Connery/Fleming version of Bond

DevilMayCare007

Which Bond movie Connery potrayed Fleming's version the closest?

Thunderpussy

IMHO, FRWL he'd be the closest to Fleming's Bond. A bit more
Polished than he was in Dr No and not quite as smooth as he
Was in Goldfinger, which IMO was the start of the Movie Bond
Character.

Barbel

+1, FRWL for sure.

AlphaOmegaSin

FRWL by Miles

Silhouette Man

Dr. No and FRWL, and I agree with TP in that GF was the beginning of the breach away from the literary Bond adaptation of the first two films to the more refined Film Bond character in its own right.

DrFragment

I'd have to go with Dr No, Connery was cool, but human. Shot his would be assassin in cold blood etc. Connerys Bond was very Fleming. And yes, Goldfinger onwards (with the exception of OHMSS) began the cinematic Bond, until a certain Mr Craig appeared.

AlphaOmegaSin

For Your Eyes Only was more grounded with FRWL though -{

Gassy Man

Toss up between DN and FRWL. Bond in the books is more the classic gentleman but rougher around the edges when it comes to fighting and such, not as tall or physically imposing, and more dimensional as a character. You can see that while they hyped things up, in the first two films, more effort is made to get into the full range of his character. Later, his character would become more "streamlined" into the less dimensional (but still considerably more than most of the other Bonds) action hero. There are glimpses of his earlier self in GF, but by that point, it was obvious he was going to be a super agent.

While some people on this board might not like to admit it, Connery's turn in NSNA really is closer to how Bond is portrayed in the books. He's not that old, of course, and remnants of movie Bond remain, but his temperament seems closer to the Bond in the books and in particular when it comes to his deliberate pace.

DevilMayCare007

DrFragment wrote:

I'd have to go with Dr No, Connery was cool, but human. Shot his would be assassin in cold blood etc. Connerys Bond was very Fleming. And yes, Goldfinger onwards (with the exception of OHMSS) began the cinematic Bond, until a certain Mr Craig appeared.

Well what about Dalton he seemed more human than Moore for sure

Blackleiter

Barbel wrote:

+1, FRWL for sure.

Ditto.

Firemass

No votes for Thunderball ?

DevilMayCare007

Firemass wrote:

No votes for Thunderball ?

I think Thunderball was his best outing as Bond but he wasn't Ian Fleming version of Bond.

CmdrAtticus

FRWL. Because Fleming was still alive, I believe they were still trying to keep the scripts in line with the original material. Except for the bits of humor slipped in, Connery was playing it straight. Even GF did not go far off the path. Keep in mind, when Fleming wrote it he was obviously doing it with the idea it could be filmed, hence the outrageous plot and villain (and Oddjob). I think he started thinking that way when he came up with DN. The novels up till then had been more realistic spy thrillers (though MR could be considered more cinematic leaning). However, what Bond does with the rocket in MR is based on similar missions carried out by the SOE during the war when they were trying to deal with the ones from Peenemünde.