Ask your questions for me in this thread! The questions don't have to be ALL about RO you know!
Possibly the most English man in the history of time, Roger Moore was the bond of my childhood. I loved Moonraker and the Spy Who Loved Me and watched them endlessly growing up as they were re-run on regular tv. I loved his smarmy quips and the silliness of the movies. As I grew up I favored Sean Connery and set Roger Moore and his films aside as being "too goofy".
Now, years and years later, I am coming around to Moore's movies. View to a Kill, The Man with the Golden Gun and his other films don't take themselves too seriously and I appreciate the goofiness much more nowadays. He plays Bond as a much funnier character, and uses his natural talent of comic timing all the time in these films. Even his worst films are still entertaining to watch *cough, cough Die Another Day* with plenty of fantastic practical effects and real stunts. Basically think of his films as being closer to spy comedies.
If you're looking for a place to start with Sir Roger, The Spy Who Loved me is probably the best of his films, sort of a "best of" compilation of earlier Bond scenarios.
An infamous moment in Bond history, this is one of the most overtly comedic moments in Bond....there's literally a pigeon doing a double take.
Another one of the silliest moments from the entire franchise: An awesome stunt undercut/enhanced? by a goofy as hell slide whistle