Dark, surreal, and mystical | You Only Live Twice | Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi

Once Lived, Twice Shy -- Excellent Connery Classic | You Only Live Twice | Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi

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	• You Only Live Twice Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi MGM (Video & DVD), 2000 average customer review:based on 223 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Good movie

Great movie. A little slow getting to me though, but still within the estimated time frame for delivery!

Dark, surreal, and mystical

You Only Live Twice is possibly Fleming's best Bond novel, if only because it's so radically different from its predecessors. Bond is no longer the debonaire, in-control agent of the preceding stories; here he is a burn-out looking for some meaning in life, and he finds it- maybe- in the peaceful islands of Japan while on a mission to investigate a mysterious "Castle of Death" that is claiming many Japanese lives.

This novel isn't just somewhat darker than its prdecessors; it is, at times, downright macabre. Death is a constant theme in the novel, from Bond brooding on his wife's murder to the Japanese obsession with suicide to the main villain's nihilistic outlook on life. There is humor and hope in the novel, but it's not the same carefree kind that we saw in previous novels. You Only Live Twice has some of Fleming's most eloquent prose and is highly recommended to anyone who loves a good thriller (not just Bond fans). If only the movie had followed the book...

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Once Lived, Twice Shy -- Excellent Connery Classic

Sean Connery's You Only Live Twice, the first Ian Fleming adaptation that really used just the title and not much more -- completely different from the novel.

Basically, space capsules from the USA and USSR are being snatched by an evil guy played by Donald Pleasance (see the Austin Powers parody on this guy, Dr. Evil) as he pets his pet Persian and plots the demise of the USA and USSR. His clients want them to destroy each other then pick up the pieces.

But they did not have a plan for Bond. James Bond.

Bond goes through Asian women (which actresses, several look like Caucasian women with eye make-up), baby helicopters, Moneypenny's flirting and even fakes his own death.

Despite the Bond girls, the artful music, and the shooting and chase scenes (with helicopters no less), a bit above average Bond flick, but no means as well made as Dr. No or Goldfinger..

Recommended for a rental.

Other Bond Flicks:

James Bond Ultimate Collector's Set
James Bond Ultimate Edition - Vol. 3 (GoldenEye / Live and Let Die / For Your Eyes Only / From Russia With Love / On Her Majesty's Secret Service)

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The film boasts the best of the Bond title songs (this one sung on a dreamy track by Nancy Sinatra), but the movie itself is one of the weaker ones of the Sean Connery phase of the 007 franchise. The story concerns an effort by the evil organization SPECTRE to start a world war, but the not-so-super villain behind the plot is the awfully civilized Donald Pleasence. The thin script is by Roald Dahl (shouldn't we have expected a better Bond nemesis from the creator of mad genius Willy Wonka?), and direction is by British veteran Lewis Gilbert (Alfie). But the movie can't hold a candle to Dr. No, From Russia with Love, or Goldfinger. --Tom Keogh

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