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he tires me out in the sense that when I read his name I'll skip his writing and continue to the next person on the thread. Don't feel the need to discuss anything with him concerning 007
You are absolutely right about Goldfinger's death. I liked Celli more than you did, thought he was a good villain.
In all honesty, there's so many issues with Dr No I really don't know where to begin.
My point is I can be objective about the stuff I like, just like I can state that there's a gag in a Moore film that I like, is it TSWLM, where there's a guy hanging from Bond's tie and he karate chops down and the guy falls to his death? They resorted to a similar gag in QoS.
The one I didn't understand was AVTAK. It seemed with FYEO and OP there were screentests for new Bonds, but with AVTAK, I never saw any screentest or debating whether Rog would be back. It was almost like the producers said Ok, we beat McClory and now lets give Rog a proper swan song and give him the 7th Bond to beat Connery before starting fresh.
It was indeed TSWLM, 'What a helpful chap.' I like Celli too, just found the death scene a little over-acted, it was in response to your comment on Kananga - who was played brilliantly by Kotto imo. The bit where he loses it, having revealed himself, is brilliant.
Apologies. Will do.
He more than just reports for duty. Roger Moore has essentially become the patron saint (no pun intended) of the Bond franchise and has been for decades now. He was the only former Bond to be a consistent presence in the special edition dvd special features (even for films he didn't star in), he still does press for Bond films 30 years after he retired, and he never has anything but a positive attitude and nice things to say about everyone else to have worked in the Bond franchise. I wish Hollywood had more people who handle themselves with the grace, dignity, loyalty, and class of SIr Rog.
Sean Connery might be considered "The Man" when it comes to Bond but Roger Moore is the series' unsung hero. Without him Bond would've died a slow death in the 70s.
Have you seen his website?every month he asks people out there to ask him a question, and he replies.
There are always the Bond questions which he always answers with grace, consideration, and wit.
There is a foreword by his good friend, director and producer, the late Bryan Forbes. The quote is "Perhaps the most amazing thing about him is that he has survived his good looks and basic niceness in a profession which hates even as it admires" - Bryan Forbes
I bought this book when I was 11 years old. That quote always stuck with me.
I'll always passionately defend Roger Moore because I've always considered him a role-model. Not just for the above mentioned reasons but for his tireless humanitarian efforts for UNISEF. He's simply a good-hearted man. Moore in Hollywood was an island of class in a sea of selfishness and egotism.
OHMSS is a strong film, but I feel it's strengths don't lie with George Lazenby.
Whenever I watch it, I long for Sean I'm afraid.
The fact is, times changed, Bond films evolved, and more than survived.
Moore played a vital part in this.
--Live And Let Die, not adjusted for inflation, was the first Bond movie whose worldwide box office exceeded Thunderball's. LALD wasn't as big a hit in the U.S. (it wouldn't be until Moonraker that a 007 movie had bigger box office than Thunderball). But LALD was a huge hit for its time.
--As late as 1972, in the John Brosnan book "James Bond in the Cinema," a frequent question was whether Bond could survive the departure of Sean Connery. The eventual answer was yes.
-- When Never Say Never Again was in production, Sean Connery had the clout to have his choice of writers (Dick Clement and Ian La Fa Frenais) revamp the script and he had the clout to have Michel LeGrand do the score. Over the years, I've read posts from Bond fans who say (in effect), "Never Say Never Again would have been great had it not been for the script and the score." Yet (and this only anecdotal) people who make such comments don't hold Connery responsible.
I have almost finished re-watching all the Moore's after having not seen them for years. When I came across the Tarzan yell in Octopussy I remembered why I hadn't watched them. But Kristina Wayborn made up for it.
Of the last three Moore, FYEO would have been the best introduction for a new Bond and the best break from what would then have been the Moore era. I always felt AVTAK was executed on automatic.
I totally agree with the last comments about the sheer determination to be the champion/standard bearer for everything to do with the series. He is indeed the consummate pro and a man to be respected if only for this among all his other good qualities - a top man.
OHMSS is such a strong picture almost anybody could have played Bond. Some of Hunt's compositions are just amazing.
Than, with all due respect, by that logic you should be saying that Peter Hunt should've directed more Bond films rather than Lazenby signing on for more, which I agree with as I loved Hunt's directorial style in OHMSS. OHMSS is a brilliant film but it almost succeeds in spite of Lazenby rather than because of him. While I don't think Lazenby is as bad as some people make him out to be, I'll admit he wasn't a very strong Bond. Personally I rank him 5th out of 6.
Still, I think he stayed too long, which somewhat hurt Dalton's tenure.
He deserved to do FYEO and OP at least.
OP may have been his best performance and maybe the best Bond movie tailored for Moore, so yes, but FYEO however good it was I always thought was conceived for a new Bond actor. It would have made for one hell of a first entry.
I don't think I worded that very well, because I think Laz was awesome in that picture, and yes, I do think that Hunt should have directed more of them, but EON wanted the Hamilton giggle fest.
Honestly, I should be harder on him than Moore, since he seemed to be at the forefront of all the 70's silliness.
At least you did not insult me.
I appreciate your position, sir :)
Roger Moore is cool!