How would it have been with Sean Connery as Bond and how good of a Bond could George Lazenby have been? This film is a favorite and I try to watch it every Christmas season. This movie always makes me wonder two things. But it was not to be as George Lazenby sealed his own fate as a one-time Bond.
I would have preferred the original plan for OHMSS where the movie ends with the wedding and Tracy dies in the beginning of Diamonds Are Forever. Telly Savalas is fun as Blofeld and much better than Donald Pleasence from You Only Live Twice in my opinion. I see OHMSS as the peak for Bond movies in the 1960's. As with Honor Blackmon I enjoy seeing former Avenger girls acting in Bond movies.
The soundtrack for OHMSS is excellent.ĭiana Rigg gives a great performance as Tracy and every time I see the ending I want it to be different. George Lazenby had the looks and physical presence of James Bond in my opinion. Bond films in the 1970's with George Lazenby instead of Roger Moore would have been very different. I do really believe that if George had stuck around he would have become an above average Bond. I do understand where that criticism comes from. I know many people dislike George Lazenby as Bond. I'm probably going to get a hard time for this one, but On Her Majesty's Secret Service is my all-time favorite Bond movie.
