Hot take: George Lazenby’s Bond movie was better than Connery’s that came before & after

Not wrong

Connery was mailing it in in the later Bond films. The greatest strength of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was Diana Rigg. In my opinion she was the GOAT of Bond girls, and her character was an equal to Bond in that film.

I also enjoyed it. But that ending is a downer

OHMSS would have been better with a prime Connery in the role. Connery had mailed it in during his last two Bond films and the writing for Diamonds Are Forever was lazy.

Yup. That's when they started going for comedy and getting cheesy

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There's a reason George only acted in one Bond film...

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Yes. His manager convinced him to quit.

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Connery was mailing it in in the later Bond films. The greatest strength of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was Diana Rigg. In my opinion she was the GOAT of Bond girls, and her character was an equal to Bond in that film.

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I agree and a strong female lead makes the movie. Same as in Casino Royale, Eva Green is a huge part of the movie working as well as it does.

Lazenby was good, I agree but like others said Rigg was very good and it was a good story.

You Only Live Twice takes lots of heat but was solid.
Diamonds are Forever gave birth to the campy 70s Roger Moore era Bond.
Connery is Bond, I do wish we could have seen Brosnan with some bette stories, Golden Eye was a wonderful start.

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Having just watched all (3) movies back to back to back for the first time, and having never seen Lazenby, I think he did a better job than Connery.

You Only Live Twice : Connery, best thing about it is the theme song
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: Lazenby
Diamonds are Forever: Connery

In both of Connery’s movies it seems like he is often just standing around not doing much. He seems wooden at times compared to earlier outings.

I liked Lazenby’s film, and his performance in that one movie that he did.

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First Bond film I ever saw. My mom told me to go in and watch this movie on TV since I might like it. Ended up being a Bond fan for life, reading the all of the books throughout ms/hs. It's better cause it doesn't use the silly, campy space age/futuristic plot/narrative that started with YOLT. The film is close to the book, as is FRWL/Goldfinger/Thunderball. I've always liked Live and Let Die more than the other Roger Moore films since they tended to go in the same direction as YOLT and Diamonds. Lazenby punched a stunt actor in the face during his audition, which helped land him the role.