How sad is this?

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

This is the oldest parody movie I could find. Nowadays, we have horrendous spoof movies like "Disaster Movie" and it's sad to say that this might have set a precedent for those terrible movies. Granted, this is still "Airplane!" compared to those other movies. This is technically the worst James Bond movie. I said that I had already seen every James Bond movie ever made and this one was not an official one. It's also the longest spoof movie I've ever seen.That's a main flaw. It's mostly really rushed at the end and it isn't spread out well enough for all of these jokes. Interestingly enough, this may have set forth the idea that James Bond was a code name as it is here. A pity such a popular theory had to come from such a subpar movie. I will defend it a little on the grounds that it was the first of its kind and they didn't know what to work with. There's too many goofy things here like the cartoony cloud pills and the UFO that it comes off as stupid rather than funny. **

Associate producer: John Dark. Producers: Charles K. Feldman, Jerry Bresler. Executive producer: Charles K. Feldman.A Famous Artists Production, released worldwide by Columbia: April 30, 1967 (U.K.), 28 April 1967 (U.S.A.), December, 1967 (Australia). New York opening at the Capitol and Cinemai: 28 April 1967. 11,804 feet. 131 minutes. (Available on a 10/10 M-G-M DVD).COMMENT: Highly enjoyable romp spoofing the James Bond saga. The film cost $12,000,000, most of which was undoubtedly spent on engaging such a wonderful line-up of players and building such stupendous sets. The art directors merit some prestigious Hollywood award for their superb creations. The directors are not saying who directed what, but it is obvious that Huston directed the opening sequence in which he appears and its delightful sequel in which Deborah Kerr gives her best performance for twenty years. Richard Talmadge directed the uproarious (if over-long) free-for-all at the climax. My favorite scene is the superb send-up of Bond's gadget-outfitting department which is twice as funny as the one in Last of the Secret Agents. But who directed this is anybody's guess. I was right there on the set, so I know Val Guest shot the scene in which Woody Allen is introduced before a firing squad and also the sequence in which Daliah Lavi is strapped to a table. I also know Joe McGrath handled the special effects scenes, including the one with Ursula Andress dressed in Highland costume. But I would really like to know who directed Joanna Pettet's scenes and inspired her to give such an inventive and spirited impersonation. Despite the film's length, there is scarcely one dull moment (perhaps just a few too many close-ups of Miss Andress). It's a fun film almost all the way.

I don't know why i continued watching after the 30 minutes mark ... i am missing 2 hours of my life. I don't know how do describe the boorishness and ridiculousness of this movie. There is nothing Bond-like in this episode of the movie saga. I am extremely disappointed in the actors as well .. poor job at a high level

Varied international intelligence agencies plead for Sir James Bond (David Niven) to come out of retirement to battle SMERSH. He goes to Scotland where SMERSH agents try to seduce him. Later, he orders every agent to be named James Bond to confuse SMERSH. Baccarat master Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers) is recruited to be James Bond to battle Le Chiffre (Orson Welles) at Casino Royale.This is one big mess. The problem is that most of it is not funny. It goes all over the place. Having both Niven and Sellers (and others) be James Bond is convoluted and not worth the very limited comedic effects. Essentially Niven and Sellers are co-leads which leaves this movie disjointed. The movie throws everything on the screen. Sometimes they go all out. There are sight gags and dry humor. However, it's rare to actually laugh. Woody Allen is hilarious but he's the rare consistent comedian. Sellers does a couple of interesting bits. It would have been great if he's the only James Bond going up against Woody Allen as the Bond villain.