James Bond - The 60s

[rhumour]

I would agree with you that Connery remains the 'Bond of choice' - always watchable, and certainly would classify myself as a fan, though not in the same way.

Where after all is the real influence upon society from the Bond films? They may be iconic, but didn't introduce new awareness or language into society, nor give the youth of the day a new perspective upon life - whereas I think it reasonable to suggest that The Beatles are acknowledged to have done all that and more. What always struck me from as early as Help! was that John in particular (and later George) was taking a much broader and more intelligent view of life than the prevailing pop music of the day, still bound for the most part into personal relationships at a boy meets girl level.

John went so much further as we know and we can only speculate upon which directions he may have taken his lyrical musings but for the delusions of one man.

Sean Connery will remain in the higher echelons of Bond actors for as long as they are made, (I'm already forgetting the names of some others, lol.) - we only have his DVD's in our Bond collection = the last one which my son owns

[Alan The Walrus]

George Lazenby was the best Bond and his films is the best; I like the novels more and Lazenby is truly Fleming's Bond (he even has the broken nose) and his film ('On Her Majesty's Secret Service') is very close to the novel.

[lennonlegend]

I agree with you, OHMSS is the best Bond movie. Connery is my favourite Bond though.

[Alan The Walrus]

Yeah, a lot of people I have met think OHMSS is the best film and Connery the best Bond; it is probably because Lazenby is only in one film. If he stayed on I think he would have been more popular (actually at the time he wasn't considered a bad Bond and fans were upset when he left...then they cast Connery again), as he had the right physique, commando training, a black belt etc...

I do like Connery in the role and he is actually Scottish like, contrary to popular belief, the Bond of the books...although I am not too sure if Bond would sound as Scottish as he does in the films. My main critique is that his films were pretty weak and gadget-laden at times.

He, Connery, had soe great films though; 'From Russia With Love' is well-made and a lot like the novel, however, it substitutes SMERSH (a real Russian counter-spy organisation...that wasn't quite around when Fleming was writing) with SPECTRE.