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True... which is why I think he would have worked better if they had done the CR reboot with him back then. I can see him rashly falling in love with Vesper and being generally reckless. This is a younger Bond.
For just the regular Bond mission LALD was, though, I think he might have looked a bit too baby faced.
Sir Roger, for the class, the wit, the running-gag, the charm & lover side and the British Gentleman style. But his perf were very irregular, which is quite understandable with all his years in a row. He shouldn't have acted in AVTAK... not much credible in action scenes.
Tim, for his darkness in interpretation, his "enough" class, his serious, his romance, his "pro" side, the deep character's involvment close to original. I just think he should have played MORE than twice... ("C-R" would have been amazing in begin 90's if the production had the rights at that time ; definitely FYEO was tailored made. "AVTAK" could have been a huge but workable challenge as an actor ; in this he would have done well)
And I think "GoldenEye" was best and will stay with Pierce Brosnan 007.
Well said! A voice of sanity amongst the Craigite chattering. I disagree with you about SF - it's DC's worst - but he isn't remotely as good as the Daltinator. Bring back Tim!
I know he's old and Craig is probably good for the series but if by some miracle they did bring back Dalts, I wouldn't be complaining.
Timothy Dalton, by such a distance you can only imagine. Moore did well here and there, but his childish humor at times, really did him no favors by the end, as well as being evidently too old for the part by his departure, and Dalton simply omitted any of the nonsense antics and kept things straight faced and serious. I'm afraid this debate isn't much of a contest
I too prefer the charming, sophisticated side of Bond's character. Dalton did a fine job (although I feel he was let down by LTK - a film with many problems) but I just far prefer Moore.
However I go give plenty of kudos to Dalton for staying true to Fleming and returning Bond to his roots.
Timothy was a great Bond don't get me wrong. But I grew up with Brosnan's and Moore's films growing up. Plus I didn't really like Dalton up until recently so Moore is it. :)
The man IS James Bond. The others may suit people more but if there was ever a Bond who WAS Fleming's creation, it's Dalton.
This. Along with Connery, they constitute my top 3 Bonds. Although I think it's too bad in retrospect that Moore didn't exit the role 1 or 2 films earlier and we didn't get 2 or 3 more films with Dalton. That would've been great.
I like my Bond serious and straight faced and Timothy did a great job of it. Moore did very well at times, but the over emphasis on humor simply weighed him down, and it's the biggest black mark against him. Roger was involved in some of my favorite releases such as Moonraker and Live and Let Die and at times, could play it seriously, but Dalton will always be the best James Bond
If I look at this debate objectively and from a general public view, this is an excellent point in favor of Sir Roger. Dalton cannot say the same, he established a cult following for himself that for me has happily grown over the years but he did not make the world forget about Moore or his films.
Personally, I still much prefer Dalton's take on Bond so naturally he gets my vote. I was on his bandwagon halfway through my first viewing of TLD opening weekend 1987 and have never left. I always said "damn the public" even then, they didn't recognize how visionary and different he was but they would have had they known the books as well as they knew Bondolas and winking pigeons :-&
I think I agree with this. Lazenby not getting any more probably isn't as much of a disappointment for me. Dalton was the best Bond and could've done the films for ten more years, IMO.