Is Bond an intellectual/scholar ?
UltimateTruth
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In the books, he does have the higher education...
Connery seemed more animalistic than intellectual, although he does brag to Goodnight about his prowess in Oriental languages (Which he demonstrates by saying "Arigato" haha)
Lazenby does impersonate Hillary Bray
Moore seemed to be the most "intellectual" by constantly being a wisea$$ when M asked him if he knew anything about the subject of the mission.....His Bond seemed the most "read", and by the same token, the least physical
Dalton.......tough question, although I think of him as being the most serious and ruthless
Brosnan ? He seemed too hedonistic looking
Craig ? Very physical, but seems to have a knack for modern day electronics (bypassing security systems, etc....)
Opinions on whether or not Bond is an Intellectual or should he be ?
Connery seemed more animalistic than intellectual, although he does brag to Goodnight about his prowess in Oriental languages (Which he demonstrates by saying "Arigato" haha)
Lazenby does impersonate Hillary Bray
Moore seemed to be the most "intellectual" by constantly being a wisea$$ when M asked him if he knew anything about the subject of the mission.....His Bond seemed the most "read", and by the same token, the least physical
Dalton.......tough question, although I think of him as being the most serious and ruthless
Brosnan ? He seemed too hedonistic looking
Craig ? Very physical, but seems to have a knack for modern day electronics (bypassing security systems, etc....)
Opinions on whether or not Bond is an Intellectual or should he be ?
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I tend to agree with Kingsley Amis that Bond would be a terribly dull dining companion. What on earth would he talk about?
On the other hand, I think dinner with Len Deighton's nameless secret agent from 'The IPCRESS File' (called Harry Palmer in the film) would be great.
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Hi Le Samourai man, just interested to know if the book character differs wildly from the one portrayed so marvellously by Sir Micheal,as ive sadly never read it ,
Nitpick.
He brags to Moneypenny.
And, as someone who once studied Japanese, his Japanese (what little of it he says on screen) is correct but he has a terrible accent
But to answer the question, no I do not believe James Bond is either an intellectual or a scholar. But there is no question as to his intelligence.
Was it not true that Bond was expelled from Eton? So while there is no doubt that he is intelligent, it would appear that he does not have the drive to put his intelligence to use in study.