Least favorite Bond film in the 70s?

DevilMayCare007DevilMayCare007 Posts: 196MI6 Agent
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This is probably my least favorite decade on the Bond films, but TSWLM was the best IMO.
Least favorite is TMWTGG.
Top 10 Bond Films
1. Thunderball 2. FRWL 3. Casino Royale 4. TLD 5. OHMSS 6. SkyFall 7. GF 8. TSWLM 9. GE 10. FYEO
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Moonraker
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  • DevilMayCare007DevilMayCare007 Posts: 196MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter wrote:
    Moonraker
    Yeah it was a tie between MR & TMWTGG but IMO MR had a decent first half
    Top 10 Bond Films
    1. Thunderball 2. FRWL 3. Casino Royale 4. TLD 5. OHMSS 6. SkyFall 7. GF 8. TSWLM 9. GE 10. FYEO
  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    I just watched DAF yesterday, i don't like it as much as the other 70's entries because of the production values and Connery is too long in the tooth to be playing Bond.
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    hehadlotsofguts wrote:
    I just watched DAF yesterday, i don't like it as much as the other 70's entries because of the production values and Connery is too long in the tooth to be playing Bond.

    Since you feel that way, how do you feel about Roger Moore playing Bond at his age in the seven movies that came after DAF?
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  • DevilMayCare007DevilMayCare007 Posts: 196MI6 Agent
    I rather have Connery in DAF than any other Moore bond film besides TSWLM & FYEO.
    Top 10 Bond Films
    1. Thunderball 2. FRWL 3. Casino Royale 4. TLD 5. OHMSS 6. SkyFall 7. GF 8. TSWLM 9. GE 10. FYEO
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    DevilMayCare007 wrote:
    I rather have Connery in DAF than any other Moore bond film besides TSWLM & FYEO.

    I basically agree, except I'd stop right before you get to "besides......" :))
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  • Richard--WRichard--W USAPosts: 200MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter wrote:
    DevilMayCare007 wrote:
    I rather have Connery in DAF than any other Moore bond film besides TSWLM & FYEO.

    I basically agree, except I'd stop right before you get to "besides......" :))

    Don't you like TSWLM ?
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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter wrote:
    hehadlotsofguts wrote:
    I just watched DAF yesterday, i don't like it as much as the other 70's entries because of the production values and Connery is too long in the tooth to be playing Bond.

    Since you feel that way, how do you feel about Roger Moore playing Bond at his age in the seven movies that came after DAF?
    I mean long in the tooth physically. He's out of shape in this compared to when he started out in Dr No. Not his fault though, they were in a rush to get him back to play Bond and he didn't have the time to get in shape. I'm cool with his age.

    He doesn't seem to be enjoying being Bond in the film. Seems really bored, which is another reason why i don't enjoy this film.
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  • DevilMayCare007DevilMayCare007 Posts: 196MI6 Agent
    Richard--W wrote:
    Blackleiter wrote:
    DevilMayCare007 wrote:
    I rather have Connery in DAF than any other Moore bond film besides TSWLM & FYEO.

    I basically agree, except I'd stop right before you get to "besides......" :))

    Don't you like TSWLM ?
    Yes I meant that TSWLM & FYEO are Moore's best movies as Bond :))
    Top 10 Bond Films
    1. Thunderball 2. FRWL 3. Casino Royale 4. TLD 5. OHMSS 6. SkyFall 7. GF 8. TSWLM 9. GE 10. FYEO
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    I always wondered why Connery had aged so quickly in the four Years between YOLT and DAF :s
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Yes it is amazing the Change in Connery in four years. As for my
    Least favourite 70's Bond would be a coin toss between MR &
    Golden Gun. I'd go for TMWTGG, because Moonraker has a great
    J Barry score, some fantastic K Adam sets beautiful cinema photography
    and looks stunning. :D
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    DAF hands down. The lowpoint of the EON series imo.
    Connery looked older than Moore in AVTAK.
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Apart from his Ability to shoot you through the Head from the far Side of Wembly Stadium, Scaramanga was quit a dull Villain. I think that if he was more in line with his Novel Counterpart, then his Character would had been more interesting. :)
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  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    I never quite liked TSWLM. A total remake of YOLT, but with a tanker instead of a volcano and a lotus instead of the small helicopter. Moore is quite good in it, finally finding the tone for his performance and the PTS is one of the best. Apart from that and Barbara Bach, is my least favourite.

    Maybe that, or DAF. Bloefeld yet again, but played by the least charismatic of them all, Charles Gray. And you can tell Connery was thinking about money, and bored as could be.
  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    I always wondered why Connery had aged so quickly in the four Years between YOLT and DAF :s

    Simple. He never visited a gym again, he ate and drank what he pleased, because he didn't think he would play Bond again. That and the grey-ish hair. He didn't look the part anymore, he looked like a middle age man in his late 40s-50s, not an action man in his 30s-early 40s.
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    DAF hands down. The lowpoint of the EON series imo.
    Connery looked older than Moore in AVTAK.

    Even today Connery doesn't look older than Moore in AVTAK! :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :)) The older I get. The younger Roger looks in AVTAK. :))
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Richard--W wrote:
    Blackleiter wrote:
    DevilMayCare007 wrote:
    I rather have Connery in DAF than any other Moore bond film besides TSWLM & FYEO.

    I basically agree, except I'd stop right before you get to "besides......" :))

    Don't you like TSWLM ?

    I suppose it's okay for a Roger Moore Bond, but I like FYEO and OP more. I just have a hard time with Roger Moore's portrayal of Bond. And as I have acknowledged before, it's not all his fault because it's clear that he was givig the producers what they wanted. Just not my cup of tea.
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  • Mr_Sable_BasiliskMr_Sable_Basilisk BerlinPosts: 50MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter wrote:
    Moonraker
    Absolutely!
  • King KamalKing Kamal Posts: 85MI6 Agent
    Mr_Sable_Basilisk wrote:
    Blackleiter wrote:
    Moonraker
    Absolutely!
    Without a shadow of a doubt.
  • samurai4114samurai4114 Alberta, CanadaPosts: 129MI6 Agent
    I would tend to agree with the growing consensus of Moonraker, but Golden Gun is right there with it...
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
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    samurai4114 wrote:
    I would tend to agree with the growing consensus of Moonraker, but Golden Gun is right there with it...

    It's pretty close, that's for sure.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    They do seem the two films that most of us are torn between! :))
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    They do seem the two films that most of us are torn between! :))
    Not here. I'll watch TMWTGG occasionally, but I'll never watch MR again. X-(
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • DevilMayCare007DevilMayCare007 Posts: 196MI6 Agent
    DAF is definitely Connery's worst IMO,but I rather watch it than TMWTGG. Both are campy but Connery seems a bit happy in the role while Moore looks confused. :))
    Top 10 Bond Films
    1. Thunderball 2. FRWL 3. Casino Royale 4. TLD 5. OHMSS 6. SkyFall 7. GF 8. TSWLM 9. GE 10. FYEO
  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    It appears that I'm alone in considering MR (dare I say it) my favourite 70s Bond.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :)) Not my favourite but I did pick it over TMWTGG. ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • DutchfingerDutchfinger Holland With LovePosts: 1,240MI6 Agent
    That would be Diamonds are Forever for me. (Not just of the 70'ies. It's my least favorite in the entire franchise I guess..)
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  • DEFIANT 74205DEFIANT 74205 Perth, AustraliaPosts: 1,881MI6 Agent
    Another vote for Moonraker here. I wonder if it should be classified as sci-fi instead ...

    What's worse is that the novel Moonraker is a masterpiece and, in my view, Fleming's best work. Pity EON had to go and ruin it all.
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  • PDJamesBondPDJamesBond Posts: 180MI6 Agent
    Wow, I'm utterly amazed that anyone answered with ANYthing other than Moonraker. I mean...guys...c'mon...it's MOONRAKER. It's the movie where a pigeon does a double take and a blonde girl in pigtails joins an assassin in flying to outer space and witness the entire world be destroyed (after knowing him for precisely 12 hours).
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