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POLL: Who is the greatest James Bond??

Andy_R (Elite) posted this on Saturday, 25th November 2006, 20:25

Who is the greatest James Bond??
Sean Connery
40%
31 votes
George Lazenby
1%
1 vote
Roger Moore
13%
10 votes
Timothy Dalton
19%
15 votes
Pierce Brosnan
14%
11 votes
Daniel craig
12%
9 votes
Well? Whose your favourite?? Everyones saying how great Daniel Craig is in the new Bond film but is he the greatest ever?

RE: POLL: Who is the greatest James Bond??

Si Wooldridge (Reviewer) posted this on Saturday, 25th November 2006, 21:25

He can`t be the greatest ever until he`s done a few films at least...

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RE: POLL: Who is the greatest James Bond??

Mark Oates (Reviewer) posted this on Sunday, 26th November 2006, 00:16

What`s the f*cking point? Connery wins every damn time somebody trots one of these polls out. It`s like a reflex.

Somebody could come along and do the definitive Bond tomorrow - nail the look, do the books verbatim. Ian Fleming could rise from the grave, point at this guy and say "That`s the bugger! That`s James Bond!!"

Then you`d do a poll and f*cking Connery would win.

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RE: POLL: Who is the greatest James Bond??

Snaps (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 26th November 2006, 00:54

My own personal favourite is Brosnan though I haven`t seen the new film yet.
Delighted to see that Lazenby is currently on zero.
Mark Kermode constantly bangs on about OHMS being the best Bond film when it`s obviously total crap.
You could go to the nearest wood yard pick up any two short planks and they`d act Lazenby off the screen.

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RE: POLL: Who is the greatest James Bond??

Batavia (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 26th November 2006, 03:01

I have to say Connery as I have only seen "Dr. No."

RE: POLL: Who is the greatest James Bond??

David Beckett (Reviewer) posted this on Sunday, 26th November 2006, 15:25

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Mark Kermode constantly bangs on about OHMS being the best Bond film when it`s obviously total crap.
You could go to the nearest wood yard pick up any two short planks and they`d act Lazenby off the screen
I`ve never heard Mark Kermode mention a preference for the best Bond film but I think OHMSS IS the best Bond film. Lazenby may only have been chosen because he could ski and is hardly the most charismatic man ever to grace the silver screen but OHMSS has the best story (and follows the book more closely than any other), best Bond girl, best setting and, because Lazenby is wooden, there are few, if any, of the cheesy one-liners that grace so many Bond films.

FWIW, Connery has the best mix of charm, sex appeal, menace and sheer acting ability of anyone who`s played Bond until Daniel Craig. If Craig matches his performance in Casino Royale in another couple of films, I would place him higher than Connery.



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RE: POLL: Who is the greatest James Bond??

Matthew Smart (Reviewer) posted this on Sunday, 26th November 2006, 15:42

Dalton as 007, but I`ve got a real soft spot for Moore`s films and his spin on the character. :D

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RE: POLL: Who is the greatest James Bond??

Snaps (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 26th November 2006, 19:00

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but I`ve got a real soft spot for Moore`s films and his spin on the character.


No, sorry. Moores only better than Lazenby because he can act with both eyebrows.
Moore taking the part of Bond actually put me off the whole franchise for a long while.

Diana Rigg best Bond girl?
Best actress to play a Bond girl by a mile but not the best eye candy.
I don`t see sticking close to the book as necessarily a guarantee of a better film and to say Lazenbys lack of acting ability reduced the one liners is one hell of a back handed compliment.

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RE: POLL: Who is the greatest James Bond??

Matthew Smart (Reviewer) posted this on Sunday, 26th November 2006, 19:23

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No, sorry.


My heartfelt apologies, sir. If I`d known my opinion was wrong, I wouldn`t have offered it in the first place. I shall now look forward to beating my head against the wall while looking at a picture of ol` Roge. Hopefully that should breed some contempt for him and set me on the straight path.

Saying that, I can`t see how the bar of right and wrong can be set by a proponent of Brosnan as best Bond. After Goldeneye, he ceased being a notable 007 and simply pounded his way through three entries in the franchise performing as a smug git in a suit.

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RE: POLL: Who is the greatest James Bond??

David Beckett (Reviewer) posted this on Sunday, 26th November 2006, 19:40

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Diana Rigg best Bond girl?
Best actress to play a Bond girl by a mile but not the best eye candy.
So is your definition of a great Bond girl a woman who looks great but has no personality or back story and who simply exists to go horizontal jogging with James? It`s surely a waste of a character if a Bond girl is just a clothes `whorse` with a stupid name. Who would you vote for - Denise Richards, Halle Berry, Rosamund Pike ...?



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