It has been a while since I've watched this one, but it still lands as one of the best Bond films in the franchise. I love that it goes back to realism. No more hallowed out volcanoes (not that I can't enjoy that as well). George Lazenby is totally looked over by a lot of people. Honestly it is his fault for quitting, but still I think he does a pretty great Bond. Especially the final scene of the movie. Also, the Bond girl in this one is Diana Rigg, and she is fantastic. Now she's a lot older but still awesome in Game of Thrones. Check it out if you've never seen it, cause they don't play it on TV very often.

Funny and with some nice ideas. The very good "Bond Girl" outweighs that Sean Connery is missing.

This movie is an improvement over the previous two Sean Connery outings in Thunderball and You Only Live Twice, as it was quite evident that Connery was tired of the role. Lazenby does provide a breath of fresh air as you can almost see a twinkle in Bond's eyes that hasn't been seen since Goldfinger.

The best Bond film (so far)

Losing Connery and the movie takes a much-needed positive change of pace. This is up there as my favorite Bond to date. It is what I *imagine* old school Bond to be. This is one worth recommending!

Rating: 3.5/5 - 80% - Would Recommend

The James Bond Films
1 Eon films
1.1 Dr. No (1962) https://trakt.tv/movies/dr-no-1962
1.2 From Russia with Love (1963) https://trakt.tv/movies/from-russia-with-love-1963
1.3 Goldfinger (1964) https://trakt.tv/movies/goldfinger-1964
1.4 Thunderball (1965) https://trakt.tv/movies/thunderball-1965
1.5 You Only Live Twice (1967) https://trakt.tv/movies/you-only-live-twice-1967
1.6 On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) https://trakt.tv/movies/on-her-majesty-s-secret-service-1969
1.7 Diamonds Are Forever (1971) https://trakt.tv/movies/diamonds-are-forever-1971
1.8 Live and Let Die (1973) https://trakt.tv/movies/live-and-let-die-1973
1.9 The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-man-with-the-golden-gun-1974
1.10 The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-spy-who-loved-me-1977
1.11 Moonraker (1979) https://trakt.tv/movies/moonraker-1979
1.12 For Your Eyes Only (1981) https://trakt.tv/movies/for-your-eyes-only-1981
1.13 Octopussy (1983) https://trakt.tv/movies/octopussy-1983
1.14 A View to a Kill (1985) https://trakt.tv/movies/a-view-to-a-kill-1985
1.15 The Living Daylights (1987) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-living-daylights-1987
1.16 Licence to Kill (1989) https://trakt.tv/movies/licence-to-kill-1989
1.17 GoldenEye (1995) https://trakt.tv/movies/goldeneye-1995
1.18 Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) https://trakt.tv/movies/tomorrow-never-dies-1997
1.19 The World Is Not Enough (1999) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-world-is-not-enough-1999
1.20 Die Another Day (2002) https://trakt.tv/movies/die-another-day-2002
1.21 Casino Royale (2006) https://trakt.tv/movies/casino-royale-2006
1.22 Quantum of Solace (2008) https://trakt.tv/movies/quantum-of-solace-2008
1.23 Skyfall (2012) https://trakt.tv/movies/skyfall-2012
1.24 Spectre (2015) https://trakt.tv/movies/spectre-2015
1.25 No Time to Die (2021) https://trakt.tv/movies/no-time-to-die-2021

2 Non-Eon films
2.1 Casino Royale (1967) https://trakt.tv/movies/casino-royale-1967
2.2 Never Say Never Again (1983) https://trakt.tv/movies/never-say-never-again-1983

This is a really oddly paced Bond film. There's a lot of long exposition-heavy sequences, and then a barrage of everything happening at once at the end!

Diana Rigg as Tracy is definitely the best Bond girl I have seen in these films so far though. Despite the sexist attitudes of the time present in dialogue stating that she needs a 'man' to 'dominate' her, she's actually shown to be very independent, doing lots of the action herself; she feels like the perfect match for James Bond. [spoiler]It only makes her demise at the end all the more tragic.[/spoiler]

I'm not a big fan of George Lazenby's James Bond. He's better than Daniel Craig for sure, but he just feels a bit bland & generic compared to Sean Connery's Bond.

George Lazenby, the Bond the time forgot, takes the helms of the Bond series in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Obsessed with finding Ernst Blofeld, leader of the crime syndicate SPECTRE, James Bond infiltrates his mountain retreat and learns of a maniacal plan to release a series of deadly poisons throughout the world. The absence of Sean Connery looms large in this film, and Lazenby isn’t up to the task of playing Bond. But the miscasting doesn’t stop there; Blofeld is also recast, played here by Telly Savalas, who doesn’t carry over any of the same mannerisms or characteristics established in the previous films. Everything feels out of sync, from the story on through to the actors. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is a weak Bond film that’s poorly written and goes against form.

George Lazenby is no Sean Connery and this movie suffers because of that. Some great actions scenes like the skiing but there are too few for the longer runtime.

The biggest shame here, that Q is only seen as a invitee to the wedding and that there seems to be a complete lack of any gadgets

Great appearance by Joanna Lumley, I didn't recognise it as her but those vocal cords cannot lie :)

Enjoyable despite Lazenby. I love that the ending isn't winky for once.

Not a bad deal at all.

It has better action sequences than I remembered, but it has the plot that I like the least, and the dullest 007, instead Diana Rigg is very good and is the best thing about the movie.
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