Your favourite Bond movie from each actor

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  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Sean Connery
    Best: Thunderball
    Worst: Diamonds Are Forever

    Roger Moore
    Best: The Spy Who Loved Me
    Worst: The Man With The Golden Gun

    Timothy Dalton
    Best: The Living Daylights
    Worst (not fair to call this film that): Licence To Kill

    Pierce Brosnan
    Best: Tomorrow Never Dies
    Worst: The World Is Not Enough

    Daniel Craig
    Best: Spectre
    Worst: Skyfall

    Just my two cents.
  • JNOJNO Finland
    Posts: 137
    Sean Connery
    Thunderball

    Roger Moore
    For Your Eyes Only

    Timothy Dalton
    The Living Daylights

    Pierce Brosnan
    Goldeneye

    Daniel Craig
    Casino Royale

    For me the most difficult part was to rate Craig´s films. I love Skyfall and Spectre is SO BLOODY GOOD. In the future it may well be Spectre but now I go with CR as it simply is a true masterpiece.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    My favourite movies from each actor ....
    Sean Connery, FRWL ( My #4 Bond film)
    George Lazenby, OHMSS ( my #1 Bond film)
    Roger Moore, FYEO
    Timothy Dalton, LTK ( my #3 Bond Film )
    Pierce Brosnan, TND
    Daniel Craig, CR ( my #2 Bond film )
  • Sean Connery
    Favorite: From Russia With Love
    Least Favorite: You Only Live Twice

    George Lazenby
    Favorite: On Her Majesty Secret Service

    Roger Moore
    Favorite: The Spy Who Loved Me
    Least Favorite: Moonraker

    Timothy Dalton
    Favorite: License To Kill
    Least Favorite: The Living Daylights (I enjoy Dalton's two fairly equally)

    Pierce Brosnan
    Favorite: GoldenEye
    Least Favorite: Die Another Day

    Daniel Craig
    Favorite: Casino Royale
    Least Favorite: Quantum Of Solace
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    Gonna update my list once I see Spectre next week
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    Sean Connery
    Best: From Russia With Love
    Worst: Diamonds are Forever

    Roger Moore
    Best: For Your Eyes Only
    Worst: The Man with the Golden Gun

    Timothy Dalton
    Best: Licence to Kill
    Worst: none (both TLD and LTK are in my Top 5)

    Pierce Brosnan
    Best: GoldenEye
    Worst: Die Another Day

    Daniel Craig
    Best: Quantum of Solace
    Worst: Skyfall
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    Guess I need to make quite an admission here on such a forum as this, I struggle to get excited about watching Sean's films these days - I need to get into the right mindset to sit and watch them yet have no trouble with other Bonds. catch one of them on the TV and I'll happily stay and watch them through Maybe it's just because I've overwatched all of SC's Bonds way way too many times.

    SC Best: TB - Gripping story, great score, gorgeous female lead tolerable SC
    SC Worst: DAF - I find watching this very challenging than any other Bond. Painful

    GL Best: OHMSS - best of the lot and I can never tie of watching it. My No1 Blofeld, Bond girl, score oh yes, what a score
    GL Worst: Haha - so he never made a bad Bond film!? Nope. We'll never know the what if's and the 'could have beens'

    RM Best: TSWLM - my first Bond in the cinema. Love this story: the action, scale, score and RM is properly active - a truly epic Bond and in my top tier of Bond favourites
    RM Worst: OP - this always felt weak and I was very underwhelmed by it at first but I've turned around the negativity and now like it more and more. Still my weakest RM Bond though

    TD Best: TLD - amazing Bond interpretation by Dalton, glorious soundtrack, yes weak villains but a real Bond romp.
    TD Worst: Well this leaves LTK - still a bloody good darker Bond and the action sequences are so well done

    PB Best: GE - I can always get a buzz watching this and love how well it plays out throughout 'til the final fight scene with SB
    PB Worst: TWINE - it's so forgettable and... for the life of me what am I trying to talk about? Not even DAD is this vanilla

    DC Best: Tie between SP and CR : I like these both equally although I'm actually erring towards SP
    DC Worst: SF - I just never 'got' this film and as nice as it is to look at it does absolutely nothing for me with action, plot, score and character motivations/actions

    I find it far easier to rate and order films from the same actor than between different Bond actors.

    SC
    1: TB
    2: DN
    3: GF
    4: FRWL
    5: YOLT
    6: DAF

    GL
    OHMSS

    RM
    1: TSWLM
    2: AVTAK
    3: FYEO
    4: MR
    5: LALD
    6: TMWTGG
    7: OP

    TD
    1: TLD
    2: LTK

    PB
    1: GE
    2: TND
    3: DAD
    4: TWINE

    DC
    1: SP
    2: CR
    3: QOS
    4: SF

    (BF Bond25 is eagerly awaited to be the next DC No1)


    Can I just say, many of these could be equal ties and dependent on the mood be different this time tomorrow!!
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    Sean Connery
    Best: From Russia With Love
    Worst: Diamonds are Forever

    Roger Moore

    Best: Live and Let Die (except for the racism)
    Worst: Moonraker

    Timothy Dalton
    Best: The Living Daylights
    Worst: License to Kill

    Pierce Brosnan

    Best: GoldenEye
    Worst: Die Another Day

    Daniel Craig

    Best: Casino Royale
    Worst: Quantum of Solace (though the more I watch it the better I like it)

    From what I've heard, I don't think Spectre will change that. But you never know.
  • Posts: 418
    Sean Connery:
    Best: - From Russia With Love
    Worst: - Diamonds are Forever

    Roger Moore:
    Best: - For Your Eyes Only
    Worst: The Man with the Golden Gun

    Timothy Dalton - sorry I love both

    Pierce Brosnan
    Best: - GoldenEye
    Worst: - Die Another Day

    Daniel Craig:
    Best: - SPECTRE
    Worst: - Quantum of Solace
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited October 2015 Posts: 8,392
    Sir Sean
    Best: Goldfinger
    Worst: Thunderball

    Sir Rog
    Best: Live and let die
    Worst: For Your Eyes Only

    Timmy D
    Best: The Living Daylights
    Worst: License To Kill

    Brozzer
    Best: Tomorrow Never Dies
    Worst: The World Is Not Enough

    Danny Boy
    Best: Skyfall
    Worst: Casino Royale
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Connery:DR NO
    Moore:FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    Dalton:LICENCE TO KILL
    Brosnan:THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (bank scene was the only good scene in all of them.)
    Craig:SKYFALL (Not seeing SPECTRE until tomorrow)

    Worst

    Connery:NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
    Moore:MOONRAKER
    Brosnan:GOLDENEYE
    Craig:QUANTUM OF SOLACE (still love it)
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    GF
    Duh!
    TMWTGG. Yes, @chrisisall, another fan!
    LTK
    GE
    SF
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,789
    TMWTGG. Yes, @chrisisall, another fan!

    =D>
  • pachazopachazo Make Your Choice
    edited October 2015 Posts: 7,314
    Ok, I'll play along. Without having seen SP, I'd say...

    Connery
    Best - FRWL - Quite possibly the best Bond film of all time.
    Worst - YOLT - It's not awful but it's rather boring for long stretches of time.

    Moore
    Best - TSWLM - Outstanding. Moore's finest hour.
    Worst - TMWTGG - Extremely underwhelming. A real missed opportunity.

    Dalton
    Best - TLD - A good to very good watch, depending on my mood.
    Worst - LTK - Pretty terrible on the whole despite a few nice bits.

    Brosnan
    Best - GE - None of his other films come close for me.
    Worst - DAD - The absolute worst of the worst.

    Craig
    Best - CR - Still amazing. Doubt SP can top it.
    Worst - QoS - By far the "best" of the worst though.
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    I was about to post my fav performances from each actor, and not fav films.

    Anyway -

    Sean Connery -
    Best - From Russia With Love
    Least Best - Diamonds Are Forever

    Roger Moore -
    Best - The Spy Who Loved Me
    Least Best - The Man With The Golden Gun

    Timothy Dalton -
    Best - Licence to Kill
    2nd Best - The Living Daylights

    Pierce Brosnan -
    Best - The World Is Not Enough (yes, you read that right)
    Worst - Die Another Day

    Danny Craig
    Best - Casino Royale
    Least Best - Quantum of Solace
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    Sean Connery -
    Best - From Russia With Love
    Least Best - Diamonds Are Forever

    Roger Moore -
    Best - For Your Eyes Only
    Least Best - Moonraker

    Timothy Dalton -
    Best - The Living Daylights
    Least best - Licence to Kill

    Pierce Brosnan -
    Best - GoldenEye
    Least best - Die Another Day

    Danny Craig
    Best - Casino Royale
    Least Best - Quantum of Solace
  • Goldfinger
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    The Living Daylights
    The World is Not Enough
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,789
    Goldfinger
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    The Living Daylights
    The World is Not Enough

    Not a Craig fan at all?
  • chrisisall wrote: »
    Goldfinger
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    The Living Daylights
    The World is Not Enough

    Not a Craig fan at all?

    No I really hate the Craig era. :(
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    edited November 2015 Posts: 4,151
    Based on my most recent rankings

    Sean Connery -
    Best - From Russia With Love
    Least Best - Diamonds Are Forever

    Roger Moore -
    Best - The Spy Who Loved Me
    Least Best - For Your Eyes Only

    Timothy Dalton -
    Best - Licence To Kill
    Least best - The Living Daylights

    Pierce Brosnan -
    Best - GoldenEye
    Least best - Die Another Day

    Danny Craig
    Best - Casino Royale
    Least Best - Quantum of Solace

    Obviously subject to change when I next have a Bondathon.
  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
    Posts: 1,874
    Great thread. I like the fact people are putting best and worst. Here's mine

    Sean Connery
    Best: From Russia With Love (best of the series - never to be beaten)
    worst: DAF - Hamilton, enough said!

    George Lazenby
    Best: On Her Majesty's Secret Service - obviously

    Roger Moore
    Best: For Your Eyes Only
    worst: Moonraker/A View To A Kill

    Timothy Dalton
    Best: The Living Daylights (closely followed by Licence To Kill - no worst)

    Pierce Brosnan
    Best: Tomorrow Never Dies
    worst: Die Another Day - who would have guessed?!

    Daniel Craig
    Best: Casino Royale (still)
    worst: Quantum of Solace

    Top 2 Bond's are FRWL and OHMSS - two perfect Bond films.
  • Thunderball007Thunderball007 United States
    Posts: 306
    Sir Sean Connery

    Goldfigner

    George Lazenby (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)

    Sir Roger Moore

    The Spy Who Loved Me

    Timothy Dalton

    Licence to Kill

    Pierce Brosnan

    GoldenEye

    Daniel Craig

    Casino Royale (a masterful and flawless depiction of a modern 007 for me)
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    Posts: 1,984
    Connery's best is Goldfinger, but the best Bond movie featuring Connery is in my opinion, From Russia With Love. His worst is undoubtedly DAF, which isn't really his fault but the directing and the direction the series went after is such a shame. We're kind of fortunate that Roger Moore could actually keep up and work in tandem with the camp, otherwise I doubt Bond would've survived the 70's.

    Lazenby only had one, so obviously it's OHMSS.

    Roger's best is undoubtedly TSWLM, which I know people here think is overrated, but I personally think it's the best Bond film. It just has everything. His worst is TWMWTGG, which is the opposite - a massive spillage of potential, IMO. A couple of redeeming factors but more of a guilty pleasure than a genuine success.

    Dalton's best is Licence to Kill, only because it doesn't drag and has access to far better villains than The Living Daylights, but I still reckon that's a great movie too.

    Brosnan's best will always be GoldenEye for me. It was the first one I saw in cinema and it was huge for me, as well as just a great movie. TND was also good and fun, but DAD is his worst - a shockingly low point of the Bond series.

    Craig's best is always going to be Casino Royale, in my opinion. Not only was it a masterpiece of cinema, but it was also the biggest Bond milestone since Dr No, in my opinion. It literally reinvented the franchise. His worst is the disappointing follow-up to that, QoS.

  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    Posts: 1,984
    I'm surprised this hasn't been done before, but seeing as Google Search turned up with nothing, here's a thread for you to post:

    1. What was the best Bond flick from each EON Bond actor?

    2. Which Bond flick had each respective Bond actor's best performance?

    As he only made one EON film, Lazenby is obviously excluded. You can mention NSNA for Connery, but I doubt anybody will. Hopefully this thread will open up what we think is ideal for a Bond actor's performance and how much that ends up mattering towards the final quality of the film.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited February 2016 Posts: 7,105
    I'll give this one a go.

    Sean Connery's best film: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    Sean Connery's best performance: GOLDFINGER

    Roger Moore's best film: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    Roger Moore's best performance: THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN

    Timothy Dalton's best film: LICENCE TO KILL
    Timothy Dalton's best performance: LICENCE TO KILL

    Pierce Brosnan's best film: GOLDENEYE
    Pierce Brosnan's best performance: THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH

    Daniel Craig's best film: CASINO ROYALE
    Daniel Craig's best performance: QUANTUM OF SOLACE
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    CONNERY
    Best Film - FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    Best Performance - FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

    MOORE
    Best Film - FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    Best Performance - THE SPY WHO LOVED ME / OCTOPUSSY

    DALTON
    Best Film - THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    Best Performance - Equal

    BROSNAN
    Best Film - TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    Best Performance - TOMORROW NEVER DIES

    CRAIG
    Best Film - CASINO ROYALE
    Best Performance - CASINO ROYALE
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    Posts: 23,883
    CONNERY
    Best Film - FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    Best Performance - FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

    MOORE
    Best Film - THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    Best Performance - THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN

    DALTON
    Best Film - LICENSE TO KILL
    Best Performance - LICENSE TO KILL

    BROSNAN
    Best Film - GOLDENEYE
    Best Performance - DIE ANOTHER DAY

    CRAIG
    Best Film - CASINO ROYALE
    Best Performance - CASINO ROYALE
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    Posts: 15,713
    Sean CONNERY:
    Best film: FRWL
    Best performance: DN

    Roger MOORE
    Best film:TSWLM
    Best performance: OP

    Timothy DALTON:
    Best film: TLD
    Best performance: LTK

    Pierce BROSNAN:
    Best film: GE
    Best performance: DAD

    Daniel CRAIG:
    Best film: CR
    Best performance: QOS
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    edited February 2016 Posts: 4,423
    Sean CONNERY:
    Best film: FRWL
    Best performance: FRWL

    Roger MOORE
    Best film:TSWLM
    Best performance: OP

    Timothy DALTON:
    Best film: TLD
    Best performance: LTK

    Pierce BROSNAN:
    Best film: TWINE
    Best performance: DAD

    Daniel CRAIG:
    Best film: CR
    Best performance: SP
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    Posts: 15,713
    @royal65 we have almost identical views!
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