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Best Villain in Connery era ?

Dalton12Dalton12
edited December 2012 in Actors Posts: 1,107
for me its between Largo and Dr.no you can also pick henchmen.

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  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 8,266
    Largo, for me. But Dr. No indeed stands very close. Then Goldfinger, as a villain. I rate FRWL far higher then GF..
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
    Posts: 11,139
    Top 3:

    Goldfinger
    Red Grant
    Fiona
  • 007bond762007bond762
    Posts: 75
    Dr.No- A brilliant scientist with thos trademark steel hands. Arguably SPECTRE's #1 at the time.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    I'm going for Grant. Fantastic performance by Shaw.

    The first one won't kill you. Not the second...not even the third. Not 'till you crawl over here and you kiss my foot"
  • bondsumbondsum
    Posts: 3,333
    Red Grant.... followed by... Rosa Klebb
  • TimothyDalton007TimothyDalton007
    edited December 2012 Posts: 42
    Red Grant. Leagues apart, as he had it all - cunning, menace and physical threat.

    Oddjob is the best of the rest.
  • 0iker00iker0
    Posts: 501
    Blofeld (YOLT & OHMSS)
    Rosa Klebb
    Dr. No
    Largo
    Grant
    Fiona



    Goldfinger






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    Blofeld (DAF)
  • Major_BoothroydMajor_Boothroyd Republic of Isthmus
    Posts: 2,722
    My favourite is Red Grant, but as far as a 'mastermind' villain - Goldfinger.
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    Seeing as the thread is titled villain? I would have to go with Largo.
  • actonsteveactonsteve
    Posts: 1,492
    "They are waiting for you in the control room.....Doctor No.."

    Just that name Dr No. Its redolent of Fu Manchu and Arthur Conan Doyle.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    edited December 2012 Posts: 12,837
    I'd go with Blofeld, the unseen one and Pleasence (not Gray, he was terrible, I would say Salvas but I'm not sure I can count him here since he wasn't in any Connerys).

    He's so iconic and Grant, No, etc, were all at the end of the day just working for him.
  • oorogersoorogers
    Posts: 122
    hard to say but Blofeld would be the obvious choice. As he gives Bond the biggest run around of all the Bond villains and being so dam hard to get rid of as to put him near them top but my fave of that era as to be Goldfinger his plan was so simple a good old fashioned bank robbery scaled up a bit I must admit but still just a bank robbery. To many Bond villains get hell bent on world domination. why not keep it simple must he is a little ambitious to take on Fort knox but that's what makes not only a grate villain but a grate film as well. With the amazing Odd Job a icon of the Bond world and a brilliant duo (odd job and goldfinger)
  • Jazz007Jazz007 Minnesota
    Posts: 257
    Dr. No - Wiseman created the template with his eerie performance - but Largo is a really close second, Celi had a tremendous screen presence.
  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
    Posts: 1,874
    Klebb/Grant combo. Best Bond film. Ever. Brilliant bad guys. Followed by the iconic Dr No - "you're just a stupid policeman'
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited December 2012 Posts: 28,694
    Man oh man, this is a toughie.

    Dr. No is a brilliant shadow of mystery that seduces your curiosity the first time you see him name on the stolen files. His little amount of screen time at the end can beat out some villains who had the whole film to act in. His "stupid policeman" line and the dinner scene where Bond says "I prefer the 53 myself" after Dr. No urges him not to break the bottle. He is cerebrally unmatched in the Connery era.

    Grant is great, just a tough guy through and through who is the biggest adversary as far as strength to Bond. He has come the closest to killing Bond, and that has to count for something. And what I love most is that though Grant is stronger than Bond, 007 still outsmarted him cerebrally and won the fight.

    Goldfinger: How can you not love the whole laser table scene? Goldfinger isn't the best of the best, but he would make it to a qualifying round for sure. He has some great scenes that show how ruthless he is, but like most of the villains in the Connery era, he treats Bond like a gentlemen. Even before he captures him they play a round of golf and after he captures him he lets Bond mosey around his farm and sip on mint julep while his plan is further enacted. And it would have all been perfect too, but instead of using disguise (DN) or smarts (FRWL) to beat the villain, Bond uses his pee pee k to put the odds in his favor. Overall a satisfying villain, forever playing his golden harp.

    Largo: I haven't seen TB for quite a while (need to remedy that one) but the scene at the casino where Bond uses "spectre" in his dialogue with him is great, and it is through Largo that you see Blofeld's ruthlessness as the man has great fear on his face as he wonders if his seat will be the one to kill him. Again, a gentlemanly villain. He shoots clay pigeons with Bond and invites him to his lifestyle even though he suspects things. A good villain, but Dr. No and Grant would be tops for me.

    Blofeld: The one that finishes off Connery's era. We take a major decline in quality right away with YOLT, and that continues through to Pleasance being dropped for Gray. Blofeld is a good in the shadows villain, but I don't think he ever reached "Moriarty" like status in the films. He is often in the background while he moves his own pawns on the board. And don't get me started with Gray in drag. The less said of DAF, period, the better.

    So, if I was held at gunpoint and had to decide, it would probably be Dr. No and Grant for me, followed by Goldfinger and then probably a tie between Largo and Blofeld.
  • ElliotCarverElliotCarver
    Posts: 249
    Is it weird when I say that Klebb and Kronsteen are probably my two favorites? Because they are. FRWL overall has probably the best cast of villains in a Bond movie. Ever.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    Dr. No and Red Grant are my favourites. Two of the best in the series as well.
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    The first name I thought of was Robert Shaw in From Russia With Love. A genuinely menacing figure of Bond villainy, that is actually few and far between in the franchise

    Other names worthy of inclusion would be Dr Julius No, Oddjob, Wint and Kidd, or even Rosa Klebb. Hans in You Only Live Twice, was a wasted potential, even if he was another take of Donald Grant, that would be seen so often in later releases. Apart from a brief fight with Bond towards the end, "Bon appetit", simply was wasted that year, as they could of done so much more with him
  • 00Beast00Beast
    Posts: 4,762
    A brief list of my favorites from an era of very classic villains!

    -Dr. Julius No
    -Donald "Red" Grant
    -Oddjob
    -Emilio Largo
    -Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Donald Pleasance preferrably, just because he had so much color and villainy compared to the others; Savalas was good, but a little dry sometimes, and Gray, although I used to like his performance, has fallen a bit in my book, but only a bit)
    -Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd
  • Goldeneye95Goldeneye95
    edited December 2012 Posts: 546
    1.Ernst Stavro Blofeld
    2.Red Grant
    3.Oddjob
    4.Emillio Largo
    5.Euric Goldfinger
    6.Dr. No
    7.Rosa Klebb
  • youonlylivethriceyouonlylivethrice
    edited December 2012 Posts: 117
    Dr. No, Largo and Red Grant, in that order.
    Sharing the second place, Rosa Klebb, Goldfinger and Oddjob.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,480
    Fav villains from Connery era: I do place FRWL highest, and Fiona is hard to match as a villainess, she was wonderfully played.

    1. Red Grant
    2. Rosa Klebb
    3. Fiona
    4. Dr. No
    5. Goldfinger
    6. Oddjob
    7. Largo
    8. Blofeld
  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
    Posts: 6,432
    Blofeld from FRWL and TB.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 15,125
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    Man oh man, this is a toughie.

    Dr. No is a brilliant shadow of mystery that seduces your curiosity the first time you see him name on the stolen files. His little amount of screen time at the end can beat out some villains who had the whole film to act in. His "stupid policeman" line and the dinner scene where Bond says "I prefer the 53 myself" after Dr. No urges him not to break the bottle. He is cerebrally unmatched in the Connery era.

    Grant is great, just a tough guy through and through who is the biggest adversary as far as strength to Bond. He has come the closest to killing Bond, and that has to count for something. And what I love most is that though Grant is stronger than Bond, 007 still outsmarted him cerebrally and won the fight.

    Goldfinger: How can you not love the whole laser table scene? Goldfinger isn't the best of the best, but he would make it to a qualifying round for sure. He has some great scenes that show how ruthless he is, but like most of the villains in the Connery era, he treats Bond like a gentlemen. Even before he captures him they play a round of golf and after he captures him he lets Bond mosey around his farm and sip on mint julep while his plan is further enacted. And it would have all been perfect too, but instead of using disguise (DN) or smarts (FRWL) to beat the villain, Bond uses his pee pee k to put the odds in his favor. Overall a satisfying villain, forever playing his golden harp.

    Largo: I haven't seen TB for quite a while (need to remedy that one) but the scene at the casino where Bond uses "spectre" in his dialogue with him is great, and it is through Largo that you see Blofeld's ruthlessness as the man has great fear on his face as he wonders if his seat will be the one to kill him. Again, a gentlemanly villain. He shoots clay pigeons with Bond and invites him to his lifestyle even though he suspects things. A good villain, but Dr. No and Grant would be tops for me.

    Blofeld: The one that finishes off Connery's era. We take a major decline in quality right away with YOLT, and that continues through to Pleasance being dropped for Gray. Blofeld is a good in the shadows villain, but I don't think he ever reached "Moriarty" like status in the films. He is often in the background while he moves his own pawns on the board. And don't get me started with Gray in drag. The less said of DAF, period, the better.

    So, if I was held at gunpoint and had to decide, it would probably be Dr. No and Grant for me, followed by Goldfinger and then probably a tie between Largo and Blofeld.

    That is pretty much how I think, although I really find Largo threatening just as much as Dr No, but I think it is more for sentimental reason, TB being the very first Bond I saw as a child.
  • LibrarianLibrarian
    Posts: 312
    Nr 1. Auric Goldfinger
    Nr 2. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (in FRWL).
    Nr 3. Red Grant.
  • OHMSS69OHMSS69
    Posts: 2,341
    This discussion should begin and end with the one and only
    AURIC GOLDFINGER
    He was larger than life, he set the standard for all future Bond villains and all villains in the spy genre.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    Posts: 28,694
    OHMSS69 wrote:
    This discussion should begin and end with the one and only
    AURIC GOLDFINGER
    He was larger than life, he set the standard for all future Bond villains and all villains in the spy genre.
    I'd say more Blofeld or Dr. No on that one for the influences later on.
  • 00Beast00Beast
    Posts: 4,762
    OHMSS69 wrote:
    This discussion should begin and end with the one and only
    AURIC GOLDFINGER
    He was larger than life, he set the standard for all future Bond villains and all villains in the spy genre.

    Larger than life is right.......hahaha!
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