I think the reason Moore's introduction is so downplayed, is because they made a big deal about Lazenby's introduction which didn't help people accept that he was playing the same character as Connery.
Plus Roger Moore was well known to the general public at the time. He'd already been playing Bond-like characters - in the Saint and the Persuaders - for several years.
Yes I think in the PTS of this movie not having the new Bond appear is like they are putting the story front and centre not focusing on introducing the new 007, they have learnt their lesson from OHMSS.
Dear sir Roger, This was your debut as 007. While this was not your best movie, you always excelled in playing a unique interpretation of the beloved secret agent. You will be missed by the Bond community, and the world. To Sir Roger Moore (1927-2017)
Enjoyable as always. One thing: the march and dancing scene that seems like a Michael Jackson vid actually happens with funeral processions in New Orleans, primarily for jazz players.
"White face in Harlem. Good thinkin', Bond." Imagine if they had Moore black up for this part of the film like when they tried to make Connery look Japanese in YOLT. XD
I love when he bought the stuffed toy snake at the Voodoo shop and said: “ would you mind gift-wrapping this for me?...... lengthwise, if you don't mind" 😏
Wow, that was cool seeing Roger Moore in that early James Bond skit. I've never heard of that before, so it was fun toi see it. I did know about some of the other TV shows, like The Saint. But I do like Roger Moore as Bond, and always thought he did a great job. His humor was a little different that Sean Connery and I think that was smart move, not wanting to just copy him. Moore had his own style, and I always thought it added to his run as Bond. I laughed my ass off with your whole "mind blowing" video when Mr. Big revealed he was Kananga! The movie had alot of typical Bond funny and not so funny moments, and atleast some "better" jokes, but yeah the whole Kanaga thing blowing up was pretty horrible. But as always, you were able to provide your own humor to this Bond Recap, making moments like that, and all the others, alot easier to watch! Keep up the great work Jeroen!
I'd like to point out that the villain is DR Kananga, not Mr. He didn't go to evil medical school for 7 years to be called Mr. 20 bonus points if you got that reference.
@ Gage Peruti. The designation "Dr." does not only refer to a medical doctor but can also refer to someone who has earned a PhD! So the "Dr." designation before Kanaga in the film, "Live and Let Die"(1973) could be interpreted as indicating that Kanaga earned a PhD rather than a medical degree!
Contrary to what the narrator of this review says about the scene in which Mr. Big/Dr. Kanaga interrogated Bond, it is one of the best, most dramatic and tense scenes in the history of the Bond film franchise primarily because of the superb acting by Yaphet Kotto and Roger Moore's "cool under pressure" Bond! And George Martin made the absolute right decision to not musically score most of the 17-minute long boat chase sequence because he knew that (1) it would have been very difficult to maintain the tension of that long a scene with music and (2) the noise of the boats' jet engines would have taken away from a music background in that scene. And the character's name is J.W. Pepper not "W. Pepper". How could the narrator of this video review of the film get that wrong?!
Good point about the boat chase being too long and no music, although when I first saw this movie in theaters in 1973 my brothers and father and I thought it was so amazing. So, I guess it's one of those things that worked at the time but not as good in retrospect. As for Sheriff JW Pepper, I actually feel opposite of you about his two appearances -- just a silly Southern slob here like Jackie Gleason in Smokey and the Bandit and the cop in Dukes of Hazzard; but in Man with the Golden Gun he becomes a blatant racist spewing terrible derogatory slurs, but I get your perspective that it seems more outrageous since he is out of his Southern home where those things are more commonly heard. Anyway, thanks for the recap.
The "Fat Southern Sheriff" was a response to the popularity of the character "J.W." on those old Dodge Challenger commercials. The character was so popular that the actor, wearing the same costume/uniform appeared in cameos on several television shows. "You're in a heap of trouble, boy!", I believe was his catch phrase. By the time "Live and Let Die" premiered, the U.S. passed EPA laws which killed the high performance engines such as the 440 and the 426 ci which Dodge used. Hence, J.W. stopped appearing after that. I guess it took another bond film to prove that the "Fat Southern Sheriff" craze was over. I love your Bond recaps. They're awesome!
+Donald Wolpert Intresting background information! I was not aware of a "Fat Southern Sherrif craze"! I always assumed J.W was there to anticipate racism or something. There are so much stereotypical black guys in the movie, perhaps they felt they needed to put a very white southern character in there to compesate or something. But your explanation makes sense! Thanks for the compliment by the way, means the world after a hard day of working non stop on finishing this episode! :)
+DutchBondFan I had to look it up on Wiki for "Live and Le Die" to find that the Sheriff sported the initials "J.W." Pepper. They even used those same initials. The "Dodge sheriff" was only referred as "J.W." A different actor played the sheriff in the commercials chomping on a fat cigar, Pepper chewed his tobacco. Well, exploitation will continue on the next Bond film, "Man with the Golden Gun", where every one is "Kung Fu Fighting". Too bad that Bruce Lee wasn't still alive to be in that film. The fight sense would have been unbelievable. What could have been... Thanks for your research, review, and hard work!
+John Blaze -Universal Exports- I found a couple of those commercials on RUclips under "70 Dodge Challenger Commercial". Short of dry humor now but it was pretty funny then.
The first time I seen the film was when it was broadcast on ABC in the early 80s. One of the commercials that came up before the end was actor Geoffrey Holder pitching 7up. :)
@@viralbuthow000 Since Solitaire was BLACK in the novel, I keep trying to imagine who, in the 70s, I would have liked as Solitaire. Her personality in the book was COMPLETELY-different from the way she was done in the movie.
I had learned about this some time before I saw this review (But only years later after I had actually seen the movie as a kid) , but the truly weird fact is how virtually EVERYONE in Harlem is okay with this open murder and coverup, and it is kind of explained with Mr Big in charge keeping everyone toeing the line, but it's still kind of eery in the starting scenes with the crowd just smoothly going along this scripted scenario without any sign of remorse, which weirdly kind of feeds into the voodoo theme if just thematically.
I always took the New Orleans funeral procession to be realistically accurate, just written into the script. The march begins slow, with sombre music to reflect the loss of the deceased, then it picks up tempo playing a joyful piece to celebrate the memory of the person's life. I may be wrong, but I thought it was a unique proceedure.
I especially like how you can stab someone with a switchblade in the side, and they instantly die?! What was that knife dipped in?! Human feces or Cobra venom?! Okay, I'm so gullible and stupid, I just accept it as real? And I'm sorry, an attractive flat chested African American woman with a fake afro on, doesn't even get my rocket of the launch pad! Why didn't they cast sexy Pam Grier in that role??!! I'm sure she was available in 1973!!! What were the producers thinking or snorting??!! That skinny black woman was not even "room temperature " warm to me!!! She must have been cast, just save money!!💰 😆 🤣 😂 Then they instantly die, not one drop of blood on his knife , clothing or the ground?! And then this "David Copperfield" magic trick when they drop this casket on top of the C.I.A. agent!!🎩 ✨️ WTF is happening here?!?!
From what I heard, Llewelyn was working on a TV series at the time and he actually did get out of it only to find out they weren't including Q in the film at all. "If you're watching these movies in order?" I did. I'm going to do a complete marathon when I get Spectre on DVD.
Fun Fact...the producers wanted Paul Mac to just write the theme, not to perform it, but Paul said, "What I write, I sing", so they went along with it. Along with "Nobody Does It Better", it was the biggest JB themes of the 70s!
I feel the same way about this movie as many other Moore Bond films. There is some good action and Moore is pretty great with the quips but you also have to suffer a lot of stupid things.
+Anders Enggaard Yes I agree. Roger Moore is fun, but pretty much every single one of his films has some cheesiness to them and atleast one moment where something is completely redicilious or out of place. However, he did do some Bond movies that are really entertaining and a few of them I would even call Top 10 worthy! This however, to me was not one of those...
@@DutchBondFan His best were TSWLM and FYEO. TMWTGG could have been much better without JW Pepper and that damn AMC Hornet. Yes I understand product placement....but the AMC dealer should have been a high end British one. The Hornet I guess met the build requirements to accomplish the bridge jump, which certainly didn't need that stupid whistle. It was just as dumb as the Tarzan yell in Octopussy. The fact is Christopher Lee's performance as Scaramanga was outstanding and for me ranks right next to Sanchez, Goldfinger, Savalas's Blofeld, LeChiffre, and Zorin.
The one line from this movie that I couldn’t get out of my head, was the one where Baron Samedi is playing a reed flute which turns into a radio to which he says “They’re heading for the hill.” The line itself isn’t that cool, but the way he said it was just so creepy to me.
It was obvious he was faking it. You don't die from a snake bite in 2 seconds. He probably never even got bit and even if he did he probably had some sorta resistance or anti venom
I've been watching all the Bond movies in order and something I noticed about "Live And Let Die" was that it seemed as though, for the first time, they weren't filming chase scenes by having the actors in front of a projector screen. Roger Moore is actually filmed in the cars, bus and boats during the chase scenes. Oh and a bit of trivia: I don't know if this record still stands, but the scene when Bond's boat jumps over the sheriff's car was in the Guinness Book of World Records for the furthest boat jump.
I admit, the ending death scene of Kananga was pretty weak and very unrealistic. But everything else, including the long boat chase scene was fantastic. I wish they would've had a scene where 007 was at that fake funeral only to get them back for killing the other 00's.
It always got me that they zoomed in on the image as he was rising out of the pool in post production as you see the image get grainy and blurry. Very sloppy and cheap for a film like that.
Love these videos sooo much. the background information section is always a delight to watch and i love that it makes for an even more immersive experience for someone who just started the entire franchise!!!
I absolutely love the saint ... I didn't know Moore was so clever .... he had a good head for business are you sure it was one million .... that's must have been serious money back then .... the persuaders is brilliant and you have to thank Tony Curtis for bringing Jamie Lee into the world ( trading places ) nobody was as suave and nonchalant as Moore .... it's a shame he wasn't really all that physical .... but I love him as the saint Moore than bond ....
I really like this movie and to me it’s probably my favorite Roger Moore Film of them all, so many memorable Characters and moments in that film, holds up really high for me even to this day
The actor John Kitzmiller who played Quarrel in Dr No was 48 years old born in 1913 and died in 1965 at age 51. Quarrel Jr was played by Roy Stewart born in 1925 so was only two years older Roger Moore.
I love these reviews. Using language as real people speak and not as the usual TV presenters do. Always interesting and amusing and a proper joy. Fantastic stuff.
Originally they offered the role to the late legend Burt Reynolds who turned it down then offered to also late legend Adam West who also said no. Then it went to Roger Moore.
Without a doubt my favourite moore film and easily in my top 5 favourite bond movies. I also think this is one of the best paced films in the entire series. Btw keep up the awesome work, Jeroen im loving this series!
+Joe Ward Thanks man! Great to see so much diversity among the fans. I also know someone who ranks this one as his #1 Bond film, while others rank it at the bottom. Glad you enjoy btw! :)
Crocodile jump cool?? When I first saw this one I didnt finish the movie at first! I watched the stunt over and over and over again! COME ON THAT WAS BREATHTAKINGLY, RIDICULOUSLY, ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!
20:40 The stuntman that skipped along on top of the alligators had to do it a few times as he actually slipped on the first couple of goes. Really scary stunt, and I can't believe he had the guts to do it two more times, especially as the alligator caught his foot on one of the failed attempts! There's footage on RUclips of this happening. Memorable scene, though.
I especially like how you can stab someone with a switchblade in the side, and they instantly die?! What was that knife dipped in?! Human feces or Cobra venom?! Okay, I'm so gullible and stupid, I just accept it as real? And I'm sorry, an attractive flat chested African American woman with a fake afro on, doesn't even get my rocket of the launch pad! Why didn't they cast sexy Pam Grier in that role??!! I'm sure she was available in 1973!!! What were the producers thinking or snorting??!! That skinny black woman was not even "room temperature " warm to me!!! She must have been cast, just save money!!💰 😆 🤣 😂 Then they instantly die, not one drop of blood on his knife , clothing or the ground?! And then this "David Copperfield" magic trick when they drop this casket on top of the C.I.A. agent!!🎩 ✨️ WTF is happening here?!?!
I remember the night I saw this movie with some friends I actually jumped out of a convertible 442 Oldsmobile while it was moving to escape going to jail my friend has never let me forget it... he and I have both told the story many times
Baron Samhedi on the train is just a bit of symbolism. We aren't meant to think he was really there any more than we were expected to think the auto-gyro in YOLT assembled itself. The symbol is basically, "Death rides with Bond."
He was testing Solitaire and not Bond. Solitaire lied on the very first question so there was no need to cut off Bond's finger which would get blood all over the place.
FWIW, I believe the upbeat dancing & music in the funeral procession was a riff on a traditional New Orleans "Jazz Funeral", where the funeral procession would slowly march to the cemetery to the strains of expected dirge-like funeral music, but once the graveside ceremony was over the band would strike up upbeat Dixieland Jazz and all the mourners would Joyously dance back out, I guess in celebration of the loved one being "called home" or the preciousness of life or something. Anyway, it was once a fairly famous part of New Orleans culture, although I suspect that if it's still done at all anymore it's only as some kind of show for tourists.
Brian Gonigal i believe they still do this in New Orleans maybe not all the time but i think they do it sometimes. People they really stick to tradition and this part of the culture out therr
this is probably my favourite hamilton-directed bond film. i love the blaxploitation influence in his direction, and the production design is incredibly cool. i used to hate sgt. pepper, but over time he's grown on me. and julius harris is just wonderful as teehee.
Hey can you tell me what is blaxploitation? (Aside from a cast of mostly black people being portrayed as drug dealers or pimps and being directed by a white)
This was a different and offbeat Bond movie. I would rank it anywhere between #9 and #12 on the order of best Bond movies depending on my mood. Sir Paul's intro song definitely helps its cause.
The Shark Gun was Bond's that Kananga took from him, the thing Bond stuck in his mouth was one of the rounds from the shark gun, as for the lack of gore...it was the 70's, anything more than minimal blood would get it a higher rating at the time It is what it is..or in this case, was
I rewatched all the bond movies so i decided to next move is to rewatch all your recapping episodes because it gives a really good retrospective and i have realized for now that as a hungarian fan of james bond that at beggining in the new york scene that the hungarian delegate is talking i don’t know who’s idea was this at that time but i thank him for that its really good to hear us in a really small appearence in this movie and i realized the actor who played this delegate is returns in another bond movie in octopussy as borchoi. anyway good bond retrospective just as always
This is the first Bond film I ever saw in a theater, and will always be my favorite. It's so tied into my childhood even with all it's corny bull crap, it remains awesome to me. Guess I'm showing my age there.
Definitely in the lower half of Moore's movies for me anyway . 1. For your eyes only 2. Spy who loved me 3.octopussy 4. Live and let die 5. Moonraker 6.man with a golden gun 7. View to a kill
As someone who lives near New Orleans I loved the fact that a third of the film takes place there and in the 70s no less! Besides the ridiculous death of the main villain at the end, this is a near perfect bond and was a great start for Moore's run!
I've also noticed a lot of Dirty Harry aesthetic in this film (the guns, the jive, the inner city race issues, th3 style of crime, etc)...that shows you how big of a film Dirty Harry was since it influenced the established Bond Franchise.
My buddy actually made a fan edit of this movie where he removed the pink panther type campiness, and all I can say is that now I can see why it was put there in the first place. 007 movies had lost the magic of the early days, and people had become bored with them. The Kananga death scene actually becomes terrifying when you fade out and not show the silly explosion, and the pacing of this film starts to seem more like a serious cop drama than a fun secret agent picture.
I never realized until this week that they killed Strutter at the second funeral procession. The call Felix received at the second Filet of Soul restaurant was a hoax to kidnap Bond
Thank you so much again. Excellent review and review series. I was alarmed at how slowly paced and underwhelming the first hour of this film is when I re-watched it several years ago. It really lacks momentum. I like Moore and he looks in great physical shape here and handles himself capably, but he doesn't seem to be the correct physical or temperamental type to play Bond. He's too tall, elegant and suave. I don't like the Bond series crossing over into another genre, but Koto, Harris, etc are fine actors and screen personalities.
+Numinous20111 I agree on Moore not being the correct physical type, physically he's defenitely the least believable Bond. He's also probably the one thats farthest away from Fleming's Bond. However, looking at him from 'Cinematic Bond" perspective, he brings some great entertainment, fun and humor to the character and it's easy to see why there are so much people out there who love him. And though I would probably rank him as my number #5 Bond, I still admittely find him hilarious and a great human being! :)
They shot some of the scenes in New Orleans. New Orleans is heavily populated with African American people. And there were a lot of Black actors in this film
Another great review, man! I personally love this film, and its probably my second favorite Moore film. The few flaws I have are Baron Smaedi's death and Kananga's death. I feel like Hamilton had a good bad pattern to his films: Goldfingers good, DAF is bad, LALD good/OK, TMWTGG bad.
I love your passion for something so British, and even your disbelief when it all gets a little silly. But as I recall, it wasn't Kananga's strange gun in the finale scene, it was Bond's (an anti-shark gun with air projectiles)
Live and Let Die, still my favourite bond movie to date. It has the best comedy, amazing stunts, best and most beautiful Bond girl, and the best bond song. Roger Moore is at his finest in his debut, looking young and suave, and the movie itself, moves at a great pace. Just love it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks for the comment, as you probably saw in this review, my oppinion is slightly different. But that's okay! I always love to hear what fellow fans think about these movies!
You didnt do all of your homework :-) The "dancing" funeral scene is actually close to reality. Its called "second line", and is a tradition in New Orleans. Check it out :-)
I agree with you that boat chase should have had some John Barry music! Also I have to laugh at the number of times Katanga had the chance to kill Bond with just say a gun, but then chose some other method.
Roger Moore does a good job as Bond in his debut. He was 45 when they filmed LALD and he still looked young enough to pull it off. But fast forward six years to MR and notice how much he's aged. MR was filmed in 1978 and Moore is 51 and starting to look too old for the part. I love his 7 films, but if he'd retired after TSWLM, I wouldn't have any complaints.
I always thought it was realistic an agent could be in his 50's but maybe not doing crazy stunts. Back then I don't think people had a problem with age like they do now. In Skyfall the script made it a point to give Craig a tough time for being old and he was in his mid-40's and only doing his third Bond film!
I am new to your channel and I love your channel, I'm a Bond man myself but I don't do Bond stuff on my channel. I might do a Spectre review sometime but I like your reviews they give so much knowledge, you take your time in your videos. Good Job! By the way I am watching James Bond right now LOL!
Yes, gotta love Jane Seymour, particularly when she was young and smoking hott in the 70's... Loved her in the original "Battlestar Galactica" as well, before they killed off her character (which was a real shame). Later! OL J R :)
Baron Samedi in the final shot was a symbolic reference. Where ever James Bond goes, Death will always accompany him.
Interesting how I never got that from it!
Another side note is his makeup symbolises how he is half living and half dead
I've always loved that final shot of Baron Samedi on the front of the train.
In every bond movie he kills so this movie was meant what would happen after bond
@@DutchBondFan the nice way of saying: you're wrong 😂
I think the reason Moore's introduction is so downplayed, is because they made a big deal about Lazenby's introduction which didn't help people accept that he was playing the same character as Connery.
Plus Roger Moore was well known to the general public at the time. He'd already been playing Bond-like characters - in the Saint and the Persuaders - for several years.
Yes I think in the PTS of this movie not having the new Bond appear is like they are putting the story front and centre not focusing on introducing the new 007, they have learnt their lesson from OHMSS.
Always thought Moores Bond and Connerys Bond where 2 different men ,,,,Connerys Bond ran off with Tiffany Case and The Diamonds ,,, ,
Dear sir Roger, This was your debut as 007. While this was not your best movie, you always excelled in playing a unique interpretation of the beloved secret agent. You will be missed by the Bond community, and the world. To Sir Roger Moore (1927-2017)
He was the best James Bond.
@@ramencurry6672 Eeeeeeasy!
It's not up for debate.
You can watch Roger Moore Bonds again and again
I think it was his best bond film
I love this movie. Probably in my top 5 Bond films.
Personally I loved all of his movies as bond and he was great in the wild geese as well
I love how often a single karate chop to the shoulder would incapacitate someone in the 1970s...
He did that in the 60s too
All the time lol
Yet it never worked on your friends! It would more annoy them.
It was a different era and televised humans had a different body makeup where the entire nervous system was located in the shoulder.
@@timmellor2599 - If by "annoy" you mean beat the shit out of you....then yes....i agree with you.
Enjoyable as always.
One thing: the march and dancing scene that seems like a Michael Jackson vid actually happens with funeral processions in New Orleans, primarily for jazz players.
The switch to dancing is a celebration that the deceased just reached heaven.
I know this post is 2 yrs old, but I just wanted to ask if the dancing is still done during funeral processions in New Orleans today?
@@mrlaidback83 yes
@@tonismyth5893 ok good to know. Thanks for answering my question
@Jim Stark : Also because it is a cover for committing murder, with the celebration after it is completed.
Jane Seymour is in my opinion is one of if not the most beautiful bond girl
Agreed, although maybe tied with Honor Blackman
James bond lots some world class beauties in their movies Jane Seymour is very pretty with truckload of makeup I know she naturally pretty woman too
she's the most beautiful woman i have ever seen
@@djgreen7453 with her truck load of makeup, Barbara buch in the spy who love me was gorgeous , diamonds are forever red hair lady was very pretty
Yep and Barbara Bach too
"White face in Harlem. Good thinkin', Bond."
Imagine if they had Moore black up for this part of the film like when they tried to make Connery look Japanese in YOLT. XD
That would have really been a joke, and Moore probably would have done a one off like Lazenby!
***** I can't even begin to imagine how much that would piss people off.
@@declansheehan1768 BLACK POWER
@@eggbertinkabod1121 Go t o Hell "BLACK POWER".
If Robert Downey can do it so could Moore.
Rest in peace Mr Moore, absolutely, total legend
I find that the sheriff in Live and Let Die and after in Man with The Golden Gun, was quite hilarious!!!!!
He was funny
I love when he bought the stuffed toy snake at the Voodoo shop and said: “ would you mind gift-wrapping this for me?...... lengthwise, if you don't mind" 😏
Would love to see Solitaire’s reaction when she goes back into her office and sees all those “The Lovers” cards over her desk.
R.I.P Roger Moore. Nobody does it better.
Makes me feel sad for the rest.
Wow, that was cool seeing Roger Moore in that early James Bond skit. I've never heard of that before, so it was fun toi see it. I did know about some of the other TV shows, like The Saint. But I do like Roger Moore as Bond, and always thought he did a great job. His humor was a little different that Sean Connery and I think that was smart move, not wanting to just copy him. Moore had his own style, and I always thought it added to his run as Bond. I laughed my ass off with your whole "mind blowing" video when Mr. Big revealed he was Kananga! The movie had alot of typical Bond funny and not so funny moments, and atleast some "better" jokes, but yeah the whole Kanaga thing blowing up was pretty horrible.
But as always, you were able to provide your own humor to this Bond Recap, making moments like that, and all the others, alot easier to watch! Keep up the great work Jeroen!
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I guess you have also seen Pierce Brosnan's Diet Coke advert from the 80's.
Bond must have about 30 children
XD 😂🤣😂🤣
More like 30 STD's
@@ultrafaga1947 a perfect storm of s t d s. Including the black death which he caught from rosie
It takes a village
@@AustinThe007Fan 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 FUCK U
I'd like to point out that the villain is DR Kananga, not Mr. He didn't go to evil medical school for 7 years to be called Mr. 20 bonus points if you got that reference.
@ Gage Peruti. The designation "Dr." does not only refer to a medical doctor but can also refer to someone who has earned a PhD! So the "Dr." designation before Kanaga in the film, "Live and Let Die"(1973) could be interpreted as indicating that Kanaga earned a PhD rather than a medical degree!
Contrary to what the narrator of this review says about the scene in which Mr. Big/Dr. Kanaga interrogated Bond, it is one of the best, most dramatic and tense scenes in the history of the Bond film franchise primarily because of the superb acting by Yaphet Kotto and Roger Moore's "cool under pressure" Bond! And George Martin made the absolute right decision to not musically score most of the 17-minute long boat chase sequence because he knew that (1) it would have been very difficult to maintain the tension of that long a scene with music and (2) the noise of the boats' jet engines would have taken away from a music background in that scene. And the character's name is J.W. Pepper not "W. Pepper". How could the narrator of this video review of the film get that wrong?!
J. W. Pepper is a blast. His cameo in Superman 2 rocks...
Good point about the boat chase being too long and no music, although when I first saw this movie in theaters in 1973 my brothers and father and I thought it was so amazing. So, I guess it's one of those things that worked at the time but not as good in retrospect. As for Sheriff JW Pepper, I actually feel opposite of you about his two appearances -- just a silly Southern slob here like Jackie Gleason in Smokey and the Bandit and the cop in Dukes of Hazzard; but in Man with the Golden Gun he becomes a blatant racist spewing terrible derogatory slurs, but I get your perspective that it seems more outrageous since he is out of his Southern home where those things are more commonly heard. Anyway, thanks for the recap.
I bought a new 1973 Glastron Carlson . . Hell of a boat
The "Fat Southern Sheriff" was a response to the popularity of the character "J.W." on those old Dodge Challenger commercials. The character was so popular that the actor, wearing the same costume/uniform appeared in cameos on several television shows. "You're in a heap of trouble, boy!", I believe was his catch phrase. By the time "Live and Let Die" premiered, the U.S. passed EPA laws which killed the high performance engines such as the 440 and the 426 ci which Dodge used. Hence, J.W. stopped appearing after that. I guess it took another bond film to prove that the "Fat Southern Sheriff" craze was over. I love your Bond recaps. They're awesome!
+Donald Wolpert Intresting background information! I was not aware of a "Fat Southern Sherrif craze"! I always assumed J.W was there to anticipate racism or something. There are so much stereotypical black guys in the movie, perhaps they felt they needed to put a very white southern character in there to compesate or something. But your explanation makes sense! Thanks for the compliment by the way, means the world after a hard day of working non stop on finishing this episode! :)
+DutchBondFan I had to look it up on Wiki for "Live and Le Die" to find that the Sheriff sported the initials "J.W." Pepper. They even used those same initials. The "Dodge sheriff" was only referred as "J.W." A different actor played the sheriff in the commercials chomping on a fat cigar, Pepper chewed his tobacco. Well, exploitation will continue on the next Bond film, "Man with the Golden Gun", where every one is "Kung Fu Fighting". Too bad that Bruce Lee wasn't still alive to be in that film. The fight sense would have been unbelievable. What could have been... Thanks for your research, review, and hard work!
okay..now thats really interesting..i didnt know that fact with the commercials..thank you for the information..
+John Blaze -Universal Exports- I found a couple of those commercials on RUclips under "70 Dodge Challenger Commercial". Short of dry humor now but it was pretty funny then.
Donald Wolpert thanks for the information Mister Wolpert.. i surely will check that out soon..
The first time I seen the film was when it was broadcast on ABC in the early 80s. One of the commercials that came up before the end was actor Geoffrey Holder pitching 7up. :)
They should've gotten Pam Grier for Rosie!
cbl1984 god I love pam Grier
They couldn’t because you can’t kill Pam Grier, you’d have a race riot if you did!
Pam was established and commanded a higher fee.
@@viralbuthow000 Since Solitaire was BLACK in the novel, I keep trying to imagine who, in the 70s, I would have liked as Solitaire. Her personality in the book was COMPLETELY-different from the way she was done in the movie.
Pam Grier would have burned up the screen with her super sexiness!
It's a Jazz funeral in New Orleans. Quite common back in the day. The sadness is replaced by a celebration of life for the deceased.
I had learned about this some time before I saw this review (But only years later after I had actually seen the movie as a kid) , but the truly weird fact is how virtually EVERYONE in Harlem is okay with this open murder and coverup, and it is kind of explained with Mr Big in charge keeping everyone toeing the line, but it's still kind of eery in the starting scenes with the crowd just smoothly going along this scripted scenario without any sign of remorse, which weirdly kind of feeds into the voodoo theme if just thematically.
I always took the New Orleans funeral procession to be realistically accurate, just written into the script. The march begins slow, with sombre music to reflect the loss of the deceased, then it picks up tempo playing a joyful piece to celebrate the memory of the person's life. I may be wrong, but I thought it was a unique proceedure.
I especially like how you can stab someone with a switchblade in the side, and they instantly die?!
What was that knife dipped in?!
Human feces or Cobra venom?! Okay,
I'm so gullible and stupid, I just accept it as real?
And I'm sorry, an attractive flat chested African American woman with a fake afro on, doesn't even get my rocket of the launch pad!
Why didn't they cast sexy Pam Grier in that role??!!
I'm sure she was available in 1973!!!
What were the producers thinking or snorting??!!
That skinny black woman was not even "room temperature " warm to me!!!
She must have been cast, just save money!!💰 😆 🤣 😂
Then they instantly die, not one drop of blood on his knife , clothing or the ground?!
And then this "David Copperfield" magic trick when they drop this casket on top of the C.I.A. agent!!🎩 ✨️
WTF is happening here?!?!
From what I heard, Llewelyn was working on a TV series at the time and he actually did get out of it only to find out they weren't including Q in the film at all.
"If you're watching these movies in order?"
I did. I'm going to do a complete marathon when I get Spectre on DVD.
Fun Fact...the producers wanted Paul Mac to just write the theme, not to perform it, but Paul said, "What I write, I sing", so they went along with it. Along with "Nobody Does It Better", it was the biggest JB themes of the 70s!
5:25 Well that is actually a traditional funeral procession in New Orleans, so it's not really out of nowhere
I feel the same way about this movie as many other Moore Bond films. There is some good action and Moore is pretty great with the quips but you also have to suffer a lot of stupid things.
+Anders Enggaard Yes I agree. Roger Moore is fun, but pretty much every single one of his films has some cheesiness to them and atleast one moment where something is completely redicilious or out of place. However, he did do some Bond movies that are really entertaining and a few of them I would even call Top 10 worthy! This however, to me was not one of those...
@@DutchBondFan His best were TSWLM and FYEO. TMWTGG could have been much better without JW Pepper and that damn AMC Hornet. Yes I understand product placement....but the AMC dealer should have been a high end British one. The Hornet I guess met the build requirements to accomplish the bridge jump, which certainly didn't need that stupid whistle. It was just as dumb as the Tarzan yell in Octopussy. The fact is Christopher Lee's performance as Scaramanga was outstanding and for me ranks right next to Sanchez, Goldfinger, Savalas's Blofeld, LeChiffre, and Zorin.
No top 5s with Moore??
For me the silliness and stupidity is what makes James Bond movies good.
The one line from this movie that I couldn’t get out of my head, was the one where Baron Samedi is playing a reed flute which turns into a radio to which he says “They’re heading for the hill.” The line itself isn’t that cool, but the way he said it was just so creepy to me.
Baron Samedi's apparent death is freaking hilarious
Its like he's humping the coffin lol
My personal headcanon is that the hilariously melodramatic death scene is just him fucking around in his usual exaggerated way.
It was obvious he was faking it. You don't die from a snake bite in 2 seconds. He probably never even got bit and even if he did he probably had some sorta resistance or anti venom
Infinity Hand or he got out when bond went underground to get kanaga
I've been watching all the Bond movies in order and something I noticed about "Live And Let Die" was that it seemed as though, for the first time, they weren't filming chase scenes by having the actors in front of a projector screen. Roger Moore is actually filmed in the cars, bus and boats during the chase scenes. Oh and a bit of trivia: I don't know if this record still stands, but the scene when Bond's boat jumps over the sheriff's car was in the Guinness Book of World Records for the furthest boat jump.
At the time it was the longest, the record was broken in the late 80’s
This was one of the first bond films i ever saw. One of my favourites till this day
NEVER AGAIN? Never say never,Sean
Everything you say totally cracks me up. I'm loving all of your videos, based on your fantastic humour!
I admit, the ending death scene of Kananga was pretty weak and very unrealistic. But everything else, including the long boat chase scene was fantastic. I wish they would've had a scene where 007 was at that fake funeral only to get them back for killing the other 00's.
It always got me that they zoomed in on the image as he was rising out of the pool in post production as you see the image get grainy and blurry. Very sloppy and cheap for a film like that.
"Did ya ever think about gettin' a drivers license boy?"
This is one of the more wacky James Bond movies, and coincidentally it's the one that most sticks into my childhood memory.
RIP Clifton James
He was great in. Cool Hand Luke ,,,,
Cananga inflates and burst to death.
"Welcome to the Roger Moore era."
Love these videos sooo much. the background information section is always a delight to watch and i love that it makes for an even more immersive experience for someone who just started the entire franchise!!!
3:16 That's where Kingsman got the idea of switching drinks!
4:46 DOCTOR Kananga. He didn’t spend 8 years at the Evil Medical School to be called “mister”, thank you very much.
13:24 I never knew that! That's so kick ass!
I absolutely love the saint ... I didn't know Moore was so clever .... he had a good head for business are you sure it was one million .... that's must have been serious money back then .... the persuaders is brilliant and you have to thank Tony Curtis for bringing Jamie Lee into the world ( trading places ) nobody was as suave and nonchalant as Moore .... it's a shame he wasn't really all that physical .... but I love him as the saint Moore than bond ....
"This crowd" doing "this" is called a New Orleans funeral. They ALWAYS do this there, so it's nothing extraordinary.
As great as Paul was for the opening song, I'm imagining Isaac Hayes doing a Shaft-like Bond theme and it would be amazing
good review.. i believe this was the second bond film i ever saw as a kid..
John - 007 Files are
I really like this movie and to me it’s probably my favorite Roger Moore Film of them all, so many memorable Characters and moments in that film, holds up really high for me even to this day
I don;t know the ages of the actors but now I;m wondering how old Quarrel was considering how old Quarrel Jr looks in this film.
The actor John Kitzmiller who played Quarrel in Dr No was 48 years old born in 1913 and died in 1965 at age 51. Quarrel Jr was played by Roy Stewart born in 1925 so was only two years older Roger Moore.
That was the point, Baron Samedi was a god of death, playing as an actor.
You never mentioned Bond's previous criticism of the Beatles. He said you had to listen to them with earmuffs on.
I love these reviews. Using language as real people speak and not as the usual TV presenters do. Always interesting and amusing and a proper joy. Fantastic stuff.
Thanks a lot man!!
This movie is very underrated and one of the better Bond movies in the series imo.
As a five-year old in 1973 I couldn't get past the opening titles where the flaming skull scared me. I cried and they had to take me home right then.
Originally they offered the role to the late legend Burt Reynolds who turned it down then offered to also late legend Adam West who also said no. Then it went to Roger Moore.
Without a doubt my favourite moore film and easily in my top 5 favourite bond movies. I also think this is one of the best paced films in the entire series.
Btw keep up the awesome work, Jeroen im loving this series!
+Joe Ward Thanks man! Great to see so much diversity among the fans. I also know someone who ranks this one as his #1 Bond film, while others rank it at the bottom. Glad you enjoy btw! :)
Roger Moore looks great not a boring moment in the movie
Crocodile jump cool?? When I first saw this one I didnt finish the movie at first! I watched the stunt over and over and over again!
COME ON THAT WAS BREATHTAKINGLY, RIDICULOUSLY, ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!
Live and Let Die is fantastic. I think it's a top 6 or 7 Bond film.
Kind of cool to see Bond's home.
dutchbondfan, you are the biggest fan, because of you, i was able to finish the gta games 100 percent! cant wait for more james bond reviews... :D
20:40 The stuntman that skipped along on top of the alligators had to do it a few times as he actually slipped on the first couple of goes. Really scary stunt, and I can't believe he had the guts to do it two more times, especially as the alligator caught his foot on one of the failed attempts!
There's footage on RUclips of this happening. Memorable scene, though.
I especially like how you can stab someone with a switchblade in the side, and they instantly die?!
What was that knife dipped in?!
Human feces or Cobra venom?! Okay,
I'm so gullible and stupid, I just accept it as real?
And I'm sorry, an attractive flat chested African American woman with a fake afro on, doesn't even get my rocket of the launch pad!
Why didn't they cast sexy Pam Grier in that role??!!
I'm sure she was available in 1973!!!
What were the producers thinking or snorting??!!
That skinny black woman was not even "room temperature " warm to me!!!
She must have been cast, just save money!!💰 😆 🤣 😂
Then they instantly die, not one drop of blood on his knife , clothing or the ground?!
And then this "David Copperfield" magic trick when they drop this casket on top of the C.I.A. agent!!🎩 ✨️
WTF is happening here?!?!
The only other bond youtuber i follow is calvin and its INSANE how different your opinions are. He loves this and octopussy and hates spectre
Merry Christmas, TotalHitman. A new Bond recap! Also, Merry Christmas to fellow Bond fans and DutchBondFan if you're reading this.
+TotalHitman Thanks man! Enjoy and Merry Christmas to you too! :)
thank you..and merry christmas to you too and everybody else :)
Rest in peace, Roger Moore...
I remember the night I saw this movie with some friends I actually jumped out of a convertible 442 Oldsmobile while it was moving to escape going to jail my friend has never let me forget it... he and I have both told the story many times
Hahaha sounds like quite the story!
Baron Samhedi on the train is just a bit of symbolism. We aren't meant to think he was really there any more than we were expected to think the auto-gyro in YOLT assembled itself. The symbol is basically, "Death rides with Bond."
Roger wore the first LED watch in the love scene, light emitting diode .
When Solitaire gave a wrong answer,why didn't they cut Bond's finger off?
He was testing Solitaire and not Bond. Solitaire lied on the very first question so there was no need to cut off Bond's finger which would get blood all over the place.
FWIW, I believe the upbeat dancing & music in the funeral procession was a riff on a traditional New Orleans "Jazz Funeral", where the funeral procession would slowly march to the cemetery to the strains of expected dirge-like funeral music, but once the graveside ceremony was over the band would strike up upbeat Dixieland Jazz and all the mourners would Joyously dance back out, I guess in celebration of the loved one being "called home" or the preciousness of life or something. Anyway, it was once a fairly famous part of New Orleans culture, although I suspect that if it's still done at all anymore it's only as some kind of show for tourists.
+Brian Gonigal Another great piece of trivia there! I really enjoy all the knowledge and opinions from fellow fans coming to my videos! Thanks a lot!
Brian Gonigal i believe they still do this in New Orleans maybe not all the time but i think they do it sometimes. People they really stick to tradition and this part of the culture out therr
That's a rather refreshing tradition. I enjoy that kind of acceptance of mortality.
this is probably my favourite hamilton-directed bond film. i love the blaxploitation influence in his direction, and the production design is incredibly cool. i used to hate sgt. pepper, but over time he's grown on me. and julius harris is just wonderful as teehee.
Hey can you tell me what is blaxploitation? (Aside from a cast of mostly black people being portrayed as drug dealers or pimps and being directed by a white)
@@franciscogonzalez1110 lol that's what it is
This was a different and offbeat Bond movie. I would rank it anywhere between #9 and #12 on the order of best Bond movies depending on my mood. Sir Paul's intro song definitely helps its cause.
The Shark Gun was Bond's that Kananga took from him, the thing Bond stuck in his mouth was one of the rounds from the shark gun, as for the lack of gore...it was the 70's, anything more than minimal blood would get it a higher rating at the time It is what it is..or in this case, was
Great catch. imagine if Quintin T. did the explosion.
I rewatched all the bond movies so i decided to next move is to rewatch all your recapping episodes because it gives a really good retrospective and i have realized for now that as a hungarian fan of james bond that at beggining in the new york scene that the hungarian delegate is talking i don’t know who’s idea was this at that time but i thank him for that its really good to hear us in a really small appearence in this movie and i realized the actor who played this delegate is returns in another bond movie in octopussy as borchoi. anyway good bond retrospective just as always
was my favourite bond film as a little kid
This is the first Bond film I ever saw in a theater, and will always be my favorite. It's so tied into my childhood even with all it's corny bull crap, it remains awesome to me. Guess I'm showing my age there.
Definitely in the lower half of Moore's movies for me anyway .
1. For your eyes only
2. Spy who loved me
3.octopussy
4. Live and let die
5. Moonraker
6.man with a golden gun
7. View to a kill
Excellent Bond critique. Thank you.
As someone who lives near New Orleans I loved the fact that a third of the film takes place there and in the 70s no less! Besides the ridiculous death of the main villain at the end, this is a near perfect bond and was a great start for Moore's run!
Just a nerdy point here, the shark gun was given to James Bond by Felix Lighter on the boat. That was the gun Kananga used to blow up the couch.
I agree the movie was mostly so-so but I thought the boat chase was great (much better than either Diamonds or Golden Gun had).
I've also noticed a lot of Dirty Harry aesthetic in this film (the guns, the jive, the inner city race issues, th3 style of crime, etc)...that shows you how big of a film Dirty Harry was since it influenced the established Bond Franchise.
My buddy actually made a fan edit of this movie where he removed the pink panther type campiness, and all I can say is that now I can see why it was put there in the first place. 007 movies had lost the magic of the early days, and people had become bored with them. The Kananga death scene actually becomes terrifying when you fade out and not show the silly explosion, and the pacing of this film starts to seem more like a serious cop drama than a fun secret agent picture.
Briiliant especially the bit where you say why did they go all charlie and the choclate factory. Great sense of humour
I never realized until this week that they killed Strutter at the second funeral procession. The call Felix received at the second Filet of Soul restaurant was a hoax to kidnap Bond
Thank you so much again. Excellent review and review series. I was alarmed at how slowly paced and underwhelming the first hour of this film is when I re-watched it several years ago. It really lacks momentum. I like Moore and he looks in great physical shape here and handles himself capably, but he doesn't seem to be the correct physical or temperamental type to play Bond. He's too tall, elegant and suave. I don't like the Bond series crossing over into another genre, but Koto, Harris, etc are fine actors and screen personalities.
+Numinous20111 I agree on Moore not being the correct physical type, physically he's defenitely the least believable Bond. He's also probably the one thats farthest away from Fleming's Bond. However, looking at him from 'Cinematic Bond" perspective, he brings some great entertainment, fun and humor to the character and it's easy to see why there are so much people out there who love him. And though I would probably rank him as my number #5 Bond, I still admittely find him hilarious and a great human being! :)
First Bond, I saw in a theatre. Will always be my favourite!
Merry Christmas, Awesome Video!
They shot some of the scenes in New Orleans. New Orleans is heavily populated with African American people. And there were a lot of Black actors in this film
Another great review, man! I personally love this film, and its probably my second favorite Moore film. The few flaws I have are Baron Smaedi's death and Kananga's death.
I feel like Hamilton had a good bad pattern to his films: Goldfingers good, DAF is bad, LALD good/OK, TMWTGG bad.
I guess Moore never really left that skit Bond!
I love your passion for something so British, and even your disbelief when it all gets a little silly.
But as I recall, it wasn't Kananga's strange gun in the finale scene, it was Bond's (an anti-shark gun with air projectiles)
Live and Let Die, still my favourite bond movie to date. It has the best comedy, amazing stunts, best and most beautiful Bond girl, and the best bond song. Roger Moore is at his finest in his debut, looking young and suave, and the movie itself, moves at a great pace. Just love it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks for the comment, as you probably saw in this review, my oppinion is slightly different. But that's okay! I always love to hear what fellow fans think about these movies!
The jazz funeral is a normal thing here in Nola. And yes so is the dancing.
That’s a jazz funeral in New Orleans, it’s a pretty common thing
You didnt do all of your homework :-) The "dancing" funeral scene is actually close to reality. Its called "second line", and is a tradition in New Orleans. Check it out :-)
I am very aware! My comments were mainly meant for the joke, in retrospect I should have acknowledged that more maybe
Honestly one of my favourite Bond films! respect your opinion though.
I agree with you that boat chase should have had some John Barry music!
Also I have to laugh at the number of times Katanga had the chance to kill Bond with just say a gun, but then chose some other method.
5:30... I´m rolling on the floor...
Roger Moore does a good job as Bond in his debut. He was 45 when they filmed LALD and he still looked young enough to pull it off. But fast forward six years to MR and notice how much he's aged. MR was filmed in 1978 and Moore is 51 and starting to look too old for the part. I love his 7 films, but if he'd retired after TSWLM, I wouldn't have any complaints.
I always thought it was realistic an agent could be in his 50's but maybe not doing crazy stunts. Back then I don't think people had a problem with age like they do now. In Skyfall the script made it a point to give Craig a tough time for being old and he was in his mid-40's and only doing his third Bond film!
I enjoy Moore's take on Bond, the film like you said is definitely a mixed bag. But a solid 6 outta 10 for me. Thanks for sharing :)
This reviewer needs to lighten up.
@@voxpox1850 ha ha
I am new to your channel and I love your channel, I'm a Bond man myself but I don't do Bond stuff on my channel. I might do a Spectre review sometime but I like your reviews they give so much knowledge, you take your time in your videos. Good Job! By the way I am watching James Bond right now LOL!
+Brick Brothers Good to hear, so which one are you watching atm? :)
+DutchBondFan Live and Let Die 😄
Awesome :) - So do you find yourself agreeing or disagreeing with my review?
and now on to my favourite bond , what a great film with one of the most sexy bond girls ever . fantastic and funny review sir.
Thanks a lot! Hope you enjoy the other ones too!
Yes, gotta love Jane Seymour, particularly when she was young and smoking hott in the 70's... Loved her in the original "Battlestar Galactica" as well, before they killed off her character (which was a real shame).
Later! OL J R :)