If we have seen the previous film we understand why he's harbouring bloody thoughts about Blofeld and taking his feelings out on everyone he encounters: he wants revenge for the death of his wife, Tracy. And that any problems the films had did not stem from who was being cast as James Bond.įor the previous 007 Bond binges check out the box below.At the start of Diamonds Are Forever, James Bond is angry. It was nice to have Connery back for another go, but it's almost more important as a reminder that it was past time for him to leave the role in the first place. It also gives the franchise another chance to double down on the creepy obsession with mixing sex and death.īut as Bond films go? This isn't the worst.
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Literally just in the movie as eye candy, she is tossed out the window of a hotel into a pool, which the bad guys indicate they didn't know was there, before being murdered and left floating in a pool as a warning sign to Bond. The "first girl" Plenty O'Toole ( Lana Wood) is a case study in fridging and violence towards women. John does fine as Tiffani Case but just isn't given much to do. (The film also seems to imply but not say they are gay lovers, a sad act of queer erasure, even at the time.) If Bond movies are defined by their side characters, this is a waste of potential.Īnd not that Bond girls really ever have a huge amount of character development, but in this film it's even more flimsy than usual. And Kidd and Wint seem more interested in making small talk and puns than being serious assassins. Images courtesy MGM.īambi and Thumper are little more than an excuse for "sexy fighting" and some T&A with skimpy outfits. Wint and Bambi and Thumper in Diamonds are Forever. The film goes to the circus for the first of many outings (producer Harry Saltzman had grown up in the circus and gotten his start in Hollywood making circus-themed movies).
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Bond rides a dune buggy to escape from some henchmen in the silliest chase scenes in the series to date. The problem is this film introduced so many of the campy elements that would become hallmarks of the franchise for the next decade.
They then lead an operation against Blofeld's base on an oil rig off of Baja California, Mexico and manage to save the day. John) rescue the real Whyte from sexy bodyguards Bambi and Thumper. He will auction off the right to exclusive use of nuclear weapons and use his satellite to destroy the nuclear stockpiles of all other countries.īond and diamond smuggler Tiffani Case ( Jill St. But the real Blofeld has hijacked a shipment of diamonds and taken over Willard Whyte's businesses to use the sparkly gems to turn a satellite into a nuclear deterrent. And the "Blofeld" Bond killed in the opening minutes of the movie? A clever decoy, one of dozens of Blofeld doubles. His change in appearance is, once again, explained by extensive plastic surgery. Charles Gray as Blofeld in Diamonds are Forever. This is all a front, as the real Whyte has been kidnapped and replaced by, of all people, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, this time portrayed by Charles Gray. And the trail eventually leads from Amsterdam to Las Vegas and the hotel/casino owned by reclusive tycoon Willard Whyte, played by future sausage magnate Jimmy Dean.
Wint who are tasked with tying up all the loose ends of the chain of custody of the stolen diamonds. However, he manages to take revenge on Blofeld, killing him for the murder of Bond's wife at the end of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and returns to MI-6.īut his new assignment is relatively mundane: investigate the disappearance of some diamonds. Despite only being a few years away from the franchise, Connery looks old. But as Connery shows up in the opening scenes, murdering people left and right and demanding to know where Blofeld is, time has not been kind.
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