Bond, James Bond

Sean Connery	George Lazenby	Roger Moore
Timothy Dalton	Pierce Brosnan	Daniel Craig

Year James Bond Title 1962 Sean Connery Dr. No 1963 Sean Connery From Russia With Love 1964 Sean Connery Goldfinger 1965 Sean Connery Thunderball 1967 David Niven Casino Royale (spoof) 1967 Sean Connery You Only Live Twice 1969 George Lazenby On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 1971 Sean Connery Diamonds Are Forever 1973 Roger Moore Live and Let Die 1974 Roger Moore The Man with the Golden Gun 1977 Roger Moore The Spy Who Loved Me 1979 Roger Moore Moonraker 1981 Roger Moore For Your Eyes Only 1983 Roger Moore Octopussy 1985 Roger Moore A View to a Kill 1987 Timothy Dalton The Living Daylights 1989 Timothy Dalton Licence to Kill 1995 Pierce Brosnan GoldenEye 1997 Pierce Brosnan Tomorrow Never Dies 1999 Pierce Brosnan The World Is Not Enough 2002 Pierce Brosnan Die Another Day 2006 Daniel Craig Casino Royale

James Bond is an English institution, and probably the single greatest money-maker for the British movie industry ever. In fact, as a franchise, it’s ranked in the highest grossing movie franchises of all time:

1. Star Wars ($3.53 billion)
2. James Bond ($3.33 billion)
3. Rocky ($1.75 billion)
4. Jaws ($1.31 billion)
5. Star Trek ($1.25 billion)
6. Lord of the Rings ($1.20 billion)
7. Indiana Jones ($1.16 billion)
8. The Exorcist ($1.07 billion)
9. Batman ($993 million)
10. Jurassic Park ($958 million)

Everyone has their favourite “Bond” - Pierce Brosnan, with Sean Connery as a close second for me - so it will be interesting to see how the new guy shapes up in the role. Has anyone seen anything that he’s been in and what’re your opinions of (a) your favourite Bond and (b) how Daniel Craig will perform in the role.

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