Timothy Dalton or Pierce Brosnan
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IrelandPosts: 171MI6 Agent
thought this wud b interestin 2 talk about. both are pretty much from the same generation, not a huge age gap(64 and 57). who was the best? wud dalton have been gud in goldeneye, wud brosnan have been gud in the living daylights or license to kill. i have always been a bigger dalton fan myself as imo he was the closest to portraying flemings bond. still wud be interestin to hear others opinions
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The edge I think goes to Pierce though. To me he just seemed slightly more rounded, particularly for the cinematic character (I know others might disagree). He was someone who enjoyed the finer things in life, however he was also a serious, determined, slightly world-weary agent.
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But to answer your question, I'd say Dalton, by a mile. Of all the Bond actors, Dalton's portrayal of Bond was the closest to Fleming's Bond. That alone, for me, is enough to rate Dalton ahead of Brosnan.
I agree!
On topic: I think both actors did a good job as Bond. But I have to say I liked the way Dalton portrayed Bond better than Brosnans version.
I think Brosnan was just too much of a generic Bond that feels like an imitation or even a caricature of previous actors.
Both The Living Daylights and Licence To Kill are way better than every single one of Brosnans movies. Dalton is also a much better actor, but there is a danger that he can be too theatrical. I don't know. I still think Dalton is the best 007 so far. Way better than Connery and Craig.