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Here's the full length reaction to On Her Majesty's Secret Service! That ending took me by surprise! Let me know your thoughts on George Lazenby's portrayal of Bond. I thought he was good in this movie, but I'm definitely looking forward to seeing Sean Connery again in the next movie :) Enjoy!

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ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE - Full Length Reaction!

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Alex Tan

Happy Wednesday, Addie. The James Bond mission continues with On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), even if George Lazenby plays Bond this time.

Simon

So glad to see you continuing the Bond journey. This is one of the pivotal films for Bond's character. Impactful ending and a banger theme song and score/soundtrack (which you may have heard in Daniel Craig's last outing).

Adrian Duenas

OHMSS is one of my Top 10 favorite Bond films. I think Lazenby does a good job as the character, but I wish he had stayed on for Diamonds Are Forever.

Thomas Yanez

This movie right here is the reason I was a little disappointed when I resubscribed to watch the Bond movies and saw that you had already done the Craig movies. The musical call back to this movie with Louis Armstrong singing "We Have All the Time in the World" was a bit of a gut punch when it caught me by surprise in "No Time To Die".

Randee Carreno

Happy Wednesday, Addie! 😊 I've never seen George Lazenby's portrayahl as James Bond. So this'll be a first time watch for me as well. Definitely looking forward to watching this reaction later this evening. Have a great day today! 😊

Evan

I avoided this film for years because of its reputation. When I finally saw it, it became (and remains) my favorite (favorite Blofeld, favorite Bond Girl). Condidering his lack of experience, Lazenby was a revelation and only would've gotten better if not for that terrible advice he got. A hard lesson: see it for yourself and don't let the mob decide for you.

Doug

You've got the story basically right, Addie, from what I can tell Lazenby turned down doing Bond after this movie based on his agent telling him the spy genre was in decline and also because he apparently felt he had been treated poorly on set. Overall I think this movie is pretty decent, other than feeling a little too long at almost 2 1/2 hours. 👍 Tracy is a fun supporting character, Teddy Savalas is an entertaining, confident villain, and the action scenes are pretty good too. It also has one of my favorite versions of the Bond theme in the main title. Lazenby himself is also totally fine as Bond. Although that said, it reminds me of something Roy says to Rebecca on Ted Lasso - "Lots of people are fine, there's nothing wrong with that, but we deserve a Bond that makes us feel like we've been struck by lightning!" So yeah, Lazenby feels a little like the Bond you hook up with on the rebound when you're on a break and want Connery to think we're doing just fine without him. All in all, 7/10 for me, it's a good film, just not one I'd go out of my way to rewatch a bunch of times. P.S. And wow, can you believe Diana Rigg (who played Tracy) was the thoroughly cunning, take no nonsense matriarch in Game of Thrones? What a career!

John A

Sean Connery had become fatigue with the role and was not happy with his salary. Plus the intense media pressure when filming in Japan for You Only Live Twice. I did not care for On Her Majesty's Secret Service, when I first watched it years ago. I was not Sean and it felt different. I have since grown to like it a lot., it is still different in many ways. but have I do think he was a good bond. not my favorite, but I liked him. Plus the movie was the longest Bond film at the time.

JBK405

You got the backstory pretty much correct, so I've got no corrections to offer on George Lazenby's behind-the-scenes. What I will say is that, after "Goldfinger", this movie is one of the more foundational films for the whole rest of the franchise. Despite the film often being looked down upon, adding Tracy's death to the Bond canon gave them a lot of darker material for future storylines. There's a lot of references and callbacks in the later movies because Bond LOSING HIS WIFE would obviously have a big impact on him as a person. It also showed that the movies could handle real drama and loss, and didn't have to end with a joke and a sex scene as Bond floated on a raft. Those moments definitely return, but now they're not MANDATORY, and the films can leave them out if they don't fit the story.

JAKH

Switzerland in winter: "The Pink Panther" (1963 original) - comedy good Telly Savalas movies: "Kelly's Heroes" (1970) "The Dirty Dozen" (1967) Exciting cable car action & espionage: "Where Eagles Dare" (1968) Mountaineering & espionage: "The Eiger Sanction" (1975) "The Guns of Navarone" (1961) "Force 10 From Navarone" (1978)

JAKH

This is my personal favorite of the "classic" James Bond movies, and second overall after "GoldenEye" (1995) This movie is closest to the book of the same name of all the James Bond movies. Did you make the connection between Blofeld's mountaintop clinic here and the clinic in the Daniel Craig "Spectre" (2015)? Bond being married and widowered is a big turning point in the story, and is the primary reason that you were told not to skip this one. The clinic being copied for Craig's "Spectre" is a second reason not to skip it.