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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Thread: Who was the best Bond?
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04-11-2020 08:14 AM #1
Who was the best Bond?
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04-11-2020 08:50 AM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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04-11-2020 09:18 AM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Oh ****!
Admins please add GL to the poll!
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04-11-2020 09:49 AM #6
Voted Sean Connery, who will always be THE Bond IMO. Although prefer the grounded realistic Daniel Craig films.
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04-11-2020 11:45 AM #7
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
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04-11-2020 05:32 PM #8
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).PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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04-11-2020 08:29 PM #9
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Connery is up there with Depp, Pistorious & all the other wife beaters out there.
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04-11-2020 08:38 PM #10This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
excellently put
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04-11-2020 09:29 PM #13
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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. ***
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Last edited by Frazerbob; 05-11-2020 at 08:27 AM.
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05-11-2020 08:53 AM #19
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.
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05-11-2020 02:31 PM #20
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Poor post! Let us just talk about all the good things SC done & sweep the rest under the carpet. His comments were not based on self defence.
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06-11-2020 04:27 AM #22
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.
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06-11-2020 06:52 AM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
my dad has always been disappointed that Lewis Collins didn’t get a crack at in the early 80s, apparently was pretty close when Moore was playing a game of brinkmanship for more money ahead of one of the films, but ultimately agreed a fee and stayed in the role
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28-04-2022 12:19 AM #24
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)
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29-04-2022 02:10 PM #25
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For me it was Roger Moore, the one a kinda grew up with .....
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29-04-2022 05:24 PM #28
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Who should play the next Bond? Always thought Michael Fassbender or Henry Cavill would be good choices
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01-05-2022 10:29 AM #30
Connery for me, then Moore. I've never been able to take to Daniel Craig at all for reason.
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