When Was 007 At His Least Bond-Like?

Agent 00 FrogAgent 00 Frog Edinburgh, ScotlandPosts: 122MI6 Agent
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As the title suggests, there have been a few times throughout the films when 007 doesn't act the way we expect him to. My vote goes towards in Octopussy, when he runs up to the American general to tell him about the bomb instead of continuing to pursue it himself.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Not shagging Stacy Sutton the first chance he got in AVTAK. :))
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  • don pdon p Posts: 607MI6 Agent
    during the Moore period lol
  • DieAnotherDayDieAnotherDay Glasgow, ScotlandPosts: 460MI6 Agent
    "you stupid twit, you've put the real one back in!"
    ....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I never liked how Bond shoved the little boy off his boat in TMWTGG.
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  • DieAnotherDayDieAnotherDay Glasgow, ScotlandPosts: 460MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I never liked how Bond shoved the little boy off his boat in TMWTGG.

    -{ Tbh there was quite a few un bond-ish moments in TMWTGG
    ....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Bond seemed more angry then normal in TMWTGG.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    There is a thread, about how everybody seems angry and irritable in TMWTGG. :))
    M seems very pi**ed off with everyone even poor old Q.
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,489MI6 Agent
    Afraid Craig gets my vote a few times, though supposedly he gets a free pass cos he's not quite Bond yet, it's his learning curve.

    Going along with the William Tell Severine moment with no attempt to delay with chit chat or even show much unease, anger or remorse. But then going out there without even a gun to his name is something Moore would have hestitated to do in his silliest films. Earlier, standing by to watch while an assassination unfolds. Nice....

    And Dalton going all soppy over Kara when she plays the cello, later telling her 'It was equisite' though not quite sure if he isn't acting the part to win her over, he is misleading his intentions there anyway. :s

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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    don p wrote:
    during the Moore period lol

    Winner! :))
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,439MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I never liked how Bond shoved the little boy off his boat in TMWTGG.

    In my opinion that was Moore in one of his most Bondian moments.
    I think Bond dressed as a clown gets my vote.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Batman wouldn't have done it.! :p :))
    And there's nothing wrong in dressing like
    a clown, I've been doing it for years. ;)
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  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I never liked how Bond shoved the little boy off his boat in TMWTGG.

    In my opinion that was Moore in one of his most Bondian moments.
    I think Bond dressed as a clown gets my vote.
    Good one!

    I was tempted to post Bond singing in "Dr. No," but I rather like how he has a lot more dimension in the early Bonds than later, when he basically becomes a type.
  • Mr MalloryMr Mallory North by northwestPosts: 632MI6 Agent
    I thought Bond dressed as a clown was crap.
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    "Jaws, we can't disengage - the release system is jammed. Can you help us?"
    Utter non-Bondian tosh. X-(
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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    Gassy Man wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I never liked how Bond shoved the little boy off his boat in TMWTGG.

    In my opinion that was Moore in one of his most Bondian moments.
    I think Bond dressed as a clown gets my vote.
    Good one!

    I was tempted to post Bond singing in "Dr. No," but I rather like how he has a lot more dimension in the early Bonds than later, when he basically becomes a type.


    Bond has a good voice. Man of many talents :)) I'll go with Bond crapping himself when Bunt captures him in OHMSS
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  • Agent 00 FrogAgent 00 Frog Edinburgh, ScotlandPosts: 122MI6 Agent
    Might as well have titled the thread "What Don't You Like About Roger Moore" :)) Good choices everyone!
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I never liked how Bond shoved the little boy off his boat in TMWTGG.

    In my opinion that was Moore in one of his most Bondian moments.
    I think Bond dressed as a clown gets my vote.

    It's the acting like a clown part that bothers me!
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  • raptors_887raptors_887 CanadaPosts: 215MI6 Agent
    For me its just about the feel of the movies. Like for example MR, DAD, and QOS do not remind me of a Bond film in any way.
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,489MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    "Jaws, we can't disengage - the release system is jammed. Can you help us?"
    Utter non-Bondian tosh. X-(

    Dunno, guess you'd say the same about May Day switching sides. Personally I like how some villains can change sides according to their situation. I think Amis does a chapter on it in his Bond book, how some of Bond's allies might, in another context, be his enemy.
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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    A bit like when Frost betrayed Bond in DAD. She was in league with Graves all along when she was supposed to be an Mi6 agent
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    For me, Bond was at his least Bond- like at the Shaolin temple in TMWTGG. The two girls take on every fighter in the temple while Bond stands by and does nothing - except push the last guy over.

    What were they thinking when they wrote that scene? :(
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  • DieAnotherDayDieAnotherDay Glasgow, ScotlandPosts: 460MI6 Agent
    A laser battle in space sounds pretty non Bond-ish to me ?:)
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,489MI6 Agent
    "Tsunami surfing" cough
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  • Mr MalloryMr Mallory North by northwestPosts: 632MI6 Agent
    That was some bad cgi.
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  • DaltonFan1DaltonFan1 The West of IrelandPosts: 503MI6 Agent
    The uncontrollable weeping over M is seriously un-Bond-like.
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    I wouldn't have called it 'uncontrollable', and some of it may also have been water from the lake. And I'd say shedding a tear at the death of someone you're close to isn't a sign of weakness. On the contrary it makes Bond more human without detracting from his general "Bond-ness"... IMO.
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    DaltonFan1 wrote:
    The uncontrollable weeping over M is seriously un-Bond-like.

    I disagree, especially when considered within the context of the Bond-M relationship that developed over the course of Craig's three Bond films. And I wouldn't exactly called that "uncontrollable" weeping.
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  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    Others have said it, but for me it's the entire sequence in TMWTGG that begins with Bond letting the karate girls fight on his behalf, then running like a dork to the boat, and finally pushing of the the poor kid who helped him. Not our hero's finest hour.
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  • DEFIANT 74205DEFIANT 74205 Perth, AustraliaPosts: 1,881MI6 Agent
    DaltonFan1 wrote:
    The uncontrollable weeping over M is seriously un-Bond-like.

    I agree.
    Blackleiter wrote:
    DaltonFan1 wrote:
    The uncontrollable weeping over M is seriously un-Bond-like.

    I disagree, especially when considered within the context of the Bond-M relationship that developed over the course of Craig's three Bond films. And I wouldn't exactly called that "uncontrollable" weeping.

    Perhaps, but there was never meant to be a "relationship" in the first place beyond a superior-subordinate relationship. Maybe part of the reason why I thought Bond shouldn't, or wouldn't have shed a tear over M's death is because I do not agree with the direction the producers took the Bond-M relationship. It shouldn't have been anything other than a boss-subordinate relationship.
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    So - assuming you get on with your boss and quite like them - if they died violently and you felt some sense of responsibility for their death, you wouldn't feel or show any grief? Wow, hat's pretty cold ( and unrealistic IMO).

    Personally I prefer the direction the films have taken - Bond is more believable and the characterisation improved over some of the earlier scripts.
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