Poll: Who's the better Bond?

[ChromeAlchemist]

In exception for George Lazenby and Timothy Dalton, Bond has always been perfect to his era. Sean Connery fit the bill for the older movies, while Moore fit his era, Timothy Dalton sucked so I'll discount him, Pierce Brosnan was absolutely perfect for the 90s- early 00's, and now Daniel Craig is a perfect modern Bond.

My answer, therefore, is none.

Good answer.

I do agree with all of it, it's correct. The rest of this is just my opinion if I had to pick one

However wrong answer. This thread should have ended with Pierce Brosnan. He captured the charm of Bond perfectly (except the misogyny, mind, but I doubt that would translate well). Craig is necessary for the first three films when Bond was a brute.

 

[Mackinator]

Connery, Sean Connery.

 

[ironmace2.0]

pierce hes just my favriote. In my opinion Daniel Craig is killing the bond series one movie at a time. Sean Connery was epic.

 

[Lukeydoodly]

Sean Connery's voice is awesome, so him.

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

Roger Moore because he didn't take something you shouldn't take seriously seriously. I think Daniel Craig is a good actor but the Bond movies that he's done are all gritty and serious which just isn't what James Bond is all about, in my opinion. Sean Connery does have some laughably bad puns and the iconic voice. I think Pierce Brosnan made a good Bond too but he was only in a few movies whereas Roger Moore and Sean Connery are in loads. Actually, after consideration, I think Connery is the winner. To be honest I think they're all good and it's hard to choose which is the best.

 

[Spineyguy]

Sean Connery are teh bestest.

It's the eyebrows that do it.

 

[L4hlborg]

It's pretty tough for me to choose between Connery and Craig. They are both really good. Connery is oldschool, Craig is modern. If a bond movie would be made know and I would have to choose between a magically youthened Connery and Craig, I would have to choose Craig, since he is more fit to be a modern Bond.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Sean Connery by far and away.

He just nails the part, then Brosnan. Brosnan got the charming bastard aspect down pretty well but didn't manage the nasty quite so much. Dalton much the same but reversed, he did nasty very well but charming less so.

Craig's only been in two films and the second one sucks, he manages to come across almost like a robot in the second one so not him. There's nothing especially wrong with him, he's just bland, a lot like the villains he faces as well, whatsisface Green in the second was rubbish. It's a shame because the first one was great.

Lazenby wasn't bad but largely forgettable.

Moore, can you say camp?

 

[LongAndShort]

There can be no doubt that Sean Connery was the best Bond followed by Craig and Brosnon. I always thought Moore was to soft and perfect, he never seemed to get hurt or flustered. I think Dalton and Lazenby were both under-rated. There movies, scripts and directors tended to suck rather than them. However as they were the actors they got the blame. Its a shame really...

 

[Cowabungaa]

Sean Connery. The voice. THE VOICE!

So very much this, he's the epitome of British suaveness. Brosnan takes second place, he was nice and smooth, yet slightly nasty.
And well, Moore obviously comes third. Why, you may ask? Well, this:

I love camp.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Sean Connery. The voice. THE VOICE!

So very much this, he's the epitome of British suaveness.

Which is ironic considering he's Scottish...

 

[Cowabungaa]

Which is ironic considering he's Scottish...

Indeed, wich makes it even móre awesome.

 

[Viruzzo]

Sean Connery, no need to even ask. And who is this George Lazenby?

On the other hand I don't think the new ones really deserve to be that much farther than the old ones (Pierce Brosnan? Meh.).

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Connery for the voice and the unbridled manliness, but Brosnan for the body of Bond. Moore comes up second, and then Dalton. Craig is after that, mostly because he passed off that rumor once or twice saying it might not be bad for Bond to have a gay scene, since it's the modern bond, and while that might be a modern thing, it's not a Bond thing. Oh, and he's hard to watch onscreen, prat that he is. And that Lazenby even has a vote up there is mindblowing.

 

[Roamin11]

I apparently look like Daniel Craig when I wear a suit, and have been laid cuz of this (I was not confused the girl just wanted a bond fantasy night) so I have to HAVE TO vote Daniel Craig cuz of him I got laid last week, god bless his soul

 

[matsugawa]

I have a really tough time with this.
The problem I find is that I can only really judge Bond by one of two criteria, either by the villain he's up against, or the plot that unfurls before him. After all, a hero is only as good as the villain he's up against or the obstacle he has to overcome.
On the first count, in terms of opposition, from a statistical standpoint, I have to give Roger Moore the nod, and not just because one of them was played by Christopher Lee, or that another one was played by Julian Glover, or that another was played by Yaphet Koto, or that another was played by Christopher Walken... you get where I'm going with this. Connery's Bond has Dr. No, Goldfinger, and Blofeld, but the evil denizens of Moore's world were equally bombastic and diabolical, yet distinctly had more of them. So, I have to give the nod to Moore, with honorable mention going to Pierce Brosnan, who went up against my favorite villian, none other than Elliot Carver as played fantastically by Jonathan Pryce.
On the second count, if we go by the all-important story, the challenge to overcome, I'm inclined to give it to Connery with Thunderball, but he loses his place on the list because of that insufferable remake Connery practically force-fed us in pitiful admission that he never had a gig as good as Bond. Then again, he does get back on the list with my equally favorite 'classic' Bond film, You Only Live Twice. It's got rockets, it's got ninjas, it's got pihranas, it's got sumo wrestlers, it's got one of the most truly tragic deaths of all films (the accidental poisoning of his faux bride)... I could go on and on. Then again (pattern?) there's also Tomorrow Never Dies where the evil force that must be stopped is (to date, really) the unusual and utterly unprecedented choice of a media conglomerate. It's kind of genius, really.
In the end, the game is a one-on-one showdown on the ice between Brosnan for Tomorrow Never Dies and Connery for You Only Live Twice, with Thunderball sitting in the penalty box for punching Moore in the teeth in the first three seconds of the first period. And, if I ever get sick of watching the stalemate, I just go and visit Moore in the infirmary or go for a drive/swim in the Lotus because he may not cause my jaw to drop and eyes to boggle like the others, but he won't disappoint me, either.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Craig and Brosnan. Haven't seen one with Connery yet.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

Daniel Craig. I like the more action oriented route they have taken with the newer Bond films. Most of the older ones felt like they were dragging on for me.

You call Casino Royale "action-oriented"?

It is for me. I'm not a big fan of action movies, they're usually done very poorly in my opinion. Also I just consider this to me more action oriented than the older ones. The Pierce Brosnan films had a good bit of action, but they were trash.

I'm not saying it's a bad film, it's great if you ask me, but it wasn't that action packed. I dunno about the Brosnan films being trash though, I hear GoldenEye is considered one of the best in the series.

 

[londelen]

Bronsan! I loved the ones he was in. He's my favorite.

 

[tenlong]

Sean Connery is great as bond. I like how daniel craig's don't fuck around. Ether one of those 2. roger moore is the family friendly version of bond.