In some ways this is the forgotten Bond film. Don't believe me? Go around the office and ask anyone to name five or even ten Bond films and see how many time it comes up. Of course there is the office geek, every office has one, who will start reeling them off in chronological order.
I really love the theme song. You may have heard it recently in the season finale of Mad Men. If not: SPOILER!!! Oh, and it is the one that Robbie Williams sampled in "Millennium." But you already knew that.
It's not exactly one of the best nor is it one of the worst. It kind of just is. It's like when you cook a pot of stew and it tastes like something is missing and for the life of you you can't figure out what it is.
The only thing people remember about the film is the volcano lair and even then most of them cannot remember which film it's from. Ask and ye shall find out. See just how many people answer with Dr. No.
It's weird now to think that the script was written by Roald Dahl. Yes, the guy who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. And it was directed by Lewis Gilbert whose previous film was Alfie. No, I am not going to do any what's it all about jokes.
One of our spacecraft is missing. I wonder where it could've gone. It was right here a minute ago.
James Bond--promoting stereotypes around the world since the 1950s.
And now you know why I don't like Murphy beds.
Are you my mummy? It had to be said.
Faking your own death is all the rage these days. Every TV show seems to be doing it.
I thought only crazy people in New York City talked into their purse. Okay, that was more than a bit redundant.
I really liked the Toyota 2000 GT. I don't think that they were ever imported to the US. If they were I never saw one. The one in the film was specially made because Toyota didn't make a convertible version. They should have because it was really nice. It's one of my favorite cars that wasn't supplied by Q Branch.
Okay, it's fairly obvious that I'm a Mopar guy but having said that, of all the cool cars that Chrysler made in 1967 why did they choose the four door version of the Coronet? I guess that they needed a four door car. At least it wasn't yet another Ford.
Pay attention to the scene where Bond is cracking the safe. It will come up later, and by later I mean another film. Some of you already know what I am on about.
"Never get into a car with a strange girl." Really? How do you think that I have gotten anywhere in this world. A bicycle will only get you so far.
Fifty containers of Lox and no bagels? Who the hell is in charge of purchasing around here. What good is a shmeer if you have nothing to shmeer it on?
Okay, it's time for little things that bug me for no good reason. Bond is watching the helicopter on the monitor in the car; so where exactly is the camera? Answer on a postcard to the usual address c/o Universal Exports.
It seems that there is always a crazy redhead that wants to kill you. The stories I cannot tell.
Ninja school is a lot like high school but with a lot fewer weapons.
It must be an evil lair--it has a monorail.
For a split second there I thought that 007 was going into space but that would be silly. Right?
Yet again Bond ends a mission on a boat with a girl.
James Bond will be back On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
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