Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.
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That confirms the title’s promised resurrection of a collective enemy that has featured in six previous 007 romps, though none since 1971’s “Diamonds Are Forever.”
These themes were toyed with in the non-canonical Thunderball remake Never Say Never Again, which saw Connery return to action 12 years (and one broken "never" vow) after Diamonds Are Forever.
(Silva approaches Hannibal Lecter in intelligence and ruthlessness, and represents a dramatic upgrade on the caricatured villainous gay assassins in 1971's disappointment "Diamonds Are Forever.")
Craig — the best actor the 007 series has ever had — provides a teasing counter-taunt, but Bardem gets campier, recalling Louis Jourdan’s prissy baddie in “Octopussy” and “Diamonds Are Forever” henchmen Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd.
The first time I witnessed Bond in action was as a boy, seeing Sean Connery use a woman’s bikini top to strangle her in Diamonds are Forever.
Thankfully, his references are relatively upscale, ranging from an elegant “Yojimbo”-like scene in which lone ronin Wolverine is outnumbered by ninjas to a “Diamonds Are Forever” nod involving an unforeseen swimming pool, and he even convinced Jackman to channel some classic Clint Eastwood attitude in his wonderfully surly performance.
Writer/director Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class) and co-writer Jane Goldman were born between the release of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and Diamonds are Forever, making them late Generation Connery.
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He also ties Connery in second place for the most consecutive outings as Bond (Connery’s sixth outing, Diamonds are Forever , was a one-off return between George Lazenby and Roger Moore).
I remember my parents getting a sitter three years earlier so they could see “Diamonds Are Forever.”
His cooly menacing performance obliterates everything between Diamonds Are Forever and now, including Never Say Never Again, thank goodness.
Furthermore, I consider Daniel Craig to be the most effective and appealing of the six actors who have played 007, and that includes even Sean Connery, from his (and the franchise’s) debut in 1962 with Dr. No, through From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967) and, after a one-picture hiatus, Diamonds Are Forever (1971).
If you look to the books or the early Connery films (not "Diamonds are Forever"), the main female characters were always intelligent, independent and sometimes even good in a fight.
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