Lighthouse Posted 23 May, 2017 Share Posted 23 May, 2017 Is no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaford Saint Posted 23 May, 2017 Share Posted 23 May, 2017 Roger is indeed no more....loved the Saint and still watch it. May he rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint in winchester Posted 23 May, 2017 Share Posted 23 May, 2017 No more Moore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Albert Posted 23 May, 2017 Share Posted 23 May, 2017 My wife's least favourite Bond but I liked him as the one I grew up with. Got a bit campy towards the end. Loved the Spy Who Loved Me and Live and Let Die but the latter is probably heavily influenced by my adoration of Paul McCartney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 23 May, 2017 Share Posted 23 May, 2017 Another iconic figure from a 1960's childhood gone. Always think of him in the Simon Templar role of The Saint. After his second Bond film the role went downhill. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 23 May, 2017 Author Share Posted 23 May, 2017 After his second Bond film the role went downhill. If you're referring to The Man with the Golden Gun, I'd say that was one of the weaker films in the series. It's only saving grace was the truly wonderful Christopher Lee, playing arguably one of the best Bond villains of all time. The scenes with Britt Ekland and the insufferable JW Pepper were pretty poor. If I was going to go full geek and put the Moore films in order 1. Octopussy 2. For Your Eye's Only 3. Live and Let Die 4. The Spy who Loved me 5. Moonraker 6. A View to a Kill. 7. TMWTGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 23 May, 2017 Share Posted 23 May, 2017 If you're referring to The Man with the Golden Gun, I'd say that was one of the weaker films in the series. It's only saving grace was the truly wonderful Christopher Lee, playing arguably one of the best Bond villains of all time. The scenes with Britt Ekland and the insufferable JW Pepper were pretty poor. If I was going to go full geek and put the Moore films in order 1. Octopussy 2. For Your Eye's Only 3. Live and Let Die 4. The Spy who Loved me 5. Moonraker 6. A View to a Kill. 7. TMWTGG Perhaps we just have to agree to disagree then. Christopher Lee was as you say excellent, a good booming Bond theme blasting out of Lulu's lungs as well. Agree that JW Pepper was crap, and to a lesser degree Nik Nak , although both were the thin end of a wedge for things getting worse , Jaws for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Albert Posted 23 May, 2017 Share Posted 23 May, 2017 Perhaps we just have to agree to disagree then. Christopher Lee was as you say excellent, a good booming Bond theme blasting out of Lulu's lungs as well. Agree that JW Pepper was crap, and to a lesser degree Nik Nak , although both were the thin end of a wedge for things getting worse , Jaws for example. I loved JW Pepper in Live and Let Die...What are you, some kind of doomsday machine?. Good stuff. I loved Moonraker's space shenanigans when I first saw it as a boy but now it seems cheesy. It has one of my favourite Bond lines at the end (Q: I believe he's attempting re-entry! Anyway, in the list I'd rate The Man With the Golden Gun about middle of the pack with Live and Let Die, the Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only my top 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 23 May, 2017 Author Share Posted 23 May, 2017 I loved JW Pepper in Live and Let Die...What are you, some kind of doomsday machine?. Good stuff. Just looked on wiki and Clifton James passed away a month ago aged 96. I wouldn't say I loved him but he was at least plausible, unlike Golden Gun where a Louisiana state trooper is for some reason buying a car in Thailand. The duel at the end in the 'fun house' was a good scene but the plot overall is just boring and riddled with holes. It basically comes down to an assassin selling some solar panels. Goodnight is just a bimbo in a bikini and as plausible a secret agent as Denise Richards was as a nuclear scientist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Albert Posted 23 May, 2017 Share Posted 23 May, 2017 Just looked on wiki and Clifton James passed away a month ago aged 96. I wouldn't say I loved him but he was at least plausible, unlike Golden Gun where a Louisiana state trooper is for some reason buying a car in Thailand. The duel at the end in the 'fun house' was a good scene but the plot overall is just boring and riddled with holes. It basically comes down to an assassin selling some solar panels. Goodnight is just a bimbo in a bikini and as plausible a secret agent as Denise Richards was as a nuclear scientist. Denise Richards as a nuclear scientist...that was some delightfully inappropriate casting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 31 May, 2017 Share Posted 31 May, 2017 An actor who never took himself too seriously, which is probably why he was so successful, but for all his ST and Bond roles, I was a dead sucker for The Wild Geese. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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