Monday, September 28, 2009

100 Greatest Movie Characters: 9

"The name's Bond. James Bond"

9. James Bond
Dr. No


Its safe to say that with all the Bond incarnations over 40 years, it's hard to pick just one Bond. I mean, each one obviously has his own appeal and hahahahaha no fuck that the best is Sean Connery.

The classic Bond, Connery's performance will forever be the Bond that is judged upon all others. The quintessence of the suave British spirit (even if he's played by a Scotsman), Bond could be as campy as he wants to be and still come off looking like the smoothest motherfucker. The greatest secret agent (although he always seems to get caught at least once), Bond is backed by an aresenal of cool gadgets including guns shaped like pens, pens shaped like guns, invisible cars, and I'm guessing some other things that are cheesy and cool.

A debonair jet-setting womanizer, Bond will never pass up and opportunity to get laid unless it completely stands in the way of his job of defeating international criminals like Auric Goldfinger or Ernst Blofeld.

James Bond is cooler and better than you or I will ever be. Even if he can't pronounce his S's correctly.

Defining moment: Taking off his wetsuit to reveal he's still in a tuxedo. Thinking it was awesome as a child and laughing at how fucking stupid it is today.

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