From Russia With Love

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Summary: An awesome 007 movie.
Review: This is such a good movie. The action is perfect. The fight between Red Grant and James Bond is one of the best hand to hand combat scene of any movie, maybe even the best. It has a cool boat chase and a great girl. Buy it, or die.

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Summary: Brilliant Bond
Review: This movie is very good, one of the best Bonds. Unlike the far-fetched (and occasionally stupid) action sequnces in movies like "Moonraker" and "Man with Golden Gun", this one has real action and set the standard for more serious Bond films like "For Your Eyes Only" and "The World is Not Enough". Tanya Romanova is stunning and Robert Shaw (star of the movie "Jaws") is so cool as a villain. This is surely one of the best.

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Summary: probably the most overrated movie there is!
Review: From Russia With Love was a monotonous, boring, and unimaginative Bond film overall. The criminals were quite gruesome, i must admit that, but the action given in movies such as Goldfinger, Moonraker, The Living Daylights, and Goldeneye lacks terribly. The only part of this Bond flick that i actually stayed awake during was the fight sequence between bond (connery) and red grant (shaw) on the orient express. the movie is my least favorite of the 19 bond movies i've seen and was a major disappointment after having heard so many good things about it. if it is any help, and if you like good action, here is my top ten bond list: 1. The Spy Who Loved Me 2. Goldeneye 3. Dr. No 4. The Living Daylights 5. Goldfinger 6. Licence to Kill 7. Live and Let Die 8. Octopussy 9. Thunderball 10. Moonraker

There are so many good ones out there, i'd try to avoid ones such as: -Tomorrow Never Dies -The Man With the Golden Gun -From Russia With Love -Diamonds are Forever -A View to a Kill

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Summary: "Oh James,will you make love to me all the time in England?"
Review: Indeed, "From Russia with Love" is the best of them all. It is a good and entertaining action film in itself, outside the 007 perimeter, and this is the one Sean Connery always said to have enjoyed the most making it !

Ian Fleming's espionage story is good, and so is the film script. We are introduced to a variety of characters, good, bad, and in-between, and brought closer to the locations where the action takes place. We have a sinister #1 whose face we bever see (the excellent voice of Harry Pohlmann), a master chess player by day and strategist of evil by night (played by Vladek Sheybal), a ferocious and believable high-ranking ex-KGB agent (played by Lotte Lenia), and an intelligent contract killer (played by Robert Shaw), all tag-teaming against one of the most prestigious Intelligence. And we also have a display of various intermediates, such as the Bulgars (Fred Haggerty as Krilenku), the Turks (Pedro Armendariz is excellent as Kerim Bey), and the Gypsies, people working for or occasionally helping one or the other of the 3 parties trying hard to main plot - 1960 Miss Universe' Daniela Bianchi is so enjoyable to watch and does well as Tatiana Romanova. Good dialogues, characterization and Cold War is over, and the technology is far superior these days, but are these the elements by which we should judge a film, which after all, even if, in most instances, is supposed to just entertain us, is always expected to be a form of artistic expression. Should we watch a movie only if it is true to (contemporary) life as a documentary should be, and only if it keeps up with the latest high-tech advancements ? 37 year after its inception "From Russia with Love" stands apart both for its entertaining and artistic values.

Last but nor least, we have Sean Connery in top form, handsome, smiling, and above all, confident, sure of himself - and this, beyond any shade of a doubt ***is*** what makes a man sexy !

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Summary: Good but outdated
Review: As an old-fashioned espionage tale, "From Russia With Love" scores very highly. However, I can't find anything wildly spectacular about it. My top 8 Bond films are: 1. Moonraker (1979), 2. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), 3. Goldfinger (1964), 4. The World Is Not Enough (1999), 5. The Living Daylights (1987), 6. Octopussy (1983), 7. Thunderball (1965), 8. From Russia With Love (1963). Now what you'll notice about most of the films in that list is, that they contain solid action sequences that stick with what the plot dictates. This is where FRWL bogs down. I'm not an avid fan of classic espionage, it-really-could-happen style which is what Ian Fleming aimed at, I like the more oddball, out-of-this-world Bond entries (so putting less popular films such as "Moonraker" at the top of my list). Future entries would address this problem.

However, "From Russia With Love" does contain many thrilling components. The highlight of the film is undoubtably Robert Shaw's performance as the homicidal murderer Donald "Red" Grant. He produces genuine menace, and, unlike Jaws and Oddjob, does not possess any special weapon, he's just a hard-as-nails henchman. The super crime organisation SPECTRE makes its first appearance onscreen, although its chief, Ernst Stavro Blofeld doesn't show his face just yet, but his famous white cat is very much in evidence. Other highlights include Bond's ally Kerim Bey, sub-baddie Rosa Klebb, played with convincing menace by Lotte Lenya, and the brief appearance of Walter Gotell as Morzeny (Gotell would later portray KGB chief General Gogol). In summary, "From Russia With Love" is a great espionage tale, even if it lags behind some of the more spectacular 007 flicks.

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Summary: Bond expert rates 5 *'s
Review: I have reviewed every Bond and this is the second best. Beaten by Goldeneye.

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Summary: One of the best Bonds!
Review: Sean Connery proves yet again he's the best Bond out there! I really like the fight scene between Bond and Grant! Robert Shaw is great as Grant! Tatiana Romanova is probably the best Bond girl! If you're looking for a movie with a good story, action, romance, and strong characters, check this movie out! (Actually, BUY IT! )

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Summary: The Second Best
Review: The second best film in the series,beaten only by OHMSS.Features the best cast.

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Summary: My favorite of the series( it even beats Goldfinger )
Review: From Russia With Love is one of the best, scratch that, is the best Bond film. Connery shows why he was the ultimate James Bond. The plot is extremely intelligent, and the suspense is killer. Bond is lured into a trap set by Spectre to avenge the death of Dr. No. They enlist the help of a soviet defector ( lotte lenya ) to help them. They come up with a plan to use a young Russian girl to offer Bond a decoding machine if he helps her defect to the west. Bond knows it's a trap, but for a chance to get that decoding machine, he'll risk it. Robert Shaw is my favorite henchman of all, and the fight between him and Connery makes you wince as if you just got hit. Eventhough I love Bond, I am still upset that later films could not match the intelligence of this one. If you like Bond, watch the others for enjoyment, but watch From Russia With Love for an intelligent action film. On the end credits, the actor's name who played Blofeld is given as ( ? ).

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Summary: 007 at his best
Review: This film almost tied with 'Goldfinger' as my favorite, but it won. An awesome plot that keeps you enveloped to the simplistic, expected, but very good ending. Sean Connery alone is reason enough to read this book.