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Roger Moore possessed a suave quality (bordering and crossing the line of cheese!) that I grew up with on the Bond films. He's my favorite by far, as I feel he--more than any other--had FUN with the role. After all, isn't that what it's about? A little escape? Come on . . . does anyone actually believe Bond is ever in danger? Is he really EVER going to die? Nope. So why not play it for all it's worth and enjoy the ride.
PS Craig may yet prove to be the best ever. I think his character's transformation from a loving, caring man to the JAMES BOND we know in Casino Royale was absolutely brilliant. |
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100% agree absolutely...it was brilliant and gave a clear understanding of the man
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To my mind, no question Sean Connery is the best ever. And that includes Daniel Craig. As good as Craig is, he just doesn't possess that je ne sais quoi that Connery had. Connery had the edge, the toughness, but also the grace and animal magnetism.
As for Moore, I like all Bond movies on some level, but he's easily the weakest. He just wasn't believable in the role. I never believed him doing backflips on skis, dancing across the heads of alligators or any of the other stuff they had him doing in his movies. Still, Live and Let Die and The Man With the Golden Gun were pretty good movies. By that time, the movies had become infused with too much glibness and cheesy one-liners, which was not Moore's fault, of course. |
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Connery in my opinion has also aged well into films, he still gets really good roles and he is as big as ever. I liked him in league of extraordinary gentlemen. |
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Going to have to sorta disagree with you JJ...I liked RM as JB ....he injected some humor in it.
The worst JB to me is the new one.....something about him I just dont like.....then I read he wants Bond to do a Gay scene ...WTF!!! Maybe thats it and his next Bond film should be titled "the spy who came out of the closet" I had hopes for him but the last one he did, QOS should have been POS IMHO....I lasted about 20 mins into the movie and turned it off when the "villian's" sidekick looked like Jim Carey in Dumb and Dumber. I dislike him so much I wont even watch anymore Bond flicks until he goes. Sean was the best Bond but I wont rule out Roger and in second place....then PB, GL, TD and then DC would be in last place IMHO |
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yap yap yap yap.....
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Except for the fact that she is older than JJ I'd say Daniela Bianchi in From Russia with Love.
Jill St. John was hot too.
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Yes, I did, Ed............and that too was a terrible let down!!
That moronic "Jaws" character had a major role in that film too and the movie was just as bad as "The Spy who loved me"!!
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The worst Bond had to be George Lazenby in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." In my opinion, there was only one real Bond, Sean Connery - smooth, sophisticated, self-confident and strikingly attractive. I own all the "James Bond" series in which Connery starred, most of the others didn't impact me in the same way.
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Lazenby happened to come along when Connery was just about fed up of the role...........and I think Lazenby just happened to be the wrong man in the right film!! On Her Majesty's Secret Service was a good film with a very strong story line; wish Connery would have stayed on for just that one last hurrah!! JJ
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As a kid, I LOVED "Spy Who Loved Me." I wanted a Lotus Esprit Submarine, an underwater fortress and even the floating escape pod! Sure it's lacking substance, but it was my favorite Bond movie in my early teen years!
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Roger was once told that he would never get an oscar, but that he would also never be out o work... My son grew up with Roger Moore as bond, and actually likes him the best, which shows that the films have been targeted correctly at the time they were made. I guess. |
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The Spy Who Loved Me is a classic! The first introduction to Jaws and the aforementioned Barbara Bach's 'assets'? Plus the submarine Lotus and the villan having people eaten by sharks? Man, it's a great one.
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Except for Barbara Bach's assets...............the rest was all lack-lustre, boring and way out of any Bond's class!!
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Personally I don't dislike any Bond film, new or old. But The one is that is least favorite is The Man with the Golden Gun... It's too umm CHEAP! Only part good is when Roger Moore is in front of the club and takes a glimpse of his Submariner! U can see me playing that part back and forth! Christopher Lee (I think) suits the roll of Scaramanga quite good! Britt Ekland also! But the movie is just... not my taste... |
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Moore was the worst for me. Love Daniel Craig.
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Only one James Bond for me!Sean,my hero!
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the best bond ever (imho) is Pierce Brosnam
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hmmmmm.......what kind of dreams are you talking about, JJ? on second thought, i don't want to know! Quote:
Reese Witherspoon?? Really?????? She might be legally blonde, but she is no "actress"! gotta disagree.....i grew up with roger moore as bond, so i don't think of bond as an "action hero" in the style of jason bourne or someone like that. bond, to me, is more suave, a gentleman's spy who gets involved in the situation, as opposed to shooting first and asking questions later. he's more apt to drink a martini and score the hot bond chick instead of shooting everyone in the room. that might not be the bond of the books, but, it's bond to me. brosnan could have been like moore, but the stories relied too much on him using machine guns to solve his problems. craig is fine, and at least he's not always carrying a machine gun, but he's definitely a 21st century bond. all muscle, no brains, guns blazing, with little to no emotional connection with the audience. i didn't see bond "transform" in casino royale, i just saw craig's pout get a little more pronounced and his clothes get a little dirtier and more torn. and blood, lots of blood. that being said, i did like casino royale, but i don't think DC is in the same league as SC or RM. |
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Reese Witherspoon is Oscar material and, in fact, did win the Best Actress Oscar in that Johnny Cash film with Joaquim Phoenix!! As for Roger Moore, no more comments............he literally makes me sick!! Cheers - JJ
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Sorry JJ but I loved the Spy Who Loved Me and Roger Moore
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Specially the sheep!!!
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I was just about to watch From Russia with Love tonight!
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