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ONLY hardcore fans know anything else IMO. [-X
Oh I disagree there. Moore and Brosnan are well known too. Some still beg for the return of Brosnan. And in this day and age, with open access to trivia via the Internet and whatnot, the occasional reader seems quite aware of Lazenby and Dalton too. I really wouldn't mistake Connery's and Craig's popularity for their being the only well known Bonds. ;-)
I think he will be remembered for a while, and then depending on who the next actor is and how good he are he will be more forgotten/remembered.
Why ?
Because for the average viewer, there is no such thing as a specific Bond film, appart from the most recent he bears in mind. Most of them can't tell one Bond movie with Roger Moore than another Bondmovie with Roger Moore. Most of the time, people tell me "Oh! Yeah! James Bond ! I've seen one recently! I don't remember exactly what was going on.There was this villain, a lot of shooting... a bond girl, and this was with Sean Connery!".
So most people I know identify the actor playing Bond before the film, and choose to watch a movie when it's on TV when they already know the actor. Hence, OHMSS is the most unknown of the Bond film and those who's seen it don't have particularly fond memories of it.
However, the Dalton film tend to be more easily remembered (by the story and quality of the film because people can't tell the name of the actor). [french context]
The top 3 that most people guessed were CR, GF, and DN
http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/jamesbond/results
That's almost as lucid as something I might have written myself.
At the end of the day the vast majority of Joe Public could name half a dozen Bond titles (probably DN, GF, LALD, MR, GE and CR) but wouldn't have a clue what went on in them with regard to plot characters etc. To the public they all much of a muchness so to be honest this whole thread is pretty redundant.
Probably the first thing my dad said when I asked him "what do you know about Bond?" he said "lots of half-naked girls and Christopher Walken". So yes, A View to a Kill is not really forgotten, mostly due to him.