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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9699454" data-attributes="member: 7023840">I think that there are different ways to look at it. The thing is ... the movie Bond is based on the book, but the various Bonds in the movie are also different than the book's Bond. Arguably, Connery captures the book's Bond the best (so well that Fleming retconned Bond to be Scottish in later books, IIRC).Personally, I would tier them as follows:Tier 1 (The Bond Bonds): Connery, CraigConnery is Bond. Period. But Craig brought Bond back. Both present a grounded Bond (Connery for his era). I get the haters on both (early Bond movies can feel stilted to a modern viewer, Craig movies feel too dark for a Bond fan, etc.). But they are both the Bonds of their times. Tier 2 (The Suave Bonds): Moore, BrosnanMoore's overall work, especially his earlier stuff, means that he was a much better Bond that Brosnan. IMO. But ... I put them in the same tier because Brosnan was a good Bond- he just had bad timing (Remington Steele contract) and bad writing. But while a lot of Moore's work has aged poorly to modern eyes, his take on escapism and the fact that he pretty much saved the franchise in many ways ... and is "THE BOND" for a generation of viewers is something.Tier 3 (The Underrated Bond): DaltonDalton is criminally underrated. He read the books and tried to bring Fleming's tone to the movies. He has the pathos. He tried to bring it all to the screen. And yet ... I'd argue that he will always be underrated for a good reason. He was great, but his Bond movies weren't.Tier Incomplete (The Hipster's Bond): LazenbyAnyone who chooses Lazenby as the best Bond is just wrong. Look, this was his first acting job, and there are times when you know it. And yet ... he not only hits an almost modern take, he has a physical presence as Bond that is thrilling. He coulda been a contendah .... but he's not. </blockquote>

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