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- Mar 31, 2023
Man with the Golden Gun was the first real Bond I watched (A View to a Kill doesn't count, that was old man pantomime where Christopher Walken was somehow the most subtle actor) so it's my favorite, but it also means that because I saw Roger Moore first I don't see Connery as Bond like everyone else does.When Connery left the Bond franchise, people actually wondered if Connery's career as an actor was over.
I'll forgive him Diamonds are Forever, since I don't think anything in the series touched Connery's work, with the possible exception of Man With the Golden Gun. I wonder if having an honest-to-God retired British commando on set had anything to do with it.
Admittedly, it has less to do with the actors than we usually realize.
And yes to whoever said Dalton was a boss-ass Bond.