Roger Moore as James Bond.

When I was a kid I thought he was good. Seeing those films now, makes me understand why I was never recruited by Barry Norman.

Still like Moore though. He's with Phil now, let's leave it there.
 
The genre is not supposed to be a comedy. Moore made it so.

The only comedy Bond film was the original Casino Royale, with David Niven, Peter Sellers and Woody Allen.

That was good.
I`m sure flemming was quoted as saying he wrote Bond as "tongue in cheek"
 
Every film has been an insult to Fleming.

I can see your point. I actually quite like Bond films, pretty easy entertainment (but then I like Carry On films too so I’m hardly a connoisseur) but the books are on a completely different level. I always liked Goldfinger the film, but when you’ve read the book you can see the ‘dumbing down’ to put it on the big screen.
 
Not sure about him as best Bond but he seems like he was a decent person. I loved the story that came out just after he died about meeting the child at the airport. Well worth googling if you want something to give you a nice warm feeling

Took your advice and googled it. Absolutely brilliant.
 
I grew up with Roger Moore as Bond and his films remain my favourite to this day - cheesy, naff, corny one liners, unbelievable gadgets and Sir Rog banging women (Barbara Bach stands out) that he had no right to bang!

The Spy Who Loved Me is my favourite of them all with the beautiful Bach and Richard Kiel as Jaws being my favourite henchman though sadly they turned him into a loved up buffoon in Moonraker.

I like all of the actors for different reasons, Dalton I think was very underrated and unlucky to only get 2 films especially as Moore played the role for too long and his final couple he was way too old and the films became Carry On - the Tennis sequence in Octopussy as he sprays tennis balls from a tuk tuk while the people on the street look left and right?

Craig has been very good, better than I expected though I would like Bond to be more light hearted but that doesn't appeal to modern day audiences I guess so they have headed down the Bourne route.

I will forever rue the fact that they never gave Lewis Collins the role when he auditioned, a decision akin to Brian Clough not getting the England job. He would have been ideal in my opinion, proper tough action man with a glint in his eye and an eye for humour.

Going forward, who will succeed the role from DC? I would like to see a modern day Jaws with Indian wrestler Khali taking the role, same size and similar in appearance to the original Jaws.

Last word on Moore: couldn't help but like the bloke. Whenever I saw him interviewed he was always impeccably smart but unexpectedly self-effacing, loved mocking himself and his acting, never took himself too seriously and was a true star
 
Craig isn’t far behind but Moore is still my favourite. Sky fall is a great bond movie but Live and let die is still the best bond for me
 
Just gave my 6yr old son his first taste of Bond with Moonraker. We were both in stitches. Dreadfull, zero story just one daft set piece after another. But worth it just to see my son laugh his heart out. Still better than Quantum of Shite though.
 

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