Although From Russia With Love is my favorite Bond movie, Goldfinger comes in a close second, largely because of the great golf game scenes between Bond and Goldfinger.
That and the greatest verbal exchange between Bond and the villain in the entire series:
"Do you expect me to talk?"
No, Mr. Bond! I expect you to die!!
I greup reading all Ian Fleming’s novels, they were utterly fantastic.
All the early Bond films with Sean Connery are classics an (for me) it would be hard to pick a clear winner, but I guess Dr No would be my choice.
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is a great film, but Lazenby just couldn’t act, but Diana Rigg was the film for me and she should have lived and Lazenby should have ‘bit the dust’.
“We Have All the Time in the World,” performed by The Great Satchmo, Louis Armstrong. Followed by Live and Let Die” performed by Paul McCartney and Wings.
Sean Connery, of course, started it all and I think he captures the essence of the Bond character the best. His six films all helped set a tone for a franchise that has lasted over 40 years.
Favorite Bond actor would naturally be:
1. Sean Connery, (suave and he kicked butt, exactly how Bond should be) (closest to Fleming’s original character I believe)
2. Roger Moore, (suave, handsome with a dash of humor, the “thinking man’s Bond”) (but will always be The Saint too)
3. Pierce Brosnan, (the ‘new’ Bond, post cold war and all) (Will always be Remmington Steele)(plus, when I see him I think about that scene from Mrs. Doubtfire when he’s choking on his food)
4. Timothy Dalton, (dark moody Bond seemed oddly shaken & stirred)
5. Daniel Craig (pretty realistic and actually get hurt lot)(he has a ‘wicked grin’)
6. George Lazenby (last and least)
Favorite Bond Girls name, why ‘Pussy Galore’ of course. However Ursula Andress and Halle Berry are the creme of the crop. Sexy ladies.
For women I guess this is the ‘manlicious’ and ‘manjoyment’ series of films of all time. For the guys, well maybe it’s the Bond Girls.
Memorable quote: Kamal Khan in Octopussy (referring to James Bond): “You have a nasty habit of surviving.” Very prophetic about the entire Bond franchise.