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Summary: The Ultimate Action Set
Review: The James Bond DVD Collection has everything that James Bond should have. From DR. No to Tomorrow Never Dies. In full, containing 7 James Bond films, DR. No, Goldfinger, The Man With The Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, License To Kill, GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies. Here we have the Best Bonds, Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan. The Best Bond Girls, Barbara Bach, Britt Ekland, Isabella Scorupco, Maud Adams, Honor Blackman and Ursula Andress. The Best Bond Villians, Goldfinger, Oddjob, Jaws and turncoat agent 006. The only negative thing I have to say about this otherwise expertly crafted set is the exclusion and addition of a couple of titles. The Bond Films that shouldn't be in here are; the mostly mediocre The Man With the Golden Gun, and the pitiful License To Kill. This set unfortunately lacks some of the best Bond films, most notably From Russia With Love, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and For Your Eyes Only.
The extras on each of the seven Bond films are totally professional with the exception of one "extra" on License To Kill which is more like a tv commercial for a truck company.
One thing with the DVD packaging that was dissapointing was the exclusion of the collectible booklet from both DR. No and Tomorrow Never Dies even though on the back of the DVD case it clearly states that there is a collectible booklet inside. All the other
Bond films in the set have it. It may seem like a little thing but it still annoyed me. Each DVD also features one, if not two commentary's from the Director and sometimes the cast which really tops the DVD's off. One thing the commentary on License To Kill didn't have that I wanted to hear was why they cast the bland Timothy Dalton as James Bond. I guess I'll have to watch The Living Daylights for the answer to that one, but on second thought, I think I'll spare myself the pain. But back to the positives this is simply a great set with the small exception of the two I listed. It's a miracle in itself that the Bond films have survived for this long. What with the fall of the Soviet Union it would have seemed that James Bond was now out of touch with the present day. But as Pierce Brosnan shows in Die Another Day, the world's greatest superspy will always be in style.
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Summary: James Bond 007 Special Edition DVD Collection
Review: I only have one thing to say, it's Bond! You don't get better than Bond!!!
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Summary: dvd collection for 2002
Review: As another has commented of the euro version being released in its entirity and the north america and canada version obviously being released in the usual 3 sets is some what disturbing. Why our market is being played with by production seems unfair. I would also prefer to have the entire set in one box...and also be able to purchase the entire set at one time. To sum it up I too am disappointed in MGM regardless of their reasons.However, I am pleased to report to you that in my opinion the new dvd collection is superior to anything I have seen before. I have entire collection in VHS and as dvds came out I started to rent the dvd versions to see the difference between the them. Seeing a remake of a film on dvd you still see the old film specs that pop up on the screen, but the resolution of the dvd vs vhs helps to make it all the more clearer. I don't know if MGM has improved their production on the dvds but it almost looks like the new one look better then the ones I rented...
I am please with the product as I have no problems to report at this time.
I certainly hope that these messages make there way to MGM so they won't upset their fans in delaying releases of sets 2 and 3.
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Summary: Who Does it Best?
Review: A solid collection of 7 007 DVDs loaded with special features. Bond looks great on DVD and is cooler than ever. Look at it like this: Dr. No and Goldfinger and 5 bonus DVDs!...An essential part of any Bond or action-adventure fan's movie collection. While you're at it, pick up the paperback version of Casino Royale by Ian Fleming and see how Bond was introduced - believe me, it's much better than the movie!
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Summary: Corrupted disks -- don't buy until reissued.
Review: Don't buy the boxed set until the current sets are recalled and new ones issued with freshly-pressed disks. There are more problems than just the one disk that MGM has 'fessed up to. (See other comments about defective disks.) Put a little consumer pressure on the manufacturers to exercise some quality control. I was glad to see other comments about defective disks, so I know I'm not alone. I had three bad disks in the first set I bought: Dr. No, The Spy Who Loved Me, and a third I've lost track of (a replacement fixed it -- might have been the Man With the Golden Gun that other messages have referred to. Mostly towards the end of each movie, there was VERY bad pixelation and loss of sound, which sometimes brought my player to a halt; other times I could skip ahead a scene or two and find clean pictures again. I took the set back and swapped out those three titles for new copies (didn't want to risk getting a bad pressing of a title I already had a good copy of). Of the replacements, one was fine, one exhibited the same corrupt data -- pixelation, skipping, and halts ... and one appears to have killed my DVD player entirely. The last one -- either Dr. No or The Spy Who Loved Me (I've put them both aside but forget which I watched first) -- immediately froze my DVD player with a blank, black screen. I had to turn it off and on again even to get the disk out. After that, the player rejects EVERY DVD with the "can't play this disk in this player" message usually reserved for cases where you put it a DVD from the wrong "region". (That shows that it still recognizes it as a DVD, but just doesn't want to play it. It also still works fine with CDs.) The only exp[lanation I can come up with is that the random data corruption (I hope it was random and not a "hack" into their digital masters) managed to trigger the region-programming routine used at the factory to set the machine's DVD distribution region. (US is region 1) A parts list on the Panasonic website confirms that my machine uses, erasable, programmable ROMs for those functions. Somehow the bad disk appears to have erased or reprogrammed them. This is probably a random effect and I wouldn't expect DVD players to be croaking left and right -- but I also wouldn't be surprised if it happens to some other players. When the set is reissued I'll give it a good rating, although I wish they had some cast filmographies to see what the "Bond Girls" and villains have gone on to do. But for now, don't touch it with a 10 foot loading tray.
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Summary: Great collection except for one of the discs...
Review: I have recently purchased this and it is great except for the Tomorrow Never Dies disc. Throughout the movie the camera angle logo keeps popping up in the right hand corner of the screen by itself no matter what. I know that it is part of the storyboard overlay technology that is on the disc, but i can not turn that feature off no matter what. I have tried it on the disc itself and in my dvd player settings, but have not been able to find anywhere in the player settings to turn the camera angle off. It is a RCA model, it might not be able to shut it off. Other than that distraction though, the rest of the discs are fine, have good picture quality and good features. I recommend this set, but i will caution you that you might have the same problem i had with the Tomorrow Never Dies disc.
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Summary: Great DVD's.....with one exception
Review: This set is great, at least 6 of the 7 DVDs are. MGM has confirmed a defect with the Man with the Golden Gun, screen freezes after scene 21. Everything else on all the others is perfect but MGM is trying to recall as many of the defected Golden Gun's as possible. Still worth your money, unless Golden Gun is your favorite.
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Summary: Anybody Else Getting Defective Discs?
Review: I've ordered two of these sets, and apparently MGM has some mass-production problems. In both copies of TOMOROW NEVER DIES I've viewed, the "1 of 2" chapter designation keeps popping up in the upper right hand corner of the screen, which is very annoying and distracting. And in both copies of THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN I've viewed, the picture deteriorates entirely at about scene 21 and never recovers! The exact same problem with separate copies of the same DVDs! Anyone else experiencing these problems? So far, DR. NO, LICENCE TO KILL and GOLDFINGER were fine. I've yet to get around to viewing GOLDENEYE and THE SPY WHO LOVED ME.
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Summary: Highly Recommended!!!
Review: This is a re-release of the same box-set from a couple of years ago (late 1999). So, if you already bought all three volumes last time, there is no need to get this re-release. BUT, if you missed out last time, this DVD Special Edition collection of 007 films is a must have for your film collection. In addition to the original films in Widescreen anamorphic, you will find some incredible extra features on these DVDs. There is one making-of documentary per film in the set. These are roughly 30 minute documentaries containing real in-depth interviews with cast, crew, writers, producers, directors and people who work behind the scenes of these films that people just don't know about. The documentaries were put together by acclaimed James Bond historian, John Cork. He is also the founder of the Ian Fleming Foundation. There are additional "featurettes" on Bond-related subjects, such as the stuntwork, music, production design, visual effects. Also found are audio commentaries, original trailers, TV spots and music videos. I need to note that it is unfortunate that the early films such as DR. NO, GOLDFINGER and THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN are not encoded in Dolby Digital 5.1. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, LICENCE TO KILL, GOLDENEYE and TOMORROW NEVER DIES are encoded in Dolby Digital 5.1 and sound incredible on a 5.1 home theater setup. You will get a good insight into the incredible amount of work and dedication that goes into creating a James Bond film. These DVDs are just about the best put together DVDs on the market. They are loaded with a good amount of extra features and goodies and have some very slick interactive graphics and menus. I highly recommend this DVD collection.
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Summary: Great for the avid fan, but some stinkers in here
Review: This is the first of three boxed sets to be release in the United States containing re-issues of every Bond film. I am a long time fan of Bond films and received this first volume as a gift. The remastered audio sounds great, especially on the older films.
My opinion is that in the forty year history of James Bond films, there have been some great movies such as Goldfinger, The Spy Who Loved Me, and Golden Eye. There have also been some pretty (hopefully) forgettable offerings such as The Man with the Golden Gun and Liscense to Kill. This boxed set contains examples of each. If you are planning on owning EVERY Bond film, I would really recommend the box set. If, like me, you don't necessarily want a personal copy of Moonraker, I would save money and buy the remastered selections of my choice.
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