Bonding Fifty Years Later

Townhall.com ^ | December 8, 2012 | Bill O'Reilly

[Kaslin]

I don't think anyone can beat Sean Connery as James Bond

[Travis McGee]

[Hoodat]

Connery & Lana Wood

[Perdogg]

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[Perdogg]

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[Venturer]

Let’s put it so everyone can understand it.

This guy sucks as Bond.

Even Pierce Brosnan was better and he sucked.

[rbg81]

I got dragged to see “Skyfall”, but left very impressed. The motorcycle chase scene in the beginning was epic. Nothing like that in the Connery movies—of course, the audience expectations for action scenes were a lot lower. I will agree that its more exciting when the Villian is trying to destroy the world than when he’s just trying to settle a score. On the other hand, films like “Moonraker” and “Die Another Day” raise that premise to absurdity. Both Connery and Craig are very good Bonds, but they are like apples and oranges.

The greatest Bond henchman is still “Jaws”.

[rktman]

Now this strikes close to home. When Skyfall came out, the CFO (who is younger than I) commented about the Bond history and we found a 20 DVD set on ebay about 2 months ago for 25 bucks and have been going through the set slowly but surely from Dr. No onward. It’s pretty interesting to see the advance of tech and filming advances as you move along. I don’t recall Roger Morre smoking in his time as Bond but maybe I missed it. Womanizing and boozing was there though. Once we figured out how to change the audio from chinese to english it made it easier to watch since we don’t speak chinese very well. (or understand) I saw Dr.No in England when it first came out since my dad was stationed there at the time. Hot stuff back then. LOL!

Share the lead.

[TexasRepublic]

There is only one James Bond.

[Thorliveshere]

I don’t recall Roger Moore smoking in his time as Bond but maybe I missed it.

Now that you mention it, I can't recall him smoking cigarettes, but I do recall him smoking a cigar, which I think he used to light a fuse.

[Neidermeyer]

The greatest Bond henchman is still “Jaws”.
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And the best bond gadget was definately “Little Nellie” , mostly because it was real and useful with ultrashort takeoff and landing capabilities.

[A_perfect_lady]

Well, I have always liked Sean Connery a great deal, but I am loving Daniel Craig as Bond. I like the brooding. I like the muscles. Maybe it’s a chick thing.

[Young Werther]

1954 Casino Royale with Barry Nelson as "Bond..James Bond!"

[A_perfect_lady]

I did LOL at this, though: In fact, Craig is a major brooder, and so is his boss, played by Judi Dench. Watching these two have a conversation is like watching Dr. Phil yell at some guy who just abandoned his family.

[Perdogg]

ICYMI - my review of Skyfall

[Future Snake Eater]

Bardem simply wants a little revenge for a past slight, a hallmark of many bloggers.

It was a tad more than a "past slight." And Bond had a good reason to be angry. Did this guy even watch the movie?

[CatherineofAragon]

"I don't think anyone can beat Sean Connery as James Bond"

As a female, I definitely second that.

[fish hawk]

Connery was the best ever, Craig , I would list as second and Roger Moore as the most unbelievable and worst Bond.

[x]

Connery's Bond was ultra-suave but amazingly politically incorrect. The guy smoked constantly, drank, gambled and womanized without remorse.

Maybe that was "politically correct" in JFK's America.

Could you really make Bond films the old way today without people thinking it was a parody?

Maybe you could have a Bond-like character but even he might be dark and brooding nowadays.

[ctdonath2]

Make sure you see the last couple minutes of that one - missing from the DVD.