Bond, Bourne or Hunt who's your favorite?

Films Themselves - Bond overall

As a Singular Character - Bourne - the sense of identity or loss of, remains the best 'hook' of the 3, plus the films explore his flaws more in depth than the others.

In a Fight - A 'From Russia with Love' era Bond would give Bourne a run for his money but a Craig Bond would beat Hunt but loose to Bourne.

My favourite of those 3 though is Daniel Craig's interpretation of Bond.

 

Not a fan of Cruise so that rules him and his movies out pretty easily for me.

As for Bond and Bourne;

Films -- Connery and Craig movies over the Bournes, the Bourne films over the rest.
Character -- Connery and Craig Bonds more interesting than Bourne, Bourne more interesting than the rest.
Fight -- I'd give prime (FRwL) Connery-Bond a 50 - 50 chance against Bourne. Same with Craig-Bond; he may not appear as 'technical' a fighter as Bourne but he's full-on, controlled, focused aggression. But Moore-Bond, Dalton-Bond, and Brosnan-Bond are all toast!

 

Confession: I have never watched a James Bond film.

So, my vote goes to Bourne.

 

I'm not a Tom Cruise fan and the only Bond I really like is Daniel Craig, so I'll vote Bourne.

 

Bourne could kick anyone else’s ass, even Craig’s Bond.

 

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Yea definitely one of Bourne’s strengths, the guy can make a weapon out of anything.

 

I feel like the third one should have been Bauer to keep it in the B's lol.

Bond for me.

 

This is a tough one! I really like all three characters and each of their respective franchises. Since they all have presence and the majority of their films are good, I'd probably rank them all equally, so I'll give the edge to Hunt simply because of the INSANE stuntwork that Cruise pulls off. I think Craig got a tooth knocked out in Casino Royale, but homeboy ain't got nothin' on this ****:

 

Bond, because he's just the most fun and versatile. Bourne is relatively one-note (it's odd how Bond remains interesting after 24 films, many of them fairly weak). Hunt doesn't really work unless a particular installment (Fallout, Ghost Protocol, etc) is very strong. Also, nothing in Hunt or Bourne matches From Russia With Love and Goldfinger. All IMHO, of course.

 

Ethan Hunt I find to be more of a plot device than a character in the MI movies, honestly. So it comes down to Bourne vs Bond. I love Bourne, but I do find in Jason Bourne the forced nature of his past HAVING to be an issue hurt that movie and showed me a limitation the character has in film right now. He cannot grow outside of the "haunted past is coming for him!!!" plot element. Bond is way more versatile and has shown more range to grow in his respective films. So I choose Bond.

 

James Bond for moi.

 

I'm a fan of all 3, but I gotta go with Hunt. I enjoy the MI films more than Bond and Bourne.I I've been watching a bunch of the old Bond films of late and I'm planning on watching the 4 Bourne films soon

 

Yeah Jason Bourne was kinda flat and (shudder) The Boring Legacy was terrible. Though neither can really be blamed on Damon; he brought the intensity in JB but the movie itself was just a waste. And the less said about that spin-off/sequel/cheap knockoff the better.

And Spectre was a poor attempt to bring Bond back to his goofy roots while simultaneously attempting to keep him grounded in the world that Craig’s Bond had cemented himself in. It didn’t work because both of those things just clashed terribly. Shame they wasted Bond’s most iconic villain (Blofeld) and a great actor like Waltz.

I might nominate Harry Hart and Eggsy if Kingsman: The Golden Shower hadn’t sucked so badly.

 

I've seen all of them before. Sorry, should have said "rewatch"

 

Bond, definitely. Classic character. Maybe my favorite cinematic hero. Even in the bad Bond movies he's usually fun to watch. I like Bourne too, but I always found Hunt to be somewhat flat and uninteresting. The MI movies are good because of the action and plots, not the characters.

I would also say Bond if we are just talking about the movies themselves. Yes, the quality is more inconsistent than the other two with some stinkers in there. But the best Bond movies such as From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, and Casino Royale are superior to anything in the other two franchises.

 

Bond. Bourne is a nice take on the genre, but Bond is at the top.

 

Though I do like Bourne, Bond was the original movie superhero.

Hunt is the character that made me despise Tom Cruise forever.

 

Bourne had the best movies by far. Bond is the more fun and entertaining character - but also the more inconsistent character.

Hunt is boring and generic in movies that had nothing going for them other than crazy stuntwork.

 

Damn, you guys really hate Hunt. I personally love his character. I can’t wait for the next two films. I honestly think M:I is the best action franchise right now. The last three films have been damn near perfect.