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Would Connery have done OHMSS better? I'd love to say yes, because the material is better, but with the delays in the schedule brought on by the bad weather in Switzerland, Connery would have been kept waiting in the snow and not able to play a whole lot of golf, meaning he would have been pissed in this one, too. But, then again, Bond really was pissed off and frustrated in this movie, anyway. Chasing Blofeld for two years with no real victory, and then being told by M he was being taken off the assignment finally...yeah, Connery could have summoned that anger, alright!
But, this would have been his absolute last EON Bond, for sure. This was the way it was supposed to go per his contract, anyway. I could have done without him in Diamonds are Forever and the pointless remake that was Never Say Never Again. Seeing the mighty Sean Connery James Bond broken and defeated at the end of the decade with OHMSS would have been more memorable.
It's not Hamlet.
I agree with this.
The only guy that could pull off the 'Bond wearing a clown suit' idea.
You've got to be kidding me. He's closer to Clouseau than Fleming's Bond.
There is a difference between being pissed off and acting pissed off. If being angry at some producers or directors was all that was needed to channel anger in a role, then many troubled productions would have ended up masterpieces. Not that some did not end up being masterpieces when actors, producers and directors did not get along, but it is no guarantee. Connery may have spoiled the movie willingly.
Hey man, I'm right there with you, though I like OHMSS more than you did. It certainly rounds anything by the tickle/pinch/giggle/wink/wink softness of the moore, who has not one memorable fight in his Bond 'legacy'.
Totally agree with you, man. One of the best of the Bond films. Easy.
it would have been amazing to see Sean in OHMSS. but would he have played it straight and vulnerable like Laz mostly did or would he already have been in DAF mode?
one other thing - would they have cast Rigg or just some ditzy model?
all in all we should be glad for what we got, which is a great movie. and laz takes credit for that as much as anyone IMO.
Sorry to go off topic, but I agree with all of this.
Sean and Cubby agreed to bypass OHMSS and to proceed to YOLT which was the next novel. YOLT was heavily edited for the big screen cutting out Bond in mourning and M inventing a mission for Bond in Japan instead of firing him for not being of the mental state to carry out his duty. Perhaps the prior films success was based on Bond the action man womanizer and they thought OHMSS would have been to much of a change for what Seans portrayal was.
I sure would have loved to have seen Lazenby in those 70's films, no way there would have been all the tickle/pinch/driving gondola garbage from those films.
Eeesh,
I agree. Turned into a tickle/giggle fest.
Ugh.
Yep agree.
I know you don't like OHMSS, but to me that was really the way to go, and would have loved to have seen Lazenby in those 70's films. Or another tough brit, not that uber-softness of the entire decade.
People who bash and say juvenile things about any of the Bond actors are few here, thank goodness. I do find some of the previous remarks against Moore to be far too overboard, just ridiculous. At least for the most part, we can discuss our differences in a civil way, agreeing to disagree about interpretations.
I don't care much for the film OHMSS, as I have stated before. And Lazenby in particular. The film does have some merit at times. But I respect that others really like the film a lot and that some find enjoyment in Lazenby.