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I agree, in most yes, most notably MR where he was the only decent actor in the entire lot. But he is outshined by Lee and Walken, and Kotto holds his own with him in LALD.
I'm going to agree with this thesis. I think the only time Moore was completely upstaged was by Christopher Lee. Every other movie he either is better or on equal footing with his co-stars.
I find Walkin in AVTAK to be very hammy. In some scenes he's good like when him and Bond meet. but when he shows his true colors he's just too giddy and full of the giggles. I can't take him seriously half the time. he's good but a little hammy.
Would pretty much agree. Though Walken and Lee give him a run for his money in their respective movies.
Sorry friend, but I'd have to disagree about that one. I wasn't sure I was too right about that but after seeing Lonsdale in a bit part in "Ronin", I'm more convinced than ever that he is the George Lazenby of Bond villains- even more monotone (is that even possible?), not quite as wooden, and more boring than I can tolerate.
I know you've explained your view and I know you have some logic in mind, but I've seen more than a few Walken films and I think he plays what he was given here extremely well. Not his very best, but perfect for this role. A very similar, OTT, larger than life villain much like Berkoff in OP- I feel he wanted to do Zorin the way he did and he nailed it for me, his and Gray's Dr. Frankenstein act are one of the few saving graces. By AVTAK, Sir Roger was a shell of what he once was as Bond and his part was not nearly as complex in it's demands. I always thought he was going through the motions like Connery in DAF, knowing it was his last and I didn't get the impression he wanted to make his last go-round particularly special. His recall of this time hasn't dissuaded me from that thought, his OP performance is much better although I should also mention that Berkoff really held his own and then some with Moore during their scenes and you could add him to my list of those I thought were better or on even footing.
But even an actor who merely plays himself yet does a great job in a film, is a great actor, no? I could be mistaken.
Wow, I quite enjoyed his performance in that movie. It's all good though. I can understand your frustration of his monotone delivery. He's a lot like my psychology professor from my freshman year of college. I had to drop that class because I just couldn't take it anymore!
Personally, I've never understood the whole "Moore is just playing himself" argument. There are parts of his personality in there of course but every actor incorporates that into their performance. If anything I think that you could criticize him for playing Simon Templar, especially in his earliest Bond performances.
To answer your question though, I agree with you one hundred percent. Sometimes an actor is only great at playing one type of role. The very best actors have diversity but there's nothing wrong with being able to portray that one specific kind of character if you're great at it.
Personally, I don't think so. If all you're doing is walking on set and (basically) reading the lines, you're just being yourself - and being yourself is the exact opposite of acting.
Many actors can do a 'great job in a film' simply by being themselves because they're very charismatic, have a great 'screen presence', etc. Whatever that magical something is that some people have that makes people want to watch them. Moore certainly had that. Connery had it in spades. But that doesn’t make them great actors in my book. To be a great actor you’ve got to have the ability to become someone else entirely, and not just rely on your natural magnetism. You can tell a great actor by looking at the diversity of roles they played, the range of emotions those roles required, and their ability to make you forget who they are and believe them to be the person they’re portraying. As great as Moore was as Bond, I never forget that I’m watching Roger Moore.
<font color=blue size=7><b>Bond's failure to rescue women has become a trademark of the Craig films.</b></font>
My point: in a vast array of cases, Bond was not a leading cause of why these women died. It many cases it comes down to their own bad or for lack of a better term, dangerous decisions that led to their respective demises, as unfortunate as it is. Though, Dan's era isn't really startling in body count at all. In Connery's era we saw a vast array of women from Mary Trueblood, Klebb (though deserved), Jill Masterson, Tilly Masterson, Fiona Volpe, Paula, Aki, Helga Brandt, Plenty O'Toole kick the proverbial bucket, and they were way more established than the likes of Solange, Fields or Severine by comparison.
I have to say this is a great thread. Well done to @DarthDimi for the interesting topics.
Solange - Bond caused her death by killing Dimitrios, leaving the next suspect to be Solange.
Vesper - She took her own life. Though he failed to save Vesper, Bond can't be blamed for her death.
Fields - Signed her own death warrant by tripping up Elvis on the stairs.
Severine - Bond doesn't even attempt to save her.
M - Like Solange, he might as well have killed M himself. He takes M back to Skyfall without the assistance of other 00's. Did Bond think that Silva would follow by himself?
Thesis 229: He failed to save 3 of the 5, so I am going to agree with this one. Bond should go into the funeral business, he'd make a killing.
Not entirely true. M was told to hide out and stay out of the way and as always, she refused to heed Bond's warnings. She got herself killed so disagree with you and the thesis in general. Every Bond short of Dalton has failed to protect a lady. Lazenby Bond losing his wife takes the cake in this respect.
But Bond girls dying, even if it's not necessarily Bond's fault? Yep. I've started expecting at least one bird to die per flick now.
I remember talking with some others on here about Severine (this is pre SF), and we all thought she wouldn't last the whole film.
Disagree: Death surrounds him whether your male or female. Bottom line is that he only focuses on what he has got to do.