I think the BEST Bond movie was:

"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" in 1969 with George Lazenby as Bond &
Telly Savalas (Kojack) as the villian... By far the best story line ever
for a Bond flick: Damn, it was the only Bond movie that James got
married!


LoL...With all that said I liked Roger Moore the best as the character
of James Bond (However Danial Craig did awesome in his debut, maybe he
can revive the character the writers tried to burry since the early
90's)

Call me old school but here's why I liked Connery best. If you have ever
read the novels, he came closest to catching that sense of who Bond is
in the books. (I always read the books. If a movie is made from a novel,
I'll pick that up before seeing the movie. It helps give insight into
the character, storyline, etc. Connery best captured that ruthlessness
that the novelization had in it. I wont read a book that was written
based on the movie though, waste of time). Ruthless, mean streak and a
capacity for uber violence that Moore just fails to deliver. I see the
Roger Moore Bond, and I see too much "I Spy". Dont get me wrong, Moore
is entertaining and he was good both in I Spy and his Bond films, but
his Bond comes off as a bit of a parody to me.

Lazenby just couldn't live up to Connery and bowed out of his 7 film
deal, and after seeing OHMSS I know why he did the right thing. The plot
and story were good Sluggo, but simply failed for me. I cant help
thinking it would've been a major hit if it was Connery... Lazenby just
came off too wimpy.

Dalton was probably the closest of all the Bonds to the creation of
Fleming, but the actor himself is a little wooden in the movies, like he
just felt obligated.. going through the motions.

Brosnan returned Bond back to something similar to what Connery brought,
and I put him at 2A (2B is Dalton, because of the likeness to the
character in the books). I enjoyed his movies, but he went and priced
himself out of the role.

I confess I havent seen Casino Royale yet, but plan to when it hits
Movie Central.

More Bond trivia: Pierce Brosnan was supposed to replace Roger Moore,
but NBC (I think it was them) went and renewed his 5 yr. contract to
keep him away from the series, even though they had plans to cancel
Remington Steele before the renewal was made.

Timothy Dalton played Bond at 41. He was offered the role when he was in
his 20's but he declined, thinking he was too young for the part.

MrKat,,, You are good,,, You win the Prize

I didn't read the books so I don't have that perspective but to me
Connery never had the smoothness of a Brit (probably because he's NOT
one). Although I do like Connery! Personally unless the actor (or
actress) is terrible they don't matter too much for me: I'm more into
the Story and how realistic (or believeable) a movie is.

Believability is why I couldn't watch Pierce Brosnan OR Timothy Dalton:
Those movies had such Horrific Stunts and special effects the movies
were unwatchable to me! All of their moives had stunts that were
litterially impossible because physics alone wouldn't allow them! This
is coming from someone that LOVES ScFi (LoL... I can buy an alien but
defy physics or do something that impossible: even with all the luck in
the world and I'm lost for the movie).

Wait until you see Casino Royale the stunts are the best I've seen since
I don't know when in a Bond movie, plus the movie is very old school so
they don't screw it up with special effects.....

Props to Sluggo,,,

Thank you,LAMom!

Sluggo, I decided not to talk about the special effectrs of the
Brosnan/Dalton movies, though I do agree. Of course Moore's films got
more ridiculous as the years went on. Sorry, but Moonraker was just
stupidc at points with some of the crap. If you're gonna louse up a
story with special effects, at least make them good, right?

Speaking is Sci Fi, what do you think of the reworked Battlestar
Galactica?

Sean Connery was the best Bond I believe. He just had that pimp
mentality, and he did it well!

Sean Connery was Bond. Accept no imitations. (But Roger Moore was cute).