re: UPDATE II| OP: A few questions for James Bond fans

The Connery Bond films are a lot like the Brosnan ones, just with less over the top explosions, and more witty dialogue (still lots of double-entendres and flirty puns).

Hallmarks of the Bond franchise before Craig:
1. Bond bangs every woman he meets, usually through quality pun-manship and being the smoothest man alive

2. Campy, over-the top villain with an overly complicated plan for world domination

3. Campy, over-the top henchman who works for the villain.

4. One of Bond’s sexual conquests works for the bad guy either willingly or against her will.

5. Bond escapes capture through gadget shenanigans and pithy one-liners

6. Nothing is ever taken too seriously, and it’s all for fun.

7. Even the bad ones are fun.

8. Early bonds are all about subtle dialogue and the occasional hidden silenced pistol or sleeper hold. Later Bond movies are all about elaborate chase sequences and dazzling (but now dated) effects.