Post #311503 by roguespy007 on Wed, Jun 6, 2007 10:37 PM

I do prefer Sean Connery to Roger Moore, or any other actor who's played Bond for that matter. I have been pretty negative about Moore in some discussions I've had. I think I've been a little too hard on him. He played 007 in seven official Bond films. That's more than any other actor did, including Connery. He must have been doing something right. Plus some of his Bond flicks are among my favorites of the franchise. I really love "The Man with the Golden Gun" myself. He also did two of my least favorite though, "Moonraker" and "A View to a Kill." I do like the way you described Roger Moore, his appearance, and characteristics. I'm not going to try to add anything to that. I think you did a good job with that. I do think that I prefer Moore as Simon Templar in "The Saint" over his take on Bond. He did though contribute a lot to the Bond franchise and he deserves the recognition and acclaim. He's not my favorite 007, but he's not my least favorite either. That dishonor goes to Pierce Brosnan, who played in a couple of really good Bond films, but just never did anything for me as Bond.

My favorite James Bond film is "Goldfinger." I did really love "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." It's one of my favorite films and it's actually my favorite of the Ian Fleming novels. I did like seeing the emotional side of Bond. I thought George Lazenby did an outstanding job as Bond. It's a shame that he didn't take another swing at Bond. I wish he would have stayed on instead of Connery coming back for "Diamonds Are Forever." I understand that people have this misconception that Lazenby was canned because of whatever reason. We know that's not the case. It would have been nice to have seen him do a few more Bond films. He got a raw deal with the public like Dalton did. There's all these misconceptions that Dalton was the second choice. He only got the role because Brosnan was tied up with "Remington Steele." When in fact, the producers had been after Dalton multiple times. Also he wasn't canned from the role either. He stepped away. I wish he would have done more than two Bond flicks.

I do think that no matter who stepped into the role after Connery they were going to have gotten some heat. Connery made pretty much back to back Bond movies. They were rolling them out. He was identified with Bond. That's the image people had of who 007 was. Lazenby stepped into some big shoes. I do wish he would have gone on to have done "Diamonds Are Forever" and maybe even the first couple of Moore's. Then I would have liked to have seen Dalton take over from Moore by "A View to a Kill." I think Moore was getting a little too old by then. Dalton could have then done his two and then some of Brosnan's. Leave off "Die Another Day."