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[goose007]

For me I think Moonraker was the worst to me. It was just too sci-fi for me. I enjoy that realism and continuity that the Bond movies normaly have.

[Vauxhall]

A VIEW TO A KILL is comfortably the worst for me.

I also dislike the last 20-30 minutes of MOONRAKER, but apart from that, it's perhaps my favourite of Moore's films. Venice and Rio are outstanding.

[The Richmond Spy]

As much as I try, I can never get too excited about For Your Eyes Only. Also, considering I recently enjoyed a viewing of A View To A Kill...my list probably looks like

Tier 1
TSWLM
OP

Tier 2
TMWTGG
MR
LALD

Tier 3
AVTAK
FYEO

[danslittlefinger]

Moonraker without a doubt, just pushed the believabilty stick into overdrive.

[Colossus]

Moonraker has one of if not Roger's best performance.

I will say AVTAK though.

[00Twelve]

Gotta say Moonraker. It does, of course, have its moments, but there's just too much goofball humor for my Fleming-driven taste. I still don't rank it last in the whole series, though, because it's mercifully aware of just what kind of movie it is.

[dinovelvet]

For Your Eyes Only, easily.

For a film that was supposed to be the gritty, serious antidote to Moonraker, there's a ludicrous amount of camp in it, from Q disguised as a priest to the Carry On antics of Bibi trying to seduce Codger Roger, Bond scoring ice hockey goals with goons, the goofy disposal of Blofeld, and most bizarrely, Bond getting crucial information from a parrot. That's the same parrot that later asks Margaret Thatcher for a kiss, by the way, when she thinks she's talking to Bond. Add to this the most non-threatening villain of the entire series, not one but TWO mute, dull, uninteresting henchmen, a silly anticlimax, and you have Roger's least finest hour, or two, of being Bond.

[the villain's architect]

For Your Eyes Only, easily.

For a film that was supposed to be the gritty, serious antidote to Moonraker, there's a ludicrous amount of camp in it, from Q disguised as a priest to the Carry On antics of Bibi trying to seduce Codger Roger, Bond scoring ice hockey goals with goons, the goofy disposal of Blofeld, and most bizarrely, Bond getting crucial information from a parrot. That's the same parrot that later asks Margaret Thatcher for a kiss, by the way, when she thinks she's talking to Bond. Add to this the most non-threatening villain of the entire series, not one but TWO mute, dull, uninteresting henchmen, a silly anticlimax, and you have Roger's least finest hour, or two, of being Bond.

Finally someone speaks it out

I love Moonraker.

[DamnCoffee]

I really want to say A View to a Kill, I just think Roger looked too old, his performance was fine though. Infact, it isn't his age I have a problem with, it's Tanya Roberts.

[Zorin Industries]

I enjoy that realism and continuity that the Bond movies normaly have.

"Realism"....? Have you seen the other Bond films...?

[BoogieBond]

Easy choice for me. The Man With The Golden Gun.
I just find it unremarkable, uninspired and Dull.
I'm with you "The villain's architect" I also love Moonraker (minus the last half hour) It may not be Fleming, but it is terrific fantasy/escapist entertainment for me.

Edited by BoogieBond, 05 August 2008 - 09:07 AM.

[avl]

Octopussy and AVTAK are the ones I find I least want to watch. RM is just too old, and the films feel tired and routine these days.

[Blonde Bond]

That's the same parrot that later asks Margaret Thatcher for a kiss.

That was pretty lame ending. Seeing FYEO was supposed to be gritty and realistic, it's was so absurd to have an ending from british sketch show. The dude who they got to play Thatcher's hubby, looked a lot like Dana Carvey from Saturday Night Live.


My absolute unfavorite Moore Bond Movie is AVTAK. There are few saving points and I actually like the mood of the film. Not as jokey as few other Moore films. But Moore was just way too old, whatherface was/is one of the worst Bond girls ever graced the silver screen AND Christopher Walken didn't get enough screen time.

[SPOTTER]

It has to be A VIEW TO A KILL for me. I don't really mind the film as all Bond films are great entertainment but Moore is far too old to be believable in the role of Bond. And don't get me started on that quiche scene.

His first 3 films were his best in my opinion but it was just a steady decline from there but that's another thread isn't it.

[Simon]

Poppycock and balderdash.

Roger could comfortably wander into a Bond film today and steal the whole damned show; kit and caboodle.

[dodge]

Easy choice for me. The Man With The Golden Gun.
I just find it unremarkable, uninspired and Dull.
I'm with you "The villain's architect" I also love Moonraker (minus the last half hour) It may not be Fleming, but it is terrific fantasy/escapist entertainment for me.

I'm with you there. there are parts, even longish stretches, of other Moore films I simnply can't stand. But, from start to finsih, TMWTGG is simply a mountain of doody.

[Safari Suit]

In all seriousness what is everyone's big problem with the quiche scene? Is it that whole "real men don't eat quiche" thing?

[Cruiserweight]

TMWTGG was his weakest but i still love that film none the less.

& Kriegler wasn't mute.He did have a few lines.
:-P

[Gabriel]

TMWTGG is my least favourite Moore Bond. It's overlong, directionless and drab-looking, given the exotic locations. The opening is like something out of a 1960s TV spy series. Nothing sits well in it. There's more obvious nudity, yet it manages to be very unsexy nudity. Maurice Binder's title sequence is a misfire (the model has a ridiculous amount of pubic hair that even the 'frosted screens' can't hide.) Lulu's song is just hideous. It sounds like Shirley Bassey on helium after a coke binge! It also reflects a rare poor score from John Barry. Britt Ekland is just awful. Nick-Nack again seems like something out of a 1960s TV spy series. In a parallel universe, if I was shown TMWTGG and told that it was the last James Bond filM and led to the breakup of Broccoli and Salzman, I would have understood why! There's nothing in TMWTGG to convince that Bond had anything going for it to justify it continuing beyond the 1960s. Utterly underwhelming.

Curiously, I like MR and TSWLM: overblown as they are, they are terrific fun if you accept that you aren't watching the same series of films that included the likes of FRWL! AVTAK is a bit iffy, but there's plenty I do like in it. Octopussy is a riot if you treat it in the same light as Moonraker. it's a loud, rumbunctious silly comedy with Roger Moore's Bond being written with Harry Flashman's swagger, but without the cowardice.

Although I loved LaLD as a child, it's aged horribly. LaLD sits second to TMWTGG as my least favourite Bond.

My favourite Roger Moore Bond is FYEO. It's often silly, but I like the smaller scale of the adventure. i just wish it hadd a John Barry score.

All in all though, other than TMWTGG, I can happily sit through pretty much all of Roger's Bonds!

Edited by Gabriel, 06 August 2008 - 12:24 AM.

[Turn]

AVTAK by a mile. It would scream tired if it had enough lung power to scream.

Coming up behind it is FYEO, probably the most overrated of the Bond films.

[DamnCoffee]

Coming up behind it is FYEO, probably the most overrated of the Bond films.

I have to disagree with this. I find For Your Eyes Only to be very underrated.

[Joey Bond]

Coming up behind it is FYEO, probably the most overrated of the Bond films.

I have to disagree with this. I find For Your Eyes Only to be very underrated.

I agree that FYEO is underrated. For once, a Moore film tries to be a proper spy thriller.

I'm torn between TMWTGG, MR and AVTAK as the worst, they all place in my bottom 5 overall, but if I had to choose, probably AVTAK because the plot is virtually Goldfinger all over again.

[dinovelvet]

Coming up behind it is FYEO, probably the most overrated of the Bond films.

I have to disagree with this. I find For Your Eyes Only to be very underrated.

I agree that FYEO is underrated. For once, a Moore film tries to be a proper spy thriller.

Tries, yes, but that's as far as it gets. The only "spying" Bond does is when he snoops around outside Gonzalez's villa, wearing that most appropriate piece of spy gear - a green cardigan, and gets caught after about 30 seconds because he didn't see a guard about three feet away from him. Good work there, secret agent James Bond. He might as well have knocked on the front door, showed his MI6 Secret Agent card, and asked if there were any Evil Supervillains there he could talk to.

[john.steed]

Put me down for AVTAK. While I enjoyed it then and still do, I found that one once the action switched to San Fransico, everything slowed down. Further, Tanya Roberts was one of my least favorite Bond girls. On the good side, I did like Patrick McNee's role in the film.

[Skudor]

Moonraker is quite possibly my favourite Moore Bond - even the space stuff isn't all that bad for me, I find that I buy into it quite easily. Live and Let Die also gets decent marks from me. I find Spy a bit overrated, but it's not the worst. The Man with the Golden Gun isn't all bad either. Eyes Only isn't as good as it's made out to be by many, but nor is it his worst.

It's a showdown between his two last, Octopussy and A View to a Kill. And, on balance, I think my vote for the worst Roger Moore Bond film goes to ..... Octopussy. It's bordering on awful.

[Publius]

In all seriousness what is everyone's big problem with the quiche scene? Is it that whole "real men don't eat quiche" thing?

It's more that "real Bonds don't bake quiches for love interests that look like they could be his granddaughter."

Anyway, it's AVTAK for me, no contest. Not that it's a bad movie, just bad by Bond standards. A younger actor would have gone a long way to solve many of my problems with it, or at least mask them.

[DamnCoffee]

In all seriousness what is everyone's big problem with the quiche scene? Is it that whole "real men don't eat quiche" thing?

It's more that "real Bonds don't bake quiches for love interests that look like they could be his granddaughter."

Eon can't win can they?

They try and make Bond humane and show him cooking, it doesn't go down well. Then some of the Bond movies are blasted because Bond is being shown as too much of a superman.

[Vauxhall]

True, but I think the selection of quiche as Bond's dish of choice was particularly odd. It did tie in nicely with his choice of cardigans during the 1980s though.

[bond 16.05.72]

If I rated them

1. SWLM
2. LALD
3. FYEO
4. OP
5. MWTGG
6. MR
7. VTAK

My recent Bond marathon which I continued with LTK last night, has not left me thinking highly of the Moore era, infact I think I might be rating some of the Brozzer entries higher than MR & VTAK, which frankly were embarassing double entendre fests which had me squirming in my seat.

This is why I can't understand peoples being down on CR when we had to endure what was like watching Sid James in the Carry On movies and although I enjoyed OP recently watching poor old Rog with his trousers hitched up around his stomach like an ageing Simon Cowell is clearly not cool.

The only bad thing I can think of CR for is making the majority of the previous 20 films with some exceptions look positively bad and for me the Moore era looks tame in comparrison.

[Publius]

Eon can't win can they?

They try and make Bond humane and show him cooking, it doesn't go down well. Then some of the Bond movies are blasted because Bond is being shown as too much of a superman.

Well, showing Bond cleaning his home and doing other domestic chores would also make him seem more human than he usually does, but I'd rather they focus on the humanity of this otherwise superheroic figure by demonstrating his emotions, regrets, doubts, fears, etc. He should also have to struggle and feel pain physically. All in moderation, of course.