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Good list. Hard to do, but I might have to call it a tie between Connery and Moore as the “best” Bond. They were each great in their own way. Connery was definitely the “serious spy” of the two, but I loved Sir Roger's play on the character with a bit of subtle British humor. Connery got to make it with Pussy Galore, but don't forget that Roger had a tumble with Octopussy. Maud Adams is definitely a Swedish valkyrie. Then there was the famous zero-g scene at the end of Moonraker with Holly Goodhead (a great name for a Bond girl if there was one). On a 1-10 scale of feminine beauty, Lois Chiles rates at least an 11. Yummy...:-)

I must admit, Ian Fleming had some wonderful names for the women in his Bond novels. And casting of many of the actresses for those roles was spot on.

Casting for the villains has also been good. Though frankly I just didn’t see Donald Pleasence (’You Only Live Twice’) or Telly Savalas (come on Kojak -’On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’) as Blofeld. They should have hired back the other guy from ‘Thunderball’ or ‘From Russia With Love’.

Always loved British humor and comedy, I agree with you call on Moore. It was tough to ‘choose’ between the two cause they were the best in different ways.

I am not overly thrilled with Craig but he’s okay. I see him more as a SMERSH/SPECTRE villain than as Bond.