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Bond actors that don't suck?
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Connery- too confident, too suave, too impervious. He sucked.
Lazenby- too green an actor, too wooden. He sucked.
Moore- too funny, too easy-going, too likeable. He sucked.
Dalton- too emotional, too intense. He sucked.
Brosnan- too Remington Steele, too Brosnan. He sucked.
Craig- too thug-like, too Terminatoresque, too Macaulay Culkin. He sucks.
Hmmm... so there we have it. No good Bond actors.
Am I making any kind of point here, guys?
;)
Lazenby- too green an actor, too wooden. He sucked.
Moore- too funny, too easy-going, too likeable. He sucked.
Dalton- too emotional, too intense. He sucked.
Brosnan- too Remington Steele, too Brosnan. He sucked.
Craig- too thug-like, too Terminatoresque, too Macaulay Culkin. He sucks.
Hmmm... so there we have it. No good Bond actors.
Am I making any kind of point here, guys?
;)
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The others all operate from a starting disadvantage of not being Sean. That's almost an impossible hurdle to overcome.
Oh wait, there's the door. And it's unlocked? You must of missed it. Well, see you around I guess, drive safe.
:)
There isn't a Bond actor that has made a film that I do not enjoy immensely.
If my point is stupid, or if my thread warrants no intelligent conversation, then it will be closed.
And I will accept that decision.
In fact, none of them was.
So when I see the nit-picky stuff laid onto ANY actor, I guess I just feel like jeeze folks, can we just enjoy their individual takes on the character without tearing down the ones we don't personally connect with?
I like TMWTGG better than SF, but I like QOS better than FYEO, and I like GE better than FRWL... it has as much to do with the actors as the production and my personal affinity with the outcome in general.
*gets off soapbox now*
I agree with you, none of the 6 actors really quite capture Fleming's Bond. Lazenby might actually be the closest IMO. If one wants pure Fleming Bond, read the books, but I think the original work done by Connery and Young to adapt the character to the silver screen was exemplary, and the Bondmania that was to follow, validates their efforts. Thus I get antsy when actors stray from the Connery persona.
Like your first love is most memorable.
I grew up with Connery, I stumbled upon Lazenby , I thrilled at Brosnan, I read Fleming and subsequently re-discovered Dalton, It took a while to appreciate Craig, but in turn it let me groove to Moore's near-polar opposite Bond in many of his flicks.
If I were pressed into choosing which movies were closest to the Fleming Bond, I'd not hesitate to say DN & FRWL, because they didn't have the available production choices then to deviate like they did starting with GF. Everything after FRWL (even TLD & CR) are wilder interpretations IMO.
BUT, the actors in question are almost without fault, even Lazenby, who turned in an amazing performance despite his thespian inexperience. They delivered, even in movies like MR & DAD.
So, a little kindness to these professionals, please.
In fact all 6 films were released no later than 6 years after their book source material. There was no meaningful timeline separation between book and film in this original decade.
I think all 6 films caught the vibe of the Fleming books. Even YOLT. Never mind the volcano rocket base, which actually did include elements of Blofeld's castle and the Garden of Death, YOLT did catch much of Fleming's book. Both book and film incorporated much that was authentically Japanese for example.
By DAF though, there was now 15 years separating the film from the source book, so from this point, while the films could be Bond-worthy, they were no longer of the Fleming Bond period.
"But it was an extrapolation. The first." Of course, but being the first and being wildly successful, I like to consider it the screen standard. The movies are different animals than the books obviously, and Young and Connery set the screen standard. I also don't think Laz varied in any meaningful way. His template was Connery. It wasn't until the casting of Rog, that suddenly Bond seemed different. I often wonder, if Eon had gone with a more Connery like Bond for LALD or if Laz had continued thru the '70s and into the '80s, ie if there had never been a Rog period, if Eon might have insisted on casting in the Connery vein only - if the Connery standard might have become entrenched.
But Rog threw the range wide open with his lighter and less dangerous approach to the role. Although I don't think Rog was actually able to play menacing Bond the way Connery did, so he had to adjust the role to his own strength.
Well Connery was "too fat" by the time he did DAF ;)
Same here. I think all the Bond actors did a great job and all of them have made films that I can enjoy on some level.
Good point
But seriously folks, each Bond had faults:
SEAN: a real grub esp. In TB
GEORGE: couldnt act.
ROGER: too gay.
TIMOTHY: physically weak.
PIERCE: fat and depressed in DAD & TND
DANIEL: ugly, mumbly, not funny.
You can see his chest wobble under his shirt when he walks down steps in one scene.
I hate to say this but I wonder whether Broz is the physically weak one. There are times in GE and TND when he does look a little weedy (the green camoflage gear in GE and the commando outfit at the end of TND). He does move better than Moore though.
Funnily enough "too gay" was exactly how one of my friends described Moore.
You're making the point that you really shouldn't be here?
Well this is for opinions thats his opinion my opinion is that and that 1st 3 were terrible last 3 were cool.
In essence, NONE OF THEM SUCKED- you just might have personal bias that prevents you from enjoying them is all. :-\"
Hahaha! While I do enjoy ol' Tim a great deal, that's not my #1! Guess again! ;)
Bring it back about ten years!
Connery-Too Scottish,Too fat by DAF,you heard his accent a few times
Lazenby-Had no acting experience,Not European, had a bum-chin,heard his Aussie accent too many times
Moore-Nothing like Bond in the books,too funny,not serious enough,did too many films,too British,had a bum-chin too
Dalton-Quite serious,too welsh you head his accent a few times too,had a bum-chin again
Brosnan-Not Handsome enough,his Irish accent slipped a lot of times,too old by DAD
Craig-He wasnt really that funny until SF,mostly really serious,his eyes are too blue.
best to worst:Craig,Brosnan,Dalton,Moore,Connery,Lazenby. Its basically backwards.