Best Movie: "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service" (1964)
Well, it’s his only Bond movie. The one-and-done Lazenby often gets a bum wrap for his turn in "OHMSS," but he is surprisingly more effective in the role than one would expect from a model-turned-iconic super spy.
Still, there is something "un-Bond" about his screen presence, and immediately following in Connery’s footsteps is already a tough act to follow without having the non-start factor to contend with. He’s not "terrible" or "the worst" in the traditional sense, he’s just not Bond. But his movie — and its take on 007 — are, tonally, the closest the series has come to nailing Ian Fleming’s books since Daniel Craig came along.
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