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Haha, thanks for the support @DaltonCraig007! As for the age thing, yes, I am probably one of the youngest on here at 16 years old, but I'm not immature and one of those kids who has to have an explosion onscreen every second to be entertained. I can enjoy a more laid-back movie with more plot and less action. From Russia with Love is my second favorite Bond movie, and some might say that it moves slowly as well, and I'd even say it has very little action. Still, it's the plot and characters and such that makes it a favorite of mine, so it's not like a have to have a big shoot-em-up to be entertained. I just find OHMSS to be a bore, and I'm sorry if I've stepped on any toes here, I didn't mean to, honest. Just trying to get some feedback on the surprise I've had recently at the number of OHMSS supporters! I still like it, since it's a Bond movie, but it's probably my least favorite I have to say, either it or Goldfinger.
Dont worry 00Beast no sore toes here - its all good banter.
I'm just a bit sad for your sake that you cant appreciate the brilliance of OHMSS. Even more so that you rate FRWL so are obviously not an idiot. If you'd come back and said DAD was your favourite then I'd have said theres no hope for you and put a call in to Dignitas but you seem intelligent enough and I'm hopeful that as time passes you'll discover for yourself that OHMSS has to be in the top 3 for any Bond fan.
1. Lazenby was solid, not a great actor but didn't get too many chances.
2. Pacing was consistent except for maybe the Piz Gloria and Gumbold's office.
3. The music was one of the best in the series!
4. Not really any boring scenes, but it stayed with the book well.
5. Tracy is quite an interesting girl, her character develops nicely throughout.
Sure, now it's overrated but that's because It's finally getting the attention it didn't get back in 1969.
Nope, 15 here ;). Seems to be that I'm maybe one of the strongest Bond fans compared to those with my (very young) age.
I never would have guessed, and I'm not being sarcastic! Good to know another younger Bond fan! And yes, I'm with you on the stronger Bond fans thing. Some of my friends "like James Bond", but they don't really give it the time of day that we do!
He meets a girl
He researches Blofeld
Finds Blofeld
Leaves the mountain
Comes back with father in law and Blofeld gets away
Bond marries and his wife dies
Those are the major plot points and for a 2 and a half hour film that isn't enough for me. It feels lackadaisical to me. The pacing is slow. Bond getting married and the Scottish ancestry thing makes it feel (artificially) more espansive IMO. But in reality not much happens in this film.
And Blofeld's plan? Retarded. Sorry, really stupid and lame. Hypnotising a bunch of girls? Why is that so awesome or cool? If the main character thrust is about Bond going after Blofeld, why does he get away and why do I care since it is Laz in the film and not Connery? It feels so anticlimatic b/c of what was set up in YOLT.
The funny thing - that scene in Gumbold's office would've bored me to tears, if it wasn't for Barry's masterful score over that scene... in itself, it's a slow scene - but the score adds punch and tension to it - with it's soft start and slow and dramatic build up..
the only thing i found impractical about that scene, was that he needed a copy machine sized safe cracker - when in the previous film he cracks a safe with something 10x smaller lol.
LOL. Well, he does need the copy function as well...
In M's office, Bond looks so surprised that he's being relieved of his mission (finding Blofeld) but all we've seen Lazenby do so far in the movie was drive around, gamble and (was just about to) play golf!!
Maybe if the movie could be re-arranged somehow to have the search of Gumbold's office come way earlier, it would have made more of an impact
That was a tool to help him crack the safe-- this time he needed a machine to crack the safe for him, because there were Playboys in the office that required his attention!! :D
OHMSS is in my top 3. So is FRWL. And CR. If I count from the wrong end.
They are all terribly overrated, sorry.
Great music, cinematography, locations and Lazenby had potential. I hated it when I first saw it (aged 6) but my affection for it has grown and grown.
Just great.
John Barry's music is flawless, and simply the best of his career. George Lazenby pulls off far more with one film, then any of the other single outings by Bond actors. Lazenby deserves much more praise then he gets, as far as I'm concerned. The Tracy tragedy is one of the biggest dramatic points of the entire series, that continuously haunts Bond in future films. No O.H.M.S.S. is not overrated, it is a true masterpiece of the Bond cannon.
GL was doing his best, knowing how hard it would be to feel SC shoes!!! I believe he did a good job, and for me the film has aged well!! I always enjoy watching it, and can't wait for the Blu-Ray to come out!! :-B ^:)^
Ah yes, the old Blockbuster routine! I did that as well! Strangely enough, I rented GF and OHMSS one time and watched them in the time allotted (5 days was usually the standard), and I thought they were epic. Now, hahaha, look which two are at the bottom!
Yep- love him or hate him, someone had to have the balls to take over after Connery! Imagine being a total noob in the world of acting, and trying for the role of Indiana Jones, of Gandalf (or some other famous role only played by one guy)... That's how it must have felt for him! That's a brave guy right here!
OHMSS contains everything the ideal Bond movie should and more - excellent plot, great direction, terrific characters (and, on the whole, very good acting), brilliant score, delicious cinematography, outstanding action and stunts, great pacing and generally fine editing and an absolute killer of an ending. It even arguably boasts two action climaxes (the raid on Piz Gloria and the bobsled chase)...
The raid on Piz Gloria is decent, but not outstanding. However, there's no doubt that the bobsled chase is really cool! It's the highlight of the movie for me.
Another thing that I noticed: after Blofeld snaps his neck on that treebranch, what the heck happens to him? Bond could have walked right up to him and put a bullet in his head for good measure! It just cuts to the wedding! What, did Bond just leave him there?
Perhaps if they showed the tree and Blofeld was just gone (like the end of Halloween) that would have been cool and creepy. Oh well.
Much as it pains me to slag off OHMSS this is a very good point. Even if Bond doesnt go back and kill him, hows he getting down without assistance seeing as hes practically paralysed?
Is it too far fetched to think that the bobsleigh was Blofelds planned escape route in the event of Piz Gloria coming under attack and Irma Bunt is waiting somewhere at the bottom and rescues him while Bond is getting leathered on the St Bernards brandy?
- Not horrible, as my very first viewing made me think, but on my second viewing (About a year/year and a half ago), I thought that it wasn't as bad as i had remembered, but still no-where near as good as peope say. Plus the whole 'breaking the fourth wall', and refering back to connery's bond was taking it TOO far. Though i was hugely impressed with the fist-fight sequences, I thought that they felt much more realistic than many other films that i've ever seen from near that decade, and more enjoyable than most in films today.
No, I strongly disagree.
I think OHMSS and Lazenby are extremely underrated in the big wide world. MGW, the general public and world press always look to overrated films like GF for praise but largely ignore true gems like OHMSS. Most of the general public - even those who "like" the Bond films sadly don't even know who Lazenby is and certainly don't praise the film in an overrated manner. Sure, more and more big Bond fans have come to appreciate it over time but they represent a small minority of those who watch the films, and that praise is well deserved in my opinion.
Lazenby brought a down-to-earth charm to the role. His love affair with Tracy was perfectly believable (I find the CR romance far harder to buy) and Lazenby had fantastic chemistry with series regulars like Moneypenny and M too. He should also be praised for giving Bond a vulnerable quality. Scenes like him looking genuinely scared and trapped at the ice rink remind us that Bond is not an invincible superhero which many could argue Connery, by YOLT, had driven us to believe. I honestly cannot imagine Connery performing emotional scenes as well as Lazenby in this film, especially considering his bored appearance in YOLT. Lazenby should also deserve respect for his superb physical fights in the film. Off-set issues with cast members like Rigg didn't affect the on-screen chemistry at all and I find it strange to say Tracy "wasn't interesting" when she's probably the Bond girl with the single-most character backstory and film relevance in the series. Elsewhere, the quality of cast is arguably the best in the series.
The John Barry soundtrack is phenomenal, easily the best of the series. To say it "isn't top-notch" is mighty peculiar in my view. As previous posters have rightfully said, even scenes like Gumbold's office have so much added tension due to Barry's soundtrack. This film sets the benchmark to how a Bond film should sound like. The main theme brings action and danger whilst others like the beautiful 'Journey to Blofeld's Hideaway' reinforce the fact that legendary music has been missing from the Bond universe for a while now.
I do feel OHMSS generally grows with people over time. I hated it as a youngster and never took to Lazenby, but like fine wine, I've come to appreciate its qualities. I hope those who dislike it now will do the same in time. OHMSS was not long ago at the bottom end of my rankings but it now sits firmly in my top 3 Bond movies.
As eloquent as the Wizard himself. Sir, I salute you.
There are some issues I have with it and most do involve Laz BUT he did very well near the end of the film and was very good with his fight scenes.