{"id":52084,"date":"2020-10-05T10:12:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T17:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52084"},"modified":"2021-01-22T11:13:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T18:13:54","slug":"diamonds-are-forever-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52084","title":{"rendered":"Diamonds Are Forever (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Curious, how everyone who touches those diamonds seems to die.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-52086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Poster-676x1024.png 676w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Poster.png 731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nBy impersonating a diamond smuggler and meeting with a beautiful contact (Jill St. John) in Las Vegas, James Bond (Sean Connery) uncovers information about a sinister plot by his arch-enemy Blofeld (Charles Gray) to build a massive laser weapon.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>James Bond Films<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<li>Sean Connery Films<\/li>\n<li>Spies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that while this &#8220;follow-up to <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52071\"><em>On Her Majesty&#8217;s Secret Service<\/em><\/a> features Sean Connery&#8217;s return as James Bond, it&#8217;s unfortunately &#8220;one of the most forgettable movies of the entire Bond series&#8221;. He points out that &#8220;until Blofeld&#8217;s reappearance&#8221; in the film, &#8220;we must watch what is no better than a mundane diamond-smuggling melodrama, without the spectacle we associate with James Bond.&#8221; He further notes that &#8220;the Las Vegas setting isn&#8217;t exotic enough, there&#8217;s little humor, the villains are second-rate: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Villains.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Villains-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Villains-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Villains-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Villains-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Villains-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Villains-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Villains.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; and the trouble Bond gets into, even Maxwell Smart would escape.&#8221; While he argues that &#8220;the only bright spot is moderately talented leading lady Jill St. John as a sexy diamond smuggler who gets in over her head and into a number of teeny bikinis,&#8221; she&#8217;s actually not very interesting as a character: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Much more enjoyable is a brief sequence in which a pair of athletic women named Bambi (Lola Larson) and Thumper (Trina Parks) show some serious girl-power while kicking Bond&#8217;s butt.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bambi and Thumper&#8217;s collective gang-up on Bond<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Bambi-Thumper.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Bambi-Thumper-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-52085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Bambi-Thumper-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Bambi-Thumper-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Bambi-Thumper-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Bambi-Thumper-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Bambi-Thumper-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Diamonds-Are-Forever-Bambi-Thumper.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; you can skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0066995\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1971\/12\/26\/archives\/bond-is-back-and-diamonds-got-him.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=597&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/series-jamesbond7.html\">FilmSite Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/diamonds-are-forever-1971.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Curious, how everyone who touches those diamonds seems to die.&#8221; Synopsis: By impersonating a diamond smuggler and meeting with a beautiful contact (Jill St. John) in Las Vegas, James Bond (Sean Connery) uncovers information about a sinister plot by his arch-enemy Blofeld (Charles Gray) to build a massive laser weapon. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: James Bond Films Mistaken or Hidden Identities Sean Connery Films Spies Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary writes that while this &#8220;follow-up to On Her Majesty&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=52084\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52084"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65103,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52084\/revisions\/65103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}