Favourite and Least Favourite Eon James Bond

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I do think Connery remains the best.

I watched an old interview with him from the 1960s on YouTube last week. Paraphrasing from memory: he spoke about meeting Fleming and saying there needed to be a humour injection. That’s one of the biggest changes from the books and I’m glad Connery, Young and the studio went there.

I think the humour is the finishing touch that separates Bond from the rest and makes him magical. Fleming’s YOLT has a reputation for being introspective (which it is), but the original literary Bond is perhaps at his most flippant during that story. The Connery films most definitely played a part.

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  1. Tim Dalton(the underrated Bond)
  2. Sean Connery(the original Bond)
  3. Roger Moore(the fun Bond)
  4. George Lazenby(the Aussie Bond)
  5. Dan Craig(the physical Bond)
  6. Pierce Brosnan(the superslick Bond)
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My favorite actor to assume the roll shifts more than the trade winds, basically. But, man… It’s hard not to solidly go with Roger Moore.

I don’t have a least favorite, so I went with my least-watched actor defaulting to Timothy Dalton. Big fan of The Living Daylights, though.

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Since I was introduced to Bond by Sir Roger‘s portrayal, Dalton was my first new Bond - and I immediately loved him for doing his thing. After him I was happy for Brosnan to step in since I had seen him in LIVE WIRE and REMINGTON STEELE and considered him my first choice for the next Bond. Only Craig was someone I had to warm to.

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My fav will always be Rog and his acceptance of the absurd nature of his films but I have to agree that Connery is what made Bond more than just another 60s thriller. Pierce was always a touch try hard imo: being Bond should be effortless.

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UA wanted Brosnan because it would be effortless for audiences to accept him.

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Oh, looks like someone came up with a novel idea:

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Craig - humanised the character and has a Brando quality about him, plus I love his clothes
Connery - amazing but he’s number 2 for his petulant non performance in YOLT. Though ask me again tomorrow and they may be flipped.
Dalton - such a jolt to my 11 year old self in the cinema, Bond was dangerous and energetic and like the books I was reading.
Moore - although for sure his are the movies I watch most…take from that what you will.
Lazenby - my favourite Bond film but he really should have been helped more to make the performance more than an impersonation of Connery

Brosnan - wasted opportunity

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