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Summary: Perfect!
Review: I am a big James Bond fan, so this collection was a godsend for me! I loved all 5 of the movies included in the collection. "Dr. No" is a great beginning to the series, with Sean Connery giving his best performance as Bond. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" features the ill-fated George Lazenby, and had Connery done it, this might have been my favorite Bond movie. "The Man With the Golden Gun" is goofy but fun, with a great villain played by Christopher Lee. "The Spy Who Loved Me" is Roger Moore's best movie and one of my Top 5. Finally, "Moonraker" is another Moore movie which is very good (at least until the space part). Definitely worth the money!
Rating:
Summary: One Amazing Collection
Review: James Bond 007 Collection Volume 1 was a great boxed set of different Bonds (4 different Bonds, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan) and make for some great entertainment. That boxed set contained 7 films (Goldfinger, Thunderball, Live And Let Die, For Your Eyes Only, Licence To Kill, Goldeneye, Tommorow Never Dies). The weakest thing about this set is that it only contains 5 Bond films. But, they're 5 very good Bond films. The first film in the set is also the first film of the whole series, Dr. No, directed by Terence Young and starring Sean Connery as 007. In this film Bond travels to Jamaica to find out why Commander Strangways has dissapeared. He meets three woman during this time. One of them is Sylvia Trench (Eunice Gayson), who has the honor of being the first girl to be seduced by Bond. The second is Miss. Taro (Zena Marshall). And, of course, the last (but NOT least) is Honey Ryder (Ursala Andress). Bond must confront evil Dr. No (Joseph Wiseman), who has steel claws for hands. Dr. No is an exciting entry, it's really good when you think of how much the movie started. If this movie hadn't been made, would we be lining up to see Pierce Brosnan in "The World Is Not Enough? No, we wouldn't. This is one trill ride that I recommend to anyone. The next film in the set is the highley underrated On Her Majesty's Secret Service, directed by Peter Hunt and starring one-timer George Lazenby. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (OHMSS) sends Bond to Switzerland to track down Blofeld (Telly Savalas), who he encountered in the last picture, You Only Live Twice. Bond encounters beautiful, disturbed yound girl Tracy (Diana Rigg), and the audience is goin to get a big surprise at the end of this one! OHMSS is so good. It's certainly the most romantic of all the Bond films, and George Lazenby does so much better than people say. Sure, he's no Sean Connery, but he's very good. Then comes The Man With The Golden Gun, directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Roger Moore. Bond's sent to find Scaramanga (Christopher Lee), who he beleives is trying to kill him, because he sent him a golden bullet with his name on it. Bond encounters two sexy woman, Andrea Anders (Maud Adams, who would return to play the title character in Octopussy) and Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland). Bond's up against a powerful oponent with Scaramanga, who's golden gun kills with one shot. The Man With The Golden Gun is a good, silly entry. While it's not Shakespeare, it's good entertainment. The Spy Who Loved Me comes next with this set. It's directed by Lewis Gilbert and stars Roger Moore. In this, Bond is up against Jaws (Richard Kiel), a giant with metal teeth. Unfortunatly, Jaws overpowers our main villian, Karl Stromberg (Curt Jergens), who's pretty darn dull. But, The Spy Who Loved Me is good. Now, the last one is Moonraker, directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Roger Moore. This is a very controversial entry, because it sends Bond off to space, but I love it. Sure, it's not really right for Bond to be shooting lasers at the bad guys or flying space shuttles, but if you know it's coming at you, you'll have a great time. It also gives Jaws a love interest, which is a little ridiculous, but funny. Moonraker's a great rainy day movie. Now, there's a space in the box reserved for The World Is Not Enough, directed by Michael Apted and starring Pierce Brosnan. This entry's a silly, overcomplicated mess of a movie. For one thing, it makes M a victom! M is powerful! She would not be taken prisoner. And, Brosnan's really dumb as Bond. As with his previous two entrys, you never feel he's in any real danger. He's invincible. Of course, I got The World Is Not Enough and put it in the box, but that's because I'm a die hard Bond fan, and I want all the movies. The movies are all presented in great DVDs. The picture and sound (Mono? Who cares?) is great. Considering Dr. No dates back to 1962, the picture gets a 5 from me. The films all look sharp, and clean. The feature's will keep any fan happy. Each film comes with a documentary, as well as another documentary about other things (for instance, on Moonraker, there's a documentary about the special effects of the series). You've also got trailers, commentaries, still galleries, as well as intersting collectible booklets. The films are also presented in their correct widescreen format. All in all, this box set is almost equal to the first, but if you wait for a few weeks, a boxed set containing all 20 films will be released in a tin case! My rating of each movie is as follows..... Dr. No gets (out of ****) ****. On Her Majesty's Secret Service gets ***1/2. The Man With The Golden Gun gets ***. The Spy Who Loved Me gets ***. Moonraker gets ***1/2. The World Is Not Enough gets **. If you found my reveiw helpful, please vote for me.
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