
Which is a worse film? YOLT or DAF?
#1
Posted 09 May 2002 - 04:30 AM
And I'd also like to know why you dislike your choice.
#2
Posted 09 May 2002 - 04:36 AM
#3
Posted 09 May 2002 - 04:53 AM
YOLT - I liked it early on, looked like it was building towards sometime big as Bond followed leads and mean Henderson and went to Osato Chemicals and all that. Loved the early Blofeld scenes, its always great when the bald one doesn't accept faliure from his workers. But I thought it got boring after the ninja school scene. The raiding of the volcano was supposed to be huge and exciting, and maybe it was at the time, but it isn't now.
DAF - Surely was the film to lead into the silly seventies. No mention of dearly departed Mrs Bond, Connery looks a little old and fat, and is that supposed to be Blofeld ? Still, with the moon buggy, the casinos, those funeral gangter type dudes, diamonds, and Connery back the film has a fair bit to like about it, many may not like Vegas as a location, but I think its perfect.
In short, DAF is better than YOLT.

#4
Posted 09 May 2002 - 04:51 PM
#5
Posted 09 May 2002 - 05:08 PM
two things i particularly love about these two are the songs and their accompanying binder titles.
#6
Posted 09 May 2002 - 05:13 PM
#7
Posted 09 May 2002 - 05:33 PM
Yep, You Only Live Twice and Diamonds are the weak links in the Connery canon, but if I had to choose, I'd say that Diamonds Are Forever is the worse film. YOLT is a guilty pleasure for me. . .OK, Connery's performance does belong in "Night of the Living Dead," the plot makes no sense and seems to be only an excuse for the now-dated special effects, and Donald Pleasance is totally miscast; but it has a lot going for it. The cinematography is probably the best in the series; Ken Adam's production design is iconic (c'mon--how many people who don't know their Bond films can at least recall "the one with the rocket base in the volcano"?); John Barry's music is one of his finest efforts; and the film does move with an absurd logic of its own. And even though I'm not a fan of Pleasance's Blofeld, it has resonated with popular culture. . .when Mike Meyers appropriated Pleasance's makeup for Dr. Evil, I think most people got the joke.
But Diamonds Are Forever. . .well, it has its moments. At its best it's zippy and fun, and the dialogue is often hilarious; but it's also totally confusing, the locations are dull and forgettable, Jill St. John is annoying, Charles Gray is too fey as Blofeld (and he appears in drag. . .IN DRAG!!), and Connery looks like he needs to hit the gym. I also have to fault Diamonds for playing almost everything for laughs, setting the stage for what would follow. Of the two, give me You Only Live Twice.
#8
Posted 12 May 2002 - 12:30 PM
Ditto.zencat (09 May, 2002 05:51 p.m.):
There's no such thing a bad Bond film in my book.
#9
Posted 12 May 2002 - 12:57 PM
Blofeld's Cat (12 May, 2002 01:30 p.m.):
Ditto.zencat (09 May, 2002 05:51 p.m.):
There's no such thing a bad Bond film in my book.
Double Ditto.
Why not ask which is the better film? No need to be so negative.
#10
Posted 12 May 2002 - 01:06 PM
#11
Posted 12 May 2002 - 01:35 PM
Through the years OHMSS grew on me and I even feel Lazenby did a fair job. Thanks in part to Peter Hunt who physically forced a performance out of him.
But to those of you who did not grow up seeing Connery as Bond, those films were magical. More than Star Wars, Harry Potter or Spiderman.
I'm talking about a time when a movie theater was not a 'multiplex'. When a theater had a screen larger than a two story building. When a movie stayed at a theater all summer long and you could see it over and over. When the posters were drawn and stood four times larger than you.
But enough reminicing, YOLT and DAF are great Bond films and are light years away from the slow moving TMWTGG. Personally my vote for worse Bond film is AVTAK. It still had some nice action scenes, but the Keystone Kops tribute through San Francisco is a bit too far.
Oh, and to those who feel I haven't answered this forum's question - that's easy - I pick NSNA as the worse Connery Bond film. The reason - it didn't have the Broccoli touch. For years people were convinced you could not make a great Bond film without Connery. That theory was answered when he made NSNA. You need the Broccoli formula. Hopefully without the silliness that crept in during the Moore years.
'nuff said.
#12
Posted 30 May 2002 - 02:29 AM
I suppose I'll explain further. I was doing a fanfic screenplay of Diamonds Are Forever because I thought On Her Majesty
#13
Posted 30 May 2002 - 03:19 AM
As far as YOLT goes, it ranks pretty far down my list. I think it has some of the worst continuity and lack of logic of all the films (although DAF could very well give it a run for its money). Both films are really missed opportunities to follow the Fleming precedent. I'd rather see the revenge angle played out against a more serious DAF, since that may well have been the style had Lazenby returned as 007.
#14
Posted 30 May 2002 - 06:00 AM
#15
Posted 30 May 2002 - 09:23 AM
#16
Posted 30 May 2002 - 09:00 PM
The score is beautiful and has some great action cues. Space March is definitely my favourite cue from the movie and it provides some great needed energy to the slow moving space scenes.
The Little Nellie scene is arguably the best aerial action seen in a Bond film (that's not driven by humour. I mean you Moonraker!) and is definitely the landmark action sequence of the Connery era.
The characters are also well developed I feel and you can definitely feel the sadness when Aki is killed.
Overall, I think it's definitely one of the best: 9/10
#17
Posted 30 May 2002 - 09:01 PM
The score's glassy and features some of Barry's best action arrangements.
Not the best but a fine outing nonetheless.
6/10
#18
Posted 30 May 2002 - 09:08 PM
Connery's suits are awful.
Connery's been eating too many pies.
Blofeld is in drag!
Need I say anymore?
#19
Posted 30 May 2002 - 10:32 PM
Hardyboy (30 May, 2002 07:00 a.m.):
To add to the torture, Wayne Newton performs every night. . .
I think that was in Licence to Kill.

Anyway, I thought of having a garden of death in Nevada...do they have any hot springs? But I think that all in all, if Diamonds Are Forever were in the place of You Only Live Twice (timewise), it works well and has a more sophisticated 'feel' to it. You Only Live Twice feels phoney with the poor night-filters on the camera (admittedly On Her Majesty
#20
Posted 22 May 2002 - 05:13 AM
rafterman (12 May, 2002 02:06 p.m.):
well, I don't know...there are bad Bond films, but I still love them all and watch them constantly...it's like a bad Bond film is better than a good non Bond film....
Gotta agree 100% there.

#21
Posted 22 May 2002 - 05:11 AM
Mister Asterix (12 May, 2002 01:57 p.m.):
Why not ask which is the better film? No need to be so negative.
Yeah, now that I think of it, I should have asked which was better, but well, y'know...okay, you don't know--hell I don't know, but answer the question:
There, problem solved. :)Sorry about being so negative, but I cannot stand either.
#22
Posted 29 May 2002 - 05:47 PM
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Posted 22 June 2002 - 09:03 PM
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Posted 01 July 2002 - 10:19 PM
#25
Posted 01 July 2002 - 11:18 PM
#26
Posted 01 July 2002 - 11:24 PM

And second of all: my questions seem to have gotten nowhere because people find faults and good points in both films. This is good for discussion, but I'd like to know which people would want remade the most. See my last post above for my two choices (although those are just my ideas, please come up with your own if possible).
#27
Posted 01 July 2002 - 11:24 PM
I never watch a Bond movie and think damn Connery is too old, or Roger's looking past it, I never have done. Whether I should I don't know, but because I've watched them since I was very young and practically every week of my life since then, I just accept this is what Connery is like in Diamonds Are Forever, whether this is me being a poor critique I don't know but its something that I do.
The main element of Diamonds Are Forever that I find most invigorating is the score. It's so over-the-top yet so classy, its rich, and gets in your gut. The Diamonds Are Forever title song is my favourite of all time I think its superb. Elements of the score I really find superb are, 'Death at the Whyte House' which is one of my all time favourite cues, as is 'Bond Smells a rat'. Also 'Bond Meets Bambi and Thumper'. so good.
Mr.Wint and Mr.Kidd, as I think I've said in a thread before, are my favourite henchman. I love Charles Gray as Blofeld, and Jill St.John is still foxy. Ken Adams set designs are as always fantastic, and DAF marks the first of the movies in which his primary material was stainless steel and metal compounds, definately the materials he works best with (see TSWLM

#28
Posted 01 July 2002 - 11:27 PM
#29
Posted 01 July 2002 - 11:30 PM
PS. I think you mean 'sliding in to Tanaka's office', rather than Osato's office.

#30
Posted 02 July 2002 - 03:08 AM