I don't understand what's so great about Connery.

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SnakeEyes
Alright, so many people look at Sean Connery as their favorite Bond, but I guess I just don't see why, other than the fact that he was the first Bond. But it's always kind of annoyed me when people like the original the best SIMPLY because it is the original.

I'm not saying Connery was a bad Bond at all, I liked him a good deal... but I still don't understand what would make him the best. I mean, he doesn't even have a British accent.

sithsaber408
I was going to say something really nasty, but then I noticed that you're only 16.

Don't worry about it kid, just watch the ones that you like, and when you get around 21 or so watch 'em again.


You'll like Connery the best too. cool

Mr Parker
Uh Connery is a legend as an actor because he is a great actor and was an excellent Bond as well.I personally like Roger Moore the best because he brought an added dimension to the character with his humor and wit and also did an outstanding job portraying the character of James Bond.Moore is my favorite with Connery second.

Rampant ox
Sean Connery was the original Bond and set the benchark for the Bond series. He had the elegance and charisma that Bond should have, but at the same time wasnt afraid to get his hand dirty when the need presented itself. I personally think that he had everything that Bond should have, perfectly suited to the role. I never get tired of his magnificent accent either.

Moore however is a very close second. His and Christopher Lee's performance in The Man With The Golden Gun was nothing short of astounding.

SnakeEyes
Just know that I think Connery is a good Bond, no doubt.

But I just don't see why he is always looked at as the best.

As for Roger Moore, I don't really like him at all. I actually think he isn't that great.

coolmovies
Hes a great actor an icon

d-fly_girl008
Sean Connery is an amazing actor. I think I would also put his second to Roger Moore though, for the same reasons as posted above.

bakerboy
Why? Because simply, he is James Bond. When i think on bond, i think on connery. Not only he was and he is a amazing actor, he has the look, the charm, the charisma,etc to play bond perfectly. Only see his first scene in doctor no saying" bond, james bond". Man, that guy IS james bond. He was perfect and the best bond ever. Roger Moore did a great job too playing another style of bond, his own style , that worked very well, except in his last movies when he was too old.

Darth Martin
1. Connery
2. Moore
3. Brosnan

Dinalfos
Connery is overrated (as James Bond). His films simply aren't the best, although From Russia... is probably somewhere in the top 5. I still like the rest of his movies, though. There's no such thing as a non-entertaining Bond movie.

My favorite Bonds:

1: Daniel Craig
2: Pierce Brosnan
3: Roger Moore
4: Sean Connery
5: Tim dalton
6: George Lazenby

I love Roger Moore's Bond because he did away with the cold blooded hitman theme and made Bond more human and compassionate. I also loved the humour. Sure, this is not the Bond people wanted to see, but I thought it was a cool and different interpretation that still worked within the formula. With that said, I'm cool with Daniel Craig returning Bond to his old self, because he did it so incredibly well.

Rampant ox
I personally didnt like Daniel Craig. erm

SnakeEyes
Originally posted by Rampant ox
I personally didnt like Daniel Craig. erm

Why not?

Rampant ox
Originally posted by SnakeEyes
Why not?

I just didnt think he was a good choice for Bond. I didnt feel he had the same sort of suave attitude that Bond should have. Flirting should come natural to Bond but Craig made it seemed rather forced. Also I think he took the ruthless, hitman side of Bond to far and that ruined the experience - for me anyway. I am stuck in my ways with a Brosnan looking Bond with the Connery attitude. Craig fell short on both accounts.

Darth Martin
Originally posted by Rampant ox
I just didnt think he was a good choice for Bond. I didnt feel he had the same sort of suave attitude that Bond should have. Flirting should come natural to Bond but Craig made it seemed rather forced. Also I think he took the ruthless, hitman side of Bond to far and that ruined the experience - for me anyway. I am stuck in my ways with a Brosnan looking Bond with the Connery attitude. Craig fell short on both accounts. Havn't seen the new film yet but will probably try and view it next week or so but I agree with you saying the Brosnan look and Connery attitude. When I think of Bond I think of the look of Brosnan(or Connery, but usually Brosnan first) and Connery attitude. I think all of the actors bring something to the table as far as making a perfect all-around Bond.

Darth Martin
I actualy think Bond shoul look like Craig lol.

Rampant ox
Hell no. no expression

Dinalfos
Originally posted by Rampant ox
I just didnt think he was a good choice for Bond. I didnt feel he had the same sort of suave attitude that Bond should have. Flirting should come natural to Bond but Craig made it seemed rather forced. Also I think he took the ruthless, hitman side of Bond to far and that ruined the experience - for me anyway. I am stuck in my ways with a Brosnan looking Bond with the Connery attitude. Craig fell short on both accounts.

I could be wrong, but isn't Bond's flirting a bit of a facade? Casino Royale showed him as he was in the beginning: an overly arrogant but not TOO competent male chauvinist pig. He was humbled when he found love, and then it spat him in the face. The result is the Bond we all know: an experienced hitman who enjoys a good shag but refuses to let anyone get close. Yet, he's still very much human. Imo, Craig did a great job of showing how Bond became that kind of person.

Rampant ox
Perhaps, but to me it just seemed like another action movie - not the Bond experience I was looking for. But im sure other people with think it is a fantastic movie. Different tastes I guess.

((The_Anomaly))
Connery was damn good. There's no disputing. He had it all, though some others did some things better then him, he had all of everything Bond needed to be.

I hated Moore, I'm not afraid to say it. Too cocky, but not in a good way, not believable at all for me, he was more of a court jester then James Bond IMO. Although he was in some decent movies.

Brosnan was good in the first couple Bonds he was in, the last few sucked though, but I mostly think it was the movie and not his fault. Goldeneye is my favorite Bond ever.

Dalton was just "meh" to me, not exciting, nothing special, didn't really like the movies he was in either. Although he did have his moments.

Lazenby is a joke and I try to forget he ever existed.

Craig was an awesome Bond, prolly the best overall other then Connery. He looks like he could kill you before you could blink, hes not nice, hes not pleasant, hes a cold heartless killer. He is the most believable Bond of them all, though he was missing a bit of humor.

Count Makashi
Originally posted by ((The_Anomaly))
Connery was damn good. There's no disputing. He had it all, though some others did some things better then him, he had all of everything Bond needed to be.

I hated Moore, I'm not afraid to say it. Too cocky, but not in a good way, not believable at all for me, he was more of a court jester then James Bond IMO. Although he was in some decent movies.

Brosnan was good in the first couple Bonds he was in, the last few sucked though, but I mostly think it was the movie and not his fault. Goldeneye is my favorite Bond ever.

Dalton was just "meh" to me, not exciting, nothing special, didn't really like the movies he was in either. Although he did have his moments.

Lazenby is a joke and I try to forget he ever existed.

Craig was an awesome Bond, prolly the best overall other then Connery. He looks like he could kill you before you could blink, hes not nice, hes not pleasant, hes a cold heartless killer. He is the most believable Bond of them all, though he was missing a bit of humor.

I agree with everything, except for the Craig part, didn't see the new Bond yet, so i cant judge him.

History Buff
I love the debates that take place on the internet regarding who was the best Bond and people giving their views, insights, and opinions!! Makes for great debates and discussion. I compare it to historians trying to play that old parlor game, "Worst President in American History."

There's really no answer to who indeed the best Bond was. However, i must say that i do agree that Connery may be abit overated. I'm always maintained that the Roger Moore Bond films for me are the most entertaing!! I never get tired of watching those. That doesn't mean Moore was the best, just think his films are the most entertaining.

LOVED Casino Royale!!!! Can't wait to see
Craig in his next Bond Film!!!!

sindahouse
I didn't like Craig as Bond. He's more of an Arni or Sly type hero. The man's got the best moves I've ever seen for the James Bond character. but to put it nicely, the man is just to rough around the edges to play James Bond. Not that i dislike him though.

Connery for me was just a natural. Of all the actors, he just looked like his charm was natural. He didn't look like he was trying too hard. Its just a shame that he got old. I would have loved to see him young, in our generation, playing a new bond flick. Imagine what they could do with the tech man.

sithsaber408
Craig will become more suave and slick as the series progresses, adding some dark humor here and there.


Remember, he's playing Bond at the beginning of his career as a spy.

Faith27
For me I preferred Sean Connery rather than Daniel Craig. I think Craig is the worst Bond ever.

Darth Martin
Originally posted by Faith27
For me I preferred Sean Connery rather than Daniel Craig. I think Craig is the worst Bond ever. sick Daniel Craig is easily in the top 3 atleast.

Rampant ox
I dont like Daniel Craig. He is a good actor but a bad Bond. no expression

Darth Martin
He's better than Brosnan and Dalton.

Stun
i've always considered Roger Moore the greatest Bond personally, but that's not to say Connery wasnt great. He's a legend - mostly because he can get away with a Scottish accent in every film he's been in stick out tongue

Mr Parker
Originally posted by Darth Martin
He's better than Brosnan and Dalton.

definetely.

Mr Parker
Originally posted by Stun
i've always considered Roger Moore the greatest Bond personally, but that's not to say Connery wasnt great. He's a legend - mostly because he can get away with a Scottish accent in every film he's been in stick out tongue

I agree with you as well.

coolmovies
The old bonds where better thats why i like old bond movies

steverules
I prefer Roger Moore, he's my fav for sure. I did like Casino Royale, it's probably one of my...top 5 bond films, I think Craig did a rather good job at playing Bond, he wasn't perfect but he wasn't bad either

Kazenji
Originally posted by Mr Parker
I personally like Roger Moore the best because he brought an added dimension to the character with his humor and wit and also did an outstanding job portraying the character of James Bond

Added dimension to the character of bond laughing laughing

more like made a complete joke of the character, The only decent ones he's ever did is live and let die, man with the golden gun and For your eyes only

also this is coming from somone who's actually been reading the novels

Sean Connary and the latest bond craig is the closest thing to the character itself imo

Mr Parker
you seriously need to get over your pathetic obsession you have with me just because I dont like a pathetic movie you love so much.pitiful kid.
we both know that you would not have made this stupid comment if that had been a newbie that posted it,you proved that by not addressing any of the other peoples posts on here.you seriously need to get over a grude match that took place years ago.obviously you havent.pitiful.

Kazenji
Originally posted by Mr Parker

we both know that you would not have made this stupid comment if that had been a newbie that posted it,you proved that by not addressing any of the other peoples posts on here.you seriously need to get over a grude match that took place years ago.obviously you havent.pitiful.

Wow that just proves how much more of an idiot you are

Obvisouly i was only talking to you when i wrote this part



So don't tell me to address other peoples posts for what i said when you clearly failed to put the 2 things together yourself.



So its not okay to for me to have my say about what you think but yet its fine for many other people on this forum to do the same thing and let it slide.

suprmanvsbatman
Originally posted by SnakeEyes
Alright, so many people look at Sean Connery as their favorite Bond, but I guess I just don't see why, other than the fact that he was the first Bond. But it's always kind of annoyed me when people like the original the best SIMPLY because it is the original.

I'm not saying Connery was a bad Bond at all, I liked him a good deal... but I still don't understand what would make him the best. I mean, he doesn't even have a British accent.

He doesnt have a British accent? :s hes Scottish, I live in Scotland... as far as i knew it was in britain. hmmm whole life has been a lie no expression Connery was born for that role, there could be no other original bond in my eyes.

Kazenji
And who cares if he was'nt english its not like the first time something like that has happen probably many more situations like that has happen

Take recently with the X-men films with wolverine he's canadian but yet they got a australian actor to play him, Where they come from has nothing to do with SnakeEyes its more can they act the part

And on the topic snake eyes would you rather Moore continued to play Bond he was british.........oh he also made bond a complete joke.

Mr Parker
Originally posted by Kazenji
Wow that just proves how much more of an idiot you are

Obvisouly i was only talking to you when i wrote this part



So don't tell me to address other peoples posts for what i said when you clearly failed to put the 2 things together yourself.



So its not okay to for me to have my say about what you think but yet its fine for many other people on this forum to do the same thing and let it slide.

only an idiot goes to a thread that has NOTHING whatsoever to do with me and says crap like-"wow a mr parker supporter." like you just recently did.you CLEARLY cant get over a discussion that took place over a year ago about a movie.now thats an idiot.

AGAIN as I just said,if that was a newbies post,you wouldnt have said that.you said that because your STILL obviously hung up over a movie debate from at LEAST a year ago which is pathetic.you proved that with that uncalled for and recent childish comment of -"wow a mr parker supporter." recently in the movie discussion section.

A thread that had absolutely NOTHING to do with me.AGAIN by not commenting on what ANYBODY else said here,and that childish comment in that movie discussion section,you obviously have an obsession with me.If this had been from someone else who doesnt thave an obsession with me,I would have bothered addressing them,but YOU clearly have an irrational obsession with me you cant get over proving it with that childish and uncalled for comment on that thread that had NOTHING to do with me in the movie discussion section.thanks for showing how the man-spider fans are idiots kid with your irrational obsession you have with me.

ScarletSpeed
I saw a thread about our favourite Sam Raimi films and it would seem Kazenji, does have a little obsession with man-spider lol, I mean the "Mr Parker fan" comment was totally uncalled for and it just looks like your looking for an argument lol, I think perhaps you two should just stop talking to each other stick out tongue

steverules
They could have a lock in laughing out loud

brakeonthroo
I mean Roger Moore was witty, and Daniel Craig is bad ass, and Pierce Brosnan is just Pierce, but Connery is where the inspiration to find the next good bond comes from!!

Matt

Jovan
but that's just because he was the first, so he is always the best bond...

Spartan005
Originally posted by Dinalfos
Connery is overrated (as James Bond). His films simply aren't the best, although From Russia... is probably somewhere in the top 5. I still like the rest of his movies, though. There's no such thing as a non-entertaining Bond movie.

My favorite Bonds:

1: Daniel Craig
2: Pierce Brosnan
3: Roger Moore
4: Sean Connery
5: Tim dalton
6: George Lazenby

I love Roger Moore's Bond because he did away with the cold blooded hitman theme and made Bond more human and compassionate. I also loved the humour. Sure, this is not the Bond people wanted to see, but I thought it was a cool and different interpretation that still worked within the formula. With that said, I'm cool with Daniel Craig returning Bond to his old self, because he did it so incredibly well.

couldn't have said it better myself

Mr Parker
Originally posted by brakeonthroo
I mean Roger Moore was witty, and Daniel Craig is bad ass, and Pierce Brosnan is just Pierce, but Connery is where the inspiration to find the next good bond comes from!!

Matt

yeah Pierce was just Pierce thats why he was always such a horrible Bond. sick

Jovan
but still better than sucky moore

Mr Parker
Err no Moore was farrrrrrrrrr better.if Moore had been the first Bond to have played the role,he would NEVER have had people criticise him like they did after he took over.He only gets it because people hated to see Connery go and they wanted Moore to be just like him which is impossible,which Moore knew so he brought his own unique and cool style to the table.also Moore and conney are the two best Bonds to have ever played the role.any true james Bond fan knows that if you go to any james bond forum that it always comes down between moore and connery as to who was the best bond with connery usually always winning.

coolmovies
well if it wasnt for Connery bond would not have been that famouse. I like Moore better then Daniel Craig

Jovan
moore has an unique and cool style? Come on, he made it rediculous!

MJOILNIR
Connery is the Bond by which all others are judged by and always will be..I liked Craig, I think he id a good job at portraying Bond in the beginning..A cold,overconfident bastard...

Mr Parker
Originally posted by Jovan
moore has an unique and cool style? Come on, he made it rediculous!

yes he did and no that was Brosnan that made it rediculous. roll eyes (sarcastic) Like that other guy said so well,Brosnan was just being Brosnan,Moore at least portrayed Bond.you know that you just dont like Moore cause he replaced the legendary Connery you did not want to see go.you can deny it all you want,but your just fooling yourself.we both know that if Moore was the first,you wouldnt have nothing bad to say about him as Bond.If Moore had been the first Bond,HE would be the one that every Bond fan "including yourself" would be judging as the standard for Bond to live up to his greatness and not Connerys.

Mr Parker
Originally posted by Mr Parker
Err no Moore was farrrrrrrrrr better.if Moore had been the first Bond to have played the role,he would NEVER have had people criticise him like they did after he took over.He only gets it because people hated to see Connery go and they wanted Moore to be just like him which is impossible,which Moore knew so he brought his own unique and cool style to the table.also Moore and conney are the two best Bonds to have ever played the role.any true james Bond fan knows that if you go to any james bond forum that it always comes down between moore and connery as to who was the best bond with connery usually always winning.

again this must be repeated since your in denial Jovan that Moore was a great Bond. roll eyes (sarcastic)

SnakeEyes
Personally, I'm not a fan of Moore. He wasn't terrible, but to me he was never that memorable either. I'd put him in the bottom three if I were to make a list. Dalton and Lazenby at the bottom, then Moore probably.

Almighty Bauer
Originally posted by SnakeEyes
I mean, he doesn't even have a British accent.
Yes, he does... he just doesn't have an English accent.

Juk3n
im alone in this, and im fine with it..but as much as i like the charisma Connery has, and let show in his Bond..
Dalton is my favourite - he had the hard job of following Moore - the very hard job, but his Bond to me was bloody awsome.
First half of Living Daylights ws the start of one of the best spy movies ever btw, only midway through the 2nd act did it go all..Bond.

Dalton
Moore
Craig

-others

Mr Parker
Originally posted by SnakeEyes
Personally, I'm not a fan of Moore. He wasn't terrible, but to me he was never that memorable either. I'd put him in the bottom three if I were to make a list. Dalton and Lazenby at the bottom, then Moore probably.

Okay that's fair.that's reasonable.that's being much more reasonable than Tovan has been.To say he was terrible is just being idiotic,ludicrous and ignorant.But to say he wasn't memorable,then yeah,that's fair and I got no problem with that,its just when people go and say ludicrous things like he was horrible and ridiculous is when I have a problem with their posts cause as i said before,they carefully screened him and several actors as well before making the good decision to replace Connery with Moore before making the selection of Moore.They took a look at all the other work Moore did as an actor first which he did a lot of film work before Bond before making their decision.

They wanted to make sure they had a very good actor to carry it on before they resumed the Bond films.I recently re-watched all the connery/moore bond movies,some of them I hadn't seen in at least 10 years,others as long as 20 so I didn't remember some of them very well.Now after recently re-watching them all again,I noticed that of all the connery/moore bond films,octopussy with moore is the ONLY Bond movie where Bond gets angry over what a villain is about to do when he says-I am more concerned with that missile going off at an American air force base.I suppose that this little accident you have planned,that it doesnt even matter to you that thousands of innocent people will be killed? and then later when he is trying to stop the bomb from going off,he says-Damnit let me go,there's a bomb in there.I got goosebumps over the way he delivered his lines.

He showed he can do drama very well.Cause I have seen films before where an actor has said similiar lines to that effect cause the situation was similiar and they were very unconvincing to me in the way they delivered their lines during those tense moments,failing to give me goosebumps during that time like Moore did. smile

Jovan
by Tovan I take you mean Jovan (me) smile

Well, the reason I don't like Moore at all is because (perhaps he couldn't help about it though) the movies he made were rediculous. Connery played it serious with a humorous tone here and there... with Moore it's humor with here and there a fragment of storyline. To me Bond is a spy, dark and gritty and compensates sometimes with a humorous line here and there. Moore (or at least the scripts he got) took it WAY too far.
The reason people don't like Dalton is because he brought it back to being serious...
Than you have Brosnan continuing that line but returning to silly with Die Another Day and than you Craig doing serious again and people love it (again).
Funny to see the trend here in my opinion big grin

Dataflux
Here's the secret to these kinds of debates:

Most of the time, when people say they pref x actor in x role is because it was the one they saw first.

It's the same thing for any long running movie or TV series.

For example, with Star Trek those who like Picard started with Picard as their first captain. So on and so forth.

It's the same thing with James Bond.

Nactous
Hes the greatest, hands down...

Camden
I like Moore and Brosnan best. They seem more grittier than a lot of Connerys.

shokosugi
it must be the Accent... my namesh Bond..Jamesh Bond.

Chewy07
To be honest I do not think there is much between Connery and Moore. I tend to favour Moore a bit as he was the Bond that I grew up on.

Mr Parker
well said.same here.I assume you meant to say much DIFFERENCE right?

Chewy07
Originally posted by Mr Parker
well said.same here.I assume you meant to say much DIFFERENCE right?

I did.

Spartan005
What's the big deal with Roger Moore? I liked him but I could never see that guy being a big top secret agent... he just doesn't look tough enough


but yeah I think connery may be a bit overrated. He's definetely better than Moore, Dalton and Lazensby (or however the hell you spell his name) but I actually really liked Brosnan with Craig being my favorite

Luminatus
Craig's too much an action hero and not enough of the "Bond charm".

Brosnan and Connery were the total package.

BUSTER1
I reckon Connery is the best Bond. As a child (I'm 35 now) I liked Moore the best, as he was then the current bond, and i liked his witty humour. As I got older though, I began to appreciate what Connery brought to the role. He had more charisma, and he had an inherent toughness (in real life he was a womanising brawler-well hes was brought up in Edinbrugh) which made his Bond far more formidable. The sort of person who would be good to go out with on a Friday night, getting drunk and trying to pull women. Moore is still a close 2nd however.

Mr Parker
Originally posted by Luminatus
Craig's too much an action hero and not enough of the "Bond charm".

Brosnan and Connery were the total package.

except Brosnans acting was just horrible.He wasnt the package at all.

Chewy07
Originally posted by Mr Parker
except Brosnans acting was just horrible.He wasnt the package at all.

In my list of the best Bonds, Brosnan is behind only Moore and Connery.

Jovan
I think brosnan has a lot of bond-charm but had sucky stories (everytime it was a wmd... where's the time the story was about mi6 knowing it was a trap and sending bond in to play along and hope it would work out?)


Originally posted by Luminatus
Craig's too much an action hero and not enough of the "Bond charm".

Brosnan and Connery were the total package.
and here too I think it is because of the stories: Craig hasn't gotten a story yet where he can use the bond charm, up till now it was hectic and revenge...

Dr Will Hatch
Connery is the most charming. He is both parts ruthlessness and coolness, which none of the other Bonds have(including Craig)

SelinaAndBruce
I saw Connery first but I liked Brosnan best. I think he had some crappy follow up movies after Goldeneye (which I think is one of the better Bond movies) but I still like his Bond the best. Connery next. Then Moore.

I don't really fancy Craig's too much but I don't know if it him or the reboot seeming to be so unBondlike to me

Darth Martin
1. Craig
2. Connery
3. Moore
4. Dalton
5. Brosnan

Haven't seen OHMSS yet.

SupremeMan
Originally posted by sithsaber408
I was going to say something really nasty, but then I noticed that you're only 16.

Don't worry about it kid, just watch the ones that you like, and when you get around 21 or so watch 'em again.


You'll like Connery the best too. cool

Its funny you should say that. Moore was my first James Bond back when I was a teenager. That was "The Man With The Golden Gun" which I saw on tv. The first one I saw at the theater was "The Spy Who Loved Me." When I finally saw a Connery Bond, I didn't like him. I thought he was basically a thug in a suit. I later really liked the Dalton Bond because he came across the most like the books in my opinion.

But then much, much later, rewatching the movies, I saw things I hadn't noticed as a teenager. I began to realize the little nuances Connery brought to the role. Moore was just too tongue -in-cheek (even though seeing him in interviews I really like him on a personal level), Lazenby too wooden, Dalton had the cold-bloodedness down at times but without any humor about it, Brosnan was suave but sort of Connery-lite. Craig in the restart has the advantage of playing Bond in a whole different dramatic atmosphere. He's good but, as one woman I know put it, he's more neanderthal than any actor that ever played Bond before.

Connery had the "I'd as soon kill you as look at you" attitude of a professional assassin yet he had a way of 'letting the audience in on it' with a quick facial expression or a smirk but without going overboard and playing it only for laughs like Moore later did.

Now, all that said, I have to agree with something Desmond Llewelyn (Q) once said when asked which actor of the ones he knew (all of them except Craig) was the best Bond. Of course he said the diplomatic 'All of them brought different good qualities to the role' type stuff but then he said, "I cannot tell you who was the best but I can tell you who most fans think was the best- whichever one they saw first."

SupremeMan
Originally posted by SelinaAndBruce
I saw Connery first but I liked Brosnan best. I think he had some crappy follow up movies after Goldeneye (which I think is one of the better Bond movies) but I still like his Bond the best. Connery next. Then Moore.

I don't really fancy Craig's too much but I don't know if it him or the reboot seeming to be so unBondlike to me

I've got to admit that, once I saw them all, I really loved the days when Bond was going up against Spectre and Smersh. In some respects, taking Bond out of the 1960s is like taking Sherlock Holmes out of the Victorian era.

When you think about it, even by Dalton's era, the Bond movies were undergoing a soft reboot. Dalton went up against some sub-division of the KGB that had a name that basically amounted to SMERSH and I found it kind of sad that they almost had to pretend this was something new and wondered why they couldn't just say, 'So I'm going up against Smersh again."

Even when I was in college starting in the late 1970s, it was the Moore era and I discovered Bond. I watched the old movies but I was surprised when my friends and I went to see "For Your Eyes Only". At the start of the movie, I whispered to my friends, "You know who that is, right?" Referring to the guy in the wheelchair with the white cat. None of them knew. Just as they never knew Bond had been married. So I found myself saying, Blofeld, its supposed to be Blofeld. This is the tenth anniversary of their last encounter." Of course the response was, "Who's Blofeld?" That was before they started watching Bond movies and they weren't interested enough to watch the older ones.

Sigh. I do think the new Bond movies are great on their own merits but its sort of sad when the parodies seem more like a James Bond movie than the Bond movies do.

Mr Parker
Damn I cant believe this old dead thread is being brought back AGAIN.

Wanderer11
Originally posted by Darth Martin


Haven't seen OHMSS yet.

OHMSS is essential viewing.

Lord Shadow Z
I never warmed to Connery's performances, he just played it dead, without any charisma or sense of importance to how the scene was going. He has memorable moments in the films though ('do you expect me to talk?') and would usually come to life only when the woman were wheeled out before him.

Even Dalton, who many people considered to be wooden or too cold gave the plot more of himself than Connery.

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