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Rest in Peace - Roger Moore
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Roger Moore brought a bit of his old Simon Templar (The Saint) to the role - still the best of the post-Sean Connery Bonds IMO...
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Roger Moore caught a lot of flack of his portrayal of James Bond, and to be honest, I tried to watch one of Moore's Bond movies, and I couldn't make it all of the way through it; it simply didn't age well for me. With that said, some of my fondest memories include my dad taking me to see Bond movies as a kid. My dad didn't spend a ton of time with me because he worked two jobs the majority of my childhood, so this was a really special time in my life.
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I still remember him as one of the "Maverick" family.
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Roger Moore was the Bond I grew up watching, but as I got older his Bond films didn't age well for me either. The later ones were pretty silly. He also seemed to be a bit too much of a "pretty boy"...sorry to be so critical on the announcement of his passing.
I have to say my favorite Bond actor is Daniel Craig. The Bond movies have greatly improved during his tenure, in my opinion. Anyway, Sir Roger had a long distinguished career...Rest in peace.
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Same here, grew up on the first generation of Bond flicks - Sean Connery is still #1 IMO...
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I think perhaps that Roger Moore was the only Bond to realize the absurdity of the whole Bond concept, acknowledged it, and actually play to it in his face with those eyebrow lifts. I actually enjoyed that witty portrayal. Of course, the franchise's subject matter in the period was kind of strange as well. RIP Roger.
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Having been born in a certain time and not inundated with movie choice, my first Bond was Octupussy. Not too shabby if you don't mind a bit of camp.
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Roger Moore will always be Brett Sinclair in the Persuaders to me. I used to love watching him with Tony Curtis before taking on the Bond role.
He was one of those childhood heroes who stay forever young in your head and you never think of them being old enough to die. It comes as a shock to hear of his passing but at 89, he had a good innings. RIP Roger. |
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He was a fine actor. I still enjoyed his portrayal of Bond, despite knowing that no one could do it better than Connery.
Rest in peace.
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He was apparently living on borrowed time, anyway. Walked out in front of my girlfriend's car ~35 years ago, and fortunately she was able to brake in time.
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R.I.P. Sir Roger. Last edited by Side Man; 05-25-2017 at 11:38 AM. |
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If I recall, the thing I didn't like about Mr. Moore in this role was the lack of "edginess" of the Sean Connery character. Hard to follow that. Timothy Dalton's version wasn't too bad but Daniel Craig brought it back in spades.
Still, I watched all of those films because I'm a James Bond fan.
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