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Old 30-12-2016, 21:27   #4
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Re: Favourite Bonds...

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Originally Posted by Mr K View Post
Just getting to the end of my James Bond blu ray boxset, which I got 2 years ago. It was going well till I got to Pierce Brosnan, then I struggled...

Haven't seen Spectre yet, however here are my favourite Bonds, (I'm ignoring the silly but enjoyable David Niven film)

6: Lazenby (bit unfair he only got one go)
5: Brosnan (nice bloke and actor, but just not Bond)
4: Moore (had a charm but it all got too silly)
3: Craig (return to the true Bond of the books, but the violence a bit OTT)
2: Dalton (very under-rated and was nearly no.1)
1: Connery (never bettered)

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Lazenby is at the wrong end of that list. He didn't do a second film only because his agent advised him not to (he thought the franchise wouldn't survive into the 1970s). Connery came back and did another one* after Lazenby because he suddenly saw that he was totally replaceable, and the franchise did have a future without him. Lazenby's excellent performance in OHMSS is the reason we can enjoy Connery's final official turn as Bond in DAF.

Moore was badly let down by the descent into self parody that plagued all his films after TMWTGG but overall your rating is probably fair. By the time he got to AVTAK he was phoning in his performance.

Craig has the advantage of a reboot, being able to develop the character from the very beginning of his recruitment into the 00 programme (even Connery didn't get that) but he has taken that and run with it. His films stand apart from the others, and for my money Craigs Casino Royale is by far the cleverest Bond film ever made.

Craig's tenure has been very blowy-uppy and violent but the franchise is now competing with its many imitators so they dont really have much choice but to go for broke with the FX.

*Connery did of course do two more Bond films after saying YOLT would be his last ... he re-made Thunderball as Never Say Never Again, the "unofficial" Bond film of 1983.
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