I think George Lazenby (sp) is criminally underrated as Bond. Also, his movie was more true to the books (for better and worse) than almost any other Bond movie.
Weird coincidence, I only watched it for the first time yesterday.
Truly, truly terrible acting, painful. I liked what the story was doing but it's painfully obvious he wasn't a real actor. His reaction to 'the events of the final scene' was pure magnolia. No sense of trauma, no grief, no melancholy, just nothing there. Distantly surprised is as close as he could get.
I think you could reasonably say the movie is underrated, but Lazenby personally is rated as the worst and deserves it entirely. All respect to the man as a human, he was in the wrong place.
It was for a time the bland default shade of dulux paint in the UK. Those of us of a certain age dream of endless woodchip wallpaper painted over with magnolia.
I second the person saying it's a reference to the film Magnolia. I've never seen it, but it's supposed to be a movie with multiple storylines revolving around unlikely coincidences. I remember reading that at one point, all of the characters (who were all in different places) started singing the same song. Then the guy in the coma starts singing (or maybe humming) with them.
Idk man, to me it felt like what you called distantly surprised just came across as pure disassociation caused by unparalleled grief. It worked for me.
I can see that was the goal but it was a paltry attempt.
In fairness, you probably didn't listen to a podcast slating the film and pointing out the flaws beforehand, which will be where we diverge on the topic.
A weird tip, but it might work: watch the German dub with English subtitles. The dubbing of that era was excellent and makes up for most of the bad acting performance.
Lazenby wasn't even an actor, he made up a load of film credits for his CV that were for European films that never existed but wouldn't be checked and impressed the casting people so much he got hired.
Isn’t Bond sort of like that anyway with the ladies? Sure he likes this one, but he’s still Bond and he still isn’t going to get all bent out of shape over a woman.
Where else are you gonna get an evil plan involving hypnotizing beautiful women from around the world in a fake allergy clinic to turn them into carriers for a bioweapon meant to hold the world’s crops for ransom in exchange for…being granted a minor noble title?
Agreed. He also had the most emotional depth and range when his new bride died, despite having the least acting experience. His judo was not half bad either (for the time).
The movie had its flaws, and she was kinda bitchy at the beginning but she eventually supports and respects James long before going to the island and turned out to be a pretty great character.
She was fine as a supporting character but she isn't likeable enough to carry a role like Bond in my opinion, her acting is grand though, she just seems to be cast in roles where she comes off cocky (thinking NTTD and that last Doctor Strange film)
Yeah her character is too flawed in my opinion. Like she meets Bond after he has retired and she is given his code name. She then has a weird one sided grudge against him.
It would be like if I met the person who's job I filled after they left and then for some reason took it upon myself to dislike them.
They would just be like "who the fuck is this weirdo?". It never really made sense.
Ana de Armas' role should have been the next Bond. She was a joy as a goofy greenhorn. I'd love to see a movie where MI6 poaches her her only for her to fumble herself into some sort of a conspiracy.
I was very excited when his name was thrown into the hat. He’s one of the most handsome men on the planet. Loved him in the wire. Loved him in rocknrolla. Would have absolutely loved to see him as bond. Such a missed opportunity.
Edit: I know he was never TECHNICALLY tapped to potentially play bond. But the rumor was so strong for so long, I always longed for it to be true.
Well because thankfully none are in my Family, my Grandmother loved Queen and watched Flash Gordon on her if she was alive 102nd Birthday was and it was a Treat!!!
I think it was a crime that the writers of the DC bond put it as canon that his real name was James Bond instead of a moniker given to the agent assuming the 007 mantle. Would have explained why M and Q were the same actors with different 007s. Then they could have set it up to have a black actor to assume the mantle.
Was ahead of his time too, imo. If his movies came out just a few years after they did, Bond would have started the "Jason Bourne" style spy thriller instead of being the trend-chaser.
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