"why is it that chinese girls taste so different?" asks sean connery as bond, james bond in his opening line. a line that tells of the tone of the film perhaps like no other. first things first. as a boy i did not like james bond. i couldnt sit through a whole one and its only in the last couple of weeks that iv finally gotten around to exploring them properly. despite this lack of interest in the series there was strangely always one film that i enjoyed, with that film being "you only live twice". im not sure exaclty why i enjoyed it, im presuming it was the location of japan and the cool little helicopter that bond flies, coupled with the architypal bond villain HQ in the shape of blofeld's volcano inner-sanctum. since watching the film as a wide eyed ten year old and a cynical twenty five year old i appear to have outgrown it greatly. what once i wouldnt even have noticed i know find incredibly offensive, especially the bit where bond is made up to look asian. its just bizarre that it worked even then, the concept of a 6foot-plus scotchman wandering around japan trying to fit in.
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