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As for the others, it’s clear that last-last scenes don’t hold up well for any of the Bonds. As much as I am a fan of The Broz DAD isn’t a pretty cringey last-last. However we just hate the LTK ending. We can never imagine any version of Bond jumping from a height into a pool to win the girl. Yes there’s the calculated risk she may have left if he isn’t quick, but we still think Bond would rather saunter down the stairs, stopping off for a vodka martini (and a possible quick one with Lupe) on the way 🤷
Worst DAD
Worst: Tough choice, as DAD is pretty awful, but I have to go with A View to a Kill. The age difference, the banter about dropping the soap, the noise Moore makes at the very end...can't do it.
I agree and I voted for it as the worst one in this round also but Tanya Roberts is actually 2 years older than Carole Bouquet whose Melina character went skinny dipping with Moore's Bond 2 films earlier in the final scene of FYEO. I wonder why no one appears to be critical of that?
A lot of people are. For me, Roger's best match was Maud Adams in Octopussy.
I think Bouquet looks older than Roberts does, and Moore looks significantly (more than four years) better in FYEO than he does in AVTAK.
DAD is the worst end to any Bond film
What do you mean by the AVTAK scene suiting the times better than DAD? I'm truly curious about what that means.
I mean that Roger's flirty behaviour with a much younger wouldn't look as bad in 1985 as it does to us now. It's easy to fall into the trap of judging the past against modern standards.
"Drat, dropped the soap."
"I'll get it."
It's like the end of every episode of The Love Boat. It's campy.
The Bondie for Best final scene as Bond goes to George Lazenby for OHMSS. This emotional scene received 19 votes.
Another final scenes to receive votes were DAF with 2 votes, and LTK with 3 votes.
The Klebbie for worst final scene as Bond goes to Roger Moore for AVTAK. This shower scene received 13 votes.
The academy also voted for Brosnan in DAD with 8 votes, and Dalton in LTK with 2. If we were including the un-official entries then NSNA received 1 vote.
Okay lets move on back to the Bondie side of the things with best Blofeld! We have had some very different portrayals of our main baddie. The bald headed heavy has been played by a few actors. Lets reward who we think has played him best!
Okay dear academy who delivered the best performance as Blofeld in the Bond series!
+1
IMO, the role of Melina Havelock (as written and acted) seems to be more “mature” than Stacy (AVTAK). However, that could be due to the revenge angle that drives the character. In addition, other than what’s implied by the double robe drops, we really don’t see Bond and Melina do anything. And in line with @generalGogol’s comment, that is about as platonic as you are going to get in a Roger Moore Bond movie!
@Echo. While Tanya Roberts did do a nude photo spread for the magazine for the October, 1982 issue (in conjunction with that year's “The Beastmaster“), I don’t really think you can label her as a “playboy model.” Even Maryam d’abo did a nude spread around the time that time TLD was released.
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Very happy to read that DAF's ending got 0 worst votes.
For this round I vote for
Anthony Dawson and Eric Pohlmann who combined as Blofeld in FRWL and TB. Under Terence Young's direction, the Dawson/Pohlmann combo provided an effectively ominous introduction to the character that sadly none of the succeeding Blofelds lived up to IMHO.
In retrospect Bond/Melina resembled Bond/Camille in QOS 27 years before the fact. It also reminded me of the usual platonic relationships Moore's The Saint had with many of his female guest stars.
Not just Moore. In the context of 1981, 0010 of the previous 0011 Bond films provided the standard happy ending of Bond ending up with the girl and in the 001 tragic one he still was with her at the sad end. It probably would've been unthinkable to not only Moore, but to EON, UA and the general movie going public to have FYEO end any other way even if it felt like Bond/Melina had a basically platonic, non-romantic alliance throughout the film with the closing love scene abruptly tacked on because it was an expected part of the formula.
So my vote is for Anthony Dawson and Eric Pohlmann who combined as Blofeld in FRWL and TB
I love the ‘?’ in the cast list at the end of the films too.
Savalas would be my second choice.
Oops, we mean
Telly would win a seen Blofeld category
2. Telly Savalas
3. Charles Gray. Big fan of his mask /copy's thing and i hope there wil use that again when there replace Waltz.
4. BB (Brother Blofeld) Waltz
5. FYEO Man in wheel chair is not Blofeld
6. Pleasence
7. NSNA
Anyway, I jest. Pleasance is the iconic Blofeld that I think of whenever anyone mentions him. But in terms of effectiveness I have always preferred Savalas, he is very charming and also a great physical presence too.