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Post by RiP, IMDb on Apr 15, 2020 23:37:54 GMT
Dr. NO! (1962)!!
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Post by moviemouth on Apr 15, 2020 23:39:07 GMT
yay
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Post by movielover on Apr 15, 2020 23:44:21 GMT
Yay
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Post by jcush on Apr 15, 2020 23:44:49 GMT
Yay
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Post by Ass_E9 on Apr 15, 2020 23:46:14 GMT
Yes.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Apr 16, 2020 0:23:21 GMT
yay. 9/10
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Post by rudeboy on Apr 16, 2020 0:33:14 GMT
7/10. One of the best.
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Post by darksidebeadle on Apr 16, 2020 0:34:18 GMT
Yay
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Post by alpha128 on Apr 16, 2020 1:57:10 GMT
Yay. The one that started it all!
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Post by vegalyra on Apr 16, 2020 2:09:15 GMT
Can't really knock this one. It's just a smooth operator all the way through. Interestingly it's probably one of the ones I've watched the least though. For some reason back in the '80s and early '90s the cable channels even during Bond marathons either showed this one during weird hours or not at all.
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Apr 16, 2020 17:57:04 GMT
Defo a Yay, it's just a real good secret agent film in its own right.
And so it all began here, what was until Harry Potter arrived on the scene, the most successful film franchise in history. James Bond, a name that would become synonymous with suave spies, deranged villains, beautiful women, exotic locations, gadgets, cars and sex. Ian Fleming's James Bond novels were big come the end of 1961, yet producers Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman met some resistance from studios. It was never plain sailing, even after release the film garnered mixed reviews, but word of mouth and condemnation by the Vatican and the Kremlin propelled it to being one of the surprise hits of 62/63. At the box office it made £60 million Worldwide, this after being made on a budget of only £1 million.
There are a number of changes from the book and some censor appeasement was required to get the film a certificate enabling youngsters to see the film with an adult. What Dr. No rounds out as is a jolly good spy/action movie yarn. Some of the hints are there for what would make Bond such a profitable and well loved franchise, but there's no sign of the gadgetry, tricks and japes that would fill out so many of the titles that followed Dr. No. Here Bond is just armed with his Walter PPK 7.65MM pistol, Sunbeam Alpine car and his bravado and nouse.
Some future stalwart characters are given modest introductions (M, Felix Leiter, Moneypenny) and Ursula Andress sets the marker for all future Bond girls to follow. Ted Moore's capturing of the Jamaica location is sumptuous, something that really comes to the fore on the remastered DVD edition of the film. Connery is supremely cool and fearless, the theme tune and gun barrel opening are already in place, and Terence Young, who directs three of the first four Bond movies, keeps it zippy and suspenseful when story gathers up a flame throwing tank, car chases, fights and a quite brilliant tarantula sequence.
Quite a debut, uneven at times as it begins to find its feet, but even if it wasn't the first James Bond movie it would hold up as an entertaining bit of secret agent shenanigans.
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Post by theravenking on Apr 26, 2020 12:13:27 GMT
Yay!
Positive:
Iconic entry for Connery
Ursula Andress sets a standard for later Bond girls
It has one of Bond’s most ruthless kills
Bond shows himself to be clever and inventive even without gadgets
It looks very slick and stylish
Negative:
The three blind henchmen are silly
The car chase suffers from poor back-projection
Title sequence lacks the fascinating creativity of later entries
Dr. No is underused as a villain
The Jamaican location is not very interesting
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Post by politicidal on Apr 26, 2020 13:15:38 GMT
Hell yeah.
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Post by drystyx on Apr 26, 2020 19:17:54 GMT
I voted "meh", but it was a higher "meh" than most other "meh" votes. I rate it 7/10, or more like 6.7/10.
It isn't as all out action packed as the essential Bond films, but it's nice. It has more of a lay back atmosphere than later Bond films, so it looks more like a real spy film than the other ones.
I rank it somewhere around 9th through 11th of the Bond films. Solid enough. But the strongest Bond films came just after this one.
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Post by Vits on Apr 26, 2020 20:24:55 GMT
8/10
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Apr 26, 2020 20:42:14 GMT
Yay.
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