Oh boy I have been dreading this one. This is a Bond film that I truly despise and find really overly silly. I wish that the Colonel from Monty Python would come in and stop the film from getting too silly. But here we get a lava pit full of trash and gimmicks. Like my title suggests, this is the film where Mike Meyer's got his material to mock in Austin Powers (I might include these films if time permits over the course of the month)
The story (written shockingly by Roald Dahl, WHAT????!!!!) entails SPECTER stealing two spacecraft (one American, and one Soviet of course) to hold for ransom or create war between the two rivals (the delegates of whom are made out to be absurdly childish compared to the British) Bond must travel to Japan to find SPECTER's hidden base in a volcano (pretty good move, right? Fellas?) and destroy it before anything can happen. We are also treated (by that I mean letdown) to the reveal of Number 1, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
This one is bad. Sean Connery is so bored in this film it's not even forgivable. The Bond girls are immediately forgettable. The only thing I remember about them is one of them has a kick-ass Jaguar convertible. Blofeld, hidden in the shadows until now, is finally revealed. Esssentially, think of Dr. Evil if he was actually taken seriously. Donald Pleasance isn't good at all, making this built up monster into a sweet little man with a really funny voice. Even his cat hates him in this movie, I'm not kidding take a look and you'll see.
Let see, there are all of two things in this movie that are beyond exceptional. One is Tiger Tanaka. he is one of the better Bond male allies, and one of the few that survive the end of the movie. And then there is the giant volcano set by Ken Adam. AMAZING. GENIUS. HUGE. IMMENSE. This set is that impressive people and it looks so real.
Besides that, this movie is not very good. Some people love it, some people like it, I'm one of the people who really doesn't like this one. Its just one I find so bland its not even passable as tongue-in-cheek. Watch Austin Powers, its much better in terms of plot and character than this "stright-faced" film. But with this film, next, we're onto On Her Majesty's Secret Service!!!!
The story (written shockingly by Roald Dahl, WHAT????!!!!) entails SPECTER stealing two spacecraft (one American, and one Soviet of course) to hold for ransom or create war between the two rivals (the delegates of whom are made out to be absurdly childish compared to the British) Bond must travel to Japan to find SPECTER's hidden base in a volcano (pretty good move, right? Fellas?) and destroy it before anything can happen. We are also treated (by that I mean letdown) to the reveal of Number 1, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
This one is bad. Sean Connery is so bored in this film it's not even forgivable. The Bond girls are immediately forgettable. The only thing I remember about them is one of them has a kick-ass Jaguar convertible. Blofeld, hidden in the shadows until now, is finally revealed. Esssentially, think of Dr. Evil if he was actually taken seriously. Donald Pleasance isn't good at all, making this built up monster into a sweet little man with a really funny voice. Even his cat hates him in this movie, I'm not kidding take a look and you'll see.
Let see, there are all of two things in this movie that are beyond exceptional. One is Tiger Tanaka. he is one of the better Bond male allies, and one of the few that survive the end of the movie. And then there is the giant volcano set by Ken Adam. AMAZING. GENIUS. HUGE. IMMENSE. This set is that impressive people and it looks so real.
Besides that, this movie is not very good. Some people love it, some people like it, I'm one of the people who really doesn't like this one. Its just one I find so bland its not even passable as tongue-in-cheek. Watch Austin Powers, its much better in terms of plot and character than this "stright-faced" film. But with this film, next, we're onto On Her Majesty's Secret Service!!!!