Yogi's Movie Consumption Blog

Bad guy steals atom bombs and hides them close to a seaside resort. James Bond saves the day and every woman from virginity. This shot was used a couple of times. After not having watched this in a long time I was amazed at how strange the 60's Bond comes across. For my taste, the Bonnery character is just a bit too plump verbally in his predatory attacks on just any woman he encounters. Many of the quips that must have been hilarious during the day come across as quite dumb now - even when looking at it as a period piece.... but who knows what the socially accepted standards were 1965 for the mating dance in England? Still it is an enjoyable movie - the villain is straightforward evil, the girls are beautiful, smart and opportunistic and the men are sex- and power-hungry (and quite stupid). The world of James Bond. The final battle scene under-water is still jaw-dropping to watch. Just to set up the scene the director had to solve a load of problems: Orientation and light...

During WWII a simple carpenter is given control of the disowned shop of the old Jewish lady Rosaria. The film starts out as a wonderful comedy. The quirky Tono is a simple-minded stubborn carpenter who has not much love for his fascistic brother-in-law and his nagging wife, but wants to be left alone. When his brother-in-law arranges for him to become the new head of the dry goods shop on main street, he reluctantly takes the job. But the absent-minded woman running the shop sees a new assistant in him and immediately puts him to work. Poor Tono just goes with the flow and at first everything seems to work out fine for everybody.  But history runs its evil course and soon the harsh realities of deportation can no longer be ignored - at least by Tono. The shop lady only has a dim idea what's going on around her. As long as he can Tono tries to protect her. But at one point he sees that he can no longer keep her hidden. At this point the film turns into a haunting tragedy. The...

A fakumentary about the consequences of a nuclear attack on Britain in the 60s. The interesting part is how information and the accounts of fictional survivors of a nuclear attack on Britain is mixed. A number of (real?) experts give their opinion on the possible problems that would occur in case of nuclear warfare. This footage is intercut with staged footage of a burning houses, torn up survivors and many vox populi. It shows to a comforting extent (or to an alarming extent, depending on how you look at it) that despite the advance of the digital age, the mass media, and the advertised rise in general education that the average person in the street is just as clueless today as it was about fifty years ago. Only a few people understand the danger of radiation, and even then, the information is jumbled and irritating. While watching the film I could feel a certain pull towards sensationalism. The various stories of the war victims were sometimes chopped off a bit abrupt an...

An quirky nun has to take care of seven aristocratic kids and falls in love with their father. Two or three of the musical numbers of this film immediately stuck: The title tune, and the "Maria" song. Friends and me have discussed which of the other songs deserves to be called great. But nevertheless, the whole movie is upbeat and happy - even the Nazis don't look too sinister in it. The camera work is simply astounding. Starting with the wonderful opening shots, flying over the Austrian countryside and the amazing sets, there are many beautiful and very colorful pictures to marvel at. The use of a soft diffusion filter was a bit over the top, more of a zeitgeist thing from the 60s. I have never read into Julie Andrews' career but she works well for this film, with her boyish, slightly naive straightforwardness. I must have seen her films on television, because despite being presented this film on a glorious screen, I couldn't get rid of the feel...