This is the worst of Sean Connery's movies. Plot is confusing and boring but still sometimes entertaining.

It's kind of astonishing how bad this is. What a mess

:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart: - Personally I quite enjoyed this one

My rating system works:
10:heart:- Masterpiece :100:
9:heart:- Excellent
8:heart: - Amazing :ok_hand:
7:heart:- Great :sun_with_face:
6:heart: - Good :thumbsup:
5:heart: - Average :head_bandage:
4:heart: - Bad but watchable :octagonal_sign:
3:heart: - Bad :sob:
2:heart:- Awful :face_vomiting:
1:heart: - Bull Shit.

All y’all are wrong. This is the best Sean Connery film.

Although a lot of fan service from a pervy director, a bit of unexpected female areola for a bond film, and some poorly written female characters, the rest of the film boasts an unhinged bond returning to form. The plot was straightforward, didn’t take itself too seriously and was a lot of fun to watch all the way through.

Unfortunately this won’t be your serious, debonair or clean bond film, but this was a lot of fun all the way through and woke me up from the coma that was On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

A good opportunity to see what Vegas looked like in the 70s

I will not understand why Connery was brought back. The last one was the best Bond in quite some time, and Connery REALLY phones it in here. The plot is back to nonsense and is equal parts confusing. Bond fans may get a kick out of it, but it is the worst entry yet.

Rating: 2/5 - 65% - Not Recommended to Everyone

For me, it was ok. I was more worried about Sean Connery than anything. He was visually older and unwell for the role. Being his farewell to the Bond chronology I have to say it was a bad one. However, the film runs until the 3rd act. A cinematographic and ideological change is visible. It still has its vices like light sex, hypermasculine and subtle racism, but we see cartoonish villains and crazy chases. Even the car chases deserve a mention. Soon, the film managed to close it just doesn't impact like other Sean Connery films. And yes, apart from thunderball this is the weak spy movie.

The James Bond Films
1 Eon films
1.1 Dr. No (1962) https://trakt.tv/movies/dr-no-1962
1.2 From Russia with Love (1963) https://trakt.tv/movies/from-russia-with-love-1963
1.3 Goldfinger (1964) https://trakt.tv/movies/goldfinger-1964
1.4 Thunderball (1965) https://trakt.tv/movies/thunderball-1965
1.5 You Only Live Twice (1967) https://trakt.tv/movies/you-only-live-twice-1967
1.6 On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) https://trakt.tv/movies/on-her-majesty-s-secret-service-1969
1.7 Diamonds Are Forever (1971) https://trakt.tv/movies/diamonds-are-forever-1971
1.8 Live and Let Die (1973) https://trakt.tv/movies/live-and-let-die-1973
1.9 The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-man-with-the-golden-gun-1974
1.10 The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-spy-who-loved-me-1977
1.11 Moonraker (1979) https://trakt.tv/movies/moonraker-1979
1.12 For Your Eyes Only (1981) https://trakt.tv/movies/for-your-eyes-only-1981
1.13 Octopussy (1983) https://trakt.tv/movies/octopussy-1983
1.14 A View to a Kill (1985) https://trakt.tv/movies/a-view-to-a-kill-1985
1.15 The Living Daylights (1987) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-living-daylights-1987
1.16 Licence to Kill (1989) https://trakt.tv/movies/licence-to-kill-1989
1.17 GoldenEye (1995) https://trakt.tv/movies/goldeneye-1995
1.18 Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) https://trakt.tv/movies/tomorrow-never-dies-1997
1.19 The World Is Not Enough (1999) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-world-is-not-enough-1999
1.20 Die Another Day (2002) https://trakt.tv/movies/die-another-day-2002
1.21 Casino Royale (2006) https://trakt.tv/movies/casino-royale-2006
1.22 Quantum of Solace (2008) https://trakt.tv/movies/quantum-of-solace-2008
1.23 Skyfall (2012) https://trakt.tv/movies/skyfall-2012
1.24 Spectre (2015) https://trakt.tv/movies/spectre-2015
1.25 No Time to Die (2021) https://trakt.tv/movies/no-time-to-die-2021

2 Non-Eon films
2.1 Casino Royale (1967) https://trakt.tv/movies/casino-royale-1967
2.2 Never Say Never Again (1983) https://trakt.tv/movies/never-say-never-again-1983

Well...The silliness is back, and so is Sean Connery.

Diamonds are Forever is not my favorite Bond movie, but I guess there's some fun to be had if you look hard enough. That is if you can look past a rather "disinterested" Sean Connery, some very weird bad guys, and a rather weak plot.

I know I said that Thunderball was my least favorite of the Connery era, but it seems I forgot how weak this one really is. I know they felt they needed to revive the franchise after Lazenby "crapped" out (according to Broccoli and co), but bringing Connery back was a mistake. The man wasn't interested in anything but his paycheck at this point and looked bored throughout. Sometimes I wonder if this one would have been better with Roger Moore instead of Connery. This brand of silliness might have suited him better.

The women are as beautiful as ever of course, but there's painfully little else that is up to the Bond standard. Unless you are watching the whole series, this is not worth your time.

I think it's the one I liked least about Connery's stage as Bond, but still, it was good

So it follows the traditional Bond theme.

Bond girls are the normal "hotness". Although this is the first time I remember actually catching brief nudity in a Bond movie (at the beginning when he takes the bikini top off of the first woman).

Cheesy effects but it is the 70s.

Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd are quite funny in an odd kind of way and it's hard to tell if they are really just odd or if there really is a homosexual aspect of them. Violent and murderous regardless.

Tiffany is so dumb omg.. and the lunar bug chase I don't even know what to think about it.

I really love all of the official Connery Bond films... all except this one. Ugh, where do I start?

Bond Girl - Sucks
Villain - Lame
Plot - Dumb finale
Car Chase - Ridiculous

It is kind of a shame, how much of the film has bad stuff going on. I will say though, there are some highlights still. The henchmen in this are pretty fun. Q has some good scenes. And even though he's not giving a single shit, Connery is still pretty awesome. I do enjoy watching this movie (true for all the 007 films), but almost entirely because it is so crazy that it is funny.

One of my favorite James Bond movies. For the first time the special effects look not as artificial as in the previous movies and both the plot and the bond girl are extremely hot!

Another from the Bond series.

Diamonds are Forever sees Sean Connery return to the role and is the weakest Bond film so far. The story was not all that interesting and the Las Vegas setting did not offer any excitement, other than a car chase where Bond drives a car on two wheels. It had some quite silly moments such as a moon buggy chase, bond fighting with two womanwhich was lame and Blofeld dressing as a woman. Felt more like a parody bond film. Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd had their moments as the double henchman, but I just did not care for them at all. With an average story, their was not enough action to entertain me throughout and ends up being an average film at best to me. It does have one of the more memorable songs though sang wonderfully by Shirley Bassey.

5/10

Sean Connery returns as James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever. In this adventure Bond is assigned to investigate a diamond smuggling operation that appears to be run by a mysterious and reclusive industrialist in Las Vegas. The series returns to form, and delivers some exciting and thrilling action. Additionally, the film is packed with colorful characters and interesting henchmen. There are some issues with the story, but it still manages to be entertaining and fun. Diamonds Are Forever is a solid Bond film that delivers one of the best adventures of the series.

And so starts the road to camp for James Bond. Unfortunately campiness does not save this flick from tedium. Hope you weren't expecting OHMSS's ending to have a payoff in this edition. Certainly hoped for a better send off for Sean Connery.

I thought it was alright, but Sean Connery looks a bit like Rowan Atkinson in this one and I can't get it out of my head that this is just a Johnny English movie played straight.

This one was fun to watch although the space buggy scene had me laughing out loud; instead of a James Bond movie oozing intrigue, suspense, and action, it was reminiscent of the kind of goofball scene I would expect to see in an episode of _Gilligan's Island_ . Seriously, it was that laughable. Not a bad film to watch, but again these are very dated films so it's difficult to watch them and not laugh (or at the very least roll your eyes) at the "special effects". Probably the most "annoying" (if you can call it that) thing about this particular film was the almost-forced effort at goofy one-liners after certain scenes. Wasn't the greatest James Bond but it wasn't as lame as some of the older ones have been. At this point, it's hard to know whether these (James Bond) movies are supposed to be intense, action-filled, espionage thrillers or just straight-out comedies. Some of them have been really bad… Now that I've seen this one, I'll take a pass on watching it again. It was fun to watch the first time but definitely not interesting enough to watch again.

Absolute tosh.

Yes, they have Connery back. But he looks tired of the role and too old to play it.

The plot is a new kind of stupid to the series. We've had plenty of the unbelievable but a car that goes into a gap on two wheels but comes out on the other two wheels with just a camera tilt to explain it - well, that's a new low.

There's a little leftover from Lazenby - a manic nature to the sound editing. The editing isn't immune from its influence too.

Not only do we have Bond laying on the smutty double-entendres but we then get a host of redneck cops and Vegas cowboys to add to the mix. Plenty o' Tools.

The series is already starting to succomb to the Roger Moore humorous approach and it is jarring to have Connery be its first guinea pig.

Despite one of the finest theme songs, an iconic scenes and set-piece or two, this just isn't worth the effort overall.


5/10