[Faceman]

...and second things not to be forgotten

IMHO "From Russia with Love" was among the best Bonds if not THE best ever.
The early Connery's were great, producing classics like FRWL or Goldfinger but his comeback in Diamonds is indeed pitiful. Not because it's a bad movie but because it doesn't suit him.
Connery's Bond (and Lazenby copied that in his one appearance) was a tough but elegant guy with a rather cynical humor. Roger Moore's bond is far more comedy and so is Diamonds are forever although it's with Connery.

I didn't think the series was going down until "Die another Day". Goldeneye gave Bond-fans great hope of return to the old values: witty action and classy ambience to tell the story.
But while "The World is not enough" was also a remarkable movie among the new ones "Tomorrow never dies" and "Die another Day" were totally Bond-unlike mindless action movies.
Anybody seen "Johhny English"? (not a great movie I know)
The chase with the DB12 on the tow car was far more Bond than the ridiculous chase on the ice lake filled with rockets and MGs for Die another Day.

[ 08-09-2003, 04:37 PM: Message edited by: Faceman ]