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[DaveBond21]

That's why I think it could be the most FUN Bond movie of all.

There are some very serious and dramatic scenes but for sheer entertainment it's up there with the best. It really makes me smile. (even though I groan about the tarzan yell, "sit!" and all the animals that attack Bond when in India!!!

[Clouseau]

nah, i like Octopussy very much, but for me, TMWTGG is the most fun Bond film.

[moorebond82]

One of the best parts of that movie is the stuffed sheep head.
Anybody got some pics of that sheep head?

[DaveBond21]

One of the best parts of that movie is the stuffed sheep head.
Anybody got some pics of that sheep head?

LOL, yes, and I think it inspired the meal scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

[I Like Sharks]

I've always thought that Octopussy has all the best ingredients. The villains are excellent. Louis Jordan and Steven berkoff in paticular. The stunts are as good as it gets. India's an amazing location, yet the scenes in Germany are so much darker..and faster paced. Loads of girls. I'm surprised at the the negtive reactions to Kristina Waybourne. To be honest shes such a striking presence in the film that shes one of the best things about it, her actings not great but I'd say it's good enough.

Like people have said. It's one of the best Moore Bonds and proablably the most fun

[Jericho_One]

I've always thought that Octopussy has all the best ingredients. The villains are excellent. Louis Jordan and Steven berkoff in paticular. The stunts are as good as it gets. India's an amazing location, yet the scenes in Germany are so much darker..and faster paced. Loads of girls. I'm surprised at the the negtive reactions to Kristina Waybourne. To be honest shes such a striking presence in the film that shes one of the best things about it, her actings not great but I'd say it's good enough.

Like people have said. It's one of the best Moore Bonds and proablably the most fun

I agree with you. Her acting is not that great, but she had a magnificent screen presence.

[DaveBond21]

I agree with you. Her acting is not that great, but she had a magnificent screen presence.

I liked her little Octopussy......

[I Like Sharks]

I agree with you. Her acting is not that great, but she had a magnificent screen presence.

I liked her little Octopussy......

If theres ever been a time I've wanted to be Roger Moore....thats it!

[thecasinoroyale]

Totally! When we first hear the James Bond theme from Vijay, we know it's pure Moore and pure fun.

I mean look at the fantastic tuk-tuk chase and subsequential set peices after, it's total fun and only done with the sense of realism and danger Roger Moore can pull off in 007's shoes!

[Colossus]

Moonraker is the most fun i have with Moore's Bonds.

Edited by Colossus, 07 November 2006 - 12:34 AM.

[DaveBond21]

Moonraker is the most fun i have with Moore's Bonds.

I find it great fun, (and really love the globe-trotting), until the space scenes.

[Colossus]

The II Act is my favorite, the South America part, followed by I: Drax estate/Venice, and then of course III: space!

Edited by Colossus, 08 November 2006 - 06:18 AM.

[DaveBond21]

Actually there are a lot of fun elements to the South American scenes in Moonraker, especially the cable car, ambulance fight, and python attack.

[crheath]

I've always liked Octopussy as one of my favorites of the Moore series. It's got plenty of action, a great pre-title sequence and an exciting climax.

I always recommend this film to people who didn't like Roger Moore because he played the role too light. He is very effective in the scene with Steven Berkoff on the train as well as the scene at the circus where he tries to tell everyone about the bomb. This shows how good an actor he really was.

[DaveBond21]

I always recommend this film to people who didn't like Roger Moore because he played the role too light. He is very effective in the scene with Steven Berkoff on the train as well as the scene at the circus where he tries to tell everyone about the bomb. This shows how good an actor he really was.

I agree - what about when he kills Grischka with his own knife? "And this is for 009...". Excellent stuff.

Yeah, I agree, I like Moore when he was playing it serious - like when he kicks Loque and his car off the cliff in FYEO, and when he hears of Tibbett's death in AVTAK.

[Safari Suit]

Got this in the post today along with the other Moore films I didn't already have.

Blimey, it's a good thing James Brolin never got the part, isn't it?

[Moore Not Less]

Blimey, it's a good thing James Brolin never got the part, isn't it?

Yes, it is a good thing that James Brolin never got the part. Looking at his screentest it's obvious he was not suitable for the role of James Bond. Having said that, I think he was very good in films like Westworld and Capricorn One.

Edited by Moore Not Less, 02 January 2007 - 07:47 PM.

[Safari Suit]

Oh, I have nothing against Brolin in general, I watched the screentests fully expecting him to be decent, but they were pretty disastrous. Still, pretty big of him to discuss it on the UE after all these years.

[Agent 0015]

I had feelings about the movie, but then I really enjoyed it and I love Maud Adams. The only thing I didn't like was the song.

Edited by Agent 0015, 02 January 2007 - 11:33 PM.

[RJJB]

Any Bond movie that is classified as being a "fun" movie is not worth the time it takes to watch it.

[DaveBond21]

Any Bond movie that is classified as being a "fun" movie is not worth the time it takes to watch it.

But you have nothing against "Fun" in general?


I am always surprised that there are Bond fans who really don't like certain movies - luckily for me, I like all 21.

[PrinceKamalKhan]

I recently read where Roger said that the Octopussy production was a fun and happy one to be involved with. It shows in the movie.

It definitely does. Octopussy is one of Roger's 2 or 3 best Bond films and is in my top 10. It definitely provides a lot of fun. I think it's the best John Glen-directed Moore Bond film and my 2nd favorite 1980s Bond film after The Living Daylights.

Yes, maybe it should have been Roger's last movie.

No maybes. It definitely should have been Roger's last. A View to a Kill was a very limp swansong for Moore. Yet I would not have wanted AVTAK(without a major script rewrite, anyway) to have been either Dalton's or Brosnan's first Bond film.

[capungo]

I guess it depends on your definition of fun. If it's Tarzan and clowns, then count me out. Maybe it was trying to be crowd pleasing more often, but in those cases, I felt it got bogged down. In my opinion, I'd have to put The Spy Who Loved Me as possibly the most "fun" bond movie, and I can't for the life of me figure out why. It might have to do with the fact that the movie is accompanied by music throughout SOOO much of it. Not just the straight bondish stuff, but Stromberg's classical music, the egyptian show during the pyramids, and the showtune-y take on Nobody does it Better when the van's in the desert. I think something of it has to do with Gilbert's directorial style, if only for the fact that MR and YOLT were the next movies to come to mind as "fun" after TSWLM.

However, I do admit that Octopussy was a great fun romp through Bond land. It definitely made the most of India, and as others have said, Louis Jordan's "Octopussy... Octopussy" Delivery at the end never gets old.

[RJJB]

i have no objection to "fun", as someone asked earlier. But I seriously object when a movie series jettisons what made it cool for a "fun" approach. I was around when the Bond movies began so I was there to see the "fun" movies that were also there. Movies such as Our Man Flint and the Matt Helm series. They were definitely designed to appeal to an audience looking for a lighter touch. And what are they now? Nothing but relics of the 60s. But the fun approach infected the Bond movies, starting with Diamonds Are Forever. From that point on, things continually degenerated and we had to suffer things such as an inflatable main villain, a tiredly stereotypical Southern Sheriff, a henchman who has more resiliency that Wile E. Coyote, ridiculous trips into space for a character who should be firmly rooted on earth, no matter what other genre of movie causes a phenemenon. We can only be grateful that Jurassic Park did not show up until years later, or else we'd have Bond trying to save the world from dinosaurs.

A lot of claims are made that the Roger Moore era was right for the times. I have always disagreed with that. There are plenty of quality serious movies during the same time. It was the producers' capitulation to other trends that led to the garbage of the Roger Moore era. They lost sight of the fact that Bond movies used to set trends. They did not follow other trends. The early movies provided solid entertainment without the sacrifice to the totally absurd. And I will alway choose the Bond movies that provide the cool without the crap. If I want fun, I'll watch a movie that is written to be a comedy. I will never again watch the substandard antics of a second rate actor displaying tired attempts at juvenile comedy in movies that are former creative shadows of their predecessors.

Edited by RJJB, 03 January 2007 - 01:10 PM.

[Onyx2626]

Maud Adams is my favourite Roger Bond girl. She and Roger Moore had great chemistry, more so, I think, than he had with any other actress in a Bond movie, maybe because they are good friends off screen?

I think that Octopussy and Live And Let Die are the most unusual of all Bond movies. They had interesting characters and locations, unusual gadgets and action. It was a fun movie for sure, but not my favourite Roger Bond. I can't quite figure this out, but for some reason, it just never really stuck with me like his other Bond movies.

Yeah, I don't get it.

It's easy to sit through because the plot details (or lack thereof) make each viewing interesting. But when it's over, I forget it. Call me crazy, but I think the strange thing about OP is that Roger and Maude have all of their clothes on each time we see them in bed.
TMWTGG had more erotic tension between those two.

[Safari Suit]

Come on, lets give credit where credit is due. Sure there's a scene where Bond is dressed as a clown, but he's disarming a nuclear bomb! And that scene is played completely straight!

You didn't get that in "Never Say Never Again".

[Gothamite]

I saw it recently having nto seen it for years. When I had seen it before, I remember loving it, but this time it was actually quite a disappointment. The jokes all made me cringe and Moore looks older in this than in AVTAK.

The only thing that redeemed this film for me, in any way, was the chemistry between Moore and Maud Adams.

For me, the funnest Bond movie is TSWLM. Just plain, good fun.

[Number 6]

OCTOPUSSY is my favorite of the Moore films for reasons that DaveBond has already stated...FUN. I never tire of watching it unlike Moonraker & AVTAK...

[Fiona Volpe lover]

I would say Moonraker's probably the most fun Bond movie,but I do like Octopussy alot,it's my third favourite of Moore's. I think the balancing of For Your Eyes Only seriousness and Moonraker silliness is actually done pretty well-something for everyone!

[DamnCoffee]

I think Octopussy is a really good combination of Humour and Action, it is a really fun Bond movie (Disguises, taxi chase) but its actually really dark too, one of the most serious Roger Bonds imo.