samboct
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I'm probably the only guy who will pick Dalton. I've talked to a couple of women friends and their comment is that he lacks sex appeal, but he's a fine actor, and he took the role to a more serious place than Moore- who certainly played the most lighthearted Bond. I tend to like all of the Bond movies, so I'm really hard pressed to have a favorite. Note that Ian Fleming thought that David Niven should play Bond- and in Casino Royale, he got his wish. I suspect Roger may have been the closest to Flemings vision. I wasn't crazy about the books- the movies are much more fun. Daniel Craig is damn good in the role, but the movies have morphed into something much meaner and grittier. They're certainly not something you'd bring a kid to- but I saw Diamonds are Forever when it first opened at age 10 I think. My biggest grumble with the movies involves the last couple of Pierce movies- who also did a great job btw- the overuse of special effects rather than stunts. I read about the making of Live and Let Die- they put a lot of work into those stunts and I think it shows up. Tomorrow Never Dies and Die Another Day have lousy stunts. I think the role of women in making these movies memorable is underrated. I like all the guys playing Bond, but it dawns on me that the movies I really like such as Thunderball, Goldfinger, Octopussy, The Spy Who Loved Me, Never Say Never Again, and Pierce's best- the World is Not Enough- all have really striking women. Sam
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