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Nooooo! For a film which is 'boring', it has arguably THE best one liners in the whole series! (closely matched only by DAF). SC is having a blast in it. He moves like a panther and excells in that playful, mischievous quality which he shows in scenes with Domino, Volpe and Largo.
The Bahamas location was done to stunning effect, the water sequences are still impressive today, let alone the mid 60's and the women are the hottest in the entire series etc etc etc. A far more classic adventure than YOLT in my opinion!
I watched it recently and scenes which REALLY stand out include the briefing with M on the boat. He acts like a man with a week to go before his retirement.
The sumo wrestling scene is another prime example. He doesn't want to be there!
Even his tone of voice in these two scenes alone - the "Yes sir" to M and conversation at the sumo wrestling arena with Aki seem so monotone compared to the energetic SC from previous films.
There's a missing spark in his performance. Even without the knowledge of SC not enjoying his time in Japan, it's clearly visible on screen if you critique his performance in a fair way next to his outstanding first four Bond performances.
Totally agree. If he's bored, it doesn't show.
Agree about Thunderball, it's so exotic and colorful, a true classic Bond. I might be able to see the dullness in the underwater scenes where no action is occuring, but other than that, it's mighty enjoyable!
And you're right about Connery, there is something HUGE missing in his performance. Especially like you said about the sumo wrestling scene, the way he says "I love you" to Aki is so horrid that words can't describe. I know it was a code, so perhaps he was saying it strangely so she'd get the point, but still.....wow!
Yes exactly! That delivery is terrible compared to the SC of before. Compare his body language whilst watching the Sumo wrestling match and meeting Aki for the first time to the spark and the energy he has watching the Gypsy Camp belly dance in FRWL, or chatting up Jill in GF, or playfully interacting with Domino for the first time in TB etc etc. It's easy to spot it when you compare it to his greatness in the previous entries.
I was watching FRWL the other day. It's quite funny how he answers the phone when he's on the river bank with Silvia Trench at the start.
He's like "yeah...James Bond...I can report in an hour...make that an hour and a half" (yawn)
I even asked my mother and she agreed.
BUT Connery's just cool so he can get away with it. The 'don't give a damn' attitude suits him.
As for Twice, he has some good lines but SOMETHING isn't quite there. ESP compared to TB (which I've always considered to be one of his best performances).
Like when he says "there's nothing here but volcano's" while he's in Little Nelle. Jesus Connery, I know you're awesome but at least sound a LITTLE bit more interested.
There is a difference in the way he looks aswell which doesnt help. He's clearly put on a bit of weight. Only 2 years earlier in TB he looked in great shape.
I genuinely enjoy YOLT and don't get the flack on these forums BUT I don't rank it as highly as his previous 4 films. I do rank it above DAF though. Not so much because of Connery but because of the pacing, music and sets which are all great.
All in all, the film, even with the great locale's and action sequences, never really works. I think it's partly becouse of Connery, partly becouse of the direction, partly becouse of the script. It never really feels like one big story.
Still, that said, I'll repeat there's a lot to love, amongst which of course too Tiger, a great ally!
btw mods/anyone else, does this count as a YOLT appreciation thread? I wanted to start one but found this.
IMO, of course.
B-)
I want to love TB and some of it I do, but from about 45 mins in it just drags. I think I'd have to pick YOLT.
:-c
I watched TB not long ago and I did really enjoy it. It's big, massive, exotic and Connery is on fire. But I thought YOLT was better paced and I enjoyed it more. Alright it has Bond turning Japanese but other than that I thought it was brilliant.
It's quite alarming how much Connery has aged by 1967, from his earliest appearances, and if you compare him in From Russia With Love, the Scot really has aged considerably I noticed throughout, and of course by now, past his supreme best, it was a good decent movie overall for the most part and I spent a lot of the time wondering why I had berated it so often on previous reviews
Some of the women really are beautiful, Sinatra does a quite brilliant theme, there is some very good action sequences, the bits I didn't like most were the nonsense 'Little Nellie' flying scenes and the aforementioned volcano ending, but Pleasance did make for a very good Blofeld, and those piranha fish were quite threatening
It was a real shame that the first girl was poisoned, as I rather took to her, but the second was an adequate replacement, and Helga Brandt was a good character that deserved more screen time. You can understand why Connery had had enough of the series by then and withdrew from the part during production, but you never can tell, while watching any frustrations he may of had. This would of been the ideal time to have departed the franchise, while he was still just about plausible, instead of an ill advised sixth appearance in '71
Yes I enjoyed this film for the most part, it's a welcome addition to my collection now, with only Thunderball and Quantum of Solace missing, but I came to the overall conclusion that this release is the forgotten movie of the James Bond series. It's as though it's a seperate entity from the rest, or never noticed or even appreciated - the forgotten Bond movie
In any event, I watched it (as a last watched Bond release) and it was a decent watch and for the most part, quite enjoyable. I will have to raise it a little on the rankings list
Connery is not on his best, but Connery even in a low level is great.
Of course I've prefer the novel as they close the Blofeld trilogy, but there's the book for that purpose.
And he gives a piece of information on his life before MI6 which is rare.
Is still the hottest Bond girl of all time. And YOLT is an underrated little gem.
Yes, she did but it was a matter of honor. She would have felt great shame and disgrace in being sent home despite trying her best to learn English not working out as well as it did for Wakabayashi. Honor is everything to the Japanese and thankfully the producers recognized this by keeping her and dubbing her as they did for others. Hama is an 11 on a 10 scale for me :x
I knew you were the man to go to, @SirHenry. Thanks for clearing that up, and I can understand that. If anything, the Japanese hold honor for their nation very high. @4EverBonded would be a great person to ask about that as well.
That said, there are a few good elements: Bond faking his death was a good idea (which sadly goes nowhere), the dialogue between Bond and Blofeld is brilliant, the dock fight scene was quite good, so was the scene when Bond's "wife" swallows the poison destined to him, the hollowed out volcano one of the best sets of the series and there is a lot of investigation being done. And Little Nellie was a good gadget.
This movie is so much better than I remembered- comic book yes, but still maintaining the classic Bond feel. His turn in DAF was a tad livelier, but too bad the movie itself is such a total comedown from this.
YOLT is at least as good as TSWLM, if not better. No, in thinking again, it IS better.
My only true problem with it remains the apparent lack of remorse over Aki's death. Maybe that's an agent thing; the job at hand and all that. :-?
Yes, an underrated gem.
Please point to ONE instance of that. Like, one instance not influenced by YOUR READING A POST OR ARTICLE OF IT AS SUCH, AS OPPOSED TO YOUR ACTUAL VIEWING. B-)
The common wisdom is not always wise, and often subject to herd mentality stampedes.
Watch it. It's better than you remember (unless you HATE TSWLM, in which case, I'd direct you to a Craig or Dalton flick). ;)