# Which was the best Roger Moore Bond film? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723 "2012-10-24T13:16:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/1 "2012-10-24T13:16:10Z")
Pick one. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/2 "2012-10-24T13:20:22Z")
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME: you’ve got the iconic opening sequence, a terrific Bond girl, one heck of a gadget, Moore actually doing cold-blooded hijinks, and Jaws as “menacing” instead of MOONRAKER-era comic relief. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/3 "2012-10-24T13:21:58Z")
_For Your Eyes Only_, without a doubt. After the wretched excess and puerility of the 1970s Bond films, especially the Star Wars-influenced _Moonraker_, this was a welcome return to the older Bond, as indicated by the initial reference to Tracy as the very first shot in the film, and the tying up of the Blofeld loose end. As in _On Her Majesty’s Secret Service_, they got awayu fro m excessive gadgetry for any serious purposes, and got back to Bond’s self-reliance and his love of gaming. And, for the first time since OHMSS, the plot was mainly derived from a Fleming story. It was Bond Lite, but it harked back to the best of early Bond. I thought the next film, _Octopussy_, started out well (I could ignore some of the typical Bond idiocy in the opening) , but they got really stupid halfway through. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/4 "2012-10-24T13:22:40Z")
The Roger Moore films, IMO, as a whole were not very good, but I’m going with _The Spy Who Loved Me_, for two reasons: the Lotus Esprit submarine, and Jaws. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/5 "2012-10-24T13:23:38Z")
_The Spy Who Loved Me_, for two other reasons: Naomi. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/6 "2012-10-24T13:24:28Z")
_Spy Who Loved Me_. Barbara Bach. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/7 "2012-10-24T13:24:36Z")
A View To A Kill - loved Grace Jones and Christopher Walken. ---
**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 24, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/8 "2012-10-24T13:54:21Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > _For Your Eyes Only_, without a doubt. > > After the wretched excess and puerility of the 1970s Bond films, especially the Star Wars-influenced _Moonraker_, this was a welcome return to the older Bond, as indicated by the initial reference to Tracy as the very first shot in the film, and the tying up of the Blofeld loose end. As in _On Her Majesty’s Secret Service_, they got awayu fro m excessive gadgetry for any serious purposes, and got back to Bond’s self-reliance and his love of gaming. And, for the first time since OHMSS, the plot was mainly derived from a Fleming story. It was Bond Lite, but it harked back to the best of early Bond. I agree. It’s probably also as close to a badass as Moore got during his tenure as 007. On the downside, there “Blofeld” begging for his life and offering to buy Bond a delicatessen, and Lynn-Holly Johnson as a Bond girl even Bond wouldn’t sleep with. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/9 "2012-10-24T13:57:57Z")
_A View To A Kill_ was the absolute nadir of the Bond franchise. _Octopussy_ was almost as bad. The Spy Who Loved Me was good, but _The Man With the Golden Gun_ wins out, if for no other reason than I always wanted to own Scaramanga’s [junk.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/-HK_CityHall_Seaview_51217_5.png/300px--HK_CityHall_Seaview_51217_5.png) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/10 "2012-10-24T14:01:58Z")
The OP’s clearly been hard at work this morning, but I’m having trouble locating the “Which was the best George Lazenby Bond film?” poll. ---
**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 24, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/11 "2012-10-24T14:22:57Z")
For me it’s a toss-up between Live and Let Die and The Spy Who Loved Me. Live and Let Die: > [@](#): > > - A man comes. He travels quickly. He has purpose. He comes over water. He travels with others. He will oppose. He brings violence and destruction. > [@](#): > > - You don’t understand, Sir. They’ll kill me if I do. > - And I’ll kill you if you don’t. > - But you couldn’t. You wouldn’t. Not after what we’ve just done. > - I certainly wouldn’t have killed you before. The Spy Who Loved Me: > [@](#): > > - Actually, it’s in Sardinia. > [@](#): > > -It’s very important to have a positive mental attitude. > > - Nothing more practical than that? > - Food is also very important. > - Mm-hmm. What else? > - When necessary, shared bodily warmth. > - That’s the part I like. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/12 "2012-10-24T14:30:48Z")
The answer is right in front of you, and they can open very large doors. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/13 "2012-10-24T14:33:00Z")
[Octopussy is the Best Bond Film](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=173797) Mind you, that was written years before Casino Royale(the new one), which I think is now the best Bond film. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/14 "2012-10-24T15:20:51Z")
MoonRaker - as it was the only one I ever paid to sit in a theater to watch - yes, I was 12 at the time. ---
**Author:** ![spifflog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/15 "2012-10-24T15:43:39Z")
Moore’s Bond was a poor caricature of the original Bond. Don’t know if it was the times, the producers or Moore himself. But the Bond of Connery and the books was cold blooded and a bit serious. Moore was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/16 "2012-10-24T15:54:12Z")
The Man With the Golden Gun was all about hubris and I loved the way Scaramonga bit it. That was worth it all by itself. Nice Macau travelogue sequence too. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/17 "2012-10-24T16:00:55Z")
_Live and Let Die_ Paul McCartney’s theme song Yaphet Kotto as the villain Alligators World-record speedboat jumps And Jane Seymour 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/18 "2012-10-24T16:08:34Z")
\*\*CalMeacham[/B’s post hit it on the head for me. [Jane Seymour](http://images-mediawiki-sites.thefullwiki.org/04/6/1/0/450516775034359.jpg)’s turn as Bond girl (as well as the boat stunts) nearly got Live and Let Die my vote though. ---
**Author:** ![Greekfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@Greekfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greekfreak)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/19 "2012-10-24T17:06:39Z")
I have a great affection for the first three, but The Spy Who Loved Me is the clear winner. The set designs, the theme song, the hottest Moore bond girl (Barbara Bach), the underwater Lotus, the cinematography in Egypt–just fantastic. After this film, they just get progressively worse, although For Your Eyes Only is entertaining enough. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723/20 "2012-10-24T17:12:10Z")
I’ve only seen For Your Eyes Only and the one with Katanga (sp?) played by Yaphet Koto. Just not much of a Roger Moore fan I’m afraid. In fact, when someone mentions “Bond girls” I think he should be in the list. Rewatching some of the Yaphet film just the other day I marvelled still at just how implausable and corny it was. So… For Your Eyes Only. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-roger-moore-bond-film/638723.md?page=2)