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He's my favorite bond actually. He's the coolest in my opinion. Pierce Brosnan plays a pretty good Bond, but I don't think his movies are very good.
For me it goes Dalton as number 1, Roger Moore as number 2, Pierce Brosnan and Sean Connery are pretty much tied for me as number 3
That guy who only had one movie, which I've only seen once and don't really remember is by default number 4
and Daniel Craig sucks, so number 5.
I really dislike Daniel Craig as "Bond". Think of a scene with Daniel Craig's Bond. Is he scowling or looking mopey....Gonna guess that when you thought of his Bond that's the image that conjured up.
About the one thing Bond should never be is mopey looking, and that's what they went with Daniel Craig's "Bond" and his default face throughout all his movies. There's nothing suave or cool about Daniel Craig's Bond.
I go Sean Connery number 1, just hit it running with Dr No onwards, then Pierce Brosnan THEN Timothy Dalton.
The reason I go that order is Pierce even though he started string with Goldeneye got shafted HARD with the writing. Timothy got shafted with the TIME his films were released.
If Pierce got more serious scripts like Timothy's run or even Daniel Craig's run, I think his charisma in how he played Bond just NARROWLY would put him ahead but it'd be a near tie 2nd place for them both. Then Rodger Moore as I just didn't like as much how he played the 'gentlemanly' Bond , then George Lazenby and finally Daniel Craig.
Same reasons here tbh. Connery is just, well, Bond. Both Brosnan and Dalton were ones I liked while similar to your reasons Moore just didn't really "fit" what I expected of the character. Lazenby is... probably best left forgotten. Craig was just too much action hero for what was meant to be a spy/assassin.
That's the downside of leaving your franchise hanging for a few years and letting Matt Damon release a series of movies that redefines your own genre for a new generation.
Because every spy movie since, including all the Bonds, seem to be downstream from Jason Bourne.
That and Austin Powers being seen as
peekpeak Bond spoof which led to the "dark and gritty" reboot of Craig's Bond in the first place.Fun trivia. Both Austin Powers and Bourne were both some of the lowest rated "Test screenings" for their respect companies and both were sent out to die in theaters quietly, only to flip and become massive trilogies that changed the industry to this day.
Proving as always that test audiences are some of the most retarded people in this country, and don't get called out nearly as much as they deserve for probably being a solid chunk of why all movies turn out as horseshit as they do.
Where do they find test audiences?
I know they premier everything in California and New York only, and sometimes only in smaller theatres.
Daniel Craig's Bond is like if Marvel's Ultimate line did a series on Bond.
Casino Royale I actually liked walking out of the theater I was like huh that's a cute modern "action writing" take on Bond.
And it was downhill from there. Actually fell asleep Spectre in theater (which admittedly I love doing) and never watched No Time to Cuck.
Same, haven't seen No time to cuck either. Anyone who went to that after even seeing the trailers, much less knowing all the background about the people involved, deserved whatever movie they got.