Everyone is just too tough on Roger Moore

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Even himself??? Fourth best Bond....BTW, he forgot about Dalton

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2929026/Sir-Roger-Moore-85-talks-12-years-James-Bond-Hollywood-pals-new-memoir.html
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Way too harsh on himself, but his self-effacing sense of humour is why we love him so much.

    Personality-wise and as screen icons, Sir Roger and Sir Sean are giants among Bonds. -{
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Charmed & Dangerous wrote:
    Way too harsh on himself, but his self-effacing sense of humour is why we love him so much.

    Personality-wise and as screen icons, Sir Roger and Sir Sean are giants among Bonds. -{


    I agree -{
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  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    First, Roger is 87, not 85. Second, he did not actually say that he was the fourth best Bond. In typical self deprecating manner, I actually think Roger was rating himself as the sixth best Bond. Without being dis-respectful to George Lazenby, he perceives him to be the least favourite Bond amongst the masses.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    +1, {[]
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    +2 -{
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  • Absolutely_CartAbsolutely_Cart NJ/NYC, United StatesPosts: 1,740MI6 Agent
    Moore was one of my favorite Bonds, but I personally don't find his self-deprecation honest.
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Of course it's not honest but more toungue-in-the-cheek.

    You'll understand this when you have been growing up :D
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  • Absolutely_CartAbsolutely_Cart NJ/NYC, United StatesPosts: 1,740MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    Of course it's not honest but more toungue-in-the-cheek.

    You'll understand this when you have been growing up :D

    Yeah, when I philander around, make 8 figures, get married and divorced almost as much as Larry King, I'd probably use humor as a defense mechanism too.
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    As always - you are failing to see the larger picture ;%

    Imo Moore is a genuinely harmony-driven guy that follows his gut a lot.
    I remember how he's speaking about leaving Luisa and it seems that he behaved like a gentlemen.

    If you get to know him a bit better, you'll realize that he's taking his UNICEF work very seriously and he tries to get along with everyone.

    Besides of his famous humor, I have not met someone who was speaking bad about him - everybody seems to like him.
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    I wish more Actors were like Moore -{
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I love Sir Roger. {[] he's one of life's gentlemen. In fact if many more
    People in the world followed his example, we might all get a long a
    Little better. ;)
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    The World needs more raised Eyebrows :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :)) yes, let's all raise a glass and an eyebrow, in honour
    Of our longest serving 007 ! {[]
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    {[]
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    I wish more Actors were like Moore -{

    I wish that more people would be like me :D
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Idea for a great horror film, thousands of Higgins in horrible
    Trainers stomping through the cities of the world ! :))
    " World War H". :))
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    It does not bare thinking about :#
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  • ACACIA_AVENUEACACIA_AVENUE UKPosts: 1,775MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    I wish more Actors were like Moore -{

    I wish that more people would be like me :D

    I can only aspire to be like you ;)
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    .... and here you are right, AA! {[]
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,865Chief of Staff
    Moore has always debunked his own acting abilities- see some quotes here: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/roger_moore.html

    The truth is he's absolutely fine at what he does. He doesn't have a wide range, but that doesn't make him a bad actor- just a specialised one, and so what? So are many, many other actors- Christopher Lee specialises in playing villains and no-one ever complains, John Wayne spent ?50 years specialising in cowboys and did just fine, etc etc.

    Before anyone points out that Lee did play a few heroes and Wayne also played soldiers or cops, it's not what they're famous for or are remembered as. Moore did step outside his cultivated hero persona a few times, too, but that isn't what he's known for.

    Some actors are chameleons, and can "disappear" inside a part (Gary Oldman can do this, for example), while some just stick to what they are good at.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    How good are you with playing Heavy Metal, Barbel? :))
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,865Chief of Staff
    :)) :)) :)) There's not enough demand for it for me to find out.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Maybe you should try Rap? :D
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,865Chief of Staff
    At my age??? 8-)
  • Absolutely_CartAbsolutely_Cart NJ/NYC, United StatesPosts: 1,740MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    The truth is he's absolutely fine at what he does. He doesn't have a wide range, but that doesn't make him a bad actor- just a specialised one, and so what? .

    Exactly. Moore's Bond is akin to an older Simon Templar, and that's not necessarily a bad thing
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Moore is just a bit out of fashion these days. He belongs to the English gentleman era, of David Niven and Ronald Coleman. If Hugh Grant had done The Saint for two decades, maybe that would be more of a thing nowadays, but his camp style is a bit too awkward. I never saw it at the time. Sometimes he is very good, other times he is pretty bad, but again nowadays it's the laconic type we expect as action hero.
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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    I like Roger's humourous portrayal. Whenever i feel down and need a laugh, i put on one of his films.
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    He was the Saintly Bond.
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • 00730073 COPPosts: 1,061MI6 Agent
    Like I've said it somewhere in AJB before, don't hate the player hate the play: The excellent war movie Wild Geese shows tougher and grittier Roger Moore, he could have IMHO easily handled the same scripts that Daniel "2short2blond2tight" Graig gets praise for. Moore only got the sh4ft in the form of crappy scripts.

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  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    I've also heard Sir Rog refer to himself as the best Bond and TSWLM as the best Bond film.
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
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