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  • 002002
    Posts: 581
    Brosnan all the way

    Bond isnt suppose to be a thug with blonde hair
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
    Posts: 6,432
    Craig is bond, Brosnan tried to act like bond IMO :-)
  • SirHenryLeeChaChingSirHenryLeeChaChing
    Posts: 3,494
    002 wrote:
    Brosnan all the way

    Bond isnt suppose to be a thug with blonde hair

    So shallow...Craig was not a thug in SF if you watched it without prejudice.

  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,789
    Univex wrote:
    After watching that TB review I just wanted to say:

    I LOVE THUNDERBALL!

    After watching that GE review I just wanted to say:

    I LOVE GOLDENEYE!

    That´s all, that´s all. Move along ;)
    Agreed.
  • 00Beast00Beast
    Posts: 4,762
    The only choice to be made here is clearly Pierce Brosnan, I mean it has to be. More style and sophistication than Craig, more suave and deadly charm, more cool and slick, and better suits the role of Bond in just about every way. I like Craig as 007, for sure, but Brosnan easily takes the win here. Even in a movie line-up:

    GoldenEye > Casino Royale
    GoldenEye > Quantum of Solace
    GoldenEye > SkyFall
    Tomorrow Never Dies > Casino Royale
    Tomorrow Never Dies > Quantum of Solace
    Tomorrow Never Dies > SkyFall
    The World is not Enough > Casino Royale
    The World is not Enough > Quantum of Solace
    The World is not Enough > SkyFall
    Die Another Day < Casino Royale
    Die Another Day <Quantum of Solace
    Die Another Day < SkyFall

    That about says enough, haha!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,959
    Goldeneye > every other Bond film.

    I think that says enough for me!
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    Posts: 11,139
    Brosnan just want credible in the role for me and he's the Bind I grew up with. Craig is a superior Bond in every conceivable way and thus gets my vote.
  • 002002
    Posts: 581
    SirHenryLeeChaChing wrote:
    002 wrote:
    Brosnan all the way

    Bond isnt suppose to be a thug with blonde hair

    So shallow...Craig was not a thug in SF if you watched it without prejudice.

    Skyfall isnt out...im reffering to QOS
  • JimThompson45JimThompson45
    Posts: 803
    Nothing against Bronsan, who is a fine actor in his own right, but for me it's Craig; he just seems to be channeling Fleming's Bond much of the time.
  • JamesBondJamesBond
    Posts: 669
    Daniel Craig is a damn Jason Bourne clone, while Pierce Brosnan is one hell of a Bond!
  • JimThompson45JimThompson45
    edited November 2012 Posts: 803
    JamesBond wrote:
    Daniel Craig is a damn Jason Bourne clone, while Pierce Brosnan is one hell of a Bond!
    Ah, I couldn't disagree with you more about Craig.
  • JamesBondJamesBond
    Posts: 669
    JimThompson45 wrote:
    JamesBond wrote:
    Daniel Craig is a damn Jason Bourne clone, while Pierce Brosnan is one hell of a Bond!
    Ah, I couldn't disagree with you more about Craig.
    Cheers.
  • JimThompson45JimThompson45
    Posts: 803
    Cheers. ~O)
  • JamesBondJamesBond
    Posts: 669
    002 wrote:
    Brosnan all the way

    Bond isnt suppose to be a thug with blonde hair

    Exactly!
    chrisisall wrote:
    Univex wrote:
    After watching that TB review I just wanted to say:

    I LOVE THUNDERBALL!

    After watching that GE review I just wanted to say:

    I LOVE GOLDENEYE!

    That´s all, that´s all. Move along ;)
    Agreed.

    Same here.
    00Beast wrote:
    The only choice to be made here is clearly Pierce Brosnan, I mean it has to be. More style and sophistication than Craig, more suave and deadly charm, more cool and slick, and better suits the role of Bond in just about every way. I like Craig as 007, for sure, but Brosnan easily takes the win here. Even in a movie line-up:

    GoldenEye > Casino Royale
    GoldenEye > Quantum of Solace
    GoldenEye > SkyFall
    Tomorrow Never Dies > Casino Royale
    Tomorrow Never Dies > Quantum of Solace
    Tomorrow Never Dies > SkyFall
    The World is not Enough > Casino Royale
    The World is not Enough > Quantum of Solace
    The World is not Enough > SkyFall
    Die Another Day < Casino Royale
    Die Another Day <Quantum of Solace
    Die Another Day < SkyFall

    That about says enough, haha!

    Too bloody right!!
  • karl007karl007
    Posts: 151
    Daniel craig of course..loved him as bond the moment i saw him in the PTS of casino royale.
  • JimThompson45JimThompson45
    Posts: 803
    Read this passage the other day in a book called James Bond and Philosophy: Questions Are Forever, and thought it was a useful way to frame some of the discussions and viewpoints here:

    "As with most people, my exposure to Bond began with the movies, and it was some time before I began to read Ian Fleming's books. But once I did I was in for quite a surprise. Fleming's Bond is very different from the Bond of the silver screen. Fleming's Bond isn't so confident or sauve. He isn't a ladies man, rather he is described as cruel. He is frail, flawed, depressed, arguably an alcoholic and takes speed to help him perform his fantastic feats, that is, he is very, very human. This is a far cry from Sean Connery's portrayal of the superhuman, irresistible womanizer."

    This passage is a bit of an over-simplification, of course. It seems to me Connery's Bond is a bit more nuanced than he is being given credit for here, while it's difficult to imagine Fleming's Bond as frail (perhaps vulnerable would have been a better word choice), but the passage did serve to remind me that one's opinion about what James Bond ought to be can be very much dependent on where and when one was first exposed to the character.
  • GetafixGetafix
    edited November 2012 Posts: 11,425
    I never understood the idea that Brosnan was a Moore clone - if only! I don't really see the similarities. Sir Rog was charming, could do serious and dangerous at the drop of a hat and frankly wipes the floor with Brozza. Sir Rog is firmly at number 2 in my rankings. And Brosnan? Well, Brozza has his own special place, some distance below DC.
  • JamesBondJamesBond
    Posts: 669
    Each to his own, then. I'm tired of convincing people that Daniel Craig is in the wrong franchise and role.
  • JimThompson45JimThompson45
    Posts: 803
    JamesBond wrote:
    Each to his own, then. I'm tired of convincing people that Daniel Craig is in the wrong franchise and role.
    I don't doubt it; there seems to be a great many people out there who really enjoy him in the role.

  • UmustbjockingUmustbjocking
    Posts: 83
    It comes as a surprise to read who is a better actor. I won't get into that. As I have said before, each decade had it;s Bond. Craig is good for action and Brosnan is good for being the ladies man, elegant. Both are fine actors, it's up to the script and the director
  • acoppolaacoppola London Ealing not far from where Bob Simmons lived
    edited November 2012 Posts: 1,243
    JamesBond wrote:
    Each to his own, then. I'm tired of convincing people that Daniel Craig is in the wrong franchise and role.

    Fair enough. But why Craig in your avatar? Before I read your posts, I assumed by your picture he was your favourite.

    But I sincerely appreciate you are honest. Why? Because there is no way I can believe that everyone who loved Brosnan or Moore would be sold on Craig. If Brosnan is the Bond you prefer, then Craig could not be further away from that.

  • JimThompson45JimThompson45
    Posts: 803
    SirHenryLeeChaChing wrote:
    ...Craig was not a thug in SF if you watched it without prejudice.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts."

  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    002 wrote:
    Brosnan all the way

    Bond isnt suppose to be a thug with blonde hair

    Ah, yes, the only argument an anti Craig fan can make. Laughable.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    Craig's badass but Brosnan is just cooler imo.
  • JimThompson45JimThompson45
    Posts: 803
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    Craig's badass but Brosnan is just cooler imo.

    How so?

  • JamesBondJamesBond
    edited November 2012 Posts: 669
    acoppola wrote:
    JamesBond wrote:
    Each to his own, then. I'm tired of convincing people that Daniel Craig is in the wrong franchise and role.

    Fair enough. But why Craig in your avatar? Before I read your posts, I assumed by your picture he was your favourite.

    But I sincerely appreciate you are honest. Why? Because there is no way I can believe that everyone who loved Brosnan or Moore would be sold on Craig. If Brosnan is the Bond you prefer, then Craig could not be further away from that.

    Well, I don't consider my avatar is Daniel Craig, it's Blood Stone's James Bond, who acted like a true professional than in the films. Anyway, I respect your opinions, my friend. Each to his own.
  • acoppolaacoppola London Ealing not far from where Bob Simmons lived
    Posts: 1,243
    JamesBond wrote:
    acoppola wrote:
    JamesBond wrote:
    Each to his own, then. I'm tired of convincing people that Daniel Craig is in the wrong franchise and role.

    Fair enough. But why Craig in your avatar? Before I read your posts, I assumed by your picture he was your favourite.

    But I sincerely appreciate you are honest. Why? Because there is no way I can believe that everyone who loved Brosnan or Moore would be sold on Craig. If Brosnan is the Bond you prefer, then Craig could not be further away from that.

    Well, I don't consider my avatar is Daniel Craig, it's Blood Stone's James Bond, who acted like a true professional than in the films. Anyway, I respect your opinions, my friend. Each to his own.

    My eyes deceive. Very true but from a cursory glance it looks like him as the picture is so small.

    Each to his own. By the way, I certainly hope I did not attack you for your opinions. I appreciate we as fans all are territorial about our favourites.

    If we all liked the same thing, life would be dull. Why I accept Craig easier than some is because I like the serious Daltonesque approach. And I like seeing highly trained actors in the role.



  • JamesBondJamesBond
    Posts: 669
    Fair enough, my friend. No hard feelings I hope.
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    edited November 2012 Posts: 4,043
    Brosnan was a terrible Bond, Craig owns the role now end of story.
  • 007bond762007bond762
    Posts: 75
    Pierce brosnan or Daniel Craig.....i think it's a draw.
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