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I'm sure all discussed favourite Bond actors and favourite Bond films a dozen times before, but for each individual Bond actor (Lazenby excepted of course, only having done one), what are your faves?
here's mine.
Sean Connery - Goldfinger. I feel like they really had perfected the formula by this movie. Such an iconic film in so many ways.
Roger Moore - The Spy Who Loved Me. Chose this because it does the formula well and feels iconic. Very tempted to choose either Live and Let Die or View to a Kill as kind of nutty entries that bookended Moore's run in fascinating ways.
Timothy Dalton - License to Kill. I choose this one because they were trying something different and I applaud that. I don't think it was very successful at breaking the mold, but it was likely ahead of it's time given where things went with Daniel Craig's run.
Pierce Brosnan - Tomorrow Never Dies. To be honest, all his movies seem the same to me. They are all fun and hugely entertaining but largely forgettable and cartoonish. Brosnan's a great Bond with great comedic timing, but I would have loved to see how he handled meatier stuff like Craig's films. I chose this one mostly because Michelle Yeoh's a great counterpoint to typical Bond girls, although Halle Barrie and the Ice Hotel set piece were enjoyable amidst the dumbest of all Bond plots.
Daniel Craig - I know the reboot wasn't to everyone's taste, but Skyfall was a terrific entry into the new world of 007, where Bond has a complex emotional life underneath the surface, but still can be a loving homage to everything that has come before, including the introduction of the new Q.
here's mine.
Sean Connery - Goldfinger. I feel like they really had perfected the formula by this movie. Such an iconic film in so many ways.
Roger Moore - The Spy Who Loved Me. Chose this because it does the formula well and feels iconic. Very tempted to choose either Live and Let Die or View to a Kill as kind of nutty entries that bookended Moore's run in fascinating ways.
Timothy Dalton - License to Kill. I choose this one because they were trying something different and I applaud that. I don't think it was very successful at breaking the mold, but it was likely ahead of it's time given where things went with Daniel Craig's run.
Pierce Brosnan - Tomorrow Never Dies. To be honest, all his movies seem the same to me. They are all fun and hugely entertaining but largely forgettable and cartoonish. Brosnan's a great Bond with great comedic timing, but I would have loved to see how he handled meatier stuff like Craig's films. I chose this one mostly because Michelle Yeoh's a great counterpoint to typical Bond girls, although Halle Barrie and the Ice Hotel set piece were enjoyable amidst the dumbest of all Bond plots.
Daniel Craig - I know the reboot wasn't to everyone's taste, but Skyfall was a terrific entry into the new world of 007, where Bond has a complex emotional life underneath the surface, but still can be a loving homage to everything that has come before, including the introduction of the new Q.
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