# On Her Majestys Secret Service is the Best Bond Film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 2, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314 "2015-10-02T22:40:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/1 "2015-10-02T22:40:44Z")
This is a film I initially hated. George Lazenby? An abomination. The story? Too slow. But then the film got to me. I found out that Lazenby is probably the most believable Bond…he was in the Aussie special forces. The fight scenes are painfully real and devoid of quick cutting BS. But what I love most about the film is (spoiled so as not to ruin the best part)is the relationship with Diane Rigg. It takes the Bond franchise to a whole new level. Too bad that Lazenby had to be an asshole. We could have avoided the regrettable Roger Moore era. OHHH…and the awesome [We Have All The Time In The World (dating scene) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQqWO0GNBU8) ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/2 "2015-10-02T22:52:14Z")
I like that movie, too, and Lazenby is a Bond that closely resembles the book Bond. This one is Bond at his most human. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/3 "2015-10-02T22:56:23Z")
> [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](#): > > I like that movie, too, and Lazenby is a Bond that closely resembles the book Bond. This one is Bond at his most human. I agree. And the chemistry between Lazenby and Rigg is palpable. Telly Savales is an awesome and not cartoonish villain. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/4 "2015-10-03T00:12:05Z")
My second favorite Bond movie after _ **From Russia, with Love** _. The opening credits and music score alone are fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/5 "2015-10-03T00:14:06Z")
I thought the plot with the hypnotized hotties distributing bioweapons was incredibly stupid. The rest was pretty good, though. I particularly like the theme song. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/6 "2015-10-03T00:18:09Z")
Agreed. Possibly the best script of the entire series, and some wonderful set pieces. Tied with _From Russia with Love_ for my all-time favorite Bond film. I’ll admit some of my affection for the film had something to do with the fact that it came out when I was about 15, and the hormonal juices were flowing. The sequence of Bond’s busy night hopping from bed to bed at Piz Gloria made quite an impression, and Ms. Rigg…rowwrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/7 "2015-10-03T00:25:41Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Agreed. Possibly the best script of the entire series, and some wonderful set pieces. Tied with _From Russia with Love_ for my all-time favorite Bond film. > > I’ll admit some of my affection for the film had something to do with the fact that it came out when I was about 15, and the hormonal juices were flowing. The sequence of Bond’s busy night hopping from bed to bed at Piz Gloria made quite an impression, and Ms. Rigg…rowwrrrr. Lets not forget Catherine Schell who was just as hot in The Return of the Pink Panther ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/8 "2015-10-03T00:34:02Z")
_License to Kill_ is the best Bond film. Scientifically proven. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/9 "2015-10-03T00:37:16Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > _License to Kill_ is the best Bond film. Scientifically proven. I really like Timothy Dalton. Far better than Pierce Brosnan although by that time the scripts were just bad. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/10 "2015-10-03T00:48:56Z")
Rigg was strong, intelligent, quick, and just plain fun… and not just for 10 minutes but every moment she was on screen. She was everything in a woman that a little boy watching a movie might hope was real. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/11 "2015-10-03T00:49:43Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Lets not forget Catherine Schell who was just as hot in The Return of the Pink Panther My favorite was Ruby. _ **Grrrrrrrraowrrrrrr!!!** _🆒 ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/12 "2015-10-03T00:52:16Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > My favorite was Ruby. _ **Grrrrrrrraowrrrrrr!!!** _🆒 Loved her too…she was awesome in the bathtub scene in the original Casino Royale. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/13 "2015-10-03T00:56:18Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > _License to Kill_ is the best Bond film. Scientifically proven. _The Living Daylights_ was a terrific film, and Timothy Dalton was vastly underrated as Bond; he was probably the closest the movies have come to Book Bond. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/14 "2015-10-03T01:05:19Z")
**On Her Majestys Secret Service is the Best Bond Film** Probably not, although I’m ready to accept the claim that Diana Rigg IS the best Bond woman. ---
**Author:** ![HowSoonIsThen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/15 "2015-10-03T01:51:18Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > The fight scenes are painfully real and devoid of quick cutting BS. I haven’t seen the film in years, but I remember the fight scenes being very clunky. The camera suddenly cut to a wide shot right before any punch connected. Maybe I’m remembering wrong. I’ll have to give it another go. It’s reputation seems to have improved in recent years. Lazenby’s performance never bothered me, but the film itself always seemed a little off. It’s probably because it was actually trying to tell story with characters, whereas I was expecting just another Bond film. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/16 "2015-10-03T02:04:47Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > _The Living Daylights_ was a terrific film, and Timothy Dalton was vastly underrated as Bond; he was probably the closest the movies have come to Book Bond. I agree - and it’s one of the things I enjoy about Daniel Craig, too. One of the reasons it’s a great movie was because it moved away from the over-the-top comedy gags and weird supervillains, without feeling grimdark. Bond was a far more proactive character here, but there was still plenty of room for minor characters to shine. The movie also has something of a massive gambit pileup, as everybody has their own agenda that Bond has to negotiate. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/17 "2015-10-03T05:42:31Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > _The Living Daylights_ was a terrific film, and Timothy Dalton was vastly underrated as Bond; he was probably the closest the movies have come to Book Bond. Love the Living Daylights but in the opening sequence they would have had the double o’s parachute in at night, no? Otherwise they would have been sitting ducks. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/18 "2015-10-03T05:50:46Z")
Fantastic movie. Only one before _Casino Royale_ which made Bond show human vulnerabilities , and it was not cheesy. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/19 "2015-10-03T06:26:47Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > _The Living Daylights_ was a terrific film, and Timothy Dalton was vastly underrated as Bond; he was probably the closest the movies have come to Book Bond. > [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > I agree - and it’s one of the things I enjoy about Daniel Craig, too. > > One of the reasons it’s a great movie was because it moved away from the over-the-top comedy gags and weird supervillains, without feeling grimdark. Bond was a far more proactive character here, but there was still plenty of room for minor characters to shine. The movie also has something of a massive gambit pileup, as everybody has their own agenda that Bond has to negotiate. I like Dalton as Bond, but much of the rest of _The Living Daylights_ doesn’t really work. The whole thing is kicked off when a Russian stages his defection and even dupes his girlfriend into pretending to be a sniper to make it look real. (Bond, of course, susses this out instantly.) I’m wondering, though, what do you tell your girlfriend, the cellist, to get her to point a sniper rifle out a window? ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314/20 "2015-10-03T10:17:22Z")
I find the bobsled race scene at the end to be very cheesy and far fetched. Otherwise a good movie. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-her-majestys-secret-service-is-the-best-bond-film/733314.md?page=2)