Quote:Agreed.  He had gotten a little long in the tooth by the time A View To A Kill came out.  Even he said he felt uncomfortable trying to be a playboy in the movies at his advanced age.  The guy was almost 60 when the last of his movies came out, and I think that particular one was just awful (aside from Christopher Walken playing the bad guy.  Can't go wrong there.).

 

He played Bond with a sense of humor.  It got darker with subsequent actors, but he always seemed to have a good time in his movies.

 

I had a lot of hope for Brosnan, and I think he was a victim of some lousy story lines.  Dalton was actually a decent actor, but never really became Bond. 

 

I have the box set of all the movies leading up to Craig's version, and they're all great for their time.  Even Lazenby is not bad in his only effort.  I grew up with Roger Moore as Bond, but as an adult, I really grew to appreciate Connery for just how cool he was in the role.  Up until Craig took over the role, I considered him to be the best Bond, probably because they just held on to Roger Moore for too long and it got silly toward the end.

 

Craig really changed the direction of the franchise with his portrayal, and the movies became more realistic compared to past iterations.  Still, for sheer entertainment, the early Roger Moore flicks are great.

By the time a View to a Kill came out, Moore was finished.  The last Bond film he should have done was Octopussy. 

 

I think Dalton got two of the best scripts, but I agree people never really accepted him as Bond.  I liked him.

 

I think Craig's more closely resembles Connery's Bond than any other actor since Connery.  But after that first movie, the subsequent movies have been substandard to a large degree.  Spectre was most disappointing.  That had the potential to be an all time great Bond movie. 

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