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Worst bond ever or Lazenby is still it?


I like Daniel Craig as an actor. He was awesome in Munich. He is actually a great thug playing bond. So I don't blame him for the poor rendition of Bond in his movies. I blame the choices made in pre production, thinking they needed a new realistic Bond to rival Bourne (who's a mediocre spy character anyway) and to steer away from the hyperbolic atrocities of Die another day. But Bond is not a thug.
With that poor choice we have the worst Bond ever: he's not funny, not suave, not cool, not good at seducing nor f***ing. He's not interesting.
On the contrary, he's mean, nasty, rough, he's always one step behind the bad guys, and his spying abilities are subpar.
I think even Lazenby was a better Bond than this. At least he wasn't blonde, for f*** sake!

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They're different Bonds. Not really something to compare.

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I've never understood the hate for Lazenby. Almost everyone I know liked his performance.

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Yes, I'd agree - worst portrayal of the established film character James Bond by long margin.

Always thought Lazenby was actually a pretty good Bond. Perhaps little let down by spending too much time in the Sir Hilary Bray disguise so maybe that clouds some thoughts. As far as playing the Gentleman Spy goes though absolutely streets ahead of Craig. But then all the other actors have been.

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"worst Bond ever: he's not funny, not suave, not cool, not good at seducing nor f***ing. He's not interesting."

Couldn't agree more.

The main objection I have to him, from the first moment I saw him as Bond, is that he looks like a Russian peasant. That flat face, low brow, and short, lumpy physique.

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Russian peasant, Polish construction worker, any generic Eastern European guy pulled off the street would do just as good, or rather just as poorly, as Craig at playing the role of Bond.

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Yes, it's like casting Michael Caine, accent and all, as Stalin.

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Stalin with Caine's voice might be some of the funniest shit we'll ever see on screen.
That's pure genius man, I say somebody please produce this movie NOW!

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