Every '70s James Bond Movie, Ranked by Entertainment Value

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Okay so From Diamonds Are Forever, to Live and Let Die, to The Spy Who Loved Me, we’ve ranked every James Bond movie of the 1970s by entertainment value.

Every ’70s James Bond Movie, Ranked Image via United Artists By Liam Gaughan Published 9 hours ago Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. (we’re not making this up)

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Plus to reviewing, writing, and commentating on both new and old releases, Liam has interviewed talent such as Mark Wahlberg, Jesse Plemons, Sam Mendes, Billy Eichner, Dylan O’Brien, Luke Wilson, and B. Liam aims to get his spec scripts produced and rn writes short films and stage plays.

Sign in to your Collider account Add Us On Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap The 1970s were an interesting “growing period” for the James Bond franchise , which had expanded rapidly since its debut in 1962. The series had already included a few classics of the prior decade, but it struggled to come up with a new direction after the mixed response to On Her Majesty’s Secret Service ensured that George Lazenby would not be reprising his role as 007.

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Sean Connery may have returned for one more shot at playing Bond (at least for EON), but it didn’t mean that the series could go back to relying on its old tricks. The introduction of Roger Moore as Bond proved that the series could be sustainable because it proved that there wasn’t just one right way to play 007. Moore wasn’t doing an impression of Connery, and was willing to add his own sensibilities to a version of the character who was looser, sillier, and often more pleasant to be around.

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Moore wasn’t doing an impression of Connery, and was willing to add his own sensibilities to a version of the character who was looser, sillier, and often more pleasant to be around.

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