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David Niven really had it all going on.

Kim Hollis: Rank the Bond actors in order of your favorite to least favorite.

Pete Kilmer:

Daniel Craig
Sean Connery
Pierce Brosnan
Timothy Dalton
George Lazenby
David Niven
Peter Sellers
Barry Nelson
Roger Moore

Scott Lumley: Does Peter Sellers even count?

Sean Collier: I was never a big Bond fan until Casino Royale, to tell you the truth. So Daniel Craig is an easy favorite for me. This, of course, is with all due respect to Sean Connery, since we almost have the same name and all.

Kim Hollis: I'm always going to be partial to Sean Connery, and even though they're campy as all get-out, I'm a pretty big fan of the Roger Moore films as well (admittedly, I'm fairly alone in that respect). So I suppose if I skip the guys who only did one film (since I've never seen any of those), the ranking would be:

Sean Connery
Roger Moore
Daniel Craig
Pierce Brosnan
Timothy Dalton





Jamie Ruccio: Daniel Craig is my favorite as his performance feels more like the Bond that I know from a novel.

Connery is next because, while campy, he managed to imbue several other Bond characteristics into the performance, wit, charm, sophistication and as much menace as the scripts allowed.

Dalton: See Connery.

Brosnan: He epitomized suave.

Max Braden: Dalton, because he most embodied the temper of the book character and looked at home both in the ballroom and on the battlefield > Connery for the same reasons > Lazenby was much better than conventional wisdom allows because he was hurt by scripted dialogue > Brosnan had the highest level of adrenaline and GQ style> Craig brings a good level of do-or-die brutality, but he's all thug and not the naval officer Bond is > Moore was just too British Peerage.

Daron Aldridge: Points to Pete for being very, very inclusive. Following Kim's lead about only ones that I have seen, my preference would be:

Sean Connery (Never Say Never Again ignored)
Daniel Craig
Pierce Brosnan
Timothy Dalton
Roger Moore

I think that if Craig and the filmmakers continue with this approach, then he might unseat or at least be tied to Connery. I really like GoldenEye and thought the same thing for Brosnan and then the quality dipped and dipped and dipped. I think that Dalton is underrated and the less said about Moore, especially in that later years, the better.

Scott Lumley: Where's all the love for Roger Moore? He requited himself so well in the Spice Girls movie!

Live and Let Die! Live and Let Die!

Kim Hollis: What are your favorite Bond films? How about least favorite?

Pete Kilmer: Some of my favorite Bond films are Dr. No, Goldeneye, Casino Royale (Craig version), Live and Let Die, Goldfinger, and On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

Scott Lumley: I think Austin Powers and Casino Royale ruined my previous appreciation for the earlier Bond films. I used to love Moonraker, but now it just seems horribly dated. Kind of like the hot math teacher you had in grade nine that you see at the 25 year reunion and she hasn't aged well. At all.

Sean Collier: Casino Royale and A View to a Kill are favorites. I didn't make it all the way through Goldeneye.

Kim Hollis: My favorite Bond film is Live and Let Die, which I've seen countless times. I also like Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever a great deal. Probably my least favorite is Die Another Day. Admittedly, I haven't come close to seeing all the Bond flicks, but there are some (like View to a Kill and Octopussy) that I have seen dozens of times due to their repeated showings on HBO when I was a teen.





Kevin Chen: My top three are, in no particular order, From Russia with Love, Casino Royale (the remake), and Goldfinger. Goldeneye deserves a mention if only for licensing the single best Bond videogame ever created.

Max Braden: My favorites are The Living Daylights in part because Dalton is my favorite Bond actor, On Her Majesty's Secret Service because it showed Bond as human, and GoldenEye for the action. I liked Connery's movies but the directing style, musical orchestration, and fight choreography of the era really bored me. The Man With the Golden Gun is probably my least favorite because of the absurdities.

Best and worst theme songs: GoldenEye and Die Another Day
Best and worst villains: Auric Goldfinger and Elliot Carver

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