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Movie Notes: You Only Live Twice

Started by webomatica · 3 months ago

You Only Live Twice, a 1967 James Bond (Sean Connery) movie, although an action-packed entry into the Bond franchise, at times crosses over into the realm of cinematic cheese. It's mostly about excitement, as if the makers worry people may be tiring of the 007 formula. Therefore, eve ... Continue reading »

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  • Slammerworm

    11 months ago

    Absolutely concur. Some further observations: An utterly sublime theme song; the opening credits actually make a good music video in their own right. The first half-hour or so of the movie was fine, with Connery doing more real acting than his last two Bond appearances put together. There’s some good writing, too (check that gem of a scene with Moneypenny), but then off we go to sillyville with a plot so whacked-out only Austin Powers could do it justice. So, SPECTRE’s space program is more advanced than anyone else’s and boasts spacecraft which can swallow the command modules of US and USSR space missions alike? That’s not unlike Dick Dastardly from ‘Whacky Races’ being well ahead of the other drivers and stopping to set a trap instead of just going ahead and winning. A bit of wayward eyeliner, a stooping walk, a Vulcan hairstyle and Sean Connery becomes ‘Japanese’. Oboy. Moreover, he learns how to be a Ninja in a couple of weeks. The villain’s secret lair is a hollowed-out volcano complete with a rocket base and a private army, and is accessed via a colossal metal ‘crater’ lid. Yeah. Guess everybody in the vicinity was looking the other way when all the construction was going on. This was Connery’s ‘Moonraker’. Donald Pleasance was a great villain, though.
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  • Casino Online Gambling

    3 weeks ago

    This one is top-heavy with gadgets but weak on plotting and getting everything to work at the same time. This one is top-heavy with gadgets but weak on plotting and getting everything to work at the same time
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