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[Brix Bond]

I would be much appreciated to anyone who could turn this into a poll. I think it's time we settled it with cold, hard figures and see where CBn votes.

[Agent 76]

easy answer: SEAN CONNERY followed behind by Tim Dalton..IMO

[M_Balje]

Roger Moore
FYEO
AVTAK
LALD
TMWTGG
Octopussy
TSWLM
Moonraker

Pierce Brosnan
Goldeneye
Twine
TMND
Dad

Sean Connery
FRWL
DAF
YOLT
DR NO
Goldfinger
Thunderball

Timothy Dalton
TLDL
LTK

George Lazenby.
OHMSS

TOP 20

01. GOLDENEYE
02. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
03. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
04. DIE ANOTHER DAY
05. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
06. A VIEW TO A KILL
07. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
08. LIVE AND LET DIE
09. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
10. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
11. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
12. OCTOPUSSY
13. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
14. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
15. LICENCE TO KILL
16. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
17. DR NO
18. MOONRAKER
19. GOLDFINGER
20. THUNDERBALL

LTK whas my first Bond movie i saw in 1993,but discover Bond with the Roger Moore & Brosnan Era.

[Mister Asterix]

Or we could just look at this poll.

[Loomis]

Or we could just look at this poll.

Yes, but here's how zencat introduces it: "Okay, this is it. This is THE poll. Who is your favorite James Bond? I'm not asking who is the BEST Bond mind you, but who is your FAVORITE."

Brix wants a poll to decide "Who Was The Best James Bond?". Wouldn't mind one myself, actually.

Mind you, I suppose the result would be a foregone conclusion: Connery way ahead of everyone else. Similarly, I doubt that there's ever been a poll of "Who Was The Best James Bond Novelist?" that didn't finish with Fleming running away with it.

[Gabe Vieira]

Connery was the best. Whether or not you think he was, he was the best. Case closed.

[Goldenpussy]

Roger Moore kept Bond running. Hands down, he is the best.

Connery a close 2nd-mainly he got bored of the role to early.

Brosnan is in my 3rd spot, does a great job of handling Connery and Moore's persona.

Lazenby is #4 because he made Bond look belivable trying to copy Connery and of course OHMSS made more money to the series than both of Daltons weak Bond films.

Dalton- worst Bond of all time because he was not playing James Bond, he was playing a grumpy man weilding a Walther and was never cool. Could not make the audience belive he could bed a woman. Should have sticked to the cinematic Bond.

[Von Hammerstein]

No contest. James Bond was the best when played by Sean Connery. Connery couuld still pull it off if they did a film about 007 being called out of retirement to save the world once more. He doesn't even need his toupe. As the posters said Sean Connery IS James Bond. (note that this was never repaeated by George, Roger, Timothy or Pierce.) I loved them all in their own way but Connery is the once and future Bond.

[Qwerty]

Connery was the best. Whether or not you think he was, he was the best. Case closed.

Not entirely.

Roger Moore was the very best Bond, and also my favorite. A very strong debate could develop I'm guessing. Connery was a fantastic Bond, he played the role well, but I think in some ways, Moore was even better. Reminded me quite a bit of the original Bond of the books.

[Qwerty]

I was talking about the exact same guy I just realized! That exact same character, daman is also in the precredits of GoldenEye I believe! They must have really been fond of him.

[YOLT]

I have to watch more to exactly say who is the best, but I can say... maybe Sean Connery. But there is one truth: Maybe not Sean Connerys itself but his films and his era will always be the best.

[RITZ]

Sir Sean Connery

Connery as 007 - Perhaps the most perfect casting decision in movie history. Loved by everyone all over the world and admired by those who followed in his footsteps.

Whenever you see a parody or comedy sketch about Bond, whether its in a TV show or somewhere else, who do they always imitate? Answer: Sean Connery.

[Qwerty]

I have to watch more to exactly say who is the best, but I can say... maybe Sean Connery. But there is one truth: Maybe not Sean Connerys itself but his films and his era will always be the best.

HOW is that the truth, YOLT?

[YOLT]

I have to watch more to exactly say who is the best, but I can say... maybe Sean Connery. But there is one truth: Maybe not Sean Connerys itself but his films and his era will always be the best.

HOW is that the truth, YOLT?

The 60s the era of Connery are the golden years of Bond. Its the truth. Its just that easy Qwerty.

[Qwerty]

I have to watch more to exactly say who is the best, but I can say... maybe Sean Connery. But there is one truth: Maybe not Sean Connerys itself but his films and his era will always be the best.

HOW is that the truth, YOLT?

The 60s the era of Connery are the golden years of Bond. Its the truth. Its just that easy Qwerty.

Connery being the best Bond, and that's the truth, is not that simple.

I don't agree, obvious we both disagree, but I don't want to continue a needless arguement so we'll just leave it at that.

[YOLT]

I have to watch more to exactly say who is the best, but I can say... maybe Sean Connery. But there is one truth: Maybe not Sean Connerys itself but his films and his era will always be the best.

HOW is that the truth, YOLT?

The 60s the era of Connery are the golden years of Bond. Its the truth. Its just that easy Qwerty.

Connery being the best Bond, and that's the truth, is not that simple.

I don't agree, obvious we both disagree, but I don't want to continue a needless arguement so we'll just leave it at that.

Iam not saying that Connery is the best. But his era, his period and his films are the best. Its the reality.

[Qwerty]

From a box office perpective, as said in the other thread, for a film such as Thunderball, yes. But only on that perspective.

[YOLT]

From a box office perpective, as said in the other thread, for a film such as Thunderball, yes. But only on that perspective.

I am not saying that Connery is the best Bond. But the 60s are the golden years of Bond. I am not bashing Moore either. He is a great Bond. But in the 60s everybody was copying Bond. ?T was the time of spy-mania. In the 70s and mainly on Bond copied other films. Just look at MR. Isnt it easy Qwerty.

[Double-Oh-Zero]

Connery.
Connery.
Connery.

Then the rest in second place.

[Qwerty]

From a box office perpective, as said in the other thread, for a film such as Thunderball, yes. But only on that perspective.

I am not saying that Connery is the best Bond. But the 60s are the golden years of Bond. I am not bashing Moore either. He is a great Bond. But in the 60s everybody was copying Bond. ?T was the time of spy-mania. In the 70s and mainly on Bond copied other films. Just look at MR. Isnt it easy Qwerty.

I believe Zencat recently put up a huge article how Bond's Moonraker didn't copy.

I respect your opinion, disagree alot with it though.

[freemo]

Sean Connery.

And that's all there is to it.

[Tarl_Cabot]

Sean Connery

then....

Timothy Dalton
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Pierce Brosnan

[007Travis]

Roger Moore.

Ok, I'll finish out my list then...

Sean Connery
Pierce Brosnan
Timothy Dalton
George Lazenby

Edited by 007Travis, 03 August 2004 - 02:29 AM.

[BondIsMoore]

Common knowledge is that Connery is the best and of course everyone will say that becuase he is the original and he made the series popular. When Roger Moore took over, he brought some more heart in the character which connery didn't have. Roger showed that Bond could be tough but still a human like everyone else. Lezenby was more like Moore and wasn't as cold hearted as Connery. Dalton went back to the way Connery played Bond, cold but sometimes charming. But Dalton needed to play it that way because if someone tried to do the Moore bond it wouldn't of worked. So basically if you like your Bond really tough, no nonsense then you probaly would choose Connery or Dalton. If you like Bond tough but warm and funny then you would pick Moore or Lazenby. Brosnan is in between and that's what makes him a very good bond because it's something we haven't seen before.

[Qwerty]

Common knowledge is that Connery is the best and of course everyone will say that becuase he is the original and he made the series popular.

I just cannot always see it that way. "He made the series popular." I'm not bashing this in any way, shape, or form, but since he was the very first Bond, he, and others, such as Moore, Brosnan made the series popular as well. (Opinions of course, I know many will disagree on some of those points.)

[BondIsMoore]

The othere's helped keep it popular but if it wasn't for connery, the series may have just lasted 2-3 films.

[Qwerty]

The othere's helped keep it popular but if it wasn't for connery, the series may have just lasted 2-3 films.

We'll never know, but I'm not sure about this. How it would have turned out if Moore started.

[Harmsway]

CONNERY.

I know that minorities claim Moore, Dalton, or Brosnan (and in rare cases, Lazenby), but none really match up to the star quality or coolness that Connery has. Moore was likeable and charming, but he wasn't someone to be afraid of (and really wasn't playing the Bond character). Dalton was deadly, but wasn't as cool. Brosnan... well Brosnan's a mix and match of Connery, Moore, and Dalton with some PC thrown in, and Connery is just a better performer (just compare their line delivery).

And then there's just the question of who James Bond is. I know people claim that there really isn't a definition of what Bond is supposed to be. Well, I really think there is. It's called Fleming's Bond. Anything else isn't James Bond - it's a character sharing his name. Only 3 performers really played something resembling Fleming's James Bond, and they were Connery, Lazenby, and Dalton.

And I'm not claiming that it's wrong to diverge from Fleming - it's certainly not. Obviously, Connery, Lazenby, and Dalton aren't Fleming's Bond lifted directly from the page. They are Connery's Bond, Lazenby's Bond, and Dalton's Bond. But they share the majority of their characteristics with the original, and that's what counts in my eyes. Moore is so far removed from what Fleming's Bond is that I can't call him the best.

Roger Moore played Bond with a real sense of charm that is instantly loveable (and he's quite the gentleman). That's precisely the problem though - Bond shouldn't be that instantly likeable.

Some would say he was right for the time - but just because he helped the series survive doesn't mean that the performance was the best Bond either. My best Bond (the "best" Bond is really a matter of opinion) might've flopped. The best Bond for me would be Fleming's Bond on screen. I would've much rather had that than any of the films beyond, and possibly including, Connery's era. Had they gone in that direction, the series might have flopped. But I would've been happy.

So all in all, the real debate, I think, comes down to which set of characteristics you like in your James Bond. I like Fleming's Bond. I think he's great. Some people will prefer the likeable nice guy or emotional modern man to Fleming's coldhearted bastard. Me, well I'll take the coldhearted bastard any day.

Edited by Harmsway, 03 August 2004 - 04:11 AM.

[00-FAN008]

Roger Moore fit the role perfectly through both acting and persona, and stared in the most Bond films than anyone else. He IS bond. There is none other.

Edited by 00-FAN008, 03 August 2004 - 04:15 AM.

[Harmsway]

Roger Moore fit the role perfectly through both acting and persona, and stared in the most Bond films than anyone else. He IS bond. There is none other.

Well how do you define "fitting the role" then? You have to start with a definition of what the role entails before you can go making comments about who's the best.