Daniel Craig as Bond

It premiered in the local cinema last Friday...200 pesos a seat which was a bargain. The missus wanted us to go but I told her to wait as it would be flippin' crowded. By all accounts it's supposed to be one of the best.

I also think Craig is the best Bond since big Sean.

Wholeheartedly agree, UK Man . He’s perfect for the role, and I’m sorry this is his last appearance.

Some of the best Bond movies were with Roger Moore (The Spy Who Loved Me), some of the worst with Sean Connery (Diamonds Are Forever). Although, the bona fide classics come from the Connery era. The first three are classics of cinema not just the franchise. Moore is underrated but he stuck around too long and was a victim of producers increasingly turning Bond movies into action comedies.

Dalton was good, wrong place at the wrong time considering the problems with the production company at the time. Brosnan was arguably the most complete Bond, able to do all the things of the previous actors (Moore's silliness, Connery's suave and cold, and Dalton's jaded action Bond. Biggest problem for Brosnan is Goldeneye is one of the best movies in the series, and the rest are mostly garbage. Has the distinction of each subsequent movie being worse than the last... Die Another Day is horrific and almost killed the franchise.

I agree Craig is one of the best Bond's, but his movies have been patchy at best. Spectre is largely hated amongst the fanbase and is not a good movie. Quantum of Solace is a terrible movie with some of the worst editing ever seen in a major motion picture, and is routinely named amongst the worst Bond movies ever. Skyfall is massively overrated although I like it. Die Another Day is great fun, but leaves a bunch of question marks over the future of the series. Then there is Casino Royale, which is perhaps the best Bond movie ever. Craig is awesome, his movies have not always been.

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Roger Moore? Seriously?

Yes, sure. But before continuing I think my wording was wrong. Just to be clear, it is Connery who has the three classics of cinema, movies that are classics of any genre. Moore as some classics within the James Bond franchise.

I am a member of some Bond communities because I am a massive fan of the movies and I am not straying too far from fan consensus from saying that. We all have our favourite movies, but TSWLM, LALD, and FYEO from Moore's era are regulalry cited amongst the best in the franchise, alongside Goldfinger, FRWL, Dr. No, from Connery's, Casino Royale and Skyfall (which I disagree with) from Craig, and Goldeneye from Brosnan. They are widely considered amongst fans to be the best group of Bond films, some will throw in Living Daylights too, including me.

There is no doubt that Moore's movies slipped into parody and became poor films, Octopussy and AVTAK being the main culprits. However, it is also a myth that Connery's run was perfect. Thunderball is a tough watch and Diamonds Are Forever is in the bottom 3 worst Bond movies for most fans. By the way, I still think Connery's Bond and era was the best.

As for the last movie, I enjoyed it a lot but the more distance I have from it the more I think it was a great action movie, but not a great Bond movie. It had a fairly bad screenplay too.

Very interesting and thorough analysis, Semigoodlooking . I’ve never known anyone in a Bond community; you’re in several.  You are a really serious fan!

Of course, I mean forums, subreddits and the like, not dressing up as Bond and going to watch the movies in someone's house.

I thought Daniel did good as Bond, he was more serious than Brosnan, who I thought was a rubbish Bond

Must admit I liked Roger Moore.

I mostly lost interest in the Bond films after he left and didn't get back into them until Craig came along. Even then I'm not sure if I've seen all the ones he's made.

Ian Fleming with Sean Connery during filming of From Russia With Love. (Plastic surgery? Or did he grow into that nose?)

Plastic surgery did not exist back then.....

Ha!

Exhibit A: Elizabeth Taylor.

Exhibit B: Robert Redford.

Cosmetic surgery existed back then, just not for every pizza waiter and schoolteacher, as it is now.

Cannae see big Sean going under the knife. I'd say his nose is the one he was born with.

I can’t see him doing that either. But that nose in the photo….

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I can’t see him doing that either. But that nose in the photo….

Even my hooter would look good compared to Ian Flemings!!

“I think he got the point.”

The best and only one I still use is ''shaken not stirred''. Or as Sean would pronounce ''shtirred''.

I was interested to read that Ian Fleming had written “stirred, not shaken.” That makes much more sense, as Bond explained that prevented the gin from being bruised.