Some of the surrounding actors (Lois Maxwell, my beloved Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Barnard Lee, and Judi Dench) have outlasted Bonds, while some others (the Blofelds, the Felix Leiters) change mid-Bond. Time and time again, he defeats agents from the organization SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion), rides off with an attractive woman named after a body part, and drinks his way across the globe. The movies circle back on themselves and re-tell the stories of Bond’s archenemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld, his relationship with his boss M, his friendships with gadget-man Q and American CIA Agent Felix Leiter, and his weird dynamic with his right-hand woman Miss Moneypenny.
Sean Connery is bemused and hairy, David Niven is a daffy blowhard, George Lazenby is self-effacing and casual, Roger Moore is a blithe playboy, Timothy Dalton is one hair-trigger from going postal, Pierce Brosnan is a Shakespearean tragedian trapped a lesser series, and Daniel Craig is a stony, angry, semi-sociopathic loose cannon.
There have been seven actors to play 007 so far, and they’ve all got their unique takes on the role. But we’re going to do our level best, today. They play fast and loose with their source material, the novels and stories by Ian Fleming. They swing from hardcore action to camp to downright parody. These films are so hard to compare with one another, especially because their production has spanned six decades and many technological (and, ahem, social) innovations have arisen during that time. It’s always hard to decide on the best James Bond movie ( as those squabbling nerds from late-season Buffy can testify).
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