tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post5440330020368083375..comments2024-03-27T10:27:59.266-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Ask JKM a Question: Who is the Most Important Cinematic James Bond?John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-54554968780147969402018-06-01T21:04:03.864-04:002018-06-01T21:04:03.864-04:00For half a century, James Bond movies have obsesse...For half a century, James Bond movies have obsessed audiences. It's not hard to see why Ian Fleming's secret agent man is a global phenom. Bond himself, whether he's played by Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan or 21st-century model Daniel Craig, is an icon of style, sexy and macho. You won't believe this Asbestos Lawyer Philadelphia PAhttp://www.krwlawyers.com/Mesothelioma/Asbestos-Mesothelioma-Lawyer-Philadelphia-PA.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-63799963076747975222017-04-28T01:31:52.665-04:002017-04-28T01:31:52.665-04:00Wow, an unexpected answer (in a way), but I apprec...Wow, an unexpected answer (in a way), but I appreciate your approach to the question. I'm not the biggest Connery fan, but I'd have to answer that his was the most important portrayal for many of the reasons you mention. But your strong case for Moore is a good one (and glad you mentioned Dalton as well).Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-53036059155081351612017-04-25T11:22:13.366-04:002017-04-25T11:22:13.366-04:00I am guilty of liking MOONRAKER because it feature...I am guilty of liking MOONRAKER because it features the N.A.S.A. Space Shuttle Orbiters: Drax, U.S. Air Force/Marines in all of their glory two years before the Columbia actually went into space. Moore was good in this film and I often wonder how Connery would have been. If Moonraker was made today with Craig, then I am sure Drax space station would be more like the real International Space Station currently in orbit.<br /><br />SGBSGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137406272001346149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-64806015985189168842017-04-25T01:35:34.592-04:002017-04-25T01:35:34.592-04:00I have to agree, John, Roger Moore made it possib...I have to agree, John, Roger Moore made it possible for t he franchise to continue. I think Moore gets discredited for flaws in the franchise that were not his fault--the subject matter, screenplay, overall execution, etc. It wasn't HIS fault Moonraker was made, or that Octopussy was so nondescript, or that A View to a Kill emphasized all the wrong things. But Moore does plenty to make those films, or parts of them, watchable enough to justify spending the money.<br /><br />It no doubt helped that they had his body of screen work as The Saint as a template, but some credit goes to the fact that the producers adjusted to accommodate Moore's take on Bond--a wink and wit that made the character his own and freshened it. His relaxed style, coupled with some more far-out cinematic sequences (that boat chase in Live and Let Die!) put a sardonic, jet-setting 70's twist on the franchise. The writing, the approach, got a little wacked-out at times, but I think that was an attempt to counter the trend of gritty realism in cinema during that decade. We didn't want or need a 007 who resembled Charles Bronson in Death Wish just because the movies were supposed to be action thrillers! <br /><br />I've never understood people who think one can't appreciate both takes on Bond. Or several takes on Bond. Sherinoreply@blogger.com