Sean Connery was good (obviously because he was an Aussie!
), but the Bond flicks with Pierce Brosnan were great
BECAUSE they were over the top, close enough to 'real' Bond to be good, but equally close to 'spoof' to be a load of fun, they had a subtle sense of humour and Brosnan was dead sexy in them. I saw them as an evolution away from the cold war hero scene, which the last one seemed to take us back to.
But we all see things differently.
I read all the books one holidays, when I was about 15-16, staying with my brother.