Jaws named as greatest Bond character

[007]

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Jaws named as greatest Bond character

Jaws has been named as the best ever James Bond character in a poll of nearly 5,000 film fans.

The stainless-steel-mouthed villain was played by Richard Kiel in both The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. Q, played by Desmond Llewellyn and John Cleese, came second in the HMV and getcloser.com poll - which excluded James Bond himself.

A spokesman for the DVD retailer said: "We all have our favourite Bond characters, but you can see why so many of us go for Jaws. Aside from his incredible physical presence, he's got a great name and gimmick, and his stainless steel teeth are so wonderfully villainous.

"Ultimately, however, I think we like him because in the end he turns good guy."

Third place went to Harold Sakata's Oddjob, followed by M in fourth and M's personal assistant Miss Moneypenny in fifth.

In separate surveys, Sean Connery's portrayal of 007 was named as the best, while Paul McCartney and Wings's 'Live And Let Die' was voted the greatest Bond theme

[Kristatos]

But...but...people don't want larger than life villains any more. They want effeminate, whey-faced nonentities. EON told us so.

[katied]

But...but...people don't want larger than life villains any more. They want effeminate, whey-faced nonentities. EON told us so.

Basically yes. As I said on another thread, the recent Bond villains are nowhere near as bad a*ss as the ones from back in the day

[doubleoLisa]

Love Jaws! He is so scary and so fun to watch!
Well deserved 1st place he is who I think of when I think about Bond

[carl stromberg]

It's nice to see fans still enjoy the tradional elements. Let's hope Craig buggers off soon and the films can get back to normal!

[The Sweeney]

I think Jaws was a decent character in TSWLM, but in MR they ballsed it up, especially with that shameful scene of him falling in love with the girl, glinting light on teeth an' all, and then turning good. This is when Bond films became a total p!ss take.

[Kristatos]

I think Jaws was a decent character in TSWLM, but in MR they ballsed it up, especially with that shameful scene of him falling in love with the girl, glinting light on teeth an' all, and then turning good. This is when Bond films became a total p!ss take.

I agree with this. He was genuinely menacing in TSWLM, but MR turned him into Wile E. Coyote. Sadly (I say sadly because he's supposedly such a nice bloke), it sounds like Richard Kiel is largely to blame for this. His desire to humanise what could have been basically a "monster role" (his words) led him too far in the wrong direction. It worked well in TSWLM, but there was a touch of sequelitis about MR, a calculated attempt to capitalise on the elements that made him popular in the first place which ends up backfiring.