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Editorial Review:

The film boasts the best of the Bond title songs (this one sung on a dreamy track by Nancy Sinatra), but the movie itself is one of the weaker ones of the Sean Connery phase of the 007 franchise. The story concerns an effort by the evil organization SPECTRE to start a world war, but the not-so-super villain behind the plot is the awfully civilized Donald Pleasence. The thin script is by Roald Dahl (shouldn't we have expected a better Bond nemesis from the creator of mad genius Willy Wonka?), and direction is by British veteran Lewis Gilbert (Alfie). But the movie can't hold a candle to Dr. No, From Russia with Love, or Goldfinger. --Tom Keogh

You Only Live Twice [Region 2] Reviews:
Dark, surreal, and mystical
2009-10-15 - You Only Live Twice is possibly Fleming's best Bond novel, if only because it's so radically different from its predecessors. Bond is no longer the debonaire, in-control agent of the preceding stories; here he is a burn-out looking for some meaning in life, and he finds it- maybe- in the peaceful islands of Japan while on a mission to investigate a mysterious "Castle of Death" that is claiming many Japanese lives.

This novel isn't just somewhat darker than its prdecessors; it is, at times, downright macabre. Death is a constant theme in the novel, from Bond brooding on his wife's murder to the Japanese obsession with suicide to the main villain's nihilistic outlook on life. There is humor and hope in the novel, but it's not the same carefree kind that we saw in previous novels. You Only Live Twice has some of Fleming's most eloquent prose and is highly recommended to anyone who loves a good thriller (not just Bond fans). If only the movie had followed the book...

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Death In The Face
2009-09-19 - The movie version of "You Only Live Twice" is a long desultory set-up leading to a gripping blow-out of a finale. The novel works in reverse. There the best part is in the development; the best of any Ian Fleming novel. It's the conclusion that disappoints.

We meet James Bond a few months after the end of Fleming's previous novel, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." He is an emotional wreck, and drinking his way into becoming a physical one. His boss M wants to retire him, but is persuaded instead to give Bond one last "impossible" assignment more likely to test his diplomatic skills than his ruthless killer efficiency: Get a line on a Soviet code system the Japanese secret service has broken.

Fleming died soon after "Twice's" 1964 publication. Bondmania was just busting out, but in Fleming's Jamaica retreat he seems to have been beyond the hoopla. The focus here is on death and a life lived fully if not well, as seen when Bond attempts a haiku that sums up his journey here. "You only live twice/Once when you're born/Once when you look death in the face."

Despite his occasional use of abusive terminology, unpleasant to read but true to the period, Fleming's relish for Japanese culture brims over and is the best thing "You Only Live Twice" has going. Often his Bond novels read like thinly-concealed travelogues. This time it's an unconcealed one. Whether it's the raising of Kobe beef, the postwar culture of demokorasu, or the sneaky power of sake, Fleming is constantly finding new things about the Home Islands to share with the reader. In the character of the allusive but amiable ex-kamikaze Tiger Tanaka, he creates his best Bond companion since Darko Bey in "From Russia With Love".

I could have kept reading this book forever, especially as Fleming keeps the spycraft aspect humming in the background in low-key and believable fashion. Bond is trying to find an in with Tanaka, winning his respect enough to prove worthy of the Japanese agent's treasure trove of Russian secrets. Eventually Tanaka offers a deal. A strange Swiss botanist has created a literal "garden of death" for suicidal Japanese. It's strictly legal but very cruel sport the government would like to end. If Bond wants the code, he will have to "slay the dragon" and shut down his garden. So in order to complete his non-lethal mission, Bond must kill anyway.

Fleming develops his story with a complicated blend of humor and morbid curiosity. Japanese culture as presented in this novel is one half in love with painful death, and Fleming has Bond react to Tanaka's stories of happy suicides with pungent shock and sarcasm, yet fascination too.

Fleming saves his biggest surprise for the end, and it's a good one. But it's also abruptly resolved, and uncharacteristically muted for what should have been one of Bond's most ripping moments of action. The main villain takes a long time getting on stage, and when he does, he's less than advertised, a self-acknowledged lunatic way too interested in explaining his sick hobby.

Fleming redeems himself somewhat with an offbeat conclusion that challenges our assumptions about what makes Bond tick. An offbeat effort, "You Only Live Twice" should have been the start of something bigger than Fleming was given time to develop. But it's a memorable read that sticks with you long after most spy thrillers are comfortably forgotten.

Bond filmed in Japan
2009-08-19 - You only live twice

Bond movies continued to offer the best action / adventure plots. The James Bond movies surfaced a world of espionage, gadgets, secret weapons, beautiful women and amazing cars. In this movie in particular, the helicopter used by Bond, named "Little Nellie," was a dream come true for many fans who were always expecting leading edge technology to be displayed during the film.

Sean Connery continued to enchant audiences the world over, creating an image so powerful that still to today, it is debated that he offered the best Bond character.

The movie "You only live twice" brings us a song interpretation by Nancy Sinatra who had achieved great success in Europe and Japan during the early part of the 60s. The fifth Bond movie took an interesting twist as it was filmed in Japan. The volcano set used by Blofeld is amazing, the submarine settings excellent and the authentic Japanese scenes a fascinating way to learn about Japanese culture.

The plot of You only live twice takes Bond to Japan after the disappearance of American and Russian aircraft out in orbit. The plot takes place during the Cold War and soon both superpowers blame each other for the space mishaps. Bond is sent to investigate who the perpetrators really are and he encounters the head of SPECTRE, Ernst Stavro Blofeld face to face.

SPECTRE is working for an Asian country to get the US to fight with Russia, but Bond saves the day. Great action, superb scenery and if you like Japan, this movie is for you. Don't miss it!


Good Movie
2009-06-04 - James Bond always comes with a lot of action.I enjoyed it very much.

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