2024
Hello! It's me! David asked me why I stopped blogging , however, last time I was also trying to rewatch all of the Bond films. What ended up happening was that You only live twice , which is also named Bond in Japan (in Norway) hit me hard in every place at once. The script was written by Roald Dahl, and you'd think a man famed for writing children books would have written something... I don't know what I expected? Progressive writing. A lack of orientalism? A lack of sexism? In the 60's? In a Bond film? I know - extreme wishful thinking. We're currently watching On her majesty's secret service , which feels more coherent. I think that's the biggest problem with You only live twice. There's a massive jump from scene to scene. Sean Connery stares at the woman standing smiling demurely at him from across a hallway, and he literally falls through the floor dropping him like Mario in Peach's Castle. Or another evil ginger woman who he has to do what...
