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Summary: Sean Connery IS James Bond
Review: It's incredible that so many of the pieces of the Bond puzzle are already in place in this one, the first in the series: the gun barrel opening; the crucial James Bond musical theme; the visually spectacular Maurice Binder opening credits sequence; Ken Adam's ground-breaking set design (typified by the villain's cavernous lair); the perfectly-cast "M" and Miss Moneypenny. Felix Leiter was never half as good again after Jack Lord. The extremely modest budget only lends charm to this lovable classic. 9.5/10
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Summary: The first James Bond movie
Review: This contains the first or our favorite charters, including Sean Connery as James Bond, Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder, and Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny. If you missed the Sean Connery series this is the movie to start with. The earlier Bond movies required more acting than fancy gadgets. However you will still recognize his puns.
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Summary: A children movie...
Review: I can't beleive the first Bond was "this"!!!
I saw it for the first time last saturday night with James Belushi making his funy jokes during commercials... well I have'nt missed anything at all...The script is a real joke even for a 1960s movie, I admit that the budget, the FX were very limited, the 1960s mentality about male and female relations ("Honey")... but the way 007 wins the battle against Dr No, how he escape his cell throug the grid, in the tunel, even saturday morning cartoons are move adult than this...Bond is also a bit naive: CIA agent (Jack Lord) put a gun in his back, then he just said : "Intelligence service" without showing any plates, any ID and Bond replies :"Oh, we're on the same side then..." Wow, what a professional! A guy shows up from nowhere claiming to be from CIA and hop, We're on the same side, big smile, let's shake hands my patriotic fiend... Very dispointed by this movie, not a very good start for the Bond serie, anyways, it's getting a little better after that (ThunderBalls)...
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Summary: I'M SURE YOU'LL ENJOY A FILM OF THIS...CALLIBUR?
Review: Upon it's release in October of 1962 Dr.No marked the beginning of an everlasting series known as 007 James Bond. Now nearly forty years later (and twenty films later)
it still stands up as one of the finest in the series. Without a doubt 007's 1962 debut is a classic. The films plot is far different than most of the other Bond outings it more of a mystery than an all out action save the world Bond film (although the plot ends with Bond saving the world and there is plenty of action) Dr.No proves to be one of the best story lines in the series. The acting is superperb in this film! The whole cast deserves a pat on the back. Connery's performance as Bond is amazing it's a if the character is second nature to him. Ursula Andress plays the beautiful Honey Ryder and starts off as the beginning of a long line of Bond girls (ironic that she remains one of the best). Joseph Wiseman is awesome as Dr.No. He plays the character very dryly but you can see the menace lurking beneath. Hawaii Five-O's Jack Lord portrays the first of a long line of Bond's comrade Felix Leiter and proves that he is the best of them all. John Kitzmiller plays the comical Quarrel, Lois Maxwell begins her career as Moneypenny, Bernard Lee plays the gruff M, and Anthony Dawson plays the weasely Professor Dent. As for the rest of the cast well they are all superb as well! The plot finds James going to Kingston Jamaica to find out who murdered British secret agent Strangways. However his findings lead him to the notorious Crab Key where he uncovers Dr.No's lair and his plans to destroy the American space rockets. The plot is not only exciting but downright brilliant. The only thing this film lacks is all the exciting Bond gadgets and Q but he would show up later in From Russia With Love. Overall Dr.No is one of the best Bond films ever! It's one of my favourite. The acting is brilliant, the plot is exciting and Dr.No is one of the best Bond villians to ever hit the big screen. Highly recommended!
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Summary: "Minnows trying to be whales. Like you on this island."
Review: The producers had a minnow size budget and created Moby
Dick. A whale of a tale that has gone on for 40 years. Bond
was the first hero in American cinema to shoot an unarmed
guy and then put an extra bullet into his back for good
measure. And that henchman, Professor Dent, was a mess up
at that. Not a real threat. And Bond goes and kills him?
This was the scene that made all the difference, and made
Bond the icon that he is today. The film is nicely devided with Bond in London, than in
Jamaica, and finally on Dr. No's island which introduces us
to Usula Andress'$50,000 bikini, a fire breathing dragon,
and Dr. No and his uniquely designed hidout. These seperate
locations refresh the movie at two points giving renewed
interest to the story. And in all of this is young Sean Connery playing it straight
and at times sadistic. Yet, he has his fears. Namely a
tarantula in bed with him instead of his usual guest. And sadness, when his aid is burned alive. Throw in a fem fatal in a seductive mountain home luring Bond to his death and "the three blind mice", and you've got the movie that started it
all, though it wasn't until "Goldfinger" that the whole
world knew about 007. For me though, Dr. No moves faster and
entertains more than "Goldfinger". But maybe it's just that
now expensive bikini or what's filling it that does the trick.
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Summary: From Bond 1 to Bond 20
Review: This is the 1st bond film in the series Starring Sean Connery as James Bond 007= Here is some info on Bond 20 with Pierce Brosnan Latest news on Bond 20, no name yet, but here is the cast list JAMES BOND - Pierce Brosnan
Gala Brand - Rosamund Pike
Jinx - Halle Berry
Jack Wade - Joe Don Baker
Miss Moneypenny - Samantha Bond
M - Dame Judi Dench
Q - John Cleese
Tanner - Michael Kitchen
Nurse Warmflash - Serena Scott Thomas
Robinson - Colin Salmon
Admiral Roebuck - Geoffrey Palmer Some of the cast does not have confirmed roles Produced by Michael G Wilson & Barbara Broccoli
Music by David Arnold
Production Designer Peter Lamont
SFX supervisor Chris Corbould
Action Unit Director Vic Armstrong
Executive Producer Anthony Waye
Costumes By Lindy Hemming
Directed By Lee Tamahori
Currently being made by EON productions, at Pinewood Studios in London
Will be released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer & United Artists
Christmas 2002
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Summary: One of the Best James Bond movies ever!
Review: The name that means excitement has arrived on the big screen...
his name: Bond, James Bond. For now 40 years of action/adventure
James Bond has been thrilling audiences worldwide...
Dr. No is an thrilling start, nevertheless only Sean Connery
is the man who brought Ian Fleming's character to life.
Although 40 years of vintage, the first 007 film has all
the right ingredients who should please any Bond fan.
Exotic locations, beautiful women, slang-bang action scenes
and really evil villians. Made with a "cheap" amount of just
900.000 US-$, Dr. No amazed viewers around the globe, and
this was merely the beginning...
Great fun, even after 40 years, highly watchable, due to effective directing, splendid acting (Sean Connery, J. Wiseman),
and of course tongue-in-cheek humor.
jw
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Summary: Delicious, Vindictive, Never Bettered
Review: Yep . . . outside of Michael Caine's Harry Palmer ("The Ipcress File") or Richard Burton's sullen Leamas (who comes in from the cold), this is probably the best of an overworked genre; Connery is young, ruthless, savvy as all getout and often downright mean; his cold-blooded squaring of accounts with an island doctor who just pumped a pillow (thinking it was Bond in the sack) full of slugs may very well be the iciest knock-off of anybody on screen (i.e., "that's a Smith & Wesson; you've had your six . . ." then "fwap-fwap" from a silenced Beretta -- ya gotta love it -- it just don't get any nastier than that); Ursula Andress, of course, is all rib cage and accent -- hard to believe she is truly innocent and hungry for protection; Connery's wardrobe ain't the resplendent stuff of "Goldfinger" or "Diamonds Are Forever" but then this is Bond on a budget -- hot, trimmed down and licensed to chill; the Bond theme -- the Jaw's theme sped up and twanged out -- is heard for the first time; it's author, Monty Norman, is rumored to be John Barry; who knows; Felix Leiter, Mr. CIA, is Jack Lord of Hawaii Five-0 -- Joe Kool -- all matter-of-factness (but do dig that hair -- hurricane proof fer shure); and Joseph Wiseman does a neat turn as Dr. No his very own self (an agent of Spectre we find out in the next Bond outing, "From Russian With Love"); Wiseman is a delight -- style without flamboyance, real presence (and, thankfully, less shrill than earlier Wiseman characterizations in "Viva Zapata" or "Detective Story"); it's a given -- Bond villains usually walk off with the film; not here; Connery and Dr. No are nicely paired; Ursula's pair helps as well; the converted on-the-water oil rig set gets by but who cares; I never bought the malevolent excess later Bond villains lived in . . . I mean, sheesh, Bond's taking them down seemed more prompted by jealousy of how they lived (and with whom) than by any King-and-Country urging to make the world safde for multinational corporate exploitation . . . . Ooooops, sorry, but to get back to this Bond-edged gilty pleasure, get it, kick back and know you're at the onset of THE phenomenon; nd they just don't get any better than Connery on screen (forget "Darby O'Gill and the Little People"); Sean's a throwback to the larger-than-lifer of yesteryear we all wanted to grow up to be like (or marry or stalk ); and his Bond is definitive; no gadgets, no gimmicks; just grit and grabass and grace under pressure; hopefully, clean underwear too.
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Summary: Classic Bond at his Best
Review: Sean Connery launches his debut as 007 James Bond. Bond's mission is to stop the villain Dr. No, the mysterious chinaman who is interfering with the launching of missles. The majority of the film takes place in Kingston, Jamaica, where Bond defends himself against evil females and a deadly tarantula. Very hip film for the sixties. The script was very well written as well, with the exception of Ursula Andress's part as Honey Ryder, the encyclopedia reading seashell collector who accompanies bond in his battle against Dr. No. She was also willing to die for Bond after meeting him a couple of hours before...need I say more? Great film overall though. especially at the beginning scene at the cardtable which launched Connery's career as the smooth 007. Watch how is exits the casino and his smooth interaction with the doorman....sweet!!!!
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Summary: A Blueprint for All Action Films
Review: Nearly 40 years after its release, Dr. No remains one of the best and most enduring entries in the 007 film series. Unlike the overwhelming majority of Bond movies, Dr. No bypasses cartoonish antics and gadgets in favor of low-tech reality. This is James Bond low-down and dirty. The infallible Sean Connery proves beyond a doubt that he IS James Bond. While Connery would perfect the character over the next five years, never would his portrayal of our favorite spy be so raw and ruthless. Likewise, the series itself would be refined throughout the years, but with few exceptions (From Russia with Love and For Your Eyes Only) would never be so stripped down and honest. Not all the classic Bond elements were yet in place -- there is no pre-credits sequence, no Q Branch and the soundtrack is possibly the weakest of the series -- but, Dr. No succeeds on pure guts alone. Veteran actor Joseph Wiseman's chilling portrayal of the title character was the blueprint for all Bond villians. Ursula Andress goes straight to the Bond Hall of Fame for her unforgettable turn as Honey Rider, the first Bond Girl. The hard-hitting action takes place in Jamaica, the first of many exotic locales which became a series trademark. Overall, Dr. No is a classic, not just a Bond classic, but an action-adventure classic which has been imitated too many times to count, yet has rarely been topped. A must for all action fans.
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