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Post by hi224 on Jul 28, 2018 7:54:30 GMT
he had an incredible performance in a movie i saw were he played twins I believe?.
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Post by ck100 on Jul 28, 2018 7:57:18 GMT
he had an incredible performance in a movie i saw were he played twins I believe?. I think you're talking about "The Man Who Haunted Himself". That's considered one of Moore's best films and finest acting performances. This is the performance people talk about when they say that Moore could do more than just play James Bond. |
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Post by hi224 on Jul 28, 2018 7:58:02 GMT
he had an incredible performance in a movie i saw were he played twins I believe?. I think you're talking about "The Man Who Haunted Himself". That's considered one of Moore's best films and finest acting performances. This is the performance people talk about when they say that Moore could do more than just play James Bond. I need to find that movie on DVD soon perhaps a classic as well. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jul 28, 2018 8:05:40 GMT
The Man Who Haunted Himself was quite a surprise. Very satisfying film (I wasn't sure they were going to have the pay off one assumed but they did--and also nifty that the psychiatrist also got to see the truth). I had not really taken Moore seriously as an actor (ditto for Connery prior to viewing the Hill and the Offense) before seeing that.
It also has the distinction of being truly British--made without any Hollywood backing I believe and along with And Soon the Darkness, one of the Brian Forbes productions when he was at EMI. It is most unfortunate that they could not compete against the Machine because it was one of the last gasps of British film before Hollywood and the blockbuster swept away regional film production.
I was surprised to see Roger Moore turn up in an early 60s American western with Clint Walker. Forgot the name--kind of pedestrian but interesting that he had been introduced as an Irish comedy relief sidekick.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Jul 28, 2018 8:15:48 GMT
The Man Who Haunted Himself was quite a surprise. Very satisfying film (I wasn't sure they were going to have the pay off one assumed but they did--and also nifty that the psychiatrist also got to see the truth). I had not really taken Moore seriously as an actor (ditto for Connery prior to viewing the Hill and the Offense) before seeing that. It also has the distinction of being truly British--made without any Hollywood backing I believe and along with And Soon the Darkness, one of the Brian Forbes productions when he was at EMI. It is most unfortunate that they could not compete against the Machine because it was one of the last gasps of British film before Hollywood and the blockbuster swept away regional film production. I was surprised to see Roger Moore turn up in an early 60s American western with Clint Walker. Forgot the name--kind of pedestrian but interesting that he had been introduced as an Irish comedy relief sidekick. He was Beauregarde Maverick, Bret and Bart's cousin in the original Maverick series. Haven't and will not see a lot of Roger Moore movies, but I was EXTREMELY impressed by his performance in The Curse of the Pink Panther. If you haven't seen the movie, watch the last half-hour. |
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Post by petrolino on Jul 28, 2018 10:15:09 GMT
He could certainly turn it on when the script required it. Of the performances I've seen, I think his finest hour came in Robert Ellis Miller's 'Bed & Breakfast' (1992). As Quentin Tarantino noted, every actor raises his game playing opposite Nina Siemaszko.
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Post by teleadm on Jul 28, 2018 15:17:34 GMT
 Roger and Miss Piggy, yes He was on the Muppet show!! LOL Noel Coward once said to him: Just show your profile, and you never have to seach for a job again, if it's true I don't know, at least for awhile it woorked LOL |
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Post by neurosturgeon on Jul 28, 2018 16:08:12 GMT
Roger Moore was underused and misused. I was first exposed to him durin his MAVERICK days, but I was just mad I wasn't seeing James Garner.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jul 28, 2018 16:26:44 GMT
He was Beauregarde Maverick, Bret and Bart's cousin in the original Maverick series. I could never keep track of all the Mavericks. |
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Post by movielover on Jul 28, 2018 16:30:49 GMT
I feel he was an underrated James Bond.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 28, 2018 17:57:28 GMT
yes and under=utilized
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Post by politicidal on Jul 28, 2018 23:54:12 GMT
I think in his later years, it became apparent. I mean, he was on a Hallmark movie not too long ago before he died.
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Post by wmcclain on Jul 29, 2018 0:13:25 GMT
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Post by vegalyra on Jul 30, 2018 0:06:30 GMT
Gold is a prime example. What a great film. Same with Wild Geese. Escape to Athena was pretty weak though.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jul 30, 2018 0:21:59 GMT
He was good in Ffolkes "I like cats, and I don't like people who don't."
But I read that he thought he was miscast.
Keep in mind that that film, the Wild Geese, and Athena were all Euro productions. What big Hollywood stuff did he do? James Bond was United Artists (which was originally separate from the big studios).
I think he was the type of leading man who may have been essential in the 30s or 40s for a Robin Hood or romantic lead in a Laura or Hitchcock film but by the 60s was not so useful in major Hollywood. Michael Caine took some roles he might have been ok for, Stephen Boyd, James Franciscus, James Garner, Patrick McGoohan.
As I keep saying, the alpha pale male became persona non grata in new Hollywood--this is why The Man Who Haunted Himself is so refreshing because I fully expected it to end like any old Hollywood tv movie or feature of 1970 with him screaming in defeat or being killed and his wife taking up with the doppleganger.
The ending is non Hollywood.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Aug 8, 2018 6:34:17 GMT
I feel he was an underrated James Bond. my fav. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Aug 8, 2018 6:46:32 GMT
I preferred his James Bond to Connery's. James Bond increasingly was like a comic strip or cartoon-they never took the concept seriously thanks to the constant joking around and double meaning names. So because it wasn't serious, his James Bond fit more into that--sort of an English Superman or Lone Ranger or Zorro.
Connery came across as dangerous--a Bond who might kill an innocent person for a mission if necessary. Moore was not that type.
Connery belonged in a more serious kind of Bond series IMO.
I wanted to add that in some of these movies with the innuendo I expected Eric Idle to show up in the background with a pint and say: a little hankie pankie eh?--nudge nudge wink wink, knowwhatImean? KnowwhatImean?
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