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Bernard Lee Rankings:
1. OHMSS
2. GF
3. DN
4. FRWL
5. MR
Just wish we had got the Man from Ag and Fish scenes from the book as well.
I have to go with OHMSS
I always got a kick when Bond says, "Unusually small for a [scientific butterfly name]", and M just slowly looks up and Bond. Very nice.
His nice cold delivery of "This isn't some personal vendetta, its an assignment like any other. And if you can't treat it coldly and objectively... then 008 can replace you."..... not to mention when Bond makes a remark about the terrible brandy, which M finds good, and M replies "Colonel Smithers is giving the lecture.".... lol that's right, Bond knocked back into his place lol
I love the scene in TB where Bond argues that duval is actually dead and M blindly gives Bond the benefit of the doubt or the scenes just before where, Bond arrives late to the double 0 briefing and M's comment of, 'now that we're all here' and the scenes where he catches moneypenny referring to him as the old man and Bond tries to worm his way out of the awkward situation by noting that he thought he had a hat when he came in (which he did).
Lee had great moments in all his Bond films as M and oh yes, Bond's arrival to the office in FRWL where he throws his hat onto the hook stand and announces his next miracle only to find M and moneypenny standing behind the door looking at him, that was such a great moment of body language.
I think I'll hand it over to TB probably.
Great thread @DarthDimi.
Entry #2: Walter Gotell as General Anatol Alexis Gogol
They really shifted the tone with Gogol from film to film. Sometimes a friend, occasionally a less than hostile enemy force, but never unlikaeble. Gogol intrigues me most in OP. They gave him the chance to be our friend within the Kremlin, opposite the downright dangerous Orlov. I love the meeting, the jewellery inspection and, above all, the Orlov's demise. That scene above all is the one where Gotell truly shines as Gogol, in my opinion at least.
Ergo: OCTOPUSSY
"common thief, a disgrace to the uniform!"
I'll pick TSWLM
Just for the heck of it, I'll rank his appearances.
1. OP
2. TSWLM
3. FYEO
4. AVTAK
5. TLD
6. MR