A beautiful if tragic ending, showing a frailty that most action heroes rarely reveal. Does anyone remember that little scene in License To Kill where Bond (played wonderfully by Timothy Dalton) bitterly and hesitantly receives the garter from Della Leiter. Della asks Felix if she said something wrong, to which Felix replies "he was married once, but it was a long time ago"? I get goosebumps every time.
Believe it or not THAT was the first time I found out about Tracy, since I hadn't seen this film. I thought "What? I never knew that." It's just unmentioned in most James Bond references. Especially with that film, it added a whole other dimension to the character I'm sad they never fully realized.
She gets mentioned by Amasova in "The Spy Who Loved Me", and Bond visits her grave in "For Your Eyes Only" -- both great moments, in and of themselves.
Lucas Davis: Just like in "The Spy Who Loved Me" when that Russian spy reveals what she knows about James Bond and when she gets to the part where she says "married once wife killed" And James Bond stops her and says "Alright you made your point" and then in the beginning of "For Your Eyes Only" he vists her grave as you mentioned.
@@RobertK1993 Connery couldn't have done this ending convincingly. His Bond just wasn't like that. It's too bad Lazenby never got to continue in the role.
RIP Dianna Rigg. She was true a force of beauty and witt that grew stronger as she aged. It's sad that we'll never have new work from her to look forward to again, but very much am grateful for her life time of hard work giving us so many memories and film / TV classics to look back on. Watching a woman with such talent will never grow boring, no matter how many times you've rewatched a show. I couldn't think of a more appropriate film clip to remember her by. "It's quite all right. She's having a rest. We'll be going soon. There's no hurry. You see, we've got all the time in the world."
I've never understood the hate of Lazenby's Bond. He was vulnerable. Gave the man depth and pathos. I'm sure much of it comes from the impossible task of replacing the epitome of the character, Sean Connery. But OHMSS is my 2nd favorite Bond movie, just behind Goldfinger and ahead of From Russia With Love. They say he's underwhelming...I prefer understated. I love that Bond isn't a scene eater in a film...the only film (save, kinda, Casino Royale) where he's in love and has true emotion. Maybe its me, but without some real element of value, Bond is just a killer in a nice suit. He's got a real REASON in this one.
Possibly the best Bond movie. It's subversive, but also delivers the classic staples of a Bond film. What elevates it is the nuanced character work and his relationship with Tracy. Besides Vesper she's the only 3 dimensional Bond girl. It's a truly tragic ending that comments on the 60's culture, but even more on the franchise itself. Even in the most vulnerable Bond film Bond cannot escape. Also a fantastic cut to credits song.
The first (and arguably only) woman that James Bond truly loved, and she was tragically taken away from him right as they were beginning their new life together. I can only imagine the audience reaction in the theaters back in '69; you could've probably heard a pin drop.
@@bcrunch4232 He said "I love you" as a passphrase to Aki in You Only Live Twice(1967). Though if you mean it as it was the first time Bond meant it, then you're probably correct.
@@madman2u Director of Y.O.L.T. Lewis Gilbert says (Sean Connery - Michael Feeney Callan Book). I tried to give Bond a human dimension by introducing the emotion when Aki is murdered. But Sean had such a stain to put up with, with the fans. Once when we tried to do a simple shot of him, walking down the Ginza we decided the safest way was to hide our camera, let him slip out of the car and amble past - let him vanish in the street strollers. We tried, Gilbert laughs loud. But Sean got out of the car....and was just pounced upon by a million fans. It was a feeding frenzy, a nightmare.
+finalbossd I wished that take still existed as I would like to see it. But you can still hear him do a slight sob there at the end. A shame his agent gave him ill-advise (and not to mention how cocky Lazenby got at this time). He could have turned out to be one of the best Bonds! I will say the only problem I had with this scene was that right after that nice pan to the bullet hole in the windshield with the sad music, it just burst right into the Bond Theme. I think that was a poor decision, I think I would have preferred them to go into "All the Time In The World" by Louis Armstrong.
+Musicfan1020. The best way John Barry could have ended the Bond film ''OHMSS'' would have been to have the beautifully sad, instrumental, slow ballad version of 'We Have All the Time in the World'' slowly fade out and then have no music at all play over the ending credits of the film. Although Barry had that sad song slowly fade out at the end of the last scene in the movie, he then absurdly ruined the sad atmosphere of the ending scene by playing a twangy, up-tempo version of the ''James Bond Theme'' which was a huge mistake because it makes the audience think of the famous James Bond poster in which Bond is standing with his legs and arms crossed holding his Walther PPK.
+Musicfan1020. The best way John Barry could have ended the Bond film ''OHMSS'' would have been to have the beautifully sad, instrumental, slow ballad version of 'We Have All the Time in the World'' slowly fade out and then have no music at all play over the ending credits of the film. Although Barry had that sad song slowly fade out at the end of the last scene in the movie, he then absurdly ruined the sad atmosphere of the ending scene by playing a twangy, up-tempo version of the ''James Bond Theme'' which was a huge mistake because it makes the audience think of the famous James Bond poster in which Bond is standing with his legs and arms crossed holding his Walther PPK.
+7Lukibi99Tore7 Agreed. It is the one and only time I wasn't in the mood to hear the kickass Bond theme :-) It should have ended with quiet sadness and reverence, like the final episode of Black Adder. I can't help but suspect that the decision to jarringly switch to the Bond theme must've come from soulless higher-ups who didn't care a toss for the spiritual integrity of the scene, being only concerned with informing people that there would be another Bond film soon that they should come pay money to see.
This is probably the most underrated Bond film of all. It had a great soundtack and great actors. The plot might not be as action oriented as in the previous films, but it surely knew how to entertain. Looking at the way how films are made today, maybe 'On her Majesty's Secret Service' was, just like 'License to Kill', way ahead of its time.
''On her Majesty's Secret Service'' wasn't ahead of its time, but the right film for it's time and the messages of the time (''Make love don't war'' and ''All you need is love'').The most underrated in the film is the character of Bond. As in the book and in the sixth film, and as the rest of the actors in the other roles, Bond is a man with experience.The plot of the film, as you say, is not like Bond movie but as a romantic film (for exable ''The Secret Agent and the Countess''). Also Bond and Blofeld have met in the previous film, and here doesn't know each other.
Tim Cosgrove Did you miss this part of my sentence, "more or less?" They never once mention why he is on this quest in the beginning and feels more tacked on, not to mention Connery's performance did not convey anything other than boredom in his line delivery. If he was truly mad at Blofeld, then why does he treat him like a regular villain instead of the man who killed his wife in the rest of the movie, also where is Irma Bunt? Instead of shoehorning the "revenge" in the beginning, that should have been the entire movie and the end of Blofeld, instead had to wait years until For Your Eyes Only for any sense of closure.
***** Really disappointing Bond movie. Service is really good, if Connery stood it'd be closer to the top. Can't believe he left before such a good movie then came back for a piece of shit.
joseph rivera Well if Connery did it, it would not be the same movie for they would have stuck with what worked with Connery. The only reason they changed Service was to make it different from the Connery Bonds.
George Lazenby was a great bond he could be serious and witty charming and sad. He did a damn good job in this scene and movie to make a real believably bond. His agent screwed him over and backlash of press but he should have made 3 or 4 movies at the least. Once the Connery hype was over they would seem lazyenby was a fine bond.
While I agree and would have loved to see Lazenby in more Bond films, there's no guarantee that the series would have survived with him as Bond. I'm a Lazenby fan myself and I think this is one of the greatest Bond films ever, but if Moore hadn't taken the series to a more comedic direction, I think there's a chance that the series still could've died. Just saying, but we'll never know for sure.
From what I understand, according to his co-actors and the rest of the production crew, Lazenby often conflicted with the directors about several points in the film. It seems he was rather full of himself, too, according to Diana Rigg, "I can no longer cater for his obsession with himself. He is utterly, unbelievably ... bloody impossible." While I would certainly have enjoyed more Bond films with him as the lead, it seems he dug his own grave.
PeyserConley X Although I would like to see Connery and after him Stanley Baker in O.H.M.S.S. Roger Moore was the right man at the right time (except ''A View To a Kill''), and I agree that you say that Moore's comic and parody direction was then a vital necessity.
What got to me was the quiet sob just as Bond gets off-screen. James Bond sobbing. And then the overtly crazy rendition of James Bond theme starting to play, creating such a mood whiplash, you totally get the idea: James Bond is now a damaged man with nothing to live for, a hollow shell seducing women with no attachment and killing people without remorse, stoically hiding his pain. This is the deepest most subtle thing.
Not to use a Star Wars reference but in this case it's completely true. It was here Bond completely and totally turned to the Dark Side...of life. As pointed out, he has nothing left to live for but to be a weapon, womanizer, and for vengeance against Blofeld, which he got 12 years later. Bond knows there's no turning back for him, so he stays on his dark path as a weapon.
Indeed. I felt like I never really understood the Bond I grew up with (post-1980) until I saw this film. Then I understood. The way his whole being just breaks from reality...and he projects the fantasy that she is just sleeping. A whole lot of his actions later on with regards to women, risk, and his job make a whole lot more sense considering the trauma of this particular moment.
I love this ending as an Origin story to why James Bond is a fairly cold killer, who sleeps with women but never really settles down with them. When he is alone in the dark he whispers into night "It's alright dear, we have all the time in the world..."
Every Bond in the original timeline has at least one reference to this moment. It really does give a hint of sadness below the surface of Bond. Even when the film is at its most fun and ridiculous, he is still mourning her death after all this time.
Yup! Even the 1977 Roger Moore 007 film, "The Spy Who Loved Me" references this scene when James meets Anya (AKA Agent XXX) for the first time at the bar. She tells him all she knows about his history including the time when he was married once and his wife was killed. James then cuts her off by saying, "Alright, you made your point" and Anya responds, "You're sensitive, Mr. Bond?" James then responds, "About some things, yes." I honestly couldn't blame him, considering that Anya kind of opened up an old wound for him.
I hated how Casino Royale 'rebooted' the narrative. Tracy's death had so many interesting evocations - Anya bringing it up to Bond when recalling his profile in "The Spy who Loved Me", Bond visiting Tracy's grave in "For Your Eyes Only" , Bond being saddened when he catches Della's wedding token in "Licence to Kill", Elektra asking Bond if he'd ever lost someone he really loved in "The World is Not Enough" who, by the way, obviously reminded him of Tracy.... these were all fantastic moments which enriched their respective films. Tracy is Bond's soul.
Exactly. In the books, the sense of tragedy in Bond's love life comes from his failed romance with Vesper. It's why he won't try anything with Holly Goodnight from Moonraker (the second sequel novel to CR, they mirrored that in Quantum of Solace, the direct sequel to CR). He will have sex with beautiful women, but he's unable of emotional commitment, and all his conquests ultimately leave him for a more stable guy (Fleming mentions what happened to Honeychile Ryder or Tania Romanova in other novels). Bond has vague plans to settle down in a few years, after leaving active duty, usually with his secretary at the 00 section, Loelia Ponsonby (Moneypenny is M's stern secretary, the film Moneypenny is a composite of Ponsonby and Moneypenny from the novels). But even she gets tired of his delays, resigns and marries somebody else. In the novels, when Bond meets Tracy, he's actually damaged goods, after nearly ten novels, and he regards Tracy as someone who actually understands him, because she's as damaged as him, and she's his only shot at building a "normal" life with somebody. Then, she dies. In You Only Live Twice, Bond is now a completely broken man (which was only alluded to in the Moore, Dalton and Brosnan films), obsessed by his revenge on Blofeld, with clear self-destructive tendencies. He's not even 007 anymore, as he joins the diplomatic section. He's now 7777. He gets amnesia after killing Blofeld, which shows that his life had no other goal than getting revenge (spoiler alert: he also fathers a child while amnesiac). Fleming then tried to get Bond back as 007 in The Man with the Golden Gun, and Bond is actually set up at the end of the book for a potential fling with... his secretary, Mary Goodnight (Ponsoby's replacement, then transferred to field agent while Bond was MIA and presumed to be dead). Fleming was in ill health when he wrote The Man with the Golden Gun, and there's some sense of finality to it, as Bond embarks for an umpteenth mission that has no meaning to him. It's definitely not a good book on many aspects (the manuscript is terse. Fleming may have planned at the time of his death to write another draft, which would have provided descriptions and details, which are seriously lacking in the published text), but the book suggests a somewhat unfulfilling, realistic and bittersweet ending for his character who has once again the option of bedding his (former) subordinate.
Unique, certainly in a positive sense. In a negative one, the Quantum of Solace is the most "unique". I've seen it only once so far, I don't remember much of it and I am glad, lol.
This is one of the very few Bond films (if not the only one?) in which both the main villain and his main henchman survive - or in this case henchwoman.
Say what you will about Lazenby in the film (I think the general consensus is that he's very inconsistent) but he was absolutely amazing in this scene. Certainly gives him a moment to extend the Bond mythology and certainly provides one of the best Bond movies ever, or IF arguably for debatable reasons, perhaps IS the best Bond film ever.
alex mcdevitt Very true, most people demanded Lazenby to slip smoothly into Connery’s shoes from the get go and although he was inconsistent, (he was an inexperienced actor with only a chocolate bar advert under his belt) people unfairly savaged his performance. If he had ignored that pratt of an agent and did a couple more, he would have cemented his place.
Had to rewatch this film after seeing "No Time to Die" twice in the theater. Such depth of emotion conveyed by Lazenby and Craig as two different Bonds. Alas, the tragedy of James Bond is he never gets a happy ending. . .
This ending impacted me so badly when I first watched the movie. Tracy is my all time favorite bond character and this ending just breaks me. I knew she had to die... but I didn’t think it would be that heartbreaking. Every time I watch the movie I just take out the disc before it gets to this ending. I’m dead serious, this just makes me so emotional.
+Manu Ginobilis Bald Spot You are missing the entire point of the James Bond Novels. Bond IS just a killer in a suit. That's his job. It's what he was trained to be. He is a Utility used by his agency to accomplish goals much bigger than his own desires. That's why he can't love anyone (for too long), and it creates greater depth and complexity to his character, and accentuates masculine independence. It's a common male archetype in storytelling. It's a sad ending, but it is honest and true to the nature of Bond's life. Bonds life IS a big tragedy. It's a shame films don't take risks like this anymore in their endings.
+Jonathan Guinn It's funny to think about but when this movie came out, Hollywood was in love with ambiguity and character complexity. I think James Bond could have gone the same route as 70s crime dramas like DIRTY HARRY and THE FRENCH CONNECTION, but instead the producers chose to pursue escapist adventures with Roger Moore. It was probably the smartest decision, business-wise, but I'm still upset we never got the revenge sequel with Lazenby. It might have been the best of the franchise.
I feel most glossed over the fact because of the action, humor, puns and witty remarks are serving to mask a serious, dark, real and morbid plot. Every good person Bond has befriended, fellow spies, informants, love interests/affairs, companions and friends get killed if ever "on the field" with him. Every movie a good or close person dies, this time it was the most important person to him. It's the reality of being a spy doing that kind of work, Ian fleming portrayed. Something people would not think of. You cant live a normal life ever. You are a tool, a killer an assassin, disposable by your own gov and could be disappeared if they needed you too, voluntarily or not, it was expected of you, you are literally a top ranking soldier of all soldiers, expected to make ultimate sacrifices. Also, you are a prime target. You know so much, a heavy target for political enemies and many have a vengeance on you. He's only human and repeatedly wants to live a normal life but never could because it's an unending service. Only death is his true release.
Funny you should mention Titanic...a movie that features the male lead saving the female lead from suicide by drowning, leading to a romance that ends tragically... Tracy: Mr. Bond... Bond: James. Tracy: James. I wanted to thank you, not just for saving my life, but for your discretion. Look...I know what you're thinking... "Poor little rich girl, what does she know about misery?" Bond: No, that's not what I was thinking at all. What I was thinking was "What could have happened to this girl that she thought she had no way out?"
This scene is so brilliantly constructed. Every detail adds to its gut punch. Their incredibly happy mood, the dialogue discussing their future, the apparently ordinary car approaching, the fact that the shooting is so brief and fast, the inclusion of a shot of him ducking down during the shooting to mislead the audience into thinking no harm was done, the WHAM shot of her with all her life and joy and anticipation just GONE, the policeman’s shocked silence, Bond’s silent sobs, the poignant music, the last shot of that little crack in the windshield that destroyed Bond’s ability to love … it never gets easier to watch.
this end scene was really powerful and so sad always makes me cry every time The movie is so worth seeing. It's really good. It's different from all the other Bond movies. It has a more touching story for James. Plus Diana was fantastic to play Tracy. and the ending was one of the most tragic, most shocking ending I've ever watched. And it's one of those rare moments that the audience can actually sympathize with Bond
I remember the first time I saw this, I watching it with my parents and we were just stunned. It really is heartbreaking. I wish George Lazenby had returned to do "Diamonds Are Forever" as a continuation of this one.
+FlareNetworkC. It never ceases to amaze me that John Barry, whose music for the Bond films was absolutely superb, failed to realize that the best way to end the film ''OHMSS'' was to have the beautifully sad, slow instrumental ballad version of the song ''We Have All the Time in the World'' fade out as the camera pulls back from Bond's damaged Aston Martin DB5 and then have no music playing while the closing credits run at the very end of the movie. Instead of that, Barry (after playing the sad, slow instrumental ballad version of the song ''We Have All the Time in the World'') unfortunately chose to play a slightly up-tempo, twangy version of the ''James Bond Theme'' which ruined the sad atmosphere in the ending scene created by Bond tragically losing his wife Tracy at the end of the film, and by playing the ''James Bond Theme'' at the very end of that scene, Barry makes the audience think of the famous poster image of James Bond standing cross-legged with his arms folded across his chest holding his Walther PPK.
+7Lukibi99Tore7 I doubt that this was the case, but it could also be that the upbeat Bond theme at the end kind of underlines the world Bond lives in: no time to mourn because soon it'll be time to kill the bad guys, make out with pretty girls and save the world once again.
+RetardRay. The inclusion of the twangy, up-tempo version of the ''James Bond Theme'' at the end of the Bond film ''OHMSS'' was a terrible decision by music composer John Barry and director Peter Hunt. It ruined the sad atmosphere in the ending scene of the film.
+RetardRay. The inclusion of the twangy, up-tempo version of the ''James Bond Theme'' at the end of the Bond film ''OHMSS'' was a terrible decision by music composer John Barry and director Peter Hunt. It ruined the sad atmosphere in the ending scene of the film.
and The World is not enough, you could say also, when Elektra King James Bond asks "Have you ever lost any loved Mr Bond? Bond and evades the question answering with something else
Still one of my favorites. They reference this later on in The Spy Who Loved Me when XXX tells Bond his dossier and when she says "Wife killed in..." and he quickly gets serious, "you've made your point". He finally kills Blofeld in For Your Eyes Only, excellent dropping him into an incinerator! And in License to Kill when Felix's wife Della asks him if she did anything wrong tossing her garter to him. Felix tells her "he was married once but it was a long time ago". Thx bondfan!!
It's a matter of balance. In both Casino Royale and Skyfall, Bond fails to save the girl (Vesper) or the woman (M). Then they close the film on a higher note (he finds and arrests Mr. White, he gets reinstated as an agent at the top of his capacities). But, still, this sense of failure and doom carries over to the next films (Bond can't face serious commitment with a woman after Vesper, he kills a guy, against orders, just because the previous M asked him to in a video, he doesn't have much enjoyment in life otherwise, etc.), until Spectre tries to change that dynamic (but Spectre also tries a lot of wrong things).
I'm amazed how convincing he was during that scene despite the fact he had absolutely no prior acting experience, i mean i'm in college training to become an actor now and even i think it's rather difficult to be convincing in a scene as intimate as that. it's a real shame he didn't decide to do more Bond films
All things considered I think this is one of the best Bonds. Good story, great soundtrack, great location and an ending NOBODY expected at the time. The only thing that spoils the film is the stupid call to blast music seconds after the ending.
i dissagree with coments saying george lazenby was a bad bond, being after connory dident really help his case but in a way he pathed the way for the other bonds, you could see both roger moor and peirce brosnan channeling the charm of george lazenby in there potrayals of the character.
George Lazenby (with love and respect) doesn't respond to the role. Taking into account the role requirements, as it is in the book and in the sixth film, doesn't fit.
@@crowkid5553 Bond here is not relatively young, vulnerable and infinite, but a mature man with experience, like the actors in the other roles. After Connery here, I believe to Stanley Baker.
Such a fing sad ending this was. Originally they wanted to do it at the start of Diamonds Are Forever since Lazenby was going to be Bond still but he screwed it up and they put it at the end. TBH I think it worked better here, but than again who knows. I remember seeing this for the first time as a kid around Thanksgiving 2002 when TNN/Spike first got the rights to it. It was something else, I loved it from start to finish. However this ending hit me like a truck and it ruined me that whole weekend. Such a well done ending by everyone. Love this flick so much (my favorite one,) I want to name my little girl Tracy one day. Just need to make sure she doesn't marry a count or a british spy dude lol.
False my friend, Lazenby walked away because his agent told him that Bond was a dead franchise and he should get out while he could. He later fired that agent.
M (Judi Dench): “You don’t trust anyone, do you James? Sometimes we’re so focused on our enemies, we forget to watch our friends. This maybe too much for a blunt instrument to understand, but arrogance and self-awareness seldom go hand in hand.”
I always think of the followup movie that could have been. Imagine License to Kill, but with Lazenby's Bond declaring a personal war on Blofeld and Spectre.
I really like this film, and i didn't think Lazenby is bad i liked him in this. This scene though, is his best performance. You really get into the moment here, and the sadness he brings. It's fantastic!
Lazenby was really good after he catches up with Tracy in the ice skating rink. Lazenby was weaker before that. Too wooden. He was good in the fight scenes though.
Hooooooooooly shit. That is incredibly intense and he plays it *brilliantly*. You can just feel the stunned shellshock as his mind reels and his heart shatters into pieces faster than he can even process it. He manages to seperate just enough of his conscious processing to go through the motions of what he’s supposed to say, but it’s strained and empty and he’s absolutely *screaming* on the inside. When he breaks down in quiet sobs, finally, you feel like it’s all he’ll be doing for days, weeks, or even months. He is BROKEN here. When and if he ever recovers, he will never be the same. The person he was *died* here, and whatever persona he manages to rebuild will be totally different, darker and colder and with a void inside him like a dead circuit that can’t be replaced and has to be routed around to avoid a fatal crash state. And there will never, EVER, be a day he doesn’t wish that bullet had taken him instead. Now I’m wishing he could have come back to play that different, post-traumatic broken and repaired wrong Bond.
George Lazenby was really good as Bond he wasn't that bad he was brilliant in the end scene he's performance at the end was really powerful and moving and so sad he showed he's emotions that the audience could feel for him and his pain poor James i felt sad for him to lose his wife like that and i love this theme it is so beautiful and it always makes me cry every time This theme brings out the emotion of the movie between Bond and Tracy.
Lazenby really came to life in the final quarter to third in this movie for me. Especially since he catches up with Tracy in the ice skating rink. Quite memorable. I thought his performance was too wooden in the first two thirds. Just my opinion.
After seeing how Spectre ended, why do I get the feeling this is how it's going to end up after those credits rolled? I mean, it's James Bond. He can't just settle down. Some shit's gonna go down and stomp out that happy ending, and it's probably gonna be Blofeld's fault, too.
To be honest, when I listened to the lyrics of Writing's on the Wall before the films release, I thought Madaline Swan was going to die. I thought the film would be essentially On Her Majesty's Secret Service in the new Universe. If they can convince Craig to return for two more movies, they can still do that.
This was just a cavalcade of sad from Armstrong's last song to the story of Fleming's love who he lost to the war to this movie's ending. I can't watch this with out bawling my eyes out.
A beautiful if tragic ending, showing a frailty that most action heroes rarely reveal. Does anyone remember that little scene in License To Kill where Bond (played wonderfully by Timothy Dalton) bitterly and hesitantly receives the garter from Della Leiter. Della asks Felix if she said something wrong, to which Felix replies "he was married once, but it was a long time ago"? I get goosebumps every time.
Yes...he make some kind of sad face when della wants to give James the garter...
Just after watching OHMSS and was just thinking about that line and which movie it was from thnks!
Believe it or not THAT was the first time I found out about Tracy, since I hadn't seen this film. I thought "What? I never knew that." It's just unmentioned in most James Bond references.
Especially with that film, it added a whole other dimension to the character I'm sad they never fully realized.
She gets mentioned by Amasova in "The Spy Who Loved Me", and Bond visits her grave in "For Your Eyes Only" -- both great moments, in and of themselves.
Lucas Davis: Just like in "The Spy Who Loved Me" when that Russian spy reveals what she knows about James Bond and when she gets to the part where she says "married once wife killed" And James Bond stops her and says "Alright you made your point" and then in the beginning of "For Your Eyes Only" he vists her grave as you mentioned.
She's having a rest, indeed. Goodbye Diana Rigg. From Avengers to Game of Thrones, we've always loved you. Indubitably.
OHMSS was her best role to bad Sean Connery wasn't her co star.
@@RobertK1993 Connery couldn't have done this ending convincingly. His Bond just wasn't like that. It's too bad Lazenby never got to continue in the role.
RIP Dianna Rigg.
She was true a force of beauty and witt that grew stronger as she aged.
It's sad that we'll never have new work from her to look forward to again, but very much am grateful for her life time of hard work giving us so many memories and film / TV classics to look back on. Watching a woman with such talent will never grow boring, no matter how many times you've rewatched a show.
I couldn't think of a more appropriate film clip to remember her by.
"It's quite all right. She's having a rest. We'll be going soon. There's no hurry. You see, we've got all the time in the world."
A very unexpected and sad ending to a bond film! :'(
I actually cried! :'(
Unless you read the book.
Ah, the book has a happy ending, great!
@@joel8583 Lol
I've never understood the hate of Lazenby's Bond. He was vulnerable. Gave the man depth and pathos. I'm sure much of it comes from the impossible task of replacing the epitome of the character, Sean Connery. But OHMSS is my 2nd favorite Bond movie, just behind Goldfinger and ahead of From Russia With Love. They say he's underwhelming...I prefer understated. I love that Bond isn't a scene eater in a film...the only film (save, kinda, Casino Royale) where he's in love and has true emotion. Maybe its me, but without some real element of value, Bond is just a killer in a nice suit. He's got a real REASON in this one.
I don't think it really mattered who was picked to play Bond, he still would've had to deal with the fact that he wasn't Sean Connery.
janeyrevanescence12 He pretty much suffered from being the first reboot/recast actor.
This is my absolute alltime favourite James Bond movie.. always disturbes me, always touches my heart.. always enyoing it to the fullest..
What New Hollywood used to do really well were these amazing melancholic endings that wonderfully captured human frailty. Even Bond couldn't escape.
Possibly the best Bond movie. It's subversive, but also delivers the classic staples of a Bond film. What elevates it is the nuanced character work and his relationship with Tracy. Besides Vesper she's the only 3 dimensional Bond girl. It's a truly tragic ending that comments on the 60's culture, but even more on the franchise itself. Even in the most vulnerable Bond film Bond cannot escape. Also a fantastic cut to credits song.
The movie should've had silent credits instead of the James Bond Theme playing over them.
The first (and arguably only) woman that James Bond truly loved, and she was tragically taken away from him right as they were beginning their new life together. I can only imagine the audience reaction in the theaters back in '69; you could've probably heard a pin drop.
+SethBlizzard Yeah plus Tracy was the first Bond girl, Bond ever really said "I love you." to.
@@bcrunch4232 He said "I love you" as a passphrase to Aki in You Only Live Twice(1967). Though if you mean it as it was the first time Bond meant it, then you're probably correct.
SethBlizzard First was Vesper. Tracy is the only that Bond married.
@@madman2u Director of Y.O.L.T. Lewis Gilbert says (Sean Connery - Michael Feeney Callan Book). I tried to give Bond a human dimension by introducing the emotion when Aki is murdered. But Sean had such a stain to put up with, with the fans. Once when we tried to do a simple shot of him, walking down the Ginza we decided the safest way was to hide our camera, let him slip out of the car and amble past - let him vanish in the street strollers. We tried, Gilbert laughs loud. But Sean got out of the car....and was just pounced upon by a million fans. It was a feeding frenzy, a nightmare.
@Daniel Olortegui Sean Connery O.H.M.S.S. ruclips.net/video/wivsl8JqLKc/видео.html
This came as a huge shock to me. To see the wise-cracking, funny and badass James Bond heartbroken... it was just too much to bear. :'(
In the original script and first take, Lazenby cried at this ending, but then Cubby Broccoli said that James Bond isn't supposed to cry.
+finalbossd I wished that take still existed as I would like to see it. But you can still hear him do a slight sob there at the end. A shame his agent gave him ill-advise (and not to mention how cocky Lazenby got at this time). He could have turned out to be one of the best Bonds! I will say the only problem I had with this scene was that right after that nice pan to the bullet hole in the windshield with the sad music, it just burst right into the Bond Theme. I think that was a poor decision, I think I would have preferred them to go into "All the Time In The World" by Louis Armstrong.
+Musicfan1020. The best way John Barry could have ended the Bond film ''OHMSS'' would have been to have the beautifully sad, instrumental, slow ballad version of 'We Have All the Time in the World'' slowly fade out and then have no music at all play over the ending credits of the film. Although Barry had that sad song slowly fade out at the end of the last scene in the movie, he then absurdly ruined the sad atmosphere of the ending scene by playing a twangy, up-tempo version of the ''James Bond Theme'' which was a huge mistake because it makes the audience think of the famous James Bond poster in which Bond is standing with his legs and arms crossed holding his Walther PPK.
+Musicfan1020. The best way John Barry could have ended the Bond film ''OHMSS'' would have been to have the beautifully sad, instrumental, slow ballad version of 'We Have All the Time in the World'' slowly fade out and then have no music at all play over the ending credits of the film. Although Barry had that sad song slowly fade out at the end of the last scene in the movie, he then absurdly ruined the sad atmosphere of the ending scene by playing a twangy, up-tempo version of the ''James Bond Theme'' which was a huge mistake because it makes the audience think of the famous James Bond poster in which Bond is standing with his legs and arms crossed holding his Walther PPK.
+7Lukibi99Tore7 Agreed. It is the one and only time I wasn't in the mood to hear the kickass Bond theme :-) It should have ended with quiet sadness and reverence, like the final episode of Black Adder.
I can't help but suspect that the decision to jarringly switch to the Bond theme must've come from soulless higher-ups who didn't care a toss for the spiritual integrity of the scene, being only concerned with informing people that there would be another Bond film soon that they should come pay money to see.
This is probably the most underrated Bond film of all. It had a great soundtack and great actors. The plot might not be as action oriented as in the previous films, but it surely knew how to entertain. Looking at the way how films are made today, maybe 'On her Majesty's Secret Service' was, just like 'License to Kill', way ahead of its time.
''On her Majesty's Secret Service'' wasn't ahead of its time, but the right film for it's time and the messages of the time (''Make love don't war'' and ''All you need is love'').The most underrated in the film is the character of Bond. As in the book and in the sixth film, and as the rest of the actors in the other roles, Bond is a man with experience.The plot of the film, as you say, is not like Bond movie but as a romantic film (for exable ''The Secret Agent and the Countess''). Also Bond and Blofeld have met in the previous film, and here doesn't know each other.
I still have not forgiven Diamonds are Forever for more or less ignoring what happened in this movie.
Um... Did you miss his crusade in the beginning to find Blofeld? He almost murders a girl with her own bikini top!
Tim Cosgrove
Did you miss this part of my sentence, "more or less?" They never once mention why he is on this quest in the beginning and feels more tacked on, not to mention Connery's performance did not convey anything other than boredom in his line delivery. If he was truly mad at Blofeld, then why does he treat him like a regular villain instead of the man who killed his wife in the rest of the movie, also where is Irma Bunt? Instead of shoehorning the "revenge" in the beginning, that should have been the entire movie and the end of Blofeld, instead had to wait years until For Your Eyes Only for any sense of closure.
***** Believe me, Diamonds are Forever had a stupid amount of faults, but yes, chief among them is making hardly any connection with this one.
***** Really disappointing Bond movie. Service is really good, if Connery stood it'd be closer to the top. Can't believe he left before such a good movie then came back for a piece of shit.
joseph rivera Well if Connery did it, it would not be the same movie for they would have stuck with what worked with Connery. The only reason they changed Service was to make it different from the Connery Bonds.
Make's even a grown man shed a tear this scene always .Miss you Tracy like Vesper Always!
George Lazenby was a great bond he could be serious and witty charming and sad. He did a damn good job in this scene and movie to make a real believably bond. His agent screwed him over and backlash of press but he should have made 3 or 4 movies at the least. Once the Connery hype was over they would seem lazyenby was a fine bond.
What happened with the agent? I've not heard this story.
+liammcnulty1987 his agent said that Bond would be outdated in the 1970s
While I agree and would have loved to see Lazenby in more Bond films, there's no guarantee that the series would have survived with him as Bond. I'm a Lazenby fan myself and I think this is one of the greatest Bond films ever, but if Moore hadn't taken the series to a more comedic direction, I think there's a chance that the series still could've died. Just saying, but we'll never know for sure.
From what I understand, according to his co-actors and the rest of the production crew, Lazenby often conflicted with the directors about several points in the film. It seems he was rather full of himself, too, according to Diana Rigg, "I can no longer cater for his obsession with himself. He is utterly, unbelievably ... bloody impossible." While I would certainly have enjoyed more Bond films with him as the lead, it seems he dug his own grave.
PeyserConley X Although I would like to see Connery and after him Stanley Baker in O.H.M.S.S. Roger Moore was the right man at the right time (except ''A View To a Kill''), and I agree that you say that Moore's comic and parody direction was then a vital necessity.
This ending scene tear me up and it really breaks my heart
I know. It was terrible.
Right when they got married.
Just terrible.
evil bastard Blofeld he is responsible hate him
It really is sad and tragic I always tear up watching this scene that bastard Blofeld damn him
RIP Diana Rigg. One of only two films that made me cry.
Very sad scene. Always gets me.
+Gun Collector007 You are everywhere my friend.. Everywhere!! ;)
lol, I am EVERYWHERE!
His wife...........Died for nothing.
BREAKING NEWS: The actor died
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Sasabab Hyena so sad. RIP beautiful lady.
What got to me was the quiet sob just as Bond gets off-screen. James Bond sobbing. And then the overtly crazy rendition of James Bond theme starting to play, creating such a mood whiplash, you totally get the idea: James Bond is now a damaged man with nothing to live for, a hollow shell seducing women with no attachment and killing people without remorse, stoically hiding his pain. This is the deepest most subtle thing.
Not to use a Star Wars reference but in this case it's completely true. It was here Bond completely and totally turned to the Dark Side...of life. As pointed out, he has nothing left to live for but to be a weapon, womanizer, and for vengeance against Blofeld, which he got 12 years later. Bond knows there's no turning back for him, so he stays on his dark path as a weapon.
And the few times he allowed himself to get close to true love again (especially Paris), he could not allow himself to embrace it.
Indeed.
I felt like I never really understood the Bond I grew up with (post-1980) until I saw this film.
Then I understood.
The way his whole being just breaks from reality...and he projects the fantasy that she is just sleeping.
A whole lot of his actions later on with regards to women, risk, and his job make a whole lot more sense considering the trauma of this particular moment.
no men has ever passed this scene without a single tear in the face.
I love this ending as an Origin story to why James Bond is a fairly cold killer, who sleeps with women but never really settles down with them.
When he is alone in the dark he whispers into night "It's alright dear, we have all the time in the world..."
Every Bond in the original timeline has at least one reference to this moment. It really does give a hint of sadness below the surface of Bond. Even when the film is at its most fun and ridiculous, he is still mourning her death after all this time.
Yup! Even the 1977 Roger Moore 007 film, "The Spy Who Loved Me" references this scene when James meets Anya (AKA Agent XXX) for the first time at the bar. She tells him all she knows about his history including the time when he was married once and his wife was killed. James then cuts her off by saying, "Alright, you made your point" and Anya responds, "You're sensitive, Mr. Bond?" James then responds, "About some things, yes." I honestly couldn't blame him, considering that Anya kind of opened up an old wound for him.
I hated how Casino Royale 'rebooted' the narrative. Tracy's death had so many interesting evocations - Anya bringing it up to Bond when recalling his profile in "The Spy who Loved Me", Bond visiting Tracy's grave in "For Your Eyes Only" , Bond being saddened when he catches Della's wedding token in "Licence to Kill", Elektra asking Bond if he'd ever lost someone he really loved in "The World is Not Enough" who, by the way, obviously reminded him of Tracy.... these were all fantastic moments which enriched their respective films. Tracy is Bond's soul.
Messylin casino royale set at beginning of the novels before Bond meets Tracy
Exactly. In the books, the sense of tragedy in Bond's love life comes from his failed romance with Vesper. It's why he won't try anything with Holly Goodnight from Moonraker (the second sequel novel to CR, they mirrored that in Quantum of Solace, the direct sequel to CR). He will have sex with beautiful women, but he's unable of emotional commitment, and all his conquests ultimately leave him for a more stable guy (Fleming mentions what happened to Honeychile Ryder or Tania Romanova in other novels).
Bond has vague plans to settle down in a few years, after leaving active duty, usually with his secretary at the 00 section, Loelia Ponsonby (Moneypenny is M's stern secretary, the film Moneypenny is a composite of Ponsonby and Moneypenny from the novels). But even she gets tired of his delays, resigns and marries somebody else.
In the novels, when Bond meets Tracy, he's actually damaged goods, after nearly ten novels, and he regards Tracy as someone who actually understands him, because she's as damaged as him, and she's his only shot at building a "normal" life with somebody.
Then, she dies. In You Only Live Twice, Bond is now a completely broken man (which was only alluded to in the Moore, Dalton and Brosnan films), obsessed by his revenge on Blofeld, with clear self-destructive tendencies. He's not even 007 anymore, as he joins the diplomatic section. He's now 7777. He gets amnesia after killing Blofeld, which shows that his life had no other goal than getting revenge (spoiler alert: he also fathers a child while amnesiac).
Fleming then tried to get Bond back as 007 in The Man with the Golden Gun, and Bond is actually set up at the end of the book for a potential fling with... his secretary, Mary Goodnight (Ponsoby's replacement, then transferred to field agent while Bond was MIA and presumed to be dead). Fleming was in ill health when he wrote The Man with the Golden Gun, and there's some sense of finality to it, as Bond embarks for an umpteenth mission that has no meaning to him. It's definitely not a good book on many aspects (the manuscript is terse. Fleming may have planned at the time of his death to write another draft, which would have provided descriptions and details, which are seriously lacking in the published text), but the book suggests a somewhat unfulfilling, realistic and bittersweet ending for his character who has once again the option of bedding his (former) subordinate.
Probably the best Bond film ever made. Certainly the most unique out of all the Bond films.
I personally wouldn't say the best, but I definitely agree that it's the most unique. 100%.
+shellsbignumber2 for me it surely is the best..
The unique ones are always the best in my opinion. This, Casino Royale, License to Kill, Goldeneye, From Russia With Love...
Unique, certainly in a positive sense. In a negative one, the Quantum of Solace is the most "unique". I've seen it only once so far, I don't remember much of it and I am glad, lol.
If you pretend Sean Connery James Bond in it.
The only Bond girl to have married the James Bond character. RIP Diana Rigg.
Nope Madeleine Swann No Time To Die 2021
One of my favourite Bond movies and surely underrated.
Rest in Peace Diana Rigg
We have all time in the World
Most devastating death of the best Bond girl EVER.
You haven't read Casino Royale...
John Edward Vesper Lynd?Tracy Bond?I don't give a fuck.Their deaths are both freaking sad.
Tracy's is the saddest.
But how does Vesper die?
+John Edward drowns
This is one of the very few Bond films (if not the only one?) in which both the main villain and his main henchman survive - or in this case henchwoman.
Also one of the 2 bond films which a bond girl dies.
MrEvaris Actually, Bond girls die quite a lot. But this and Casino Royale were the only ones where it really mattered.
Both of the Bond Girls died in Skyfall. One of them got replaced with a Bond Man.
Say what you will about Lazenby in the film (I think the general consensus is that he's very inconsistent) but he was absolutely amazing in this scene. Certainly gives him a moment to extend the Bond mythology and certainly provides one of the best Bond movies ever, or IF arguably for debatable reasons, perhaps IS the best Bond film ever.
alex mcdevitt Very true, most people demanded Lazenby to slip smoothly into Connery’s shoes from the get go and although he was inconsistent, (he was an inexperienced actor with only a chocolate bar advert under his belt) people unfairly savaged his performance. If he had ignored that pratt of an agent and did a couple more, he would have cemented his place.
maxwesty Connery later said he wished he could’ve done a Bond film like this one
Had to rewatch this film after seeing "No Time to Die" twice in the theater. Such depth of emotion conveyed by Lazenby and Craig as two different Bonds. Alas, the tragedy of James Bond is he never gets a happy ending. . .
This ending impacted me so badly when I first watched the movie. Tracy is my all time favorite bond character and this ending just breaks me. I knew she had to die... but I didn’t think it would be that heartbreaking. Every time I watch the movie I just take out the disc before it gets to this ending. I’m dead serious, this just makes me so emotional.
+Manu Ginobilis Bald Spot You are missing the entire point of the James Bond Novels. Bond IS just a killer in a suit. That's his job. It's what he was trained to be. He is a Utility used by his agency to accomplish goals much bigger than his own desires. That's why he can't love anyone (for too long), and it creates greater depth and complexity to his character, and accentuates masculine independence. It's a common male archetype in storytelling. It's a sad ending, but it is honest and true to the nature of Bond's life. Bonds life IS a big tragedy. It's a shame films don't take risks like this anymore in their endings.
+Jonathan Guinn It's funny to think about but when this movie came out, Hollywood was in love with ambiguity and character complexity. I think James Bond could have gone the same route as 70s crime dramas like DIRTY HARRY and THE FRENCH CONNECTION, but instead the producers chose to pursue escapist adventures with Roger Moore. It was probably the smartest decision, business-wise, but I'm still upset we never got the revenge sequel with Lazenby. It might have been the best of the franchise.
I feel most glossed over the fact because of the action, humor, puns and witty remarks are serving to mask a serious, dark, real and morbid plot. Every good person Bond has befriended, fellow spies, informants, love interests/affairs, companions and friends get killed if ever "on the field" with him. Every movie a good or close person dies, this time it was the most important person to him.
It's the reality of being a spy doing that kind of work, Ian fleming portrayed. Something people would not think of. You cant live a normal life ever. You are a tool, a killer an assassin, disposable by your own gov and could be disappeared if they needed you too, voluntarily or not, it was expected of you, you are literally a top ranking soldier of all soldiers, expected to make ultimate sacrifices. Also, you are a prime target. You know so much, a heavy target for political enemies and many have a vengeance on you.
He's only human and repeatedly wants to live a normal life but never could because it's an unending service. Only death is his true release.
You can shove Titanic and Twilight, this is the best romantic film ever.
Funny you should mention Titanic...a movie that features the male lead saving the female lead from suicide by drowning, leading to a romance that ends tragically...
Tracy: Mr. Bond...
Bond: James.
Tracy: James. I wanted to thank you, not just for saving my life, but for your discretion. Look...I know what you're thinking... "Poor little rich girl, what does she know about misery?"
Bond: No, that's not what I was thinking at all. What I was thinking was "What could have happened to this girl that she thought she had no way out?"
Stannis The Mannis which is why I said that you (not specifically you, of course) can shove it.
Will Lennox
Even the bloody Notebook ain't got shit on this.
The most underrated , underappreciated bond movie !! Even the marathon showings dont show it most of the time
This is so fucking sad, I still tear up when I watch them together just before the gunshots fly. :'(
So many references in No Time To Die to this movie, Rest In Peace James Bond.
After the eloberate love story in this movie, the ending hits even harder. "We have all the time in the world."
Fuck Titanic, The Green Mile or Leon
THIS is saddest ending ever!
Don't forget.Fuck Cast Away.
AGREED!
I cry every time. No fail. I just cried now, especially since Diana passed on in real life
I love this movie, makes me cry
Probably the saddest movie ending of all time
An exceptionally gifted actor, beloved across generations will forever be Mrs Peel. Rest well, we had all the time in the world.
This scene is so brilliantly constructed. Every detail adds to its gut punch. Their incredibly happy mood, the dialogue discussing their future, the apparently ordinary car approaching, the fact that the shooting is so brief and fast, the inclusion of a shot of him ducking down during the shooting to mislead the audience into thinking no harm was done, the WHAM shot of her with all her life and joy and anticipation just GONE, the policeman’s shocked silence, Bond’s silent sobs, the poignant music, the last shot of that little crack in the windshield that destroyed Bond’s ability to love … it never gets easier to watch.
Rest in Love, Dame Diana Rigg... :(
Forty odd years later, and this is still powerfully emotional, something James Bond doesn't ever express.
50 now.
this end scene was really powerful and so sad always makes me cry every time The movie is so worth seeing. It's really good. It's different from all the other Bond movies. It has a more touching story for James. Plus Diana was fantastic to play Tracy. and the ending was one of the most tragic, most shocking ending I've ever watched. And it's one of those rare moments that the audience can actually sympathize with Bond
My grandfather on my moms side cried at this ending... she said it was the only time she ever saw him do so.
I remember the first time I saw this, I watching it with my parents and we were just stunned. It really is heartbreaking. I wish George Lazenby had returned to do "Diamonds Are Forever" as a continuation of this one.
And they just had to completely shit on a wonderfully melancholic ending by adding the ridiculously out of place Bond theme in the credits.
YES! Oh, you have no idea how much that pissed me off. They should have put "We Have All the Time in the World" as the ending song for OHMSS.
+FlareNetworkC. It never ceases to amaze me that John Barry, whose music for the Bond films was absolutely superb, failed to realize that the best way to end the film ''OHMSS'' was to have the beautifully sad, slow instrumental ballad version of the song ''We Have All the Time in the World'' fade out as the camera pulls back from Bond's damaged Aston Martin DB5 and then have no music playing while the closing credits run at the very end of the movie. Instead of that, Barry (after playing the sad, slow instrumental ballad version of the song ''We Have All the Time in the World'') unfortunately chose to play a slightly up-tempo, twangy version of the ''James Bond Theme'' which ruined the sad atmosphere in the ending scene created by Bond tragically losing his wife Tracy at the end of the film, and by playing the ''James Bond Theme'' at the very end of that scene, Barry makes the audience think of the famous poster image of James Bond standing cross-legged with his arms folded across his chest holding his Walther PPK.
+7Lukibi99Tore7 I doubt that this was the case, but it could also be that the upbeat Bond theme at the end kind of underlines the world Bond lives in: no time to mourn because soon it'll be time to kill the bad guys, make out with pretty girls and save the world once again.
+RetardRay. The inclusion of the twangy, up-tempo version of the ''James Bond Theme'' at the end of the Bond film ''OHMSS'' was a terrible decision by music composer John Barry and director Peter Hunt. It ruined the sad atmosphere in the ending scene of the film.
+RetardRay. The inclusion of the twangy, up-tempo version of the ''James Bond Theme'' at the end of the Bond film ''OHMSS'' was a terrible decision by music composer John Barry and director Peter Hunt. It ruined the sad atmosphere in the ending scene of the film.
makes me cry. Diana rig was the hottest bond girl ever.
Agreed
yeap she was my fav bond girl aswell.
Totally agree. She was different than other bimbos.
BREAKING NEWS: The actor died
just finished the book, really happy they kept the dialogue at the end the same. so sad.
"She has your eyes."
"I know. I know."
Great comment, saw it myself today - excellent film.
Even the car is the same at the end
This is a terrible pain. 💔
A pain that never goes away.
"All the time in the world."
My dad took me to see this i cried all the way home
So Sad. I remember seeing this with my father and crying.
and The World is not enough, you could say also, when Elektra King James Bond asks "Have you ever lost any loved Mr Bond?
Bond and evades the question answering with something else
Rest in peace, Dame Diana
Still one of my favorites. They reference this later on in The Spy Who Loved Me when XXX tells Bond his dossier and when she says "Wife killed in..." and he quickly gets serious, "you've made your point". He finally kills Blofeld in For Your Eyes Only, excellent dropping him into an incinerator! And in License to Kill when Felix's wife Della asks him if she did anything wrong tossing her garter to him. Felix tells her "he was married once but it was a long time ago". Thx bondfan!!
Which in that movie, Della suffered the same fate as Tracy.
And yet there had not followed another tragic ending until Daniel Craig's movies. For the Bond girls of course
Even Casino Royale ended on a high.
It's a matter of balance. In both Casino Royale and Skyfall, Bond fails to save the girl (Vesper) or the woman (M). Then they close the film on a higher note (he finds and arrests Mr. White, he gets reinstated as an agent at the top of his capacities). But, still, this sense of failure and doom carries over to the next films (Bond can't face serious commitment with a woman after Vesper, he kills a guy, against orders, just because the previous M asked him to in a video, he doesn't have much enjoyment in life otherwise, etc.), until Spectre tries to change that dynamic (but Spectre also tries a lot of wrong things).
I watched this at the beginnin of 2012, and I didn't see it coming! I started crying.
Sometimes, there are no happy endings. Even James Bond.
I'm amazed how convincing he was during that scene despite the fact he had absolutely no prior acting experience, i mean i'm in college training to become an actor now and even i think it's rather difficult to be convincing in a scene as intimate as that. it's a real shame he didn't decide to do more Bond films
I felt bad for James thst he lost someone he cared about.
+Chris Peplinski It's OK, it;'s not real.
It's too bad this had to happen.
It happens in every bond movie. This one however was the only one he truly loved and the only Mrs Bond.
All things considered I think this is one of the best Bonds. Good story, great soundtrack, great location and an ending NOBODY expected at the time.
The only thing that spoils the film is the stupid call to blast music seconds after the ending.
RIP Dame Diana Rigg.
Rip. Beautiful scene.
RIP Diana Rigg
Oh, and my favorite song of all time too!
i dissagree with coments saying george lazenby was a bad bond, being after connory dident really help his case but in a way he pathed the way for the other bonds, you could see both roger moor and peirce brosnan channeling the charm of george lazenby in there potrayals of the character.
George Lazenby (with love and respect) doesn't respond to the role. Taking into account the role requirements, as it is in the book and in the sixth film, doesn't fit.
@@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ I thought he was great,
@@crowkid5553 Bond here is not relatively young, vulnerable and infinite, but a mature man with experience, like the actors in the other roles. After Connery here, I believe to Stanley Baker.
it's Lady Olenna :-) she's beautiful
Blofeld: "who loves ya baby?"
I watched this yesterday and I cried. I cried for Bond, he finally was going to get a happy ending, then this...
Such a fing sad ending this was. Originally they wanted to do it at the start of Diamonds Are Forever since Lazenby was going to be Bond still but he screwed it up and they put it at the end. TBH I think it worked better here, but than again who knows.
I remember seeing this for the first time as a kid around Thanksgiving 2002 when TNN/Spike first got the rights to it. It was something else, I loved it from start to finish. However this ending hit me like a truck and it ruined me that whole weekend. Such a well done ending by everyone.
Love this flick so much (my favorite one,) I want to name my little girl Tracy one day. Just need to make sure she doesn't marry a count or a british spy dude lol.
+efan2011 Thanks.
I always feel teary eyed when I watch the ending... so sad.
False my friend, Lazenby walked away because his agent told him that Bond was a dead franchise and he should get out while he could.
He later fired that agent.
“It’s all right. ... We’ll be getting on soon. There’s no hurry, you see. We have all the time in the world. ...
M (Judi Dench): “You don’t trust anyone, do you James? Sometimes we’re so focused on our enemies, we forget to watch our friends. This maybe too much for a blunt instrument to understand, but arrogance and self-awareness seldom go hand in hand.”
Pretty much the first and last time we see bond cry.
I always think of the followup movie that could have been. Imagine License to Kill, but with Lazenby's Bond declaring a personal war on Blofeld and Spectre.
No wonder he never falls in love, or gets married ever again.
Brutal ending to a fantastic film. Devastating.
The music is beautiful
Greatest bond film period!!
one very sad scene, hats off to Lazenby
Yes
I really like this film, and i didn't think Lazenby is bad i liked him in this. This scene though, is his best performance. You really get into the moment here, and the sadness he brings. It's fantastic!
Lazenby was really good after he catches up with Tracy in the ice skating rink.
Lazenby was weaker before that. Too wooden. He was good in the fight scenes though.
Ahh, the queen of thornes
Hooooooooooly shit. That is incredibly intense and he plays it *brilliantly*. You can just feel the stunned shellshock as his mind reels and his heart shatters into pieces faster than he can even process it. He manages to seperate just enough of his conscious processing to go through the motions of what he’s supposed to say, but it’s strained and empty and he’s absolutely *screaming* on the inside. When he breaks down in quiet sobs, finally, you feel like it’s all he’ll be doing for days, weeks, or even months. He is BROKEN here. When and if he ever recovers, he will never be the same. The person he was *died* here, and whatever persona he manages to rebuild will be totally different, darker and colder and with a void inside him like a dead circuit that can’t be replaced and has to be routed around to avoid a fatal crash state. And there will never, EVER, be a day he doesn’t wish that bullet had taken him instead.
Now I’m wishing he could have come back to play that different, post-traumatic broken and repaired wrong Bond.
Sadest Bond scene ever period ,!
George Lazenby was really good as Bond he wasn't that bad he was brilliant in the end scene he's performance at the end was really powerful and moving and so sad he showed he's emotions that the audience could feel for him and his pain poor James i felt sad for him to lose his wife like that and i love this theme it is so beautiful and it always makes me cry every time This theme brings out the emotion of the movie between Bond and Tracy.
Lazenby really came to life in the final quarter to third in this movie for me. Especially since he catches up with Tracy in the ice skating rink. Quite memorable.
I thought his performance was too wooden in the first two thirds.
Just my opinion.
Man this is SO SAD!
After seeing how Spectre ended, why do I get the feeling this is how it's going to end up after those credits rolled? I mean, it's James Bond. He can't just settle down.
Some shit's gonna go down and stomp out that happy ending, and it's probably gonna be Blofeld's fault, too.
To be honest, when I listened to the lyrics of Writing's on the Wall before the films release, I thought Madaline Swan was going to die. I thought the film would be essentially On Her Majesty's Secret Service in the new Universe.
If they can convince Craig to return for two more movies, they can still do that.
Or 3, so they can belt out the Blofeld trilogy (Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and You Only Live Twice).
Damn, you were totally correct!
don't care if its an unpopular view, one of the bests bond films and the best bonds ever
Diana Rigg 20 July 1938 - 10 September 2020 Goodbye. We don't have all the time in the world.
RIP Diana Rigg 😞
This was just a cavalcade of sad from Armstrong's last song to the story of Fleming's love who he lost to the war to this movie's ending. I can't watch this with out bawling my eyes out.
Miss you Tracy always.And Lazenby the first most realistic Bond period !!
Lazenby did this scene incredibly well interesting it would have been if he had done more
The world of the 007 franchise is like a rollercoaster ride. You go over the top then back down to reality.
All the feels bro..
:'( this makes me cry every time :'(