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Who is the greatest James Bond of all time?

Who was the Greatest ever James Bond?

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Raiders Plight

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moore was alright but he was in some shockers like moonraker. You know the one with lasers and Jaws falls in love at the end :roll:. Although die another day was pretty bad too.
 
The Lounge Lizard

The Lounge Lizard

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Dug this one out of the archives since there's been a rash of Bond movies on FTA lately.

Best by a country mile. Sean Connery.

Next best. Roger Moore.

Forget the rest, especially Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan.
 
Timbo

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Dalton. Dalton's two Bonds are top shelf. The Living Daylights is my favourite movie of the whole franchise - it's also the last proper cold war thriller.

Do you want to know something that really sucks? Dalton was about to start filming his third Bond movie, which was to be called 'The Property of a Lady'. In this story, Bond was to investigate a wealthy British industrialist in Hong Kong who was trying to start a war using a Soviet superweapon between the UK and China. In this mission, he was to be helped by an aging spy who was about to retire and who had been 007 before Bond was assigned the number. It was going to turn out that this aging spy was actually the bad guy and pulling the strings behind closed doors.

If these plots sound familiar, its because they recycled them - half (the Russian superweapon 00 agent who is actually the bad guy) became GoldenEye, and the attempts to trick the UK and China into war became Tomorrow Never Dies.

This movie never happened because of a lawsuit that the studio became embroiled in which delayed filming. By the time it was sorted out, Dalton felt he was too old to be James Bond, so they moved on.

But the thing that really sucks about this? The traitorous 00 agent (who would become Sean Bean's Alec Trevelyan in GoldenEye) had been narrowed down to two actors to play against Dalton - Alan Rickman and Anthony Hopkins. We missed out on a world where either Hans Gruber or Hannibal Lecter were Bond villains. And that is some bullshit right there.
 
shiznit

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Daniel Craig easily IMO… as he actually looks like the only one that i would actually think twice about getting in a fight with…

I hope going forward they bring in a guy like Tom Hardy or maybe even Charlie Hunnam.

I know they’d never go black… and he’s probably too old now… but Idris Elba would have been a bad ass bond imo…
 
Matua

Matua

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My order, I'm not an uber fan but have seen the bulk of the films.

Connery
Moore
Brosnan
Dalton
Craig (This is more to me being really bored by his movies in between Casino Royale and the final one.)

I haven't seen Lazenby's one so can't rate him.
 
Valheru

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I think it depends on what you personally like in a Bond film. If it is the quintessential spy flick complete with outrageous gadgets, humour and an over the top unrealistic story line then Connery or Moore is the best,

If you like something a bit more raw with a semblance of realism then Craig or Brosnan are the best options. I personally don't think Dalton or Lazenby have a big enough body of work to be considered.
 
shiznit

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Matua said:
My order, I'm not an uber fan but have seen the bulk of the films.

Connery
Moore
Brosnan
Dalton
Craig (This is more to me being really bored by his movies in between Casino Royale and the final one.)

I haven't seen Lazenby's one so can't rate him.
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You didn’t like Skyfall? That was probably my favourite of all the Craig ones….

Not that anyone has asked… 😂😂

But ranking Daniel Craigs run I’d go…

Skyfall
Casino Royale
No Time to Die
Spectre
Quantum of Solace

but I do agree somewhat with you as I think there’s a steep drop off after No time to die on my list…
 
Matua

Matua

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shiznit said:
You didn’t like Skyfall? That was probably my favourite of all the Craig ones….

Not that anyone has asked… 😂😂

But ranking Daniel Craigs run I’d go…

Skyfall
Casino Royale
No Time to Die
Spectre
Quantum of Solace

but I do agree somewhat with you as I think there’s a steep drop off after No time to die on my list…
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I have never seen the end of Skyfall, I had to rush to catch a ferry so left with about 20 mins to go, have never felt the need to watch the ending and I wouldn't be able to tell you Skyfall v Spectre plots.
 
shiznit

shiznit

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Matua said:
I have never seen the end of Skyfall, I had to rush to catch a ferry so left with about 20 mins to go, have never felt the need to watch the ending and I wouldn't be able to tell you Skyfall v Spectre plots.
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Ohhh bro… you gotta watch it from start to finish… 😂😂

so many memorable scenes in that movie as far as his run is concerned…

From that ugly little bulldog paperweight…

To that kinda awkward gay moment between Bond and Silva… 😂😂

but the end of Skyfall actually links it all up with the regular Bond mythology…
 
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