Bond fans

[ZeaLitY]

Anyone present? I'm becoming a huge Bond fan after several years of being mildly interested. Timothy Dalton currently stands as my favorite, and The Living Daylights is probably the movie I enjoy watching the most. Dalton truly is literary James Bond, right down to the coldness. After he got the role, he read every Ian Fleming book to shape his portrayal of the character. It's sort of sad that he walked out of starring in Goldeneye (which was written with him in mind), but Pierce Brosnan is a good replacement. His killing Elektra King in TWINE was a true Ian Fleming moment.

Anyway, as it stands, I have yet to watch a couple Connery films, though I've seen all Moore, Brosnan, and Dalton movies (and Lazenby, I guess). Although I like Dalton the most, there really is no debate about Connery's creating the franchise. He is the cinematic James Bond, bar none. My biggest beef with Dalton is the lack of screen presence or real charisma.

[Hindu_Pez]

Anyone present? I'm becoming a huge Bond fan after several years of being mildly interested. Timothy Dalton currently stands as my favorite, and The Living Daylights is probably the movie I enjoy watching the most. Dalton truly is literary James Bond, right down to the coldness. After he got the role, he read every Ian Fleming book to shape his portrayal of the character. It's sort of sad that he walked out of starring in Goldeneye (which was written with him in mind), but Pierce Brosnan is a good replacement. His killing Elektra King in TWINE was a true Ian Fleming moment.

Anyway, as it stands, I have yet to watch a couple Connery films, though I've seen all Moore, Brosnan, and Dalton movies (and Lazenby, I guess). Although I like Dalton the most, there really is no debate about Connery's creating the franchise. He is the cinematic James Bond, bar none. My biggest beef with Dalton is the lack of screen presence or real charisma.

I am a Bond.Nut.Kthx.

I have a ridiculous collection...I'm working on completing it.

The Connery films I reccommend :

"Dr. No"
"goldfinger"

All of Connery's works are beyond excellent, but uh...those are my favorites.

[Sentenal]

Wait, which Bond was Dalton?  I've only seen Connery, Brosnan, and a few Moore.

Connery is without question the best though.

[Tonjevic]

I always found (Timothy) Dalton a little bland and under-acted.
James bond is designed to be standoffish and showy. Read the books and you'll see. While the stories in the two James Bond fims that he stars in are good, as Zeality says, Dalton's lack of screen presence or character dont make up for it.

I think by far the film that brought out the best in him was Looney Toones: Back in Action. While being a crappy film overall, and having some bad acting by all members of the cast (probably due to bad directing.) it brought out some Zaniness in him... Just kidding.

[ZeaLitY]

This is Dalton:

http://www.nndb.com/people/556/000023487/Timothy_Dalton_2.jpg

[Tonjevic]

I know who Dalton is. Obviously you dont agree with my tastes, and thought I was misconcieved, on who he was.

[ZeaLitY]

Wait, which Bond was Dalton?  I've only seen Connery, Brosnan, and a few Moore.

Connery is without question the best though.

[Tonjevic]

ok, sorry about that.