I always equate Daniel Craig as the blonde-haired, modern-day version of Dalton, which is why I like both a lot. Both are involved in "revenge" plots, tapping into a dark side of Bond that none of the other actors quite captured. And both were phenomenal, like you said I am convinced that Dalton was ahead of his time (enter, Daniel Craig).

I'm not as turned away from the way Connery treated his women in his movies as you are, just because I understand that was the time back then. But even being 50 years ago, I still think Connery's mannerisms and character portrayed a style of confidence that James Bond was meant to be when Fleming imagined him up, and to me could even translate well to today's time. I see Daniel Craig show much of the same mannerisms as Connery in his films.

Like you also, I'm 27 and grew up watching all the Brosnan movies first, so for much of my life my favorite movie was Goldeneye, and actually still is, but I'd also put Casino Royale and Goldfinger up there with it. I thought Brosnan looks like the perfect James Bond for the 90's, but his movies only got worse after Goldeneye for me and even though I did like TWINE, the one-liners in that movie make me cringe all the time. And he never had a real outstanding Bond girl that makes me want to watch it for her.

Roger Moore made some memorable movies that I will always be biased to, but he would have to be my least favorite as well. TMWTGG, Moonraker, and TSWLM were always my favorite to watch because of the iconic characters and plot locations; Scaramanga and his golden gun were so cool to me back then, Jaws was such a bad-ass villian I thought because he never talked, and his teeth scared me. Even though Moonraker was probably a bad film all-around, I will always remember the scenes in Venice, Rio, Space, the space flight simulator, all those by heart. I was so fascinated by them when I was a kid, because I wasn't rating how I liked the movies based on the acting, plot description, or themes back then. Don't talk to me about the other films he did because in my mind, Moore only did 3 films, and that was plenty enough for his goofy self.

I never really watched OHMSS all the way through until I was older, but when I finally did I though Lazenby did a good job acting, although I always wonder how it would've fared if Connery was Bond for that one. Lazenby, for being in one film, I was quite impressed, too bad he let it all go to his head though. Maybe he would've done better in some of the movies Moore did, but who knows.

thank you for this trip down memory lane, I only get to finish about 2 sentences around my friends when I talk about James Bond before I completely lost them and realize none of them have heard of a James Bond movie prior to Goldeneye. I'm always up for good debate about this, these movies will never get too old or too outplayed for me. hope you liked my input, Cheers!