James Bond

Best Baddie : Hmmmm...togh one, I always thought Telly Savales ( OHMSS ) as Blofeld was highly underrated, one of the more physical of Bond's bad guys, a thug with smarts.

Best Heavy : This one's easy, far and away it's the mute Korean strong man Odd-Job ( Goldfinger ). When someone crushes a golf ball in one hand in front of your eyes you just know you're in for a hard fight.

My Bond Ranking:

Connery
Brosnan
Craig
Dalton
Lazenby
Moore

Depending on the next film Craig is very likely to move into second.
My reasons for my order are:

Connery- Scotland Forever
Brosnan- Looked very Bond, was gritty in the first two films
Craig- his take is quite close to the books, different from all the others
Dalton- simply closet to the novels, probably the most skilled actor of the lot
Lazenby- loved OHMSS, the end left me wishing he could have returned to take revenge
Moore- furthest from the novels, hate the style and cornyness of the time era

I'm probably one of the few people on the planet who never really thought much of Connery as Bond, and who finds Roger Moore kinda appealing. Perhaps it's just because I've enjoyed the Roger Moore movies more that I think that way. Perhaps I'm just odd.

Peter

My personal rankings of the films:

Dr. No
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
Goldeneye
Casino Royale
Thunderball
Tomorrow Never Dies
Living Daylights
The Spy Who Loved Me
On Her Majesties Secret Service
Diamonds Are Forever
You Only Live Twice
Live and Let Die
For Your Eyes Only
License To Kill
The World Is Not Enough
Octopussy
Never Say never Again
The Man With The Golden Gun
A View To A Kill
Die Another Day
Moonraker

No, you are not alone! Roger Moore is my favourite Bond too because he didn't take the part that bloody seriously. I mean, come on, James Bond is not a character that can't you can take seriously. (At least I can't)

Bond girl: Indeed - Izabella Scorupco and I think Ursula Andress.

Diana Rigg was a better actress of the lot, but she's not my fave Bond woman, even if the film is my favorite.

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I remember seeing Odd Job's hat for sale in London's planet hollywood. They also had the golden idol from the beginning of Raiders. whoa!

Would YOU want Bond tailing your ass!??

I have absolutely ZERO nostalgic connection to the Bond franchise, even though I'm almost 31 years old. I do remember seeing some clips from a Bond film or two as a kid, but can't remember which. In fact, I saw my first pre-Brosnan Bond film in full just a couple of years ago. Then I went into a "JB marathon" after that to see what all the fuss was about; what makes it such a big cult phenomenon in our popular culture. Of course, I found almost every film incredibly cheesy and unintentionally hilarious, but not bereft of entertainment value.

My favourite Bond is probably Brosnan still, although Craig is giving him a run for the money.

Very true: my Bond is Moore. Love the suave, tongue-in-cheeck approach, tough interestingly my favourite Bond flick is For Your Eyes Only, where Bond returned to a far colder and brutal style as compared to some of the Buck Rogers antics of the previous installments.
It helps that I really don't think the novels were all that interesting (although I read 'em all ). Rather blah penny-detectives without much sense of literary style, plot or finesse.
If you do like the novels I can perfectly understand a penchant for Connery or Craig, though.

Best Bond heavy to me was Drax.
I always found Michael Lonsdale a undervalued actor, and his icy demenour and very restrained portrayal of Hugo Drax in Moonraker is unparaleled to this day, I find (especially when set in the context of the absurdly over-the-top plot and settings of Moonraker (the rubber snake still makes me giggle).

But honestly, I like all the Bonds and what they bring to the franchise (with the possible exception of Timothy Dalton, who just seemed too...sincere? For lack of a better phrase?

Best gadget: the Boba Fett rocket launcher from Moonraker
Best car: toss-up between the ejection seat Aston Martin and the underwater rocket-launching Lotus

My favorite:

Baddies: Red Grant (I see him more as a baddie than a heavy), Dr No, and 006

Henchmen: Oddjob (the best by far), General Omorov (spelling), and the German from TND (I really enjoyed his fight scene in the end plus the shot when he is on the roof and he sees bond come out of the hotel room onto the balcony), Johnathan Price from TND

Girls: Jane Seymour (spelling, girl from LOLD), girl from FRWL (not the old hag), and of course Honeyrider.

Cars: Aston Martin DB5, Lotus, and Vanquish

Best Score(s): Tomorrow Never Dies, From Russia With Love, and You Only Live Twice.

Gadgets: I love the briefcase from FRWL, Grenade pen from Goldeneye

Nah! The classic from Goldfinger everytime.