Are the James Bond books worth reading? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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I'm a big fan of the movies and I've know for a while that the character is based off a series of books, but I've never gotten around to actually picking any of them up.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

If you had to pick a specific Bond actor that was closest to the character from the novels, who would it be?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

That's a really difficult one. The book Bond is a snob in a way that doesn't really translate to the later culture in which so many of the films are set. Plus, I stopped watching the movies after Quantum of Solace - and had only been slightly interested from around Licence to Kill onwards, until Casino Royale.

If I had to say then perhaps a mix of Craig in Casino and Connery in the very early ones. Book Bond was a bit rough around the edges and definitely not dropping 'witty' one-liners all the time.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Good to know, thanks for the info

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Early Roger Moore, before he got silly.

George Lazenby was the Bond who got married, and she was subsequently murdered. Moore carries that sense of loss similarly to what happens in the books.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh I do love Moore, so that's excellent

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Woody Allen

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