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Summary: Go ahead and complete your set
Review: A mixed bag but worth having:Thunderball - some good scenes but I'd suggest you either read the novel or watch the first Austin Powers movie. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - very faithful to the novel and one of the better Bond movies. Good fight scenes, but still not sure about Lazenby. Live and Let Die - an intense movie where Bond uses his wits to survive long enough for the showdown, then the gadgets save him. The movie probably has held up better over time than the novel (even with J W Pepper), but the novel gives more motivation for the villain. View to a Kill - weak (but hot) heroine, boring fire engine chase. Otherwise a watchable flick. Great performance by Walken. Octopussy - best title song of the series! Plenty of eye candy and good action. Die Another Day - taking Bond in a new direction? Didn't care much for this movie the first time I saw it, but seems to get better after you get over the CGI effects.
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Summary: A little hard around the edges
Review: All right, sure I agree with the rest of you that this boxed set appears to have been the the throw-together, the last of the lot if you will. The other two seemed to be more streamlined and thought out, BUT I can't say I agree with those who knocked "Die Another Day" saying it was new generation and a sell out. I've been a Bond fan for years and I thought Die Another Day was just what the Bond franchise needed at the time. After Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough, the whole Bond world was slipping, the scripts of those two were just short of terrible. If you don't like insane amounts of special effects in your movies then no, I guess you probably won't like Die Another Day. As for the rest of the boxed set -- If you're a collector of Bond like me, you're obviously going to buy the set regardless of what anyone says. If you just happen to like Bond and you're trying to start somewhere... start with something else, like one of the other sets or just individual DVDs themselves.
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Summary: Been waiting for this!
Review: Anticipating a wonderful boxed set to complete my Bond Collection. I got the first collection for Christmas last year, and now the remaining Bond films will be available. I have really enjoyed the quality of the DVD's -- each entry menu is intriguingly cool and greets you in an interesting new way. The films are very well restored, and when you watch the trailers, you can really tell the difference. Remember that together these films span 40 years! Although this set of 007 films include some of the less popular ones, I liked Octopussy with it's bad old cold war days plot and locations. Also liked Die Another Day, with it's fresh gadgets. Be warned, though that in this collection Die Another Day probably won't have all the special feautures of the 2 disc version sold by itself. Anyway, it is a good movie -- Brosnan is really "bonding" to his role and Halle Berry is welcome to share the screen anytime! And a View to a Kill is one I haven't seen in a very long time, with Roger Moore, Tanya Roberts and bizzare Christopher Walken. This set will finish the collection with the 7 solid entrants from part 1 (Blue Box), but is generally not as packed as set #2. Another tip -- MGM/UA is releasing 20 bond films in these sets. But if you want to be thorough, see Sean Connery's finale "Never Say Never Again" (from a Rival Studio) and maybe even get the 007 spoof "Casino Royale". That will finish the entire James Bond collection. Athough many people disparage it, I grabbed Never Say Never for a few bucks at a local mart, and it does have Kim Basinger!!
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Summary: Disappointing!
Review: As others have said in this and the other Bond Box reviews, I'll say it again. Greedy! I was unable to get the original "Volume 3" before it was discontinued. So I have an incomplete set. I was dissapointed to learn in order to complete that set I would have to order Volumes 2 and 3 of the new release. All I can suggest is that if your looking for a James Bond Collection, be sure to buy all three volumes before this happens to you.
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Summary: rip off
Review: Come on! There is only one movie in this entire set that I want to buy, but I have to spend nearly 100 dollars?! Why can't they sell these movies individually? This is just a way for them to totally rip us off and make us buy some of the Bond movies that we don't care about or that we may already have. Why should I buy 8 movies just to get the one I want? Save your money! Sooner or later the suckers that actually wasted all this money will be bringing their used ones that they don't want to the used dvd stores. Just wait until you see one there and buy it. Don't waste money on this unless you just happen to want all 8 movies in the set. Then maybe it's worth it.
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Summary: Disappointing boxed set has 2 outstanding titles
Review: Here we get Bond stirred not shaken. This boxed set is an oddity as it has one of the best of the Bond films in the series (On Her Majesty's Secret Service) and a couple of the worst (Octopussy...From a View to a Kill take your pick). Thunderball isn't the best of the Connery Bond films. It was later remade as Never Say Never Again with Connery and substanial script changes to make it just different enough so that fans didn't feel they were seeing the same thing twice. The underwater sequence of Thunderball makes this film worth having though. On Her Majesty's Secret Service would been a perfect Bond film for Connery if he hadn't declined to appear in the role again (only a great deal of money for charity convinced him to do Diamonds Are Forever a lesser Connery Bond film). George Lazensby has been bashed from the very beginning but he does a very good job as Bond bringing a unique humanity missing from Connery's hard edged portrayal and Moore's humorous take on Bond. It works primarily because Bond is, yes, in love and gets married in this classic thriller. Telly Savalas is rarely mentioned for his nasty portrayal of the villian in this classic piece but he does a great job. His Blofield is every bit Bond's equal. The direction by the late Peter Hunt makes this an outstanding Bond adventure and the stunts equal just about anything that came before. Diana Rigg (Mrs. Peel from the classic television series The Avengers) is the perfect foil for Bond and the perfect love match as well. She provides added kick to the role. Live and Let Die doesn't quite live up to the best in the series but has some strong moments. The theme song by Paul McCartney is among the best Bond songs ever written and performed. It was originally written without knowing exactly who was going to fill the Bond shoes and what qualities they would have brought. So while it was adjusted to Roger Moore, there's still enough of the Connery sensibility to make it a worthwhile film. It did seem silly, though, for Bond to battling "only" a drug lord but Yaphet Kotto brings enough edge and menace to the role to make it work. He's one of America's underrated actors and a treasure in any role he's taken whether it be this one or his work on Homocide: Life On The Street twenty plus years later. Have to disagree about Jane Seymour. She was perfectly cast although a bit young in the part. She would certainly capture my attention if I were Bond. The rest of the casting is equally inspired. I loved David Hedison as Felix (he is one of the few actors to reprise the role as well in one of the Timothy Dalton Bond films). It's a pity that none of these films are available individually at this time (eventually I'm sure they will be re-released) as On Her Majesty's Secret Service is one I would buy outside of this overpriced set. If you're a completist, by all means purchase the set but if not, wait for the titles to be re-released individually for the titles you like. I'm also a fan of Live and Let Die (for a number of personal reasons)and am disappointed that's not available as well as I would have purchased the two better titles and not bothered with the rest. Picture, sound quality and extras are stellar. I'm not clear if the version of On Her Majesty's Secret Service released here i the original theatrical release or the re-edited version Hunt did much later for television. From what I recall, the latter had new footage that hadn't appeared before and the story flow was slightly different. Don't have a video tape version to compare it to unfortunately.
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Summary: Not closed captioned in English
Review: I bought this box set as a birthday present for a friend who is hard of hearing, thinking that he could use the closed caption option. I was shocked to find that all the DVD's in all of the James Bond boxed sets are NOT closed captioned in English!
They are only closed captioned in French and Spanish. How can they sell these these DVDs in the USA, label them as "closed captioned" and not state on the box that they are NOT closed captioned in English?
Rating:
Summary: Good meets Bad
Review: I can't bear to rate a bond film badly.
Here we are
Thunderball- Excellent film. Underwater action at its finest, strong villain and plot, nice bond girl and good allies.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service- This is the bond film that holds the distinction of double rankings in my personal ratings. It gets a tie for second if you discount Lazenby and the relatively poor editing. It gets down to 20th in official films only (twilighteye, this is why NSNA is not in the sets, as it is an 'unofficial' film made by WB and ken Mc Clory) because of Lazenby. He is in my opinion the worst actor ever.
Every single supporting actor does an excellent job, and Diana Rigg does an excellent job as one of the most important Bond Girls ever. Savalas' Blofeld is great, and Ferzetti as Draco is unparalleled. 10/10 (without laz) OR 1/10 (laz included)
P.S. Timothy Dalton turned down the contract on grounds of age for this film, though he would have been great if a bit young.
LALD- Ranking at third in my personal list, LALD is one of the better Moore films. An egotistical villain that isn't going out of his way to APPEAR menacing, and a really cool bond girl. Great plot and J.W. is hilarious.
OP- I like this movie a lot, even if Moore is a bit old. It ranks 14th in my rankings but I wish it could be higher. I just like a lot of other movies :)
AVTAK- this movie is just SAD. Roger moore is, bluntly, OLD! Couple that with a really bad bond girl and even the great Walken as Zorin cannot save it.
DAD- 19th out of 20th. This film is essentially a RIP OFF of Diamonds are Forever. And just about everything not from DAF is from another bond film. Digital effects suck. good main villain, and Frost is hot enough to melt her name, but they can't save it.
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Summary: A must own set for any DVD collection
Review: I finally broke down to purchase all three volumes for a complete James Bond set on DVD. Finding all of the sets online brand new was very difficult. The price was one of the best here for total shipped price.One word, "WOW". The packaging was very nice. The special editions of each 007 movies are loaded with impressive extras. After viewing the actual movies, I found the video excellent and the sound quality a huge upgrade from my Bond VHS versions. It was like watching them for the first time on DVD. In my opinion, these sets are classics for any DVD collection. I did not regret my purchase.
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Summary: Duplication of dvd in a series
Review: I purchased The James Bond 007 Special Ed DVD Collection
Volume 1 and 2 from Amazon. Regretfully, Live and Let Die, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Thunderball which were already part of previous collections are included again in Volume 3. I would not recommend buying the Vol 3 if you are collecting the James Bond Series.
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