Who said them better?

GoldenEye85

Who has uttered the two famous lines "Bond James Bond" and "Vodka martini, shaken not stirred" the best and your favorite for each actor who has been Bond?

For "Bond, James Bond":

Best has to go to Connery and the very first time he said it in Dr. No with the cigarette hanging out of his mouth.

Connery: See above
Lazenby only had one, but it was a pretty memorable scene.
Moore: either Live and Let Die or the Man with the Golden Gun are the only ones I can remember; to Solitaire and to the dancer at the beginning of the movie.
Dalton: while on the phone in The Living Daylights
Brosnan: Three way tie between his first time in GoldenEye, in the shaft to Dr. Jones and during the fencing scene in Die Another Day
Craig: While I do like the build up to it at the end of Casino Royale, it feels tacked on at the end. So my favorite was in Skyfall to Severine.

As for "Vodka Martini. Shaken not stirred"

Best: GoldenEye

Connery: Goldfinger is really the only one I remember as I still haven't watched very many of his films beyond Goldfinger and Diamonds are Forever.

Why do you think they didn't have Roger Moore say this line?

Dalton said it in Licence to Kill, but there wasn't anything special about it.

Brosnan: A tie between GoldenEye and The World is Not Enough.

Craig: "Do I look like I give a damn" but his delivery of it in Skyfall was great, too.

heartbroken_mr_drax

Moore said it in FYEO and AVTAK - both are interesting deliveries. FYEO he says it in the car with Melina which is played very lightly "Oh, by the way, we haven't been properly introduced, Melina. My name is Bond, James Bond." and AVTAK "Well, actually, captain, I'm with the British Secret Service. The name is Bond, James Bond."

Not the greatest - but I guess it was at the point where they didn't overdo it.

My favourites:

- Connery of course in DN.
- Brosnan in GE, nails it and so deliberate.

Shaken not stirred?

Mostly when delivered by others. DN requesting it for Bond, XXX in TSWLM and even Paris in TND.

Desert Kris

I like Sean Connery's delivery in Dr. No. It's not even an established thing at that point, and he establishes it solidly.

There comes a point where it's got a self conscious edge. Much as I like Dalton, it's a bit self-consciously throw away when he introduces himself to the lady on the yacht. Brosnan renders it with a certain amount of relish in Goldeneye, but it's put into a scene where the movie wants to get it and the Vodka martini order out of the way.

I like how Daniel Craig goes into the more extensive directions for making a Vesper Martini, it removes the tension of getting a one-liner just right so it flows as normal dialogue. I love his "Do I look like I give a damn!" later on, in touch with the novels' Bond's disdainful impatience. After we watch his version of the character go through hell, his introduction at the end is the perfect ending to Casino Royale; without over or understating it, it's weighted by that sense that he's "become" the character and earned the line.

Firemass

heartbroken_mr_drax wrote:

Moore said it in FYEO and AVTAK - both are interesting deliveries. FYEO he says it in the car with Melina which is played very lightly "Oh, by the way, we haven't been properly introduced, Melina. My name is Bond, James Bond." and AVTAK "Well, actually, captain, I'm with the British Secret Service. The name is Bond, James Bond."

The one in FYEO sticks out at my favorite of his. Doesn't he say it again in AVTAK shortly after they get moving in the firetruck?

TSWLM has a classic one due to Mr. Kalba's indifferent reply of "What of it"

In Octopussy, Roger says it right before the backgammon game right? I do like when Orlov asks, "Who ARE you?" and Bond replies instead, "I'm British Secret Service."


Connery's intro in Dr. No is the best of course. Although, I can't decide if I like how he simply copied the delivery of how Sylvia Trench introduced herself.

As for ordering the "shaken not stirred" I like Pam's hand gestures in LTK.

heartbroken_mr_drax

Firemass wrote:

I do like when Orlov asks, "Who ARE you?" and Bond replies instead, "I'm British Secret Service."

He says it with such intensity and it carries the weight it should.