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02. SEAN CONNERY in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
03. SEAN CONNERY in DR. NO
04. PIERCE BROSNAN in GOLDENEYE
05. SEAN CONNERY in GOLDFINGER
06. ROGER MOORE in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
07. ROGER MOORE in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
08. DANIEL CRAIG in SKYFALL
09. ROGER MOORE in LIVE AND LET DIE
10. PIERCE BROSNAN in THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
11. ROGER MOORE in MOONRAKER
12. PIERCE BROSNAN in TOMORROW NEVER DIES
13. SEAN CONNERY in THUNDERBALL
14. DANIEL CRAIG in SPECTRE
15. DANIEL CRAIG in CASINO ROYALE
16. PIERCE BROSNAN in DIE ANOTHER DAY
17. ROGER MOORE in OCTOPUSSY
18. ROGER MOORE in A VIEW TO A KILL
19. TIMOTHY DALTON in LICENCE TO KILL
20. SEAN CONNERY in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
21. ROGER MOORE in THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
22. SEAN CONNERY in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
23. GEORGE LAZENBY in ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
24. DANIEL CRAIG in QUANTUM OF SOLACE
Good on you for putting Tim's performance in TLD first.
Incidentally, a very odd choice for last place, I thought Craig's acting in QOS was one of the few good things about the movie.
You might not like QoS (and a lot of fans don't) but you can't fault Craig's performance in it.
To put his performance last is just absurd.
2. Daniel Craig in Casino Royale
3. Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace
4. Sean Connery in Frrom Russia with Love
5. Sean Connery in Dr. No
6. Timothy Dalton in Licence to Kill
7. Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights
8. Sean Connery in Goldfinger
9. Daniel Craig in Spectre
10. Sean Connery in Thunderball
11. Roger Moore in For Your Eyes Only
12. Pierce Brosnan in GoldenEye
13. Pierce Brosnan in Tomorrow Never Dies
14. Roger Moore in Octopussy
15. Roger Moore in The Spy Who Loved Me
16. Roger Moore in The Man with the Golden Gun
17. Roger Moore in Live and Let Die
18. Pierce Brosnan in The World is Not Enough
19. Sean Connery in You Only Live Twice
20. Sean Connery in Diamonds Are Forever
21. Roger Moore in Moonraker
22. George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service
23. Pierce Brosnan in Die Another Day
24. Roger Moore in A View to a Kill
Here is my updated list strictly judging Bond performance:
1 TB - Connery
2 GF - Connery
3 FRWL - Connery
4 SP - Craig
5 TLD - Dalton
6 TSWLM - Moore
7 TND - Brosnan
8 DAD - Brosnan
9 OHMSS - Lazenby
10 QOS - Craig
11 LTK - Dalton
12 LALD - Moore
13 TMWTGG - Moore
14 YOLT - Connery
15 DN - Connery
I really consider those 15 performances very good, not much to complain about.
16 GE - Brosnan
17 CR - Craig
18 FYEO - Moore
19 OP - Moore
20 MR - Moore
Still very good performances, GE and CR show some insecurities of both actors. Moore plays more or less just himself in those three.
21 TWINE
22 SF
23 AVTAK
24 DAF
Never cared much for those four performances. Dreary, boring, caricature, parody.
Well I just don't like him there. Maybe I don't even mind his acting abilities so very much. It is more how he has to act, how the character is written. So one can blame the director or the script rather than the actor himself. But I personally just dislike the Bond character in QoS. I don't really like any of the dialouge scenes, I find Bond to be extremely unprofessional and one-dimensional. I personally prefer the Bond characters who show more than just one dimension. The scene when he tosses Matthis in the trash is probably my least favorite scene in all of Bond.
Actually I think it is very difficult to distinguish between Bond character and Bond performance. You just cannot like a Bond performance if you don't like a specific Bond character.
Since then, like many, I have warmed to the film, as I have warmed to LTK. It is still deeply flawed in my view, but has a lot of redeeming qualities as well, chief among them Daniel Craig himself.
I don't have the same view of his performance in SP though. I much preferred his raw, edgy take in QoS. Visceral and dangerous. Lethal. Reminds me so much of McQueen.
Brown does give the better performance in that scene I feel.
Also, look at the way he later reaches for his gun inside his jacket when the Ninja attacks him.
Exactly right, bondjames. Craig's Bond in QoS was mean, surly and nasty, with a real edge to him. Just how I like my James Bond to be!
That scene in the lift was just brutally good! Nicked by Marvel for Captain America The Winter Soldier!
One of the main reasons I really love QoS is Craig's performance. It's the Bond film I watch the most when in the mood for 007.
1. Sean Connery - FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
2. Sean Connery - GOLDFINGER
3. Daniel Craig - SKYFALL
4. Sean Connery - DR. NO
5. Daniel Craig - CASINO ROYALE
6. Roger Moore - THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
7. Daniel Craig - QUANTUM OF SOLACE
8. Sean Connery - THUNDERBALL
9. Pierce Brosnan - THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
10. Timothy Dalton - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
11. Roger Moore - THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
12. Pierce Brosnan - GOLDENEYE
13. Sean Connery - YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
14. Roger Moore - OCTOPUSSY
15. Pierce Brosnan - DIE ANOTHER DAY
16. Roger Moore - LIVE AND LET DIE
17. Timothy Dalton - LICENCE TO KILL
18. Daniel Craig - SPECTRE
19. Pierce Brosnan - TOMORROW NEVER DIES
20. Roger Moore - FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
21. George Lazenby - ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
22. Sean Connery - DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
23. Roger Moore - MOONRAKER
24. Roger Moore - A VIEW TO A KILL
Against popular opinion I will back you up here @GBF I hate the dumpster scene as well. Mathis's death and his general appearance in QOS is a farce. His death is just written so so badly.
Ha Ha good spot!
Thank you.
But here is my suggestion. MODS PLEASE TAKE NOTE. The search function on this site SUCKS, so let's see what can be done to improve it.
I think perhaps it could help if we had more detailed and specific 'categorization' of existing threads in order to make it easier to go through and find relevant ones.
2. THUNDERBALL - Sean Connery
3. DR. NO – Sean Connery
4. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS – Timothy Dalton
5. CASINO ROYALE – Daniel Craig
6. GOLDFINGER – Sean Connery
7. SPECTRE – Daniel Craig
8. LICENCE TO KILL – Timothy Dalton
9. SKYFALL -Daniel Craig
10. QUANTUM OF SOLACE – Daniel Craig
11. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME – Roger Moore
12. OCTOPUSSY – Roger Moore
13. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Roger Moore
14. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE – George Lazenby
15. DIE ANOTHER DAY – Pierce Brosnan
16. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH – Pierce Brosnan
17. MOONRAKER -Roger Moore
18. TOMORROW NEVER DIES – Pierce Brosnan
19. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN – Roger Moore
20. LIVE AND LET DIE – Roger Moore
21. GOLDENEYE – Pierce Brosnan
22. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER – Sean Connery
23. A VIEW TO A KILL – Roger Moore
24. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE – Sean Connery
I spent an inordinate amount of time compiling this list. And look @Birdleson, GF is ahead of SP!
What makes you put YOLT last? It's not Connery at his best, but I think there are flashes of great form in it.
Connery's YOLT performance is maligned way out of proportion...