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Love him in LALD but I feel like TMWTGG is probably him at his worst. Not his fault though, it's the script. They did a great job in distinguishing him from Connery in LALD, and giving him a script that played to his strengths and let him really define his take on the character, then in TMWTGG they have him in a number of rugged, darker more Connery esque moments which not only clash with his take on the character but also with the ridiculous campy tone of the film. I think Moore himself seemed uncomfortable in these moments too, he's said before he didn't like them and it shows.
For me he's at his best in LALD, TSWLM, and OP. Still young enough to be plausible, very confident in his potrayal and given a great script that plays to his strengths. He's good in FYEO too but I find the script there quite forgettable so I have trouble recalling stand out moments like I do in the other three (the one that's often bought up, the car kick, just doesn't suit him imo much like the TMWTGG scenes I mentioned). And in Moonraker he seems a bit too smug at times, but he does have some great moments ("a woman?" gets a laugh out of me). In AVTAK he's good, I like his interactions with Tibbet in particular, but he's just too old to be plausible in the role anymore sadly.
As for TSWLM, it's top five for me. The way I've always put it is this: Goldfinger invented the formula, TSWLM perfected it. It's the perfect Bond blockbuster. They really went all out, it's iconic, clever, original, fun, and as well as being such a great epic Bond film also has a number of moments of genuine depth. I love it, definitely Moore's best for me.
Other performances as 007 ( I also enjoyed TSWLM & MR ) ;)
This reminds me of my last watch of LALD. While it's one of the best non-Barry scores, it feel too repetitive and silent at times
Scary or menacing at all. A comedy relief in MR.
He was a joke in MR no doubt, but I prefer to think of that as a different character. A parody.
I don't see this as controversial, just very accurate. However, a lot of people on here think it's a near-masterpiece so in that sense it is perhaps controversial.
I thought it then became progressively more organized as it went on.
I believe it actually was intended to mirror Bond's state of mind during the film - namely confusion, intensity & anger at the start, which then continued to resolution (solace) and calm at the end.
It wasn't perfectly executed by any means, but I thought it was creatively interesting.
I just gave it an independent watch and... I confess it has its' many problems and it is by no means a favourite of mine, but... I... liked it. I enjoyed watching it... that f@#$ing gunbarrel aside! I think it is a decent enough film. Shoot me.
All of these non-Bondathon viewings of films I normally only watch IN a Bondathon have been somewhat revelatory for me.
His good twin brother Joss.
A perfect description of QoS if I've ever heard one.
I'm surprised so many feel this way. Don't we prefer the actors to give their own take on the role? I prefer to watch Roger Moore doing what he's best at, playing his Bond, rather than the sub par Connery impression he does in certain scenes of TMWTGG (interrogating Anders being the worst offender). Isn't the whole reason that Brosnan gets so much stick on here because he was too similar to his predecessors?
Hear, hear.
His TMWTGG characterization is on occasion (Lazar, Anders, Goodnight) tougher and more of a b@$t@rd than anything Connery did, while still retaining Moore's trademark smooth humour & charm. I'd liken it, ironically, more to Brosnan's Andy Osnard from TOP, but the latter is a little 'over the edge' in comparison to Bond.
It's a very difficult thing to pull off, and I think Moore did it admirably, but in a different way to Connery.
I think EON were wrong to back away from this approach. I don't think that was why TMWTGG didn't do as well. Rather, I believe it was more the hurried & sparse script, which really isn't all that.
Until he drops a rock on his foot like a clown!
Agreed. But yes the gunbarrel needs to be at the beginning and the walk is too fast!
Jeez - Connery choked a woman with their own bikini top in DAF, threatened to break a woman's arm in Dr No and in the same film shot a fatally wounded man in the back. Seems harsher than Moore was in MWTGG.
-A Mission Focus does not explain everything; especially in the wake of all the things that was going on at the same time. ..!
Why do you always write in riddles?