Ed, I agree with your assesment whole-heartedly. I am the biggest
James Bond fan I have ever met, personally speaking. I like all of
the Bond actors and only dislike a handful of the films. So picking
which actor I like best was very difficult because I don't want to do
a disservice for any of them.
For a long time I was like my father and only interested in Connery.
But my reading about and viewing of the rest of the series made me
much more broadly interested.
In the end for me it always comes back to Connery and Moore, and at
this point in my life I go with Sir Roger. I just like the vast
majority of his movies and I think he shows great range in them, from
relatively light to relatively heavy, sometimes in the same film as
the scene calls for it. For instance, in The Spy Who Loved Me, we get
both aspects of his character very nicely demonstrated. The lighter
side in scenes such as holding the fish by the tail out of the window
of the Lotus, or the last line which is a personal favorite ("Keeping
the British end up, Sir!") But we also get the very cold blooded
execution of Sandor and Bond literally gunning down Stromburg. And of
course when he stops Major Ammassova in her tracks when she mentions
that he was married once. At his best I always took Moore's light
touch to be a sort of put-upon bemusement that Bond wore to achieve a
certain effect, but he can switch it off as well (see also: kicking
Locke and his Mercedes off the cliff in For Your Eyes Only).
Connery's strengths don't need to be illuminated by me; there's
literally dozens of critics and books out there who will sing his
praises (rightly so). The main downside now with some of Connery's
films is the pacing. Thunderball, for example, feels a little slow in
parts now. You Only Live Twice is even worse in this respect. Thats
more a function of the time they were made than anything else. But
the best efforts from Connrey's era are among the best action/
adventure/thriller films ever made, so they more then stand the test
of time. Is there any doubt that Goldfinger is one of the best films
of the 1960s, for example?
On Aug 8, 9:09 am, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote:
> For someone like me who is a Bond fan, a poll like that is actually tough
> to vote. Yes, Connery is my favorite by far but I like Roger Moore, George
> Lazenby, and Pierce Brosnan a lot too. I can tolerate Daniel Craig. But
> having to choose among those I like is actually quite difficult. Almost
> like choosing your favorite child or pet or action figure.
>
> ----------------------------------------
> Have a Better One,
> Edward Crosbyhttp://about.me/edwardcrosby
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I voted. You may be able to determine who I voted for by careful
> > examination of the results...
>
> > On Aug 3, 3:22 pm, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Well, you never know. I think it depends on the demographic. Most kids
> > > these days will be more likely to vote for Daniel Craig while most of the
> > > old timers will be more likely to vote on Sean Connery. But then you have
> > > the child of the 70's and 80's who may vote for Roger Moore. So,
> > hopefully,
> > > if there is a lot of traffic on the poll we may get a surprise.
>
> > > ----------------------------------------
> > > Have a Better One,
> > > Edward Crosbyhttp://about.me/edwardcrosby
>
> > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Shag <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Voted and tweeted. However, I can't see how Sean Connery is going to
> > > > lose. Maybe take Sean out of the running and ask, who is your SECOND
> > > > favorite Bond. Just a suggestion.
>
> > > > Shag
>
> > > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > >> I've created a live poll for your picks. Vote and forward to your
> > > >> favorite outlet (i.e. family, friend, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus,
> > etc.)
>
> > > >>http://strawpoll.me/1691
>
> > > >> ----------------------------------------
> > > >> Have a Better One,
> > > >> Edward Crosby
> > > >>http://about.me/edwardcrosby
>
> > > >> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Jason Service <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > >>> I see what you are saying, and the literary James Bond was indeed a
> > > >>> (reserve) Commander in the Royal Navy and i think he was a commando
> > during
> > > >>> WWII, so if we advance that to 'present day' then the Daniel Craig
> > James
> > > >>> was likely a Royal Marine, SBS or SAS operator (equivilent to our
> > Green
> > > >>> Berets or Navy SEALs) so, a fair amount of 'wear and tear' isn't
> > outside
> > > >>> the relm of possibility.
>
> > > >>> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]
> > >wrote:
>
> > > >>>> I don't think that Craig is "too rough" to be handsome -- my friend
> > > >>>> Frosty freaking loves him -- just that the point Jenn and I were
> > discussing
> > > >>>> is that he looks a little rough for this early in his career. At
> > this
> > > >>>> point, though he has been through some rough shit, heh!
>
> > > >>>> On Thursday, August 2, 2012 9:39:33 AM UTC-4, Serv wrote:
>
> > > >>>>> i think that still is too dark to be the "pinnacle scene" for
> > Daniel
> > > >>>>> Craig's Bond. While some folks here have said DC is a little
> > too...rough
> > > >>>>> looking, i know a lot of other women who MELT for him and if you
> > can't see
> > > >>>>> his face very well, it isn't a winner. Just my 2 cents as to why
> > Shag is
> > > >>>>> yet again wrong. :)
>
> > > >>>>> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 12:03 AM, Shag <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > >>>>>> Like others, I didn't care for Quantum of Solice, but that wasn't
> > > >>>>>> Daniel Craig's fault. That was the script.
>
> > > >>>>>> Tonight I saw the Skyfall trailer on the front of Dark Knight
> > Rises
> > > >>>>>> IMAX. Supposedly it was an IMAX exclusive, but I'm sure it's
> > made it to
> > > >>>>>> the web by now. I gotta say this trailer really got me excited!
> > Not since
> > > >>>>>> the first Goldeneye trailer have I been so interested by a Bond
> > movie
> > > >>>>>> trailer. This movie has all the ingredients to make it great,
> > the question
> > > >>>>>> is can they combine the ingredients correctly.
>
> > > >>>>>> One of those ingredients was a really memorable shot of Bond. If
> > > >>>>>> they can make this movie good, the scene below will forever be
> > remembered
> > > >>>>>> as the iconic Daniel Craig Bond (not this exact pose, but this
> > scene).
> > > >>>>>>http://static2.**businessinsider.com/image/**
> > > >>>>>> 5017e840ecad042c42000001/**james-bond-skyfall-daniel-**craig.jpg<
> >http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5017e840ecad042c42000001/jam...>
>
> > > >>>>>> Shag
>
> > > >>>>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Luke Jaconetti <
> > [email protected]>wrote:
>
> > > >>>>>>> Jenn, I don't think that that is a shallow comment at all. For a
> > > >>>>>>> guy who is ostensibly just getting started, he looks like he has
> > been out
> > > >>>>>>> in the field for years. About the only way that I can rectify
> > it is that
> > > >>>>>>> while he is new to the 00 game, I am pretty sure he is still an
> > officer
> > > >>>>>>> (maybe not a Commander like he is in the books, but I am
> > assuming some sort
> > > >>>>>>> of officer) in the Royal Navy, meaning that he had to have
> > handled some
> > > >>>>>>> hairy situations to get noticed by MI6 in the first place.
>
> > > >>>>>>> Although I will say that from a physical standpoint, Craig may be
> > > >>>>>>> the only one of the actors to really possess what Fleming called
> > Bond's
> > > >>>>>>> "cruel jaw." In line with Serv's comment about his "viscious
> > > >>>>>>> determination," I can totally buy Craig's Bond as a man on a
> > mission just
> > > >>>>>>> from the set of his jawline and his piercing stare. He's the
> > kind of agent
> > > >>>>>>> who is called upon to (as M says in the novel Moonraker) "put a
> > broadside"
> > > >>>>>>> into someone.
>
> > > >>>>>>> On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 8:51:03 AM UTC-4, Jenn wrote:
>
> > > >>>>>>>> The thing about Craig's Bond, for me, and I realize this is
> > could
> > > >>>>>>>> come across as a bit shallow, was that he seemed too hardened
> > and weathered
> > > >>>>>>>> (both physically--there's the shallow bit--and emotionally) to
> > be fresh to
> > > >>>>>>>> the 00 system. While I realize that there is a certain amount
> > of ordeal to
> > > >>>>>>>> go through to even earn 00 status, he still struck me as too
> > hard for what
> > > >>>>>>>> was, essentially, a reboot of the series.
>
> > > >>>>>>>> That said, I really did enjoy Casino Royale, but I also enjoyed
> > > >>>>>>>> Brosnan as Bond, so Craig was a reluctant enjoyment.
>
> > > >>>>>>>> But no one can hold a candle to Connery.
>
> > > >>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Edward Crosby <
> > [email protected]>wrote:
>
> > > >>>>>>>>> That is the one thing I think I enjoyed most about that trailer
> > > >>>>>>>>> was the introduction of Q. Especially when Q started talking
> > about the
> > > >>>>>>>>> Walther PPK. I got a little tingly down there.
> > > >>>>>>>>> I think Luke hit it on the head when he described Craig in the
> > > >>>>>>>>> Bond movies, that he, at times (most of the time in my book)
> > doesn't even
> > > >>>>>>>>> seem like James Bond but just a typical action hero. And that
> > is why I call
> > > >>>>>>>>> his movies just typical action movies. I remember watching
> > Casino Royale
> > > >>>>>>>>> for the first time and not realizing I was watching a James
> > Bond movie.
> > > >>>>>>>>> They could have just called the character Jim Bondman for all
> > I cared.
> > > >>>>>>>>> Again, hopefully this movie will surprise me and I change my
> > view
> > > >>>>>>>>> on these new Bond films.
>
> > > >>>>>>>>> ------------------------------****----------
> > > >>>>>>>>> Have a Better One,
> > > >>>>>>>>> Edward Crosby
> > > >>>>>>>>>http://about.me/edwardcrosby
>
> > > >>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Jason Service <
> > [email protected]>wrote:
>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> And i am just the opposite...the silly gadgets are such a
> > goofy
> > > >>>>>>>>>> crutch.
>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> The Daniel Craig Bond is a more realistic character. In Casino
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Royale James Bond is new to the 00 ranks and hasn't put in
> > the time, he
> > > >>>>>>>>>> still needs to be refined, as this line in the movie
> > (delivered by M)
> > > >>>>>>>>>> illustrates "Bond, this may be too much for a blunt
> > instrument to
> > > >>>>>>>>>> understand......but arrogance and self-awareness seldom go
> > hand in hand" .
> > > >>>>>>>>>> However, what Bond does show in Casino Royale and Quantum is
> > vicious
> > > >>>>>>>>>> determination. When he wants "it" he gets/takes it regardless
> > of what is in
> > > >>>>>>>>>> his way. After Casino and Quantum, we are starting to see
> > that Bond is
> > > >>>>>>>>>> developing more of his 'all-around' skills and now we
> > introduce the
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Quartermaster, or Q...and now we see the full fledged Bond
> > persona begin to
> > > >>>>>>>>>> take off.
>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Read more athttp://www.hark.com/clips/**hkgm**
> > > >>>>>>>>>> nhzdyr-this-may-be-too-**much-**for-a-blunt-instrument-**to-**
> > > >>>>>>>>>> understand#**6JwEu4dQ4R6BD7tO.99<
> >http://www.hark.com/clips/hkgmnhzdyr-this-may-be-too-much-for-a-blunt...>
>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Edward Crosby <
> > [email protected]
> > > >>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> Meh.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> Just hope it's better than Quantum of Solace. I like Daniel
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> Craig but I just haven't been able to grasp him as James
> > Bond.
>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> List of favorite James Bonds:
>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> Sean Connery
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> Pierce Bronsnan
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> George Lazenby (wish he had done more)
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> Roger Moore
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> Daniel Craig
>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> And, no, I did not forget Timothy Dalton. I never bothered
> > with
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> his movies so I won't vote. The reasoning behind my favoring
> > of the classic
> > > >>>>>>>>>>> actors is because I am old school James Bond fan.
>
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