Over the last 3 months, I have been watching the entire James Bond collection, in chronological order. It’s been hard, it’s been long, but gosh it’s been good !! ;)
This morning, a colleague asked me the decisive question: which one is my preferred James Bond. Tough questio!
So here is a list (chronological order) of the James Bond I loved the most:
- You Only Live Twice - Sean Connery, 1967
- On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - George Lazenby, 1969
- The Living Daylights - Timothy Dalton, 1987
- Casino Royale - Daniel Craig, 2006
+ - Never Say Never Again - Sean Connery, 1983
Two funny anecdotes about Bond #6, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969):
- Did you know that initially, Timothy Dalton was offered the role? He refused saying too young. His first role as Bond would only be 18 years later, in 1987…
- The role then went to Lazenby. He was offered a contract for seven movies, but was convinced by his agent Ronan O’Rahilly that James Bond would become old-fashioned and obsolete by the 70’s … so he quit after his one and only Bond role.
As a real James Bond geek, I gathered some other stats on James Bond movies.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the Top 5 is held by Dr. No (98%), From Russia With Love (97%), Goldfinger (96%), Casion Royale (94%) and Thunderball (90%). 4 out of the 5 are Sean Connery movies.
On IMDB, the highest score goes to Casino Royale (8/10), followed by Goldfinger (7.90/10), From Russia With Love (7.5/10), Dr. No (7.3/10) and The Spy Who Loved Me (7.1/10). Sean Connery is in 3 out of the 5, Roger Moore is in the 5th one.
Click here to see the whole list in PDF: James Bond movies - Reviews on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes
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