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Not my favorite Moore Bond release, or Bond actor, but for sure did very well here and there and I have him above Lazenby and Brosnan in the actors rankings, but I think that's about as high as he'll ever go for me. Simply can't better the other names for James Bond and all it entails. He was James Bond, of course, in my favorite Bond release Live and Let Die @jfree92
Whenever I do a Bond-a-thon his films always go up in rankings for me, even AVTAK. What's funny is, Moore gets better and better as he goes along. He had so much fun in the role you can't help but enjoy watching him. He's the gentlemen Bond, the posh, smooth, UNFLAPPABLE British agent. Yes, he could do the humor better than anyone IMO but he could also be ruthless, more so than most casual fans give him credit. That ticks me.
"Oh, Moore was the goofy Bond! His films sucked." Dude, wth? Have you even seen them or is that your cursory perception of what you think you heard? That makes me mad. If more people would revisit his films they would have a greater appreciation for his tenure. He was the best!
I've berated him a few times, but that's only because I'm not one for humor in James Bond, and Moore simply gave it away in abundance all a little too often. Still provided a worldwide audience to some great and memorable moments, but as there's another opportunity to say it, really should of quit the part in 1981. Roger just embarrassed himself thereafter, where a younger name could, and should, of come in and taken over
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You're thoughts mirror mine completley, fashionable / cliched critcisms of these films get very old.
People criticise him for not taking it completely seriously but honestly that is some of the appeal. It's funny I should say that since Dalton and Craig, the most gritty and serious Bonds are equal second place on my ranking of Bond Actors, but I love the eyebrow raising, drug dealer inflating, midget bashing fun of the Moore era.
I was glad to see Skyfall bring back a bit of that fun and combine it with the grit of CR. It reminded me of the tone of FYEO in a way.
That said... Having seen all Moore's Bond movies, but for LALD, in the cinema in the last week, my appreciation for him as Bond has increased. However, the films of that era were horribly written and directed much of the time. FYEO and TSWLM are very near the bottom of the pile - the whole pile - for me now.
It's interesting that you and I have pretty much exact opposite opinions of Bond films!
I am heartily in favor the other way from you. But c'est la vie. I respect everybody's opinion as their own - we are all entitled, we all have our own tastes, likes and dislikes. So no problem; it is just a bit interesting to me, that's all.
LALD: A Blaxploitation flick involving Harlem gangsters and voodoo.
TMWTGG: Moore takes on Christopher Lee and his midget sidekick.
TSWLM: Fights an insane billionaire with an underwater base and a henchman with metal teeth.
MR: Goes to space and saves the entire earth.
OP: He dresses up as a clown, teams up with a master thief called Octopussy, tells a tiger to sit and saves the world from WW3.
AVTAK: In what's a pretty fitting end to his era, Roger Moore fights an insane ex KGB agent/businessman who's the product of a Nazi experiment and is played by Christopher Walken, eventually Bond jumps onto his zeppelin and kills him on the golden gate bridge.
Throughout all this he bangs girls that are half his age, cracks some brilliant one liners and runs into a fat southern sheriff twice. Insane.
FYEO is the only exception and that might be why I don't like it as much. Lots of people think it's the best Moore film because it's toned down and played more seriously but that's not what I want from a Moore movie.
Don't you just hate it when that happens.
More often than you might think.
Yes ,of course he is. I grew up with him as Bond. And I already loved him as Simon Templar. And Brett Sinclair. Plus he is a wonderful human being.
Moore is last on my list and right above him is Brosnan. Both fine actors and I'm sure wonderful people, but the lightweight approach has always wrankled. It took the series into parody. There was already enough of that in the imitators. Sure, I saw all of Moore's films (many times), but I'm always aware of him as an actor.
I appreciate just how much we get to see in the Moore films. The locations that were filmed play like visual travelogues to the viewer, where Bond really becomes immersed in the pleasures of the place time and time again, and everything feels so alive onscreen.
I also love just how well they portrayed Bond's smarts. Roger's Bond is probably the most well presented Bond in regards to the man's knowledge. From him we get obscure facts, sharp insights to mission-crucial targets or objectives, and receive deliveries of a plethora of different languages, making him the most bilingual Bond I've ever seen. With his Bond you truly got the idea that he had not only seen it all, but took away many things from the places he has traveled, from the languages and customs of the locations to some facts regarding the area in question that are foreign to uninitiated ears.
And to this day, one of my all time favorite moments in the series is at the start of TSWLM when the woman in the cabin says "But James, I need you!" whereupon 007 replies "So does England!" While the film and much of the era was tongue in cheek, this moment sheds light on just how dutiful and committed Bond is, even while making love to the many women who cross paths with him.
I appreciate Moore for what he was as Bond. He did a fantastic job portraying Bond in the way he portrayed him. Absolutely wonderfuly. My problem with Moore is that I don't like Bond being portrayed that way. However, Moore's performances in TMWTGG and OP rank equal with Connery in Goldfinger for me.
Hold on. I don't want to start an argument but you have seen DAF, right? You realize that was Connery's film and happened before Moore took over. If anything, it's Sean's fault.
That's a bit harsh laying the blame of DAF at Sean's door. If anyone's responsible then surely Harry, Cubby, Hamilton, Maibaum and Mankiewicz should be in the firing line for that mess.
Whilst Sir Roger's interpretation is quite different, it's also in my opinion very entertaining. I quite like seeing different interpretations of Bond, and for me Sir Roger Moore perfectly captured the light hearted, gentleman approach (even if he could also do a darker Bond when required.)
Here's to my joint favourite Bond!
What sense does it make to blame Sean for that film? He wasn't the one who turned away from the depth established in OHMSS or wrote the utterly painful scripts, where from that point in the series onwards Bond became less a secret agent, and more a world wide celebrity figure where everywhere he goes people know he is a secret agent. Pathetic, to say the least. Sean got his money, helped Scotland, and got out. The best decision, really. I think that he saw way back when YOLT was being filmed that Bond was going a bit too far out there, and much farther away from the more grounded espionage centered films he had been in previously.
Well said Brady, I concur. DAF's humorous focus away from a more serious tone was the direction that they wanted to go in after OHMSS. I didn't like the decision, but it was apparent that Lazenby was done and Ilse Steppat had passed. It would have been almost exactly the same film that didn't focus on proper revenge for Tracy even with Moore in it. As much as I also love Sir Rog and mostly respect his Bondian style and wicked sense of humor, even if it wasn't my cup of old school Connery tea, I shudder to think how bad the classic elevator fight would have been without Sean's physicality. I don't think Rog would have much cared for half drowning Bambi and Thumper either. Hardly Sean's fault as far as the finished product. Just a bad film altogether.
He is a many sided Bond. ;)
Just getting back to, you know, appreciation of the longest serving Bond.
I find something to enjoy with every Bond actor except Lazenby. Roger brought his own suave style to Bond and yes, most of his films were fun not serious. And the series flourished. And we are here today discussing Bond because it is an ongoing franchise.
Thanks for a lovely time, Sir Roger. Two of your films still shine bright for me: TSWLM and FYEO.