The only Bond film with such a loopy plot that I watched it twice and still couldn't figure out what was happening - but the fact that I watched it twice shows you that it was entertaining anyway.
Winner of the "everything and the kitchen sink" award for the widest variety of crazy events ever to occur in a single Bond film, this one throws everything at you - Faberge eggs, Indian marketplaces, old fashioned circus performers, nuclear weapons, boats disguised as crocodiles, manhunts using elephants, and dozens of gorgeous women dressed as acrobats and belly dancers. It's utterly nuts. The plot makes absolutely no sense and the acting is hit or miss, but it has enough high spirits to carry it past defects.
My main criticisms would be that it's at least 20 minutes too long, it gets slow in spots, and it tends to go over the top in ways that lose the audience. There's also a crucial plot twist about 3/4 of the way through which is underlit and badly edited, so you can't tell what's happening and get lost for the rest of the film (if you aren't already).
But if you have lots of practice in suspending major disbelief, then invite your friends, make plenty of popcorn, and have fun.
Winner of the "everything and the kitchen sink" award for the widest variety of crazy events ever to occur in a single Bond film, this one throws everything at you - Faberge eggs, Indian marketplaces, old fashioned circus performers, nuclear weapons, boats disguised as crocodiles, manhunts using elephants, and dozens of gorgeous women dressed as acrobats and belly dancers. It's utterly nuts. The plot makes absolutely no sense and the acting is hit or miss, but it has enough high spirits to carry it past defects.
My main criticisms would be that it's at least 20 minutes too long, it gets slow in spots, and it tends to go over the top in ways that lose the audience. There's also a crucial plot twist about 3/4 of the way through which is underlit and badly edited, so you can't tell what's happening and get lost for the rest of the film (if you aren't already).
But if you have lots of practice in suspending major disbelief, then invite your friends, make plenty of popcorn, and have fun.