Does anyone here love both Moore and Dalton?
Agent Sidewinder
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A question I came up with....I was at another forum t'other day and saw that one poster had ranked Roger and Timothy as his two favourite Bond actors. Now, it struck me that this isn't a very common preference among Bondists, and understandably so, as Moore and Dalton are pretty much polar opposites as Bond - Sir Roger representing the all-out bombastic cinematic Bond and Dalton playing the gritty, down-to-Earth Bond. It's even a common mantra among Daltonians that he saved the series from the purported campiness of the Moore era. So, are there any fans who love both? There must be some....
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"Stuff my orders! I only kill professionals. That woman didn't know one end of a rifle from the other. Go ahead, tell M. what you want. If he fires me, I'll thank him for it."
but on my ranking Dalton in #3 and Moore is #5.
My favourites are Dalton & Connery. followed by Craig, Brosnan & Moore i think. My order has changed a bit. Despite Moore being 5th on my list, his films are amongst my favorites. TSWLM, FYEO, OP, AVTAK all very good.
"Like Peking Duck is Different from Russian Caviar,But I love them Both "
Ahh yes. That would be me my friend.
They are opposites in many ways, excluding Moore's performance on FYEO. I loved Moore's performance, whether it be campy, serious or a mix of both. Though, I did find FYEO to be Moore's greatest Bond performance because I loved the harder-edged down to earth Bond, and the 80's seemed to do that a lot. FYEO, TLD and LTK were the films that clearly represented a serious, Ian Fleming and down to earth Bond. OP was the only Bond film of the 80's that showed an excessive amount of campiness, and it did effect its rank in my opinion because elements such as the Tarzan Yell, the Gorrilla Costume or the Clown suit did seem a bit over the top. AVTAK was a mix of camp and seriousness, but Moore seemed a lot more serious on his FYEO and AVTAK performances.
Dalton's portrayal on TLD is excellent, can't go wrong there. I loved it how he stuck with the novels, hard-edged and serious. He was also great on LTK, but maybe a bit too serious to the point where there wasn't much fun involved on his second mission.
Then again, loving Moore as well, MR was a terrific film for me. I loved it, and Moore was quite hilarious but great in the role here. Each of his movies seemed to express a different approach, even just slightly. I can't really explain it anymore, I loved Moore's performances and Dalton's, but the harder-edged ones (FYEO, TLD and LTK) are the definite best.
1. Dalton 2. Moore 3. Connery 4. Lazenby 5. Craig 6. Brosnan
Moonraker has some of the best moments of the whole series if you dissect them from the gags, but visually it looks great a lot of the time, and I have no problem with Bond being in space. Roger Moore's films had some of the best women in the series.
Moore was the first Bond I fell in love with (TSWLM) - but he just got a tad too old by the end of it - then Dalton came along and was a complete breath of fresh air. :x I was always a fan of Dalton.... since his Jane Eyre days.
Didn't care for Brosnan.... and although Connery is considered the closest to Fleming's Bond, he was a generation removed from me.
(Then Craig came along, and blew both of them out of the water...
I have always loved comparing FYEO and TLD with each other, as both have any similarities and directed by John Glen. You must admit there are a lot of comparisons between Moore and Dalton's performances on the two films and there is much to be said about the fact that both are Cold War entries.
1. Dalton 2. Moore 3. Connery 4. Lazenby 5. Craig 6. Brosnan