Roger Moore's bond villains were the best. Christopher Lee, Richard Kiel, Michael Gothard and Christopher Walken were all equally brilliant, as were the bond girls, Jane Seymour, Britt Ekland, Barbara Bach, Carole Bouquet and Grace Jones. The lotus was the best car, and the locations in Greece, India and the U.S. were spectacular. Having said this, I'm sorry but I am a Timothy Dalton fan.
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James Bond- Licence To Kill
"A View To A Kill" was superb?!!!! I realize you are a Roger Moore fan, and everyone has their own take on what makes for a good Bond film, but that piece of dreck - SUPERB??? To me that is an astounding statement! I can't imagine what you were looking at. Even for a Roger Moore Bond film, I found AVTAK to be lacking in so many crucial ways (old, tired Bond, terrible Bond girl, boring action scenes, pointless plot, ill-used villain, etc.) But I guess that's the great thing about this website - the opinions are all over the place! But this one truly floored me!
"A View To A Kill" was superb?!!!! I realize you are a Roger Moore fan, and everyone has their own take on what makes for a good Bond film, but that piece of dreck - SUPERB??? To me that is an astounding statement! I can't imagine what you were looking at. Even for a Roger Moore Bond film, I found AVTAK to be lacking in so many crucial ways (old, tired Bond, terrible Bond girl, boring action scenes, pointless plot, ill-used villain, etc.) But I guess that's the great thing about this website - the opinions are all over the place! But this one truly floored me!
Roger Moore's Bond films were great, and probably my favorite all up.
Live And Let Die was decent - 6/10
The Man With The Golden Gun was horrible - 2/10
The Spy Who Loved Me was great - 9/10
Moonraker was even better, really great - 9/10
For Your Eyes Only was amazing (my favorite in the series) - 9.5/10
Octopussy was quite good - 7.5/10
A View To A Kill was superb - 9/10
I'll do a description based post on each individual movie later on.
Yeah yeah whatever. I've read a few recent posts regarding the film 'AVTAK' and found little problems, like Roger Moore's age. Still, I loved the film and if you have a problem with that,feel free to post more comments to insult my opinions, but know that I don't have a care in the world. The Moore films I enjoy most are Spy, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only and A View To A Kill. Your problems with AVTAK do not exist with me, EXCEPT for the old Bond who was tired.
I loved the film, the action scenes, locations, plot and the entertainment. I had no problem with Stacy Sutton as such. Well, I'm not going to go on, because I know I'll be in for trolls next.
LALD was the first Bond film I ever saw, when I was 10. It truly disturbed me, mainly because it was the first film I had seen with gratuitous violence in. and where life was cheap. Now of course, it seems quite ridiculous. )
I wasn't trying to insult you at all, fellow fan. And of course, I don't expect that anything I or anyone else has to say about AVTAK will change your opinion of it. If you enjoyed the film, more power to you. I am just genuinely amazed that you thought it was SUPERB!!! That's saying a lot. I have seen posts from a number of other fans besides you who said AVTAK was their favorite or that they enjoyed it. But that's a far cry from it being SUPERB! I, for example, often mention that I thoroughly enjoyed You Only Live Twice, but I would be the first to admit that it isn't even close to be SUPERB. Maybe I'm just reacting to the hyperbole and I shouldn't take it so literally. So let's just say that you put AVTAK at the top of your list of Bond films, and its lands at the very bottom of mine. Nothing wrong with differing opinions, right?
"A View To A Kill" was superb?!!!! I realize you are a Roger Moore fan, and everyone has their own take on what makes for a good Bond film, but that piece of dreck - SUPERB??? To me that is an astounding statement! I can't imagine what you were looking at. Even for a Roger Moore Bond film, I found AVTAK to be lacking in so many crucial ways (old, tired Bond, terrible Bond girl, boring action scenes, pointless plot, ill-used villain, etc.) But I guess that's the great thing about this website - the opinions are all over the place! But this one truly floored me!
Roger Moore's Bond films were great, and probably my favorite all up.
Live And Let Die was decent - 6/10
The Man With The Golden Gun was horrible - 2/10
The Spy Who Loved Me was great - 9/10
Moonraker was even better, really great - 9/10
For Your Eyes Only was amazing (my favorite in the series) - 9.5/10
Octopussy was quite good - 7.5/10
A View To A Kill was superb - 9/10
I'll do a description based post on each individual movie later on.
Yeah yeah whatever. I've read a few recent posts regarding the film 'AVTAK' and found little problems, like Roger Moore's age. Still, I loved the film and if you have a problem with that,feel free to post more comments to insult my opinions, but know that I don't have a care in the world. The Moore films I enjoy most are Spy, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only and A View To A Kill. Your problems with AVTAK do not exist with me, EXCEPT for the old Bond who was tired.
I loved the film, the action scenes, locations, plot and the entertainment. I had no problem with Stacy Sutton as such. Well, I'm not going to go on, because I know I'll be in for trolls next.
Sure. Just as long as opinions aren't insulted that's all. I just loved the movie for the reasons mentioned before. The way you and the many people who rank AVTAK as their least favorite Moore film due to the various reasons is exactly how I feel towards TMWTGG, which I cannot stand.
I just think that Moore's weakest films were his first two, to be honest. His performances were great on both, however.
I agree ths TMWTGG was pretty atrocious, although I give it a slight edge over AVTAK, if only because Roger Moore still had some energy at that point in the series.
Sure. Just as long as opinions aren't insulted that's all. I just loved the movie for the reasons mentioned before. The way you and the many people who rank AVTAK as their least favorite Moore film due to the various reasons is exactly how I feel towards TMWTGG, which I cannot stand.
I just think that Moore's weakest films were his first two, to be honest. His performances were great on both, however.
Wadsy, I Like Sir Roger as Bond as well,Moore Fans are small in number. Then again "the Moore the Merrier ". I like to think we're all Bond fans with very diffrent opinions. I love reading other posts and how Others feel about the Movies and Novels and Like Many I feel I am the only One who Truly knows Bond,So it's great to get some feedback on other ideas. I might never agree with them but it's entertaining and gives a great reason to go back and watch a disputed film again.
I agree that TMWTGG is the weakest of Moore's Outings But I love LALD, remember being taken to see it as a kid,and was amazed,ther was nothing like it on TV. The Bost chase is still amazing and the Croc's escape is a classic.
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I liked most of Roger Moore's films. Except LALD & TMWGG. Live and Let Die is actually my least favourite Moore film. I find his performance a bit irritating. LALD required a tough Bond and Moore's performance was charming but tame. He is actually quite tough in TMWGG (which is slightly better film imo) -In some ways i think he was lucky to get past his first 2 films (both average)or poor by Bond standards. TSWLM was a real hit though & Moore proves his worth from here onwards. It's a very good film and Moore is comfortable in Moonraker and impresses in some tense scenes. Unfortunately the dual/scenes with Jaws were campy & didn't have the menace in TSWLM. Nevertheless Moonraker is a successful & entertaining film, with good characters & locations. FYEO is a real spy thriller (excellent Bond film imo) Probably Moore's best performance. Octopussy is an action-packed film, with some great scenes & dangerous characters. Especially the knife-throwing twins were evil. Moore's performance again very good at 55. AVTAK is quite a debate for Bond fans. I've always rated AVTAK highly. I think it has a good story, good characters & villains. The music is excellent too (as in all the 80's films).
It's fair to say Moore was too old in this. he was 57 and his age was showing. Although he didn't look over 55 & could pass for 50-55 still, I think it took the edge of his performance. People felt they were watching a tired Bond now (this his 7th film). Moore still puts in a decent performance. Just not in the stunt department. His tenure as Bond certainly had many good films.
I think too many Bond fans are stuck in the ole' 60's with Connery's Bond, and those people only seem to LIKE the first six Bond films, with some enjoying the Daniel Craig films.
Connery's Bond films were fine, but the age does show to me, where some of them take a long time to become exciting. Overall, I enjoyed Moore's films the best, and Timothy Dalton's debut - The Living Daylights. To me, the best directors turned out to be Peter Hunt, Lewis Gilbert and John Glen.
As for Moore's films, I found FYEO to be my favourite, followed by TSWLM, AVTAK and MR respectively. The others I do not care for, except OP which was quite impressive. Moore's first two outings were his weakest, but not so much due to his performance but bad scripts and a terrible director in Guy Hamilton. For now, I can't stand TMWTGG, as the plot was pointless, not interesting and at no point was it executed well. It was freaking ridiculous.
Since people seem to disregard MR and AVTAK, I'll explain why I enjoyed both so much.
MR - Exciting throughout with high quality action scenes, nice locations, funny dialogue, an unrealistic but interesting plot, good villain, the return of Jaws.
AVTAK - Superb plot, terrific locations, nice action scenes, never boring, possibly the best villain in Zorin, excellent fight scenes, nice chases and suspenseful.
Yeh I agree with your comments on Moonraker & AVTAK. My best order of Moore films is nearly the same. FYEO the best, then TSWLM, OP/AVTAK roughly the same, then Moonraker, TMWGG and LALD the worst.
I agree with the point about the directors. Guy Hamilton was by far the worst. He was a 1-film hit with Goldfinger. But his delivery in DAF, LALD & TMWGG is very poor.
It is no coincidence these 3 are probably the worst films in the series. All poor by Bond standards. Peter Hunt (OHMSS), Lewis Gilbert & John Glen were so much better.
I still really like RM as Bond - despite having read the books since I first saw him onscreen. I think the guy has a wit and a twinkle you can't help but admire. Also, he represents the old-fashioned English gent, a breed that is sadly dying out nowadays.
Agreed, his jokey, playboy lifestyle did sometimes go too far away from the confident yet flawed literary counterpart ("sittt"). However Moore did show on several occasions that he could be a serious agent when he wanted to be.
A View To A Kill is the only Bond film that ever bored me. Most of the Bond movies have their weaknesses, but to me none were boring. That is the main reason AVTAK remains at dead last in my ranking of Bond films. The Man With The Golden Gun is a close second.
A View To A Kill to me is anything but boring, and it is one of the many reasons why it is one of my all-time favorites. I don't think any of Moore's films were boring, except Octopussy in the Germany scenes, hmmm.
ive always said that avtk is not a moore film, octopussy should have been the end of his run. In all honesty i think that avtk was a film made for eithir dalton or brosnan. If nothing else says this the music should, avtk by dd, is more of a living daylights then a all time high. I thought avtk was a good story, but didnt suit moore, by this time the series needed a fresh burst of energy, not someone dragging it along, no disrespect to roger, but he always said he shouldnt have done that film. i do think that his 6 previous outings were highly enjoyable, and he was the right man for the job in 1973, but by 1985 his race had most certaintly been run
I feel just the opposite - MOST of Roger Moore's Bond films were boring except The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only. A View To A Kill was the most boring of all.
A View To A Kill to me is anything but boring, and it is one of the many reasons why it is one of my all-time favorites. I don't think any of Moore's films were boring, except Octopussy in the Germany scenes, hmmm.
Although I declare A View To A Kill as one of my favorite Bond films, it was definitely mean't to be Timothy Dalton's debut performance, then it would have probably been my absolute favorite in the series. They would have changed the film a bit, in terms of Dalton not having all those women to muck around with, since he wasn't like that.
i would go as far as saying that a view to a kill was meant for pierce brosnan. dalton was seen as a definite replacement in the mid to late seventies, brosnan in the mid eighties after his stint on remington steele. Ive always felt that dalton was more of a replacement for brosnan, even though i thought dalton was better. according to the james bond encyclopedia, brosnan had met and agreed terms with cubby broccolli to star in the living daylights, but remington steele was re-commissioned and dalton was cast.
back to the main point, i thought moores films were admirable. the only issue i had, like others was his age. his eighties films showed this although i still thought his last 3films were still decent enough
Roger Moore was really good i can't say any bond is bad. i like all the movies. the spy who loved me is my favorite of his. sure he wasn't like connery and he didn't have the seriousness in him but we can all say he had the looks and gentlemen style in him
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James Bond- Licence To Kill
James Bond- Licence To Kill
Live And Let Die was decent - 6/10
The Man With The Golden Gun was horrible - 2/10
The Spy Who Loved Me was great - 9/10
Moonraker was even better, really great - 9/10
For Your Eyes Only was amazing (my favorite in the series) - 9.5/10
Octopussy was quite good - 7.5/10
A View To A Kill was superb - 9/10
I'll do a description based post on each individual movie later on.
1. Dalton 2. Moore 3. Connery 4. Lazenby 5. Craig 6. Brosnan
The Man with the Golden Gun - 4/10
The Spy Who Loved Me - 9/10
Moonraker - 5/10
For Your Eyes Only - 8/10
Octopussy - 6/10
A View to A Kill - 7/10
(I think the last one is more down to nostalga)
Yeah yeah whatever. I've read a few recent posts regarding the film 'AVTAK' and found little problems, like Roger Moore's age. Still, I loved the film and if you have a problem with that,feel free to post more comments to insult my opinions, but know that I don't have a care in the world. The Moore films I enjoy most are Spy, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only and A View To A Kill. Your problems with AVTAK do not exist with me, EXCEPT for the old Bond who was tired.
I loved the film, the action scenes, locations, plot and the entertainment. I had no problem with Stacy Sutton as such. Well, I'm not going to go on, because I know I'll be in for trolls next.
1. Dalton 2. Moore 3. Connery 4. Lazenby 5. Craig 6. Brosnan
I just think that Moore's weakest films were his first two, to be honest. His performances were great on both, however.
1. Dalton 2. Moore 3. Connery 4. Lazenby 5. Craig 6. Brosnan
I agree that TMWTGG is the weakest of Moore's Outings But I love LALD, remember being taken to see it as a kid,and was amazed,ther was nothing like it on TV. The Bost chase is still amazing and the Croc's escape is a classic.
It's fair to say Moore was too old in this. he was 57 and his age was showing. Although he didn't look over 55 & could pass for 50-55 still, I think it took the edge of his performance. People felt they were watching a tired Bond now (this his 7th film). Moore still puts in a decent performance. Just not in the stunt department. His tenure as Bond certainly had many good films.
Connery's Bond films were fine, but the age does show to me, where some of them take a long time to become exciting. Overall, I enjoyed Moore's films the best, and Timothy Dalton's debut - The Living Daylights. To me, the best directors turned out to be Peter Hunt, Lewis Gilbert and John Glen.
As for Moore's films, I found FYEO to be my favourite, followed by TSWLM, AVTAK and MR respectively. The others I do not care for, except OP which was quite impressive. Moore's first two outings were his weakest, but not so much due to his performance but bad scripts and a terrible director in Guy Hamilton. For now, I can't stand TMWTGG, as the plot was pointless, not interesting and at no point was it executed well. It was freaking ridiculous.
Since people seem to disregard MR and AVTAK, I'll explain why I enjoyed both so much.
MR - Exciting throughout with high quality action scenes, nice locations, funny dialogue, an unrealistic but interesting plot, good villain, the return of Jaws.
AVTAK - Superb plot, terrific locations, nice action scenes, never boring, possibly the best villain in Zorin, excellent fight scenes, nice chases and suspenseful.
1. Dalton 2. Moore 3. Connery 4. Lazenby 5. Craig 6. Brosnan
I agree with the point about the directors. Guy Hamilton was by far the worst. He was a 1-film hit with Goldfinger. But his delivery in DAF, LALD & TMWGG is very poor.
It is no coincidence these 3 are probably the worst films in the series. All poor by Bond standards. Peter Hunt (OHMSS), Lewis Gilbert & John Glen were so much better.
FYEO > TSWLM > AVTAK > MR > OP > LALD > TMWTGG
I like all, except Golden Gun. Let Die is average, the others range from excellent to good.
1. Dalton 2. Moore 3. Connery 4. Lazenby 5. Craig 6. Brosnan
Agreed, his jokey, playboy lifestyle did sometimes go too far away from the confident yet flawed literary counterpart ("sittt"). However Moore did show on several occasions that he could be a serious agent when he wanted to be.
1. Dalton 2. Moore 3. Connery 4. Lazenby 5. Craig 6. Brosnan
1. Dalton 2. Moore 3. Connery 4. Lazenby 5. Craig 6. Brosnan
back to the main point, i thought moores films were admirable. the only issue i had, like others was his age. his eighties films showed this although i still thought his last 3films were still decent enough