Just goes to show opinions are like ...opinions.

Fleeting glances at my initial contact with the James Bond character - hairily played by Connery, it reminded me of a monkey in a tuxedo - his patronizing slaps to women's bikini-ed behinds as they wiggled by... put me off Bond films for a long time, until...

Pierce Brosnan came as close to emulating the debonnaire, confident, and culturally sophisticated character James Bond has come to represent over the years as any actor could.

Needless to say my interest in the Bond persona has waned recently.