You're kidding, right? Out of the six '60s Bond movies, You Only Live Twice was the most removed from the books.
Read the Book, and wondered what Fleming was on when he wrote it :-)
To me, its rather laughable qualities make it the Bond counterpart to the film version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Yeesh...
What's a Harry Potter?
If you want a real Bond movie, I'd choose between Casino Royale and On Her Majesty's Secret Service; both of them, I feel, were excellent and well-hewed adaptations of the books.
OMHS was pretty good, but did Laz make a good James Bond? He was a bit namby pamby. A 'made for TV' Bond if you will. Connery was brutal, merciless, wry and quick witted. He fought the way I'd expect Bond to fight. The others fought too wussy. Never cared much for Pierce Brosnon: I kept thinking "HEY LOOK! IT'S PIERCE BROSNON! THE REMINGTON STEELE OF JAMES BOND'S, OOOH AND LOOK AT THE COMMERCIAL TIE INS."
Sean Connery: Orders Martinis because he likes them.
Roger Moore: Orders Martinis to impress others.
George Lazenby: Orders Martinis because it's in the script.
Timothy Dalton: Orders a Scotch instead.
Pierce Brosnon: Served by a CGI assasinbot who declares "HEY LOOK! IT'S REMMINGTON STEELE!" and gives him a BMW brochure with his order.
Daniel Craig: I'm not in the bar when he orders.
Never saw 'Casino Royale'. Stopped watching by then. Lucas taught me you have to know when to walk away from a sequel.
In conclusion: George Lucas is God.
This post has been edited by Toru-chan: 29 July 2007 - 10:06 PM