moved up considerably of late)
    5. Laz
    6. Dalton
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    edited September 2017 Posts: 9,020
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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    2017 ranking

    1. Roger Moore
    2. Sean Connery
    3. Daniel Craig
    4. George Lazenby
    5. Timothy Dalton




    6. Pierce Brosnan
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    @Thunderfinger that's very close to my updated list having viewed a few films again this year. A few changes, with Dalton & Lazenby moving up a slot at Brosnan's expense. It's very close between these three on the lower tier for me though and the positions are quite interchangeable. The top three are far ahead though..

    1. Sean Connery
    2. Roger Moore

    3. Daniel Craig


    4. George Lazenby
    5. Timothy Dalton
    6. Pierce Brosnan
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    That works, too.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
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    Dalton
    Brosnan/Craig
    Connery/Moore
    Lazenby
  • NSGWNSGW London
    edited September 2017 Posts: 299
    Best Bonds by:

    Fleming Faithfulness:
    1. Dalton
    2. Craig
    3. Connery
    4. Lazenby
    5. Moore
    6. Brosnan

    Silver Screen:
    1. Connery
    2. Craig
    3. Moore
    4. Dalton
    5. Brosnan
    6. Lazenby

    Personal Choice:
    1. Connery
    2. Craig
    3. Dalton
    4. Moore
    5. Lazenby
    6. Brosnan
  • SeanCraigSeanCraig Germany
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    1. Connery (DN, FRWL, GF, TB)
    2. Craig (CR, QoS, SF)
    3. Moore (LALD, TSWLM, FYEO)
    4. Dalton (TLD, LTK)
    5. Brosnan (GE, TND, TWINE)
    6. Lazenby (OHMSS)
  • CASINOROYALECASINOROYALE Somewhere hot
    Posts: 1,003
    1. Connery
    2. Craig
    3. Brosnan
    4. Moore
    5. Dalton
    6. Lazenby
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    Posts: 7,021
    I'm bad at ranking things, so this is the best I can manage:

    1. Tie between Connery, Moore and Dalton
    2. Brosnan
    3. Craig
    4. Lazenby
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    Posts: 1,984
    At the moment my list is:

    1. Connery
    2. Craig
    3. Moore
    4. Brosnan
    5. Dalton
    6. Lazenby
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
    edited September 2017 Posts: 2,730
    mattjoes wrote: »
    I'm bad at ranking things, so this is the best I can manage:

    1. Tie between Connery, Moore and Dalton
    2. Brosnan
    3. Craig
    4. Lazenby

    +1; Craig may be tied with brosnan for me though Im not sure
  • ProfJoeButcherProfJoeButcher Bless your heart
    Posts: 1,711
    Roger and Daniel have switched places on my list for some reason....

    1. Timothy
    2. Roger
    3. Daniel
    4. George
    5. Sean
    6. Pierce

  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited September 2017 Posts: 7,134
    Recent thoughts:

    1. Timothy Dalton
    2. Pierce Brosnan
    3. Sean Connery
    4. George Lazenby
    5. Roger Moore
    6. Daniel Craig
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    1. Sean Connery
    2. Roger Moore (not the best, though he's my favourite)
    3. Pierce Brosnan
    4. Timothy Dalton
    5. George Lazenby
    6. Daniel Craig
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited September 2017 Posts: 7,134
    "not the best, though he's my favourite"

    Also ranked them purely on that account. In the end that's what really matters.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    One always has to be genuine to oneself. ;)
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,978
    My ranking for this year (hasn't changed):

    1. Dalton
    2. Lazenby
    3. Connery
    4. Moore
    5. Brosnan
    6. Craig
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    I think the Bond actors are at their best when they're playing a heightened version of themselves. For some reason this doesn't seem to happen until the third movie, once they are settled in nicely. Connery, Moore and Brosnan all seem to be playing a character in their first two, whether it be serious, dry, or cool. Then they just relaxed and had fun with the role, realising it's not something you're supposed to take too seriously. Craig is different in that, with a few exceptions I don't think he ever played himself. He wasn't allowed the breathing space to be himself, because everything was so tightly focused on the character and not the story. When he had to play young rookie, he did. When he had to play old dog, he did. When he had to play in love, he did that too. The scripts demand so much that they allow to room for the actor to be himself. Part of what makes Bond different from regular folk is his ability to compartmentalize his feelings, and to remain emotionally distant. This is not to say the man doesn't feel, but you have to be very selective about how it is portrayed. If Bond is just like any other person he would be on a emotional rollercoaster. What makes us interested in him to start with is how he is different not how he is the same (a fundemental precept Bond that the Craig era that's wrong). I feel like the last 4 films have basically been justified as forming the basis of how the character comes to be different from us, how he becomes how we think of him. And yet I have a sneaking suspicion that Bond 25 will offer up the same Broken Bond on the back foot, isolated in the modern world. It's an endless cycle at this point, and this is in an era which began by putting the tropes and clichés to one side. The only time I think we see Craig being himself is when he is grumpy in SF and SP, for brief moments. That's the big irony about this supposed modern take on the character - he's an anachronism. The interplay between him and Q in both movies really bring this to the fore, and are among Craig's finest moments in the roles because we actually get an ounce of personality in there. He's still playing a character rather than himself, but this is the closest fit to Craig of the lot. In SP, Craig is forced into the comedy Bond mould, the most ill-fitting of the lot for him. Still, we'll never see his Bond tackle a mission and be afforded the opportunity if some breathing room in that tux of his (the suits being too tight is almost a perfect metaphor) and that is a shame.
  • GBFGBF
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    1. Moore
    2. Connery
    3. Dalton
    4. Brosnan
    5. Lazenby
    6. Craig
  • LFSLFS
    edited June 2020 Posts: 40
    1. Sean Connery
    2. Timothy Dalton
    3. Roger Moore
    4. Daniel Craig
    5. George Lazenby
    6. Pierce Brosnan
  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    1. Connery. So relaxed. He looked like he could walk into a room and take the woman off any man's arm..if he wanted to. He also understood that Bond was a special acting role, which needed a degree of dangerous charm. None of the stiff backed, swivelly eyed acting from this man.

    2. Craig. My easy number two from 2012 is clinging on by his fingernails after his less convincing turn in Spectre. His angst ridden, tortured soul is one for the 21st Century, and a fresh take on the part. He doesn't let the ghost of Connery effect his performance one iota.

    3. Moore. Roger is a law to himself. Maybe his disrespect for the role ('Jimmy Bond indeed') in interviews rankled a little with the hard care fans, but he played it straight when it mattered, and built up a long, suitably convincing CV as Bond. Something of a legend now.

    4. Lazenby. In a short period of time he dragged himself together, ditched the Aussie accent, and gave a convincing enough performance in a big budget Bond film. Remarkable really, but he was an arrogant son of a bitch at the best of times. He walked into the casino in this film with the same swagger as Connery, he seduced the women with ease, he fought like a demon. Any niggles? Enough, but less than the next two fellas.

    5. Brosnan. Not far behind Lazenby to be fair. Brosnan took a while to relax into the role. He over cooked the comic moments (how many times in TND does he look Q and Wade up and down - yes we got the joke the first time), and sometimes the dramatic moments as well (TWINE). But when he got it right he was good, and of course he was a handsome dude and looked good in anything.
    I do like PB but we got four different takes on Bond in four films. He never followed it through like Craig did.

    6. Dalton. Simply not commanding enough. His stagey acting was a personal bugbear, and his lack of respect for Bond's traditional class and style didn't sit well. But it was his version of the role, so respect to him for trying something different.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    @Birdleson, what awkward oddness are you referring to? Did you try to kiss him?
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    NicNac wrote: »
    1. Connery. So relaxed. He looked like he could walk into a room and take the woman off any man's arm..if he wanted to. He also understood that Bond was a special acting role, which needed a degree of dangerous charm. None of the stiff backed, swivelly eyed acting from this man.

    2. Craig. My easy number two from 2012 is clinging on by his fingernails after his less convincing turn in Spectre. His angst ridden, tortured soul is one for the 21st Century, and a fresh take on the part. He doesn't let the ghost of Connery effect his performance one iota.

    3. Moore. Roger is a law to himself. Maybe his disrespect for the role ('Jimmy Bond indeed') in interviews rankled a little with the hard care fans, but he played it straight when it mattered, and built up a long, suitably convincing CV as Bond. Something of a legend now.

    4. Lazenby. In a short period of time he dragged himself together, ditched the Aussie accent, and gave a convincing enough performance in a big budget Bond film. Remarkable really, but he was an arrogant son of a bitch at the best of times. He walked into the casino in this film with the same swagger as Connery, he seduced the women with ease, he fought like a demon. Any niggles? Enough, but less than the next two fellas.

    5. Brosnan. Not far behind Lazenby to be fair. Brosnan took a while to relax into the role. He over cooked the comic moments (how many times in TND does he look Q and Wade up and down - yes we got the joke the first time), and sometimes the dramatic moments as well (TWINE). But when he got it right he was good, and of course he was a handsome dude and looked good in anything.
    I do like PB but we got four different takes on Bond in four films. He never followed it through like Craig did.

    6. Dalton. Simply not commanding enough. His stagey acting was a personal bugbear, and his lack of respect for Bond's traditional class and style didn't sit well. But it was his version of the role, so respect to him for trying something different.
    I'm fully in agreement with your descriptions. Well said.

    My ranking differs slightly from you however, with Moore comfortably ahead of Craig and Dalton just a whisker ahead of Brosnan.

    1. Connery
    2. Moore
    3. Craig
    4. Lazenby
    5. Dalton
    6. Brosnan
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Haha, he was enjoying some privacy until you came along.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Maybe his personal assistant had told him about you.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    @NicNac, afraid I can’t agree with that assesment of Dalton at all. Looks great in a suit and quite frankly gave one of the most stylish looks of any Bond actor in TLD. Even in LTK it looks better than it might have been considering the fashion of the era. Also, Tim’s Bond was always well-mannered as well. Can’t say that about Craig though, if anything he’s the one lacking in style, class, manners and suaveness.

    Just my two cents of course.
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