The strange appeal of YOLT.


To be perfectly honest I was not expecting a whole lot, but I actually rather liked this. The plot was in my opinion was a bit too messy, and there are logic and plot issues throughout the entire course of the movie. However to blast holes like that in the movie is beside the point. This film Is so insane and surreal that it is like some demented 5 year old's fantasy , and I loved it! There is some strange innocence and recklessness that accompanies the entire movie, and adds to its charm. Roald Dahl wrote a script that on paper is something of a train wreck, and somehow it works in motion. It was never boring and despite an uninspired performance from Connery, I think YOLT is a solid little film, that should be appreciated more. Does anyone else feel this way?

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Yeah, I love this movie.

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And it had Ninjas!

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The Samurai TV show was really popular throughout different parts of the world at that time and no doubt influenced the decision to include ninjas.

Getting back to the OP's comments, it is kind of surreal reflecting that Roald Dahl (of all people/authors) contributed to Bond cinematic folk lore.

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...and piranhas!!

I don't know what's a sig. line? Can't think of one! Can you tell me what one is?

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Little Nellie keeps me coming back to it.

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Very appealing..I applaud the producers.

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It is the epitome of a cheesy, dumb-but-fun Bond movie.

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Fun review of YOLT by Vulture yesterday:

http://www.vulture.com/2015/11/james-bond-movie-roald-dahl-wrote.html

When Dahl took on You Only Live Twice, he diverged from Maibaum’s technique by throwing out most of the Fleming novel it was based on. Instead, what he and the production team came up with is a heightened exercise in camp that would later provide much of the inspiration for Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, including the lair inside a volcano and the super-villain’s style, scars, and cat. In fact, You Only Live Twice far more closely resembles Austin Powers than it does the Daniel Craig Bond movies; the laughs come often, and not always on purpose.

To put it more bluntly: This film has not aged well. A few examples of why:

James Bond says, “Why do Chinese girls taste different than other girls?” as he kisses a Chinese girl named Ling.

Ling says, “Darling, I’ll give you the very best duck,” then tries to kill Bond, but instead helps him fake his own death, and afterwards is never mentioned again.

Bond says to a Japanese superspy named “Tiger” Tanaka, “I like sake, especially when it’s served at the correct temperature: 98.4 degrees Fahrenheit.”

Bond is bathed by a group of Asian women in bikinis, at which point Tanaka explains to him, “In Japan, men always come first. Women come second.” Bond’s response? “I might just retire here.”

Bond chooses a Japanese woman for a massage, at which point she’s replaced by another Japanese woman, Aki, from earlier in the movie. When Bond says he couldn’t finish his massage earlier, Aki says, “This time you shall finish it.” Bond and Aki start inexplicably hooking up, and Aki says, “I think I will very much enjoy serving under you.”

Bond goes to see chemical magnate Mr. Osato, and his assistant Helga Brandt says, “Mr. Osato believes in a healthy chest,” to which Bond responds, “Really,” as the camera carefully frames her bosom.

Tiger has a ninja school and is training ninjas.

Bond is made up to look Japanese, which he very much does not: He basically just gets a terrible wig and weird eye makeup.

Bond takes a local Japanese girl as a wife, and her name is Kissy.
Aki is killed by poison meant for Bond while lying in bed next to him, which Bond does not mourn or ever mention again.

The movie ends with a full-scale ninja attack on the villain’s lair, which bizarrely includes Kissy, whom Bond ends the movie … kissing.


The movie shows its age but I enjoy that aspect of it. Every film doesn't have to be "timeless."

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What a garbage article. What the hell are they complaining about? Every one of those things they whined about made YOLT better.

And they're complaining about Bond and Aki inexplicably hooking up? He's Bond fer chrissakes. It's only inexplicable when he doesn't hook up with a girl.

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I agree. It's a very stupid article. In this day and age with Daniel Craig in charge, Aki's death would have to be mourned for five films. Sure it's a bit weird at how quickly that was glossed over, but we would have had to sit through a dozen more scenes if they went the route of having a funeral, then a revenge scene, and then eventually getting back on track to the actual mission.

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that was one neat looking personal train tanaka had, i thought that was what that topic was revolving around. these used to air on television frequently, recently all they air are the meaningless 21st century bond flicks, i kind of am reluctant to even say bond since all trademarks are gone and they look like any other action flick, so i had to check this out on dvd, the first flick i've seen since a favorite bond actor passed, right off this starts off with the trademark gun barrel opening, i've happened to come across the new movies and see they have removed it, why in the world would they drop such a trademark for these movies, while in my country these older movies don't air anymore i frequently play the soundtrack cd though along with other 007 cd's up until 1987 when they lost another trademark, john barry's music score, the soundtrack to "on her majesty's secret service" is the most outstanding of all albums, the soundtracks to all movies between 1962 and 1987 were re released in the 21st century, also while i'm speaking of that, the first dvd collection of these flicks are packed with unusual neat stuff, i think they scrapped some on the later dvd editions, though a later dvd collection features moore making commentary tracks of all his movies, how far out is that, none of the other bond actors did, it's neat how moore used bond's fame to focus on charity he thought was important and being a unicef goodwill ambassador.



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