DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER | How Does Connery's Final EON 007 Hold Up? | A Fan Discussion

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• PE

  @petey_kohut · 2 years ago

  So glad to see another “debate” video.  I have rewatched each of the others over a dozen times.  Can’t get enough!

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• EU

  @euphorion8935 · 2 years ago

  This might be a "comic" Bond film, but the cremation scene really scared me as a kid and still gives me chills!

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• BR

  @bryanalstoncoxing · 2 years ago

  Connery was only 40 when this movie was filmed but looks older than David looks in this video 😅

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• YT

  @YTguySmithy-lk6go · 2 years ago

  The car chase is the only car chase I've ever seen where literally everyone on the sidewalk is watching the film makers making the film!

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• MA

  @markwardprodking · 1 year ago

  My fave Wint/Kidd line: “You know, Miss Case is quite attractive…for a lady…heh-heh-heh…”

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• CA

  @captain_morgan4462 · 2 years ago

  Wint and Kidd, the elevator fight, Las Vegas car chase, Bambi and Thumper, Connery’s pink tie, John Barry’s score and the overall fun, camp and yet at times sadistic tone to this adventure make it one I always love to rewatch.

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• HO

  @HowardWeber · 2 years ago (edited)

  Believe it or not , Diamonds Are Forever had the best audience reaction of any Bond film I`ve ever seen. I was 20 when I first saw this movie in 1971. It had been over 4 years since Connery played Bond and the public couldn`t wait to see him. When the gunbarrel sequence came on the screen there was thunderous applause from the audience and when Connery said the words  " my name is Bond - James Bond " the audience cheered and applauded. I`ll never forget it.  People didn`t care how good or bad the movie was. THEY CAME TO SEE SEAN CONNERY.

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• ZO

  @ZombyMammoth · 2 years ago

  "Best not to think about it. Just have fun." - Basil Exposition

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• K3

  @K3nnyL0gg1ns · 2 years ago (edited)

  Honestly, as a Bond film it's definitely not the strongest, but as a comedy, as an almost semi-parody of Bond it's genius, genuinely such a funny script. Diamonds Are Forever is always a great time, and I love the villains so much, Mr Wint, Mr Kidd and I love Charles Gray as Blofeld, just great fun. Connery looks older for sure but it's one of my favourite performances of his as Bond, it's not Goldfinger or From Russia with Love but imo it absolutely nails what it's going for.

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• ST

  @stvdagger8074 · 2 years ago

  You question why the diamonds are smuggled from South Africa to Las Vegas via Amsterdam.  The diamonds that the miner hands over to the dentist are rough diamonds.  I assume that to be used as a focus for a laser satellite, they must be cut to very precise shapes.  Amsterdam is one of the top diamond cutting venues in the world.  Likely between the time that Mrs Whistler brings them from South Africa and when Tiffany puts them in her chandelier, they are processed by an unshown cutting house.  Uncut stones would have been very noticeable.   Perhaps we are missing a scene when Wint and Kidd kill everyone in the diamond cutter's shop.

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• FA

  @faeembrugh · 2 years ago

  Connery looked in far better shape when he did 'Never Say Never Again' than in 'Diamonds Are Forever'.

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• JO

  @JohnDoe-tm9wz · 2 years ago

  Diamonds Are Forever is weird, campy, over the top and doesn't make much sense...I love every second of it!

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