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).
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u/ThaneduFife 21h ago
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.