What was James bonds personality like?

Answer 1

The question is: which James Bond? Ian Flemming's Bond was rather rough and tumble, coming up from the streets. Rather a bad boy, he was always on edge and rather paranoid.

Sean Connery's Bond was suave and sophisticated, with just the barest touch of humour about him.

Roger Moore's Bond was the Saint revisited, going more for humour and trading on his good looks than anything more sinister.

Lazenby's Bond was closest to the original author's Bond. Although his movie is pretty much panned as far as Bond movies go, it was probably closest to the original.

Timothy Dalton's performance I thought was epic Bond, but most people didn't go for it -- Dalton captured the dangerous side of Bond, the slightly out-of-control and streetfighter version that is portrayed in Fleming's work.

Pierce Brosnan is the beginning of the modern Bonds, taking on more of the subsequent authors' style, most often John Gardner's. Although I enjoyed him as Bond, it was always a bit hard to get Remington Steele out of my head.

Daniel Craig is a return for me to the original Bond again. His Bond is a menace, out of control, untameable, unstoppable. M has this love/hate relationship with Bond. She hates him for his wildness, but loves him for his ability to get the job done.

Also, between us, let's never mention David Niven's Bond.