Totally agree

While I agree this is easily one of the very best Bond films, it's not because of Lazenby. He absolutely did a solid job considering he wasn't even an actor, but his portrayal is still lackluster and awkward, and most of what he performed well was in fact a credit to the director and his co-stars like Diana Rigg who held him up and made him look better. It was easily the best Bond film script, sticking closer to the Fleming source material than any other as well as that novel being Fleming's best. To me, Rigg is the star of the movie, not Lazenby. Gabriele Ferzetti also added a lot of weight to it. Though I do find Telly Savalas' Blofeld portrayal to be very dull and anti-climactic to the aura and build-up surrounding the character especially in this story. That being said, it was only because they had a new unknown Bond that they made such an effort to revise the Bond films back to the Fleming source. Had Connery been able to do OHMSS, they would have no doubt ruined the story with more silliness and probably more space rockets or something. Lazenby's solid and dynamic fight scenes were also ruined by a shoddy, messy editing style and he would have looked much better had they given him a better haircut and wardrobe. They also made a bad decision in dubbing George with George Baker's silly voice when under cover as Hilary Bray, especially considering it's for a large chunk of the movie. Some of the dad jokes they gave him were blatantly tacked on last-minute and are terrible (literally some are dubbed over when he's not even moving his lips...). A further small nit-pick of mine is that they absolutely should have included the touch of Blofeld hurling one of his guards down the bobsled run to his death for raping one of the girls (from the novel), which would have added a good dose of extra menace and complexity to the Blofeld character in that film.

@@AD-kv9kj I disagree with some of your points, George does carry the film , true the other actors have more experience but this story took a different direction and how do you know Connery's would have made it better because we are not used to see bond in a real romantic relationship. Lazenby's touching performance at the end is a real tear jerker, who knows if Connery who actually was tired of the role by this time would have put his heart into it. For this reason George was the better choice.

@@randyacuna3248 do you know the Hitchcock's film MARNIE, with Sean Connery? If you look that film you will image perfectly Sean in OHMSS, also in the tragic final. Do you think Sean isn't able to make a James Bond also in love? He knows well his job.

@@grazianoracciatti2728 my point is that Sean was tired of bond . He looked it in twice giving a going through the motion poor performance. George was fresh . Plus as you can clearly see by the next year after secret service sean had aged plus looking out of shape. He gives a poor performance in this disappointing movie compared to a film like Russia.

And For Your Eyes Only 1981 was.

Yeah his Agent shit the bed, but more importantly Lazenby also never wanted to be “Bond” he wanted to be “Lazenby”. Hence the beard and long hair he grew when the film was released.

They gave him a 5 picture deal, and on the advice of his Irish agent, he turned them down. Imagine how good Diamonds Are Forever would have been w Lazenby/Hunt...

@@thomasmulhall4873 anything would have been better then the version that was made. Diamonds is definitely a low point in the franchise.

@@thomasmulhall4873 Lazenby, with love and respect, is out of that era and the era who comes. Until the early 70s, Connery is Bond for everyone. After him, Moore is the right man at the right time (except the last film). 36.00 - 36.53 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d9Vkmql3l9neiGQ.html 28.01 - 29.06 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLdlg6Zo0pqZj2Q.html

He is a fabulous bond

Yeah, pity he didn't direct a second Bond film, especially after being editor of the first 5 films.

Stay safe George! Hopefully he has many years ahead of him yet, but the man is 83.

Right?! If you think about it, he could’ve played Bond for a generation. Could’ve at least gone as long as Moore or Craig did. Saltzman and Broccoli even offered him a 7 film contract.

@@tbc9096 all true.

Now George Lazenby is the oldest living actor at age 82 (will turn 83 September 5th) to have played Bond with the deaths of Sean Connery and Roger Moore.

@@scottknode898 correct

I was never sure if that was him or the engine noise. But now that I've heard it a bunch of times, it's definitely him going "hmmm".

That's not a V8, but a inline 6

MrWillempjuh say what?????

@Tamky west wow that's amazing

Twincam 6, Weber carburettors, Vantage soec 4Litre. This specific engine was warmed over by Aston Martin. Lovely sound!

The Mercury Cougar with the big block sounds good when Tracy goes round the Aston DBS( probably my fav Aston).

Yeahh a new introducing of a James Bond without showing his face yet until the action scene come into place as 007🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

One of the most underrated movie soundtracks ever. Peak John Barry.

yeah@@richardhoulton4016

Nighthawk Driving Glasses. Yellow tint.

It's probably just a prop

I think I could be "birds of the West Indies" by James Bond , I think I heard that by Peter Hunt or someone on the film

It’s a book of road maps to help bond navigate his way across Portugal

It was (print) Bond's fave: the MICHELIN GUIDE. This is a cultural artifact. We no longer use such "Road Atlasses" in the age of GPS (something Bond foretold in Goldfinger)

I don't have a huge problem with it. As Bond himself puts it in Tomorrow Never Dies, it's a "Filthy habit" Obviously I know that 99% of people wouldn't take up smoking just because they saw Bond do it, and I don't have a problem with it in these old films, but it's not a unique element of his character, it's just a very unpleasant habit people had back then, and to a lesser extent now, so promoting it just isn't a good idea I think. Now the Martini's and other booze is a different story, because that is sacred. Anyway, with that being said, I would have liked for them to make an exception to the rule and have him light Felix's cigar in No Time To Die as a way of honouring his memory. They kill Felix off and then just forget about him straight after, it was really odd.

Let me see. Majesty Steven Chu or Majesty Tony Cai. It's a choice question.

So young，So bold.

Idiot

No, that's Barry Nelson

The most unsuitable choice.

The worst Bond actor is Daniel bland blonde Bourne wannabe Craig.

@@jmcasas17 Yes.