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if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

It feels good to have Sean Connery back, but that's about the extent of the joy to be had in "Diamonds are Forever." Producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman got their man, but the "James Bond" franchise got its first stinker. What starts out a fairly promising, grounded diamond-smuggling spy film flies off the handle as Bond descends upon Las Vegas and must stop another over-the-top villainous plot."Diamonds" was clearly intended to recreate the franchise's peak, like an early "best of" film. From Shirley Bassey's second series theme song to the return of director Guy Hamilton ("Goldfinger") and the nefarious Blofeld (now played by Charles Gray), Broccoli and Saltzman hit the reset button after "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," a move that paid financial dividends, but little else. The story, for one, just kind of perpetually rolls forward without ever any setup, suspense or stakes aside from a few "how will Bond get out of this jam?" moments. Bond infiltrates a diamond-smuggling ring and teams up with American Tiffany Case (Jill St. John) in Amsterdam, unaware that a trail of bodies connected to diamond-smuggling lay in his wake thanks to the shifty and odd duo of Mr. Wint (Bruce Glover) and Mr. Kidd (Putter Smith). Bond and Case arrive in L.A. and Bond rendezvous with his CIA pal Felix Leiter (Norman Burton) before bringing the diamonds to a funeral home. Then Bond ends up in Vegas at a hotel called the Whyte House … anyway, this follow-the-diamonds story is not hard to keep track of but it feels like an endless goose chase with each scene assigned the sole purpose of putting the next scene in motion.The action meant to punctuate the various plot points falls flat under Hamilton's direction in this film despite Hamilton's success in "Goldfinger." The car chases and the climactic oil rig scene take on an almost slapstick tone — and Bond's fight with two gymnasts flat- out does. And somehow, John Barry's score is missing the iconic "Bond" music at all the most opportune times. Way too much of the action is set to silence. Then there's the laughable special effects used in the end that highlight just how badly the movie has unraveled. To be fair, "Diamonds" has its classic "Bond" touches and plenty of clever moments, gadgets and one-liners. Writer Richard Maibaum, who penned nearly every previous film, is involved yet again here to ensure that continuity. The franchise doesn't lose its mojo in "Diamonds" (if for no other reason than Connery's involvement), but these highlights are just floating adrift, unable to make themselves useful in bolstering the story.Perhaps Connery is the greatest to ever play Bond, and the role fit him like a perfectly tailored tuxedo, but his mere presence alone and our familiarity with it doesn't carry "Diamonds are Forever." He's just kind of going along with it, not that the script gives him an alternative. Everyone involved in the film seems to assume the plot is simply a vehicle for Connery and the iconic parts of "Bond" to exist again, but they prove that not just any story is fit for 007. Unfortunately, it results in a lackluster, tacky sendoff for Connery's Bond.~Steven CThanks for reading! Visit Movie Muse Reviews for more

That's exactly what this movie is,a disappointment.After the great On Her Majesty's Secret Service,everyone(at the time)was disappointed,there was no Sean Connery!So even though Sean didn't want to return,money convinced him,and,we got Diamonds Are Forever.Let's start with the pros,I like the opening,it does a great job of continuing from the events of the last,you feel genuine anger in Bond,but it ends very anticlimactically.There's also a great fight scene in an elevator,that is very well choreographed.I also like the Bond Girl,she's tough and doesn't take any crap from anyone,and the score is great as usual.It's also cool how this movie makes fun of how pop culture was at the time.My last pro is Blofeld's henchmen Mr.Wint and Mr.Kidd,they're creative villains and are creepy and entertaining to watch.Now,onto the many,many,cons.The tone of this movie is awful,it feels like a bad parody of the franchise and has many unfunny scenes,in fact,most things that happen are just to make lame jokes,the secondary Bond Girl,who's in the movie for like 2 minutes,serves nothing to the plot and is really just there to look pretty and have Connery joke about her name.Speaking of the plot,it's all over the place,and very convoluted.And the action,it's really uninteresting,besides the elevator fight and driving a car on two wheels.Blofeld is not intimidating at all,and quite boring.The last con,Sean Connery,he feels bored,lazy,and too relaxed,which I guess works for the tone,but it is still a bad performance for Sean's standards in the franchise.All in all,Diamonds Are Forever is a disappointing follow up to a great movie in the franchise,although it has a few good scenes and characters,the rest of the movie is unfunny,too campy for Sean Connery's Bond movies,and lacks excitement.

Directed by Guy Hamilton, produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert Broccoli and with screenplay by Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz, this is the seventh film in 007 franchise and resumes the participation of Sean Connery in the role of the British agent for the last time. This movie will attempt to Americanize the character, an option that, for today's fans, was highly incorrect, despite the success at the box office.In this film, James Bond seeks revenge on Blofeld, who blames the death of his wife, Tracy Bond. At the same time, he investigates the disappearance of diamonds in South Africa, suspecting trafficking. During investigations in Amsterdam, Bond found suspected links with the United States, where the stolen diamonds are sent. Narrowly escapes death in a crematorium and continues to follow the clues to Las Vegas, where he will face again Blofeld, the mastermind behind the theft of diamonds, with which it plans to build a space satellite that destroy entire cities.Although Sean Connery returned to the role of 007, the film's producers know they will not be forever. On the other hand, the pressure for adapting the character to a new audience increases with the entry in the seventies. Although the plot is almost entirely passed in the United States, the film has almost no action scenes, on the contrary: some particular scenes are perfectly anecdotal, in a humorous style that did not benefit the film. On the other hand, it appears to interpret the character Connery no motivation and no concern that shown in previous films into thinking it would have been better to the paper, once and for all, to another actor. The theme of space conquest, which was fashionable during this time, it could also have been better used, as would be in future films.In this film, apart from central casting inherited from previous films, James Bond is incarnated by Sean Connery. Jill St. John gave life to the bond-girl Tiffany Case. Charles Gray played the villain, Blofeld. Putter Smith and Bruce Glover gave life to the double murder, and apparently homosexual, Mr. Kid and Mr. Wint.

Often considered to be one of the worst Bond movies, and for good reason. The whole film is just a lackluster effort. It's hard to believe that this was directed by Guy Hamilton, the director of "Goldfinger." By all means, after the end of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," it would have been appropriate to have a dark revenge story, but we didn't get that. We instead got basically a comedy.Sean Connery said "never again" after "You Only Live Twice," but after George Lazenby's less-than-well-received performance in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," they had to persuade Connery to come back for a large sum of money. It pains me to say this, but he shouldn't have come back, because he just isn't at his best in this movie. He just seemed completely bored the whole time (well, that's probably because he was).Charles Gray is absolutely abominable as Blofeld. He is not Blofeld at all. Bring back Donald Pleasence or even Telly Savalas. Just thinking about Gray's Blofeld makes me want to hit something.There are way too many silly elements to this film. Yes, it's ideal for a Bond film to have silly elements, but the best Bond films combined substance with that. This film has no such substance.The action scenes lack the energy and tension of the best Bond films. Also, I find Jill St. John as Tiffany Case to be an unmemorable Bond girl.That's not to say it's completely bad. The setting in Las Vegas is really lovely. Some of the jokes here and there are kind of funny, with the best jokes coming from Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd. I found them amusing, so sue me.Most of the Bond films have a great theme song, and this film is no exception, this time by Shirley Bassey.This is a thoroughly disappointing film, and pretty bad as far as Bond films go. This is easily the weakest Connery Bond film (excluding the unofficial Bond film, "Never Say Never Again), and one of the worst of the series overall. This is recommended only if you are a die-hard Bond fan and want to see every single film. Otherwise, I'd say skip it.RATING: C-