Moore's cool if you except what they were trying to do. He's no Craig but at his best he could possibly match Connery and Lazenby. His main problem was age. He has a few really fun entries though.
Yeah I guess i can now understand why people dont warm to Moore now.When he did The Spy Who Loved Me you could tell he started to age and look a little too old for the part and it was his next movie MoonRaker where the movies started getting corny with some slapstick which kinda got away from the more serious Connery Bond films.
When he was still young and looked the part in The Man With The Golden Gun and Live And Let Die,the movies were more like the Connery films and stayed away from that.In that timeframe when he was young and the movies were still serious,he was every bit as good as Connery.I'll give the Moore bashers some slack on their bashing of him from Moonraker on but they have no room to say he wasnt at least close to equaling Connery in those two early films.
good point.makes me understand more why a lot of people put Moore towards the bottom.I still mainstain though he would never get placed at the bottom if he was the first actor to play the role when the movies were really serious and he was REALLY young back then.Im sure you know that Moore was actually their first choice but he was already committed to The Saint tv show so they went with Connery.Many people familiar with the Bond novels over the years said they thought Moore fit the part more so than Connery which was why he was their first choice.
Fate turned Moores way when Connery refused to continue the role.as we know,the rest after that was history.
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thanks for stopping by,I was thinking about sending you a pm to post about your choices.was curious on what they were.Dalton first and Craig second huh? interesting.
I do enjoy watching them all and have a favourite Bond film from each except Brosnan. But those two I adore as the character and I believe their presentation of the character is closest out of the lot to how Fleming made him in the books.
heh heh.awesome to hear that about Brosnan. I totally agree with you about Dalton.I was so happy when he was the one that ended up replacing Moore in the beggining as Bond and ticked off big time when Brosnan took over.
I wish Dalton could have continued as Bond for the next four films Brosnan did.When it was announced that Craig was taking over for Brosnan I made a thread called HOORAY NO MORE PIERCE BROSNAN AS JAMES BOND.
I like Dalton in The Living Daylights, but Licence to Kill was crap.
For me I was so happy when Brosnan was picked, and enjoyed all his movies except for the world is not enough. i like Craig too but his last film sucked and was one of the worst bond movies ever.
which for me the worst ones are
QOS
LTK
O
TWINE
You liked Die Another Day over World Is Not Enough... DAD is considered one of the worst Bond films ever by a lot of people and obsessive Bond fans.
As for Quantum of Solace, I went into that viewing it as the second half of Casino Royale, not a film on its own. I enjoyed it more because of that. Quantum of Solace was the action packed second half for me.
Thats funny cause i have heard the opposite that WINE is one of the worst bond films. (Denise Richards as a nuclear scientist? LOL)
and i just about feel asleep in QOS.
thats another screwed up list with Moore near the bottom.I guarantee if Moore had been the first Bond he would never wind up towards the bottom. [/QUOTE]
Its called 'opinion' i'm guessing you have'nt heard of it...
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He wasn't the first bond though. It's only natural to think the orginal is best, there is nothing wrong with thinking that.
I simply didn't like Moore as bond... He was in some of the better Bond films but not because of his performances, I thought he was well below par. If you don't agree then that's fine.. You could think he was the best but I wouldn't get on your back about it. A lot of people don't like Moore's Bond and their opinions are just as valid as yours.
Great series because the more serious notes Ian Fleming, Daniel Craig's debut was different than the previous installments, despite the flaws of the film was refreshingly updated.
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I totally agree with you about Dalton.I was so happy when he was the one that ended up replacing Moore in the beggining as Bond and ticked off big time when Brosnan took over. 
looks like were on the same page. 
they'll deny it but its true.
