Best/worst Bond actor performances
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1 Craig/CR - Dark, hard-edge, faithful to the books with a tender side
2 Connery/DN - The definition of sexy and masculinity for his time
3 Brosnan/GE - Established Bond as the charming handsome suave gentleman.
4 Dalton/LTK - His dark primal Fleming-esque Bond was a perfect fit here.
5 Moore/FYEO - He gave you serious Bond and nailed it perfectly. Who'd have known.
6 Craig/SF - The "enjoying death" scene sends a chill down my spine.
7 Connery/FRWL - Plays Bond very convincingly and believably with some charm.
8 Connery/GF - Rolls with the humor of the movie quite well.
9 Moore/TSWLM - Nice performance. Sexy navy uniform.
10 Craig/QoS - Saved the movie. Did the tortured soul Bond well.
11 Lazenby/OHMSS - An understated human empathetic Bond is just what was needed.
12 Moore/OP - Does the clever jokey Bond well. Also disarms a bomb in a clown suit.
13 Brosnan/TWINE - Brosnan goes dark as he could considering the script.
14 Moore/LALD - The new young charming luxury player-Bond.
15 Moore/AVTAK - Old but still has everything I like about his performances
16 Moore/MWGG - A bit jarring but plays both sides of the field quite well.
17 Brosnan/TND - Like his GE performance but slightly darker.
18 Moore/MR - To be honest, I slept through half the movie so I forget.
19 Connery/YOLT - Has a little more energy here than in TB but is on the downswing.
20 Brosnan/DAD - This crazy movie was a tall order for him but he handles it well.
21 Dalton/TLD - Nice dark edge but comes off as awkward trying to wear Connery's shoes.
22 Connery/TB - Starts to look at bit haggard here but pulls it off okay I guess.
23 Connery/DAF - A total trainwreck. Blofeld kills Bond's wife and he isn't one bit upset.
Most of these are good. The one I ranked last is the only one I didn't like. 18-22 were decent at least. Niven in Cr67 would probably be ranked 21.5 Brosnan's DAD is ranked 20 but I actually liked his performance there.
2 Connery/DN - The definition of sexy and masculinity for his time
3 Brosnan/GE - Established Bond as the charming handsome suave gentleman.
4 Dalton/LTK - His dark primal Fleming-esque Bond was a perfect fit here.
5 Moore/FYEO - He gave you serious Bond and nailed it perfectly. Who'd have known.
6 Craig/SF - The "enjoying death" scene sends a chill down my spine.
7 Connery/FRWL - Plays Bond very convincingly and believably with some charm.
8 Connery/GF - Rolls with the humor of the movie quite well.
9 Moore/TSWLM - Nice performance. Sexy navy uniform.
10 Craig/QoS - Saved the movie. Did the tortured soul Bond well.
11 Lazenby/OHMSS - An understated human empathetic Bond is just what was needed.
12 Moore/OP - Does the clever jokey Bond well. Also disarms a bomb in a clown suit.
13 Brosnan/TWINE - Brosnan goes dark as he could considering the script.
14 Moore/LALD - The new young charming luxury player-Bond.
15 Moore/AVTAK - Old but still has everything I like about his performances
16 Moore/MWGG - A bit jarring but plays both sides of the field quite well.
17 Brosnan/TND - Like his GE performance but slightly darker.
18 Moore/MR - To be honest, I slept through half the movie so I forget.
19 Connery/YOLT - Has a little more energy here than in TB but is on the downswing.
20 Brosnan/DAD - This crazy movie was a tall order for him but he handles it well.
21 Dalton/TLD - Nice dark edge but comes off as awkward trying to wear Connery's shoes.
22 Connery/TB - Starts to look at bit haggard here but pulls it off okay I guess.
23 Connery/DAF - A total trainwreck. Blofeld kills Bond's wife and he isn't one bit upset.
Most of these are good. The one I ranked last is the only one I didn't like. 18-22 were decent at least. Niven in Cr67 would probably be ranked 21.5 Brosnan's DAD is ranked 20 but I actually liked his performance there.
Comments
Dalton - A serious Bond, but he could also pull off one liners (TLD) very well.
Brosnan - His performance was the same throughout, although in GoldenEye he had Dalton's treatment of the woman.
Craig - A great Bond for current times, and his delivery of some gags in Skyfall make them a bit funnier.
Connery - His performance in his last few films are like he wasn't rally bothered, even in Thunderball in some scenes.
Lazenby - One film means I cant really judge his performance well, but it is sometimes wooden, and I still think OHMSS would have been a great Moore film