Saying on the OHMSS board that it wouldn't have worked with Sean Connery, and that we were lucky to have Lazenby means you think Lazenby's performance was good, yes?
No, that's not the same thing at all...
I'm not going to even go over to that board and recheck what I wrote but I'm pretty certain that (as you said to be fair) I was talking, quite specifically, in reference / comparison to Connery.
My opinion was / is that that film would not have worked with Connery as I wouldn't consider him / take him seriously doing a more romantic role, especially as Bond when we've already seen him face and arse slapping his way through many, many women by that stage. So yeah, I'm glad and happy we got Lazenby instead for that film.
Do note however, that says nothing at all re Lazenby's, or Connery's for that matter, performances per se...
If you like Bardem performance here, that's absolutely fine and cool. Whatever. But my opinion on his performance would not change based upon referencing it on someone else's!
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HellFire (561)
2 months ago
"we've already seen him face and arse slapping his way through many, many women by that stage"
Come on. Connery gave Margaret Nolan a little slap on the arse in Goldfinger, and he only slapped two women's faces - once in From Russia With Love and the second time was in Diamonds Are Forever which we won't count because of course had he done OHMSS that would've been before it.
The counterbalance to that of course are two things. First, he seemed to have real affection for Honey in Dr. No and Domino in Thunderball when he told her about her brother. He even put his sunglasses on in a moment that looked as if he was trying to hide his emotions. Second, don't forget Lazenby's Bond actually slaps Tracy only about 15 or 20 minutes before their romantic montage.
I'm not trying to convince you but don't you think there's a good argument that OHMSS would've been even more powerful with Connery's Bond falling in love considering his attitude towards women previously?
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FootOfDavros (8142)
2 months ago
LOL, I wasn't referencing Connery's "face and arse slapping" behaviour in order to get a literal count back.
I was saying that to frame in mind the character's perception - Are you discounting the scenes of him forcing himself upon woman, e.g. the now famed "rape" of Pussy Galore and forcing that Health Clinic woman to sleep with him or he'll get her sacked? Both well before OHMSS.
And I'm not saying this to digress the conversation further, just to point out that Connery's Bond was already well established as a rough, womaniser and therefore it works to OHMSS having Lazenby in the role instead...
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HellFire (561)
2 months ago
No I didn't forget about him forcing himself on women in GF and TB. Daniel Craig's Bond just got in Severance's shower in this without her consent and he'd been in love with Vesper in CR and would fall in love again with Madeline in Spectre. It's Bond. He's full of contradictions. So to me Connery's Bond could as well.
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