Review – You Only Live Twice

However, if you’re wise you’ll only see this movie once (if that many times). Though this isn’t the worst James Bond movie ever made (because hey, there’s always Octopussy), it’s a far cry from the best. The plot is typical Bond: SPECTRE conspiracy to set the US and USSR against each other in exchange for cash from China thwarted after much sex and shooting. But something about the timing is just wrong. For openers, a lot of the cold war and space race stuff that was so current back when this movie first came out seem more than a little trite three decades later. More aggravating is the in-your-face sexism, particularly the frequent use of Japanese social custom as a cheap excuse for random misogyny. I suppose this must have been some sort of backlash against the feminist movement that was gaining steam at the time, no doubt turned up a notch for the amusement of the sexually-immature male target audience. The crater battle at the end is kinda cool, but other than that the gimmicks are lame and Sean Connery seems more than a little tired of the role. See if desperate