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Originally Posted by rhadin
Of the actors who have played Bond, I think the best has been Brosnan, followed by Daniel Craig, then Sean Connery. Brosnan had the ability to look truly as if he belonged in the world of the wealthy, something that Connery didn't pull off well. Craig, I think, was sorely out of place playing baccarat, but he portrays a youthful, rough Bond very well.
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Connery is and always will be the quintessential Bond, but I think Brosnan was terrific, a very very close second. He had it all - he could portray the style, brutality, humor, charm and physicality equally well as the situation demanded. Wish he had starred in more than 4 films. Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies are terrific and I'd put The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day in the top half of Bond films (although the casting of Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist in TWINE was unforgivably preposterous, and the plot of DAD is utterly absurd).
Craig is a fine actor who does Bond well with impressive intensity. He's also been lucky in that Casino Royale and Skyfall would have been terrific regardless of who played Bond. Moore was fine but he was getting old and his movies were often bland (For Your Eyes Only is by far his best IMO). Lazenby was only in one but it was a great one. Would like to have seen him in a few more films. Dalton was okay - and a welcome relief after the last couple with an elderly and tired looking Moore - but miscast. I recently watched all the Bond films, leading up to Skyfall, and it was fun to watch the progression over time as well as the ups and downs in terms of quality. If anyone wants to compare rankings of their favorites, I'd be happy to even though it's off topic.
I tried reading Fleming's "From Russia With Love" but it seemed so dated that I put it aside. I prefer the movies.