The Roger Moore Era (1973-1985)

Good
1. Moonraker
2. The Spy Who Loved Me

OK
3. For Your Eyes Only
4. A View to a Kill
5. Octopussy
6. Live and Let Die

Meh
7. The Man with the Golden Gun

The White Tuxedo wrote:

TND is my new AVTAK. Can't stand it. :face:

Let's hope that in a few years time, you can say "I like all the Bond films from DN - TND" then ;)

Moore's tenure:

1) For Your Eyes Only: Beats the piss out of every other Moore flick at everything. One of the best Bonds ever, not even Bibi can prevent that.
2) The Spy Who Loved Me: Lack of a menacing villian and Barbara Bach doing her best tree impression hurts Spy. The final third is dynamite.
3) Live And Let Die: Solid, but nothing special. Boat chase is the standout, other set pieces less so.
4) Moonraker: Ridiculous and outlandish, but in a hilariously entertaining way.
5) Octopussy: Lacks cohesiveness, as the two halves of the film are at odds with each other. Entertaining, but would have worked better if the filmmakers stuck with one approach.
6) A View To A Kill: Boring, with only Walken as a standout
7) The Man With The Golden Gun: Boring, dreary, and painfully low scale for a Bond flick. Lee is the only saving grace.

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6) A View To A Kill: Boring, with only Walken as a standout

1. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

I find it sharp and entertaining. It's a bit more toned down than the 70's Bonds (which is good). There are plenty of genuinely tense moments. It's quite underrated on the whole. Moore's Bond feels a tad more world-weary than we've been accustomed to. He's still got the wit and charm, but he's a bit deadlier here too. Bill Conti is da shiz. The score is upbeat, edgy, and exciting. Fiddler On The Roof guy is also good. The scene where Bond goes rock climbing is, as far as I'm concerned, one of the best, tensest, most thrilling sequences in the whole series. I don't know if it's really been surpassed by any Bondian cliffhanger (*snort*) since.

2. A VIEW TO A KILL

I'm one of the many people who loathed this film before being converted. Moore is old, but he still makes the ladies swoon. Anyone who disagrees is a pathetic waffler. And a Communist. It's got Christopher Walken, angry black woman, Tanya Roberts in a short bathrobe, and an old Nazi who wields dynamite like Wile E. Coyote. It's fun and ridiculous. Barry's score is fucking superb. I could listen to "He's Dangerous" for hours on end.

3. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

A grandiose ride. Moore-Bond comes into his own. Bach is as exciting as a plank though. So is fish man. Naomi's rack saves the film.

4.THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN

Not the strongest film, but Mankiewicz helps out. The fun and legendary wit are there in spades. Moore gives a good performance as a more arsehole-ish Bond. The scene with Maud Adams in the hotel room stands out. Lee is pretty good. The midget is pretty short. The kung fu school stuff and the redneck cop can fuck right off though. Solid effort overall.

5. MOONRAKER

An alright, pulp-ish adventure. The space bits... yeah, I dunno. It's kinda unforgivable.

6. LIVE AND LET DIE

Nostalgia value aside, there's just something off. All the voodoo crap I guess. The much loved boat chase is, for me, about three-and-a-half hours too long. Sherrif Jay Seven Pepper is one of the worst characters in the Bond cinematic canon. He serves no purpose other than to irritate. Moore is OK in his debut, but is perhaps lacking the spark he later developed.

7. OCTOPUSSY

Not bad, but I find it rather bland. There's little that's memorable here for me, outside of that apparently waaacist chase through the streets. Caramel Khan is probably the weakest villain of the series outside of the French toad in QOS.

Largo's Shark wrote:

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6) A View To A Kill: Boring, with only Walken as a standout

Still same rankings as last year for me, same reasons as well:

FYEO
OP
AVTAK
MR
LALD
TMWTGG
TSWLM

And a belated thanks to Groucho, whose post in this thread I'd never noticed until now.

Glad to see your return Lazenby! :)

Cheers MP, great to be back. 8)

Lazenby. wrote:

Cheers MP, great to be back. 8)

Ah there you are! I finally got around to accepting that invitation you sent me on MI6 a while back to join this forum! Thanks again!

Never thought to rank the films by era before, but here goes...

TSWLM
LALD
TMWTGG
OP
MR
FYEO
AVTAK

It's not easy to rank the first three - for me it's more like a three-way tie with OP coming in second.
And personally, I think FYEO is the better film, but there's something bonkers about MR that makes it more entertaining overall.

4/22 For Your Eyes Only
5/22 A View to a Kill (My Goldfinger !!)
7/22 Live and Let Die
10/22 Octopussy
11/22 The Man with the Golden Gun
13/22 The Spy Who Loved Me
20/22 Moonraker

Roger Moore vs the rest:

1. Roger Moore
2. Pierce Brosnan
3. Sean Connery
4. Timothy Dalton
5. George Lazenby
6. Daniel Craig

Best Roger Moore performance:

The first 4 be easy and i whant make a note that The Spy Who Loved Me be from more then only Roger Moore is example for the movie's that follow.

1. For Your Eyes Only
2. Octopussy
3. The Spy Who Loved Me
4. The Man with the Golden Gun
5. Live and Let Die
6. Moonraker
7. A View To A Kill

Best Chacter development:

1. For Your Eyes Only
2. Octopussy
3. The Spy Who Loved Me
4. The Man with the Golden Gun
5. Live and Let Die
6. A View To A Kill
7. Moonraker

Lead Bondgirl's:

1. Melina (For Your Eyes Only)
2. Octopussy (Octopussy)
3. Major Anya Amasova (The Spy Who Loved Me)
4. Mary Goodnight (The Man With The Golden Gun)
5. Dr Holly Goodhead (Moonraker)
6. Solitaire (Live And Let Die)
7. Rosie Carver (Live And Let Die)
8. Andrea Anders (The Man With The Golden Gun)
9. Corrine Dufour (Moonraker)
10. Stacey Sutton (A View To A Kill)
11. Magda (Octopussy)
12. Bibi (For Your Eyes Only)

Villian:

1. Kamal Khan (Octopussy)
2. Dr Kananga/ Mr Big (Live And Let Die)
3. Francisco Scaramanga (The Man With The Golden Gun)
4. Kristatos (For Your Eyes Only)
5. Max Zorin (A View To A Kill)
6. Karl Stromberg (The Spy Who Loved Me)
7. Hugo Drax (Moonraker)

Best pre-title:

1. The Spy Who Loved Me.
2. For your Eyes Only
3. Octopussy
4. Live and Let Die
5. A View to a Kill
6. The Man With The Golden Gun
7. Moonraker

Maintitle:

1. The Spy Who Loved Me
2. The Man With The Golden Gun
3. Moonraker
4. For your Eyes Only
5. Live and Let Die
6. Octopussy
7. A View to a Kill

Title song;

1. The Spy Who Loved Me
2. Octopussy
3. The Man With The Golden Gun
4. For your Eyes Only
5. Moonraker
6. Live and Let Die
7. A View to a Kill

Score:

1. For your Eyes Only
2. Live and Let Die
3. Octopussy
4. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. The Man With The Golden Gun
6. A View to a Kill
7. Moonraker

SE Dvd menu:

1. Live and Let Die
2. The Spy Who Loved Me
3. For Your Eyes Only
4. Moonraker
5. Octopussy
6. The Man With The Golden Gun
7. A View to a Kill

Thanks for the format lay-out MBalje!

Movies
1. A View to a Kill
2. Octopussy
3. For Your Eyes Only
4. Live and Let Die
5. The Man with the Golden Gun
6. The Spy Who Loved Me
7. Moonraker

Main Girl
1. Octopussy
2. Stacey Sutton
3. Solitaire
4. Melina Havelock
5. Anya Amasova
6. Mary Goodnight
7. Holly Goodhead

Main Villain
1. Max Zorin
2. Francisco Scaramanga
3. Kamal Khan
4. Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big
5. Aristotle Kristatos
6. General Orlov
7. Hugo Drax
8. Karl Stromberg

Main Henchmen
1. Tee Hee
2. Jaws (preferrably TSWLM)
3. Gobinda
4. Emile Locque
5. Chang
6. Nick Nack
7. May Day

Title Song
1. A View to a Kill by Duran Duran
2. Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney and Wings
3. Nobody Does it Better by Carly Simon
4. Moonraker by Shirley Bassey
5. The Man with the Golden Gun by Lulu
6. All Time High by (forgot her name)
7. For Your Eyes Only by Sheena Easton

Pre-Title Sequence
1. A View to a Kill
2. Moonraker
3. For Your Eyes Only
4. Octopussy
5. The Spy Who Loved Me
6. The Man with the Golden Gun
7. Live and Let Die

Soundtracks
1. Live and Let Die
2. A View to a Kill
3. For Your Eyes Only
4. The Spy Who Loved Me
5. Moonraker
6. The Man with the Golden Gun
7. Octopussy