Diamonds Are Forever

Sean Connery is back as Bond, James Bond. He was actually talked into it, as he wasn't very keen to do any more Bond films, and he was payend $1,000,000 and a certain procentage of the profits! He donated everything he got to his Education Fund, to help working class youngsters in Scotland get proper education.

This is a good Bond movie, although Sean Connery is a bit too old to be a credible Bond. Still, he performs - as ever - excellently, and therefore helps to keep the quality of the movie on a high level. Blofleldt in this movie is portrayed by Charles Grant - who interestinly enough played a British agent in You Only Live Twice - and he's doing a good job of it. He is not, however, the "real" Blofeldt to me. The first Blofeldt we got to see was Donald Pleasance in You Only Live Twice and I think he will always be Blofeldt for me.

I'm not a big fan of Miss Tiffany Case, although it is kind of nice to see that the Bond-girl is not the innocent, pure and gullable type ... Mr. Kidd and Mr. Wint are cool characters!! I can imagine that in the early 70s, a movie showing a gay couple as villains would have been somewhat upsetting. Still, they are funny and their dialogues are great!!

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