Following the death of SC, I want to ask the Hibee community their opinion.
Mines is Brosnan, but that was probably generational - that and Tomorrow Never Dies is IMO the best Bond film.
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Following the death of SC, I want to ask the Hibee community their opinion.
Mines is Brosnan, but that was probably generational - that and Tomorrow Never Dies is IMO the best Bond film.
And Bob Holness!
Voted Sean Connery, who will always be THE Bond IMO. Although prefer the grounded realistic Daniel Craig films.
Watched a great film last night on how George Lazenby got the bond gig. Some boy, even if half his stories are true. Check out Beckoming Bond
Connery
Craig
Dalton
Brosnan
Moore
Lazenby
I'd argue Lazenby actually delivered a decent performance in a poor film but the fact it was his only one makes it hard to assess him. Brosnan was a pretty poor Bond imo but Goldeneye was one of the best films and he was excellent in that. Dalton was arguably truest to the books and I liked the ice cold Bond he created. Craig is gritty and arguably gave the franchise an edge after the gimmick and gadget heavy Brosnan era.
The argument usually boils down to Connery v Moore and there is only one winner. Moore was camp, one dimensional and irritating. In another film that may have worked but he was never, ever Bond. Connery married sardonic wit, a knowing nod and a ruthless streak with an effortless smoothness. He will always be the Bond others are measured against and they'll never quite measure up. I can even forgive the obvious disinterest in the last couple to films he done (prior to NSNA).
Connery is up there with Depp, Pistorious & all the other wife beaters out there.
Just like OJ, Pistorious was a wife beater for years before murdering their partners.
Its quite easy to find Connerys views on slapping woman, go on you tube & you will see the interview.
But with Sean Connery there’s something else that is deeply uncomfortable to reconcile with his status as a beloved actor.
Connery was known to physically abuse women. His former wife, Australian actress Diane Cilento, experienced a decade of physical and psychological abuse. **
During the course of their marriage, and just weeks after a violent incident Cilento later described, Connery openly remarked in interviews about his proclivity to slap women ‘who deserved it’.
“I don’t think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don’t recommend you do it the same way that you hit a man,” Connery said in a 1965 interview with Playboy magazine. “An open-handed slap is justified, if all other alternatives fail and there has been plenty of warning. If a woman is a bitch, or hysterical, or bloody-minded continually, then I’d do it.”
Later when questioned about those comments he stood his ground saying there are instances where hitting women is warranted. *
On Sunday, writer, anti-violence campaigner, mental health and gender equality advocate,*Tarang Chawla*took to Twitter to address the issue of celebrating an icon who was known to perpetrate abuse against women. ***
I once hit a woman. I was working on the door of a nightclub and the woman spat on me and punched me in the face three times. After the 2nd punch I warned her that if she did it again I’d take her down. She did so I did. It was justified, not only in my opinion but that of the police who attended and viewed the cctv. So Connery was correct in his comment 55 years ago.
Brosnan was IMO the best Bond, but like I say I'd imagine that its slightly a generational thing and more of a bias towards my favourite storyline. TND had everything from gadgets to a crackpot Rupert Murdoch-esque media mogul and his German right hand man. Christ it even had Teri Hatcher.
I'd say Dalton.
Brosnan was brilliant (especially in Goldeneye) but suffered from having **** films that were gadget heavy etc.
Always thought Sam Neill should have been Bond as well. Would have been brilliant.
a bitty off-topic but i see Kenneth Tsang was found dead in a covid quarantine hotel in Hong Kong :( i remember him playing General Moon in Die another Day
Kenneth Tsang Dies: Golden Age Hong Kong Film Actor Who Later Entered Hollywood Was 87 (msn.com)
For me it was Roger Moore, the one a kinda grew up with .....
Who should play the next Bond? Always thought Michael Fassbender or Henry Cavill would be good choices
Surely it's Basildon. 🤔
Connery for me, then Moore. I've never been able to take to Daniel Craig at all for reason.