If Moore had only done four...

Firemass

Rog was originally going to do 4 Bond pictures. How would you feel if he only did LALD, TMWTGG, TSWLM, and MR ? A pair of campy, cool, strange Guy Hamilton flicks and a pair of slick, big budget Lewis Gilbert adventures. No John Glen trilogy from the 80s. Would he be well remembered if Moonraker was his final film? Would history be kinder to him if he quit while he was ahead?

Obviously the anti-Moore crowd would like as few a possible, but that's not the point here. 8-)

Unfortunately, Rog aged dramatically between Moonraker and FYEO and thus looked too old to be believable for all 3 of his 80's films. Still, he delivered some of his best 007 performances and FYEO and OP are fairly well regarded amongst fans. (At this point AVTAK only has a small cult following. hehe)

Not sure what Dalton's status was in the early 80's, but after seeing Josh Brolin's screen test for Octopussy, I'm thankful Roger stuck around.

If you could choose only 4 Roger Moore films what would they be? Would you skip the first two and select the 1977-1983 era? Or customize it like TMWTGG, TSWLM, FYEO, OP ?

If I had to pick only 4 I would go with TSWLM, MR, OP, AVTAK.

(While I'm rewriting history 1970-1975 should have been Lazenby territory)

Brosnan_fan

If I had to pick only four Moore Bonds?

Hmmm..... I would definitely go for the period of '77 to '83 (TSWLM, MR, FYEO and OP).

Two fantastic, out-of-this-world popcorn films, one very good espionage outing, and one excellent, entertaining family adventure film. -{

IMO the very best of Moore right there. :007)

AirJordanFan93

LALD: Love this movie its the Bond I go back to the most.
TSWLM: The Best Moore film this is how a big budget Bond should be
FYEO: Closest Moore got to a dark Bond film and arguably his best Performance as Bond
Octopussy: Should of ended here in the actual run but after recent viewings I actually quite like this one.

I don't have TMWTGG or MR but I really hate AVTAK. The 4 I feel are his strongest outings as Bond

Thunderpussy

LALD, TSWLM, FYEO and Octopussy

BIG TAM

The four best Moore Bonds for me are LALD, TSWLM, FYEO & OP (though to be fair, I do enjoy watching TMWTGG & MR).
Ideally Dalton should have done FYEO... But Moore is pretty good in that film. It's probably his best performance as 007.
Moore gets some unfair stick. I'd say any blame for lacklustre elements in the '80s Bonds is down to John Glen.

jamesm123

I agree with Big Tam that Dalton should have started at FYEO but I am fond of Rog and I think his first four films are the best ones he did. At least he looks believable and young enough to get with all the Bond babes!

Jarvio

Apart from LALD, for me the greatest Moore films were in fact the John Glen triology - FYEO, OP, and AVTAK. So I for one am glad that Moore continued after 4 films.

So.. in answer to the question, the 4 films I'd pick are.... well just look at my signature!

Mr Mallory

Moore's best four.
LALD, TMWTGG, FYEO, OP

Blackleiter

AirJordanFan93 wrote:

LALD: Love this movie its the Bond I go back to the most.
TSWLM: The Best Moore film this is how a big budget Bond should be
FYEO: Closest Moore got to a dark Bond film and arguably his best Performance as Bond
Octopussy: Should of ended here in the actual run but after recent viewings I actually quite like this one.

I don't have TMWTGG or MR but I really hate AVTAK. The 4 I feel are his strongest outings as Bond

I agree with your choices, although I would choose LALD mostly for the villains (Kananga, Tee Hee and Baron Samedi)

JayCobb1045

I'd go with FYEO, TSWLM, TMWTGG, and LALD - in that order.

Gassy Man

LALD, FYEO, TSWLM, and MR, in that order. Let Moore's last Bond be the most over-the-top and then set the series up to start more seriously with the next actor.

chrisisall

Mr Mallory wrote:

Moore's best four.
LALD, TMWTGG, FYEO, OP

I'm forced to agree with my esteemed colleague here.

Firemass

Brosnan_fan wrote:

If I had to pick only four Moore Bonds?

Hmmm..... I would definitely go for the period of '77 to '83 (TSWLM, MR, FYEO and OP).

Two fantastic, out-of-this-world popcorn films, one very good espionage outing, and one excellent, entertaining family adventure film. -{

IMO the very best of Moore right there. :007)

Good solid logic. I like your picks. How do you think the 77-83 era would compare with Brosnan's 4-film era?

chrisisall

Firemass wrote:

Good solid logic.

Please do not use the 'L' word when discussing Moore's Bond.
Or anyone's Bond, for that matter. )

Firemass

Gassy Man wrote:

LALD, FYEO, TSWLM, and MR, in that order. Let Moore's last Bond be the most over-the-top and then set the series up to start more seriously with the next actor.

Even I am dissapointed when the man putting flowers on Tracy's grave is revealed to be ...*gasp* ...Roger Moore! I agree 1981 would have been a good time to introduce a new Bond and a new decade.

and yes, Moonraker..what a spectacular way to close out the 1970s.

For this fan, 7 it a bit too much, but 4 not quite enough. Overall, I would say 6 RM films would have been ideal and save FYEO for Dalton.

Brosnan_fan

Firemass wrote:

Brosnan_fan wrote:

If I had to pick only four Moore Bonds?

Hmmm..... I would definitely go for the period of '77 to '83 (TSWLM, MR, FYEO and OP).

Two fantastic, out-of-this-world popcorn films, one very good espionage outing, and one excellent, entertaining family adventure film. -{

IMO the very best of Moore right there. :007)

Good solid logic. I like your picks. How do you think the 77-83 era would compare with Brosnan's 4-film era?

Much as I like Brosnan, his tenure was unfortunately blemished by the abominable DAD - a film which truly deserves to be wiped from the canon. Also, TND is fun, but I wouldn't re-watch it over and over again.

Short answer to your question - I'd take Moore's 77-83 era over Brosnan's era anytime (Much as I hate to admit it).

chrisisall

Brosnan_fan wrote:

TND is fun, but I wouldn't re-watch it over and over again.

Why not? I do. -{

Unknown007

If Roger Moore had only made the four Movies then it should have been either Pierce Brosnan or the Late Lewis Collins.