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Some excellent content on that double disc and I do like the Booklets Arrow do
HD Download That's my evenings viewing sorted, think I'll enjoy a few drinks watching this
No its only recently been released in the UK, looking forward to watching it, OHMSS is one of my favourite in the series. I am aware of alot of the off camera goings on, I was informed this at times contradicts previous stories.
@Fire_and_Ice_Returns, I think you'll enjoy it. It's a very stylish but ultimately light-hearted and touching look at George's actual life, and who he was before Bond. It surprised me at times, in a good way.
Just started Watching it's certainly not what I expected
https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/17950/becoming-bond-new-documentary-feature-on-the-other-other-fellow-george-lazenby/p1
Very interesting and not surprising all things considered George made the right choice quitting Bond, his personality and life style would have derailed any further films. I respect him for his decision many may call him negative things for turning down future films, though this film illustrated the reality of what commitment is needed to play Bond. Bond is not too dissimilar to a brand like Disney or Nike, Roger took to Bond so effortlessly as his life style was not too far removed from Bond
@Fire_and_Ice_Returns, the film really only crystallized for me George's stance and, in many ways, the logic of his decision to leave. It's easy for us to look back now and say how foolish he was to let it all go, but at that time the world had only known one man as James Bond, and his name was Sean Connery. It's only natural that George and his team were skeptical of where the series could even go without its star, and even if it should. With the context of the time in mind, I'm not upset at George at all for what he did. With Sean out of the picture, I'd have thought James Bond was dead too.
As for Roger, I think he, like everyone else who has taken the role thus far, had a lifestyle extremely removed from James Bond's, and I think Roger would be the first to say that nothing ties them together. That an ex-workman Scot, a car salesman Aussie, a good-hearted English actor/model, an old school Welsh thespian, an Irish TV star and private English character actor were all able to make a government assassin character their own without filling those shoes in reality or even sharing Bond's minute qualities or experiences is pretty spectacular. I don't think you could look at any of the 6 actors, especially Sean of all people, and say that he was destined to fill those shoes without a doubt. And yet, somehow the magic was created.
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Sorry I meant Roger was accustomed to the Hollywood lifestyle, he projected an image that suited Bond at the time. If George had stayed on he would have been at odds with what was required of him publicly.
I bought it on Amazon Prime Instant Video HD download it was just released, it's available on DVD in the UK on the 14th November I am guessing that will be the same for the rest of Europe.
Ah, I get what you mean. Yeah, George wasn't a fan of taking another person's orders, and he'd probably have found that kind of fame too restricting to the kind of man he wanted to be. A free spirit, basically.
Been on a run of night shift shifts when tired I get slack with my typing
Yes, my big takeaway from the film was George essentially saying, "I didn't want it, it didn't suit me." Combining his personality with how over and done with the franchise felt without Sean, and you've got a pretty logical exit to make if you're him in that situation. George was a square peg and they weren't going to fit him into a circular hole.
George comes across as quite shrewd in some instances, I think aspects of the film acted out lull the viewer into a particular mood then something real hits you. One moment I did well up I must admit, I could relate to George in that moment
Let me guess?
Yeah that was a real moment I think
Probably my favorite moment of the whole thing, not only for the feeling of it but also because it was so out of nowhere. George really lays it all out there. We all look at him quitting the job and think we lost out on more films with him, but that biopic shows you all the great things he lost by being Bond. Big drawbacks to fame/notoriety.
It's cut through alot of his ego
I may not find a whole lot of support from a mostly action-minded crowd, but this is one of my favourite feelgood movies and my favourite comedies and my favourite musicals ever. And I've been waiting endlessly until they finally put it on Blu-ray (I have had the DVD for 15 years or so). So seeing it on amazon.com (and so far, no European amazon site), region-free, and ordering it was sort of simultaneous.
@j_w_pepper, it seems like a cheeky film, which is always a plus. Add me to the "never seen The Sound of Music" list as well, as I've yet to make that leap yet.
I think you'll like The Music Man as it has that same sort of naughty humor and is filled with genuinely good music and dance performance. There's usually nothing that can get me to sit down to a film of that genre, but this one never bugged me so that must be a point in its favor. Let me know what you think, if you do watch it.
And the one I was utterly thrilled to find for a $5 steal:
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