Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Written by Roald Dahl from a novel by Ian Fleming
1967/UK
Eon Productions
First viewing/Amazon Prime
[box] Tiger Tanaka: You like Japanese sake, Mr. Bond? Or, would you prefer a vodka martini?
James Bond: Oh, no. I like sake. Especially when it’s served at the correct temperature: 98.4 degrees fahrenheit like this is.[/box]
1967’s Bond entry is missing a certain something. It certainly isn’t explosions!
U.S. and Russian spacecraft are mysteriously disappearing. The case takes James Bond (Sean Connery) to Japan where he meets up with many Asian Bond girls and super-villain Blofeld (Donald Pleasance). I think fans can figure out the rest of the very slim plot from there.
This was made on location and I enjoyed seeing 1967 Tokyo and the girls are certainly gorgeous. Pleasance makes a great villain but there is simply too little of him. The film is mainly double entendres and explosions and probably will not linger in my memory long.
Ridiculous story where it seems Sean Connery is thinking to himself “why am I in this crap?” Still, excellent scenery and superb photography, thank you Freddie Young. One of John Barry’s best Bond scores with a fine song to boot. If you turn your brain off there are things to enjoy.
With all those ingredients, they really should have made a better stew! Thanks for commenting.
Not one of the better Bond movies. Frankly I do not remember that much of it.
Really too bad because it was to be Connery’s last for awhile.
I love this one! I can’t decide which is my favorite – You Only Live Twice or Dr. No.
Just goes to show. Different strokes for different folks.
My favorite Connery is Thunderball although From Russia with Love my be the best of all.
I might go with Goldfinger though I’m still slowly working through the films.