{"id":30413,"date":"2020-07-20T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/james-bond-the-clown-reflections-on-the-roger-moore-era\/"},"modified":"2020-07-20T00:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T21:30:00","slug":"james-bond-the-clown-reflections-on-the-roger-moore-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/james-bond-the-clown-reflections-on-the-roger-moore-era\/","title":{"rendered":"#James Bond the Clown: Reflections on the Roger Moore Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a261d344f560\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a261d344f560\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/james-bond-the-clown-reflections-on-the-roger-moore-era\/#Moore_Moore_Moore_How_do_you_like_it_how_do_you_like_it\" >Moore, Moore, Moore! How do you like it, how do you like it?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/james-bond-the-clown-reflections-on-the-roger-moore-era\/#What_did_you_expect_What_surprised_you\" >What did you expect? What surprised you?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/james-bond-the-clown-reflections-on-the-roger-moore-era\/#Bond_Beginner\" >Bond Beginner:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/james-bond-the-clown-reflections-on-the-roger-moore-era\/#Bond_Veteran\" >Bond Veteran:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/james-bond-the-clown-reflections-on-the-roger-moore-era\/#Do_these_films_hold_up\" >Do these films hold up?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/james-bond-the-clown-reflections-on-the-roger-moore-era\/#Bond_Beginner-2\" >Bond Beginner:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/james-bond-the-clown-reflections-on-the-roger-moore-era\/#Bond_Veteran-2\" >Bond Veteran:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#James Bond the Clown: Reflections on the Roger Moore Era<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\">\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                          <span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span>                                       <meta content=\"1\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                                           <span itemprop=\"name\">Columns<\/span>                                                        <meta content=\"2\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                                           <span itemprop=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movies<\/a><\/span>                                                         <meta content=\"3\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">             <span itemprop=\"author\">Meg Shields<\/span>                  <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>July 19, 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Moore_Moore_Moore_How_do_you_like_it_how_do_you_like_it\"><\/span>Moore, Moore, Moore! How do you like it, how do you like it? <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div><em>The name\u2019s Bond. <strong>Bondathon<\/strong>. With 24 official James Bond films to conquer before \u2018No Time To Die\u2019 hits theaters, Bond fan Anna Swanson and Bond newbie Meg Shields are diving deep on 007. Martinis shaken and beluga caviar in hand, the<b> Double Take <\/b>duo are making their way through the Bond corpus by era, so hang up your hats and pay attention. This entry explores the Roger Moore era.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p>We\u2019ve already covered Connery and Lazenby, which means it\u2019s time for <strong>Roger Moore<\/strong>, baby! The silliest Bond, the most polarizing Bond, and the farthest thing from brooding imaginable \u2014 Moore is one of a kind. As far as that being a good or a bad thing, results may vary. Moore\u2019s take on 007 has a lot going on. And by a lot, we mean two brain cells. Really, it\u2019s a miracle that this man knows how to point a gun in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>With seven movies across twelve years, Moore has more Bond films under his belt than any other actor, which means there\u2019s a lot to unpack. Some people classify his films as laughably bad and rather grating entries in the franchise. But is this fair? To consider all of Moore\u2019s antics, we sat down for a wild ride of \u201970s and \u201980s clownery. But first, let\u2019s remind ourselves of what goes down in these seven films.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Live and Let Die<\/em><\/strong> (1973) begins with three MI6 agents being assassinated and, naturally, Bond is sent stateside to investigate. This riff on Blaxploitation takes Bond to Harlem, Louisiana, and the fictional Caribbean island of San Monique hunting down the sinister and potentially supernatural Dr. Kananga.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The Man With The Golden Gun<\/strong><\/em> (1974) features the triumphant return of Sheriff J.W. Pepper, and that\u2019s not all! The film also stars Christopher Lee as the titular golden gun-wielding assassin, Francisco Scara<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/anime-manga\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Anime || Manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manga<\/a>. He\u2019s a gun for hire who\u2019s obsessed with taking down Bond before 007 can foil his plans to sell his solar power engineering to the highest bidder.<\/li>\n<li>Eugenics\u2026under the sea! <em><strong>The Spy Who Loved Me<\/strong><\/em> (1977) dunks Bond in the deep end of Russian-British relations: missiles are missing, microfilm plans are being sold to the highest bidder, and a hulking henchman with a metal mouth is on his tail! Bond must team up with an antagonistic Soviet spy (in all fairness, he did kill her boyfriend) to bring down the big bad shipping tycoon trying to incite a nuclear holocaust.<\/li>\n<li>Eugenics\u2026in space! <em><strong>Moonraker <\/strong><\/em>(1979) sees Bond jet setting to California, Venice, Rio, the Amazon, and beyond the stars. The Moonraker space shuttle is missing. And the company\u2019s suspiciously megalomaniacal owner definitely had nothing to do with it. With his old nemesis, Jaws, in hot pursuit, it\u2019s up to 007 to find the Moonraker and foil the plans of the baddie industrialist-du-jour (while destroying as many UNESCO world heritage sites as possible).<\/li>\n<li>Soviet shenanigans are afoot in <em><strong>For<\/strong><strong> Your Eyes Only<\/strong><\/em> (1981). A British intelligence ship has sunk, taking a fancy encryption device with it. It\u2019s up to Bond to recover the device before the Russians do in order to keep those launch codes safe!<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Octopussy<\/strong><\/em> (1983) features Bond hot on the trail of the smuggling ring responsible for the death of a fellow 00 agent. Throw in a Faberg\u00e9 egg, nuclear weapons, and the women of a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing circus, and you\u2019ve got yourself a James Bond movie! To top it all off, Moore fulfills his destiny and dresses as a clown.<\/li>\n<li>In what might be the Moore-iest of the Moores, <strong><em>A<\/em><\/strong><em><strong> View to a Kill\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(1985) sees Bond face off against a bleach blonde Christopher Walken as the villain, Max Zorin, in a film that has everything: a second act devoted entirely to a horse sub-plot, a majestically campy turn from Grace Jones, genetically engineered foes, a butterfly-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>d assassination, and a climactic battle on the Golden Gate Bridge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Spy Who Loved Me\" height=\"600\"  src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Spy-Who-Loved-Me.png\"  width=\"800\"><\/img><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_did_you_expect_What_surprised_you\"><\/span>What did you expect? What surprised you?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bond_Beginner\"><\/span>Bond Beginner:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>One of the two Bond films I\u2019d seen before embarking on the Bondathon was <em>The Man With the Golden Gun.\u00a0<\/em>So I had an idea, going into this, that the Roger Moore Bond films were light, colorful, and relatively blood-free. Moore\u2019s characterization left less of an impression on me than Christopher Lee\u2019s third nipple and the other villain of the film, a boorish Louisiana parish sheriff who seemed to already know who Bond was. I wish I could go back to a time before I knew <em>more\u00a0<\/em>about J.W. Pepper. Ignorance is \u2014 was \u2014 bliss.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I was not prepared for the hard left turn to clown town. And I certainly wasn\u2019t prepared for the \u201cfunny Bond\u201d to be so boring. I fell asleep during two of these movies (I\u2019ll leave it to you to guess which!). I\u2019m all for silliness, I swear, but the Moore era didn\u2019t do it for me. So in the interest of warning future viewers: getting through this era is a slog. Also: Moore\u2019s lack of sexuality is honestly impressive. The man has the erotic presence of a possessed doll.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bond_Veteran\"><\/span>Bond Veteran:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Roger Moore isn\u2019t for everyone. I get it. I understand the reasons why. But I sure don\u2019t agree with them. Sure, this isn\u2019t a classic, grizzled, greet-you-with-an-open-palm Bond, but he\u2019s a fun Bond! He\u2019s weird and campy and nothing makes sense!<\/p>\n<p>I think of it like this: Connery is a Friday night Bond and Moore is a Saturday afternoon Bond. He\u2019s a little cartoonish, but he\u2019s very comforting. I love to return to these films partly because I know exactly what to expect: that I\u2019m going to enjoy my time spent with Moore. That also means I\u2019m not exactly surprised by these films. I know what I\u2019m getting myself into and there\u2019s nothing all that new. I will never pretend these are the most complex Bond films; there\u2019s no deeper meaning gleaned from a tenth viewing. They are popcorn movies, and I love them for that. It also helps that based on all accounts, Roger Moore was a goddamned sweetheart and I wish I could have known him.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Man With The Golden Gun\" height=\"600\"  src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Man-With-the-Golden-Gun.png\"  width=\"800\"><\/img><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_these_films_hold_up\"><\/span>Do these films hold up?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bond_Beginner-2\"><\/span>Bond Beginner:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Comedy ages a lot faster than tragedy. So the enduring success of the Moore era depends largely on the timelessness of the gags and goofs. Some of Moore\u2019s comedic appeal has stood the test of time. No one can do a double take without moving their head quite like Roger. But a lot of the material falls flat for me. If you like slow-paced, low-stakes gaffs that punch safety at low-hanging targets, you\u2019ll have a good time. If you want anything compromising, ridiculous, or campy\u2026.well, there\u2019s <em>Moonraker<\/em>. But that\u2019s about it for Moore.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bond_Veteran-2\"><\/span>Bond Veteran:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p>Ugh fine, real answer: they do, but not for everyone. Of course, certain things played differently in the \u201970s and \u201980s than they do now. But I tend to believe that if you\u2019re the type of person who enjoys a pigeon doing a double-take in 2020, you probably would have enjoyed a pigeon doing a double-take in 1979. All the weird, ridiculous, and polarizing Moore moments probably didn\u2019t make a whole lot of sense at the time, either. 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