@@davidfoxall3344 As mentioned in another comment, I (was ...) a Battojutsu student, meaning basically learning how to use the Katana in various ways/methods ('forms', or to use the correct term, katas), similar to Iaido, but you also have to demonstrate cutting abilities against soaked tatami mats, often around a bamboo, or, harder stil, solid white wood, pole, with the aim to produce cuts, with no 'scalloping'; just flat, even at at a 45° angle, with no ragged edges. My Sensei is a 7th Dan Blackbelt, and to say he is fast is an understatement; yet he only describes himself as average compared to his Senseis ... The key is momentum, good footwork, and situational/target awareness; have them all, and like Zatoichi, you, too, can cut people down like a circular saw ...
My personal faviourite Bond film. I adored the japanese atmosphere and scenery, the score (best Bond theme evere, imo), and the story was a perfect mixture of action and suspense. And it was before Sean started to show his age. It's always had a special place in my heart alongside From Russia With Love and Goldeneye.
And don't forget the Spy Who Loved Me that had an almost similar scene taking place in that huge tanker-ship, all up to the enforced controlroom and all. 📡😬😱
I think we should all take a moment to appreciate how bad ass that one ninja is at 1:57. He took out a squad of dudes with just a sword and they all attacked at the same time...not one by one waiting in the background striking menacing poses.
Reminds me of the Batman movie with bane in it and on a rooftop fight scene one of the random guys fighting Batman just jumps and goes to the ground without getting hit.. good to see this part wasn’t like that and this guy hit all his marks
so much to cover in four minutes, I've loved this scene since I was a kid -The size of the custom made set and the number of stuntmen in a single shot -The gyrojet armed ninjas who still attack half a dozen guys with a sword -The shellshocked cat at 2:40 that only wants escape -3:25 "Come on. Walk ten feet that way so I can shoot you over there and not here. Nevermind why that matters just do what I say. -Gee willikers what a battle! Should I stay in this quiet, un-bullet-riddled room? No, I think I'll take the rickety, pointless, one person monorail pod directly through the line of fire -"We have to get up there!" "Impossible, too well defended!" "Yeah it is that way, why don't we go up the back stairwell I just came down with Blofeld?" "But then we couldn't justify giving our men rocket guns!"
If any classic 007 flick could be made into an FPS video game (as good as Goldeneye was), You Only Live Twice would definitely be a great one! I imagine the mission objectives for this final mission in the volcano lair would be something like: A) Rescue astronaut hostages B) Actívate crater entrance C) Rendezvous with Tiger Tanaka D) Obtain rocket exploder key E) Disable SPECTRE rocket
There is one Bond Movie that would probably make a terrible game (but a nice DLC/Mission to a anthology game). It's a Roger Moore one, so I don't know if you could call it classic, The Man with the Golden Gun just doesn't have the meat to make a good game.
@@Lex_Araden Agreed, it would work better as a DLC for a Live and Let Die game, should such a thing ever happen. The only scene I could really imagine being quite good is the showdown on the island with Scaramanga.
Those grey dudes are not kidding around! Awesome stunt work! Fuck yeah!!! 1:59 - Ninja Master! 2:42 - Cat's not stupid, wants out. This is not good. Where's my escape pod! 3:26 - Cat's had enough. Bye! 3:35 - Is that girl cute, or what?
I don't give a damn about what people say, but You Only Live Twice is my favourite Connery Bond film and will always be, even if most of my fellow Bond fans say that Goldfinger and From Russia With Love are Connery's best Bond films
It’s a classic for sure! I find it hard to rank the Connery films in order from best to worst (for the most part, much as I love it, Diamonds Are Forever is by far his worst official film, and then you could chuck Never Say Never Again below that if you feel it counts) because they’re all so bloody good!
You can see he's pinching the scruff of her kneck to try and calm her down for the shot, you can tell that cat is about to bury his claws into him. Brave man holding on for that long lol
Interestingly, prior to Ian Fleming's novel, on which this movie is based, no one had ever heard of "ninjas " before. Since then, an entire mythology has sprung up about them, even a sub-genre of action movies. There was even some debate within the martial arts community as to whether ninjas actually existed in history, or if they were an "urban legend ".
@@albertchin1050 Since Kato could do superhero-y things in civvies, he is actually closer to the spirit of ninjas (Blending in, getting close to your targets so they never realize until it’s too late) than those costumed ones.
We never see classic action scenes (stunning set pieces, great villains, exciting Barry's cues, exotic locales) like these in the newer Bond movies. What we have right now is a dull blonde Bond who doesn't know whether he's Bourne or Statham.
Just search Google Images for the title and year. (Click "tools" and set "size" to "large" for best results.) There's one version featuring Bond doing his traditional pose while...toe-walking along a ladder? SIDEWAYS? Yeah, that's pretty dumb-looking, but he's doing it above the big ninja battle. There appear to be at least 200 ninjas in the scene.
I've been slightly obsessed for over 50 years with how many ninjas attacked and how many survived. I reckon 100 or so went in, 20 or so got out?? Yes I know this is very odd.
Alot didn't even make it down their ropes @2:12 a couple are just spinning around riddled with bullets it always surprised me there were any left like all the big battles in Bond films like Thunderball TSWLM and Moonraker.
"Crater guns open fire" followed by 007 chastising Blofeld "Impregnable?" & third favorite "well, if I'm going to be forced to watch television, can I at least smoke?"
Also didn't hear anything when the cat jumped out of his arms when he fired his gun. Any normal cat would have had their claws fully extended for some deep scratches while escaping a noise like that.
but who the heck gave him that scar.....was he hit by a machete or something , it wasnt Bond who did it yrs before ?? (maybe Jason from F13 did it , lmao)
@@postersandstuff Blofeld’s look is so inconsistent throughout the series haha. Personally I’m glad they _barely_ (Tracy, past gadgets/vehicles and characters aside) care about continuity though, (spare Craig’s tenure of course) it makes everything a stand-alone adventure, and you don’t need to familiarise yourself before watching, unlike the MCU, which requires a crash course in Wikipedia articles and a Disney+ subscription these days.
@@horrorfanandy4647 Blofeld changed each movie, and somehow came back to life apparently, kind of like Felix Leiter , who was different in most movies , but who really noticed or cared?
@@alpha-omega2362 Well exactly. Who cares? It's not a huge issue so long as you understand who the characters are. I wouldn't mind consistency but I'm also not too bothered by a lack of it, because these films are for the most part stand-alone, and should be viewed as such.
Thanks to Roald Dahl. No one seems to give the creator of Willy Wonka and James and the Giant Peach credit for writing such a wonderfully goofy Bond film.
I was a movie theater usher making 75 cents per hour when this came out. I saw it so many times that I was pretty sick of it. But it was an OK movie for its time.
Austin Powers if I ever saw it. "This is the price of failure." Then after shooting Osato, Blofeld tells 007 to come on, instead of immediately shooting him.
@@00Kuja00 Yes, Blofeld wanted him as a hostage, but he had to say ''I would throw you in the piranha pool, but I need you to escape''.The reference to the piranha pool, would also justify ''bon appétit'' of Βοnd in the death of Hans. As for ''the price of failure'' and then kills Osato, he plays with the agony of Βοnd.
@@00Kuja00 I mean that after shooting Osato, Blofeld had to say to Bond ''I would throw you in the piranha pool, but I need you to escape. Come on''. This would show what you said, that he wanted him as hostage until the monorail. Also would show that Bond knows that the pool has piranha. When he say ''bon appétit'' doesn't know this. th-cam.com/video/yp1mFLMyixU/w-d-xo.html
Tanaka avoids the public because he‘s concerned about his safety by using a private undergroud train and here he absolutely accepts the high risk of being killed.
The problem especially starting with this film ( I still like it.) Is that the hardware is the real star. Of course when you have millions, it has to show on screen.
Greatest Bond Moment... Full military assault, everyone geared up and no one blinks a eye that the battle includes a chick dressed like a go-go dancer. The only thing missing from the opening scene in Saving Private Ryan...a chick in a bikini on the landing craft
As Battojutsu student (that's Japanese swordfighting with actual 'live' --- aka very, very, sharp blade, where, once your training gets high enough, you practice on wet Tatami mats, wound around a bamboo pole, to simulate a human bone), once you get into the rhythm of slice 'n dice, plus being quick on your feet, you'll be surprised ... My Sensei is a 7th Dan Blackbelt ... to say he's fast is an understatement ... ... so, yes ... once you've built up momentum, with situational awareness, you can easily go completely ham on your targets, and turn them into sliced panchetta ...
Classic stuff! That set was immense, i wonder if they used exagerated perspectives to make it look even bigger? Not to mention wide angle lenses. Must be one of the greatest movie sets of all time.
Personally I always enjoyed the underwater combat, it’s something different, but I can see how dragged out it becomes. I find the ocean beautiful and scary all at once, so I was enraptured the whole time anyway.
@@horrorfanandy4647 I hate to admit but thunderball is one of my least favorite bond movies. Honestly I consider you only live twice a guilty pleasure.
Kaecyy 48 seconds ago (edited) As a Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu practitioner, because I dig this I thought I should point out that at about 1:40 and continuing at 1:55 after some other stuff later you can see the real way to draw a long sword from your back- the sheath has to be pulled too, and the way I know how to do it you have to first undo the strap and detach the whole thing from your back to free the saya to pull down. I can't see how these guys are doing it but it looks like there might be two different techniques going on that I'm not aware of. But it looks like they managed to do it right. Then again, there's a reason they put the cut where they did I would assume. Normally drawing a long sword from the back is one of the biggest loads of bull you see in depictions of the sword in general, and in fantasy in particular. Seriously people- try it for yourselves. It's safer and easier to draw from the hip; from the back even when you do it right it seems to me that you expose yourself for an awkward and dangerous moment as these two gentleman did. That's probably why they cut it there. But these guys did have a good reason for the swords being on their back, so kudos all around for surprising authenticity. Another thing I'd like to praise is the ninja uniforms. They're not wearing the kabuki costumes; these uniforms look practical. They don't need to hide their identity so they don't impede their breathing with a mask. They wear gray and not black because that hides you even better in the dark. This scene is surprisingly not as ridiculous as it looks, and all the more awesome for it! I'm going to have to start telling people, "The last time the katana was used in modern warfare was in the 1967 raid upon SPECTRE's volcano base." They earned it. That one swordsman is a frigging Jedi. Finally, DONALD PLEASANCE as BLOFELD- THAT MAN CAN HANDLE A PUSSY!!! When the explosion goes off at 2:38 that cat is frigging terrified! But there's Donald with the calming Vulcan neck pinch, getting clawed for life and taking it like a pro. It's a two-handed job and the cat abandons its overlord when Blofeld has to be a dick and execute yet another competant, talented, trained, and dedicated henchbeing a few moments later. I guess Blofeld didn't know that cats have their own price for failure. SPECTRE- where good villians go to get fragged. I tell you people, one fuck up and it's cruel and unusual time? All that job has going for it is its completely badass style and John Barry brass mood music. Which IS a lot, admittedly. To this day nobody probably has cooler submersibles than SPECTRE.
well the Cat was okay till the explosions started....Cats and Dogs are usually terrified of fireworks and Blofeld's Cat is no exception...according to Director Lewis Gilbert the Cat was so panicked and traumatised that it scarpered into the steel girders in the roof of the set and it took three days to persuade him to come down, Lewis Gilbert told that story at the NFT London while he was doing a Q and A prior to a special screening of " Moonraker", that would have been about ten years ago or so.....I was in the audience.
I cringed at him riddled before he hit the bottom and others still on their ropes riddled with bullets slowly going around in circles. Brave men there wasn't alot of screaming with them getting full of so many holes my husband said he would of screamed his head off lol.
@@postersandstuff Yes it's definitely a good movie I remember that bit from watching it as a kid and my mum cringing and saying he looked like a Swiss cheese coming down the rope.,the poor guy was well riddled, looking at it now it looks like he got a couple in his ass as well.
Well, cats are very uncooperative actors to begin with, setting off explosions would definitely freak out the poor thing. Hopefully they were fed lots of treats following this rather traumatic experience.
I have to say, from the set, to my favourite gadget 'Little Nellie' (which is still in good condition, although perhaps not still airworthy), to the script by Roald Dahl no less, to the theme tune sung by Nancy Sinatra, this is hands down my favorite Bond movie of all time ... Oh, and fun act: I never knew that the Gyrojet pistols and rifles were actually real firearms, and not movie props. They're rare now, and the anumintion rarer, but fans of Forgotten Weapons, should know that Ian McCollum (sp?) got to handle both the pistol, and carbine rifles, and Taofledermaus got to actually shoot both ... Will post links when I find them ... Sadly, they weren't a commercial success, mostly due to the anumintion, but it was a bold, abet failed, experiment in 'jet propelled' anumintion ... [Edit:- Forgotten Weapons:- Pistol Version: th-cam.com/video/98c2t_uK5Uo/w-d-xo.html Carbine version: th-cam.com/video/W3IiWjdbUZg/w-d-xo.html Taofledermaus:- Pistol version, & live firing: th-cam.com/video/cJAXpyt8-oQ/w-d-xo.html Carbine version, & live firing: th-cam.com/video/xwO4ohqkjb0/w-d-xo.html Longer video, on the pistol version, by LifeSizedPotato: th-cam.com/video/e23o0NIHtFw/w-d-xo.html ]
That one ninja who blew a hole in the roof and then started chucking grenades on SPECTER soldiers was the unsung MVP of this movie.
Not just setting the charge or chucking grenades but still taking potshots with his pistol. Him and the sword guy are Hall of Famers!
No it’s got to be the guy who took out seven people with just a samurai sword
@@davidfoxall3344
As mentioned in another comment, I (was ...) a Battojutsu student, meaning basically learning how to use the Katana in various ways/methods ('forms', or to use the correct term, katas), similar to Iaido, but you also have to demonstrate cutting abilities against soaked tatami mats, often around a bamboo, or, harder stil, solid white wood, pole, with the aim to produce cuts, with no 'scalloping'; just flat, even at at a 45° angle, with no ragged edges.
My Sensei is a 7th Dan Blackbelt, and to say he is fast is an understatement; yet he only describes himself as average compared to his Senseis ...
The key is momentum, good footwork, and situational/target awareness; have them all, and like Zatoichi, you, too, can cut people down like a circular saw ...
I’m with you but you gotta put some kudos to a girl rappelling down in a bikini & sneakers amidst the gunfire.
@@tubbygee5453 Kissy is hot.
Men this is classic Bond at its best.
Ken Adam deserved an Oscar for that set
They spent more on it alone then the whole of Dr No.
@@TheGroundedAviator true, but it was a free standing set which is why Ken Adam got the green light to build the now famous 007 stage
@@peterfranks6243 It was a building in it's own right. I like consider this an amazing piece of engineering.
@@TheGroundedAviator as I said he deserved an Oscar, his sets were the best in the business
@@peterfranks6243 Oh, he did. Finally got one for Titanic I think.
My personal faviourite Bond film. I adored the japanese atmosphere and scenery, the score (best Bond theme evere, imo), and the story was a perfect mixture of action and suspense. And it was before Sean started to show his age.
It's always had a special place in my heart alongside From Russia With Love and Goldeneye.
And written by Roald Dahl, for crying out loud!
@@primarchechs7139 this Blofeld was prolly the most unstable mentally , a loose cannon. Only Zorin or Sanchez were more dangerous imo
If any classic 007 films could be made into an FPS game as good as Goldeneye, You Only Live Twice would definitely be one of them!
@@zcm007attack
Can you imagine this as a multiplayer map, Battlefield style?
That would be something special, at least on paper!
@@horrorfanandy4647 I imagine the mission objectives would be:
-Rescue captured astronauts
-Disable crater guns
-Activate crater entrance
-Obtain exploder key
-Detonate shuttle
So epic. I wish action movies still did practical stuff like this.
They do to an extent, see Mission Impossible and John Wick.
ferociousfrankie Sure, but greater frequency of it would be nice.
@@ForceMaximus84 The latest Mad Max is also a great example. All those vehicles, locations, stunts and explosions...
Christopher Nolan says hi.
@@tigqc I say fuck off Christopher Nolan, he's as guilty of spamming CGI as much as anyone.
I always loved the big battles at the end, like this movie, Thunderball, Moonraker and so on. I miss those.
I enjoy them the Moonraker space battle is my favourite.
@@gina7288 same to you
Yeah it kind of annoys me they don't do it in bond films anymore the last one to do it was the Living Daylights
And tomorrow never dies
And don't forget the Spy Who Loved Me that had an almost similar scene taking place in that huge tanker-ship, all up to the enforced controlroom and all. 📡😬😱
I love how the ninja is riddled with bullet holes 1:52 finishes rappelling and lies down dead that's dedication to the cause
And the guy coming down the rope riddled with bullets @1:48
@@gina7288 They were sitting ducks on the ropes it shows one or two dead ones still on their ropes riddled with bullets and going around in circles.
Love the guy with bulletwound to the head at 1:53 who I guess forgot he were to play a dead guy 😂
@@MPessa84 It's just a scratch!
2:41 The Blofeld's cat is really scared about the explosion.
Didnt notice that, but you are right.
jesus christ it's losing its fucking mind lol. poor lil guy.
@@Davo5673 i highly suspect Don was clawed pretty hard by that cat , true he didnt get any scars but still......ouch :/
Cat would have split as greased lightning-!
Don’t worry it was an evil cat
I think we should all take a moment to appreciate how bad ass that one ninja is at 1:57. He took out a squad of dudes with just a sword and they all attacked at the same time...not one by one waiting in the background striking menacing poses.
Reminds me of the Batman movie with bane in it and on a rooftop fight scene one of the random guys fighting Batman just jumps and goes to the ground without getting hit.. good to see this part wasn’t like that and this guy hit all his marks
The best Bond and One of the best films. Nobody has since done it better.
so much to cover in four minutes, I've loved this scene since I was a kid
-The size of the custom made set and the number of stuntmen in a single shot
-The gyrojet armed ninjas who still attack half a dozen guys with a sword
-The shellshocked cat at 2:40 that only wants escape
-3:25 "Come on. Walk ten feet that way so I can shoot you over there and not here. Nevermind why that matters just do what I say.
-Gee willikers what a battle! Should I stay in this quiet, un-bullet-riddled room? No, I think I'll take the rickety, pointless, one person monorail pod directly through the line of fire
-"We have to get up there!" "Impossible, too well defended!" "Yeah it is that way, why don't we go up the back stairwell I just came down with Blofeld?" "But then we couldn't justify giving our men rocket guns!"
I'd never noticed the cat freaking out before.
ABC used to show this film every other month. One of the five best 007
This scene is absolute insanity. Its great, but just absolute mass chaos.
Bond just walks out of a secret passage from the control room "we have to find a way into that contol room" Did nobody else notice?
@alan hack. Very well noticed.
Heh yeah youre right I guess it closed after they went through idk
guess he forgot
Oh yes, you have a good point there.
Isn't that what happens next?
They blow open the secret door and flank the guards?
Props to Donald Pleasance for holding on to that cat for as long as he did, the poor thing was freaking out with all the explosions
If any classic 007 flick could be made into an FPS video game (as good as Goldeneye was), You Only Live Twice would definitely be a great one! I imagine the mission objectives for this final mission in the volcano lair would be something like:
A) Rescue astronaut hostages
B) Actívate crater entrance
C) Rendezvous with Tiger Tanaka
D) Obtain rocket exploder key
E) Disable SPECTRE rocket
If only Rare made more of them
There is one Bond Movie that would probably make a terrible game (but a nice DLC/Mission to a anthology game). It's a Roger Moore one, so I don't know if you could call it classic, The Man with the Golden Gun just doesn't have the meat to make a good game.
This was turned into a module for the James Bond RPG (role playing game) by Victory Games back in the 1980's
@@Lex_Araden
Agreed, it would work better as a DLC for a Live and Let Die game, should such a thing ever happen. The only scene I could really imagine being quite good is the showdown on the island with Scaramanga.
A fine entry in the Bond series with an outstanding film score.
@John Zeszutko. Yes: the Nancy Sinatra 'You Only Live Twice' was a superbly evocative.
Those grey dudes are not kidding around! Awesome stunt work! Fuck yeah!!!
1:59 - Ninja Master!
2:42 - Cat's not stupid, wants out. This is not good. Where's my escape pod!
3:26 - Cat's had enough. Bye!
3:35 - Is that girl cute, or what?
The master was taking on what looked like unarmed engineering crew as all they had were tools and pipes to fight with.
I don't give a damn about what people say, but You Only Live Twice is my favourite Connery Bond film and will always be, even if most of my fellow Bond fans say that Goldfinger and From Russia With Love are Connery's best Bond films
It’s a classic for sure! I find it hard to rank the Connery films in order from best to worst (for the most part, much as I love it, Diamonds Are Forever is by far his worst official film, and then you could chuck Never Say Never Again below that if you feel it counts) because they’re all so bloody good!
On of the better big battles at the climax of a Bond movie. Excellent direction of the scene, you can actually tell who's fighting who.
Lewis Gilbert was the director who also directed the Spy who Loved me which is essentially a remake of you only live twice
@@davidfoxall3344 I enjoyed that battle with all the sailors it was very enthralling.
2:41 that cat is not having a good day
Yikes, poor thing.
He dident like blofeld either
The cat was pissed.
You can see he's pinching the scruff of her kneck to try and calm her down for the shot, you can tell that cat is about to bury his claws into him. Brave man holding on for that long lol
@@skooter21108 True.
2:14 love the dude just vibing on the rope
Lol
Interestingly, prior to Ian Fleming's novel, on which this movie is based, no one had ever heard of "ninjas " before. Since then, an entire mythology has sprung up about them, even a sub-genre of action movies. There was even some debate within the martial arts community as to whether ninjas actually existed in history, or if they were an "urban legend ".
they did show martial arts in The Green Hornet TV show although it flopped ratings wise
@@postersandstuff Was Kato, in "The Green Hornet ", supposed to be a ninja? Didn't know that.
@@albertchin1050 Since Kato could do superhero-y things in civvies, he is actually closer to the spirit of ninjas (Blending in, getting close to your targets so they never realize until it’s too late) than those costumed ones.
Probably the first exposure that most Americans had to Ama divers, although I don't think the term is used in the film.
We never see classic action scenes (stunning set pieces, great villains, exciting Barry's cues, exotic locales) like these in the newer Bond movies. What we have right now is a dull blonde Bond who doesn't know whether he's Bourne or Statham.
It's amazing how rocket CCCP looks like starship' s SpaceX!!!!! And huge action sequence of Sir Sean Connery! RIP
This is the movie that pretty much cemented most of the Bond stereotypes.
Always interesting how, in early Bond movies, bullets always leave black holes going in and out of bodies.
I miss this bond. What a spectacle!
This movie was way ahead of it's time! A cinematic masterpiece
Is there film poster artwork for YOLT that depicts the ninjas?
Tiger Tanaka needs to be brought back into a future Bond film...🙏
Hopefully he'll be brought back in an adaptation of the YOLT novel (that is, if they can give Blofeld a proper send-off this time).
Just search Google Images for the title and year. (Click "tools" and set "size" to "large" for best results.) There's one version featuring Bond doing his traditional pose while...toe-walking along a ladder? SIDEWAYS? Yeah, that's pretty dumb-looking, but he's doing it above the big ninja battle. There appear to be at least 200 ninjas in the scene.
3:05, I've just realised the radar operator is the voice actor for Scott Tracy in Thunderbirds. This really is a case for International Rescue!
Shane Rimmer ...
... sadly he died on the 29th March, 2019, aged 89 ...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Rimmer
He was in Diamonds are forever and The spy who loved me as well
I've been slightly obsessed for over 50 years with how many ninjas attacked and how many survived. I reckon 100 or so went in, 20 or so got out?? Yes I know this is very odd.
Alot didn't even make it down their ropes @2:12 a couple are just spinning around riddled with bullets it always surprised me there were any left like all the big battles in Bond films like Thunderball TSWLM and Moonraker.
1960s Bond, once again ahead of his time.
Great bond film connery brilliant as always.Shame we didnt more if Donald pleasance only near the last part of the film.
"Crater guns open fire" followed by 007 chastising Blofeld "Impregnable?" & third favorite "well, if I'm going to be forced to watch television, can I at least smoke?"
Everyone else is in tactical gear. The woman is in a skimpy minidress. Doesn't spoil the scene credibility at all.
Give Blofeld credit, he took that Ninja throwing star to the wrist like a man....no crying out in pain or anything
Also didn't hear anything when the cat jumped out of his arms when he fired his gun. Any normal cat would have had their claws fully extended for some deep scratches while escaping a noise like that.
but who the heck gave him that scar.....was he hit by a machete or something , it wasnt Bond who did it yrs before ?? (maybe Jason from F13 did it , lmao)
@@postersandstuff Blofeld’s look is so inconsistent throughout the series haha. Personally I’m glad they _barely_ (Tracy, past gadgets/vehicles and characters aside) care about continuity though, (spare Craig’s tenure of course) it makes everything a stand-alone adventure, and you don’t need to familiarise yourself before watching, unlike the MCU, which requires a crash course in Wikipedia articles and a Disney+ subscription these days.
@@horrorfanandy4647 Blofeld changed each movie, and somehow came back to life apparently, kind of like Felix Leiter , who was different in most movies , but who really noticed or cared?
@@alpha-omega2362
Well exactly. Who cares? It's not a huge issue so long as you understand who the characters are. I wouldn't mind consistency but I'm also not too bothered by a lack of it, because these films are for the most part stand-alone, and should be viewed as such.
Mie Hama and Akiko Wakabayashi were so beautiful. Very talented actresses to boot! Great stuff.
Dr. No says “we are impregnable.”
I say: first appearance of ninjas in American theatres😂😂
Thanks to Roald Dahl. No one seems to give the creator of Willy Wonka and James and the Giant Peach credit for writing such a wonderfully goofy Bond film.
Mie Hama was so hot!!! Akiko Wakabyashi was, too!!!! This film is one of my top five favs of Bond.
I never made the connection between this and Hank Scorpio's lair until now.
they did a Zorin skit where Z hasnt yet finished his lair , lmao
Japanese special forces with katanas. Absolutely amazing LMFAO
And there’s Kissy in the thick of it, undeniably dressed for battle!
Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay for this movie!
I was a movie theater usher making 75 cents per hour when this came out. I saw it so many times that I was pretty sick of it. But it was an OK movie for its time.
Austin Powers if I ever saw it. "This is the price of failure." Then after shooting Osato, Blofeld tells 007 to come on, instead of immediately shooting him.
Think Blofeld wanted him as a hostage until he got to the monorail. ^^
@@00Kuja00 Yes, Blofeld wanted him as a hostage, but he had to say ''I would throw you in the piranha pool, but I need you to escape''.The reference to the piranha pool, would also justify ''bon appétit'' of Βοnd in the death of Hans. As for ''the price of failure'' and then kills Osato, he plays with the agony of Βοnd.
@@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ I don't understand what you mean.
@@00Kuja00 I mean that after shooting Osato, Blofeld had to say to Bond ''I would throw you in the piranha pool, but I need you to escape. Come on''. This would show what you said, that he wanted him as hostage until the monorail. Also would show that Bond knows that the pool has piranha. When he say ''bon appétit'' doesn't know this.
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@@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ Ah, then I understand.
Nobody is impregnable around James Bond.
Shoutout to the ninja at 1:46 that gets turned into swiss cheese and then ropes down again two shots later
Swiss cheese lol yes he was full of holes
Tanaka avoids the public because he‘s concerned about his safety by using a private undergroud train and here he absolutely accepts the high risk of being killed.
Upload the "Tomorrow Never Dies" bmw car scene from hamburg please 🤤😁
You only live twice has to be one of the best movie so much action and all the flip and tricks those guys did
" ‘If you can do it for a million go ahead.’ And then my worries started…”
Oh, dear... I'm so glad they pulled it off though.
The problem especially starting with this film ( I still like it.) Is that the hardware is the real star. Of course when you have millions, it has to show on screen.
2'38" the cat is not very comfortable 🤣
Greatest Bond Moment...
Full military assault, everyone geared up and no one blinks a eye that the battle includes a chick dressed like a go-go dancer.
The only thing missing from the opening scene in Saving Private Ryan...a chick in a bikini on the landing craft
Send in the ninjas ! And the girl in the bikini !
Well, what else are you supposed to do when you have a villain launching evil spacecraft from a volcano base?
The one guy with the katana going ham
As Battojutsu student (that's Japanese swordfighting with actual 'live' --- aka very, very, sharp blade, where, once your training gets high enough, you practice on wet Tatami mats, wound around a bamboo pole, to simulate a human bone), once you get into the rhythm of slice 'n dice, plus being quick on your feet, you'll be surprised ...
My Sensei is a 7th Dan Blackbelt ... to say he's fast is an understatement ...
... so, yes ... once you've built up momentum, with situational awareness, you can easily go completely ham on your targets, and turn them into sliced panchetta ...
@@nigelft until one of the people with loaded automatic-weapons pay attention that is.
RIP Sean Connery
Did he say there is an "exploder button" up in the control room? That must be next to the "save the world button."
Classic stuff! That set was immense, i wonder if they used exagerated perspectives to make it look even bigger? Not to mention wide angle lenses. Must be one of the greatest movie sets of all time.
All the good guys and bad guys turned on the cheat code for unlimited ammo.
2:55 Isn’t that Kato, Inspector Clouseau’s housekeeper/sparring partner?
Yes, it is. Wish I could remember the actor's name.
@@albertchin1050 I looked it up. It’s Burt Kwouk, who actually appeared in Goldfinger as well! Passed away at the age of 85 back in 2016.
@@davidwan247 Thanks. He was a character actor who appeared in quite a few films and TV shows, and was a recognizable face.
2:41 the poor cat!
Love that cat going crazy.
I feel sorry for the poor cat.
Still a way better climax than the overlong underwater climax in thunderball.
Personally I always enjoyed the underwater combat, it’s something different, but I can see how dragged out it becomes.
I find the ocean beautiful and scary all at once, so I was enraptured the whole time anyway.
@@horrorfanandy4647 I hate to admit but thunderball is one of my least favorite bond movies. Honestly I consider you only live twice a guilty pleasure.
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Well to each their own. Surely we can both agree that From Russia With Love and Goldfinger are certified classics!
Mostly because here there's a sense of progression in the battle
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As a Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu practitioner, because I dig this I thought I should point out that at about 1:40 and continuing at 1:55 after some other stuff later you can see the real way to draw a long sword from your back- the sheath has to be pulled too, and the way I know how to do it you have to first undo the strap and detach the whole thing from your back to free the saya to pull down. I can't see how these guys are doing it but it looks like there might be two different techniques going on that I'm not aware of. But it looks like they managed to do it right.
Then again, there's a reason they put the cut where they did I would assume.
Normally drawing a long sword from the back is one of the biggest loads of bull you see in depictions of the sword in general, and in fantasy in particular.
Seriously people- try it for yourselves.
It's safer and easier to draw from the hip; from the back even when you do it right it seems to me that you expose yourself for an awkward and dangerous moment as these two gentleman did. That's probably why they cut it there. But these guys did have a good reason for the swords being on their back, so kudos all around for surprising authenticity.
Another thing I'd like to praise is the ninja uniforms. They're not wearing the kabuki costumes; these uniforms look practical. They don't need to hide their identity so they don't impede their breathing with a mask. They wear gray and not black because that hides you even better in the dark. This scene is surprisingly not as ridiculous as it looks, and all the more awesome for it!
I'm going to have to start telling people, "The last time the katana was used in modern warfare was in the 1967 raid upon SPECTRE's volcano base." They earned it. That one swordsman is a frigging Jedi.
Finally, DONALD PLEASANCE as BLOFELD- THAT MAN CAN HANDLE A PUSSY!!! When the explosion goes off at 2:38 that cat is frigging terrified! But there's Donald with the calming Vulcan neck pinch, getting clawed for life and taking it like a pro. It's a two-handed job and the cat abandons its overlord when Blofeld has to be a dick and execute yet another competant, talented, trained, and dedicated henchbeing a few moments later. I guess Blofeld didn't know that cats have their own price for failure.
SPECTRE- where good villians go to get fragged. I tell you people, one fuck up and it's cruel and unusual time? All that job has going for it is its completely badass style and John Barry brass mood music. Which IS a lot, admittedly. To this day nobody probably has cooler submersibles than SPECTRE.
You clicked on this video to see the cat shit itself. Don't lie. 🦌
RIP Sir Sean Connery
2:41 THAT POOR CAT!!!!
Probably would've been a good time to call "Cut!"
This is one thing Daniel Craig’s Bond was missing.
He had to do every goddamn thing himself! 🤣
well the Cat was okay till the explosions started....Cats and Dogs are usually terrified of fireworks and Blofeld's Cat is no exception...according to Director Lewis Gilbert the Cat was so panicked and traumatised that it scarpered into the steel girders in the roof of the set and it took three days to persuade him to come down, Lewis Gilbert told that story at the NFT London while he was doing a Q and A prior to a special screening of " Moonraker", that would have been about ten years ago or so.....I was in the audience.
The cat looks so traumatized 🤣
If you look closely at 3:29, you can see the cat run out of the door after Blofeld shoots his gun.
and from what i heard it took days to find it , lol
1:59 Anyone knows who this stuntman was ? Amazing skills and footwork
That poor cat looks really frightened.
With such strong guys, Japan would be safer......(from Japanese)
Look how many ninjas they’ve got to take out these guys
That poor ninja that rappelled down already full of bullet holes.
I cringed at him riddled before he hit the bottom and others still on their ropes riddled with bullets slowly going around in circles. Brave men there wasn't alot of screaming with them getting full of so many holes my husband said he would of screamed his head off lol.
@@gina7288 They were sitting ducks on their ropes I'm quite sure I would of screamed on my way down if I was riddled with so many bullets.
@@georgie1246 yeah , huge suspension of disbelief with that one , still i think its a cool movie
@@postersandstuff Yes it's definitely a good movie I remember that bit from watching it as a kid and my mum cringing and saying he looked like a Swiss cheese coming down the rope.,the poor guy was well riddled, looking at it now it looks like he got a couple in his ass as well.
quite a set, i must say!
1:59 My favorite action scene of the movie
02:40 That cat is awesome!!!
Nice seeing a Sterling MK IV and a Gyrojet rifle.
Props to the ninja that brought a sword to a gunfight and killed everybody
@JamesBond007 please could you kindly upload all future uploads in 1080p HD instead of 720p like this one?! 🙏🏾
Lol @ the scene when Blofeld's cat got scared after the explosion in the control room.
The best of them all.
2:41 Well, that jacket's ruined.
Sometimes, all you need is a quick scene from a Bond movie to get that Bond fix.
And of course, there’s Kissy right in the thick of it, undeniably dressed for battle.
this along with the underwater battle in the thunderball
Moonraker space battle.
One million dollars ... err ... one BILLION dollars.
" reserved that astronaut, bring it to me,..." you only lived twice Mr Bond"
Bond just stands there waiting to get shot,...not once, but twice.
Cat was freaking out. Lol
reminds of the warehouse shootout in Hard Boiled
Ninjas! Why did it had to be Ninjas?!
Blofeld's Cat was so scared of all these explosions. :(
there is a lack of blood on the sword at 2:12
wonder if Bruce Lee saw this
2:41 the part where blofeld's cat is panicing is unscripted
Well, cats are very uncooperative actors to begin with, setting off explosions would definitely freak out the poor thing.
Hopefully they were fed lots of treats following this rather traumatic experience.
I have to say, from the set, to my favourite gadget 'Little Nellie' (which is still in good condition, although perhaps not still airworthy), to the script by Roald Dahl no less, to the theme tune sung by Nancy Sinatra, this is hands down my favorite Bond movie of all time ...
Oh, and fun act: I never knew that the Gyrojet pistols and rifles were actually real firearms, and not movie props. They're rare now, and the anumintion rarer, but fans of Forgotten Weapons, should know that Ian McCollum (sp?) got to handle both the pistol, and carbine rifles, and Taofledermaus got to actually shoot both ... Will post links when I find them ...
Sadly, they weren't a commercial success, mostly due to the anumintion, but it was a bold, abet failed, experiment in 'jet propelled' anumintion ...
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Forgotten Weapons:-
Pistol Version: th-cam.com/video/98c2t_uK5Uo/w-d-xo.html
Carbine version:
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Taofledermaus:-
Pistol version, & live firing:
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Carbine version, & live firing:
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Longer video, on the pistol version, by LifeSizedPotato:
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