Classic Bond at Its Coolest
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Goldfinger has a fun plot, entertaining action, and one of the best villain/henchman duos in Bond filmography. It's full of lines and scenes so classic that they've become famous ("No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die"). And although the seduction narrative is a bit dated, Pussy Galore has one of the best "single entendre" names in the Bond Girl lexicon. Watch this film!
540757
DR. NO is without a doubt one of the best movies in the Bond series, it was also the first one made.  With a great story, terrific action scenes, and villians hiding behind every palmtree, DR. NO also proved that Bond  doesn't need all of his gizmos to make a fun adventure.  Say with the  exception of possibly his silencer, he has none for this outing.  Bond  (Sean Connery) is sent to Jamaica to investigate the whereabouts of one of  England's agents and his secretery who have disappeared under suspicious  circumstances while investigating a shadowy figure named Dr. No who  inhabits his own nearby island.  Meeting up with CIA man Felix Leiter (Jack  Lord was the first and best Felix) and his assistant Quarell, (perhaps the  coolest helper in the series.) The investigation begins.  Bond discovers  that Dr. No is indeed behind the dissapearence's and find out that Dr. No  is also involved with a scheme to sabotage Cape Canaveral rocket launches,  and it's up to Bond and his female companion Honey Ryder (Ursula  Andress-whom many think is the best Bond Girl.) to stop his plot.  Don't  let the age of this movie fool you, it may not have the killer opening and  song that many other films have nor the inventions but the simplicity of  the movie with a touch of Dr. No's high-tech stronghold make it work, and  it easily surpasses many of the Bond films that came after it.  No Bond fan  or fan of spy movies should go without seeing it.
3279048
Daniel Craig gives another great Bond performance. The storyline is interesting and reminds me of some of the old, classic Bond films. A serious action movie but still has plenty of the good British humor you expect from Bond
4483840
It's quite a feat to have any property be around for 50 years, especially one that's been riddled with financial woes like Bond has. Nevertheless, this set contains some of my favorite action movies and is something any action, spy, or Bond fond would be happy to own. I won't take up any space reviewing the individual movies that come in the set (as that would take up way too much space) but the actual set itself.

Within the set, the movies are housed in two separate booklets, labeled 1962-1981 and 1983-2012. The 22-disc set is built out of a glossy cardboard, and each disc is housed in a sleeve that contains artwork and images from the film it belongs to. It's a treat to flip through the pages and see each movies represented. There's even an empty slot at the back of the second booklet to house Skyfall when it comes out. The set isn't totally complete, as it doesn't include the movies from the Eon production line, including the original Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again.

The movies themselves look terrific with the Bluray treatment. As you can imagine, images and sounds are much clearer and it's been a lot of fun to go back and rewatch the movies in high definition. Each movie has various special features, culminating in literally hundreds of hours of extras.

As I said, this set will be sure to please action, spy, or Bond fans. The price tag can be a little daunting, but I've seen Amazon's promotional prices range anywhere from $100 to $200. Trust me, you won't be disappointed with your purchase.
2569246
I'm really enjoying the new Bond universe.  i did love, well everyone loved, the gadgets that Moore used to have.  But they wouldn't seem right in the Bond world that Craig inhabits.

Anyway the movie was very cool and moved at a great pace.  The villain is creepy and not too campy.  Dame Judy Dench is badass.
4416209
I am a huge fan of the 007 series. My favorite is Sean Connery, but right below him is the great Timothy Dalton. When he came to the series he added an element that had been missing in this series for about 8 films, and that is emotion. Roger Moore, had brought down the series by turning James Bond into an annoying cartooon character/old man off his medication. Dalton brought heart to the film and brought him closer then ever before to the character of the books.

The story is surprisinly good for a Bond film, having many twists and such. It also features a fantastic cast, the Big bad guy has great charm for a villian, the action is fun, and the girl is good looking. Check out this and the other Dalton film, License to kill.

THE GREAT ETNEBOB HAS SPOKEN
941744
After the cartoony but still entertaining Moonraker, Roger Moore gets back to Ian Fleming basics.  This time Bond has to retreive and return an ATAC machine before the bad guys use it for their own evil ends.

With this 5th go-around as 007, Moore turns in his grittiest, toughest, and best overall performance as Bond!  Carole Bouquet has solid presence as the beautiful, resourceful, and revenge-minded Melina Havelock.  As Milos Columbo, Topol is a scene stealer!  In my own humble opinion, he's the best Bond male ally in the film series history!  British pro Julian Glover gives a wonderfully chameleon-like performance as Bond Baddie Aristotle Kristatos.  He is almost overshadowed by Michael Gothard who plays henchman Loque with silent and deadly relish!  If this movie has one major debit in the casting department its Lynn-Holly Johnson.  She is way too young and cute to be a Bond girl!

Former Bond film editor John Glen though, knows his stuff as he takes over the directing reins.  He brings the right amount of energy, style, vigor, and realism to his first Bond effort.  This Bond epic also contains one of the best assortments of thrill sequences (air, land, sea, snow, beach, cliffs), ever to grace any action film!  Sheena Easton beautifully warbles out the Oscar-nominated title tune!

Rating: ****1/2 out of *****
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First of all I don't agree with some people that say in Internet 007 themes are ofensive or poorly written. See this CD for example, Matt Monroe may be a bit too romantic for some fans but I still think it sounds quite good.
Now about the original score- that's a must for any person who likes Bond music, cause this is one of the best. Altough there some parts of music missing I won't be involving it in my rating.
It fully recreates one of my fave Bond movs and pure spy-sound. Take for instance tracks like 007 takes the Lektor and Bond With Bongos, and you'll feel like Bond himself, at least I did. Specially Bongos-that sounds so cool, when Bond arrives at the airport!
There are fine variations of the main theme(I love the lyrics, but I must admit John Barry improves them in a instrumental way) in tracks Tania Meets Klebb and Bond meets Tania, the first one is more mysterious.
Other tracks- Meeting at St Sophia (eerie), Girl Trouble(too exciting to be a woman fight music!), Gypsy Camp(nice guitars), Spectre Island(one of the best), Man Overboard/Smersh in Action(creepy SMERSH theme again), Stalking(amazing theme for one of the best pre-title sequence), Death of Kerim(too bad there wasn't more "train" music).
You'll be surprised with some tracks that don't appear in the mov, but don't worry- you'll get used to it, as a kind of pause or relaxing part.
Overall a very good score that true Bondians should have.
P.S: I'm not hoping for some complete rerelease as some guys do. I know there's not 100% music of the film in it, but what we've got is very good. I know there's Bond Back in Action, but those themes don't sound like in the movie.
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This is one of the best sound tracks  of all 19 of the Bond Movies. I found none of the tracks poor. The CD is a must for all bond fans
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The 20th and most fantastic movie to enter the series in a long time! Packed with evil villians, sexy girls, gadgets galore and the classic one-liners from the most famous spy of all time- it doesn't get any better than that. First the villians- Gustav Graves is a snotty, arrogant and show-off to the public and is bent on world domination with his super weapon- the Icarus. He duels 007 with fencing swords and lives in style in his Ice palace in Iceland. Zao is the henchmen who is scarred with diamond shrapnel and has a personal goal to kill 007. And, finally is my favorite character in the movie- the stunning Miranda Frost! She is the athletic, cunning, mysterious, extremely sexy ice princess that gives Bond the ice treatment in her regard to her extreme hate of him. a world-class fencer, and collaborator with Gustav, she battles with Jinx aboard the Antonov plane, and ultimately meets her end. (Darn!, I really liked her, She really is hot!) The other main Bond girl is Jinx, who works as a team with Bond, and battles along with him. David Arnold gives his finest perfromance, with his best 007 soundtrack ever! Madonna gives the most different, but one of the best title songs ever also.
This film has many references to the past because of the 40th anniversary of the films. Here are a few---
-look for 007 holding the book Birds Of The West Indies by James Bond.
-007 steals a grape a la` Thunderball
-the WWII cigarettes poster that Domino loved from Thunderball
-Duke of Wellington statue in teaser a la` like the picture in Dr. No
-fencing club called Blades, like the gentlemen's club in many 007 books
-Jinx entry like Honey Ryder in Dr. No
-MANY past gadgets in Q's lab from past Bond films.
-Q's quip to 007, "Here's your new watch, this will be your 20th I believe." Ha Ha Ha.
Also be on the lookout for the classic cameo of Michael G. Wilson in the film as General Chandler. Madonna also does a cameo as fencing instructer Verity in the Blades Club.
A long awaited film, that I have had the pleasure of seeing, and GOD! it is one of the best in the series!!!
297620
This is an amazing little film. Obviously a spaghetti spy offering,
the film was produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It has Bond rip-off
written all over it, but that's half the fun!
The music is great
(too bad it ain't on CD!), and very 60's. The english dubbing has the
same laughabillity as other spaghetti pictures. Not to mention the
cornball lines ("Don't worry.  With this [heat-resistant] suit, I
could swim through the heart of the sun!"). It also has Terry
Thomas (best known for being a comical villain in Disney pictures and
"Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines") as a
supporting cast member.
I think you'll get a kick out of this one
if you like "In Like Flint", "Matt Helm", or
"Austin Powers". Only this isn't a spoof... at least not on
purpose. And the hero is really a bad guy, robbing, and going around
killing innocent people and cops!
The cool is everywhere, from
near-death escapes, Bond-like villain lairs, fancy cars, awesome
stunts, sexy chick/s, neat gadgets, and the hero out-planning
everyone!
The opening sequence involves an interesting
"chase", where a caravan of cash is followed by
Diabolik. The caravan drives by, then his swank sports car moves by in
the background like a predator stalking its prey (I always thought
film students could learn a trick or two from these kind of pictures,
the same way the Hong Kong action style has influenced the newer US
action pictures).
Retro-Bond-like 60's fun!  Great for MST3k
parties, or just a guilty pleasure in your collection.
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Skyfall lives up to the Bond tradition with non-stop action and suspense. I watched it on a non-HD TV out of curiousity and the stream adapted to the technology with no obvious limits and avoided the reloading that I would have expected. The movie is a bit long, but I loved every minute of it:)
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Yes, it's the one with the hollowed out volcano and what a fun ride it is too. It should come as no surprise to anyone that for me (who ranks the earily similar plot-wise TSWLM at #2 of Bond movies and is a fan of Roger Moore's portrayal) that "You Only Live Twice" is high on my list of favorite Connery movies.
It's fun and zany and like a Godzilla movie on steroids Bond is plunged into a kinetic, energized Japan. A country that is reeling from an identity crisis following a humiliating defeat in WWII for the traditional nation and the onslaught of 1960s pop culture of which the Bond phenomenon was a major part.
Connery for his part looks bored and tired with the role and so the film makers understandably have loaded this movie with special effects, martial arts fighting, gimmicks and yes, a hollowed out volcano. All in the hopes that Connery will get lost in the mix and his lack of enthusiasm for the part less evident as the viewers senses are assaulted by a vibrant concoction composed of all the spectacle and wonder that screenwriter Dahl and director Lewis Gilbert could conceive.
The mission seems ripped from the headlines to use an old clich. The time is the late 1960s and with the US and USSR locked in a race for the dominance of space, the two nations are both having capsules hijacked by some unknown power. Of course in the hyperactive paranoia of the Cold War - each blames the other. But Britain, in its infinite wisdom, stands by their claim that their tracking placed the object (that seized an American rocket) land somewhere in the sea of Japan.
The movie begins with one of my all-time favorite pre-credits sequences. Bond is in bed with an attractive Chinese girl. In what appears to be a double-cross however she pushes a button that sends the bed into the wall before letting a couple of assassins in who pepper the bed with bullet holes. Having the hero "killed off" at the beginning of the movie is a gimmick that has been copied often (and in fact first echos the opening of "From Russia With Love." But Gilbert crafts it expertly.
A solid entry in the Bond series - too light for some, but certainly a lot of fun throughout.
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The OHMSS soundtrack is my favourite Bond score and this new enhanced edition, with an number of additional tracks, really does it justice. In particular, the opening sequence where Bond rescues his wife-to-be Tracy from the sea ( covered by the track 'This Never Happened to the Other Fella!) has been extended beautifully and captures perfectly the romance, action and tragedy of the film as a whole. Listen to it on stereo headphones with the volume good and high and a vodka martini to hand ( shaken not stirred of course ) and you'll see what I mean
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This is an excellent movie.  So it's not traditional Bond, and it's certainly not the heaviest in the series.  Actually, it seems to lack depth in some places, it's kind of long,  and the plot seems to really deviate about 90 minutes into the movie.  But if you're looking for a fun,  not-so-involving movie, this is it.
This one has an altogether  different flavor than the others in the series, probably because it's set  mostly in America (and 70's Harlem at that!).  I'd like to see 007 make a  return to the U.S.
Roger Moore, in his first turn as 007, gives a very  offhanded, lightweight, amusing performance.  Yaphet Kotto does the best he  can with the writing Mr. Big was given, and Jane Seymour (her first film)  is very good as Solitaire.  Julius W. Harris made a formidable Tee-Hee, the  henchman with a mechanical arm and a hook for a hand.  And I am still not  sure of Baron Samedi's importance to the story, but Geoffrey Holder was  very memorable in the role.
This is far and away the funniest Bond I've  ever seen.  The laughs start kind of slow, then they keep coming.  First of  all, to see James Bond, crisp, white, British secret agent, in 1973 Harlem  is a blast in itself.  He looks so out of place, it's actually funny!  I  think that was meant to look that way, though.  Moore did a good job at  playing a Bond who was trying not to look like he felt out of place, but  nevertheless obviously was.  Check out the first taxi scene and the  following scene where he enters the Fillet of Soul--this defines the whole  fish-out-of-water thing.  Inside the restaurant, Bond talks to his waiter  at his table, and as he asks him for information, the wall revolves with  Bond still at the table!  Watch how Moore tries in vain to get up from his  seat, and how the waiter, unfazed, spins on his heel and walks away  drinking Bonds drink.  If you don't laugh at that, you don't know humor!
Then, a little over halfway through, there's a big detour in the film  itself.  Bond is in New Orleans with Solitaire, and one thing leads to  another and there's a big chase scene with 007 driving a double-decker bus.  Somewhere after that long comic chase, portly, balding, tobacco-chewing  (and -spitting), profanizing, pants-hiking, hillbilly redneck Sherriff J.W.  Pepper enters the picture.  Clifton James gives a hilariously classic  performance as the uber-stereotype, and the time he spends onscreen  (although irrelevant to the plot) is among the film's best.  From the  moment he strides up to the speeding Harlemite's car, cocks his hat, hikes  up his pants, and says that no one pulls one over on Sherriff J.W. Pepper,  you'll be rolling in the aisles, trust me!  What follows is another wild  (and even longer) demolition chase scene with Bond in a speedboat that is  humorous as well.
After it's felt like two hours, then there is some  action with Bond and Solitaire over a shark tank, with Mr. Big laughing at  their plight.  I thought it would have been more fitting to use the  crocodiles that were already in the movie instead of bringing in a new  animal, personally.  (Although it is interesting to note that 007 helper  Felix Leiter, who appears here, was eaten by a shark--partially, anyway--in  his only other appearance in "Licence to Kill.")
I know I haven't seemed very kind in my review, and acknowledge that it has many plot holes and things.  But it is a very good movie, and very fun.  Just don't go looking for this one if you want the Bond that everyone knows.
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I have always been a fan of the James Bond franchise.  To me, the movies represent a celebration of the very best in Western classical culture.  In other words, Bond is the antidote to Hip-Hop.  Bond speaks the language properly and dresses impeccably.  You can count on a Bond movie to take you to exotic places around the globe.  Ofcourse, James always travels in style.  Preferably in an Aston-Martin.  And his drink of choice is a true classic.  He wears his hair short.  He speaks English like he came from an upper-class, private boarding school.  And you will definitely not see this guy wearing an earring.  And so, in this latest installment, Bond stays true to the same formula.

The plot of this one strays slightly from the typical Bond story.  Instead of trying to save the world from some genius madman, this time, James is attempting to protect M.  During her many years as the head of MI6, M undoubtedly has stepped on many toes, hurt a lot of people, and sacrificed the lives of many agents to get the job done.  As a matter of fact, the movie opens up with her deciding to sacrifice the life of two of her subordinates.  Including Bond's.  A former agent whom she had exchanged to the enemy, in return for a peaceful transition of the colonies to China has come back to kill M.

To make matters worse, this former agent has stolen a list of secret operatives' names stationed in dangerous areas around the planet and blew their covers.  Agents and operatives start dying one by one.  The Prime Minister thinks it may be time to dissolve M's department, as an obsolete relic that is no longer needed.  As befits her high position, M is given the option to retire and a promise of recognition for her years of service to the government.  Bond returns to service, out-of-shape and slightly rusty.  His mission is to recover the list, and find the person responsible.

This is the most character-driven story out of all of the Bond films.  Typically, Bond movies have been plot-driven.  Here, Bond and M reveal more about their pasts than in any previous installment in the series.  Daniel Craig probably gave his best performance to date.  And this time, Judi Dench was given the chance to really show her acting skills.  Unlike the few scenes and even fewer minutes that M normally gets, her character got a lot of screen time here.  Javier Bardem is perhaps just as good a villain as Le Chiffre.  He played the part of a slightly-insane, revenge-driven former agent to perfection.  Albert Finney, Naomie Harris, and Ralph Fiennes round out the cast.
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I love Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. He is excellent in his portrayal once again.
This film has all the elements that us Bond lovers need to make it a classic Bond
against the underworld thriller.