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Wow. I should have known that a James Bond discussion would get so many quick responses on this forum.
Any James Bond movie with Roger Moore.
Nothing against Moore who is a good actor but the style those movies were made in were awful.
Blame it on the Producers/Directors etc.
I never thought I would dislike a James Bond movie, but On Her Majesty's Secret Service is not the way James Bond should be portrayed. It is far too campy and the clothing James Bond wears is horrible. I understand this is the way movies were made when they shot this, but James Bond represents a certain type of class that is not to be tampered with in movies.
I blame the lack of a certain Mr. Connery in this one.
OHSS is a whole different peek at JB.
Bad JB films?...
Moonraker.
'nuff said.
When you get down to it, all Bond movies suck.
Well to say that George Lazenby was a bad James Bond can be argued.
There have rumors for years that he really didn't want to be the new Bond and that is why he played the role the way he did
I love the first go-around with Connery. However, my vote is Never Say Never Again, which was an awful remake of Thunderball. Connery was way too old to play Bond. Although, Kim Basinger is very easy on the eyes
Oddly, this movie followed the book closer than almost any other Bond movie made. I used to rate it as the worst until I read the book. The problem was not the actor, it was the time. They used current filming, dress, etc. styles of the time. This just made things wrong, sadly. It is also the only time Bond broke the Fourth Wall.
Lazenby was the closest to Bond in real life. He had been a martial arts instructor in the military, a ski champion, and the highest paid male model at the time he was hired for this movie. He performed his own fighting sequences and injured some of the other actors on accident. He broke his arm during filming too. That is why the goon takes his coat, which was draped over his shoulders, when he meets Blofeldt the first time. His arm is in a cast there.
As far as not wanting it, I had never heard that. He went to a lot of trouble to get that job. He purchased a tailored suit to match Bond's, the same watch, and got his hair cut to look more like him. It was at the haircut he ran into Broccoli prior to auditioning. He made an impression and this is what helped him land the job.
His not returning seems to be clouded as to whether that was his decision or not. Sounds like he was not the easiest to get along with during filming.
Wow...no love for Roger Moore! It is true, his Bond movies were goofier than the others...maybe that's why the appealed to me as a kid and I still seem to have a soft spot for them. Up until Craig's Bond they were all pretty campy. Moore was definitely the least believable as an irresistible to women, tough, dangerous spy of all the Bonds...
I thought I knew you. And to think, I shared a table with you.
Another vote for Never Say Never Again, just awful. The Timothy Dalton movies were wretched as well, especially the one where he pops a wheelie in a semi. I liked the first Daniel Craig movie okay, but couldn't get into the second one at all.
And you do know me, as I was trying to stir things up and it looks like I did that.
I told Mrs. Blackfoot that was probably what you were doing when I was crying about it last night.
Sorry about that, Blake. Now, I have to dish out some harsh criticism of the new Batman movies, which I have yet to see.
That's it! Where is that bloody ignore button?