It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
^ Back to Top
The MI6 Community is unofficial and in no way associated or linked with EON Productions, MGM, Sony Pictures, Activision or Ian Fleming Publications. Any views expressed on this website are of the individual members and do not necessarily reflect those of the Community owners. Any video or images displayed in topics on MI6 Community are embedded by users from third party sites and as such MI6 Community and its owners take no responsibility for this material.
James Bond News • James Bond Articles • James Bond Magazine
Comments
I certainly agree with that, @pachazo. Lazenby could and should have done more films, just to see him improve his acting as Bond. After all, some folks will argue that Moore and Connery didn't give their best performance as Bond in their first film either.
Agree, but to be fair to George it was his first BIG acting job.
<font color=blue size=7><b>The older Bond films (< 1990) deserved more Oscars en Oscar nominations than they actually got.</b></font>
How some of the classic 007 theme songs missed an oscar is simply beyond me, and why John Barry never got any oscar for his music in the 007 francise is a big question, like Williams for SW he has been responsible for a sound that is so recognisable that even the non-fans recognise it.
Ken Adams for his brilliant sets, MR for its special effects (which still stand up today).
The older movies have been severely short changed by a biased oscar jury.
Ye-up. The Bond films are (with some reason, I suppose, constantly over looked by serious film critics. The scores and theme songs and set designs definitely deserved it, and some of the moments in the early ones are genre-defining (I have two books on great moments in cinema and Bond is in neither. grr).
EDIT: 1,000th post, yay!
Agree. Over the whole course of the series I would say that the Bond series has broke new ground in all aspects of movie making in my opinion. I just think they have pigeon holed it and do not recognise genuine talent not just up on the screen? But what goes on behind the camera too to make it happen!
<font color=blue size=7><b>The Fleming Bond is more battle-scarred than the average movie Bond.</b></font>
Fleming's Bond often seemed like an agent who had just enough energy left for one last mission and was perputually running on fumes.
And to answer @royale65's question about the oscar wins for the last thesis Camelot Won Best Art Direction, Original song went to Dr. Dolittle and Score to Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Very much so, agreed.
Certainly, with the exceptions of Dalton, Craig, Brosnan at time, and Lazenby in the hypothetical sequel to OHMSS of which we were robbed.
<font color=blue size=7><b>Re-casting Bond every few films is essential in keeping the franchise interesting.</b></font>
This is about the most obvious one yet. Of course it does, what other option is there? Certainly Connery can't be Bond at age 83, so the options are to end the series after an actor wears out his welcome or recast the role.
<font color=blue size=7><b>The tragedy of death was undersold most in the Connery film.</b></font>