Moore at his Self Depricating Best

Advantages: Funny, moving, charming
Disadvantages: It's not long enough

...This is the autobiography of Roger Moore and charts his life from childhood to present day. It is written with warmth, charm and a great deal of wit. From the opening chapters you can tell that Moore was influenced by David Niven's accounts in The Moons A Balloon and Bring On The Empty Horses. Moore does not lack equal amounts of good humour as Niven. He holds firm to his motto throughout that if you don't have a good word to say about someone then say nothing at all. It's incredible how saying nothing can give such a negative view of someone. This book is full of entertaining anecdotes told in a congenial manor and often with the characteristic self deprecating wit that Moore so wonderfully possesses. He comes across as simply being a dashing, charming and very nice man and I would recommend this to anyone looking for a good beach read...

Nixu1980 16.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of My Word Is My Bond: The Autobiography - Roger Moore

Live and Let Live for Roger Moore!

Advantages: Great Bond film
Disadvantages: A little cheesy, nothing major though

...Following Sean Connery's 1 film return in Diamonds Are Forever, and with George Lazenby having burnt bridges with his behaviour and demands following On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the Bond team needed a new man to fill the shoes of the charismatic MI6 agent. Enter Mr. Suave, Roger Moore, to film Live And Let Die, the first of 7 films in which he was to play James Bond. The Plot Following the suspicious deaths of three agents, James Bond 007 is sent to New York to infiltrate a heroin-producing ring, where he encounters the mysterious Dr Kananga and Mr. Big. Kananga's henchmen are formidable, with a voodoo master, tarot card reader and a right hand man with a claw instead of a hand! Bond must have his wits about him as he travels to Kananga's Caribbean island to stop the drugs lord. The Cast and Performances Roger Moore...

pmcds 19.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of Live And Let Die (DVD)

Roger Moore's last outing as Bond at 57!!!

Advantages: Great fast paced action
Disadvantages: Moore too old, too much killing

...1985 saw the release of Roger Moore's 7th and final outing as James Bond, the MI6 agent. In one of the last plots penned by Bond creator Ian Fleming, Moore and critics were not too keen on the film, despite box office success. The Plot Sent to Siberia to recover agent 003's corpse, Bond picks up a microchip which is an exact replica of one manufactured by Zorin Industries, owned by the eccentric businessman, Max Zorin. Bond goes undercover to meet Zorin and finds out that he is producing a revolutionary microchip, and that in order to conquer the microchip market, he is planning to destroy Silicon Valley through a series of earthquakes. Bond must team up with oil company owner Stacey Sutton to take on Zorin, his bodyguard May Day and his troops. The Cast and Performances Although Moore did not like this film, I thought he was...

pmcds 23.05.2008 · Read review
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Review of A View To A Kill (DVD)

Roger Moore at his best

Advantages: Remastered Picture and Sound, Great script and good action
Disadvantages: Lack of new extras, a little too much slapstick humour

...The Spy Who Loved Me is the 10th Bond film and the third Roger Moore. It is also the first outing of the recurring bad guy Jaws and also features the Lotus Espirit car that is also a submarine. The Details. Director:- Lewis Gilbert Main Cast:- Roger Moore (James Bond), Curt Jurgens (Karl Stronberg), Barbara Bach (Anya Amasova), Richard Kiel (Jaws) . Certificate:- PG Running Time:- 2 hours. Disk 1 - The Film. The film opens up with a British submarine being forced to surface by an unknown force. It also happens that a Russian sub has also disappeared as well, and the Russians send Triple X (Barbara Bach) to investigate. Bond, on assignment in Austria is called back by M. As Bond makes his way back, he is ambushed by Russian agents. In a dazzling piece of skiing, Bond kills one of the agents and jumps off...

ninja1701d 22.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of The Spy Who Loved Me (Ultimate Edition) (DVD)

Gimmee Moore

Advantages: Some really poignant songs
Disadvantages: None really

...Christy Moore - Ride On. 1984. I have long been a fan of Irish music, and a fan of protest songs, from John Lennon to The Clash, so it is fair to say that I have a fair collection of Irish protest music, some of which has a distinctly anti-British feel. Before anyone slates me for writing a review of well known IRA sympathisers' songs, many of which are very supportive of the IRA cause, let me say this. Like it or not, there has been a conflict between the British and Irish for hundreds of years, and the troubles of the 70's and 80's were not new. It was inevitable that songs would be written, and inevitable that whoever wrote them would have a subjective slant. This album is not just about the IRA by the way, it also chronicles other 'struggles' such as the Spanish Civil War and the El Salvador conflicts. Moore himself...

paulhanton 13.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Ride On - Christy Moore

Give me Moore, any day!

Advantages: attractive, plot, characters
Disadvantages: /

...The latest book to head my way is none other than 'RSPV', written by author Tara Moore. Now when I first saw the book I had no idea what it was going to be like. I had never heard of Tara Moore before so her style was going to be completely new to me. However, the cover of the book itself is incredibly attractive. All we see is the neck and lower face of a woman, with a large glittering necklace around her neck. Now for ages I thought this read 'RSUP', and it wasn't until I went to find out more about the author before reading did I realise that this necklace actually read 'RSVP'. With that embarrassment out of the way, I was truly looking forward to reading. The book tells the story of fiancées Rossa Granville and Ashling Morrison. Happily in love and planning their wedding, a problem arises almost instantly. First of all, Rossa...

Amy69 05.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of RSVP - Tara Moore

The name's Moore, Roger Moore

Advantages: Soundtrack, Story, Moore
Disadvantages: none

...With Connery laving the Bond scene forever, Bond producers needed a new man. A man that would continue to follow in the footsteps of Connery, A man that was witty and just as charismatic as the predecessor. That man was found- Roger Moore. Though Moore was to take over Connery, Moore decided to establish his own, unique role of Bond. For Live and Let die, it worked very well. Making live and let die one of the most popular, and my personal favourite Bond film. MI6 agents have been mysteriously murder in certain locations of the USA. Bond was assigned to investigate into these murders. Starting with the island of San Monique, home of an evil dictator named Dr. Kananga. Bond tries to learn all he can about Kananga but ends up captured, but conveniently meets Kananga. Bond confronts Solitaire- a kept women by Kananga. She has...

Ice_Blaster 06.10.2001 · Read review
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Review of Live And Let Die (DVD)

Roger Federer

Advantages: Great Forehand, Simple Game and Consistent
Disadvantages: None

...Well. Where do you start? Roger Federer has the potential to be the Pele of tennis. He may become the greatest ever player to hold a tennis racket. He already has three Grand Slam titles to his name and in the future he should add many more. Roger Federer is a rather unique tennis player. In many ways, his game and style of play is so simple, which makes mistakes minimal and makes succes at the highest level much easier. However, his forehand is probably the best in the world of mens tennis and possibly the most unique. He has incredible supination around his wrist joint which allows him to generate incredible pace and power, as well unreal angles and accuracy. With this power and accuracy, Federer does have a huge amount of consistency. He doesn't give away many points to his opponents, making beating him that bit more difficult...

thespurs 11.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of Roger Federer

Roger Dodger, What A Guy

Advantages: Great script, good acting, interesting direction, nothing like American Pie
Disadvantages: The title lets it down, do men like this exist?

...When I read the TV-guide synopsis for Roger Dodger, I thought it would be along the lines of a fluffy, teenage sex comedy a la 'American Pie' and I could hardly be forgiven for that assumption - 'When 16-year old Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) visits his uncle Roger (Campbell Scott) in the big city determined to lose his virginity, he is given lessons in life and love.' What the TV-guide didn't mention was, kindly old Uncle Roger turns out to be a smarmy, slimy ad-executive whose views on women are so psychotically cynical, a fluffy weekend in the city turns out to be a damning indictment on the singles scene for the modern man or woman. This is not so much 'American Pie', as 'American Pie-sotically Cynical' (see what I did there?) Working in the advertising industry has embittered Roger's views and philosophy of the world. 'I make people...

4ku-Papa 04.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Roger Dodger (DVD)

A Saintly Biography!

Advantages: First time his life has ever been told!
Disadvantages: Emotional and upsetting in parts.

...The title of this book is called My Word is My Bond, and I think that the title is spot on for the person we are reading about. When it was announced the book was to be written I was extremely curious as to how Moore would approach the telling of his life. So you can imagine I was absolutely ecstatic to receive this book at Christmas; to give him his full name. Roger George Moore is one of my favourite actors and to have a published an official biography was a rare treat as the actor prefers to keep his private life to himself. The style of writing is consistent with the manner that Moore would speak to people in normal life, basically as if he was telling a story, and throughout you tend to pick up on the unique way in which the renowned actor has embraced life whether it is a knock back from not receiving a part or the realisation...

Timbo3107 25.01.2009 · Read review
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