The Ultimate 007 James Bond Thread

[dgoswald]

I've done a search but I can't find an ultimate James Bond thread. They all seem to be focus on either the Blu-rays or some aspects of the mythos but not an all-encompassing thread that covers it all... so I started this one!

I thought this would be a decent place to discuss all things Bond, without having to worry about spoilers in the thread of whichever latest Bond film is currently in cinemas. I think it's a tad unfair to ask people to post their opinions in spoiler tags for a film that's been released cinematically.

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Anyway, I've got to say I was quite hesitant about the selection of Daniel Craig as Bond when it was first announced nearly 10 years ago. I wasn't part of the mob that wanted him lynched for being blonde, but I didn't think he had "it". A part of me still thinks there's something quite un-Bond-like about him, but performance-wise (taking into account the obvious creative direction of Craig's era of Bond) I think, from what I've seen in CR, QoS, and Skyfall, he's rather good.

He won me over quite quickly when I saw CR for the first time. His callous interruption of Dryden's patronising attempts at worming out of a dicey situation with the excellent line, "Considerably" was perfect. The dull thud of a silenced gunshot which sends the old man sprawling was sheer class. The theme song kicks in and I'm thinking, "Yep, this is awesome."

[LegacyCosts]

He seemed to be having a lot of fun in Spectre. Craig has the comfortable rigidity nailed down four movies in. Great pic of all the Bonds.

[Foggy]

1. Connery
2. Moore
3. Craig
4. Brosnon
5. Lazenby
6. Dalton

[Doctor Jack]

1. Connery
2. Brosnan
3. Lazenby
4. Dalton
5. Craig
6. Moore

[dallywhitty]

1. Lazenby
2. Dalton
3. Craig
4. Moore
5. Connery
6. Brosnan

01. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
02. Casino Royale
03. Spectre
04. Licence to Kill
05. Dr. No
06. Thunderball
07. From Russia with Love
08. For Your Eyes Only
09. The Spy Who Loved Me
10. Tomorrow Never Dies

[Geoff D]

Connery
Dalton
Lazenby
Moore
Craig
Brosnan

[edit] Undecided about the last two though. I think GoldenEye's one of the best Bond films EVER and TND is pretty good, but TWINE and DAD veer into Moore levels of camp. Craig also got off to a great start with Casino Royale and I'm one of those weirdos who likes Quantum, it's Skyfall that lets him down so I guess I've gotta see how Spectre fares before changing anything around. If it blows then Craig will go to the bottom.

[DanTheMan]

Here's my rankings of the films and individual Bonds:

Bonds:
1. Dalton
2. Connery
3. Craig
4. Brosnan
5. Lazenby
6. Moore

Films:
1. Licence to Kill
2. Skyfall
3. Spectre
4. The Living Daylights
5. Dr. No
6. GoldenEye
7. Live and Let Die
8. Goldfinger
9. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
10. Tomorrow Never Dies
11. Casino Royale
12. The Man with the Golden Gun
13. You Only Live Twice
14. From Russia with Love
15. For Your Eyes Only
16. Quantum of Solace
17. A View to a Kill
18. The World is Not Enough
19. Diamonds Are Forever
20. Thunderball
21. Die Another Day
22. Moonraker
23. The Spy Who Loved Me
24. Octopussy

[Gizz]

1. Brosnan
2. Craig
3. Moore
4. Dalton
5. Connery
6. Lazenby

[stvn1974]

Brosnan
Dalton
Connery
Moore
Craig
Lazenby

Live And Let Die
From Russia With Love
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Casino Royale
Skyfall
License To Kill
The Living Daylights
Dr No
Goldfinger
Quantum Of Solance
Goldeneye
Tomorrow Never Dies
Die Another Day
The Man with the Golden Gun
You Only Live Twice
For Your Eyes Only
A View to a Kill
The World is Not Enough
Diamonds Are Forever
Thunderball
The Spy Who Loved Me
Octopussy
Moonraker

[Darth Marcus]

1. Connery
2. Craig
3. Brosnan
4. Lazenby
5. Dalton
6. Moore

[willtopower]

Dalton
Connery
Lazenby
Craig
Brosnan
Moore

[BD-T]

Actors:

01. Sean Connery
02. Daniel Craig
03. Roger Moore
04. George Lazenby
05. Pierce Brosnan
06. Timothy Dalton

Films:

01. Dr. No
02. Skyfall
03. Casino Royale
04. SPECTRE
05. The Spy Who Loved Me
06. Goldfinger
07. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
08. For Your Eyes Only
09. Tomorrow Never Dies
10. From Russia With Love
11. Live and Let Die
12. The Living Daylights
13. Moonraker
14. Quantum of Solace
15. The Man with the Golden Gun
16. Octopussy
17. You Only Live Twice
18. GoldenEye
19. Licence to Kill
20. Thunderball
21. A View to a Kill
22. Die Another Day
23. The World Is Not Enough
24. Diamonds Are Forever



Re-watched all the Bond movies last month and saw Spectre last night. So all movies are still fresh in my memory. In case of the actors i grew up watching the Roger Moore movies with my dad so he's always a special Bond for me. I think i saw The Spy Who Loved me the most times of all the movies. A movie that i think is the Best Moore movie. In the case of Lazenby, i like him a lot now. Not perfect but as he said it himself in the documentary he wasn't ready. Dalton is a bit of a misunderstood Bond. His first movie was clearly still written with Moore in mind so he had to do the best with what he got. He was able to bring a bit of himself in the movie leading to a very strange mixture in the character in The Living Daylights. Brosnan made two good/very good movies but unfortunately they written two crappy movies after Tomorrow Never Dies. Craig is just very good and Connery is the one and only James Bond being the first in this series. Same goes for Dr. No being my favorite. You can hate on it all you want but without Dr. No we wouldn't have come this far to the 24th Bond being Spectre in the longest running movie series.

[imsounoriginal]

Connery
Craig
Moore
Brosnan
Lazenby
Dalton

Goldfinger
Casino Royale
From Russia With Love
OHMSS
Licence to Kill
Skyfall
Goldeneye
Thunderball
The Spy Who Loved Me
Dr. No
SPECTRE (for now)
The World is Not Enough
You Only Live Twice
For Your Eyes Only
Quantum of Solace
A View to a Kill
The Man with the Golden Gun
Live and Let Die
Moonraker
Tomorrow Never Dies
The Living Daylights
Die Another Day
Diamonds are Forever
Octopussy

[Michael11]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

Brosnan
Dalton
Connery
Moore
Craig
Lazenby

Live And Let Die
From Russia With Love
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Casino Royale
Skyfall
License To Kill
The Living Daylights
Dr No
Goldfinger
Quantum Of Solance
Goldeneye
Tomorrow Never Dies
Die Another Day
The Man with the Golden Gun
You Only Live Twice
For Your Eyes Only
A View to a Kill
The World is Not Enough
Diamonds Are Forever
Thunderball
The Spy Who Loved Me
Octopussy
Moonraker

That's a strange one if you don't mind me saying.

Brosnan is your favourite and yet he's not even in your top 10 Bond movies.

You've got Craig pretty much at the bottom and 3 of his films are in your top 10.

[dgoswald]

Connery
Dalton
Craig
Brosnan
Lazenby
Moore

Top 10 Bond Films

From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
Casino Royale
GoldenEye
Dr. No
Quantum of Solace
The Living Daylights
Licence to Kill
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Diamonds Are Forever
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Despite Dalton being 2nd in the list of my favourite Bonds, his two films would slot into positions 7 and 8, with 6 being occupied by QoS. I just think he was an underrated Bond who looked and acted the part but didn't quite receive the Bond films that showcased his talents in the role.

[The Great Owl]

Off the top of my head...

Bond actors in order of preference...

1. Sean Connery
2. Daniel Craig
3. Roger Moore
4. Timothy Dalton
5. Pierce Brosnan
6. George Lazenby

Bond movies in order of preference...

1. Dr. No
2. From Russia With Love
3. Casino Royale
4. Goldfinger
5. For Your Eyes Only
6. The Living Daylights
7. Thunderball
8. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
9. The Spy Who Loved Me
10. You Only Live Twice
11. Skyfall
12. Live and Let Die
13. Spectre
14. The Man with the Golden Gun
15. Quantum of Solace
16. The World Is Not Enough
17. Octopussy
18. Moonraker
19. Licence to Kill
20. Goldeneye
21. A View to a Kill
22. Tomorrow Never Dies
23. Diamonds Are Forever
24. Die Another Day

[Ultra_Violence]

Connery
Moore
Lazenby
Dalton
Brosnan
Craig

Top 5:
From Russia With Love
Goldinger
Live and Let Die
The Spy Who Loved Me
On Her Majesty's Secret Service

[toddly6666]

1. Connery
2. Moore
3. Craig
4. Brosnan
5. Dalton
6. Lazenby

Dr No: B+
From Russia With Love: B+
Goldfinger: B+
Thunderball: A-
You Only Live Twice: B
On Her Majesty's Secret Service: B-
Diamonds Are Forever: B
Live and Let Die: B+
The Man with the Golden Gun: B+
The Spy Who Loved Me: B
Moonraker: A-
For Your Eyes Only: B
Octopussy: B+
Never Say Never Again: A
A View To A Kill: A-
The Living Daylights: B-
License to Kill: C+
Goldeneye: A
Tomorrow Never Dies: B+
The World is Not Enough: B-
Die Another Day: C+
Casino Royale: A+
QOS: D
Skyfall: A
Spectre: A

[Kevin Holly]

1. Dalton
2. Lazenby
3. Connery
4. Craig
5. Moore
6. Brosnan

Approximate, some are fairly close (in particular, 1-6 could be in almost any order, 9 and 10 might reverse depending on my mood, 13-16 could be in really any order, 20-22 could be in any order, and 23 and 24 could well reverse. So thats 414720 combinations right there!)

1. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2. From Russia With Love
3. License to Kill
4. Casino Royale
5. Thunderball
6. The Living Daylights
7. Dr. No
8. For Your Eyes Only
9. Spectre
10. Goldfinger
11. Skyfall
12. Goldeneye
13. Live and Let Die
14. A View to a Kill
15. The Man With the Golden Gun
16. Never Say Never Again
17. You Only Live Twice
18. Casino Royale (1967)
19. The Spy Who Loved Me
20. Quantum of Solace
21. Diamonds are Forever
22. Octopussy
23. Tomorrow Never Dies
24. Moonraker
25. Casino Royale (1954)
26. The World is Not Enough
27. Die Another Day

[Infernal King]

I see this turned into a ranking thread lightning fast. OP must be disappointed.

Oh, well.

Brosnan
Moore
Connery
Lazenby
Dalton
Craig