License to Kill....

[gyb13]

After twenty 007 flicks and five leads, which James Bond would you kill off for being the worst Bond ever?

Sean Connery x6
George Lazenby x1
Roger Moore x7
Timothy Dalton x2
Pierce Brosnan x4

Casino Royale fans need not apply :p

[Max Power]

Pierce Brosnan

Actually, they should consider Hugh Grant for the next one............

[KCBOOMER]

Couldn't stand a sissy like Roger Moore playing 007.

[Craig S.]

At this point, I'd simply vote to blow up the whole franchise.

[Skip]

Lazenby was a stiff. Though Moore made the incredibly bad Moonraker, he was in some good ones too. I actually liked Dalton in the role. Brosnan is ok. But Connery will always be the top Bond.

[pwdennis]

Originally posted by Skip
Lazenby was a stiff. Though Moore made the incredibly bad Moonraker, he was in some good ones too. I actually liked Dalton in the role. Brosnan is ok. But Connery will always be the top Bond.

I agree with you on this one Skip

[JamesI]

Originally posted by Skip
Lazenby was a stiff. Though Moore made the incredibly bad Moonraker, he was in some good ones too. I actually liked Dalton in the role. Brosnan is ok. But Connery will always be the top Bond.


I agree with everything Skip said here. Connery is the best, Brosnon and Moore were good, Dalton was better than everyone said, and Lazenby sucked.

[gyb13]

I would definitely hack Brosnan. Bond has gone from semi-classy internationl playboy to bonafide sleazeball under his tenure.

[WiredTiger]

Timothy Dalton didn't do much for me. He always seemed like he wasn't really that happy to be there.

[pathogan]

...though it might be redundant

[rcartman28]

Lazenby, but Dalton would have been okay to kill off, too......

[Skip]

I just dont get the Dalton hate. The Living Daylights was better than Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, the Lazenby Dud, Diamonds are Forever (JSJ totally stinks), Moonraker (worst ever, should have killed the franchise), A View to a Kill, and all the Brosnan Movies. Granted, License to Kill wasnt as good, but Dalton hardly deserves the abuse he gets or has gotten. His Bond was a lot closer to Connery's than either Moore or Brosnan.

[rcartman28]

Personally, I like Brosnan as Bond, although I really miss "Q".

[JamesI]

Originally posted by rcartman28
Personally, I like Brosnan as Bond, although I really miss "Q".

I agree. I like John Cleese, but he's not Q. He should have stayed R.

[clemente21]

See, I like Her Majesty's Secret Service a lot, even though it has Lazenby in it. But Connery could never have done that film.

Great:
- Connery (excluding Diamonds are Forever)

Very Good:
- early Moore
- Brosnan

Acceptable:
- Connery (Diamonds are Forever - time to go...)
- Lazenby
- Dalton

Just Bad:
- stupid old Moore, Moonraker and beyond

But I can't kill off Moore, he's who I grew up with and The Spy Who Loved Me is one of my favorite movies of any genre. He made some real garbage, but the writers were as much to blame.

So, Dalton would get the axe.

I will be very upset if Hugh Grant is the next Bond.

[Skip]

Originally posted by clemente21
I will be very upset if Hugh Grant is the next Bond. As likely as John Cleese.

[gyb13]

how about Rupert Everett?

[Skip]

Originally posted by clemente21
Just Bad:
- stupid old Moore, Moonraker and beyond

But I can't kill off Moore, he's who I grew up with and The Spy Who Loved Me is one of my favorite movies of any genre. He made some real garbage, but the writers were as much to blame. But 'For Your Eyes Only' and 'Octopussy' were both pretty good, and they came after Moonraker's debacle. I agree the writers' nearly killed Bond, though Moore seemed to go along willingly.

[trripleplay]

Originally posted by Max Power
Actually, they should consider Hugh Grant for the next one............

Hugh Grant? :loud: Surely you jest!! Hugh Grant is the most annoying actor in movies today.

[rcartman28]

Originally posted by trripleplay
Hugh Grant? :loud: Surely you jest!! Hugh Grant is the most annoying actor in movies today.

whew....I am grateful someone came out and said this because I was afraid of being the only one who thought this......

[Skip]

Originally posted by Max Power
Pierce Brosnan

Actually, they should consider Hugh Grant for the next one............ And when he's done, they can continue the progression and use Mr. Bean. :p

[gyb13]

conversely, it seems a consensus that Connery was the best one...

[Rajah]

Connery is the best since he's the first. I like Moore. Brosnan is good, although his Bond become more politically correct toward women compared to Connery. Dalton's Bond is a steaming pile of monkey poo. I must have missed that other guy's movie.

And if Hugh Grant became Bond...I would never see another Bond movie. Its a pretty good question though, who will succeed Pierce? Wait ten years and give it to the Aussie Guy Pearce? I could see him pulling it off...but I'd like to see someone else come along who would fit in better.

[pwdennis]

just as an FYI - Sean Connery was not the first Bond

[gyb13]

sure, you had the casino royale crew.... but of the 007 series, he was the first

[pwdennis]

Originally posted by gyb13
sure, you had the casino royale crew.... but of the 007 series, he was the first

which Casino Royale crew ?

[gyb13]

Barry Nelson in the 1954 TV debut (the one who preceded Connery), plus those from the 1967 spoof flick (David Niven and Woody Allen, I believe)

[pwdennis]

Originally posted by gyb13
Barry Nelson in the 1954 TV debut (the one who preceded Connery), plus those from the 1967 spoof flick (David Niven and Woody Allen, I believe)

You win the kewpie doll - maybe one of the few that knows of the Barry Nelson film. Have you seen it ?

[gyb13]

no, was never able to find a copy.

[WiredTigress]

The next Bond, huh?

Total Film Magazine just did their poll of Fans -
Jude Law Is Film Fans' Pick for Next 007 (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=638&ncid=579&e=2&u=/nm/20030127/en_nm/leisure_bond_dc)

Hugh Grant is too....foppish and disheveled to do Bond justice.