But more s do not make things merrier -- or better. Variety called this version of Casino Royale "a film of astounding sloppiness" and "an insult to the Bond name. This is one of the two noncanonical, non-Eon films in our rundown. And for Bond completists -- sorry, we're not including the television production of Casino Royale, which portrayed our hero as Jimmy Bond, and an American to boot. The first of the four Pierce Brosnan Bond movies in this list gets credit for giving Michelle Yeoh an early Hollywood showcase -- but for little else.
According to Salon's Charles Taylor, this movie "scores zero in suspense, wit or class. When averaged, Brosnan's four James Bond movies post a That's on par with, but on the low end of, the other films of the Brosnan era. Critics are kinder, if still cool, to Roger Moore's fifth adventure. In the Chicago Sun-Times, critic Roger Ebert wrote that the film "is a competent James Bond thriller …[b]ut it's no more than that.
Nominated for a franchise-best three Oscars, this Roger Moore adventure nonetheless rated mixed reviews from critics. Roger Moore's first James Bond movie is, well, another middling effort -- at least per the critics.
In retrospect, this film may have suffered by comparison with the just-concluded Sean Connery era. The final Pierce Brosnan James Bond film may have introduced the invisible car, but critics think of this film as a retread, not an innovator. This film is the third Pierce Brosnan James Bond film. It co-stars Robert Carlyle as the villain Renard, who feels no pain; Sophie Marceau as the strikingly conflicted Elektra King; and Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist.
The second -- and final -- James Bond movie of the Timothy Dalton era gets good marks as an action movie, but not necessarily as a movie. Louis Post-Dispatch's Joe Pollack wrote of this entry. To date, this film is the worst-reviewed of the Daniel Craig era.
On the whole, the Craig-led Bond films boast a Metascore average of On the other hand, the film is the lowest-grossing James Bond film starring Daniel Craig.
The lowest-ranked Sean Connery film in this rundown is the Scotsman's sixth Bond project -- and the last one that the iconic star made before taking a year hiatus. According to critics, Diamonds Are Forever was evidence of a franchise in need of new blood. The New Yorker's Pauline Kael called the film an "unimaginative Bond picture that is often noisy when it means to be exciting.
Kidd and Mr. Wint, respectively. This Daniel Craig adventure is "filled with big sets, big stunts, and what ought to be big moments," Matt Zoller Seitz noted for RogerEbert. Spectre co-stars Christoph Waltz in a new take on the old reliable Bond villain Blofeld, with Ralph Fiennes taking over as M, and like Skyfall, delves deeper into Bond's origin story. This Timothy Dalton entry, the first of his two turns as James Bond, wins points from critics for not being a Roger Moore entry.
This film, which marks George Lazenby's lone outing as James Bond , is a pretty good entry, per critics. While the New Yorker's Pauline Kael found its star "quite a dull fellow," she called the movie "exciting.
This entry marks Sean Connery's fifth outing as James Bond. The film is nonetheless influential: Its cat-petting iteration of Blofeld played by Donald Pleasence , complete with villain's hideaway in a volcano, inspired the Austin Powers franchise's Dr. And that is what Moore's Bond was best known for. In his seven-film run, Moore went to space, fought off a pack of crocodiles, and defused a nuclear bomb.
And while Moore's Bond was charismatic and entertaining, there was rarely any substance to what he said, and there was even less plot to hold together all the big-budget stunts. And for this reason, Moore's seven films don't make for great rewatching.
The sole reason Timothy Dalton is not at the top of this list is that he portrayed Bond only twice, but this wasn't due to bad ratings or box-office numbers. His films "The Living Daylights" and "Licence to Kill" are two of the most beloved Bond films and Dalton's dark and often serious take on is widely considered the most accurate interpretation of Ian Fleming's books.
You can identify with the James Bond of the books. He's a tarnished man, really. I wanted to capture that occasional sense of vulnerability and I wanted to capture the spirit of Ian Fleming. As many people have stated before, Dalton's grounding of Bond paved the way for the franchise's most profitable period of releases with Daniel Craig's Dalton's tenure, however, was cut short due to complex legal wrangling between the film's producers MGM and Eon Productions, which halted production until , when his contract expired.
Sean Connery had a legendary acting career that spanned over 50 movies and included appearances in some of Hollywood's most iconic movies such as 's "Marnie," 's "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," and 's "The Untouchables," for which he won a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award.
But when he died last year, he was best remembered as the first Despite Fleming's reservations, Connery played the secret agent in seven films from to , and his version is remembered as not only the coolest in the franchise but one of the coolest characters in cinematic history.
Connery's powers as came from his own charisma. Who will be the next James Bond? The first actor to play Bond in a film with Dr No in , Sean Connery remains the favourite of many fans despite his casting initially being opposed by Ian Fleming, who created the character. Connery also appeared in the likes of Highlander , The Hunt for Red October and The Untouchables in a glittering career before his death last year aged At just 29 he was the youngest star to take the part, and the Australian former model had only performed in commercials up to that point.
Roger Moore appeared in more of the Eon-produced films than other Bond actor, and was known for being perhaps the most debonair and overtly sophisticated Bond. After taking a five-year break from the screen, Moore continued to appear in films and TV until he died in
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