The Actor Sean Connery Said Was the WORST as James Bond
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2024
- Sean Connery set the standard playing suave super-spy James Bond in seven films that still define 007's sleek '60s era swag. But when Roger Moore took the mantle in the '70s, Connery roasted his replacement's lighter take. Join us as we analyze the "Battle of the Bonds!”
▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:37 - He Made A Mockery Of Bond
03:37 - Connery's Perspective on Moore's Bond
04:49 - The "Battle of the Bonds": "Never Say Never Again" vs. "Octopussy"
06:41 - Box Office Showdown and Public Perception
07:25 - Connery and Moore's Bond Legacies
08:16 - Outro
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Today we’re dissecting Connery’s infamous hot takes on his successors, especially singling out Moore for turning Bond into an overblown parody. We’ll cover their alleged feud, despite mutual respect behind the scenes. From box office showdowns to their radically different acting styles, we break down how Connery and Moore diverged in their legendary Bond portrayals and why Connery Shade still gets thrown decades later!
Was Moore’s humorous charm offensive to Connery’s stoic purist vision? Did producers sacrifice integrity to keep Bond trendy in the '70s and '80s? We’re revisiting that scathing archival interview where Connery clowned his buddy Moore before providing essential context on their friendship, including closely coordinating their comebacks in 1983's dueling Bond blockbusters Octopussy and Never Say Never Again.
Beyond Bond, we trace Moore and Connery's early careers, breakout opportunities defining them as icons and their enduring legacies as two definitive actors representing how 007 stays timeless. Connery set the tone, but could Bond thrive if he only quipped smugly and judo chopped villains? Would Moore’s effortless wit eventually turn the franchise into an SNL parody? Together they balanced each other out before passing the torch.
Relive all the drama, laughs and legacy as we analyze Sean Connery’s notorious beef with Roger Moore’s lighter interpretation of Bond while celebrating how their passion and talent preemptively shut down anyone dismissing Bond as expired. Their rich friendship behind the scenes shows how even when you shade your friend, it comes from love!
So get in on the rivalry, choose your fighter and decide whether you’re on Team Connery or Team Roger! It’s the Battle of the Bonds up for debate as we revisit why Sean Connery threw eternal shade at Roger Moore’s Bond makeover! Stick around for this deep dive into a beef that reminds why nobody does Bond better than JB himself. The name’s Bond - James Bond!
The Actor Sean Connery Said Was the WORST as James Bond 
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Have I missed something. Who was the worst actor to play James Bond according to Sean Connery?
Roger Moore was my favourite Bond but I knew Sean meant him and that was before he said the unnamed Actor made a "parody" of the role as all the other Guys played it a la, Sean. He was quoted in this video "in as many words" without making a statement.
I think the ultimate bond parody is Mike Myers, Austin Powers International man of mystery. Particularly when his Number 2 says that instead of recruiting mercenary armies and building secret lairs they'd make more profit investing in Starbucks@@Isleofskye
@@IsleofskyeI met Sean Connery, a complete & utter tool
@@ungarr I can believe that. I hope that you were not shaken but just stirred by the experience and to make it worse, he's Scottish! ....
I rank the bonds in this order #1 Sean Connery, #2 Pierce Brosnan #3 Timothy Dalton #4 Daniel Craig #5 Roger Moore. Yeah Roger Moore is the worst.
Roger played Bond for laughs because all of the Bond movies were just escaping fun, not to be taken seriously.
Yes. Moore said the Bond movies were ludicrous. Thats part of what made them so lovable and so much fun
@@fernandoguevara8258 As I already pointed out, I think Moore was being disingenuous. I think he called his films parodies because he knew he'd always be perceived as second best to Connery. When he played the role in a straightforward manner, he held his own quite well. But he knew he'd never be afforded the respect that Connery received, so he deliberately played down his own work.
In my opinion George Lazenby was very good. OHMSS was the best film.
It certainly was a refreshing break after all the gadgets and gimmicks leading up to that point. Mr. Lazenby did most of it ok, especially the fight scenes, but he couldn't emote particularly well. Some of his scenes with the delightful Dame Diana Rigg were so lame, the director said, that you couldn't boil an egg. With Connery on board, the ending would have been a powerful scene.
@@bouya642you are totally clueless
I agree
OHMSS one of the best, better than the 5th one. Bond movies after the 60's sucked. They sucked until Daniel Craig's movies. Those I could watch all the way through with out leaving. To be fair, "The Spy Who Loved Me" was OK. George Lazenby was the 2nd best Bond.
That's so cool that Connery and Moore had a mutual respect for one another. A pair of true gentlemen for sure. These two are my favorite Bonds. Initially Moore was my favorite but the more I watched Connery's films, he became the #1 Bond for me. Two vastly different takes on the character but ultimately each one as fun and entertaining as the other. I think I like all of the actors except for Daniel Craig. By the time he took on the role, the films just lost their fun factor and charm for me.
In order to choose who is the best Bond, one needs to read Ian Fleming’s novels. The character in his novels portrays Bond as rather cold and calculated. Therefore the choice is easy, Connery. Roger Moore, although a good actor, brought humor into the character which took away from Fleming’s Bond. Perhaps Moore might have won from an audience’s point of view who were not familiar with Fleming’s Bond. I also think that Danial Craig comes into a close second. Heaven knows who will be the next Bond. As a true fan of 007, I can only hope that he follows in the footsteps of Connery and Craig.
I've read Fleming's novels ... though too long ago to recollect much about them.
Moore did fine. Aspects of the plot were sometimes over-the-top ... but they are/were in other films, too.
And not just the Bond ones.
Lazenby? Not so much.
Craig? Middling.
Connery? Well, the first is ALWAYS the one the others have to follow!
@@jallan9578 This will always be a debatable topic for decades to come and will boil down to personal choice. I might agree with you regarding Lazenby, but given a further chance to play Bond, he might have improved on his role. That, of course, we will never know. The beautiful thing about the character James Bond and those who portrayed him, will always provide some very interesting debates and discussion. Connery will always be number one in the minds of Bond fans and will continue to be the one every Bond star after will be compared to.
I hope Henry Cavill is the next James Bond...I did not like that Daniel Craig's Bond got killed at the end of No Time To Die
@@jayanz7387: Henry Cavill is right for the part ... though I'm not sure how he will go about rising from the grave.
@@jallan9578 there is a trailer showing one of the prospects, Middlestone, where Bond is found alive. Whoever they choose, I hope that they follow that story line.
Daniel Craig was too serious while Roger Moore was too silly and comic. I strongly disagree with the last 007 movie where they killed Bond to get rid of Daniel Craig. They should respect the original story of Ian Fleming where the hero never dies.
Ah, but he did. Almost. At the end of the book of "From Russia With Love", Rosa Klebb kicked him with a poison-laden needle sticking out of her shoe. Bond collapses on the floor, watching Rene Mathis starting towards him. As I understand things at the time, the books were not doing particularly well and Fleming decided to end the series. Then he had a change of heart (maybe when the books got a boost when President Kennedy said he read the books, or maybe the movies started taking off), so Fleming whipped up a soap-opera-ish, last minute save by Mathis, presumably.
@@williamkaiser8067 but the point stands that he didn't kill bond and bond dying at the end of no time to die was awful and unnecessary.
@@JacktheFilmFanatic-vu1nk It certainly limits EON's future choices with the character! I don't know how they're going to resurrect Bond now. It's like turning a cash cow into hamburger.
Connery, Sean Connery . The BEST James Bond 007 !
Pierce brosnan for me
To me the best portrayal ofJames Bond (using the books as the reference) was Timothy Dalton, the only one that made Bond look stressed and afraid on a regular basis.
Craig became a close second, but he didn't quite look like Book Bond, so the crown goes to Dalton.
The worst was, without a doubt, Lazenbi, but that could be considered au concour (sp?).
The second worst would be a tie between Moore and Pierce Brosnan - that is, without a doubt, an excellent actor - I blame the scripts.
My vote goes to Dalton. He only did two of them, but he took the role seriously. Being classically trained, he would. But expecting a "plug and play" actor for the role of Bond would be most unfair. I loved Moore, but he made a much better Simon Templar.
Dalton for me is number 2 as Bond. He came closest to the novel Bond IMO. Very Dark.
George Lazenby. OHMSS was the only Bond film that was MANCHO. All the others were not. OHMSS - the only film that showed his own private office. Of course Roger Moore's Live And Let Die film showed only once his residence where he lived (from 976-CREOLEMAN).
The last film should have had a ambiguous ending, not the ending we got.
Connery was the best Bond, with Timothy Dalton in second place, IMO. But On Her Majesty's Secret Service is one of the best Bond films, despite George Lazonby.
I always wished Sean Connery would have done OHMSS...he was still under contract to do it, but the producers let him go because he was complaining so much...they should have made Sean a partner & he would have stuck with Bond through the '70s
To my mind. OHMSS is one of the best Bonds. The story was plausible. Lazenby gets a bad rap (Despite handing back the Cheque for Diamonds are Forever) as he only did the one movie. George played Bond as a Human being. This made the entire movie believable.
@@ArmadaconAgreed, and he was funnier as 'Sir Hilary' than Connery would have been.
@@jayanz7387 Connery would've been bad in OHMSS. I admit. Lazenby was a bit of a blank canvass, but Connery couldn't do romance. If we're honest with ourselves. OHMSS was a love story with a secret service backdrop.
Sean Connery’s Bond was the original (although Ian Fleming didn’t care for him). He was a man of taste(food, fashion, spirits and women). He has a knowledge of weapons and can fly a plane or helicopter.
Roger Moore’s Bond was charm , sophistication and humor. Moore stated that he saw James Bond as a superhero and a clown, which helped him become endearing to Bond fans.
George Lazenby’s Bond had the distinction of being the only Bond to fall in love and get married, only to lose his wife to SPECTRE, thus giving Bond a driving motivation for revenge.
I think deciding which actor is the best one to play James Bond is an exhausting proposition, if it can be approached objectively. Each actor brought something different and unique to the role because James Bond is the hero of these stories written by Ian Fleming.
I'm personally not a fan of Moore's slapdash and fanciful approach to playing Bond, but I recognize that Bond himself is a character that can be appreciated through various lenses of tone and style. If the producers had attempted to make Roger replicate Connery's performance instead of doing his own take on the character the franchise likely would have floundered and died, because only Connery can play Bond like Connery. So I respect Roger's tenure as Bond for keeping interest in the franchise alive, which eventually afforded us Dalton, Brosnan and Craig, who were all brilliant in their own unique method and styles.
Great video, thanks for posting! Moreover, I too believe that Sean Connery is definitely the best James Bond. However, I also believe that Sean's critique of Roger Moore's portrayal is a bit misplaced and also a bit unfair. As I heard the story, the producers of the franchise, namely Cubby Broccoli decided that the worst mistake they could possibly make would be to have the new replacement (Roger Moore) attempt to play the character in the same way that Sean had.
They understood that Sean had basically created and breathed life into the film version of the character, and as such, it would be extremely difficult to replace him - especially as international audiences had already embraced him as the true James Bond. So, replacing the actor would also mean replacing the character of James Bond with a uniquely different version, while also maintaining the core elements of the character himself.
So, we can clearly see that Roger Moore definite had a daunting challenge ahead of him. He had to create and present a brand-new version, while also maintaining the character of James Bond - and hopefully, not alienate audiences and fans. Cubby made him understand just how important all of this was to achieve ongoing success with the franchise, so there was definitely a lot on the line. Consequently, I believe that Roger's version was quite successful in achieving all of these goals.
My personal belief is that he probably borrowed heavily on his former character of Simon Templar (The Saint). Both characters share a lot of similarities and are definitely enigmatic figures. Also, Simon Templar's character exhibited a lot of wit and charm, not to mention humor, and he could also be quite disarming as a protagonist - all of which I believe Roger rolled into the persona of his version of James Bond. Thanks again for sharing!
It's not fair to criticize Moore's approach without taking into account the tone of the Bond films he starred in. Connery himself said that Moore was the best fit for the kind of movies the Bond franchise had become. In fact, it was this change in tone that caused Connery to leave the franchise in the first place ( aside from type-casting fears ).
I cannot state which actor was the worst James Bond because I have not seen all of them.
However, based on the ones I have seen, I rank them in this order:
#1 Sean Connery
#2 George Lazenby
#3 Pierce Brosnan
#4 Daniel Craig
#5 All the others
I was disappointed that this video did not reveal who Sean Connery said was the worst actor to play James Bond.
I always thought that Moore played Bond as if he was still playing "The Saint" on British television.
Dalton...
Liked Connery, Moore, Brosnan and Dalton. However never ever liked Daniel Craig as Bond. Watched his first attempt Casino Royale, half way and never watched another Craig as Bond again.
Saw a Bond film in Poland with Daniel Craig and English subtitles alongside a Female Polish "friend" who said that some interpretations did not match - however it appeared that the general consensus of the Polish was that Daniel Craig was too much like Putin and therefore not likeable in any sense!!! And I agree! Sean Connery of course is the Archetypal 'Bond' but sadly Scottish. Still "suave, sophisticated and cool under stress."
Myself likewise. I lost interest in watching James Bond movies 🎥, after Daniel Craig came along. Had been a big fan up until then !!.....
It’s not Craig that was the problem, it’s more the script. Chasing children and killing defenceless women is not Bond.
@@PaulBrown-il3wl : Maybe, but Craig as Bond did not do it for me.
@@Glenrsi I was being kind to him. Too much pursing his lips.
My favorite Bond is Sean Connery. In second, I will put Dalton, because he returned the character to what he was supposed to be. Brosnan is third. A great Bond who was deserved by not so great scripts. Craig is fourth. He could have been higher. His performance in Skyfall was stellar. But it’s hard for me to forgive what he pushed for in his last movie. He had too much power and didn’t used it as effectively as Dalton, who had the perfect balance and didn’t made the serie around around himself. Then Lazenby. The one time Bond wasn’t bad in the role and had an amazing movie. Too bad he only made one and so didn’t grow as an actor in the role. One or two more film, and he would have been awesome instead of having to leave in Sean Connery’s shadow. (And DAF wouldn’t have been such a trainwreck). Moor would be last, for me. The man was great, but as Bond… well… it was too much of a parody, and Moore was the oldest Bond, something that posed some problem for his last two movies, if you know what I mean…
Dalton because he read the books and wanted to be more bond was in the books
Dalton was the best Bond...
🤔 No, but you are entitled to your opinion just like everyone else !!..
@@alancrisp1582 have you read the Fleming novels?
@@oliver1224 No its fair to say I have never read any of Ian Flemings novels. But have watched and enjoyed all of the Bond movies 🎥, up until the second Daniel Craig film . When I lost interest, and stopped watching. I personally found Timothy Dalton far too dry ,and lacking in any real sense of humor. Both Moore and Brosnan had that in spades !. So enjoyed their version of James Bond the most.........
@@alancrisp1582 The Bond in the Fleming novels matches Dalton's portrayal closest to all the actors... Dalton's not a movie star but a classical actor
Sean Connery played the first Bond, but Roger Moore was in the first "REAL Bond" movie, The Spy Who Loved Me. THAT film is the one that saved the franchise by going extra-size epic as production doubled-down on scale. It made $200m on a $13m budget (in today's money, that would be making $1b on a $66m budget). It saved the franchise and after that every Bond film was an international epic.
Yes, SPY is the original reboot.
Yes. But that film bears little resemblance to the book whereas the earlier films did.
Moore was Connery's CO-star!?
Not in BOND, he wasn't!
My preferred 007? Connery. Sean Connery.
I like them all even Lazenby who would have gotten better if he had stayed But Connery is the Bond I grew up with
It's funny how good OHMS is
Considering it was his first movie ever Lazenby is simply sensational in OHMS.
Growing up in the 70s and 80s, Moore was the first Bond I saw; the original as far as I knew at the time. So I tended to prefer him to Connery.
However, my favorite was always Pierce Brosnon, who I still see as the definitive James Bond, even if not the first.
Moore was playing Bond as The Saint. These are my three favorite Bons in this order
Connery
Timothy Dalton
Daniel Craig.
I prefer Moore's "Comic Bond" to Brosnon's "I'm too sexy for my shirt" Bond, but basically Brosnon is doing a Moore impression.
Brosnan even admitted he tried copying roger with the humour.
@@JacktheFilmFanatic-vu1nk Doing it badly too.
I liked both of them. I really wish Sean would have stuck around for one more run in ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ and yielded the role to Roger Moore for ‘Diamonds are Forever.’ In that I think 1981 should have been Moore’s finale in ‘For Your Eyes Only’ given he was aging out of the role. Give Timothy Dalton 2 more productions followed by Pierce Bresnan’s 4 from ‘Golden Eye.’ Daniel Craig is choosing to exit at the right age and time based on the perceived age of Ian Fleming’s character.
Worst James Bond?! Daniel Craig! Otherwise known as James Bland. The ugly James Bond. Boring!
Moore ranked himself above Lazenby? Talk about self-flattery! The ex-model proved himself the superior actor, in a film well beyond the emotional range of old Sir Roger. (And no, I don’t think Connery would have done a better job, either!)
And for Heaven’s sake, the man’s name is pronounced LAY-zen-bee!
In promoting “Never Say Never Again” (an excellent film), Connery was asked about Moore’s approach. All he said, basically, was that it was a different style for a different audience. He didn’t blast Moore, and even told an amusing story about meeting him in London in 1982. Moore asked Connery, where are you off to now? Connery replied, Bahamas, then the south of France. Connery posed the same question; Moore replied, with less enthusiasm, India!
I don't think moore ranked himself above any other bonds he said Sean and daniel are the best and Moore was infinitely superior to the ultra wooden george lazenby who wasn't even a actor he was a model unlike Moore who had been acting since the 40's when he got Bond.
Lazenby lacked the experience, but did a better job than Connery, who was phoning it in by that time. (Then returned looking like Lazenby’s father!) And talk about “wooden” - one review of “Man With the Golden Gun” compared Moore to a mannequin wheeled about on canisters. Others remarked on the irony of Moore substituting for his own wax likeness!
@@thomaschacko6320 Well those reviews were trash, he was excellent in the man with the golden gun especially since he played a much tougher James bond who is fearing for his life, watch the scene where he is talking to Scaramanga at dinner and he says "I admit killing you would be a pleasure." or the scene where he aims the gun at the man who made Scaramanga's gold bullets.
A lot of the negative comments about Moore's acting came from himself and I think critics decided to latch onto that, even lewis Gilbert director of the spy who loved me said Moore was a much better actor than he gave himself credit for, Lazenby while great in the action scenes and the final scene where Tracey dies, he was awful in the rest of the film with some really god awful wooden delivery, at least Moore knew to change his tone of voice or facial expression when a scene called for it.
* It sounds like they all think that George Lazenby was the worst Bond. Probably because he comes off like too much of a softy. The novels make it sound like the criminals find Bond, at least, slightly intimidating. What I really don't understand, is when Sean Connery retired from the role, why they didn't just ask his younger brother "Neil Connery" to play Bond. I understand that Sean and Cubby Broccoli had a falling out, and I'm sure that Sean told Neil about it, but it wouldn't be betraying Sean if Neil would've auditioned for the role. He had to think about his career as well.
* I don't think Sean would've considered it betrayal. All he would've probably said to Neil is "Don't say I didn't warn you." I mean, think about it. Neil was already an established actor by 1967(even though his acting debut wasn't released until 5 months after "You Only Live Twice"). Neil also looked like Sean Connery's twin. All he would've had to do, is shave his beard and mustache. His acting debut also just happened to be a spy movie. In that movie he acted alongside "Daniela Bianchi"("Tatiana Romanova", the Bond girl in "From Russia with Love").
* Also, in Neil's first film, he acted with "Adolfo Celi"("Emilio Largo", the main villain in "Thunderball"), Bernard Lee(the first actor to play "M"), Lois Maxwell(first actor to play "Ms. Moneypenny") and Anthony Dawson(played Prof. Dent in "Dr. No"). It was even said that he played the role of James Bond in the movie called "Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street"("Aces Go Places 3" or "Mad Mission III"), but that turned out to be a false rumor. The role was actually played by "Jean Mersant" in that film.
* Neil looked almost exactly like Sean Connery(only, perhaps a little younger). Neil would've been 28 years old in 1967. Sean Connery was 37. I think that Neil would've been willing to play the role of Bond for the next 22 years. This means he would've played Bond in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", all the way to "Licence to Kill". It would also mean that he would've held the record for the number of Bond films he starred in, which would be "11"(which is also a lucky number). I don't know. I think that would've been pretty cool. I don't know why they didn't even so much as ask him if he'd like to play the role, and I have no idea why Neil would've turned the role down. It would not have been betrayal. It's called an acting career. You couldn't hold that against him.
Sean Connery will always be remembered as the James Bond. This never describes who Connery said was the worst James Bond, however. Roger Moore was great playing James Bond also. He had to be good. He was in 7 James Bond movies. Both Connery and Moore were great 👍. Thanks 👍.
We absolutely agree! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. Be safe and have a great weekend!
Different types of movies, without Moore they probably would have ended in the 1970's - Roger was the cinema Bond of my childhood and is a cherished memory, Sean was Bond on TV (usually at Christmas)
I love Sean Connery as Bond, original is best. But my favourite movie in the series is OHMSS and George Lazenby a film I have watched many times and never get bored of!
Ian Fleming said Roger Moore was the Bond he had in mind when he thinks of the perfect Bond of his books.
Moore was a Fun 007 & Connery a Serious 007. A Tie'. Pierce Bronson was Alittle of Both 007s. My 3 Favorite 007s.
The name, izh Bond...Jamezh Bond!...And that's the end of it!...R.I.P. Sean Connery...🙏
SEAN was a perfect 007,period!!!...the others were all a little too effeminate,like teen agers,making Bond ridiculous!!!...see???...their films had the flavour of comedies...a parody of manhood,as normal secret agents should be.....and the film makers furthermore started overusing gadgets:phones,computers,impossible stunts during 80p100 of the 2 hours show, way too much...now,when a J Bond film appears,I don't rush to see it anymore...like I used to ...
My favorite is Timothy Dalton
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To me, Sean Connery is no. 1, while Daniel Craig is no. 2. I think I read somewhere that Connery really approved of & liked Craig’s version of James Bond. He said that it was the closest to what he was originally doing. 👍🏽👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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I like them both, but I give a slight edge to Sean because he was the original.
I've a friend who kept insisting that Moore was the best Bond over Connery, until he charged his 🎶 & saw things my way.
They each brought there own brand and style, adding to our enjoyment of things we cannot do. The story to combine all traits of his life is OHMSS. To reboot was unnecessary as storylines are unending and Bond background clearly established. Arguments settled.
Our critical look should be at what we have been forced to endure such as invisible cars, a Bond theme song sung by a man in falsetto; of late, some very homely bond girls, and soundtracks meant to make a name for the composer instead of staying in keeping with James Bond music. Even a Bond bad guy or two have been unbelievable.... this should be our focus to improve upon future films and thus our enjoyment of the adventures of fictional characters in the James Bond series.
The question of who played bond the best is this. Many people say it was Roger Moore.
But do they really understand the question? Since Sean Connery was Bond, this is what the question is really asking?
Who played Connery the best when they were playing James Bond?
This is hw I see it. IMHO.
Sean Connery was the best James Bond of all time & Thunderball is my fave Bond movie...Claudine Auger as Domino is my fave Bond girl too...I collect Connery Bond toys too
Certainly Roger Moore made some deadly boring James Bond movies
In Connery's Bond fights....Sean never allows villains to throttle James ( Jaws does that a lot to Moore's Bond...or trying to crush his face or neck)
Connery is a beast of a man, Roger is slight. That's the point. The "real" Bond is really of course an ego projection of Flemming (Eton-educated MI6 naval intelligence officer) and Flemming loved Roger for the role as it was more like him or at least as his fantasy version of him. But you can see Roger is not a fighter, every fight he wins he has to innovate. Hell he kinda struggles against girls. Connery? He's more like the Seals/SBS, a one-man special-forces hit-team.
Bit of misinformation. Both Connery and Moore equally both did the most "licensed" Bond movies with 7. There was in fact a another year in 1967 where 2 "licensed" Bonds movies came out that this guy overlooks and insinuates 1983 was the only year this occurred.
I first became aware of James Bond as a kid in the 1970's as the Roger Moore movies came to TV. It was years before I even heard of Sean Connery, but once I finally saw the early Bond films these are now my favorites, especially 'Dr. No' for its reliance more on story plot and action, and less on gadgets. About 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' I have very mixed feelings. Diana Ring - YES! Telly Savalas - yeah, OK. And American James Bond - NO! And Lazenby's antics after filming didn't help. James Bond pretending to be gay - aw hellz naw! Overall I don't generally watch it. In spite of Sean Connery 'Never Say Never Again' is a bad remake of 'Thunderball'. I'll just watch 'Thunderball', thank you. 'Moonraker' - awful! The series picked up somewhat with Timothy Dalton. I really liked Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, it was overdue, but the movies - not so much. With Daniel Craig they rebooted, and I liked Craig's portrayal of the character.
@jeffbranch8072 A slight correction, if I may...? Regarding 'American James Bond', George Lazenby is actually Australian. Just saying....
@jeffbranch8072 A slight correction, if I may...? Regarding 'American James Bond', George Lazenby is actually Australian. Just saying....
Having seen all Bond fims and previous work of bothe moore an Connery -- my choice in R. MOORE !!!😊
"No body does it better". Roger is the best of the bonds. Roger is the most stylist and the most Handsome bond ever in the big screen.. He is the natural bond as the bond belongs to Scotland
Moore will always be Simon Templer
Roger Moore was great as The Saint...I have the toy Corgi Saint's Volvo car in my toy case
@@jayanz7387 true as Bond he was more Templer than Bond but that's my opinion.
George Sanders.😇🤣
Craig",was the closest
To the novels,the best
In my book
Moore changed the Bond character because he didn't wish to compete with Connery, who he considered the best. Personally, I thought Roger Moore, Sean Connery and Timothy Dalton were brilliant. Didn't really buy Pierce Brosnan or George Lazenby in the role, and Daniel Craig takes himself way too seriously.
I hope the rumours are true & they make Tom Hiddleston the next Bond!
Before watching, I'm gonna guess it's George Lazenby
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For me i will pick Roger Moore any day as he was responsible for the success and relevance of the franchise till today. As the 3rd Actor to play bond, he cemented a new legacy which most of us now use as a subconscious criteria to access the new generation of bonds.
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Barry. Nelson was the first actor to play james bond
I like them both the same. I saw the Roger Moore versions first as the 70s was my adolescence. But to compare them is useless. Connery's macho persona as I see it became dated by 1973. Younger viewers were coming along. I also like Sean Connery as James Bond. Sean was a rough around the edges Scotsman while Roger was an elegant Englishman. They both made the franchise suitable for them and the audiences. George Lazenby? The worst miscasting in cinema history.
Has to be Connery
Both Sean & Roger great 👍
I think that a fictional character should have some degree of comedy especially in tight spots not to be taken too seriously thus giving it a bit more touch of reality.
Only one. Sean! How can moore be bond and saint at same time?
It can be done. Andy Bradbury played Jesus and Hudas Escariot with some effect so it can be done...
Not an EON Bond - David Niven the original Casino Royale
So who was the worst actor to play James Bond? wasn't I paying enough attention because I seem to have missed something there. Still on the subject of Bond, considering how good On Her Majesty's Secret Service was I wish George Lazenby had done Diamonds Are Forever, had he done so the Bond franchise might have led to a grittier more serious direction and Roger might never have become Bond. No disrespect to Roger but his Bond was too campy, but there are those who think his Bond is the best. I also wish Timothy Dalton had done another two or more Bond films with his gritty take on the character, he was as good as Sean if not better. I don't think defining the best Bond is a generation thing, I was born in 1959 so you'd expect Sean Connery to be my favourite Bond, but no, as I said above Dalton's Bond was as good if not better than Connery, Daniel Craig's Bond was as good if not better than Dalton's. Perhaps it could be defined by my favourite Bond film countdown of each actor to play the part. So from 6 to 1, The World Is Not Enough, For Your Eyes Only, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, From Russia With Love, Casino Royale. and No1 The Living Daylights. Now, sooner than kill Bond off in No Time To Die, I'd have preferred he had a happy ending with Madeleine Swann at the end of Spectre, that's what Bond deserved, not to be bumped off, but now Bond is dead perhaps he should stay so, because if the franchise is re-booted what will we get? A WOKE James Bond? That's what worries me because instead of making films for the life long fans of such franchises the directors and producers these days seem to disrespect them and pander to the easily offended WOKE audiences of today. A WOKE James Bond... No! No! No!
I had only ever seen Connery and Lazenby when, decades later, my son got me to watch a Craig. It was all I could do to keep from throwing something at the screen or throwing up. Not at Craig necessarily but at the movie. Talk about WOKE! It was disgusting. It was so bad I don't really remember much of Craig.
'Never Say Never Again' isn't a true Bond movie and it is awful to watch. Connery wouldn't even colaborate with United Artists when the Bond movies were put onto DVD. Moore got involed giving special interivews and commentary over some of his movies.
Sean Connery will always be the best "Bond".
I agree❤
I presume you mean Cubby Broccoli’s James Bond?! See my comment for a full explanation ✌🏻
Roger Moore was my personal favorite James Bond. But to each their own !!..
Yesh he was….all round greatest bond
@@alancrisp1582 roger moore did have his unique foibles! Raise of the eyebrow and smoothness.
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Sean Connery is the best all time “Bond”.
@davidwoodhead1037 Connery's Bond is overrated and he's not a good Bond.
Connery is so overrated lol. His Bond films are bad. There is only From Russia With Love I did enjoy. Goldfinger is so overrated and hilarious 💀..
The only good Bond films are GoldenEye, Skyfall, Casino Royale, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, From Russia With Love, The Living Daylights, Licence To Kill, For Your Eyes Only and why not Goldfinger even if it's overrated.
Brosnan is the best Bond. The best Bond are Brosnan, Craig and Dalton.
Connery is so overrated and he's just a rappist in his movies. very boring
Sean.. In my opinion was the best Bond
Barry Nelson was the first James Bond!
Like Connery was anything special.
For me, sir, Roger Moore is number one bond
Bond actor who most resembled the bond novel physically? Pierce brosnan, same height 6'1half inch and wispy hairline.
Crap. . . .go find a hardback copy of The James Bond Bedside Companion. On page 60 you will find a sketch of Fleming's description of Bond which resembles Hoagy Carmichael which was drawn by George Almond.
@@michaelproctor8100 Thank you.
L'unico solo è vero 007 insuperabile
Richard johnson was asked but didnt want to commit to a three movie contract
Patrick McGoohan was asked to be the first Bond but he wanted to make The Prisoner instead. At least he got a bit of fame in Braveheart albeit late in his day.
Actually he turned it down on moral grounds in 1962 when he was doing danger man
Being a married man he didn't want his children to see him
Flaunting himself with floosies
Connery was more for the money than morals!
connery wasn't the first was he?
Waste of time. It didn't live up to the click bait title.
Live and let die the best bond movie..
This video is deceptive. Both Connery and Moore were great. He didn't show much of the other bonds. We don't know which one was the worst.
I don’t remember Sean saying who was the “worst” Bond. He did say there was less emphasis on the character, and more on the effects/ hardware/ gadgets , but this was a movement the franchise took , rather than the actors’ fault, notably , Sir Roger Moore itself. One thing is that both Sean and Roger brought “ presence and authority “ to the character, their voices having authority as you would expect as a Commander in the Royal Navy. I found Timothy Dalton brought a grittier Bond back to the role but was very quiet in his voice tone , it somehow lacked the authority the previous actors had. Pierce seemed to revert to the Roger Moore type of Bond , but was very “boyish” a almost too youthful Bond. He left because he knew the franchise was taking the character in a different direction, which brings me on to Daniel. Daniel has less hardware and played the part as a darker Bond , taking into account Bond lost both parents at a young age, that fits well. However, Bond was left with private school upper class values a good taste of wine , women , and a higher class of style. Daniel Craig presents a UK Bourne Identity . The upper class Bond has gone. He is foot soldier commando rather than a Commander of the Royal Navy. I’ve enjoyed all the Bond films , all actors brought something to the role . I particularly enjoyed OHMSS with George Lazenby as it followed the book closely , more so than later films, it would have been interesting to see how the role progressed with George , had he decided to stay with it. That said , Sean still to me sets the template for how Bond would have been , something the franchise needs to look at very closely rather than pandering to social wokeyness and inventing a totally different personal to the character.
Connery no contest!!
The first five Bond actors are great, but Craig really sucks as Bond. He is the only lousy Bond.
Daniel Craig is a reasonable actor but he is incompatible with James Bond, as he is an aristocratic and sophisticated character; attributes that Craig will never have. At least her long-suffering reign is over and I'm not optimistic about Barbara Broccoli's next choice.
Connery, the rabid Scottish nationalist refugee living out his life in Switzerland.
I rank the bonds in this order #1 Sean Connery, #2 Pierce Brosnan #3 Timothy Dalton #4 Daniel Craig #5 Roger Moore
Dalton, Craig, Connery. are my top three in that order. But I don't see any real difference between the first two.
@Davy Dregg I haven't yet to my knowledge seen George Lazenby bond film yet.
Sean Connery had the full package, no question.😊
Roger Moore was my favourite
no actor has been cast as Bond were right for the role of Bond ,sorry Sean not even you!!!!
What Connery said is wrong. Not a single actor who played Bond was right for the part, Not even Connery!😮
Firstly every actor has been to old to play Bond,in the books he’s between 25-30 years of age. What we’ve seen in all the Bond movies is cubby broccoli’s James Bond not Ian Flaming’s James Bond!!!
Here’s a description from Fleming himself :-
Bond is of
slim build; a 3 in long, thin vertical scar on his right cheek; blue-grey eyes; a "cruel" mouth; short, black hair, a comma of which rests on his forehead.He is 25 to 30 years old.
Henry Cavill was up for the part when he was 22. But they said he was too young.
@@irish66 well that’s ridiculous
@@CashelOConnolly ha ha.
Fleming also said that he pictured someone looking like Hoagy Carmichael in mind and that he intended Bond to be plain and unremarkable in his looks just as he decided on the character's name, James Bond, because it was the plainest name he could think of. He wanted someone who would never be suspected of being a secret agent.
Comparing Sean Connery to Roger Moore. Roger Moore wasn't manly, gutsy, ballsy, or cunning enough to be James Bond. And he never really felt like a ladies man. Kinda like comparing Captain James Kirk to Captain Luke Picard.
Connery isn't the best Bond.
I only liked From Russia With Love and his Bond films are really mediocre, honestly.
Brosan, Craig and Dalton are the best Bond actors.
the best Bond films are GoldenEye, Skyfall, Casino Royale, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, From Russia With Love, Licence To Kill, The Living Daylights, The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only and Goldfinger
Thank you so much for sharing your favorites. What do you think of Roger Moore?
Sean Connery is the real James bond. Then roger Moore.
Connery was second James bond
I liked all 6.
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Connery beats them all.
Connery is THE Bond. However, not only was "Octopussy" the tighter directed movie, "Never Say Never Again" was, ironically, saddled with the very elements that Connery complained about in the Broccoli films.
I agree I hated Moore as Bond. He was by far the worst Bond.
Roger Moore, definitely.
not according to world opinum polls CONNERY RATED HIGHEST