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RIP Roger Moore (1 Viewer)

Dentist said:
I think FYEO is 2, and Move Moonraker down to 5 and the rest of the list I approve.   Octo##### was just so dumb.. and View to a Kill is a cringe to watch with how old he looked and that crazy black woman villain  turned hero.  Roger Moore mentioned in his memoirs how awful she was to work with.
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Well for me the top 4 I have are clear cut above the other 3. I can easily flip flop Moonraker and FYEO. But I loved both of them. 

 
Eephus said:
I've posted about this before in Cappy's thread but I have an irrational love for Live and Let Die.  I think its reputation is hurt because as the first Roger Bond vehicle, he's always unfavorably compared to Connery's portrayal of the character.  But it's a completely different character for the 1970s.   In it's own bizarre, cheesy way, it's a big a departure as the transition from Brosnan to Craig.  Nobody talked about rebooting a series back then but it's exactly what the producers did. 

Live and Let Die is ridiculous of course but it's entertaining throughout.  The franchise stepped back a bit from the complete over the top treatment and the rest of the Moore films struck a somewhat more realistic tone.
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Well, I would disagree that people didn't see it as a reset.  He's more cartoonish in every film that Moore was in.  Moonraker was just as bad, as was Octo#####, but everyone loved it.  I certainly did.

 
Dentist said:
First bond, and while Daniel Craig is moving quickly up the rankings,  Roger Moore is my favorite bond.   The Spy Who Loved Me is still my favorite Bond film.

I knew he was getting old, but was still doing Q&A's on facebook for charity stuff somewhat recently.

RIP Sir Roger Moore
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Same here.  

 
MarvinTScamper said:
they reset it each actor, in some way.   Had to, really.
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This would have gone completely over the head of teenage Eephus but there wasn't the clear continuity break like there was between Die Another Day and Casino Royale.

Live and Let Die opens with M visiting Roger Bond's apartment after he completed a mission in Rome.  It's not like he had to retake the double oh test after Connery and Jill St. John sailed off into the sunset.

 
Eephus said:
This would have gone completely over the head of teenage Eephus but there wasn't the clear continuity break like there was between Die Another Day and Casino Royale.

Live and Let Die opens with M visiting Roger Bond's apartment after he completed a mission in Rome.  It's not like he had to retake the double oh test after Connery and Jill St. John sailed off into the sunset.
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there was a clear break with Lazenby though.  Different car, different style of filming, different capabilities, likes/dislikes...the line "I bet this never happened to the other fellow" - it's not like Moore was second in line, he was third.  And after only ONE movie for Lazenby, they REALLY had to rattle the cages.

 
MarvinTScamper said:
there was a clear break with Lazenby though.  Different car, different style of filming, different capabilities, likes/dislikes...the line "I bet this never happened to the other fellow" - it's not like Moore was second in line, he was third.  And after only ONE movie for Lazenby, they REALLY had to rattle the cages.
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But OHMSS also had the scene where Lazenby cleaned out his desk after tendering his resignation from MI6 and remembered all the good times he had when he was Scottish.

 
Definitely sad he's gone...

...but...

...my least favorite Bond.

The Bond from the books and how Cubby Broccoli saw him is sooo different from how Moore played him.  Bond was supposed to be more like how Connery and Craig played him - somewhat cruel, ruthless, dominating.  Moore played him too much in the elegant, suave, manner.

Different likes, that's all.

 
Eephus said:
But OHMSS also had the scene where Lazenby cleaned out his desk after tendering his resignation from MI6 and remembered all the good times he had when he was Scottish.
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Right, but he didn't actually resign.  He just threatened too.  And his wife was killed at the end.  HIS WIFE.   So, I think you haven't seen this one in a long time.

But we digress.  I also loved the movie, and clearly I have an unhealthly love of Bond AND OHMSS.

 
Bogart said:
My favorite Bond by far. Pretty sure I watched "For Your Eyes Only" almost 100 times during the summer of 1983 when it ran constantly on HBO. Moore defined what to be cool was to me.
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I still can't watch that one for the same reason.

 
Todem said:
Grew up on Roger Moore Bond films. RIP Sir Roger Moore.

He was my generations 007

He was my third favorite behind Daniels (he has overtaken Moore for me) and the legendary Connery (the best).

But I loved his films. Here are my Moore Bond film rankings:


1) The Spy Who Loved Me - One of the 5 best Bond films ever.

2) Man With The Golden Gun - Loved Christopher Lee in this!

3) Moonraker - Yeah I loved this one....as corny as it was. Loved Drax as a villian.

4) For Your Eyes Only

5) View To A Kill

6) Live And Let Die

7) Octo*****

 


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Spy Who Loved Me by a mile, then...

Moonraker-

Live and Let Die-

Golden Gun-

Octo-

For Your Eyes-

View

 
MarvinTScamper said:
Right, but he didn't actually resign.  He just threatened too.  And his wife was killed at the end.  HIS WIFE.   So, I think you haven't seen this one in a long time.

But we digress.  I also loved the movie, and clearly I have an unhealthly love of Bond AND OHMSS.
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No, there's a scene in OHMSS immediately after he tells Moneypenny to type up his resignation letter.  Lazenby goes back to his office and goes through artifacts he collected when he inhabited the body of Sean Connery while incidental music from the earlier films plays wistfully in the background.  I think he had the brass knuckles from From Russia w/ Love and the tiny oxygen tank from Thunderball but I could be mistaken.

 
Eephus said:
No, there's a scene in OHMSS immediately after he tells Moneypenny to type up his resignation letter.  Lazenby goes back to his office and goes through artifacts he collected when he inhabited the body of Sean Connery while incidental music from the earlier films plays wistfully in the background.  I think he had the brass knuckles from From Russia w/ Love and the tiny oxygen tank from Thunderball but I could be mistaken.
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yes, I remember it.   But he's always the same guy....they just couldn't do that again.  I thought you meant something else here.  I think I get where you're coming from.

 
Eephus said:
Moore didn't have much range as an actor but could always be counted upon to provide a proper sort of Britishness to the characters he portrayed.  Bond and Templar took up much of his career but I thought he was very good playing opposite Lee Marvin in "Shout at the Devil", a very entertaining movie set in WWI-era Africa that was directed by Bond director Peter Hunt.
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There's a Hallmark Movie floating out there where he plays an aristocrat who IIRC lost his wife and his son grows fond of the au pair...some chick from Buffalo. RM is trying to get the son to marry this fellow aristrocrat hussy, but he just wants the regular gal. For a Hallmark movie, it's watchable (for me). He very stuffy and reserved (and somewhat bitter), but when his figurative heart melts towards the end of the movie, he still has that proper, stiff upper lip, but with a smile.

 
dang, RIP.  :(

I know "View" is pretty much universally panned, but I still have a soft spot for it. Chris Walken, Tanya Roberts, Duran Duran, and Moore with his old man karate chops...come on.

 
Maik Jeaunz said:
dang, RIP.  :(

I know "View" is pretty much universally panned, but I still have a soft spot for it. Chris Walken, Tanya Roberts, Duran Duran, and Moore with his old man karate chops...come on.
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Is that the one where Walken laughs maniacally as he's shooting his own men? That alone made that movie worth watching. RIP Moore, I always liked him as Bond.  

 
Eephus said:
I've posted about this before in Cappy's thread but I have an irrational love for Live and Let Die.  I think its reputation is hurt because as the first Roger Bond vehicle, he's always unfavorably compared to Connery's portrayal of the character.  But it's a completely different character for the 1970s.   In it's own bizarre, cheesy way, it's a big a departure as the transition from Brosnan to Craig.  Nobody talked about rebooting a series back then but it's exactly what the producers did. 

Live and Let Die is ridiculous of course but it's entertaining throughout.  The franchise stepped back a bit from the complete over the top treatment and the rest of the Moore films struck a somewhat more realistic tone.
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It also has the best theme song and a smoking young Jane Seymour

 
heckmanm said:
It also has the best theme song and a smoking young Jane Seymour
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My favorite theme song is View to a Kill by Duran Duran. It sounds so James Bondy, and captures some of the elements that the James Bond Theme Song always has in it. My second favorite JB song is The Spy Who Loved Me by Carly Simon.

 
Buzzbait said:
As with many here he was also my first Bond. He was the most "British" of all them and brought a sense of decorum and elegance to the role. As I watched the other Bond movies there are others that I enjoyed more but he's still the one that I identify with my youth.

God speed Sir Roger Moore.
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My thoughts as well.  

 
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