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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    As much as I like Moore I agree he was a poor bond

    But I can barely even remember Lazenby's performances, which doesn't bode well

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    his fight scenes might as well be slap fights. when he does "karate" he just sorta pokes people with the blade of his hand

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Edcrab wrote: »
    As much as I like Moore I agree he was a poor bond

    But I can barely even remember Lazenby's performances, which doesn't bode well

    performance

    singular

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  • Captain KCaptain K Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I always liked Moore's Bond because he played him as such a foppish asshole.


    The sissiest alpha male ever to grace the big screen.

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Moore was the worst Bond but he wasn't trying to be an early Connery/Craig Bond so it is hard to say he is worse, only that one prefers the latter. I mean, Moore tried to be more of a lothario and ladies man than the others, and I think that that was due to the intention of the writers/directors as well as the fact that those movies were made in the seventies and it really, really shows.

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  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I really like the final showdown in the poker scene. (CASINO ROYALE)

    The ridiculousness of it makes it amazing plus:

    ARR EIN SISS ME-YON.

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  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I listened to a radio interview of Moore. he was asked if he felt nervous following up Connery and such, his reply was "No, I am far too arrogant for that."

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Edcrab wrote: »
    yeah, royale is fairly well-written.

    i still like "..that's because you know what I can do with my little finger."

    And taking the decision to change the baccarat game to poker made perfect sense

    Seeing as baccarat has fuck-all to do with Bond's "skill as a gambler"

    Plus nobody knows what the fuck baccarat is.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    don't get me wrong, i love Roger Moore, and his films are enjoyable. but craig is the closest anyone's come to the bond that i imagined when i read the books.

    sort of a sociopath! sort of a hot sociopath.

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    his fight scenes might as well be slap fights. when he does "karate" he just sorta pokes people with the blade of his hand

    Did exactly the same thing in the Saint, an old TV show

    Could've been old ladies fighting over the last digestive biscuit


    Also huh, honestly forgotten that Lazenby was only in OHMSS

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  • Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    casino royale is the best bond movie

    craig is my favorite bond

    casino royale is just so good guys

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Moore might be the worst bond but I don't really care because I enjoy his flicks

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  • Day of the BearDay of the Bear The Qun demandsRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I only ever watched Quantum of Solace on a plane ride without the headphones to hear the audio. Kinda feel like today might be the day for a double feature of Casino Royale and Quantum.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    Melding wrote: »
    I listened to a radio interview of Moore. he was asked if he felt nervous following up Connery and such, his reply was "No, I am far too arrogant for that."

    that's awesome.

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  • Captain KCaptain K Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Craig's Bond is objectively the best Bond


    and Casino Royale is objectively the best Bond film

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  • JAKJAK Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Roger Moore was a great Bond. Or more accurately, a great version of Bond. He's not as hammy as people make him out to be. In fact, he comes off as quite serious in The Spy Who Loved Me. He plays the role as an agent who loves his job, not unlike Sean Connery. The problem is the scripts made him do silly stuff like dressing up as a clown. And he isn't as masculine as other actors like Connery and Craig.

    Brosnan was far worse than him.

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  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Live and Let Die is a really good Bond film, one of my favourites.

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  • DidgeridooDidgeridoo Flighty Dame Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Some of the gambling scenes in Casino Royale were a bit odd for me, because I know fuck-all about poker. So in the scenes where the dealer would turn over say, an eight and a two and there would be a reaction shot of the other players I'd just be wondering "was that... was that a good thing? I think that was a good thing but oh wait the bad guy is gloating"

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    JAK wrote: »
    Roger Moore was a great Bond. Or more accurately, a great version of Bond. He's not as hammy as people make him out to be. In fact, he comes off as quite serious in The Spy Who Loved Me. He plays the role as an agent who loves his job, not unlike Sean Connery. The problem is the scripts made him do silly stuff like dressing up as a clown. And he isn't as masculine as other actors like Connery and Craig.

    Brosnan was far worse than him.

    i guess Moonraker really soured me on his Bond. that film also features the amazing line "bad news from space"

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  • Captain KCaptain K Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    am I remembering correctly that Casino Royale set a world record for "most complete rolls of a car in a filmed scene"? I think the DVD special features pointed that out


    EDIT: also holy shit yes Moonraker is terrible! Although it does include my favorite Bond line ever: "I believe he's attempting re-entry, sir." SO CHEESY!

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    wait

    Didge are you saying you don't even understand what makes a good poker hand

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  • Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    i also really like quantum of solace

    on its own i think it's a pretty decent action movie

    but paired with casino royale i think it works pretty well

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Antimatter wrote: »
    Balefuego wrote: »
    Olivaw is actually a bond girl

    Olivaw Closeoff

    yesssss

    Writing this down for the next name change thread

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    QoS works best when considering it and Casino Royale as like a 2 parter

    on it's own it dosent hold up nearly as well

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Bond movies are fun, but they are pretty goofy. What is that mess of a movie with all the different Bonds, and Peter Sellers and Woody Allen and all that? I haven't seen that one. Or the new Daniel Craig ones.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    Captain K wrote: »
    am I remembering correctly that Casino Royale set a world record for "most complete rolls of a car in a filmed scene"? I think the DVD special features pointed that out


    EDIT: also holy shit yes Moonraker is terrible! Although it does include my favorite Bond line ever: "I believe he's attempting re-entry, sir." SO CHEESY!

    the love interest is named holly goodhead.

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  • msuitepyonmsuitepyon Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Moore should've just stuck with doing The Saint and called it a day. A point that I agree with in the article about Moore linked above is that his Bond was doing the stupid shit like dressing up like a clown. Sure he bedded chicks left and right, but dressing up as a god damned clown? I think that's why I hold him in such low esteem.

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I liked Moore Bond. Sure he wasn't the best one but he certainly wasn't the worst.

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  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Didgeridoo wrote: »
    Some of the gambling scenes in Casino Royale were a bit odd for me, because I know fuck-all about poker. So in the scenes where the dealer would turn over say, an eight and a two and there would be a reaction shot of the other players I'd just be wondering "was that... was that a good thing? I think that was a good thing but oh wait the bad guy is gloating"

    Like I mentioned in a previous post, the final hand in that poker game is so absolutely ridiculous I was laughing the first time I watched it.

    Ace High flush
    Full House
    Higher Full House
    Straight Flush.

    The odds of that must be close to 1 billion to 1.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    Bond movies are fun, but they are pretty goofy. What is that mess of a movie with all the different Bonds, and Peter Sellers and Woody Allen and all that? I haven't seen that one. Or the new Daniel Craig ones.

    oh, that's the first casino royale. orson welles plays le chiffre and does magic. it's pretty awesome and incomprehensible at the same time.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Bond movies are fun, but they are pretty goofy. What is that mess of a movie with all the different Bonds, and Peter Sellers and Woody Allen and all that? I haven't seen that one. Or the new Daniel Craig ones.

    the new Daniel Craig ones are considerably not goofy

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  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Balefuego wrote: »
    QoS works best when considering it and Casino Royale as like a 2 parter

    on it's own it dosent hold up nearly as well

    I think of those two like The Long Halloween and Dark Victory.

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  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Connery > Craig > Moore > Dalton > Brosnan > that weird looking guy from the one in the late 60s who probably ruined some poor casting director's career

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Then again I love Moonraker for it's cheesiness

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  • DidgeridooDidgeridoo Flighty Dame Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Balefuego wrote: »
    wait

    Didge are you saying you don't even understand what makes a good poker hand

    I understand NOW, but at the time... no. No I did not

    I wasn't even quite firm on the core concept that they were using the dealer's cards along with their cards to make a full hand! I was a poker dunce

    Now I'm a poker "that kid in class who is kind of slow but not quite slow enough to be put in with the 'special' students"

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Captain K wrote: »
    am I remembering correctly that Casino Royale set a world record for "most complete rolls of a car in a filmed scene"? I think the DVD special features pointed that out


    EDIT: also holy shit yes Moonraker is terrible! Although it does include my favorite Bond line ever: "I believe he's attempting re-entry, sir." SO CHEESY!

    I believe that Casino Royale set the record for "most complete rolls of a car ever"

    And the crazy part is that there was a dude in that car! A stunt driver who broke his sternum in something in that crash

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  • MugginsMuggins Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Also fuck all yall I loved Brosnan Bond

    Goldeneye ruled

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  • Day of the BearDay of the Bear The Qun demandsRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Bad-Beat wrote: »
    Like I mentioned in a previous post, the final hand in that poker game is so absolutely ridiculous I was laughing the first time I watched it.

    Ace High flush
    Full House
    Higher Full House
    Straight Flush.

    The odds of that must be close to 1 billion to 1.

    Much like most of the things James Bond ends up getting into.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I really liked Moore.

    I mean, he dropped a guy in a wheelchair down a chimney with his own helicopter.

    But yeah, Craig is the best non-Connery Bond, hands down.

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