tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post3404982068929631679..comments2024-03-05T17:26:44.559-08:00Comments on Roman's Movie Reviews and Musings: You Only Live Twice (1967)Roman J. Martelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-2334531627100773742017-08-21T20:44:40.898-07:002017-08-21T20:44:40.898-07:00Yeah I like the idea behind the Austin Powers film...Yeah I like the idea behind the Austin Powers films, but they were really hit and miss for me. I like the first one the best, but even that one has jokes that just go on too long and moments that miss the mark. Once they introduced Fat Bastard in "The Spy Who Shagged Me" I lost interest. They keep threatening to make another one, I hope they just leave it alone.<br /><br />Yeah the rise of Playboy at the same time was in perfect synch with the increased sexuality in films in general. The James Bond series certainly capitalized off that. Something like "From Russia with Love" was really darn racy for its subject matter (and something that is a little more explicit in the book).Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-15757154090852094502017-08-21T11:59:00.184-07:002017-08-21T11:59:00.184-07:00And not one "Yeah baby" in the whole rev...And not one "Yeah baby" in the whole review. I think this film may have been the one Myers used most for his shtick in Austin Powers although he borrowed from many. To tell you the truth I wasn't a huge Powers fan, and I'm still not really, they just seem so juvenile. But were pretty big box office draws, which I found somewhat amazing as there were so many penis jokes, sex jokes, and assorted toilet humor. <br /><br />I always liked You Only Live Twice though. The spy genre really took off then. We got Man From UNCLE, Get Smart, Mission Impossible, The Wild Wild West, It Takes a Thief, and several other spinoff on TV. For whatever reason that seemed the height of Playboy magazine as well. At least one could fantasize about the hot chicks and having a bit of the glamour offered in the films, whether you could afford a hot car or not. El Voxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985563041511492981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-53548636359063659182017-08-21T06:44:20.241-07:002017-08-21T06:44:20.241-07:00Yeah experienced the mini-spy-mania of the 90s, bu...Yeah experienced the mini-spy-mania of the 90s, but that doesn't seem to compare to the insanity of the craze during the late 60s. One of the DVDs has a whole special feature on all the 007/Bond related merchandise that was available after Goldfinger became a hit. It includes photos of department store displays. It was really something else. The only thing that really comes close would be the pre-release frenzy before "The Phantom Menace" was released and shortly afterward. Star Wars was everywhere. Even as a fan I was getting sick of it. :) Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-32234671686148663792017-08-18T18:29:21.881-07:002017-08-18T18:29:21.881-07:00Blofeld should have learned from Captain Nemo that...Blofeld should have learned from Captain Nemo that secret lairs inside volcanos are not all they're cracked up to be.<br /><br />As evidence of my senescence, I remember the world in which “You Only Live Twice” debuted and saw both films in the theater – “Casino Royale” first, the silliness of which I better appreciate now than I did then. And yes, I think that’s exactly right: because of the competitive environment they did feel the need to go over the top with the sets, staging, and fx while avoiding parody. As a 14-year-old theatergoer that was more than enough. Today I can see the script could have used some work. That might even have stirred Sean’s interest some more.<br />Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.com