Film / Documentary - Recently watched & worthy of some discussion

[irir123]

My thoughts -

Daniel Craig - Too muscular to fit the profile of a spy as depicted by IF.
Timothy Dalton - Looks too nice and does not have the ruthlessness required to be spy.
George Lazenby - Somewhat acceptable

I enjoyed Roger Moore but will not compare with Sean Connery for James Bond as pictured by IF.

I disagree with you completely on Timothy Dalton - he is the only actor, who read IF's books, internalizing the Bond character - kind of method acting - and combined that with his vast experience in theater - and portrayed the sensitivity of Bond, which am afraid, even Sean Connery rarely displayed onscreen - watch particularly from 1:10 onwards here:





"I owe it to Leiter" - Dalton does with sensitivity - deeply hurt by his friend's death/murder - at 1:59, he responds to his boss's intructions with a pause, looking at him in the eye, draws a breath and says "then you have my resignation sir" - pain, hurt and anger all in that voice and face - yet - his wry sense of humor comes out with a smile "Then I guess its a farewell to arms" - before making good his escape - class acting.

Daniel Craig - in Casino Royale, a young Bond, with all his sensitivity intact - when he learns of his girlfriend's betrayal - and later his guilt to learn of her possible innocence - all turning into seething anger at himself - leading to him becoming the ruthless Bond - class act.

Lazensby "OHMSS" was one of the best Bond films - critically acclaimed.

Roger Moore's Bond became a parody - not RM's fault - thats the way the production house went about with Bond films - from what I have read, they had to resort to some very silly things to compete with the rising stars George Lucas, Steven Spielberg et al..