On Her Majesty's Secret Service turned out to be a pleasant surprise.
Sure, OHMSS has shortcomings: The plot can seem a little skittish at times, the action scenes are made to look more "realistic" by speeding up the video, and it included one of the worst Bond lines ever. I won't give it away here, but he actually utters the phrase "He had a lot of guts".
But you know what? All told, this was a pretty good Bond movie...and George Lazenby turned in a solid performance. Which begs the question: Where is George Lazenby? Well, according to his credits he did the voice over the a Japanese Anime cartoon a couple of years back. And what do you think Roger Moore is doing right now? Probably doing coke off of some stripper's chest and sitting on a fat bank account courtesy of those James Bond DVD royalties. Talk about injustice.
So that bit of semi-comedy aside, I would recommend this one. I almost fell asleep after the first 40 minutes, but the action really picked up and I lost track of time....and more often than not, that is just what I look for in a film.
Sure, OHMSS has shortcomings: The plot can seem a little skittish at times, the action scenes are made to look more "realistic" by speeding up the video, and it included one of the worst Bond lines ever. I won't give it away here, but he actually utters the phrase "He had a lot of guts".
But you know what? All told, this was a pretty good Bond movie...and George Lazenby turned in a solid performance. Which begs the question: Where is George Lazenby? Well, according to his credits he did the voice over the a Japanese Anime cartoon a couple of years back. And what do you think Roger Moore is doing right now? Probably doing coke off of some stripper's chest and sitting on a fat bank account courtesy of those James Bond DVD royalties. Talk about injustice.
So that bit of semi-comedy aside, I would recommend this one. I almost fell asleep after the first 40 minutes, but the action really picked up and I lost track of time....and more often than not, that is just what I look for in a film.