Written by James M. Tate / 1/11/2013 / No comments / action , espionage , ian fleming , james bond , sixties
LAZENBY BOND FIRST/LAST: ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
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year: 1969 |
Thankfully the rest of the movie is pretty decent. Although Lazenby doesn’t offer the laid back charming humor of Connery (and Roger Moore), he has the right amount of physical prowess as the Ian Fleming icon.
Bond is hired by a millionaire named Draco to keep watch of his maverick daughter played by Diana Rigg – one of the best Bond girls of the entire canon. Sans the affected breathy “Oh James” airhead, Rigg is an assertive natural beauty. This romantic sideplot turns into the real mission as Bond ventures to into snow-plush Switzerland.
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Diana Rigg rules |
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SERVICEScore: *** |
While Lazenby remains the red-haired stepchild of the Bond series, he does all right – but something’s just not there. Having made the choice during filming to never play Bond again, perhaps he felt it too. Yet no one can deny (spoiler alert) Lazenby's importance to the overall canon: he's the one who took part in the doomed marriage, mentioned in Bond films to come, and really important in shaping the Ian Fleming character years before shining on the silver screen.
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This Grungy, Unkept Long Beach Record Store LP was adopted and gained a Signature from George Lazenby |
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Cover art from the back of the LP, not including the flag surrounding |
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