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Brosnan.
Craig.
Moore.
I don't think Dalton's or Lazenby's should be counted - simply because it demands to be viewed in a different perspective. With the four above it's not a line that's there because it has to be there - it's part of the overall introduction.
2.Sean Connery
3.Pierce Bronsan
4.George Lazenby
5.Daniel Craig
6.Sir Timothy Dalton
"The name is" is much more smooth, you can say it faster too.
I don't think it really matters to be honest.
Roger Moore is a close second. Daniel Craig's was ok, but as a moment (the buildup, the music, the context of the re boot etc) it is superb!
1. Connery
2. Craig
3. Moore
4. Brosnan
5. Dalton
6. Lazenby
Roger Moore did it great.
Dalton ("sandwich curry" and I don't seem to care), Craig (robotic) and Lazenby ("Hello, I'm 29 and..." why that smile ??) at worst...
1. Craig
2. Brosnan
3 Moore
4 Connery
5 dalton
6 lazenby
Pierce Brosnan-cool, sexy,mstylish and very nice tone of voice
Daniel Craig- great tone and great entrance though a little too serious
Timothy Dalton- a little too rushed but still pretty good.
Didnt like Roger Moore and George Lazenby too high pitch and feel like thir voices lacked elegance which is part of why this pharse is so memorable.
2. Moore - all round most consistent even when he started 'smirking' it
3. Craig - brilliant in CR. Average to below average in the rest
4. Lazenby - confident, welcoming (not threatening) and different in his one outing
5. Brosnan - ok in TND & DAD. Too self conscious in GE. Disgraceful (with Richards) in TWINE
6. Dalton - awful
Brosnan looks stiff but sounds confident in GE.
I like Craig's delivery in CR but I sort of see @RC7's point. Maybe it's the pause he takes before reading the line - a conscious build-up.
Anyway, Laz's reading is probably my least favourite. He sounds too goofy.
1. Connery
2. Craig
3. Moore
4. Brosnan
5. Lazenby
6. Dalton
Both Lazenby's and Dalton's admittedly were average to me.
Lazenby, Dalton and Brosnan are all pretty weak.
In Dr. No, it makes perfect sense as Sylvia says "I admire your luck, Mr...?"
Then they stuck with that way of introduction since.
True. It was so totally cool that they had no choice. Exactly 50 yrs later Craig copied it with Severine in the casino.
Jill Masterson also says "who are you?" before Connery introduces himself simply as "Bond, James Bond" in Goldfinger. But Connery gets away with the line - probably my favourite delivery of his alongside DN.
TLD is my second favourite, the most natural way ever to say those lines and the scene is one of my favourites of the whole series anyway.
I'd have to go with the unoriginal answer of Connery for this one.
This was our first introduction to Bond in the movies, and after this moment the world would never be the same again. I like the way Bond casually lights his cigarette, looks up and (this is the essential bit) pause... Bond. James Bond. Excellent timing and pace. I wonder how many takes it took to nail this one.
Dalton
Now this was an attempt to be different, which always wins my vote (well, most of the time, anyway). The line worked for me because firstly, Bond has just made a grand entrance; and secondly he throws away the line while taking immediate control of the situation. Three very Bondian boxes ticked, I think.
Lazenby
This is the only introduction done point of view (from Tracy’s) and as such it is, quite literally, in the audience’s face. It’s almost as if Bond is saying to the audience “I’m Bond now, like it or not.” Very assertive.
Moore
The line was well delivered, but I do wish Roger Moore had played Bond a bit less like the Saint. That half smirk robbed the line of most of its gravity, especially considering the situation Bond was in.
Craig
The delivery was good -- cold and every inch the consummate professional, but the line was non-essential and gratuitous. Mr White’s organisation has had Bond on their radar ever since Bond breaks protocol and uses his real name at the casino, so why does White say: “Who are you?” when he already knows the answer?
Brosnan
This, to my mind, was a crib from the Moore school of playing Bond. The half smirk isn’t there, but it’s implied. As @jaguar007 said, most girls would crack up at a delivery like that. Looking at the scene again, I think that Famke Janssen was trying hard not to.
He doesn't.
I sort of agree with everyone liking Dalton's delivery, in that it's more casual and no-nonsense, but if this was the case, he wouldn't have said "Bond, James Bond"... I feel like he would have just said "James Bond". The fact that he does say "Bond, James Bond" in this context takes me way, way out of it and makes it my least favourite delivery. Similarly to Lazenby's.
The only time it really works is when it's a response to "Mr...?" of course, which is why it works in Dr. No so well, and Skyfall (although not perfect), and it works in Casino Royale because he's doing it a cheeky way.
However, if Mendes uses the take of Craig's line in the SP trailer then I think we'll all have a new contender for great deliveries to discuss.
At the end when Bond confronts Klebb (who's disguised as the old woman) he introduces himself as "Bond, James Bond". Stephens reads it dramatically, like he's in one of the movies. Made me chuckle.