 Allow me to introduce myself, I am Ernst Stavro Lofen. Eww, his face! Do you remember very well? Yes, this is my second life. No. You only live twice, Mr. Bond. Hey guys, welcome back. This is Jeroen, better known as Dutch Bond fan. And today I am once again rejoined by my beautiful girlfriend, Lirit. Hi! Today we are reacting to 1967's You Only Live Twice. The fifth Bond movie once again starring Sean Connery. Yep. Yep. He once again returns for the fifth time in a row. What comes to mind when you hear the title You Only Live Twice? I? In this movie? Twice? You are pretty close actually there. It's very strange. Yeah, it's a Fleming based title. He mentioned You Only Live Twice once when you are born and once when you look dead in the eye. Okay. That's in the books. A couple of facts about this movie. This is the first Bond movie to not be closely based on the novel. This was more of an original story. And another fun fact is it was written, co-written at least, by Roald Dau. Oh. I think you know as well, right? Yes. I know him. From Matilda. Matilda, yeah. Charlie and the chocolate factory. Oh yeah, Charlie and the chocolate factory. Matilda, you're right. Yes. So there is going to be a good story now. Oh, shots are fired! We'll see if you like this story or not, who knows. But if you are interested in watching the full length reaction, you can watch that on my Patreon page. So you can see the whole thing. But we'll once again be delving into another Bond movie. So let's see how you enjoy You Only Live Twice. Yeah, but this one is black and white. Oh yeah. And the music. Yeah. It's different. It's Asian music here. It's like Japanese music. Cape Con and Jupiter 16. Can you confirm O2 pressure is within limits? It's an... Oh no, United States, I see it. We're going outside? Is it even possible? Yeah. That's the bad guy. He's going to swallow that? That's a terrible death. Our man in Hong Kong is working on it now. That's James Bond. We have had some interesting times together, Ling. I'm sorry to go. Where is he? He's dead? No, he's not dead. Too late. Well, at least he died on the job. He'd have wanted it this way. Bye. Do you recognize the music? You never heard this? This song is by Nancy Sinatra. The daughter of Frank Sinatra. But I thought you may recognize the opening tune from Robbie Williams, Millennium. I'm not a fan of Robbie Williams. Me neither, but maybe you know the song. Okay, not fair enough. So what are you expecting to see from this movie when you look at the film? A lot of Asian... Is it Japan or China? Japan, yeah. I was in China just now in Hong Kong, but... And a lot of lava. Yeah. So there's a volcano? Correct, probably. All normal boats and then one military boat. Yeah. Commander Bond. Military funeral. And this is MI6. Or is it Spectre again in black? No. No, you're right. It's MI6. I'm just referring to fun ball. Request permission to come aboard, sir. Permission granted. Thank you. So this is for real? He has a rank in the army? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Commander Bond. That's always been the case. MI6 is a military intelligence. It's quite the same. Yeah, it's Amp's office in the submarine. Oh, sit down, double or something. Even the desk. And the lamp. But not the ladder door. No. And her office looks the same. How is the girl? You may need it. You forget I took her first in oriental languages at Cambridge. So this story is underway a lot faster, right? Yes. Like fun ball, they showed how the bombs were stolen. It took longer to get started. A lot, a lot faster. This is just like find out by, and they're firing him into Japan with the, through the torpedo. Yes. I want to go to Tokyo. They have a lot of rules. But this is Japan in the 60s. Yeah, these are all extras, huh? Yeah. They believe in all extras. They didn't have much trouble finding Asian people in this movie. Like in Dr. No, they didn't cast much Asians. But they are in Japan. Yeah. They filmed in Japan. Yeah, a lot of the scenes are really in Japan. So now he has to say it. What? The password line. I love you. Yeah. But he never says it, said it before. I love you. I have a car nearby. Oh, where do you suggest we go? I know a quiet hotel. It's not the same car. This is a Toyota. They're in Japan. There's no window. Yeah, that's what I always saw. The green screen wiped it away a bit. I always noticed too. It looks so weird. We got it right. What? He has a false leg. Bond wants to test if he's really Henderson. He could just show them. Yeah. Right? It is the most closely guarded secret in Japan. It was stirred, not shaken. Yeah. Oh, you were thinking. Stirred, not shaken. That was right. He actually says it. You noticed before he says the line. That's stirred, not shaken. It's a mistake in the movie, I think. They didn't really get the shake and not stirred down yet, I think. Or it's on purpose. I never knew. Well done for spotting that before the line. So impressed by your level of detail sometimes. He's industrial-concerned. Is he dead? No. Asians were wearing mob masks way before they were popular. They always do. Chemical engineering? Osato, yes. Like all the walls are made from paper. It's all paper. Yeah. I was just going to say. He's using the couch. But the couch is then really light. I guess. I didn't know that there was a door. I didn't notice you. I guess it was opened a bit. You just tried? I don't know. Luckily he has. He has. Like nothing in his pockets. I want a safe drive, you everyday thing. It's not like we saw a queue scene where he... No. Where did she came from? Just she was in the neighborhood. What do you mean? My job is to help you. There is something over there. I am so very pleased to meet you, Paul-son. I really am. I don't know who is that. The head of the Secret Service of Japan. Beth Henderson just said. My private train. I never travel in the streets of Tokyo. So he has his own subway? Yeah. I imagine that your Mr. M in London has a similar arrangement. Oh yes, but of course. I think this. Can you make it bigger? They know exactly where to enhance it. Take your first civilized bath. Really? Well, I like the plumbing. Place yourself entirely in their hands, my dear Paul-son. In Japan, men always come first, women come second. I might just retire to here. Yeah, it's very strange. It's culture in Japan. Who is big enough? Spectre. Could be. Yeah, Spectre again. Thank you. So he's back at... Yeah, he's back. ...of Sata, where he was yesterday night. You are three and a half minutes early. Fix the paper. It's in. All ready. Statue is back. It's already fixed. Thank you, it's too early in the morning for me. You're quite sure? Yeah. I always take a glass in the morning. You should try it. He's already gone. You already disposed it. Cigarettes are very bad for your chest. Mr. Ozato believes in a healthy chest. She saved them twice already. Yeah. I'm getting used to their back projections when they're driving. Right in the sixties. At least this is real. There's the helicopter. They will shoot it down. Nope, something else. They just wrap it? It's a magnet. Are they going to let it fall in the sea? Yep. Japanese technology efficiency. He's trying to do the wheel of garlic. It's like there's an airplane above that. How is he seeing it? How is he seeing that? They always... And not that other people can see this. Like, whoa, they're dropping a car in the ocean. Yeah. Just drop in the ocean. Tacked M. Tell him to send little Nelly. Repeat... What do you think that is to little Nelly? Your father. There's no blood, nothing. Well, enjoy yourself. Is this the secretary? Who are you working for? Well, enjoy yourself. Well, that's when they'll try and get at you. No, she's a violence. You'll be the best man we've got. And leave you. But I have to get off. Who do you think it is? Your car. Can do anything. Just your type. No, it's certainly not a tie. What do you think it's? Badass. Can't fly to work in the morning like this. No. Look at how awesome that is. No, it's not awesome. It isn't? It's the little Nelly, I think it's cool. For fishing towns in Japan. Yeah, it is. Why are those fishing women have, like, goggles on? Snorkeling. I guess they look under water. To find the fish. I don't know how Japanese people fish. Maybe someone in the comments can tell. He's now in a volcano? There's nothing here but volcanoes. Understood. Carry on. What is he looking at? He's looking for wherever the rockets came down that they stole in space. Oh, there's someone. One, two, three, four out of that guy. How did they know that he was there? This time it does make sense, but it's not revealed yet. See-through. Yeah, but those models have it like that. They've never seen a helicopter like that? Nope. They used one from Russia with love as well to bomb him. It was one like this. But not see-through, right? Yes, it was. No, I mean the tail. Yeah. So the helicopters are from Spectre? Who knows? Spectre has been... Just give us, I assume, my question. No, no, no, it's not revealed yet where not Spectre is involved again. You think Spectre is behind it again? I think so. Where does that space shuttle or rocket go? Space. The Americans fought the Russians kidnapped their spaceship, right? But that's not true. There they are again. Shut up! The Americans! Americans, you're here? So they're blaming each other? Now there are two in that shuttle. Now the other one day has calmed down in Japan, remember? They just don't know where. It's in the volcano. This film set alone cost one million dollars, so more than the entire budget of Dr. No. Yes. It's one of the most impressive film sets they ever made for Bond, the volcano layer. It's huge. What? Nothing. What do you think is in the chair? This draw, captive spaceship. Spectre! They're back again. They're going in the same, like, jail as the Americans? I think so, yeah. Good. Hans? Is that that guy from Russia with love? He's already dead, right? Red grand, you mean? Hans does look like him. The blunt henchmen, they always appear in the Bond movies for some reason, like the blunt, muscular types. It's usually a bad guy, except with Daniel Craig. She's number eleven? Yeah. From the table. From the last movie. She wasn't at the table, but... No, they were only men. You're right, but she is number eleven. This organization does not tolerate failure. I think he's going to kill the... He's going to kill him. It's always the one you don't expect, right? We expect it. The Japanese castle. Beautiful, right? The castle? The castle also. She did her hair. Bad news from outer space. Yes, I heard it. I also need a company of first-rate men. It's not easy to walk in those sandals. Do you have any... It's all from wooden. I have two, like, two wooden thingies underneath. Ninja trainee school. Did you saw that other guy? He did just like his sword and he turned and he just fell. And this blue one did nothing. They have to change the Scotsman to an Asian. It's... Good evening. Good evening. I don't think they shaved their chest hair really. What's here? What's he doing? Slowing a rope. She's going to die. That's a beautiful death. Doshina! Yeah. Wedding. Japanese wedding. For his cover. He gets to pick which wife he wants. I think the last one. She's the youngest, I think. Do you see how hard it is to walk in those sandals? Yeah, but do you think what's the point of all this? The cover and the Asian making? If they already knew to poison him anyway. Clearly they know who he is. So this is the new bump girl? Yeah. Her name is Kishi. Kishi Suzuki. Thank you. I'm a designer. What? He's talking Japanese, but it's just not convincing when the color is just not an Asian. You can't change into an Asian. This is fake. Yeah, very obvious. All right. But the movie showcases Japan beautifully, I feel. They show so much of the country. They're in a cave where that fisher girl died. Yes. Yes. It's to keep unwanted visitors away. Close gene gas to keep the visitors away. You notice a sulfur on the wall? And that's where we have to go next. Do you think you can make it? Of course. It's business. Good. Half naked. You may like, nope, you go. That's not in the circle. Oh, they're already down. Is that deep? But the water, that's fake, right? So he's going to find out now. It's metal. Let's make it. Get back to Tanaka. Time to come here with every man he's got. Yes. So she has to go up the crater, into the woods. Yeah. With the boat. Back to the... Back to mainland. Yeah. She should have brought a walkie-talkie thing. And he had this in his back pocket? I guess so. This outfit? Oh, my God. He has to get in that rocket. Yeah. 100 minutes. In our country, we say cosmonaut. Yes, both of us. Get into their uniforms. And they just do it. Well, they have no choice. He didn't just let them know he was MI6 or something like that. He just said, like, I'm going to blow up this door, stand back. But they know, okay, we're being helped. So we may as well cooperate. Aki died. Is Kissy also going to die? Why didn't they just kill the other one also? Then they just hijacked the... The rocket. They didn't want to make too much noise, I think. So is Mon going to go to space now? Yes, I think so. This is plan. Duck that astronaut. Bring him to me. Stop that astronaut! What? You noticed that it was Bond? You made a mistake, my friend. No astronaut would enter the capsule carrying his air conditioner. James Bond. Now he doesn't look Asian anymore. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Ernst Stavro- Ew, his face! Do you remember the name of the robot? Yes, this is my second wife. You only live twice, Mr. Bond. Ew, his face! They are now clear. Oh, those are the explosives, right? Yeah, the rocket cigarettes. Sir, opening! Well, James Bond, what are you going to do? What is he going to do? Ignition! What's he's going to do now? VT! He brought back up at least. Exception will take place in eight minutes. Nothing can prevent that. I think the Americans or the Russians are inside in the rocket. Out of ninjas. Yeah, but I like this climax a lot better than the underwater battle. Yeah, that's correct. Kissy is still walking in her bikini in that volcano. Tiger is fighting himself as well. Imagine M being here. He just shots us out of him. Come on. Why doesn't he just shoot Bond, right? Yeah. This is one of those moments of just shooting him. Goodbye, Mr. Bond. But he came from that, right? Yeah. Shurikens are pretty neat. Hunts. Yeah, hunts. Oh, but there's like piranhas, right? Yeah. He doesn't use a couch again to fight. No. This couch is too heavy. There are piranhas right over there. Yeah. He pushed that button. This thing will blow up. Yeah. You forgot something? No. Now there's lava. That's what I said in my review. Like lava? Where the hell did that come from? Like, it's a hollow doubtful, you know. Yeah. His chest is not shaving at all. But they'll never let you stay. It's like they forgot about the Asian makeup or something. But oh well. He gets the girl again. Okay, we finished watching You Only Live Twice. What did you think? It was a good movie with a good story. And I finally saw the one from Spectre. Yeah. Blofeld finally revealed. Did he live up to your expectations? He had a scar and a lazy eye or something. Or like the scar tissue. Yeah. That was like... Were you expecting him to look like that? No. Were you expecting him to have hair maybe? Yes, a little bit taller. Right, I agree. He's a lot less menacing than what he... what he seemed to be in the previous movies. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Okay, anything else you want to share before we get into the rating on this movie? Okay, well, let's just get into it. Oh, I have so much thoughts on this, but this is about you. First of all, Bond's performance. What do you rate him in this movie? Four stars. Four stars again. So that was like Cold Finger Fundable and now this one. Where you gave him four stars. Yeah. Okay, any comments on Connery in this movie? No, he did it just good, right? Yeah. Even the part where he's turned it to an Asian man? Yeah, that was quite weird to see that. Yeah, I never... He didn't look Asian. Not at all. I never bought it. It's such a weird... I mean, if they dropped that aspect of the movie, the story wouldn't have been any different. It's not like it was needed in any way, the whole cover-up thing. Yeah. It's just weird. Oh, well, but Connery for you, good job again. Yes. It's still a good Bond. Yeah, but this one was the last one, right? For now, it is. The next one, George Lazenby enters the role. That was the model, right? Yeah. I'll show you a documentary of how he got the job. Okay. You'll learn a little bit more about it, but like I told you before, you only did it once. Then Connery does return. You'll see later. Okay. Moving on to the Bond girls of this movie. Yeah. What did they give them? Three stars. Three stars. Very fair. What did you think of the Bond girls? Well, someone died. Yeah. Aki. Yeah, and then there was some other one who came, step into her role. Yeah. But she looked just like her. Exactly. And we're not trying to be racist like all Asians look alike, but these girls look alike. I'm also Asian. Technically, yeah. So it's very similar that these two, they're so interchangeable. Yeah. But I think they had to do something with the sleeping scene. Yeah. That they had to put like a thread, how do you call it? Yeah, like a thread. Yeah. And then with the poison. Poison. Yeah. Yeah. I guess, but originally the actress that plays Kizzie was going to be Aki. They were going to switch roles. Yeah. Okay. But then I think there was something in her contract that she didn't want to play a character that died or something. I don't remember. Okay. Or she was suicidal. I don't know. There was some controversial story behind it that didn't see eventually became Kizzie. Oh well. But this was a normal name. Aki. Aki was, but Kizzie. Kizzie not. Kizzie is another Bond-like name. Kizzie Suzuki as well. But oh well. But you liked Kizzie and Aki? Yes. They were beautiful and they're beautiful dressed. The second one was only wearing a bikini in the last scene. Yeah. It's like Honey Rider all over again. Just, you know, running around in the villains' layer, in a bikini, shooting at people. It's typical Bond stuff, classic Bond stuff I would say. And you just said to her, just go back to them and say it to them. And I was like, huh, but then she had to go back up the crater, down in the crater, through the woods and then swim. Swim all the way back. All the way back. Yeah. Tell them and go back again. Yeah. I guess if the movie had them bring a walkie-talkie it would have been too easy because they would have saved them faster. That's if I do that. Yeah. You'd be like... Nope. You go. I will go inside. Anyway, so the Bond girls, three stars, moving on to the Bond villains in this movie. What did you think? Four stars. Four stars. Yeah. Tell us about the villains in this movie. Well, now they revealed Spectre, the number one. Yeah. Blofeld finally revealed. And there was a Hans. Yeah. The Hans. Assistant who looked like the one from Russia with Love. I agree. Yeah. And Wells, the red-headed. Yeah. She was like, at least to me, did you feel so as well that she was similar to someone else that we saw previously? The red-headed woman. Oh yes, from... What was that name? Thunderball. Yeah. Only not as good as Fiona Volpe and a few. Well, they both stayed bad. Yeah, that's true. Even when Bond, you know, kissed them or slept with them. He didn't sleep. Both. Yeah. He didn't sleep with this one though. He only kissed with her. Oh no, he did. He did sleep with her. Yeah, he slept with both. Yeah. Yeah. I guess the effect of his winning over is wearing off. Thanks. Yeah. In the plane. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So four stars for the villains saying you only live twice. Yes. Moving on to the locations. Four stars. Four stars and you only live twice. Yeah. Nice. What did you think of the locations? It was only in Japan. Yeah. A lot of Japan in this movie. He was in the first scenes in China. Oh yeah. Yeah. There he was killed. Yeah. I've really seen much of China though in this movie. It's mainly Japan. But how did he survive that? Good question. That's a question for me. I guess it was staged. Staged? Mm-hmm. To make it seem he was killed. Probably the guns warned. But where came all the blood? Yeah. I guess it was staged. I don't know. At least he wasn't really killed. But what did you think of Japan? Yeah. Beautiful. Yeah. You see a lot of Japan. Yeah. Yeah. And the culture and traditions. It's like a travelogue. From that time. Yeah. I think now it's very different. Well, yeah, obviously in technology and things have advanced. But I think if you go and visit traditional Japanese places like the houses. You've been there? No. So I can't speak from experience. But I think if you look at traditional, because I did stay in a Japanese household once. We were traditional. A lot of it is similar. A lot of the traditions and the bowing and the respectfulness and how they treat people. Mm-hmm. That they still remain that way to this day. Yes. Culturally. So, yeah, I think it's still pretty faithful to Japan in some way. So I loved this movie in the locations. Anyway, moving on to the story. Four stars. Four stars again. So tell us about the story. You enjoyed it a lot I guess. I could keep up. That's a plus. Well, that writing helped. I already said it in the beginning. Yeah. So tell me, so you could keep up with the story. Yeah. I knew where it was about the story. Yeah. It's pretty simple. It was pretty simple. Sometimes I was like, hmm, what? But then you said it to me a couple of times. I could give up. Easy description there. Moving on to our final rating of your enjoyment of your only live twice. Four stars. Four stars. Yes. So this one you really enjoyed again. Yes, I was a little bit tired, but I just watched it. Right. I watched it all the way to the end. I never fell asleep. Well, in these movie reactions it's impossible. Yeah. And they just suck you into the movie. And you have to watch it because otherwise you miss parts of it. So it was enjoyable to watch. I completely agree. It's a good movie. Great one. So with so much four stars to this, obviously your average score for your only live twice is four stars putting it at the same position as Goldfinger. So these are your top two Connery movies at the moment. Which one do you prefer if you could choose now between Goldfinger and your only live twice just so the viewers know which one you favor at the moment? I think this one. So this one is your favorite one yet? Yes. Connery's movies. I saw Goldfinger twice and this one once. So I don't know. I didn't fall asleep at this one. And this one just, yeah. This one sucked me into the movie. Straight away. Straight away. It was straight, everything, every fact in this movie. It was, oh, yes. Oh, okay. Yeah. You get it. Yeah. Yeah. Now I can agree to this. To me this is my guilty pleasure Bond movie. This one gets critiqued a lot. Some hate it. Why? Bond turning Japanese. The weird disguise thing. What disguise thing? Well, he's dressed up to be Japanese but it doesn't go anywhere. It's fantastical. You know, there's a guy that has a volcano base. It's a lot less realistic than. And the helicopter thing. Yeah, it's a lot less little nally. Yeah. I think all of that to me, it's a guilty pleasure. So, I can agree to your rating. It's to me, these are probably my two favorite Connery movies as well, strangely enough. So, we did another movie reaction. Next time we will be watching On Her Majesty's Secret Service. But you said a documentary. Yeah, the documentary I will watch off-screen with you. Oh, okay. Yeah. We will be back to watch On Her Majesty's Secret Service next time. So, the Queen is also in this one? Oh, because of Majesty's. Who knows? They asked the Queen. We'll see in the next movie what that is about. Well, there was a commercial with Bond and the Queen, right? No, they were at the Olympics together. Yes, together. Yeah. Anyway, you'll see in the next movie. Okay. Please like, subscribe and comment, leave your thoughts once again. And we will see you in the next movie reaction. Take care, guys. See you guys later.