14."He's never been equally valued among other Bonds, somehow, but he was also good."
That was my Bond advisor's comment against this "one-time limited time only" version of James Bond, acted by an Aussie-born actor George Lazenby. I didn't know his name and also couldn't come up with his face, totally had no idea before actually watching it. But now I understand why his remark was just like that. He is a cooler type of Bond compared to other JBs, somewhat closer to Daniel version, but yet still it stands out.
It was kind of fun to read all the gossipy articles about how this replacement happened, the role went back to Sean, it moved on to another guy, then it came back to Sean again. That kind of stories reminded me that a rumor how Hugh Jackman turned down the Bond role. It was also glad to see the young and "very active" Telly Savalas, as I didn't watch that many his Kojak back then. Now I really want to watch him without Moriyama's voice, who is the famous guy did Kojak's voice over.
By the way, this title's the "Bond Girl", Diana Rigg, reminds me younger days of Machiko Kyo. Don't know why... Go out and check the one of Mizoguchi's fine work, "Street of Shame (1956)", if you want to understand what I'm talking about here. Other than that by looking through her titles, I do want check out her Bond version in The Avengers!