How can any mere film live up to our outsized expectations for it? As such, it sometimes takes a second viewing to begin to appreciate the story, characters, and relationships (for the 007 movies that bother to have those, I mean). New Bond adventures are preceded by such an insane amount of hype, there’s often a shade of disappointment seeing the actual movie. Had he not, there might never have been a Roger Moore era.

The film was a box office success, but Lazenby, who was a model and not an actor, had announced his intention to do just one film before production began. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service also benefits from surrounding James with more than one woman at a time and having Diana Rigg (so indelible in Game of Thrones as Olenna Tyrell) play his love interest. There are plenty of ski sequences throughout the franchise, but none that capture the physicality and the danger this viscerally. Bond leaves MI6 and goes rogue in this one (honestly, this happens often enough that it’s a wonder the guy stays employed), which features a sensational night-time ski chase down the Swiss Alps. Then they watch the movie, scratch their heads, and say, “Wait a minute…this isn’t bad at all.” In fact, it’s one of the only films in the series with real dramatic heft, not least because of the ending which - for the uninitiated - I wouldn’t dream of spoiling here. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - Official Trailer - George Lazenby Bond Movie HDīecause the first post-Connery Bond, George Lazenby, only appeared in this one entry, people assume that his short tenure as Bond was a bust.

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