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384602, great suggestion.
Posted by eldealo, Wed Jul-09-08 09:20 AM
>meaning, watch the Sean Connery ones first. He was the first
>Bond ( George Lazenby doesn't count), and most would agree
>that he was the best.

that is how my dad really introduced me to the character. before that, i had just seen a few flicks here and there as a kid. but pops laid out all of the ways that these movies changed cinema at the time. sean really made me understand what was so cool about the character.

to be fair with george, he did have the impossible task of following sean.

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>Then watch the Roger Moore Joints. He was a fairly decent
>bond, and the majority of his Bond flicks are tolerable.
>There's a few eye rolling moments, though.

i've come to appreciate moore's comedic side. there are many moments where it just works. but a lot of other moments where the movies just took real nose-dive.

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>
>HERE'S where the wheels come off. Timothy Dalton wasn't too
>bad as Bond, but the plots started to get REALLY hokey.

i think dalton is severely underrated.

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>Pierce Brosnan was GREAT as James Bond. But the plots are
>AWFUL. They just camouflaged the bullshit with Product
>placement, shiny gadgets and BIG explosions. That Halle Berry
>shit almost made me swear off Bond films.
>
>"Who sent you?"
>"ya Mama..."
>
>WHAT?!?!?!

i agree! goldeneye excluded.

>
>Everybody shits on "Casino Royale", but IMO, it was a pretty
>good re-start to the franchise. I'm not really sold on Daniel
>Craig yet, but I'll wait until the next one.
>
>
>Just watch them either in order, or by preference of whichever
>Bond you like.
>
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