#37 We just watched this on Netflix streaming: You Only Live Twice

The Film: You Only Live Twice

Why to watch it: It might be the best Bond film….maybe.

Most people say the Goldfinger is the best of all the bond films. They may have a point, but still, I think You Only Live Twice is better. It is just so…silly and good. I’ve read a couple Bond novels and realize they were written to be pretty serious works. It contains all the classic moments: The opening sequence, flirting with Moneypenny, meeting with M, etc, but You Only Live Twice was the first venture into the sillier elements of Bond that would make the Moore films so enduring.

Pay attention to this: The Japanese marriage sequence.

Your guess is as good as mine as to why this huge sequence is in the movie. I’ve read somewhere, maybe Wikipedia, that the sequence was actually supposed to be longer, but just didn’t work. I’m still not sure whether or not the decision to include this sequence was a good one (probably not), but that sequence, along with it being Connery’s last good Bond movies, makes it the best in my opinion. The best part is when he kicks the shit out of that dude with a couch and the goes right for the bar and grabs a drink. That is who Bond is. The more I re-watch the classics I realize that Quantum of Solace might not be a Bond movie. I’m not sure…