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I know SirHenry won't stand for this but I think you're spot on Aziz_Fekkesh.
Even a committed and focused Connery would still be Sean Connery movie star. You would never really fear for him like you do George when he is strangling the guy on the cliff or sitting at the ice rink.
Perhaps the Connery of DN or FRWL might have sold it but even on the train with Grant when he is in quite a pickle you don't really have the same fears. I just think Connery is maybe too alpha male?
I am by no means Lazenby's biggest fan, but I am an OHMSS lover and I think you've both pointed out something very intrinsic to it's appeal. I have to say I completely agree.
Total agreement with this, that's all I have that's good to say and I haven't wavered from that opinion since 1969. And his rock star like manner as well with the ladies. The rest of OHMSS, completely different story.
I'm glad that GL gets a better rep these days, particularly from us within the Bond community because the level of vile that was aimed at him circa '69 was always completely overblown and out of order IMO. I often wonder whether the press in this country had in for him from the start because of the "Who is this Johnny Foreigner playing our beloved James Bond?" mentality, or whether they would have slaughtered any poor lamb that was going to take on that role after Sean left.
I suppose things hadn't changed a great deal given the initial amount of vitriol towards DC. How quick the press forget.
Apart from having not the faintest idea who GT is; well said Willy.
That's exactly what I was gesturing towards and thank you for being so articulate, Wizard. I'm not exactly sure what most critics of Lazenby's performance think that Connery would have rectified or improved on with the character as written for OHMSS, but Laz just works for this particular film. I think him in a YOLT style or even GF style film could not have worked because Bond is basically indestructible in those films. How he would've fared in later films or in a direct sequel is anyone's guess. I'm glad people are sharing their appreciation for the man and I really think that, like the rest of the actors, he was James Bond, at least for one film. What he could've brought to the series later on had he been given the chance is onlt now idle speculation.
And Gustav_Graves, I wanted to get my opinions known in a new thread rather than contribute to one and in which my points may not expanded upon.
I must disagree about the GF part. GF Connery in OHMSS would have been amazing. He's not entirely indestructible for the whole film. He gets captured and shows a great deal of nervousness when a certain laser is aiming for his center of Bond power. There's no gadget that saves him from that predicament.
Smart, and handsome, powerhouse fighter, and man, and actor. On Her Majesty's Secret Service, nobody does it better, or could have does it.
Bit of both I spose......YOLT posters didn't help either : "SC IS JB !" , many audiences were like "he ain't Bond , where's Connery ?"
Misuse of the word 'therefore'.
'Lazenby refused to sign the massive contract EON offered him therefore he took part in only one Bond picture' would be an example of how to correctly use the word.
But no need to let the facts or correct English get in the way of your trite postings.
Yes, I too would have liked to have seen a few more Lazenby Bonds into the 1970s. Oh, what could have been!
He said that he was gonna play a "spiritual guru , Caucasian aid" that was to appear in other films as well , another theory is that he's killed in the pagoda prior to "TempIe of Tiger" (Inosanto floor) so who knows.......
Having said that, I'll take George over Roger Moore and his swarmy approach anytime.
Lazenby was surprised to see that they had dubbed George Baker's voice over his in the Piz Gloria scenes. Peter Hunt thought this would be a good idea but personally I think t sucks.
If you watch the film you will see a glitch in the scene where Bond meets Sir Hilary and when he says, "Tactfully given to resemble me" (or words to that effect) it is Baker's voice we hear instead of Lazenby's.
Like others, I prefer Lazenby and his one film over Moore and his many films. Pity George did not sign that multi picture deal. By the third film he may have established himself as Bond instead of just being a footnote in an otherwise supreb film.
If you ever heard GL trying an upper class English accent, you'd understand why Hunt chose to dub his voice with Baker's.
Yeah the whole thing never made sense to me. Why would Bond go to the effort of putting on an accent when he didn't even try to disguise himself, despite him meeting Blofeld in YOLT? Always seemed pointless to me. Should've just had Lazenby use his normal voice.
;-)