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Overall rating: 2/5
Director: Guy Hamilton
Starring: Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Gert Frobe
Tagline:Not as good as you’ve been led to believe.
The Film: The most celebrated Bond film is the sloppiest. Where to start?
Well, this is the movie that gave rise to the Austin Powers joke about not
killing the hero when you have your chance. The number of times Connery is
kept alive for no discernible reason other than to not end the film
early is appalling, as is the nerve-gassing of Fort Knox. Literally half a
second after a plane passes a couple hundred feet overhead, soldiers are
falling like dominos. And any time people are casually tossing around bars
of gold - which weigh something like 75 pounds - you’ve got sloppy
filmmaking. There’s more to laugh at in this film than to love. Saving
graces are Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore, and the laser-castration
deathtrap.
Rating 3/5
The DVD: Like all the Connery Bond releases, there’s little to get excited about here unless you’re really into the minutiae of the series.
Rating: 3/5
Easter Eggs: You wish.
Five Degrees of Seperation
The Avengers — The early seasons feature Blackman, rather than the
sublime Diana Rigg, as Patrick MacNee’s partner in adventure.
Austin Power in Goldmember — Mike Myers gets it right. Again. Ocean’s 11 — A better caper movie. The Clooney remake is slicker,
the Sinatra original is quirkier, lazier, and has more heart.
You Only Live Twice — Two films later, Connery makes one of his best
Bond efforts.
SOMETHING ELSE.
