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Dr. No - 5/5/2006 10:45:51 AM

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- 5/5/2006 11:07:42 AM

Battle Angel Ryan

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I got the Bond boxset for Christmas, hadn't seen this for ages but was blown away by how well it stands up.
Connery is nigh on perfect in the role and as you rightly stated Ken Adam's set is awe inspiring.
It's surprising that when people speak about their favourite Bond that this never gets a mention.
From Russia With Love is outstanding as well and the series peaks with Goldfinger. The rest of the franchise is pretty hit and miss with most of the films cloning each other with the exception of OHMSS, Live and Let Die, Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, Living Daylights and Goldeneye.
Die Another Day is an insult.

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RE: - 5/5/2006 8:38:08 PM

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I'm never really in the mood to watch this film. Whenever i want to watch a Bond movie i usually go for any Connery after Dr No. That's not to say that it's a bad film though...3/5.

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RE: RE: - 7/5/2006 12:44:50 AM

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"That's a Smith and Wesson, and you've had your six" such a cool line.

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It's ok - 15/8/2006 10:25:45 AM

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I don't see whats so good about this film at all. It fails in catching anyone's attention. The action scenes are sloppy far too much talking you just get fed-up 45mins into it.

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- 12/3/2007 6:47:05 AM

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The first and best in the Bond franchise

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Dr. No - 21/8/2007 11:50:45 AM

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Da da da da... da da da da... POW! Ber dum, ber dum, ber dum, dum. That was me trying to do a remdition of the James Bond theme. I think it is pretty good you know for typing it. Any way I just love this film to hear the beginning credits for the theme tune. This is one of the best Bond movies of all of them. Ever series of films knows when it is going to be successful if the first one is brilliant. And God did Bond start on a high note. This is one of the best British, well any, film ever made, one of the best spy movies anyway. It is not my favourite Bond movie but it is in aobout the Top 5. Connery is an amazing Bond, defiantly the best Bond actor out of them all. He wasen't really the fans choice but when the film was released the fans knew that they had chosen a brilliant Bond. He is suave but brutal. Men want to be him and women want him. This film really set the formula down, the quip, the gadgets, the girls, the villians and the exotic locations. This is one of the best Bond movies.

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A brilliant start to a brilliant franchise - 21/12/2008 12:40:50 PM

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Before Goldfinger was made, all other Bond movies were compared with this one...and so they should have been! This has so many classic Bond moves such as the still terrifying scene with the spider or the cool as hell Bond remark before killing the slimey professor Dent: "That's a Smith & Wesson...and you've had your six." One of my favourite Bond movies.

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- 2/3/2012 3:48:52 PM

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A fantastic debut to a fantastic series

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- 2/3/2012 3:48:53 PM

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A fantastic debut to a fantastic series

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RE: - 9/2/2013 9:23:16 PM

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Tonight I started on my James Bond blu-ray box:

Dr. No
The very first Bond film very clearly is a product of its time. It`s still a fun action film but it`s clear that time didn`t handle it too well, film-technically and story wise. That last point is typical Bond, with all of the now world famous ingredients, but it has no speed whatsoever. That did made me lose attention sometimes.
Sean Connery is still my favorite James Bond and this is of course a film that cleared the road for an entire franchise but this isn`t the best of the bunch.

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RE: RE: - 11/2/2013 9:51:37 PM

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Lovely, understated Bond film. Cool, because of that. It's not trying to measure up to the others, it just is.

Early scenes are kind of eerie, remind me of Hitch's 39 Steps. I think it's the lack of music on the soundtrack, but also the sheer Britishness of it. And what happens to the square looking fellow who enquires after Bond at Blades, before we meet Bond? We never even see him again. Some of the extras just seem a bit odd, the Roy Orbison lookalike trying to get hold of Strangways at the HQ.

I hear it's the best one to get on BluRay.

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Classic - 21/2/2013 12:32:45 AM

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What a franchise-opener! Connery is THE perfect cinematic Bond, Dr No is a great villain, Honey Ryder is still the most iconic Bond woman, the direction is stylish and the music is unforgettable. But the real show-stealer here, in my opinion, is the simply stunning set design by the brilliant Ken Adam. Amazing.

A wonderfully cool and legendary movie which, to this day, remains one of the very best of the series. Pure entertainment.

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