FRwL

Connery aka Thunderthighs
Lazenby aka Tooth Gap
Moore aka The Eyebrow
Dalton aka Dracula
Brosnan aka Eddie Munster
Craig aka Putin

Let the games begin!

I'm going with Moore.

Supermallet

Connery, obvo. Although Moore has creeped up my list, from last to third (second would be Craig).

islandclaws

Connery, but I did really enjoy Dalton's take. Licence to Kill is a slick revenge flick.

Worst: Brosnan.

PenguinJoe

This will never happen but Idris Elba would make a good James Bond.

Supermallet

Elba would be a kickass Bond.

Preterite

Back when Brosnan first talked about quitting, I was hoping Colin Salmon would get the nod.

Groucho

I've never thought of that, but this is spot on. Would love to see him get consideration if/when Craig leaves the role.

As for the poll, I like 'em all but voted Connery.

Ky-Fi

I don't dislike any of them, but I find Moore's movies to be the most entertaining. I'm sure some of that is nostalgia, as he's the one I grew up with.

fumanstan

I'm weird, but I like Daniel Craig probably since I never paid attention to Bond movies until seeing Casino Royale. I went back and watched the old ones that are available on Blu and I like Connery, didn't like Moore, and Brosnan is ok. I'm 29, so Brosnan was the guy I was most familiar with as the character.

Hokeyboy

For From Russia, With Love alone... Connery.

E Unit

This would be the corrct answer.

Inspiring. I am definitely recommending you be promoted. Would I love to see Elba do Bond. Or maybe more realistically seeing him try to take Bond down.

Hokeyboy

What about Luis Guzman?

J. Farley

Dalton. License to Kill is probably my favorite Bond film overall.

Hokeyboy

I liked Dalton but I thought The Living Daylights >>> License To Kill.

JumpCutz

Connery
Craig
Dalton
Moore
Lazenby
Brosnan

Supermallet

I like Licence To Kill but neither of the Dalton Bonds feel right to me. Like they're imitation Bond films or something. It's weird because I love Timothy Dalton, but he never quite gelled as Bond in my eyes.

B.A.

Yep.

E Unit

Doh, Penginjoe deserves the promotion, not Supermallet for the Elba idea.

Michael Corvin

Connery is the easy answer.

I'll go against the grain and say Brosnan as #2. Unfortunately he was saddled with terrible movies.

asianxcore

Connery

B5Erik

Timothy Dalton.

I love Connery, Moore was fun at times, Brosnan had his moments as well (he was a natural in the role), Lazenby wasn't bad (and could have become much better), and Craig has done a good job so far, but Dalton just nailed it.

He went back and re-read all the Fleming Bond novels prior to filming The Living Daylights, and it showed.

I just wish that he could have done one or two more. Licence To Kill is one of my favorite Bond movies (right up there with Dr. No and From Russia With Love), and I love The Living Daylights. Those movies really were the precursor to the Craig era. The problem was that Dalton followed Moore, not Connery. Bond fans had grown so accustomed to the wisecracking, softer Bond of Roger Moore that Dalton's tougher, more literary approach came as a shock to the system and a lot of people just weren't ready for it.

milo bloom

Same here. I seem to recall ABC would run Moore's flicks as the Sunday Night Movie all the time, and my dad would always watch them.

I have a soft spot for Tomorrow Never Dies as that was my first DVD, and Craig's Casion Royale was just incredible.

Jaymole

Connery by far.

I like Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig. Not a big fan of Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan.

OHMSS was the first Bond film I ever saw so i have a nostalgic fondness for George Lazenby...especially as it was only years later that I found out it wasn't Connery in the film.

arminius

Sean Connery, I read a bunch of the books right after I saw Dr. No. He had the ruthlessness of Bond down perfect.

Shannon Nutt

Agree on Dalton, although The Living Daylights is actually MY favorite Bond flick overall.