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No, he's not Bond, and definitely, an American, so a big no no, he didn't looked the part, not convincing as Bond.
And Lazenby for me is the closest to Fleming's Bond (moreso than Dalton) as he's the one I've envisioned while reading some of Bond's lines and thoughts in the books: that naivety, boyish nature of his.
Sure, maybe in CR, it's Dalton, but from GF onwards, I can't help but to see Laz in my mind while reading his inner thoughts and dialogues.
An unpopular opinion perhaps but Tony Curtis should've been Felix Leiter in LALD, he had shown some great chemistry with Moore in The Persuaders, they had great banter, I think that kinship could've been carried on in LALD.
David Hedison had no chemistry with Moore whatsoever, he had more chemistry with Dalton in LTK.
I think that role could've helped Curtis too as by that time, his career had faded out and he was barely getting any roles that he had the time to do drugs.
He could have been Peter Franks, though I'm not sure he would have fought as well in the elevator. ;-)
"The stiff... *ahem* deceased back there. Your brother, Mr. Franks?"
"I got a brudda."
I love that moment! Lawrence and Connery give such a memorable facial expression while Haig looks like a simpleton. :-D
It's my favorite Bond film, so I don't find it boring, either. The first third is a bit slow but I find it enjoyable for the Hitchcockian absurdity. TB is also where Connery peaked as Bond, IMO, and combined all the elements of his previous performances.
DN: Bond is lethal but not that suave or humorous, and also a bit hotheaded- more of a typical 50s/60s tough guy
FRWL: lethal, still not that humorous, but far less hotheaded and more suave and businesslike- more like Fleming's character
GF: suave but not as lethal as before, and much more sarcastic and humorous- the start of the popular image of Bond
TB: lethal, suave, and humorous all at once- Connery's definitive performance as Bond
That said, I don't think any Bond film is boring.
I love TB's underwater sequences the way I love Barry Lyndon.
Interesting, I have the opposite reaction to those: LALD is one of the few times I buy that Bond and Felix are actually friends, and I don’t really include LTK in that from the time they spend onscreen together. Hedison is nicely charismatic, but he and Dalton don’t feel like they have much in common to me.
Still want to see that Best Man speech.
I think John Terry could've been a really good Felix if he'd actually had something to work with, and he should've come back for LTK even though I really like Hedison in the role.