December 9, 2013

You Only Live Twice



You Only Live Twice, 1967. Spaceships are captured in order to start a war.

Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Written by Roald Dahl, based on a book by Ian Fleming. Starring Sean Connery.

Concept: 1/4 (Bad)
Story: 0/4 (Terrible)
Characters: 1/4 (Bad)
Dialog: 0/4 (Terrible)
Pacing: 1/4 (Bad)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 1/4 (Bad)
Acting: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Music: 3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 3/10 (Bad, 1/4). Boring, inane and racist. You expect a James Bond film to be corny and cringe-inducing, but being boring really makes this installment stand out as uniquely awful. The only thing about it that isn't terrible (apart from the theme song, or course) is Donald Pleasence's Blofeld - but he's only in the movie for about five minutes.
Objective Rating (Average): 1.2/4 (Bad)

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