Who is your favorite James Bond?

Who is your favorite James Bond?

  • Barry Nelson (1954 television version of Casino Royale)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Sean Connery

    Votes: 33 73.3%
  • David Niven (comedy version of Casino Royale)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • George Lazenby

    Votes: 2 4.4%
  • Roger Moore

    Votes: 9 20.0%
  • Timothy Dalton

    Votes: 11 24.4%
  • Pierce Brosnan

    Votes: 8 17.8%
  • Daniel Craig

    Votes: 21 46.7%


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For me, it's a toss up between Connery and Craig, Dalton third, then maybe Lazenby fourth.
 

Dalton because his Bond is humane and conscientious, actually thinks about whether he should murder the person he’s been sent to murder (his establishing character moment), and knows how to treat a woman like a human being. It’s a pity he didn’t get more than two films (and didn’t get to start earlier with For Your Eyes Only as planned).

Craig comes in at number two.
 

I feel as though the people who voted for Lazenby did so for the same reasons they voted Carrie as prom queen. There's not a bucket of pig's blood hanging over the stage, is there?

I went with Connery because I typically favor the original of anything. He laid down some very big footsteps that all other Bonds have tried to fill. I know a lot of people like to dump on Moore, but I will give him credit for keeping Bond alive during the 70s and 80s. It's been years since I've seen a Moore movie. Close to 40 since View to a Kill. I should try watching one of 'em again.
 






And secondarily, why did Ian Fleming think that martinis should be shaken, when bartenders seem to universally say that stirred is the way to go?
Bond has an idiosyncratic personal preference in martinis, and him being a stickler for it is meant to establish him as a man of a certain refinement who knows what he likes and gets it. The trouble is that the line became iconic and for many people the first thing they learn about martinis is that cool guy Bond insists on having them shaken and assume that is the right way, when it is not actually the generally recommended way to make a martini.
 

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