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Summary: Volume 1 of a classic line of Spy films
Review: "The name is Bond, James Bond." With these words a franchise was born. In 1962 Ian Flemming launched a franchise that would forever change the action film genre. Starting with Dr. NO, one really couldn't tell that it was really a Bond film until that famous line was uttered. Now then, the Bond series has gone through no less than 5 different actors: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, finally Pierce Brosnan. Each having their own style. In my opinion, Pierce Brosnan is about as close to the original Sean Connery Bond as you can get. He's got the same pizazz and pinache as Connery did.This first set of a re-issue contains seven of the soon to be twenty installment franchise. The first is the 1962 release "Dr. NO". This was Connery's first, and Bond's first official appearance. Then comes '64's "Goldfinger", the 3rd Bond film. This film had one of the cleverest lines in a Bond film that I can recall. Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?" Goldfinger: "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die." Then comes '74's "The Man with the Golden Gun". The 9th Bond film and Roger Moore's 2nd appearance as Bond. This film stars Christopher Lee as the villian who we now know as Count Dooku from Star Wars Episode II. Then we have '77's "The Spy Who Loved Me". The 10th Bond film and Moore's 3rd appearance. This film stared Curt Jurgens as the villian and introduced the character Jaws played by Richard Kiel. Then let's skip way forward and stop at '89's "License to Kill". This is the 16th Bond film which was Timothy Dalton's 2nd appearance as Bond. This film also stars Robert Davi as latino drug cartel leader. Next comes '95's "GoldenEye". The 17th Bond film and also Pierce Brosnan, the modern Bond's first film. This film spawned one of the most popular N64 video games ever. Stared Sean Bean as 006 who turns traitor. And finally '97's "Tomorrow Never Dies". The 18th Bond film and Brosnan's 2nd film. Stars Teri Hatcher, TV's Lois Lane from The New Superman Adventures. And so completes the first Volume of DVD reissues. Hopefully Volume 2 will come out sometime early next year.
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Summary: A Very Good Addition to any DVD Collection
Review: I originally bought this box set and the others when they were done to conicide with the release of Tomorrow Never Dies. Sadly that was not included in the box set so I had to buy it separately. While Tomorrow Never Dies is not the best, the others do not disappoint. You get some of the best Bond films Connery did. Dr No, Goldfinger. Licence to Kill with the dashing Timothy Dalton does not disappoint. Also included is Goldeneye, the first Bond with Pierce Brosnan. While it sometimes seems far fetched, the highlight of this film is really is Sean Bean who plays Alec Trevelyan. He is 006 turned bad. To watch Bean play this deliciously evil baddie is interesting and fun as he anticipates Bond's every move.He is perhaps one of the best Bond baddies in a long time because he is an intellegent bad guy who knows Bond better than anyone. The others included Man With The Golden Gun and The Spy Who Loved Me, like many of the Bond films may seem far fetched but are great fun to watch.
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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?
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Summary: An Endearing Man of Action and Honor
Review: Only one person can stop the maniacal villains trying to monopolize the world: Bond, James Bond. The groundbreaking DR. NO is one of the best James Bond films of the series. Sean Connery's performance is that of the no-nonsense dedicated civil servant entrusted with a "licence-to-kill" when he chooses, where he chooses and whom he chooses. His screen presence alone conveys the physical, intellectual and moral conviction of the character. Many elements that distinguish the James Bond series were introduced in this film. The opening gun barrel trademark, "The James Bond Theme," M played by Bernard Lee, Miss Moneypenny played by Lois Maxwell, Ken Adam's distinctive melding of modern and futuristic production designs, Maurice Binder's unique main titles, the "Martinis shaken not stirred," exotic locales, just to name a few are all here. Bond is sent to Jamaica, land of the Undertakers Wind, to investigate the elimination of British field agents and strange signals that have been interfering with the American space program. Joseph Wiseman as DR. NO is one of the best villains of the series. His steel mono-toned performance is eerily unsettling. Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder leaves the most indelible image of the series as she emerges erotically from the blue waters of the Caribbean clad in her white bikini. Along with Felix Leiter and Quarrel, Bond must uncover the trail that all leads to DR. NO's mysterious Crab Key. GOLDFINGER contains a well-balanced level of depth and action leaving one emotionally charged. This is Sean Connery's finest James Bond film. The golden girl, Oddjob's bowler hat, Goldfinger's lethal laser, the Astin Martin DB5 with modifications introduced by Q, and Shirley Bassey's legendary rendition of the theme song belted out over the titles immediately became an integral part of the James Bond lore and remained in the psyche of the public. Production designer Ken Adam and art director Peter Murton gave the production a stunning and lavish distinction. The Fort Knox set and Goldfinger's playroom at his stud ranch was a testament to imagination and achievement. John Barry finally honed his distinctive style to perfection with this memorable score. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN contains one of Roger Moore's best performances as James Bond as he injects Bond's virility, worldliness and sardonic wit back into the character. Christopher Lee's performance as the enigmatic Scaramanga is refreshingly energetic giving the assassin an amiable quality on the surface hiding a darker side beneath. Bond sets out to find the person responsible for sending him a golden bullet with his 007 number on it. Maud Adams' is Andrea, Scaramanga's beautiful mistress. She brings genuine compassion to the role as the tormented individual who can not escape her master. There is also great location cinematography in this film that inspired John Barry to compose a lush exotic score. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME is a big-budgeted opulent film with effective screenplay and editing delivering one of the most succinctly structured films of the series. Roger Moore clearly re-established his approach to the role as the good-natured British agent. His Bond is suave, debonair, never condescending and resorts to seriousness only when confronted with malevolence. The globetrotting THE SPY WHO LOVED ME featured a gadget laden Lotus Esprit as its centerpiece and a demented villain Stromberg whose immense wealth featured an aquatic empire aimed at global domination. Great action sequences and chases abound. LICENCE TO KILL has Timothy Dalton as an avenging James Bond turned rouge agent out to eliminate drug lord Sanchez in Isthmus City. There are many great action scenes on the land, on and under the sea and in the air. The best element of the story line is having Bond place doubt in the mind of Sanchez that henchmen in his organization were plotting against him. The film's greatest asset is Benicio Del Toro's performance as Dario, a Sanchez henchman. GOLDENEYE is Pierce Brosnan's first film as James Bond and seems more like a hybrid of Sean Connery and Timothy Dalton, combing the best elements that each brought to the role. He possesses intelligence, wit, charm and dedication and delivers these with no-nonsense passion and drive. GOLDENEYE is a great looking film beautifully filmed for mood and action. Some of the film's high points are the miniatures by Derek Meddings; probably his best work in the series, the return of the Astin Martin DB5 and Eric Serra's original if controversial score. Serra's interpretation of "The James Bond Theme" over the opening gun barrel trademark is powerful and very innovative. One can not appreciate Serra's contribution to this film unless the DVD is played through a surround stereo system with a good amount of bass and volume pumped up. In TOMORROW NEVER DIES Pierce Brosnan delivers a more definitive interpretation of James Bond above and beyond his excellent portrayal in GOLDENEYE two years earlier. In this film Brosnan has honed in on his maturity and a physical presence that consummates his overall performance of Bond when combined with his intelligence, wit and charm that he delivers flawlessly with assured confidence. This film brings a realistic and gritty look to the series that LICENCE TO KILL attempted to achieve. This is one of the best films of the series combing an integral plot with rich characters, action and suspense. Director Donald Spottiswoode never diverted the focus of the film away from the main plot, yet he gave a sense of real depth to the characters. He has a good understanding of how to deliver action with emotional impact. He did a brilliant job and has been highly underrated for his efforts. Also, the producers finally discovered a composer that could combine the traditional and highly personalized sound of John Barry with today's trends in scoring for this genre in the talented David Arnold. Arnold much evidently has a good understanding of the series and the character of James Bond.
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Summary: Not Good
Review: I bought this collection from a company called Digitaleyes.net off this site as a birthday present to a friend. Problem is half of the disc's do not play (ie) "No Disc inserted" error message on my Sony DVD player.
I'm still waiting for a response back from the Digitaleyes.net about this. I would not recommend using Digitaleyes.net to order through.
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Summary: The most-essential Bond... and some garbage, too
Review: My theory is that I'd want to own five of these movies on their own merits, a sixth if it was cheap, and a seventh if I needed something to put on the TV to make it look like I owned more than six DVDs. So buying the boxed set is a great way to value-shop, especially since you can't buy these movies individually anyway. Value-shoppers and Bond fans, buy this right now. If you're wavering, here are some factors to consider. "The Man with the Golden Gun" has Christopher Lee as a Bond villain, and he's pretty fantastic at it. Still a horrid movie, but if you want to see Christopher Lee being something other than a vampire or a wizard, this isn't a bad role for him. "Tomorrow Never Dies" has a bad Bond villain played by a competent actor (Pryce), but also has the best Bond girl ever in Michelle Yeoh. Still a mediocre (if that) movie, but Michelle is great. What was all that garbage about Halle Berry being the only Bond girl to be able to keep up with 007? Mostly, though, this set is anchored by two of the best Bond movies: "Dr. No" and "Goldeneye." It may be heresy to list a Brosnan Bond movie as one of the best, but it incorporates all the elements of all the previous Bond movies (the cool, the suave, the explosions, the sneaking around, the flip retorts) rather smoothly. Also Sean Bean is a great 006 and also a great villain. The rest of the movies... well, you've heard it before. The special features are nothing special, but they do exist, and some of them are even quite informative. Some good behind-the-scenes stuff, and it looks like they went through *some* effort to put it all together. But the best thing about Bond movies is that you can't rank them as you would other movies. They have their own standards and their own rules. So, as a Bond collection, this is pretty good. As a movie collection... well... ahem.
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Summary: Bond Set One
Review: This is the first box set of Bond movies, and all in all a good combination. You can never go wrong with 007. It includes:
Dr. No - the first bond movie is the only one without a theme song in the beginning and the only one without Q. But there are many firsts in this movie that are worth seeing and the music in the movie is spectacular. Overall a solid movie. Goldfinger - Third bond made is the GREATEST one ever. This movie alone makes Connery the best bond of all time. Everything about this movie is classic 007, and contains the best villian of them all. The Man With the Golden Gun - The 9th bond made and Roger Moore's second outing. One of Moore's better appearances, but wouldnt exactly rank it with the best bonds ever. Some great humor, a great villian (Christopher Lee), and a great themesong make this a very enjoyable film. The Spy Who Loved Me - The 10th bond made and Moore's 3rd is his best and probably the second greatest right behind Goldfinger. The best intro with the ski scene and the Union Jack parachute followed by a song by Carly Simon sets this film in the right direction from the start and never looks back. License to Kill - The 16th bond made and Timothy Dalton's 2nd is definately unique and one of my favorites. This is a love or hate film for most people, but i think the bond girls are wonderful in this movie as well as that 80's "charm" from the music make this an enjoyable movie. "If you ask me to" was the best credits song on any bond movie. Goldeneye - The 17th bond made and Brosnen's first. This is the last bond film produced by one of the original producers (Cubby Broccali) and so far the last great one made since the present. This is an excellant excellant movie, Pierce's best by far (not hard to accomplish) but on my list its the 3rd greatest behind Goldfinger and The spy who loved me. Tina Turner sings after an excellant intro and the movie just doesnt dissappoint in every single category. Tomorrow Never Dies - This movie has a good intro scene and a solid song by Sheryl Crow but the movie itself was pretty bad. This is probably the only movie in this box set that is truely disappointing, too much drama, bond girls disappoint, and the villians are horrible. As a last note though, this movie was still not as bad as die another day. THIS first box set will probably be the best one since the second one comes with MoOnRaKeR BLAH and the third with Die another Day BLAH. thanks for reading, i did not check for grammar
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Summary: 1st James bond collection
Review: The first Bond DVD box set has 7 titles stretching 35 years. Dr.No- The first entry into the 007 film series was a hit and it cemented Bond's role into Cinema history, but the film itself is way too under-budget and it shows greatly. However, Dr. No is much greater than other big-budget Connery films like Diamonds are Forever and Never Say Never Again. Ursula Andress is great as the first Bond Girl and Bond has a cool sidekick in Jamaica, but gets taken out like most of Bond's buddies. Goldfinger-This is one of the five greatest Bond films ever(there are two more in this box set alone that are too). Goldfinger has everything,great villians, awesome dialogue and high-tense action which is better than most of the other films. This was Connery in his prime and because he made more Bond bad films than good films, he isn't my favorite actor for Bond. The Man with the Golden Gun- Roger Moore goes to an island to fight Francisco Scaramanga, a man who kils with gold bullets. This movie has too much comedy , but if Roger needed to make two weird movies before making The Spy who Loved me, then so be it. The Spy Who Loved Me- This is one of the best Bond Films ever if not the BEST. Roger Moore was still very young and brought a sense of wit and incredible amounts of danger to Bond's life. The villians in this one are great(Jaws and Stromberg). Some people say Stromberg just pushed buttons and was not menacing but I completely disagree and found him very threatening. Licence to Kill- Timothy Dalton was my all-time favorite Bond because he was the Bond of the books and actually was what I pictured Bond too look like when I read the books. This is a daring adventure Bond takes in the name of revenge because Robert Davi(SANCHEZ) maimed his buddy Felix Leiter and killed Leiter's bride Della. This film is emotionally charged and Dalton is out for revenge and only cares and looks out for himself in this movie. Why did Dalton leave his 2 great films. Goldeneye- Brosnan's best movie by far. The other three Bond films he made are nothing special and mediocre at best. lazenby is even better than Pierce. Best movie with worst James Bond. Tommorow Never Dies-This movie is AWFUL and STUPID like most of the Bond films of the 1990's. The franchise is dead if things stay the way that they are. Die another Day was the last Bond Film that came out and it was a disgrace. It was a collage of the past 20 Bond films and MGM should be ashamed of themselves!
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Summary: BUY THIS!!! YOU WON'T REGRET IT!!!
Review: This boxed set has some of the best Bond movies. It has three of my favorites "Dr. No", "Goldfinger" and "GoldenEye". And it has two OK Moore films, "Man with the Golden Gun" and "The Spy Who Loved Me". And the worst Bond film ever "Licence to Kill"!!!It starts off with "Dr. No" the 1st Bond film starring the 1st and best Bond, Connery, Sean Connery. "Dr. No" is a very exciting movie. It's about this SPECTRE maniac (not as crazy as other SPECTRE maniac) named Dr. Julius No. He's manipulating rockets to go all over the place. I personally have no favorite part, it's all exciting. Then there's "Goldfinger" another favorite and classic. It's about this man named Auric Goldfinger who plans to contaminate the gold in Fort Knox, making his own gold more valuable. My favorite scene is the fight in Fort Knox between Oddjob, Goldfinger's assistant, and Bond. I thought it was cool when he got electracuted. It also starred Connery. Then there's a Roger Moore film. Moore did an OK job. I'd have to say the best actor was Christopher Lee, who also stars in "Lord of the Rings" as Saruman and "Star Wars: Episode II" and "Episode III" as Count Dooku. It's OK, it's not my favorite, but I still like it. Then there's a better one "The Spy Who Loved Me", starring Moore. It's a remake of "You Only Live Twice" which is better. This one has a man obsessed with making the Cold War World War III. His name is Stromberg (Curt Jurgens). Very skilled and talented actor. Then there's "Licence to Kill" starring Timothy Dalton. Worst action movie ever!!! It's about Bond being a rogue and taking revenge on the almost death of Felix Leiter (David Hedison, "Live and Let Die"). Don't watch, unless you're a diehard Bond fan like me. Then there's a relief "GoldenEye" starring and debuting Pierce Brosnan, best next to Connery. It's about a former 00 agent, Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean, "The Fellowship of the Ring), destroying England with a space weapon, GoldenEye. Very exciting! Then there's "Tomorrow Never Dies" starring Brosnan. It's about on the same level as "The Spy Who Loved Me", basically a remake of it. Elliot Carver tries to make World War III between China and England. Great Bond woman, Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh). It's neat to see Bond women kick butt. Favorite next to Jinx (Halle Berry) and Tracy, aka Mrs. Bond, (Diana Rigg). All in all pretty good. I hope you enjoy.
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Summary: Don't Forget "Never Say Never Again"
Review: If you're going to buy all 3 DVD sets and think you have ALL the Bond movies, don't forget you'll need to purchase (seperate) "NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN" then you'll have the whole set. Not sure why it's not included in one of the 3 boxes? And if you don't consider Dr. NO to be the first movie, then you'd also want CASINO ROYALE (again purchase seperate) if you want the complete DVD set. I think many are going to purchase the 3 DVD sets and give them as presents to a Bond fan saying "here are all the movies" only to find "Never Say Never Again" not there or "Casino Royale" (depending on if you consider that to be the first Bond movie.
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