I thought Dr. No followed the book quite faithfully, including the scene of Bond barfing after nearly being stung by the scorpion in bed. From Russia With Love took a few liberties, but they didn't want the Commies to be the bad guys anymore so they changed a few things. Goldfinger took even more liberties, but the basic plot was still there. Same with Thunderball.
I hated that Casino Royale updated the story, since my preference would be the 1950s Cold-War story of the original, but since that's not going to happen, I was just glad that they had the basic story in there. I even liked the idea of his crash being due to the girl herself rather than caltrops on the road.
The funny thing is that On Her Majesty's Secret Service was probably more faithful to the book than any of them, and it also gets my vote for the worst of them all. Its only redeeming feature was Diana Rigg.
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