Ackchyually 🥸 the Bond character was inspired by another spy a MI6 double agent Dusko Popov, who was a notorious playboy whose womanizing exploits were on par with James Bond
In fact for me, Roger Moore was the best Bond. He was the most a like, English gentleman and not that kind brutal, Sean Connery was sometimes. And I loved him as a child in " The Persuaders" along with Tony Curtis...
Britt Ekland admitted to being terrified when filming the scene where she and Sir Roger Moore escape from Scaramanga's island. In his autobiography, Moore pointed out one particular shot, right before the second explosion goes off, when Ekland falls to the floor; according to Ekland, that wasn't acting. Moore came back, picked her up, and helped her go on. His arm was around her back as the second explosion went off, and he felt the tiny hairs on her skin get singed.
And those next two 70s James Bond films have one of the most iconic James Bond villains of all time (no spoilers)...so much so that they even brought the villain back in the original James Bond video game 'Everything Or Nothing' released in 2004.
@davidevans3175 Isn't this the movie with the amazing car stunt ?🤔 I may have to watch it again to know what you speak of The Spy Who loves me begins with an awesome recored breaking freefall stunt . The stunts are never disappointing and Bond films are great escapist fun .😃 loving the Bond journey with Ashleigh . CHEERS .
@@odysseusrex5908 it's in the opening, on the headstone bond takes the roses to it reads TERESA BOND 1943-1969 Beloved wife of JAMES BOND We have all the time in the world th-cam.com/video/PN5hXeR8mz4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=I2ecg4oO40BEmVPP
my grandma's cousin plays the Russian spy lady Naomi in Spy Who Loved Me my sister & I are watcheing all the Bonds when have have time, then reviews on TH-cam
The bridge jump is considered one of the greatest stunts in movie history and you can see the actual car that made that jump, an AMC Hornet, at the Bond in Motion exhibit at the Spy Museum in Washington DC
Sir Christopher Lee had a very interesting life. He knew Tolkien in person and he used to read The Lord of the Rings every year. He also witnessed the last public guillotine execution in Paris in 1939
@@BarryHart-xo1oy Somebody up above was saying that he and Ian Fleming were cousins and he was a real life spy in WWII and was part of the inspiration for James Bond.
He also scared the crap out of peter Jackson when he was critiqued how someone sounds/act when stabbed in the back during Lord of the Rings, as he had some experience with the situation.
Sir Christopher walked up Mount Vesuvius when he was a special agent during WW ll and the next day It erupted. His mother was an Italian noble lady from an ancient family related to the Borgia. His first portrayal of the Count was the scariest. He spoke at least five languages fluently and sang in a deep unique voice.You can see his unusual height next to Sir Roger who was tall himself. Alert,smart until he died...or did he?
10:50 That is a Hydrofoil. A wing-like structure attached to the legs rides under water, and lifts the hull out of the water when the craft is moving, decreasing drag, and increasing speed and energy efficiency.
Why isn't that INFO in high school Science Classes, Don't they teach Earth Science anymore in all USA SCHOOLS? I always thought it was MANDATORY to know this 'stuff' for graduation. Are we that STUPID NOW-A-DAYS, Heaven Help Us!
In 1979 I was in Kowloon and went and found the Bottoms Up club because of this movie. I sat at one of the many round bars and was served by a nice young woman from Wisconsin!
The Roger Moore Bond films are fun. More gadgets, more jokes, the effects started getting better. I'm glad you're having fun with them so far. I hope you at least make it to Moonraker.
@@dan_hitchman007 For Your Eyes Only has the best stunts of ALL the James Bond films. It is like a rollercoaster ride and has almost no gadgets which puts it among the most realistic ones. Love that film and its title song by Sheena Easton.
Sir Christopher Lee was once considered to become James Bond , but he was so tight up in the Hammer Vampire movies that he did not had the time. So they promised Lee that if there is going to be the right time they will cast him in to the James Bond movies and they kept their promise to Sir Christopher Lee.
Although unpopular these days, "midget" was the term Herve Villechaize preferred. He and Billy Barty (the man who promoted and popularised the modern term "little people") had quite a few arguments over this point
a Fantasy Island writer said that Herve would complain that Billy Barty wasn't a real midget because "he doesn't have it here!" & pound his heart hilarious
Nah man, they fucked up hard putting Lulu's song in this movie, when they had Alice Fucking Cooper write his own version originally. It was in every way superior.
@@Lieutenant_Dude It wouldn't have worked for a (mostly) family-friendly Bond Movie back in the 70s. Even 'School's Out' would have been considered too 'Rock & Roll' for audiences back then. (Can you imagine what Mary Whitehouse must have thought of that, or Alice Cooper generally?)
Just wondering if anyone has mentioned to Ashleigh that Ian Fleming also once wrote a book for his kids, that was turned into a movie ('Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' 1968)
@@jaquesshugossen9398 For as creepy as he was, the Child Catcher in the film didn't really scare me all that much as a kid. However, the version of the Child Catcher they had in the West End theatrical production? Now that terrified me
one of the best car stunts ever, and no CGI. you would probably know Christopher Lee for his recent roles as Saruman in Lord Of The Rings, and Count Dooku in Star Wars.
The wonderful thing about Christopher Lee is that he was always great no matter how bad the movie was and even elevated bad movies sometimes. Those goofy Hammer horror movies from the 60's? Without Christopher, those movies would have been unwatchable. He also made Scaramanga a much better character than he was in the novel. In the novel, Scaramanga was more like the hitman at the beginning, except with a moustache. But Lee transformed the character into a shadowy reflection of Bond. He's deadly, cold, he sleeps with beautiful women and he has a great sense of fashion. The main difference being that Scaramanga enjoys killing a little too much and he has no allegiance to Her Majesty's government. In fact, he might pass for a great DC supervillain.
Most of those Hammer movies, especially those directed by the great Terrence Fisher, were terrific. Only the last couple of entries in the Dracula franchise could be considered a bit “goofy,” and you are quite right about Lee being the saving grace of those. He’s definitely the saving grace of TMWTGG, which is the worst entry in the 007 series up to this point.
@@realJoeMavro FYEO, I rank a tiny bit higher than this one, because it felt like they tried to dial back some of the clownishness of the previous Moore entries. Sadly, they would opt for literal clownishness in the very next outing. That said, I rarely feel the urge to rewatch FYEO.
It's been two weeks now. We are still waiting for you to continue the franchise. "The Spy Who Loved Me" is next on the list, and it should be right up your alley.
100% agreed. Although after Spy Who Loved me and Moonraker, you could do Austin Powers and then come back for Goldeneye through No Time To Die. Anyone and everyone should skip Octopussy and A View To A Kill.
Hmmmmm cant blame her, it literally DOES have the mercedes hand thing, which was always a staple, and she probably doesnt know her G shock and her phone wouldnt last 5 minutes in the water. while that thing could sit in it for five years and be just fine to say nothing of the fact that quartz watches didnt exist back then or were just coming online
@@vordt4139 well yes, their sealed unlike the casio forester that got mosture in its plastic crystal from a basic hike, and now isnt working anymore, but I dont think a deep sea dive, or one to a 100 meters, which even the most standard basic of submariners from the 50's were rated for, would work out for it, atleast not long term
'Cordon bleu' and 'coup de grace' are both French terms used in English. 'Cordon bleu' means 'blue ribbon'/'blue sash' and denotes that something is prize-winning or top-shelf. The food gets its name from essentially meaning the best. 'Coup de grace' means 'beat with mercy' and denotes delivering a deathblow to limit the suffering of somebody who is alive but mortally wounded.
I was looking for this comment and I think you covered it well, but I’d like to add that Cordon Bleu was/is also a high class school for chefs, so that is what James is referring to when he says, “He’s a Cordon Bleu, you know.”
David Niven - another famous actor - was in the British intelligence service during WW2 and it only came out after his death. He worked with Ian Fleming during the war.
"Miss Anders...I didn't recognise you with your clothes on." Has to be one of the greatest ways anyone has ever been greeted. The delivery was perfect.
Yeah, I think this is one of the most underrated of the Bond movies. The things I don't like about it are few: mostly how Mary Goodnight is written that she gets into wacky accidents that aren't actually her fault but the writers seem to have it out for her, and the other part that I don't like is how Bond gets left behind at the karate school but overall it's a great fun movie.
Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland were also both in the original version of "The Wicker Man" (from the previous year). And the diminutive sidekick, Herve Villechaize, was in the 70s/80s TV show Fantasy Island.
The flying car is interesting because in 1971 a man called Harold Blake started a company called Advanced Vehicle Engineering to build a car that could do exactly what you saw in the film. Unfortunately he chose to use a Ford Pinto as the base model and it ended very badly.
Out of all the villains, Scaramanga [Christopher Lee] didn't want to rule the world or sell drugs and weapons. Scaramanga just wants to prove his worth at being the best gunman and James Bond is the best so to me Christopher Lee's character is my favorite Bond villain also the Golden Gun is my favorite Bond gun
And the campy parodies, “Dr Goldfoot and the bikini Machine and Dr Goldfiot and the girl bombs” Both with Vincent Price. I want to say this was his “I needed the money” period.
The flint films were just an attempt to jump on the spy film popularity wave created by Bond, and to make him American, too! They were ok, but nothing special when compared to this franchise. A bit unremarkable, if I'm honest.
7:56 Funny you should say that. When the vanity is turned accidentally during the fight, you *can* see the camera crew, and it’s a known fact among Bond fans.
10:50 - What you are looking at is called a "Hydrofoil". Hydro = Water and "Foil" as in "Wing". The wing extends underneath the boat. Some versions had two separate wings on pylons. Others had pylons on either side supporting a single larger connected wing that went all the way across under the boat. A smaller wing in the back would raise the back end of the boat up as well. You see - the wings are always there. And the faster the boat goes, the higher the wings push the boat up until it's out of the water. Obviously the propeller in the back was on an extended drive shaft so that it would still be in the water even at top speed and the greatest height out of the water. With the boat itself completely out of the water - and with only the wings (and propeller) under the water - the hydro-resistance was at an absolute minimum and the boat could get going really REALLY FAST! Not seen very much anymore these days. A pity really. One of the drawbacks is the awkwardness of maneuvering the craft at low speeds. And because of the permanent wing structures they had to have specialized docking areas. So - slower and sluggish and fuel inefficient at lower speeds. But fuel efficient and FAST at high speeds. Such Hyrdofoil craft were good for medium distance traveling - like crossing the English channel between Britain and France. Basically - during the 50s, 60s and 70s there was a niche for medium distance traveling that the airlines - due to certain economies of scale - couldn't take advantage of. So hydrofoil boats like these - and full blown hovercraft as well - filled in that gap. Nowadays smaller feeder airlines take care of medium distance traveling. We had a lot more variety of cool vehicles of all kinds back in those days. Stuff that was a lot more experimental than today. Boats and airplanes and cars that you look at now and go... "HUH?" But they are still awesomely cool! I miss those days something fierce sometimes.
It's delightful to remember that this whole Bondelicious adventure has only been a thing for Ashleigh to lay the groundwork for Austin Powers. 😂 Great time to segue into that, but I do hope the Patrons continue urging her on through these Bond movies as well, especially with The Spy Who Loved Me next in line!
Here is my comment to explain to Ashleigh Again who Christopher Lee despite her having already seen him in Sleepy Hollow, the Star Wars Prequels, and The Lord of the Rings. Being a British actor fluent in English, Spanish, German and many other languages he was also cousin to Ian Fleming who wrote the James Bond books and was inspiration for the character and Lee starred in over 200 movies, He was an expert swordsman, He personally knew J. R. R. Tolkien and read The Lord of the Rings books every year from publication to his death, He was a descendant of Charlemagne, He fought Naz!s in World War 2, He had permission from the King of Sweden to marry his daughter, but turned her down, He had a Rock Band near the end of his life,
TBF, if you have even a hint of European noble blood, you’re probably a descendant of Charlemagne. And she’s probably already read the story about how he schooled Peter Jackson (during the making of LOTR) on what it really sounds like when you stab someone in the back.
Rhapsody In Fire often tapped Mr. Lee to do spoken word passages on quite a few of their albums. If symphonic progressive metal is your thing, they are pretty good
Christopher Lee is iconic. Dracula, Count Dooku, Willy Wonka's dad, Saurman, and Lord Summersile are some of his famous roles. I hope The Wicker Man (1973 original version) makes a Hallowbeans poll. Great supernatural horror.
Yay my favorite Bond movie! Christopher Lee is brilliant as Scaramanga. I met Maud Addams (Andrea Anders) and Britt Ekland (Goodnighit) years ago. Maud was a bit aloof and I passed on a selfie because she was charging money. Britt was an absolute delight! She was wearing a leopard dress and insisted on taking a photo with me saying "I'm European, I don't charge". Fun fact, the guy who gets shot in the funhouse at the beginning was also a henchman in "Diamonds Are Forever" - he said "I didn't know there was a pool down there"after they tossed Plenty O'Toole out the window. Also you'll soon see Maud in another Bond movie.
Well at least you recognized the name Christopher Lee, even if you didn't remember his face. You have seen Christopher Lee before. Count Dooku in Star Wars and Saruman in Lord of the Rings. As well as so many movies. He is such a legendary actor and acting is only a fraction of his life achievements. Definitely worth looking up his life story because it is insane.
Goodnight is a character in the novels. She is James Bond's secretary and is played by Britt Eckland, a supermodel-turned-actress who was very popular in the 70s
This is a joyous watch. Long time viewer, first time interactor, here. Have enjoyed your reactions since lockdown. This/your reaction here is one of the most fun to experience you experiencing all the great bits in this movie. You've kept me & my gf very entertained through some rubbish times. & we've loved watching you discover these fantastic movies & actors & directors etc. Be you, always x
Herve Villechaize or Nick Knack was best known for playing Tattoo on the original Fantasy Island television series in the seventies. Wide ties were the thing in the seventies. The wider the better was motto. Luckily in the eighties we were allowed to go to the narrow tie.
Hopefully you will come back to Bond. You really must watch them all. It is interesting to see how they progress and adapt to the times. Also, I believe the barrel roll jump over the bridge was done without any trickery or gadgets. It was so dangerous that they did one take. Safety requirements have improved so much that nothing like this will ever be tried again.
The third nipple, if I recall correctly, is from the original novel - which would make it one of the relatively few things about Scaramanga that the movie kept unchanged.
used to be an old pulp hero called 'the saint,' billed as "the robin hood of crime" -- vincent price took a turn playing him on the radio series, but roger moore allegedly turned down an opportunity to play james bond to take the role of the saint in the tv series. it's incredible how much of his portrayal of the saint carried over into his bond movies.
In 1938, the first THE SAINT ("Simon Templar", not of The Knights infamy) film experimented with Louis Hayward but George Sanders took over in film #2 (1939's THE SAINT STRIKES BACK) for a few, then Hugh Sinclair took over for the final 2 in the 1940s. A few other film attempts were made, none successful enough and TV series tried to keep it going with less than best effects. Those first 7 are quite fun; Sanders was also stirred into making The Falcon films (1941 and on), stealing Wendy Barrie for the beautiful woman role. Those are also quite fun and, rather than ignore The Falcon's character-change, George's version gets himself killed and his brother (Tom Conway) "takes over". Quite well, too. All thru these 1938-1948 series, the radio series of both The Saint and The Falcon ran.
Roger wanted to do Bond, and was the producer’s first choice, but he couldn’t get out of his contract to do _The Saint._ A similar situation cropped up a few years later, when they wanted Pierce Brosnan to take over from Moore, but he was locked in to his _Remington Steele_ contract, so we got Timothy Dalton instead.
@@donsample1002 I am glad he waited quite a few years - REMINGTON was simply too small to duke it out. I remember the episodes where his office secretary opened a door into him, or her purse struck him and knocked him for a loop. No no, that would NOT do for James Bond!! But he added a good amount of weight... too bad he didn't have Daniel Craig's writers but instead had refugees from Hannah-Barbera cartoons. sigh... in this new movie-world of John Wicks/Jason Stathams, athletic fight sequences will be needed.
@@donsample1002 Irony: Bond 1 (Roger Moore was wanted, but couldn't do it at the time, so we got Connery), Bond 2 (Timothy Dalton offered role, but felt himself too young for the role, so he turned it down, and so we got George Lazenby), James Bond 3 (Moore takes the role he was offered before), James Bond 4 (Pierce Brosnan was wanted, but couldn't do it at the time, so we got Timothy Dalton who now felt he was old enough and so takes the role he was offered before), James Bond 4 (Brosnan takes the role he was offered before)...
"He will put his pickle in a lot of women" killed me :D Austin Powers is great, but I hope you return to James Bond there is still a lot of good movies there to watch :D
I wanted to point out a fun movie fact: The car stunt where they do that twisting barrel roll was done in one take and the stunt driver got $30,000 for pulling it off. The scene was done in slow motion because the actual stunt was too fast (they had to go fast to pull it off) and the slide-whistle effect was added, though later the director regretted this thinking it was too silly. The best part is that stunt actually made the Guinness Book of World Records for the first astro jump on film.
Yes, Goodnight falling down was a mistake and one that almost cost them their lives as they mistimed the explosions because of that fall and almost got hit by all the debris.
GREAT Roger Moore story..... The anecdote comes from Marc Haynes. “As an seven year old in about 1983, in the days before First Class Lounges at airports, I was with my grandad in Nice Airport and saw Roger Moore sitting at the departure gate, reading a paper. I told my granddad I'd just seen James Bond and asked if we could go over so I could get his autograph. My grandad had no idea who James Bond or Roger Moore were, so we walked over and he popped me in front of Roger Moore, with the words "my grandson says you're famous. Can you sign this?" As charming as you'd expect, Roger asks my name and duly signs the back of my plane ticket, a fulsome note full of best wishes. I'm ecstatic, but as we head back to our seats, I glance down at the signature. It's hard to decipher it but it definitely doesn't say 'James Bond'. My grandad looks at it, half figures out it says 'Roger Moore' - I have absolutely no idea who that is, and my hearts sinks. I tell my grandad he's signed it wrong, that he's put someone else's name - so my grandad heads back to Roger Moore, holding the ticket which he's only just signed. I remember staying by our seats and my grandad saying "he says you've signed the wrong name. He says your name is James Bond." Roger Moore's face crinkled up with realisation and he beckoned me over. When I was by his knee, he leant over, looked from side to side, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said to me, "I have to sign my name as 'Roger Moore' because otherwise...Blofeld might find out I was here." He asked me not to tell anyone that I'd just seen James Bond, and he thanked me for keeping his secret. I went back to our seats, my nerves absolutely jangling with delight. My grandad asked me if he'd signed 'James Bond.' No, I said. I'd got it wrong. I was working with James Bond now. Many, many years later, I was working as a scriptwriter on a recording that involved UNICEF, and Roger Moore was doing a piece to camera as an ambassador. He was completely lovely and while the cameramen were setting up, I told him in passing the story of when I met him in Nice Airport. He was happy to hear it, and he had a chuckle and said "Well, I don't remember but I'm glad you got to meet James Bond." So that was lovely. And then he did something so brilliant. After the filming, he walked past me in the corridor, heading out to his car - but as he got level, he paused, looked both ways, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said, "Of course I remember our meeting in Nice. But I didn't say anything in there, because those cameramen - any one of them could be working for Blofeld." I was as delighted at 30 as I had been at 7. What a man. What a tremendous man.
46:25 One of the things that made this one so fun was the personal nature of the duel. We’ve seen Blofeld go for vengeance on Bond, but never anyone who wanted Bond for bragging rights. There are some parts that didn’t hold up well, but also a film that spends a great deal of time not taking itself too seriously. Definitely one of my favorites with Moore. Glad you had fun, Ashleigh. You will probably enjoy Spy Who Loved Me.
The Man with the Golden Gun may not be all that well-regarded by fans or critics, but no one can deny the awesomeness that is Christopher Lee as Scaramanga. He's suave, charming and cordial, yet also has a wonderfully sinister and ruthless demeanour, plus he has loads of cool gadgets and a car that can turn into a plane - you can genuinely believe him as the dark evil mirror version of Bond (fitting considering Lee's own exploits as a spy during World War Two, which actually resulted in him being one of the main inspirations for Ian Fleming to create James Bond in the first place). For as divisive as this film is, I think everyone can agree that he's one of the best villains in the series, and further demonstrates what an absolute badass the late great Christopher Lee was. It's a shame you're taking a break from this series, your reactions to the Bond films have honestly been the highlight of my Fridays for the last few weeks, but I can't be mad about doing Austin Powers next. I hope you continue this franchise in the future, based on how you felt about this one I imagine you'll love the rest of the Roger Moore era, and the next one is commonly regarded as his best one, so that will be quite the reaction to look forward to
45:54 It is considered one of the worst Bond movies by the fandom, but I really like it because of how fun it is. Writing could be a little tighter, but they had many writers replacing each other, and that shows.
He was also King Haggard in the animated classic 'the Last Unicorn'. I saw that film in German cinema as a kid. Of course with German dubbing, yet he still was the king's voice there too. His slight accent made him sound even more sinister.
11:33 Ashleigh: "Her name is Goodnight. Love that." It's A LOT better than Goodhead, the Bond girl in Moonraker! LOLZ! 😝 Loved Goodnight! Her name came in real handy at the end of the movie! 😉
The twisting car jump was planned out on a 70s computer and done successfully THE FIRST TIME. The producer gave the stuntman a handful of cash for doing it perfectly the first time.
The boat with the legs is called a hydrofoil. As the boat's speed increases the hydrofoils at the bottom of the struts raise the hull above the water decreasing drag and allowing the boat to travel at much higher speeds than a conventional vessel.
On the other hand, the hydrofoils due to their powered lift compared with the normal buoyancy of a ship consume more fuel for the same distance, hence they aren't very popular anymore.
Sir Christopher Lee actually was an intelligence Officer in WWII, but was best known for playing Dracula in the Hammer Horror films and the baddies in Star Wars and Lord Of The Rings. Another actor who played James Bond in WWII was David Niven. He was in the original spoof version of Casino Royale. The boat is a Hydrofoil. It can move faster and easier through rough seas if the hull doesn't contact the water.
Ashleigh, you'll get a lot of people saying to continue your trip into the fantastic world of Bond-age (I'm definitely among them) and a lot saying there's no reason to and there are valid reasons to both sides. Much like Star Trek where there are fans who swear on the original series and others who won't watch the original series due to their allegiance to The Next Generation or even the new movies, there are similar Bond fans who choose their "team" so to speak either swearing by Connery, swearing by Moore or swearing by Craig. To them, their Bond is the only Bond and anything different is a tragedy. IMHO, every Bond has their own strengths and weaknesses ... Connery is a mostly serious proficient dramatic actor, Lazenby was a combat vet who did all his own stunts, Moore was a fun TV leading man, Dalton was suave/cool, Brosnan was mysterious and Craig is more "common man". I was born in the era of Moore so of course he'll always be my favorite Bond, not to say I don't like the others, I've liked them all but I will say that Connery, Moore and Craig are the 3 most popular Bonds among fans.
This one, Moonraker, and For Your Eyes Only are my favorite of these older Bond movies, with For Your Eyes Only being my favorite. I hope you get to For Your Eyes Only. These ones really are just a lot of fun, and that's what I loved about them.
Ashleigh needs to go down the Christopher Lee rabbit hole. The Wicker Man is my favorite of his and still holds up to this day. She has seen him in her past movies but never noticed. He really truly was one of the most interesting men in the world. He even recorded a heavy metal album in the eighties.
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That’s why we love Desmond Llewellyn,the Brits respect anyone that’s into Q-ing.
Evel Kineval was the Houdini of high stakes stunts back in the 70s and the barrel role stunt was actually achieved by a professional stunt driver. Chris Lee was Sauroman in LOTR and Count Duku in the Prequel Star Wars movies at least as far as you’ve seen. Maud Adams, aka beautiful cheek bones, goes on to play another Bond character as she was so good and deserved more screen time. “I sure am boy” is one of Roger Moores best lines.
If I had a nickel for every time Knick Knack worked for a man who only wore white suits, I'd have a dime's worth of nickels. Still, funny it happened twice.
That's why I somehow thought Ricardo Montalban was the villain in this. Then when I read Scaramanga I thought 'no, that' s our boy Dracula who plays him.' But then I saw who plays the assistant and realized WHY I had mixed up my suave, white suit wearing adversaries.
Christopher Lee was known for playing Dracula in horror movies. He also played Saruman in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy and Cound Dooku in Star Wars episodes II and III. During WW2 he was in Intelligence and worked with his cousin Ian Flemming who used him as one of his inspirations for James Bond.
Sir Christopher Lee - Vampire, Hitman, Wizard, Jedi, Sith, Spy & METAL LEGEND.
You forgot blue blooded and immortal. ;D
Frankenstein's monster and mummy
He was also the gay leader of a Motorcycle gang in Serial!
Don't forget Lord Summerisle.
Dentist and father
If Ashleigh thinks she’s seen everything, wait until ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’.
Christopher Lee WAS a real James Bond during WW2, and was one of inspirations to his cousin, Ian Fleming, to write the character.
Ian was his cousin!!?
@@Perktube1 - The man who wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!
Ackchyually 🥸 the Bond character was inspired by another spy a MI6 double agent Dusko Popov, who was a notorious playboy whose womanizing exploits were on par with James Bond
Well, maybe. For most of the things Christopher Lee supposedly did during WW2, we have only his word for it and no other corroborating record.
That's awesome ❤
Roger Moore, is the bond who does the best funny lines of all the Bonds.
In fact for me, Roger Moore was the best Bond. He was the most a like, English gentleman and not that kind brutal, Sean Connery was sometimes. And I loved him as a child in " The Persuaders" along with Tony Curtis...
Spy Who Loved Me is next, I can't wait.
...don't stop these bond reactions!!
Can’t wait for moonraker 🤣🤣🤣
You gotta finish the Bond films!
Yes keep on the bond films till you’re through them all
The Best of the Roger Moore films.
Cordon Bleu is a cooking school. Julia Child was a graduate.
Britt Ekland admitted to being terrified when filming the scene where she and Sir Roger Moore escape from Scaramanga's island. In his autobiography, Moore pointed out one particular shot, right before the second explosion goes off, when Ekland falls to the floor; according to Ekland, that wasn't acting. Moore came back, picked her up, and helped her go on. His arm was around her back as the second explosion went off, and he felt the tiny hairs on her skin get singed.
Please continue with the Bond series, otherwise you will miss the sheer and complete awesomeness of The spy who loved me and Moonraker.
And those next two 70s James Bond films have one of the most iconic James Bond villains of all time (no spoilers)...so much so that they even brought the villain back in the original James Bond video game 'Everything Or Nothing' released in 2004.
Not to mention one of The MOST beloved henchmen in the whole Bond Franchise by pretty much whole Bond fan group.
And then, from the '80s, A View to a Kill was so much fun.
@@jimuicker4731 "Anybody else want to drop out?"
And Ashleigh wanted a space war and she will get that with "Moonraker".
Don't stop the Bond movies! It's a great rabbit hole to go down. Also, your comments during this series have been great.
I'd like to go down Xenia Onnatop's rabbit hole.
"The Spy Who Loved Me" with Roger Moore is one of his best. There's a car that does something amazing.
Also introduces “Jaws”
@davidevans3175 Isn't this the movie with the amazing car stunt ?🤔
I may have to watch it again to know what you speak of The Spy Who loves me begins with an awesome recored breaking freefall stunt .
The stunts are never disappointing and Bond films are great escapist fun .😃
loving the Bond journey with
Ashleigh .
CHEERS .
Yep, agree
"The Spy who Love Me" is probably Moore's best one. And arguably the most beautiful Bond girl of them all
*For Your Eyes Only* is Moore's best. *Spy Who Loved Me* is a close second.
@@odysseusrex5908interesting that they're 2 of the 3movies that make reference to Tracy and how it's a sore subject for Bond.
@@whovianhistorybuff Interesting point, although I don't remember the reference in Eyes. Not surprising it would be a sore subject though.
@@odysseusrex5908 it's in the opening, on the headstone bond takes the roses to it reads
TERESA BOND
1943-1969
Beloved wife of
JAMES BOND
We have all the time
in the world
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my grandma's cousin plays the Russian spy lady Naomi in Spy Who Loved Me
my sister & I are watcheing all the Bonds when have have time,
then reviews on TH-cam
The bridge jump is considered one of the greatest stunts in movie history and you can see the actual car that made that jump, an AMC Hornet, at the Bond in Motion exhibit at the Spy Museum in Washington DC
Saw it a few years ago in London - highly recommended
And absolutely ruined by the slide whistle, which even the sound designer regretted later.
And they hit it on the first try.
My distant uncle was the one who made the stunt.
And the car that Scaramanga and Nick Nack were in that turned into a plane, was an AMC Matador
Sir Christopher Lee had a very interesting life. He knew Tolkien in person and he used to read The Lord of the Rings every year.
He also witnessed the last public guillotine execution in Paris in 1939
What a fascinating,multifaceted life.
@@BarryHart-xo1oy Somebody up above was saying that he and Ian Fleming were cousins and he was a real life spy in WWII and was part of the inspiration for James Bond.
He also scared the crap out of peter Jackson when he was critiqued how someone sounds/act when stabbed in the back during Lord of the Rings, as he had some experience with the situation.
Sir Christopher walked up Mount Vesuvius when he was
a special agent during WW ll
and the next day It erupted.
His mother was an Italian
noble lady from an ancient
family related to the Borgia.
His first portrayal of the Count
was the scariest. He spoke
at least five languages fluently
and sang in a deep unique
voice.You can see his unusual
height next to Sir Roger who
was tall himself. Alert,smart
until he died...or did he?
10:50 That is a Hydrofoil. A wing-like structure attached to the legs rides under water, and lifts the hull out of the water when the craft is moving, decreasing drag, and increasing speed and energy efficiency.
Ashley you would have seen a similar boat in Thunderball.
This reply needs to be higher, cuz hydrofoils are awesome and mostly not used in 2024.
You are correct, sir. People really should read more.
Yeah, wasn't Ashleigh paying attention during the finale of "Thunderball?"
Why isn't that INFO in high school Science Classes, Don't they teach Earth Science anymore in all USA SCHOOLS? I always thought it was MANDATORY to know this 'stuff' for graduation. Are we that STUPID NOW-A-DAYS, Heaven Help Us!
In 1979 I was in Kowloon and went and found the Bottoms Up club because of this movie. I sat at one of the many round bars and was served by a nice young woman from Wisconsin!
The Roger Moore Bond films are fun. More gadgets, more jokes, the effects started getting better. I'm glad you're having fun with them so far. I hope you at least make it to Moonraker.
Same. Especially since her comment about underwater and space combat.
Moonraker is the silliest and most entertaining of the lot. :)
And Jaws! Can't forget my favorite henchman!
For Your Eyes Only is awesome too.
@@dan_hitchman007 For Your Eyes Only has the best stunts of ALL the James Bond films. It is like a rollercoaster ride and has almost no gadgets which puts it among the most realistic ones. Love that film and its title song by Sheena Easton.
The little guy is Hervé Villechaize. This was his first English film. Later he became über famous in seven seasons of Fantasy Island as Tattoo.
Sir Christopher Lee was once considered to become James Bond , but he was so tight up in the Hammer Vampire movies that he did not had the time. So they promised Lee that if there is going to be the right time they will cast him in to the James Bond movies and they kept their promise to Sir Christopher Lee.
Definitely watch The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. For Your Eyes Only and View to A Kill are fun, but don't skip the next two for sure.
"Why does this feel like international Dukes of Hazzard", Oh honey, just you wait. LOL
Although unpopular these days, "midget" was the term Herve Villechaize preferred. He and Billy Barty (the man who promoted and popularised the modern term "little people") had quite a few arguments over this point
a Fantasy Island writer said that Herve would complain that Billy Barty wasn't a real midget because "he doesn't have it here!" & pound his heart
hilarious
Keep the Bonds coming!! We have to see this through the latest movies!
I see what you did there
This one is underrated. Glad you liked it! The next one, The Spy Who Loved Me, is absolutely fantastic!
You've got to remember all of these songs were made for these movies. Some just went on to become hits outside of the Bond Universe.
Nah man, they fucked up hard putting Lulu's song in this movie, when they had Alice Fucking Cooper write his own version originally. It was in every way superior.
like Live and Let Die, which is considered to be not only the best Bond theme, but one of the best songs of Paul McCartney's post-Beatle career.
Back when movie soundtracks did well in the stores and radio
@@Lieutenant_Dude It wouldn't have worked for a (mostly) family-friendly Bond Movie back in the 70s. Even 'School's Out' would have been considered too 'Rock & Roll' for audiences back then. (Can you imagine what Mary Whitehouse must have thought of that, or Alice Cooper generally?)
@@kevinramsey417 never really liked the song. There are several Bond songs comming up that I perfer..View To A Kill I consider the top tier.
Don’t stop the James Bond reactions!
Just wondering if anyone has mentioned to Ashleigh that Ian Fleming also once wrote a book for his kids, that was turned into a movie ('Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' 1968)
That would be a good watch as well, but I admit, it did make me leave the theatre as a child because it scared the pants out of me.
@@jaquesshugossen9398 'The Child Catcher'?
@@ajivins1 You got it..
@@jaquesshugossen9398 Ah.
@@jaquesshugossen9398 For as creepy as he was, the Child Catcher in the film didn't really scare me all that much as a kid. However, the version of the Child Catcher they had in the West End theatrical production? Now that terrified me
Please do more 007 James Bond. Looks like you stopped here, and there are many more movies to go.
You can actually visit the "mushroom shaped" island in the Andaman Sea in southern Thailand. It's called "James Bond Island", higly recommended!
one of the best car stunts ever, and no CGI. you would probably know Christopher Lee for his recent roles as Saruman in Lord Of The Rings, and Count Dooku in Star Wars.
The wonderful thing about Christopher Lee is that he was always great no matter how bad the movie was and even elevated bad movies sometimes. Those goofy Hammer horror movies from the 60's? Without Christopher, those movies would have been unwatchable. He also made Scaramanga a much better character than he was in the novel. In the novel, Scaramanga was more like the hitman at the beginning, except with a moustache. But Lee transformed the character into a shadowy reflection of Bond. He's deadly, cold, he sleeps with beautiful women and he has a great sense of fashion. The main difference being that Scaramanga enjoys killing a little too much and he has no allegiance to Her Majesty's government.
In fact, he might pass for a great DC supervillain.
Being good in a bad movie is pretty much Britsh acting 101. Tim Curry and Malcolm McDowell are shining examples of this too.
He was not good enough to elevate Police Academy: Mission to Moscow .
Most of those Hammer movies, especially those directed by the great Terrence Fisher, were terrific. Only the last couple of entries in the Dracula franchise could be considered a bit “goofy,” and you are quite right about Lee being the saving grace of those.
He’s definitely the saving grace of TMWTGG, which is the worst entry in the 007 series up to this point.
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For me, it's For Your Eyes Only. I can't remember a single thing about that movie after the prologue.
@@realJoeMavro FYEO, I rank a tiny bit higher than this one, because it felt like they tried to dial back some of the clownishness of the previous Moore entries. Sadly, they would opt for literal clownishness in the very next outing.
That said, I rarely feel the urge to rewatch FYEO.
Thank you for pointing out the kitchen built for Nick Nack. I would not have noticed if you hadn't done so, and I greatly appreciate them doing that!
"he swallowed the belly button bullet!"
Sentences you never expected to hear.
It's been two weeks now. We are still waiting for you to continue the franchise. "The Spy Who Loved Me" is next on the list, and it should be right up your alley.
FINISH THE BOND FRANCHISE FIRST
The next one's peak Bond.
The next Bond film is probably among the more important ones for getting some Austin Powers references too, haha.
AGREED!
Plus she would love the Pierce Brosnan films
100% agreed. Although after Spy Who Loved me and Moonraker, you could do Austin Powers and then come back for Goldeneye through No Time To Die.
Anyone and everyone should skip Octopussy and A View To A Kill.
"I think she's just coming, sir."
Moonraker: Hold my beer.
I think he´s attempting re-entry sir...
@@milanbujna2957 Cool man, spoilers are allways fun before you watch a movie 👍
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* says Rolex *
Ashleigh: is that a Mercedes watch?
Literally that butterfly meme
In fact the Rolex Submariner ref. No. 5513
Hmmmmm cant blame her, it literally DOES have the mercedes hand thing, which was always a staple, and she probably doesnt know her G shock and her phone wouldnt last 5 minutes in the water. while that thing could sit in it for five years and be just fine
to say nothing of the fact that quartz watches didnt exist back then or were just coming online
@@kavinskysmith4094 G Shock is better than you think, lmfao.
@@vordt4139 well yes, their sealed unlike the casio forester that got mosture in its plastic crystal from a basic hike, and now isnt working anymore, but I dont think a deep sea dive, or one to a 100 meters, which even the most standard basic of submariners from the 50's were rated for, would work out for it, atleast not long term
Rolex, Bonds original watch ,it was Omega for a few Bonds but mostly a Rolex !
'Cordon bleu' and 'coup de grace' are both French terms used in English. 'Cordon bleu' means 'blue ribbon'/'blue sash' and denotes that something is prize-winning or top-shelf. The food gets its name from essentially meaning the best. 'Coup de grace' means 'beat with mercy' and denotes delivering a deathblow to limit the suffering of somebody who is alive but mortally wounded.
I was looking for this comment and I think you covered it well, but I’d like to add that Cordon Bleu was/is also a high class school for chefs, so that is what James is referring to when he says, “He’s a Cordon Bleu, you know.”
Christopher Lee was one of Ian Flemming's inspirations for the character of James Bond!
So this movie is essentially Real Bond vs Movie Bond!
Another inspiration was Hoagie Carmichael!
David Niven - another famous actor - was in the British intelligence service during WW2 and it only came out after his death. He worked with Ian Fleming during the war.
"Miss Anders...I didn't recognise you with your clothes on." Has to be one of the greatest ways anyone has ever been greeted. The delivery was perfect.
I once said that to someone. But what I meant was that I didn't recognize them in their street clothes as opposed to their work uniform.
@@arthurfields1639 Sounds like a perfect Bond double-entendre, then.
During the Sheriff's noticing of James, you missed the little musical call back to "Live and let Die"!
The same character appears in L&LD
@@duanewhitacre5995 I mean, there is a trade of noticing going on that is just bewildering!
That blue-eyed lady? Maud Adams!!! One of the most beautiful if not THE MOST beautiful woman to ever be in a Bond movie...... AND MORE THEN ONCE!!!
"Not his name being Nick Nack. That is hilarious."
How about his name being Tattoo?
Hervé Villechaize was quite the character. Ashleigh should watch the movie where Peter Dinklage played him.
Hervé has a hilarious cameo in Airplane 2, though he doesn't say "Ze plane!"
He played Tatto on Fantasy Island.
Ashleigh is too young to remember Fantasy Island. 😢
@@curtismartin2866 So am I, but I have parents who exposed me to things from before I was born.
Yeah, I think this is one of the most underrated of the Bond movies. The things I don't like about it are few: mostly how Mary Goodnight is written that she gets into wacky accidents that aren't actually her fault but the writers seem to have it out for her, and the other part that I don't like is how Bond gets left behind at the karate school but overall it's a great fun movie.
Christopher Lee and Britt Ekland were also both in the original version of "The Wicker Man" (from the previous year).
And the diminutive sidekick, Herve Villechaize, was in the 70s/80s TV show Fantasy Island.
The Wicker Man!! Now that would make a unique reaction video for you, Ashleigh.
Ah, yes the Wicker Man. Most interesting movie...strange that it NEVER got a remake.
It did with Nicholas Cage,and his famous line Not the bees!!!
@@MichaelDzikowski-ms9iz
We're talking about The Wicker Man, not Nicholas Cage's bad acid trip!
The flying car is interesting because in 1971 a man called Harold Blake started a company called Advanced Vehicle Engineering to build a car that could do exactly what you saw in the film.
Unfortunately he chose to use a Ford Pinto as the base model and it ended very badly.
Out of all the villains, Scaramanga [Christopher Lee] didn't want to rule the world or sell drugs and weapons. Scaramanga just wants to prove his worth at being the best gunman and James Bond is the best so to me Christopher Lee's character is my favorite Bond villain also the Golden Gun is my favorite Bond gun
I think that may well be the reason he is as liked as villain as he is. :-)
I like your reasoning.
You should also consider watching the Derek Flint movies: "Our Man Flint" and "In Like Flint"
And the campy parodies, “Dr Goldfoot and the bikini Machine and Dr Goldfiot and the girl bombs”
Both with Vincent Price.
I want to say this was his “I needed the money” period.
The flint films were just an attempt to jump on the spy film popularity wave created by Bond, and to make him American, too! They were ok, but nothing special when compared to this franchise. A bit unremarkable, if I'm honest.
7:56
Funny you should say that. When the vanity is turned accidentally during the fight, you *can* see the camera crew, and it’s a known fact among Bond fans.
10:50 - What you are looking at is called a "Hydrofoil". Hydro = Water and "Foil" as in "Wing". The wing extends underneath the boat. Some versions had two separate wings on pylons. Others had pylons on either side supporting a single larger connected wing that went all the way across under the boat. A smaller wing in the back would raise the back end of the boat up as well.
You see - the wings are always there. And the faster the boat goes, the higher the wings push the boat up until it's out of the water. Obviously the propeller in the back was on an extended drive shaft so that it would still be in the water even at top speed and the greatest height out of the water. With the boat itself completely out of the water - and with only the wings (and propeller) under the water - the hydro-resistance was at an absolute minimum and the boat could get going really REALLY FAST!
Not seen very much anymore these days. A pity really. One of the drawbacks is the awkwardness of maneuvering the craft at low speeds. And because of the permanent wing structures they had to have specialized docking areas. So - slower and sluggish and fuel inefficient at lower speeds. But fuel efficient and FAST at high speeds. Such Hyrdofoil craft were good for medium distance traveling - like crossing the English channel between Britain and France. Basically - during the 50s, 60s and 70s there was a niche for medium distance traveling that the airlines - due to certain economies of scale - couldn't take advantage of. So hydrofoil boats like these - and full blown hovercraft as well - filled in that gap.
Nowadays smaller feeder airlines take care of medium distance traveling.
We had a lot more variety of cool vehicles of all kinds back in those days. Stuff that was a lot more experimental than today. Boats and airplanes and cars that you look at now and go... "HUH?" But they are still awesomely cool!
I miss those days something fierce sometimes.
It's delightful to remember that this whole Bondelicious adventure has only been a thing for Ashleigh to lay the groundwork for Austin Powers. 😂 Great time to segue into that, but I do hope the Patrons continue urging her on through these Bond movies as well, especially with The Spy Who Loved Me next in line!
Also! Lee has performed roles in 266 films since 1948 making him the Guinness book world record holder for most film acting roles ever.
how many did John Carradine do?
Here is my comment to explain to Ashleigh Again who Christopher Lee despite her having already seen him in Sleepy Hollow, the Star Wars Prequels, and The Lord of the Rings.
Being a British actor fluent in English, Spanish, German and many other languages he was also cousin to Ian Fleming who wrote the James Bond books and was inspiration for the character and Lee starred in over 200 movies,
He was an expert swordsman,
He personally knew J. R. R. Tolkien and read The Lord of the Rings books every year from publication to his death,
He was a descendant of Charlemagne,
He fought Naz!s in World War 2,
He had permission from the King of Sweden to marry his daughter, but turned her down,
He had a Rock Band near the end of his life,
TBF, if you have even a hint of European noble blood, you’re probably a descendant of Charlemagne.
And she’s probably already read the story about how he schooled Peter Jackson (during the making of LOTR) on what it really sounds like when you stab someone in the back.
Rhapsody In Fire often tapped Mr. Lee to do spoken word passages on quite a few of their albums.
If symphonic progressive metal is your thing, they are pretty good
Christopher Lee is iconic. Dracula, Count Dooku, Willy Wonka's dad, Saurman, and Lord Summersile are some of his famous roles. I hope The Wicker Man (1973 original version) makes a Hallowbeans poll. Great supernatural horror.
Yay my favorite Bond movie! Christopher Lee is brilliant as Scaramanga. I met Maud Addams (Andrea Anders) and Britt Ekland (Goodnighit) years ago. Maud was a bit aloof and I passed on a selfie because she was charging money. Britt was an absolute delight! She was wearing a leopard dress and insisted on taking a photo with me saying "I'm European, I don't charge". Fun fact, the guy who gets shot in the funhouse at the beginning was also a henchman in "Diamonds Are Forever" - he said "I didn't know there was a pool down there"after they tossed Plenty O'Toole out the window. Also you'll soon see Maud in another Bond movie.
She is the only Bond actress to appear in 3 James Bond films (2 as a Bond girl & 1 as an extra in a blink & you'll miss it in the background).
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Not only did she fall for real, the explosions almost got them. So that’s Roger Moore saving Britt Ekland for real.
Well at least you recognized the name Christopher Lee, even if you didn't remember his face. You have seen Christopher Lee before. Count Dooku in Star Wars and Saruman in Lord of the Rings. As well as so many movies. He is such a legendary actor and acting is only a fraction of his life achievements. Definitely worth looking up his life story because it is insane.
Goodnight is a character in the novels. She is James Bond's secretary and is played by Britt Eckland, a supermodel-turned-actress who was very popular in the 70s
She and Christopher Lee were both in _The Wicker Man._
A Swede isn't she ?
Very gorgeous back then she must be like 80 now !
@@lewsmith9708 Yup! They both featured in "The Wicker Man" about same year in 1973.
@@gregorygant4242wasn’t she pregnant in Wicker man.
And married to Peter Sellers at the time?
@@gregorygant4242Both her and Maud Adams are Swedish.
This is a joyous watch. Long time viewer, first time interactor, here. Have enjoyed your reactions since lockdown. This/your reaction here is one of the most fun to experience you experiencing all the great bits in this movie. You've kept me & my gf very entertained through some rubbish times. & we've loved watching you discover these fantastic movies & actors & directors etc. Be you, always x
Herve Villechaize or Nick Knack was best known for playing Tattoo on the original Fantasy Island television series in the seventies. Wide ties were the thing in the seventies. The wider the better was motto. Luckily in the eighties we were allowed to go to the narrow tie.
" The plane , the plane , the plane !"
@@gregorygant4242Boss the plane, got to add the Boss part at least once lol.
Ashleigh 21:20 one of the school girls is Yuen Qiu the landlady from kung fu hustle🤓
Hopefully you will come back to Bond. You really must watch them all.
It is interesting to see how they progress and adapt to the times.
Also, I believe the barrel roll jump over the bridge was done without any trickery or gadgets. It was so dangerous that they did one take. Safety requirements have improved so much that nothing like this will ever be tried again.
Possibly the most underrated of all the Bond movies, and the one that started my love for the franchise.
Bond's superfluous third nipple really has Ashley giggling!!! 🤣🤣🤣
"You told me it was a nubbin!" - Joey Tribbiani
It was ok as third nipples go, but it was no Total Recall!
My Dad had a third :) We evolved from creatures with eight...
The third nipple, if I recall correctly, is from the original novel - which would make it one of the relatively few things about Scaramanga that the movie kept unchanged.
Christopher is such a smooth villain. Love the one liners & innuendo. xx
The girls on the back seat, the one on the right is the landlord lady from Kun fun hustle.
This would be the perfect time to watch Enter The Dragon. 😀
used to be an old pulp hero called 'the saint,' billed as "the robin hood of crime" -- vincent price took a turn playing him on the radio series, but roger moore allegedly turned down an opportunity to play james bond to take the role of the saint in the tv series. it's incredible how much of his portrayal of the saint carried over into his bond movies.
In 1938, the first THE SAINT ("Simon Templar", not of The Knights infamy) film experimented with Louis Hayward but George Sanders took over in film #2 (1939's THE SAINT STRIKES BACK) for a few, then Hugh Sinclair took over for the final 2 in the 1940s. A few other film attempts were made, none successful enough and TV series tried to keep it going with less than best effects. Those first 7 are quite fun; Sanders was also stirred into making The Falcon films (1941 and on), stealing Wendy Barrie for the beautiful woman role. Those are also quite fun and, rather than ignore The Falcon's character-change, George's version gets himself killed and his brother (Tom Conway) "takes over". Quite well, too. All thru these 1938-1948 series, the radio series of both The Saint and The Falcon ran.
Roger wanted to do Bond, and was the producer’s first choice, but he couldn’t get out of his contract to do _The Saint._
A similar situation cropped up a few years later, when they wanted Pierce Brosnan to take over from Moore, but he was locked in to his _Remington Steele_ contract, so we got Timothy Dalton instead.
Roger Moore also played as a cousin to Brett and Bart Maverick on the Maverick TV series. He was Beau Maverick
@@donsample1002 I am glad he waited quite a few years - REMINGTON was simply too small to duke it out. I remember the episodes where his office secretary opened a door into him, or her purse struck him and knocked him for a loop. No no, that would NOT do for James Bond!! But he added a good amount of weight... too bad he didn't have Daniel Craig's writers but instead had refugees from Hannah-Barbera cartoons. sigh... in this new movie-world of John Wicks/Jason Stathams, athletic fight sequences will be needed.
@@donsample1002 Irony: Bond 1 (Roger Moore was wanted, but couldn't do it at the time, so we got Connery), Bond 2 (Timothy Dalton offered role, but felt himself too young for the role, so he turned it down, and so we got George Lazenby), James Bond 3 (Moore takes the role he was offered before), James Bond 4 (Pierce Brosnan was wanted, but couldn't do it at the time, so we got Timothy Dalton who now felt he was old enough and so takes the role he was offered before), James Bond 4 (Brosnan takes the role he was offered before)...
"20,000 baht!"
Gets thrown off boat.
I have thought about that line about once a month since 1980...
Still the best car stunt ever. Also one of my favs along w/ those featuring "Jaws."(You'll know when you see it).
"He will put his pickle in a lot of women" killed me :D Austin Powers is great, but I hope you return to James Bond there is still a lot of good movies there to watch :D
I love this movie! Please continue with James Bond, Ashleigh! 🙏🏼
I wanted to point out a fun movie fact:
The car stunt where they do that twisting barrel roll was done in one take and the stunt driver got $30,000 for pulling it off. The scene was done in slow motion because the actual stunt was too fast (they had to go fast to pull it off) and the slide-whistle effect was added, though later the director regretted this thinking it was too silly. The best part is that stunt actually made the Guinness Book of World Records for the first astro jump on film.
Yes, Goodnight falling down was a mistake and one that almost cost them their lives as they mistimed the explosions because of that fall and almost got hit by all the debris.
GREAT Roger Moore story.....
The anecdote comes from Marc Haynes.
“As an seven year old in about 1983, in the days before First Class Lounges at airports, I was with my grandad in Nice Airport and saw Roger Moore sitting at the departure gate, reading a paper. I told my granddad I'd just seen James Bond and asked if we could go over so I could get his autograph. My grandad had no idea who James Bond or Roger Moore were, so we walked over and he popped me in front of Roger Moore, with the words "my grandson says you're famous. Can you sign this?" As charming as you'd expect, Roger asks my name and duly signs the back of my plane ticket, a fulsome note full of best wishes. I'm ecstatic, but as we head back to our seats, I glance down at the signature. It's hard to decipher it but it definitely doesn't say 'James Bond'. My grandad looks at it, half figures out it says 'Roger Moore' - I have absolutely no idea who that is, and my hearts sinks. I tell my grandad he's signed it wrong, that he's put someone else's name - so my grandad heads back to Roger Moore, holding the ticket which he's only just signed. I remember staying by our seats and my grandad saying "he says you've signed the wrong name. He says your name is James Bond." Roger Moore's face crinkled up with realisation and he beckoned me over. When I was by his knee, he leant over, looked from side to side, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said to me, "I have to sign my name as 'Roger Moore' because otherwise...Blofeld might find out I was here." He asked me not to tell anyone that I'd just seen James Bond, and he thanked me for keeping his secret. I went back to our seats, my nerves absolutely jangling with delight. My grandad asked me if he'd signed 'James Bond.' No, I said. I'd got it wrong. I was working with James Bond now. Many, many years later, I was working as a scriptwriter on a recording that involved UNICEF, and Roger Moore was doing a piece to camera as an ambassador. He was completely lovely and while the cameramen were setting up, I told him in passing the story of when I met him in Nice Airport. He was happy to hear it, and he had a chuckle and said "Well, I don't remember but I'm glad you got to meet James Bond." So that was lovely.
And then he did something so brilliant. After the filming, he walked past me in the corridor, heading out to his car - but as he got level, he paused, looked both ways, raised an eyebrow and in a hushed voice said, "Of course I remember our meeting in Nice. But I didn't say anything in there, because those cameramen - any one of them could be working for Blofeld."
I was as delighted at 30 as I had been at 7. What a man. What a tremendous man.
The boat is a hydrofoil. There was also one in Thunderball.
46:25 One of the things that made this one so fun was the personal nature of the duel. We’ve seen Blofeld go for vengeance on Bond, but never anyone who wanted Bond for bragging rights. There are some parts that didn’t hold up well, but also a film that spends a great deal of time not taking itself too seriously. Definitely one of my favorites with Moore. Glad you had fun, Ashleigh.
You will probably enjoy Spy Who Loved Me.
The next 3 bonds are some of my favorites. They came out during my adolescent years so to me Bond was the coolest man on earth.😂😂😂
The Man with the Golden Gun may not be all that well-regarded by fans or critics, but no one can deny the awesomeness that is Christopher Lee as Scaramanga. He's suave, charming and cordial, yet also has a wonderfully sinister and ruthless demeanour, plus he has loads of cool gadgets and a car that can turn into a plane - you can genuinely believe him as the dark evil mirror version of Bond (fitting considering Lee's own exploits as a spy during World War Two, which actually resulted in him being one of the main inspirations for Ian Fleming to create James Bond in the first place). For as divisive as this film is, I think everyone can agree that he's one of the best villains in the series, and further demonstrates what an absolute badass the late great Christopher Lee was.
It's a shame you're taking a break from this series, your reactions to the Bond films have honestly been the highlight of my Fridays for the last few weeks, but I can't be mad about doing Austin Powers next. I hope you continue this franchise in the future, based on how you felt about this one I imagine you'll love the rest of the Roger Moore era, and the next one is commonly regarded as his best one, so that will be quite the reaction to look forward to
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It is considered one of the worst Bond movies by the fandom, but I really like it because of how fun it is. Writing could be a little tighter, but they had many writers replacing each other, and that shows.
Goldfinger is the best Bond film ever IMHO !
23:33 Been ages since I saw this movie but I had forgotten about the little L&LD musical tag they put in there. Nice little touch.
Christopher Lee - lord of the rings, saruman the white. Star wars , count dooku.
sleepy hollow
Don't forget Dracula 🙂
@@JebWCManningdon't forget Gremlins 2!😂
During the 50's- 70's, He was in a crap ton of "Hammer" production horror films. So, he's been around a minute.
I saw him in two Dracula movies on TCM yesterday!
He was also King Haggard in the animated classic 'the Last Unicorn'. I saw that film in German cinema as a kid. Of course with German dubbing, yet he still was the king's voice there too. His slight accent made him sound even more sinister.
11:33 Ashleigh: "Her name is Goodnight. Love that."
It's A LOT better than Goodhead, the Bond girl in Moonraker! LOLZ! 😝
Loved Goodnight! Her name came in real handy at the end of the movie! 😉
"What a weird laugh..."
Yes, she was laughing in Swedish? 😂
Britt Ekland and Christopher Lee also featured the same movie "The Wicker Man" about same year in 1973.
LMAO!!
The twisting car jump was planned out on a 70s computer and done successfully THE FIRST TIME.
The producer gave the stuntman a handful of cash for doing it perfectly the first time.
So Britt Ekland and Christopher Lee were in the classic cult film: The Wicker Man(1973), where she was a very memorable landlords' daughter.
Definitely finish all the Bond films! I've been excited to watch you check them out
The boat with the legs is called a hydrofoil. As the boat's speed increases the hydrofoils at the bottom of the struts raise the hull above the water decreasing drag and allowing the boat to travel at much higher speeds than a conventional vessel.
Well explained!
On the other hand, the hydrofoils due to their powered lift compared with the normal buoyancy of a ship consume more fuel for the same distance, hence they aren't very popular anymore.
Sir Christopher Lee actually was an intelligence Officer in WWII, but was best known for playing Dracula in the Hammer Horror films and the baddies in Star Wars and Lord Of The Rings. Another actor who played James Bond in WWII was David Niven. He was in the original spoof version of Casino Royale. The boat is a Hydrofoil. It can move faster and easier through rough seas if the hull doesn't contact the water.
I haven't seen someone have so much fun watching The Man With The Golden Gun in ages.
Ashleigh, you'll get a lot of people saying to continue your trip into the fantastic world of Bond-age (I'm definitely among them) and a lot saying there's no reason to and there are valid reasons to both sides.
Much like Star Trek where there are fans who swear on the original series and others who won't watch the original series due to their allegiance to The Next Generation or even the new movies, there are similar Bond fans who choose their "team" so to speak either swearing by Connery, swearing by Moore or swearing by Craig. To them, their Bond is the only Bond and anything different is a tragedy.
IMHO, every Bond has their own strengths and weaknesses ... Connery is a mostly serious proficient dramatic actor, Lazenby was a combat vet who did all his own stunts, Moore was a fun TV leading man, Dalton was suave/cool, Brosnan was mysterious and Craig is more "common man". I was born in the era of Moore so of course he'll always be my favorite Bond, not to say I don't like the others, I've liked them all but I will say that Connery, Moore and Craig are the 3 most popular Bonds among fans.
"Goodnight, I need you to mind your business...you are in charge of one thing and it's that LITTLE BOX..." 🤭
This one, Moonraker, and For Your Eyes Only are my favorite of these older Bond movies, with For Your Eyes Only being my favorite. I hope you get to For Your Eyes Only. These ones really are just a lot of fun, and that's what I loved about them.
There's a special place in hell for whoever added that slide whistle sfx
As a bond fan I have watched many TH-camrs do reactions to bond movies and may I say you are by far are my favorite and I am here for it.
Please watch Roger Moore's Bond " The Spy Who Loves Me".
Ashleigh needs to go down the Christopher Lee rabbit hole. The Wicker Man is my favorite of his and still holds up to this day. She has seen him in her past movies but never noticed. He really truly was one of the most interesting men in the world. He even recorded a heavy metal album in the eighties.
That’s why we love Desmond Llewellyn,the Brits respect anyone that’s into Q-ing.
LOL Q-ing, as in standing in the queue. A thing urban Brits do every day, waiting for the subway trains.
Evel Kineval was the Houdini of high stakes stunts back in the 70s and the barrel role stunt was actually achieved by a professional stunt driver. Chris Lee was Sauroman in LOTR and Count Duku in the Prequel Star Wars movies at least as far as you’ve seen. Maud Adams, aka beautiful cheek bones, goes on to play another Bond character as she was so good and deserved more screen time. “I sure am boy” is one of Roger Moores best lines.
If I had a nickel for every time Knick Knack worked for a man who only wore white suits, I'd have a dime's worth of nickels.
Still, funny it happened twice.
That's why I somehow thought Ricardo Montalban was the villain in this. Then when I read Scaramanga I thought 'no, that' s our boy Dracula who plays him.' But then I saw who plays the assistant and realized WHY I had mixed up my suave, white suit wearing adversaries.
And a guy in white suits on an island no less.
Christopher Lee was known for playing Dracula in horror movies. He also played Saruman in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy and Cound Dooku in Star Wars episodes II and III. During WW2 he was in Intelligence and worked with his cousin Ian Flemming who used him as one of his inspirations for James Bond.
And ran the lab in “Gremlins II”
The plague……I have the plague
I hope you finish the Bond movies, please. The spy who love me is the best.