Best James Bond?

[marker]

I saw Live and Let Die tonight, and I think it is my all time favorite Bond movie.

I know everybody is going to say Connery, but I think Moore was the best to ever play the role too.

[markmarc]

Best Bond Movie I say goes to "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". At the beginning of the movie the girl gets away from Bond. George Lazenby looks up into the camera and says, "That never happened to the other guy". Too bad he got canned after one film, he fit the role far better than Roger Moore.

[gregure]

Unfortunately, we've all been stricken with sub-par, way over the top Bond flicks in the last couple of decades. The first couple of Brosnan films were ok, but from there they just got ridiculous.
So, we have to relive our memories of the old flicks.
I don't find myself watching Bond too much these days, although I loved every minute of them when I was a kid. My two favorites that I watched over and over:
Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice. Really liked those, and they had the best title songs too.

[cfrizz]

All that featured Roger Moore!

[ND13]

Sean Connery IS James Bond.

My favorite movie is "Goldfinger".

[woodyjacobs]

Goldfinger. Although Octopussy gets an honorable mention because I like to say it.
Connery all the way though.

[marker]

I do think Connery is a better actor than Moore, but that particular role was just custom made for Moore (or vice-versa).

Think about it, who else could ride piggyback on the fuselage on an airplane, then fall a quarter of a mile into the ocean and kill a shark bigger than Jaws with nothing but a pocket knife, and then come up out of the water without not even one single hair out of place?

[kberg]

Originally posted by marker
I saw Live and Let Die tonight, and I think it is my all time favorite Bond movie.

I like Moore too, and in LALD - definitely his best IMO. Oh, but also his best because of Solitaire! Best Bond Babe, IMO.

[marker]

Yeah, a young Jane Seymour was HOT! If I had to pick one though, I'd flip a coin between Halle Berry and Denise Richards. Although Barbara Bach, Tanya Roberts, and Famke Jensen would also merit serious consideration. It'd be inpossible to pick just one!

[woodyjacobs]

Oh, to be able to flip that coin....*sigh*

[woodyjacobs]

...and if the coin landed and stayed on end I get both right? I mean, while I'm dreamin'.....

[Ron-P]

Roger Moore is my favorite Bond and For Your Eyes Only is my favorite Bond film.

[marker]

It's like this Woody, if we were dividing them up between us, and flipped a coin to see who would have first pick, and if you won the flip, it really wouldn't matter much to me because I would be more than satisfied with whichever one was left for that you didn't choose. That would truly be a can't lose situation right there!

Well it looks like Moore is actually in the lead so far. I'm a little surprised. I thought everybody was going to say Connery.

[AsSiMiLaTeD]

I liked GoldenEye. Most of them since have not been my cup of tea...

[marker]

Yeah, Goldeneye was really good. Famke Jensen was in that one as the kill crazy Russian girl who would shudder through an orgasm every time she killed somebody.

[Strong Bad]

Roger Moore is my fav. I like Live and Let Die and Moonraker. The boat he had in Moonraker that screamed down the Amazon River was total badass!

Tough call on favorite Bond Girl. Jane Seymour and Tanya Roberts are tops for me. Who can forget Dr. Goodhead. YEAH!!!! I like saying that one!


John

[marker]

I can't help but to think that the character of Sheriff Buford T Justice used later on the Smokey & the Bandit movies was born from Sheriff JW Pepper.

"You done picked the wrong Parrish to haul ass through here boy!"

[marker]

I can't believe I forgot that Terri Hatcher was also a Bond girl. She would DEFINITELY be right up at the top of the list!

[dragon1952]

I preferred Roger Moore. He pulled off the combination of the dry sense of humor and coldbloodedness of the character the best, IMO. Maybe it goes back to his role as The Saint which I really enjoyed.

[landry_p2000]

Roger Moore in "Moon Raker".

[shack]

In order...

1) Connery
2) Brosnan
3) Moore
4) tie Lazenby/Dalton

IMO some of the worst Bond flicks were the Moore era. IE: Moonraker, The Man With the Golden Gun, For Your Eyes Only and a Vew To A Kill are just poor movies. The Spy Who Loved Me is the refreshing exception to the Moore era and is quite good. A sign of the times I guess. They tried to make them TOO camp, TOO cliche and Bond became almost a caricature, as did the villians. Of Course Dalton's License To Kill and even Connery's s Never Say Never Again were pretty bad. Now the Bond Girls....another story....they were all good (unless you consider Grace Jones a Bond Girl/whatever)

My top ten Bond Movies in order:

1) Goldfinger
2) From Russia With Love
3) You Only Live Twice
4) Thunderball
5) Dr. No
6) Diamonds Are Forever
7) The Spy Who Loved Me
8) On Her Majesty's Secret Service
9) Goldeneye
10) The Living Daylights


As I said....JMO.

[MacLeod]

Conery is THE man!

My favorites:
Dr. No
From Russia with Love
Goldfinger

[ND13]

It's about time some Connery fans woke up.

[Airplay355]

Any and all with Sean Conery....the new James Bond's are cool to listen to on your HT but the story lines are trasssssh.

I love old James Bonds :)

[heiney9]

Two Words................

Sean Connery.

He should have legally changed his name to Bond, James Bond. For some reason I never get tired of watching old Bond movies. Moore was Ok. Didn't care for Timothy Dalton at all. Pierce Brosnan has grown on me, but still not all that great. George Lazenby....George who???

Here's a great link for 007

http://www.mi6.co.uk/mi6.php3

H9

[marker]

By my quick count, Moore is still leading 7 to 5, but Connery has come on strong when it was looking like a Moore route for a while there.

I'm a little surprised Brosnan hasn't been picked by at least one person though.

Edit- make that 7 to 6 in favor of Moore as Connery has picked up yet another while I was originally making this post.

[marker]

Thanks for the link H9. Like you, I never get tired of seeing them no matter how many times it's been. I'd say I probably see about all of them at least once a year.

[marker]

Originally posted by dragon1952
I preferred Roger Moore. He pulled off the combination of the dry sense of humor and coldbloodedness of the character the best, IMO. Maybe it goes back to his role as The Saint which I really enjoyed.

BINGO! Best post yet! BTW, what was the Saint? Are you talking about that movie with Val Kilmer and Elizabeth Shue? Was Moore in that too? I don't remember him.

[heiney9]

Originally posted by marker
Yeah, a young Jane Seymour was HOT! If I had to pick one though, I'd flip a coin between Halle Berry and Denise Richards. Although Barbara Bach, Tanya Roberts, and Famke Jensen would also merit serious consideration. It'd be inpossible to pick just one!

Kim Basinger was a bond girl....not to shabby. She was Domino in one of the Moore movies. WTF was the name of that movie. The bad guy was Maximillian Schell. I'm looking at the web site I don't see it. I'm soooo :confused:

I still think Ursula Andress was my fave Britt Ekland was right up there too

Oh and Honor Blackman. "Come here Pussy" " How's Pussy tonight"
"I'd like you to meet my Pussy" should I go on.......

Thunderball is my favorite, if I had to pick one.

H9

[marker]

H9, Kim Basinger was in the Connery movie that came out in the 80s, Never Say Never Again I believe it was called. I don't think she was ever in any with Moore.

There was one who was a Bond Girl in 2 different movies, Maude Adams. She was in Octopussy and 1 other which the title escapes me at the moment.

[dragon1952]

BTW, what was the Saint? Are you talking about that movie with Val Kilmer and Elizabeth Shue? Was Moore in that too? I don't remember him.

The Saint was a 60's TV series. Roger Moore played Simon Templar, aka The Saint. The recent movie was based on it. Just check him out here. The ultimate James Bond with good looks, style, his infamous dry humor, yet calculating and coldblooded as they come.

[dragon1952]

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[dragon1952]

Here he is in Live and Let Die. I always thought he looked a little pasty in this one :confused:

[dragon1952]

Jane Seymour was a babe and a half though ;)

[gregure]

"That is a rare photograph of Sean Connery autographed by Roger Moore. It costs one hundred dollars."
--Comic Book Guy, The Simpsons

Laughed my ass off the first time I saw that episode.

[marker]

Didn't Moore also play in Sherlock Holmes?

Well since we have covered the best Bond, the best single movie, and of course the best Bond girl, now who was the best Bond villian? For some reason, to me, Cristopher Walkin in VTAK is the first to pop in my mind. He was a PSYCHO in that one.

[marker]

Originally posted by dragon1952
Jane Seymour was a babe and a half though ;)
Yes she was, and STILL is. I think she still looks good for any age, much less her own. I don't care if she is 50 or 60 years old now, I'd still hit it in a New York Minute!

[dragon1952]

JAWS! :eek:

I know...he was a 'sub-villian' :rolleyes:

[dragon1952]

Odd Job :eek:

[marker]

Yeah, Jaws was in several, TSWLM and Moonraker I know for sure. Any more?

His girlfriend in Moonraker was probably the ugliest Bond girl ever!

[dragon1952]

His girlfriend in Moonraker was probably the ugliest Bond girl ever!

Ugly Bond girl :confused:

[marker]

Jaws' girlfriend that is, not Dr Goodhead!

[dragon1952]

LOL! OK...you had me worried there! :rolleyes:

[heiney9]

Best Villian? Has to be Max Zorin (Christopher Walken)in "A View to A Kill" I'm not huge Moore fan, but I am a big Walken fan. There are some others too, but it's early in the morning.

H9

[cfrizz]

Originally posted by dragon1952
The Saint was a 60's TV series. Roger Moore played Simon Templar, aka The Saint. The recent movie was based on it. Just check him out here. The ultimate James Bond with good looks, style, his infamous dry humor, yet calculating and coldblooded as they come.

Thanks for the pics Dragon! Yup I grew up watching the Saint, when I heard he got picked for 007 I was thrilled! He took all that handsome, suave, & coolness into the part. Added on a shocking touch of very dangerous man to mess with & we had a winner!

I also like Sean Connery, however I only got to like him after seeing him in other stuff & then watching his version of Bond. I like him much better now, than I did then. He has definately improved with age.

He had the most god awful toupee I have ever seen & they always insist on putting one on him. Everyone knows he is bald, they should just let him stay that way.

My favorite villian is also Jaws!

PS What was the make of the car that Roger drove in the Saint? That car was beyond COOL!!!

[shack]

Originally posted by cfrizz
What was the make of the car that Roger drove in the Saint? That car was beyond COOL!!!
Volvo P1800

http://volvo1800pictures.com/a_S_68/68_79_id_708_2.jpg

I still like Bond's Aston Martin DB5 better...

http://www.beanoboys.com/np6c/images/am011213.jpg

Originally posted by cfrizz
My favorite villian is also Jaws!

He was a decent villian in The Spy Who Loved Me. It got out of hand in Moonraker (and one of the reasons I think Moonraker ranks among the worst Bond movies)

[ND13]

Oh Yeah!!!! Aston Martin over Volvo anyday of the week.

Best villian: Top Hat

[cfrizz]

I love that Volvo! You have to realize, I had never seen one before, & it certainly looked very different from any US sports cars at the time.

[shack]

The Volvo P1800 is also a fairly dependable and durable vehicle. There are at least 2 doucmented Two Million+ mile (2,000,000) 1800s in the US. One is still driven by the original owner and the other is still in the original owner's family.

[landry_p2000]

I liked "Moon Raker", and "Jaws" was also my favorite villan. Its been years since I saw this movie, so it may suck to me now as well.

I liked the white Lotus that Bond drove that also turned into a submarine, as my favorite James Bond vehicle.

[marker]

Originally posted by landry_p2000
I liked the white Lotus that Bond drove that also turned into a submarine, as my favorite James Bond vehicle.

That would probably get my vote for best car as well. Either that, or the BMW in Goldeneye.

How about another category, best theme song? I'd say Live and Let Die, A View To A Kill (yes, Duran Duran), or Nobody Does It Better.

[heiney9]

Originally posted by marker
How about another category, best theme song? I'd say Live and Let Die, A View To A Kill (yes, Duran Duran), or Nobody Does It Better.

The one with Shirley Bassey.......Diamonds are Forever, I think that's the one:confused:

H9

[heiney9]

Originally posted by cfrizz
I love that Volvo! You have to realize, I had never seen one before, & it certainly looked very different from any US sports cars at the time.

Come on Cathy,

What's your true opinion of James Bond. The movie's not the men! Inquiring minds want to know;) We need a female POV

H9

[landry_p2000]

Originally posted by marker
That would probably get my vote for best car as well. Either that, or the BMW in Goldeneye.

How about another category, best theme song? I'd say Live and Let Die, A View To A Kill (yes, Duran Duran), or Nobody Does It Better.

I like "Die Another Day" by Madonna. Also "A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran.:D

[ND13]

Originally posted by cfrizz
I love that Volvo! You have to realize, I had never seen one before, & it certainly looked very different from any US sports cars at the time.

Don't get me wrong, the Volvo is sharp, but there is something about an Aston Martin. My favorite Bond car is the Vanquish in the one with Halle Berry. I don't care if it can disappear or not, got to see one in person . Their interiors are butta. The British have it all over everybody, even Audi, when it comes to interiors. Take a look inside a Bentley Continental GT coupe if you ever get a chance. They also let you pick and choose virtually any leather , wood and colors one could imagine. They should, though, considering the moola.:p

[heiney9]

ND13,

You are right on the money for Aston Martin......I beleive Bentley is now owned by Volkswagen, AG; Audi's parent company.

H9

***EDIT*** VW also owns Lamborghini.....I love German cars

[ND13]

Originally posted by heiney9
ND13,

You are right on the money for Aston Martin......I beleive Bentley is now owned by Volkswagen, AG; Audi's parent company.

H9

***EDIT*** VW also owns Lamborghini.....I love German cars

You are correct sir. They still have some Brits on the design teams though. It's like the best of both worlds, German engineering and British style. Ford owns AM and Jaguar, and that was the best thing that ever happened to both. They actually have a decent electrical system in them now.

[heiney9]

Originally posted by ND13
You are correct sir. They still have some Brits on the design teams though. It's like the best of both worlds, German engineering and British style. Ford owns AM and Jaguar, and that was the best thing that ever happened to both. They actually have a decent electrical system in them now.

Ok I’m starting to de-rail this thread but I have a joke……

Why do the English always drink warm beer?

Because they all own Lucas refrigerator’s……BAWAHHWAAH WAAAAA :grin:

Seriously I know what you mean with AM & Jag no more electrical quirks.

H9

[dragon1952]

Best song "For Your Eyes Only'....Sheena Easton, hubba-hubba ;)

[cfrizz]

Originally posted by heiney9
Come on Cathy,

What's your true opinion of James Bond. The movie's not the men! Inquiring minds want to know;) We need a female POV

H9

Darling, I know that the movie is geared to you fellas so that you can drool all over the Bond women & lust after the fancy cars.

Now when I was younger I thought James Bond via RM was to die for, & I would have loved to be one of his girls. Or at the very least I understood perfectly how Miss Moneypenny felt.

THEN I GREW UP! Now I see JB for what he is: A DOG WHO CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE IT OUT! In between saving the world. I also came to that realization with Jim Kirk on Star Trek.

I have the last movie, and I have to say I don't blame Pierce Brosnan for not wanting to do anymore. They have exchanged a storyline for a bunch of explosions (most of them so implausible that I couldn't suspend my imagination that far.) & supposedly hot sex scenes.

I need more than that, for it to be a good movie. So my 007 watching days are most likely over regardless of what cute hunk they get to play him.

[marker]

Originally posted by cfrizz
Now I see JB for what he is: A DOG WHO CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE IT OUT!

And that makes Bond different from any of us other regular guys in what way?:confused: :D :o :p ;) :) :cool: :eek:

[cfrizz]

Originally posted by marker
And that makes Bond different from any of us other regular guys in what way?:confused: :D :o :p ;) :) :cool: :eek:

It doesn't. However, the major difference is that I can tell said dog to go take a hike. I'm not there to be a notch on his belt.

Thereby letting him know that such behavior is not acceptable to any woman that has any kind of self respect.

Whereas the Bond movies make it seem like this is perfectly acceptable & cool behavior.

I know, it is for you guys, but it's not for me.

[marker]

Actually there is a difference, in the movies, Bond ALWAYS scores every time, and in real life, we just want to. Basic fantasy vs reality.

[stereo55]

I have most of the Bond collection , but Gold Finger and Dr. No are the two that always stick in my mind from when I was younger ... "My names Bond , James Bond"

I do happen to like "Golden Eye" from the newer versions .

[dragon1952]

I recently bought volume 1 and 2 of the james bond collection. I happened to watch Dr No a couple weeks ago. Geez, what a hokie movie. Ursula Andress as the 'shell lady' and that goofy looking Jamaican boat guy with the fake accent. The island 'monster' was basically a tank. And the laughable radiation suits. Sean Connery had this stupid grin most of the movie. I don't know.....not quite how I remember it I guess. I was pretty disappointed. The book was real good though.

[marker]

I agree. If you look at, say Goldeneye for example, and then go back and watch Goldfinger, it's pretty boring by comparision. Keep in mind though that about 35 years from when they were made seperates them, and technology obviously improved by leaps and bounds.

On a side note, my father was stationed at Fort Knox back in the early 60s when they were filming Goldfinger. He's actually in it as one of the troops that "fell asleep" from the crop duster.