YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967) Movie Reaction w/ Coby FIRST TIME WATCHING James Bond

"You only live twice, Mr. Bond.” -Blofield
You Only Live Twice movie reaction. Check out Coby's first time watching You Only Live Twice reaction.
Released in 1967, You Only Live Twice was directed by Lewis Gilbert, who would later on direct The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. 007 is back, starring Sean Connery and the beloved Donald Pleasance as Blofield.
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[@criminalcontent]

Donald Pleasence, anyone? -- Coby + Connery -- Round 5 ;)

[@richardb6260]

Yay! More Coby watching Bond. The next one is what I'm waiting for. The only Bond played by an Australian actor. Not to mention it's the most faithful to the original Fleming novel it's based on (while You Only Live Twice and The Spy Who Loved Me are probably the least faithful)

[@jschrauwen]

Donald Pleasance of 1st original Halloween movie fame.

[@jkbrown5496]

The actor that played the MI6 man in Japan plays Blofeld later on.

[@thomasschmidt1836]

You can watch the seasonal sumo tournaments on NHK's KZbin channel. The fall tournament is almost over. Each tournament lasts 15 days and the english commentators help with understanding the rules etc for viewers. The older tournaments remain on their channel if you want to watch more

[@LuisOrtiz-xo5kc]

48:32 This movie is not Sean Connery's last film as James Bond. After being replaced by George Lazenby for On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Connery returned to make Diamonds Are Forever (1971), which was his true last film for EON productions (the filming company that holds the James Bond's IP until the present day). However, in 1983 he returned to play the iconic Agent 007 in the unofficial film Never Say Never Again, which is a rehash of Thunderbolt (the story of this film is a bit convoluted, as it has to do with copyright disputes). That same year Octopussy came out, an official film from EON productions, with Roger Moore as James Bond. In other words, two Bond films were released in the same year, which is crazy!

[@MegaToronto1]

"In Japan, the men come first and the women come second." Austin Powers: "Or sometimes not at all!" 😂

[@Flesharrower]

lol Pretty much my favourite line from all the Connery Bond films: "Don't get soap in my eye, will you?"

[@dancarter482]

_Double oh~BEHAVE!_

[@VOTOG-ic6hm]

😂

[@robruss62]

Allata Fagiana... Ah, beg your pardon?

[@MegaToronto1]

@@robruss62 🤣🤣🤣

[@davidgilchrist9009]

Amazing to think that when "You Only Live Twice" was released, man had not yet landed on the Moon. Please continue with the Bond series in chronological order, the next one being "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", one of my favourite Bond movies.

[@hspayneiii]

OHMSS is the best! And the predecessor to No Time To Die. Loved this reaction video!

[@Richard-o3g2d]

yes, i look forward to your comments for on her majesty's..., and all of the roger moore bond pictures.

[@levaulafaafuata7064]

The driver, who was fighting James Bond inside of the OSATO Building, was Peter Maivia, a well-known Samoan wrestler back in the day, and was also ( The Rock) Dwayne Johnsons' Grandfather.

[@jasoncammack5129]

The guy he fights in the office is The Rock’s grandfather

[@frankdoe4940]

His name was Peter Maivia

[@BrodieVickers-tk9sd]

Cheers dude, was going to mention that. Knew it was his father, grandfather, or something like that haha

[@wiseguymaybe]

Thank you I wanted to look him up.

[@karlmartin849]

Step grandfather not his biological.

[@cliffordball440]

One of my all time favorite Bonds. So epic

[@MatWard1966]

It's great that you love the travel element of these movies because they're entirely deliberate! Back in the 60s and 70s in the UK it was pretty rare for most people to be able to afford to travel around the world. A good holiday was often just a trip to the seaside within the UK itself! One of the major selling points of the Bond movies was people could vicariously experience exotic locations that they'd never imagine being able to visit in person.

[@Aeroldoth3]

Yup, (exotic) natural scenery is ALWAYS a plus for a movie. Look at the LOTR films.

[@styles2980]

My 2-cents... I would like to see Coby continue JB movies in release order. The character and the movies progress with the style and technology of the era in which they are made, and is one of my favorite things about watching all of these movies.

[@middlefingermotionpictures4772]

Yes!

[@jamiebisson2752]

Roald Dahl was a neighbor of Ian Flemming in Jamaica. He had been offered the chance to do at least one or two Bond screenplays before this.

[@donaldwatson7698]

Something many don't pick up on these days: the context of timing. This film was released a mere 22 years after the end of World War II. Britain and Japan had been blood enemies up until that end, with many Brits and British holdings having been harmed by the Japanese. By comparison, we're 23 years out from 9/11, and the memories and pain are still deep. This film was bold in showing the healing between the two former enemies, even going so far as to show a deep spirit of cooperation between the two nations' spy networks (fictional though they may be), and showing racial unions, something often still scandalous back then. This film was really a wonder for its time.

[@criminalcontent]

Great analysis !!

[@guileniam]

New enemies bring people together

[@KekeElBecko]

Definitely. I sometimes have to pause to appreciate that this is a big budget, high profile, iconic action film from the west set and filmed almost exclusively in Japan ... IN THE 1960s!!! It's so lush and unique. Bond's rapport with Tiger and Aki is wonderful. Also, Japan was closed off from the rest of the world for nearly 300 years until 1853. Old history by 1967, but the effects of 3 centuries of isolation is no doubt still felt today in various ways.

[@dyadica7151]

Japan accepted defeat with grace, and the US/Britain responded in victory with magnanimity. It made all the difference.

[@JAYSCLASS]

If Coby loves the travel element of Bond then she will love the Roger Moore films. I think they're probably the most glamorous when it comes to beautiful and exotic locations! ✈🌍🏖😎

[@KekeElBecko]

I agree! I think of the Connery films as being in sepia tone, but the Moore films as multicoloured, mainly because of the variety of exotic locations. You Only Live Twice at least was based in 1960s Japan, which is wonderful, and Lewis Gilbert seemed to think bigger and use wider shots and landscapes.

[@tcaudiobooks737]

I loved how with Roger Moore's Bond, it feels like his missions to save the world are just a minor inconvenience that gets in the way of all the travel, good food and shagging.

[@KekeElBecko]

@@tcaudiobooks737 Totally, but compare the Moore stunts with those of the Connery era. They evolved, became more adventurous and daring.

[@richardb6260]

@@JAYSCLASS That's because with The Spy Who Loved Me, Albert Broccoli bought out Harry Saltzman's interest in the Bond film rights and upped the Bond budgets to blockbuster status. Going from around $7 million for The Man With the Golden Gun to over $14 million for The Spy Who Loved Me and over $30 million for Moonraker. This put the Bond films on par with other big films of the time like the Star Wars franchise.

[@SG-js2qn]

Note that this film was from '67, just months after "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," while "2001: A Space Odyssey" came out the next year ('68), and "Jaws" in '75. So you can get a sense for the progression of film and special effects.

[@lionspawfilmandphoto]

The first (and so far only) Bond movie where James never drives a car.

[@LeadPhalanx-zv6wx]

The radio operator @43:25 plays Kato in Peter Seller's Pink Panther movies, Blofeld is played by the wonderful actor Donald Pleasance (rip) who's been in so many cool movies There are two other Sean Connery Bond movies.. 1. Diamonds Are Forever (1971) and 2. Never Say Never Again (1983)

[@07bently]

These are two more great 007 movies for those that are Sean Connery fans

[@kallreader7376]

thanks for returning to the series!

[@criminalcontent]

You bet!

[@davidhuggan6315]

​@criminalcontent it's so good. You're gonna become a proper Bond fan 😊

[@KekeElBecko]

​@@criminalcontentIt gets better, IMHO

[@HaleTheTrev]

@@criminalcontentI hope you continue in order of release.

[@criminalcontent]

@@HaleTheTrev yep

[@philmullineaux5405]

Another thing about Bond films is, like this, the closed sets are massive!! I think two of the films still have world records for the largest ever built, sets!

[@KaterChris]

The volcano set was so massive, it could be seen from the motorways going past near Pinewood Studios. If I remember correctly, the set alone cost 1 million $ to build, which was the whole budget for the first movie "Dr. No"!

[@philmullineaux5405]

@@KaterChris I think is that the one that had like 2 actual submarines that could dock inside of it?

[@KaterChris]

@@philmullineaux5405 No that was the tanker interior set for "The Spy Who Loved Me", they built a new stage for it, the "007" Stage at Pinewood Studios, back then the largest stage in the world...I am not sure if it still is? The Volcano set was built on the Pinewood backlot, from the outside it looked like massive scaffolding.

[@Britcarjunkie]

​@@philmullineaux5405Three submarines!

[@jhilal2385]

The villain's lair and especially the monorail bears a striking resemblance to the lair and monorail in "The Incredibles".

[@p.d.stanhope7088]

In the novel version of You Only Live Twice, Fleming had Bond injured during the final attack on the base and he suffers from a form of amnesia. Kissy Suzuki helps him recover from his injuries and takes him back to the fishing village, but still suffers from amnesia. She convinces that he's really Japanese and live as a couple. Now the world thinks Bond didn't survive the destruction of Blofeld's base and lives with Kissy. She eventually gets pregnant and has James Bond's son.

[@andrewdavid9412]

I would like to see Bond films done in the time period they were written. Can you imagine "Diamonds are Forever" done as Ian Fleming wrote it?

[@c.alderman]

@@andrewdavid9412 I'd love to see the ghost town and runaway steam train finale, beats an oil rig for sure!

[@zziicckk01]

SPOILER: Bond's son James Suzuki is eventually killed by Irma Blunt (On Her Majesty's Secret Service) in Raymond Benson's short story (published back in 1997) "Blast From The Past."

[@andrewdavid9412]

@@c.alderman Oh yeah!

[@wiseguymaybe]

That's interesting. I like the fun films better than the Flemming novels though. It;s interesting but also depressing. Tipical Flemmimng. For me Director Terence Young and Sean Connery lightened the Flemming books up, and set the foundation for future 007 films. I bet you if you went by the Ian Flemming Books word for word, James Bond in the movies would have never been that popular. So glad they changed it for the screen.

[@alfonsobiggers2452]

A not-so-fun fact: The cat, which you noticed was writhing in Blofeld's arms, was severely traumatized by the explosions on set. The cat's owner subsequently sued the filmmakers because the cat would never go near a film set again. That said, if any Bond film was my favorite in regards to production design, it would probably be this one. Ken Adam outdid himself with that volcano lair! I still cannot believe that thing was real, and I wish I could ride on that monorail!

[@johanlaurasia]

The aircraft he was flying is called an auto gyro. It gets thrust from the pusher propeller in the back connected to the motor, and the rotor above provides lift, and is not powered in any way. The forward motion of the aircraft causes it to spin, and the spinning prop provides the lift. Thus, unlike a helicopter, it cannot hover and must remain in forward motion like a fixed wing airplane. I'm pretty sure they were developed in the late 40's early 50's.

[@richardzinns5676]

Actually invented in 1923; there's one in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.

[@promiscuous675]

The one featured is a miniature autogyro flown by the inventor Ken Wallis. The original conception dates to the first practical rotorcraft invented by the Spanish engineer Juan De la Cierva. Autogyros have one advantage over helicopters in urban environments, while in flight they are practically silent to anyone at ground level.

[@KekeElBecko]

All very interesting! Thank you

[@AlexSwanson-rw7cv]

​@@promiscuous675They also have safety advantages over helicopters in the case of power failure, not requiring the same level of responsiveness and skill from the pilot in order to autorotate (since they're already autorotating).

[@juanferreira3850]

I love Coby James Bond reactions

[@davidhuggan6315]

Coby has really gotten into them

[@ZmansEdits]

That guy that Bond fights in Osato's office is Dwayne Johnson's grandfather.

[@EudociaJanampa]

Yep, his name is Peter Fanene Maivia, a Samoan professional wrestler and actor who was known for his imposing presence and fighting prowess. RIP

[@sweetitis]

Wow never knew that ! Cool side bar ingo

[@StarrPower2232]

Finally, after all these years!

[@Jake-love939]

45:40: You know you've re-watched the Bond films a lot when you notice minor characters being played by the same actor: Shane Rimmer (1929 to 2019) played the _Hawaii Radar Operator_ ; he was the voice of _Hamilton_ in *Live and Let Die* ; and in *The Spy Who Love Me* he played U.S sub commander, _Cmdr. Carter_ .

[@gunrunner35]

Having grown up in the 80s with a ton of Bond movies, it's so cool that you like them so much! So very cool and fun at the same time. Great reaction! Keep 'em coming!

[@jaymedina3142]

Love this Bond. They spent an enormous amount of money building that volcano set, it was built at Pinewood Studios in England. This is like one of my favorite Bonds.

[@dabe1971]

Little Nellie's father was actually doing the flying. The producer heard a radio interview with her inventor - ex-RAF Wing Commander Ken Wallis and he was approached about featuring his 'Little Nellie' in a Bond film, albeit with some special movie weapons added, He agreed but only if he could fly her himself as he was quite protective and became more so after one of her sisters crashed at an airshow in 1970 killing the pilot. So her Dad is at the wheel !

[@weldonwin]

This one is my favourite of the Sean Connery run of Bond Movies and is interesting, being a co-production with Toho Studios (The Godzilla people). Bond was hugely popular in Japan, so Toho had done a number of spy thrillers before making this one.

[@kimai1641]

Coby - Connery = instant watch! Roald Dahl is the mastermind behind many screenplays, though we tend to remember him mostly as a children's novelist he wore many more hats.

[@tagabundok1]

This might be my favorite Bond film that has Sean Connery. Love the supporting cast, especially, and Roald Dahl's script, which is cheeky and clever.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

Roald Dahl worked with Ian Fleming in British intelligence during the war so they were close mates. I grew up in Hong Kong in the 90s to expat parents just up the road from James Clavells house who I think also did a screenplay for Fleming.

[@kagato82]

My favorite Bond film!

[@michaelbuhl4250]

I think this is my favorite Bond movie just because of the set design. I love all of that brushed steel. I watched a few of the Roger Moore Bond movies when I was a kid, but really the only one that stuck with me was Live and Let Die. It's like James Bond is dropped into a '70s "blaxploitation" movie like Shaft of Super Fly.

[@altaclipper]

The set design in this one and Dr No were the best. 60's design at its finest.

[@dancarter482]

_Undercover Brother._ Don't forget about _Dolomite!_

[@Jaydogg222]

I found the movie kinda silly and the villain ridiculous but it did have one the best opening songs in the series....

[@Gaminghour2018]

You Only Live Twice is my favorite James Bond Movie i absolutely love this movie, i dont really know why maybe because it was the first one that i saw with my dad

[@EddieReischl]

I appreciate your sense of humor about Bond's cavalier attitude. It does come from a time when movies were more focused on escapism from the tedium of daily life, and girls and gadgets worked well for most guys back then. It's always surprised me with this movie that Roald Dahl is credited with the screenplay. I suppose he had the book to use for source material, but it really is a different lane for him to be driving in. Pretty cool.

[@paintedjaguar]

In this case, the book and movie have little to do with each other.

[@Jeremy-f3s]

He didn't use much of the book, he compared it to a travelogue and said it was terrible as far as a working plot for him to adapt, so he invented some of those characters. He was chosen cos the usual scriptwriter for the previous films (Richard Maibaum) was unavailable and they ultimately rejected the script of the guy they first got to replace him so they turned to Roald cos he was close friends with Fleming despite the fact he wasn't a screenwriter. It's all on Wikipedia but Dahl just wrote Dr No again basically as he honestly didn't know what to give Bond to do.

[@Moricant]

Roald Dahl did write some more horror/suspense type stuff for television, in addition to the children’s books he is better known for. IIRC he also worked briefly with Ian Fleming in intelligence during WW2, after he was grounded from flying fighters due to medical reasons.

[@Jeremy-f3s]

@@Moricant He hadn't done films though is the point.

[@Moricant]

@@Jeremy-f3s Ah, I was reading OP as thinking more about subject matter but that is also very true.

[@MadScheib]

The massive guy Bond fights with at Osato HQ? That's the grandfather of The Rock!

[@Jaydogg222]

"Welcome to the Rock" - James Bond

[@Dirkus17]

28:00 Coby breaking hearts all across the internet 28:06 Coby mending hearts all across the internet

[@phila3884]

Tanaka's office is furnished with some of the highest-end Danish Modern furniture you could buy. His desk is by Bodil Kjaer, going for $25K today...

[@criminalcontent]

Whoa

[@CallOfCutie69]

I respect your fidelity to Dr. No. Formulaically You Only Live Twice is the most iconic Bond for me. Biggest scale there was.

[@philiplisa5684]

Just caught your first reaction videos Coby to the Connery Bonds and immediately subscribed. I enjoy your enthusiasm and commentaries to this series of which I've been a fan for more than 50 years! Your reactions to certain sequences that I've seen many many times are interesting and fun for a longtime aficionado to experience, in that they are spontaneous, you being a first time viewer. Well done Coby and I look forward to more videos!!!

[@hobbypassion]

This is my favorite of the Connery Bond movies. I saw it in the theater when it opened and sat through 4 showings :-)

[@MWB5150]

Coby - " Ohhh You Only Live TWICE !!!" - hahaha you crack me up ! Keep them coming 👍

[@ClaudioTV2005]

Before Donald Pleasence was casted as Blofeld, Czech actor Jan Werich was originally considered for the part, but he’s rejected due to his look and his performance.

[@SwordmasterKane]

Fun fact: That operator in Hawaii, warning them that an "unidentified object closing on you fast from astern" is played by the actor who later went on to lead star in the sci-fi series "UFO".

[@weldonwin]

The ground controller guy, (The one who says "The Enemy has blown up") was also a long term collaborator with Gerry Anderson who made UFO, being the voice of Scott Tracy in Thunderbirds

[@vincentsaia6545]

Ed Bishop, who would also later appear in DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER.

[@paulf2123]

Coby, thank you for getting to it My fav Bond film 😊

[@phillipmullineaux9641]

His voice.... the one of a kind Donald pleasance! Also, in all pre 2000 bond films, u always see things that haven't been invented yet! In this one, relanding rockets and ultralite helicopters! The white sports car is a, Toyota 2000gt, actually designed and built by Yamaha and originally meant to go to Nissan, but they turned it down. Toyota had 2 built for the bond film, 1 with a convertible/targa top...to fit 6'2" Connery, and a hard top. How rare are they? The last 1 sold at auction for 1.5 million 😮😮😮Nissan/Datsun then built their own version, which became the 240z. I had one when I was 18! This car had a wood panel dash, all 4 power assist disc brakes, 3 two barrel carbeurators, straight inline 6 cylinder engine, ultralite aluminum body and parts, and could do 150 mph and still get over 30 mpg!😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 Carol Shelby then bought 2 to specifically boost up to his specs, then he raced them and did quite well. Last heard of them....1 is unknown, the other sold at auction in 2022 for 2.5 million!!!

[@cosmin-ionutsmaranda-catan5823]

Hi! About that car in which Bond is driven into: it is a Toyota 2000 GT and as the name suggests it is a Grand Tourer. The problem was that Sir Shawn Connery was too tall to fit inside and the car was never meant to be a convertible. But Toyota was determined to be used in the movie by Bond and they told the guys from EON Productions "see you in two weeks". They started to redesign the car (including the internal structure) and after two weeks they presented two identical convertibles. Speaking about Japanese efficiency!😉

[@lionlyons]

“I’ve never been to a Sumo wrestling match.” That was the one thing that drew me to the Bond films more than anything else. You got to see/hear things you wouldn’t in any other film.

[@Dirkus17]

The music is so great in this one. Capsule In Space is my go to for escalating terror.

[@Sidistic_Atheist]

46:37 Ian Fleming was an avid *scuba diver.* Hence thats why there is always a lot of water and underwater scenes etc..

[@CallOfCutie69]

32:20 Remember wondering about Bond using disguises? Be careful what you wish for. 🤭

[@MrGadfly772]

The next one if On Her Majesty's Secret Service and you should watch that, and THEN Sean Connery comes back for "Diamonds are Forever." Part of what is mysterious about how these are written is that they are adapted from the books, to varying degrees.

[@Jaydogg222]

The titles are adapted from the novels, but the stories are actually wildly different from the source material to the point where they add different plot points from different novels to these films willy nilly...

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

Great reaction, Coby, please continue with the 'Bond' films in release order, the next one is important in 'Bond' lore, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", I look forward to watching your reaction to it.

[@harveylee51]

Yes Connery back as Bond some cool gadgets , Ninjas and finally the face reveal of Blofeld played by the great Donald Pleasance awesome stuff yes yes quite i'll just ignore how some of it hasn't aged well !😆 There are great sets here and martial arts action as well so i'm not complaining 👊 still a lot of fun to revisit these along with you reacting to them Coby😃 onwards now with more Bond .

[@garyseward1641]

I've been a James bond fan since I was ten years old and saw "Goldfinger" in 1964 and just recently found out that the big man Bond fights and knocks out in Osato's office when he breaks into the safe was a Samoan wrestler named "High Chief" Peter Maivia. He is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's grandfather.

[@jimdetry9420]

You are the same age as I am and saw the same "first" Bond movie. My birthday is next week.

[@renaissancepoet]

This is the only Bond film where they mix his drink wrong. They say "stirred not shaken" instead of "shaken not stirred."

[@alexp601]

One of the best Bond theme songs

[@pringals]

I LOVE the opening song in this one by Nancy Sinatra, "You Only Live Twice". It's a song I play when I get the very rare moment to take a vacation... "One life for yourself, and one for your dreams".

[@FeaturingRob]

Hey Coby! Okay, this is how it played out. This was supposed to be Connery's last, and George Lazenby became the next Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. However, events transpired between Lazenby and the producers so that they brought back Connery for Diamonds Are Forever for a then unheard-of $1 million, which Connery later donated to a Scottish educational trust. But You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and Diamonds Are Forever make up the Blofeld Trilogy, Fleming's three most interconnected stories. Ernst Stavro Blofeld's character was played by English actor Donald Pleasance in this film. Pleasance also starred in movies like The Great Escape, Escape From New York (as the US President), and the Halloween films. He is my favorite Blofeld in the early Bonds. Christoph Waltz is the best Blofeld overall. What is funny is that one of the Blofeld actors is in You Only Live Twice. Henderson, who was stabbed in the back, was played by Charles Grey....who plays Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever (he is also The Criminologist in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, "It's just a jump to the left!"). The theme song "You Only Live Twice" was repurposed by British pop singer Robbie Williams in the late 1990s for his song "Millennium." It's a decent song. The lyricist of the original song, Leslie Bricusse, co-wrote the song "Goldfinger" and the songs (music and lyrics) for the movie musical Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, as well as many other songs for many other films with composers like John Williams and Henry Mancini. You had the pronunciation of his name right the second time, BRICK-US. Yes, Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for this...he also adapted another Ian Fleming story for the screen, the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with Dick Van Dyke in the 1960s. The next film has the best story of any Bond film based on Ian Fleming's novels and features my favorite Bond girl, Diana Rigg (you might know her as Lady Olenna Tyrell, The Queen of Thorns in Game of Thrones if you watched it. Back in the 1960s...she was gorgeous!).

[@MRDOA66]

Hello Coby, I am happy that you are enjoying the James Bond Movies. I love seeing your reaction to these movies! "You Only Live Twice" is my last favourite Sean Connery Bond Movie. Connery was excellent in Dr No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, and Thunderball. This Bond had Blofield, which was superbly played by Donald Pleasant. 'You Only Live Twice, Mr Bond'.

[@cajunsushi]

I was about 13 when this came out and with a Japanese mother it had a unique appeal to me. Btw, I had a have my cat (Squeaks) put to sleep at 19 years old because of health reasons two weeks ago. I do miss him.

[@wasbutt]

Great comment at at the end presenting the “backstory” for Hunt for the Red October 😊😊

[@georgecromarty5372]

I knew you would love this Bond film! It's my favorite of all time. I won't even watch any of the post-Sean Connery Bond episodes. I'm spoiled with Sean Connery. Nothing else can even come close. I could watch "You Only Live Twice" 1,000 times.

[@SirHilaryManfat]

Couple of facts about You Only Live Twice. At the time, the volcano lair was the most expensive set ever built for a movie, which arguably is still impressive to look at to this day. With regards to this being Connery's last Bond, he apparently had an awful experience filming this movie and decided to quit. It was only when he was offered a very large sum of money to reprise the role, that he came back for Diamond are Forever.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

Actually, Connery expressed his displeasure with playing Bond BEFORE this was filmed, as they took so much time to shoot, plus the extra time to promote them that he never had time for acting in much else - and a fear he was being typecast. I never heard of any bad experience he had on this film to make him quit Bond.

[@Jeremy-f3s]

He'd got sick of Bond in general anyway by this point as he didn't want to be typecast, he only agreed to come back for Diamonds cos they agreed to pay money to a Scottish charity he nominated although then bizarrely enough he returned for Never Say Never in 83 so money talks I guess.

[@Yngvarfo]

​@@Jeremy-f3sNever Say Never Again was a special case, as it was produced, not by Broccoli, but by Kevin McClory, who had a long running dispute with Broccoli over the concept of the organisation Spectre, and the novel Thunderball which introduced them. Enough has been written about that dispute, but it explains why Spectre disappeared from the official series, and why Never Say Never Again is an outright remake of Thunderball. But in short, Connery appearing in a rival Bond film might be seen as sticking it to Broccoli.

[@Jeremy-f3s]

@@Yngvarfo Yes I'm well aware of the back story, Octopussy was the latest Moore film at the time and it was supposedly an attempt to steal box office from the official canon by pitting their pointless remake against it at the same time but I never really understood why Sean would want to be part of that. Apart from long being done with the character after Diamonds over ten years earlier he had no beef I could see, you're saying he had a grudge against Cubby Broccoli? Wasn't he dead by 1983 though?

[@samoli11]

@@Jeremy-f3s Cubby died in 1995 actually, you can see he had an executive producer credit in Goldeneye and the film is dedicated to his memory. Though if you ask me, Derek Meddings should have gotten a dedication as well seeing as it was his last model effects work before his death as well.

[@jameslong3509]

The first Bond film, Dr No, cost $1.1m (plus some funds "off the books"...). The volcano set alone cost more than that. Literally every bulb the producers and Pinewood Studios had available was needed to light the set. Connery was by now fed-up with the role and it shows in his performance. The attention and pressure of the role saw him reach breaking point. The Japanese can get quite obsessed with a phenomenon and Bond-Mania was huge in the world by then and obviously in Japan. The attention he received in Japan practically pushed him over the edge. Cameras, media, fans everywhere. He struggled to go anywhere without being followed. A security guard who was supposed to be guarding him, even got his camera out when Connery went for a No1! He was barely speaking to producers Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman. He made it clear this was his final Bond despite having a contract for six and this was only his fifth. He did a sixth four years later.

[@Aeroldoth3]

The secy guard wanted a dik pik? Where'd you hear this?

[@vidhound]

And Connery was way more enthusiastic for his sixth.

[@javix2013]

On Her Majestic's Secret Service ? one of the iconic films of the saga, Nolan's favorite, James Cameron paid tribute to it in True Lies with the chase scene in the snow, and No Time To Die, Daniel Craig's last film, paid tribute to it using parts of its soundtrack and inconic lines like: “We Had All The Time in The World”.

[@billtisch3698]

I get a kick out of it when kids today think there has been CG imagery like, always. That's not 'Green Screen' there. There was no video software then. There were no computers then. They used to do a thing called rear projection. They shot one film (film not video tape) of the background and then had Connery do his scene sitting in front of it to shoot the final combined film.. They used this method all time shooting scenes of people inside cars while driving, going way back to the early days of "trick photography."

[@middlefingermotionpictures4772]

Ok, time to watch On Her Majesty's Secret Service (a very different Bond movie for multiple reasons) and finish the initial Connery run with Diamonds are Forever.

[@eabcool]

I wondered what Brown Eyes would think of that bath scene, ha. This was the first Bond film to be rewritten from the novel. The novel takes place after the next movie. Blofeld was hard for them to cast, they actually recast after filming began and Bond isn't supposed to meet him until the next film which causes continuity issues. As you see this was the first film that went fully into the fantastical. the volcano set was so large it had to be built outside of the sound stage. Definitely watch the next one, On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Yes it's the only one starring George Lazenby, but it stays true to the novel and many of us consider it our favorite.

[@Lumarooo]

James bond reactions!!! ❤ Can’t wait for the moore films they’re great

[@alienlv426ify]

Coby, in a chronological order the next adventure is On Her Majesty Secret Service wich has a more serious tone and it is a very atypical Bond movie in many ways and, one of my favorite movies in the franchise. George Lazenby, an australian model, will be the new James Bond.

[@yournamehere6002]

"What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?" was an old classic pick up line

[@richardzinns5676]

There's a joke version of it in the 1999 movie The Mummy, which of course takes place in the thirties.

[@Yngvarfo]

@@yournamehere6002 Deadpool has a hilarious version.

[@AlexSwanson-rw7cv]

Or the version I remember from some medical show/film: "What's a joint like this doing in a nice girl like you?"

[@TechyMantis]

Several bit of trivia regarding this film, Toyota had to make a convertable version of their 2000GT car as the standard version was designed for the average japanese person and Sean Connery was taller and would have been difficult for him. The set for the volcano base was so big that it had to be constructed outside in the Pinewood Studios car park. Also there is a change in actors for Blofeld during the filming as they originally hired Jan Werich but when filming started the producers felt he didn't look menacing enough, compared him to a santa claus, so they cast Donald Pleasence with facial disfigurement which worked for the character. Also when Bond says "the things I do for england" was originally going to be used in Thunderball but the line was cut. During the under water sequences with Bond and Kissy, the woman playing as Kissy is actually Sean Connery's wife who was an excellent swimmer.

[@thunderstruck5484]

My favorite and favorite Bond theme sung by Nancy Sinatra! Thanks Coby!

[@danielscott8180]

Coby, you'll remember that Christoph Waltz played Blofeld in Daniel Craig's final two Bond films, SPECTRE and No Time to Die.

[@SmithDrewSmith]

I figured you would lose it when you saw Blofeld, clearly the inspiration for Dr Evil. Frickin hollowed out volcano lair!

[@bjgandalf69]

This film was clearly the main inspiration for the original Austin Powers film, so it obviously must be among the favorites that Mike Myers watched with his father as a child, if not the favorite.

[@jrneal1220]

@@bjgandalf69 What's "Halloween" got to do with this?

[@bjgandalf69]

@jrneal1220 Mike Myers is the actor from SNL and who also was Shrek. Michael Myers was the antagonist of the Halloween franchise. Don't confuse them.

[@frankie3041]

@@bjgandalf69 🤦🏻‍♂

[@halfvader8015]

@@jrneal1220 Edgar Wright and I see what you...

[@pistolsscaramanga3437]

The cost of building the volcano base set was actually equal to the entire budget of Dr. No (Connery’s first Bond film), 1 million $.

[@duanelavely5481]

"What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?" Wade said to Vanessa when they first met at the mercenary's bar in "Deadpool".

[@Infamous1991]

we got the same taste my favourites are Dr. No and Goldfinger too especially Dr. No is the most rewatchable because of this cozy feeling

[@ldkkbrdishcloths2456]

The spy who loved me. 007 (1977)

[@pbryant929]

This is hands-down my favorite Bond title sequence and song, followed closely by Daniel Craig's Casino Royale. I first saw this film in 1967 when I was 10 years old and it's been one of my favorites ever since. So glad to see your reaction to it, Coby! BTW, the next film in the series, ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE, stars George Lazenby, who like yourself is an Aussie. Looking forward to seeing your reaction to that one!

[@BlueSummers101]

@43:14 🙀Mr Bigglesworth wants outta there 😹

[@KaterChris]

Apparently the kitty escaped and hid on that volcano set and was never to be found again

[@justinlinnane8043]

You must watch "The Ipcress File" the classic British anti- bond film

[@-M0LE]

Coby is such a tease with uploads makes us wait but its sooo worth it 😍👌😍 Looking perfect wow

[@criminalcontent]

quality over quantity here -- thanks for patience !

[@ronnyb5890]

for me, this is the best Sean Connery Bond movie

[@davidneel8327]

The actor that played Henderson here played Blofeld in Diamonds are Forever.

[@konliner9286]

The next Bond movie will blow your mind.

[@joeyb131959]

When they are being chased by the gunmen, in the car, the girl says, "arrange usual reception," not "arrange interception."

[@Jaydogg222]

Intercepted! Tiger retains possession!

[@christopheryochum3602]

Fun reaction, which is typical from you! I have to say, your comment about how he looked takes me back to what Dad said when we first saw this, "He doesn't look Japanese." :)

[@danielscott8180]

Love how there's an image of the space craft blowing up on SPECTRE TV. How did they get a camera mounted in space? lol

[@andrewroberts299]

Not only that, but how did they suspend a camera in mid air so Bond could see the close up of the helicopter dropping the car into the bay? 🤣

[@intrepidapollo]

In the final battle, the actor who says “Seven minutes to interception “ was Inspector Clouseau’s man servant in the Pink Panthers movies.

[@ToTheTower]

You must watch OHMSS It's a slow start but one of the absolute best Bond films ever and a legend in its' own right - CAN'T MISS IT !!!

[@davidjonathan5114]

You are so goofy but in such a great way! We love you here in Miami! Keep it up!

[@seanshadrach5197]

Delightful, watching the Bond movies from your perspective. Connery is the best. Goldfinger is my favorite. However, the scenes in Dr. No, first at the baccarat table in the beginning , and the then when he tells Professor Dent that "he;s had his six:, in my view, define Bond.

[@duanelavely5481]

The piranhas in the pool returned in the Austin Powers movie where Dr. Evil wanted "sharks with laser beams attached to their heads". "No. 1" told him that sharks were a protected species & had to get "sea bass" instead. Most of the Austin Powers movies reference parts of early Bond movies.

[@mattp6089]

Someone pointed out in the live chat during the first run Donald Pleasance was both Blofeld and the Forger from Great Escape. I hadn't equated the two before! This is a weaker Bond entry, but Little Nellie MVP. Great sequence.

[@SirHilaryManfat]

He was also the Doctor in Halloween. Very versatile actor!

[@paulsander5433]

And the villain in "Fantastic Voyage" (1966).

[@XerxesLangrana]

Kobe Docks !!! You're such a little girl ❤ Can't wait for you to get to the Roger Moore Bond films. That's going to be such a riot.

[@Phantomgreen29]

Dr. No is my favorite as well, I'm used to catching some heat for that but it's just a good movie with a lot of different vibe throughout, very enjoyable.

[@danjam888]

Glad youre back on Bond

[@matt01506]

They put as much effort into bonds disguise as they did on "team America" 😁

[@kingspanky2794]

Durka durka😂