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Why do you have to bash Laz everytime? Some people on here hold him in very high regard. I find your comment very offensive.
Only joking!
About being offended, I mean.
And actually I wrote what is true for me. I do value all the Bond actors very much except him.
Agreed. I may be wrong but it seems to me that all on the back burner right now anyway.
I am thinking of his looks. Dark hair, blue eyes, cruel mouth, athletic build. I am sure he can pull off the rest as well given the right script.
You mean "-1 to all Bond actors, except for Brosnan, as he's my favorite,' right?
Is that your dislike of Brosnan diminishing by 2 points?
Well said.
Now how about that George? How underrated isn t he?
Yes. I hate those terms in general. In my view they are used so much, because people rather say somebody or something is underrated or overrated when they disagree with others in order to give their opinion more "objective" weight and value; their opinion seemingly becomes a more general statement and sounds fancier than just saying they disagree with others - which makes their opinion sound just theirs (which it is anyway, of course, no matter how it's expressed).
I totally agree, hence why I feel Laz is overrated (on here).
I disagree. I feel like Laz gets a disproportionate amount of kudos and is cut a hell of a lot of slack. He tends to get a free pass because his film is a classic.
Yes, Fassbender in the role would most likely mean doing something different than traditional Bond. Wasn't there an article containing an interview with Fassbender linked somewhere in this thread? I swear that he said that he wanted to do a film with flashbacks to a younger Bond. If that's the case, I can't say I'd be thrilled to see them go in that direction.
No, he said he wanted to go to Bond's roots as military personnel, which sounds pretty interesting if you ask me.
Okay, that's right. I looked up the exact quote - "To be honest with you, I think they should reboot the James Bond series and go back to his origins as a soldier. I’ve got a great idea for it actually, so Barbara Broccoli (007 producer), talk to me!"
Not that they'd necessarily go with his vision. However, if we're going back to Bond's roots, wouldn't this require a young actor?
I agree. He's still massively overrated on here imo.
Don't bother Babs.
Bond was never a soldier, he was in the navy. Do your reasearch.
It's a shit idea anyway. If we set the film when Bond is in the forces he's not secret agent James Bond 007. He's just a bloke on a boat turning the wheel hard a starboard when the captain tells him to.
But no doubt P&W would think showing teen Bond meeting Franz in the Alps for the first time in flashback would be a rip snorting way to build up to their final confrontation in B25.
Overrated? Schmoverrated!
The guy just walked in off the street and blagged the biggest role in cinema. Absolute f**king legend.
And I don't believe any of the other actors could've sold the fear and vulnerability in the cliff top scene and waiting for Tracy on the ice better than Laz did.
Again, I don't disagree. But for every serendipitous moment of vulnerability you have an absolute clunker, like the moment Savalas acts him off the screen when he exposes the 'Hilly' ruse. I don't deny he was an absolute bad ass in the way he got gig, or even that he wasn't good, he definitely landed on his feet with the story they wanted to tell, but next to the rest his actual input, outside of simply turning up and accidentally getting it right here and there, is pretty poor. To listen to some people on here you'd think he was seminal. Yeah he could throw a punch, he looked good strolling around with his mouth closed and he did the rabbit in the headlights particularly well, when it was called for, but in terms of presence and charisma Brosnan makes him look like Daniel Radcliffe imo.
IMO, Lazenby makes Brosnan look like Brosnan. If you know what I mean.