*FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE* James Bond Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING 007

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[@jenmurrayxo]

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[@robertsmith3883]

They actually made a "From Russia With Love" video game with Sean Connery' likeness and voice in the game.

[@williamsmith5340]

I like your video and you can very cut

[@dantheplasticman9742]

Wanted to give you a bit of a shock Jen. The blonde haired villain is Quint from Jaws.

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

Another excellent reaction, Jen, thank you. I'm looking forward to you reacting to 'Goldfinger' already. 🙂

[@geraldmcboingboing7401]

Great reaction, Jen!!! I watched these Bond movies when they were first released and got the biggest kick out of them. I'm really glad to see that your enjoyment is as great as mine was. In the "More Bond" category, my vote is a definite, "Yes!"

[@e.d.2096]

Jen, thank you for returning to the Bond films. And reacting to them in release order. These movies are iconic, and are very much involved in pop culture. I hope you enjoy them all. Here for every reaction.

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

Hi Eric, It's good to see you back. Jen, gave a great reaction, I'm looking forward to the next film, Goldfinger.

[@e.d.2096]

@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. Hello Adam, I certainly hope you don't think I'm giving you the cold shoulder. I know that I'm a little long winded at times. I thought I'd give you a little break. Yes, loved Jens reaction. The next 3 films are probably my favorites. Goldfinger, the scene with the painted love intrest is just so iconic. Thunderbal the underwater scenes, again iconic. And You only live Twice, the end battle is the best! (I'd mention more but I don't want to give anything away. ) I was accused of doing that in a recent comment. Well its good to hear from you. Respond if you would like to chat.

[@Masterfighterx]

@@e.d.2096 Do they have a chronological order that doesn't follow the release order?

[@e.d.2096]

@@Masterfighterx I don't mean to sound stupid, but I'm not sure I understand your question.

[@Masterfighterx]

@@e.d.2096 You thanked her for returning back to the bond films, and watching them in release order, I know they're based off of books, but don't know if they jump back and forth in time events as Marvel does

[@robertjewell9727]

Yay! More Bonds! Did you recognize the actor who played Red Grant? His name is Robert Shaw and he played Quint in JAWS. This is one of the most down-to-earth Bond films, which is my personal preference for an espionage tone.. it's definitely IMO the best Bond novel.

[@jenmurrayxo]

I didn't recognize Quint but I see it now!! 👍

[@ajivins1]

@@jenmurrayxo He and Connery faced off again in the 70's in 'Robin and Marion' with Connery as an old Robin Hood and Shaw as The Sheriff of Nottingham.

[@vorlon1]

Jen, I highly recommend you watch, "The Sting," Robert Shaw is also in that along with Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Robert Earl Jones, James Earl Jones's father.

[@Gmthekiller]

the sting is his best performance

[@pulsarstargrave256]

I recently found out this was the guyvwho played Quint! I never recognized him! No wonder his character didn't know red wine doesn't go well with fish, Quint is a beer drinker!

[@robertkramer2271]

This is my personal favorite Bond film. It's the first appearance of Desmond Llewellyn as "Q", who gives Bond the first real gadget in the series, the exploding briefcase. Yes, Jen, the flirting of Bond and Moneypenny is in all the films.

[@mohammedashian8094]

Funny you should say that because I read the books by Ian Fleming and her role is smaller than in the movies and they never flirted bond flirted with his own secretary she’s called loelia Ponsonby and she’s secretary to three 00 agents (007, 008 and 0011) and everything about her has been transferred to moneypenny

[@jecouterai]

When I was a kid, there were James Bond movies on TV every week. I would come back home from the classes at art school and watch them on Friday nights. I had no internet and always waited for the next week to see the upcoming Bond movie. Such a great time it was. And I'm also from Russia. So from Russia with love.

[@johnlarro6872]

Ooh interesting. I know for example Fawlty Towers and Allo Allo both changed character's nationalities depending where the episode was aired, so as not to offend the target audience. Were any of the Bond movies revised for broadcast in Russia, given Russians were often the "bad guy"?

[@jecouterai]

@@johnlarro6872 No. The bad guys were still the same. The movie only had a Russian voiceover. Besides it would have been weird if From Russia with Love hadn't had any actual Russian characters.

[@ammaleslie509]

When they made these movies, they were inspired by a series of novels and short stories by an author named Ian Fleming, so after the first movie was popular they knew they had a lot of material to work with

[@waterbeauty85]

I once mimed my impression of a super villain sitting fiendishly while stroking an imaginary cat, and a friend pointed out that I was making the mistake of stroking back to front which would piss off an actual cat, so I told him "I'm doing that deliberately because I'm evil!"

[@brom00]

Glad you liked this one as well. The big villain with the cat is more formally introduced in a later movie. If you haven't seen them, the "Austin Powers" films with Mike Myers will be a fun watch. You'll be able to spot the Bond in-jokes in them. The next Bond, "Goldfinger" is iconic.

[@jamesalexander5623]

I think Frau Farbissina is somewhat based on Klebb!

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

If Looks Could Kill (1991) another silly movie, teen and mistaken identity into spycraft.

[@apollo21lmp]

a little trivia, Pedro Armendáriz (Ali Kerim Bey) was terminally ill with cancer during filming. Armendáriz accepted this role partially to provide financial security for his wife. The shooting schedule was altered to film his scenes while he was still physically able. Towards the end of filming those scenes, director Terence Young had to double for the actor in some of his long shots. One month after all of his scenes were completed, Armendáriz shot himself in a Los Angeles hospital.

[@jdavis9684]

Klebb was played by Lotte Lenya. She was the wife of Austrian composer Kurt Weill. She also starred as Jenny in Weill's Three Penny Opera. She later escaped nazism and settled in New York where she would win a Tony Award and later be nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe.

[@michaelstach5744]

We hear her name in “Mack the Knife.”

[@robertstallings7820]

@@michaelstach5744 "Mack the Knife" was composed by Lotte Lenya's husband, Kurt Weill for "Three Penny Opera". Lotte Lenya and jazz musician Louis Armstrong subsequently became friends and collaborators, and when Armstrong performed the song he would add Lotte Lenya's name to the lyrics in tribute to her. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iV7PeaV6hc96nLM

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

"She was the wife of Austrian composer Kurt Weill." German, not austrian. And he might have objected being called a german composer. He fled the country in 1933, for obvious reasons, and resented being called a "german composer". In 1947 he wrote in a letter to Life Magazine after being called that: "Although I was born in Germany, I do not consider myself a ‘German composer.’ The Nazis obviously did not consider me as such either and I left their country (an arrangement which suited both me and my rulers admirably) in 1933. I am an American citizen and during my dozen years in this country have composed exclusively for the American stage" So the correct way to label him is an american composer of german descent.

[@grjoseph]

@@michaelstach5744 First time I ever heard that name, and I was pleasantly surprised when I saw her in this movie!

[@brianscott3541]

These Bond movies are "splendid!" The theme songs are a big part of each movie.

[@TheNightBadger]

_"I like her spectacles." "Is anyone gonna get blasted in the face in this movie or not?!" "He's not a one woman man, girl!"_ - That's what I'm here for.

[@jenmurrayxo]

😂

[@IDLERACER]

🐱👍 In "You Only Live Twice" (1967) we get another Bond villain that spends the movie petting a cat, but in that one you'll eventually get to see his face. The next one, "Goldfinger" includes what is by far, the most famous and iconic of all Bond theme songs, and it's also represented throughout the movie in it's incidental music.

[@chrisleebowers]

A note on continuity: The movies were adapted in a completely different order than the books. They all differ from the source material in varying degrees and although they did a decent job of re-writing the bigger story of the pursuit of SPECTRE's "Number One," whether by oversight or because they just didn't care, the events of the fifth and sixth movies ("You only Live Twice" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service") are in the wrong order. If you're really invested in the bigger story, you may choose to watch OHMSS before YOLT. A couple more movies after that, the studio oddly lost the rights to the SPECTRE characters while maintaining the rights to Bond and the other books. It's quite some time before you see any of them again and certain loose story threads are left unresolved for a while.

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

Man so many bond movies, Goldfinger I mixed up with The Man With the Golden Gun till I refreshed my memory. Then there is Golden Eye where is pretty much where I got started in all them. Decades more Bond everywhere. Moonraker is another one that so many people remember a certain part wrong.

[@phillipdry3696]

Number is always Blofeld, they just say his name in On Your Majesty’s Secret Service

[@roonilwazlib9877]

I would argue that "Live and Let Die" by Sir Paul McCartney is the most famous and iconic Bond song, but "Goldfinger" is definitely up there.

[@timgoebel7971]

Hands down, my favorite Bond movie. Great cast, great script, great locale.

[@MapManLK]

Soooooooooo glad you watched this one and enjoyed it! it's my favorite. That fight between Bond (Connery) and Grant (Robert Shaw who is Quint in "Jaws") in the train car blew me away when this came out. . .in the year I was 13 -- 1963. "Goldfinger" is bigger and flashier -- more money -- but I love "FRWL"! It was my intro to Bond on the BIG screen. 😎

[@richarddefortuna2252]

Yes, they were planned out as a franchise after Dr. No. Fleming's book, on which most of the movies are based (to one degree or another), were about six in by this time. The first was Casino Royale (1953), which was originally a TV play for U.S. tv (with an American Bond; "Jimmy Bond"), and then a spoof in '67, wasn't integrated into the movie franchise until the '00s, when Daniel Craig took over. The second book was Live and Let Die (1954), followed by Moonraker (1955); Diamonds Are Forever (1956); From Russia, with Love (1957); Dr. No (1958); Goldfinger (1959); and the short story compilation, For Your Eyes Only (1960) - all before they planned the Dr. No film. Thunderball (1961) was originally planned by Fleming to specifically become a movie (which it did, first in 1965, as "Thunderball," and again in 1983, as "Never Say Never Again," in which Connery reprised his role as Bond for the first time since 1970's Diamonds are Forever), after which Fleming wrote The Spy Who Loved Me (1962); On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963); and You Only Live Twice (1964). Fleming had just finished writing, but not editing, The Man with the Golden Gun when he died in 1965, and the second short story compilation, "Octopussy and The Living Daylights," issued in 1966. If you like these early films, you nay really enjoy the books; they're much more consistent in tone and demeanor, and (fortunately) lack the more "whimsical" elements of some of the middle period films - I'm sure that you'll see what I mean eventually (the '70s and early '80s, in particular, could be very awkward times for much of the arts, to say the least - some incredible heights with some unbelievable lows). Either way, I hope that you continue to enjoy your journey!

[@warrenrhinerson6373]

fun fact about this film: this was the last film US President John F Kennedy ever saw. the entire film series was only made because President Kennedy said From Russia with Love was his favorite novel, and James Bond took off like wild fire in the US.This is also one of the few Bond films to be based on an Ian Fleming text in more then just name. For those interested the ones that are actually accurate to Flemings books are listed here. Dr No From Russia With Love GoldFinger Thunderball On Her Majesty's Secret Service The Living Daylights Casino Royale

[@visiblepixels4632]

Most people call Goldfinger the best Bond film, but this is my personal number 1. I've been a Bond nut for decades, and there's just something about the tension and pacing of this one - nothing super over-the-top, this is more stripped-down and focused, IMO. Cracking dialogue, great acting all around, and a very engaging villain. The extended train scenes/setting really have a unique "claustrophobic" and anxious feel to them as you wait for the other shoe to drop. Just a great film all around.

[@SeanRobertsonCosmicD]

From Russia with Love was the book that got Ian Fleming noticed by hollywood. President Kennedy gave an interview and named it one of his favorite books. After that Fleming's James Bond novels took off and the rest is history. I'm happy to see you are continuing the James Bond movies. Every official Bond actor has their pluses but Sean Connery will always be the epitome of cool. Robert Shaw portrayed the Russian assassin, Red Grant. Originally he auditioned for the part of James Bond. Later in his career he was cast as Quint, the shark hunter, in Jaws..

[@MarkDemeo]

I'm glad you are continuing with the Bond series. You should definitely continue in release order,you won't be disappointed in the next one,Goldfinger.

[@THEpoppaSAUCE]

I’m so glad someone I love watching is reacting to the James Bond series. So many other KZbinrs don’t even touch bond, but it’s one of my absolute all time favorites lol hope you enjoy, and glad to share the journey with you! c:

[@jenmurrayxo]

Thanks Caleb! 👍

[@Isleofskye]

@@jenmurrayxo Great Reaction to a wonderful film with the best Theme Song though we, hardly, heard it in the movie. Thanks Jen !

[@adamromero]

I'm sure its been suggested already, but Highlander (1986) is a great movie with Sean Connery in it. You'll love it if you're a fan of Queen. 🤘

[@rockinrichardsmoviereviews1901]

"She's had her kicks." Love it.

[@williambaucum3318]

Hi Jen, You definitely need to watch Goldfinger next. It is one of the best and most popular of the James Bond franchise. This where the Bond franchise really took off to international praise. Enjoy!

[@warrenrhinerson6373]

This film is actually the last movie that President John F. Kennedy ever saw before his assassination in November 1963. The novel based on is actually the reason why the film franchise got started in the first place.

[@Josh3B]

Jen, if you didn't know, big blond Donald Grant in the film is Robert Shaw- Quint from Jaws.

[@kallreader7376]

Splendid as usual! Cool that you recognised Sylvia Trench from Dr. No before they mentioned her name. Please keep watching and sharing your Bond reactions with us!

[@jeffgalus8454]

Fun Fact: The man who played Dr. Dent in DR. NO played Blofeld

[@StephenLuke]

Yes, Anthony Dawson, but his voice was dubbed by Austrian actor Eric Pohlmann.

[@martenw757]

¨waste this fool¨ ... never thought hearing Jen say this ... 😂🤣

[@chefskiss6179]

Your channel is so addictive. And YES yes yes... please do continue with the Bond franchise, Jen.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Thanks chef! 😊👍

[@MrPicklerwoof]

I think this is the best Bond movie ever made. It's so atmospheric the way it's filmed in Instanbul, all the characters are great, cracking story and it's just a great espionage movie.

[@TennSeven]

That scene when Bond and the other guy go into those underground tunnels is a nod to Istanbul's many underground tunnels and cisterns. The site of that scene, the Basilica Cistern is absolutely gorgeous. It was forgotten for a long time after the conquest of Istanbul. At some point a Dutch tourist noticed that many residents were drawing water from and fishing in holes in their basements. He went down there to explore and discovered the vast, forgotten underground structure.

[@felixjaitman4715]

007 married 3 times, in Japan (1967), Switzerland (1969) and with the Spectre blonde girl that appeared again in No Time to Die! But loved all his girls!

[@billcoley4426]

The movies were originally based on the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, which are fantastic if you're a reader.

[@dmgallibond469]

Great reaction, Jen! I'm really starting to love watching your reactions, and one day I'll probably recommend some titles for you. Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, was in the planning section of British Secret Service during World War II. He was one of the people responsible for plans that led to Operation Mincemeat, which was a famous bit of subterfuge that used a cadaver to deliver false intelligence to the Nazis about the location of an Allied invasion. The false information made it all the way to Hitler's desk, and it fooled him. That meant the Germans were expecting an invasion in a different location than the Allies actually landed. That was one of the pivotal moments in the war that helped accelerate the Allied victory in Europe. If you want a great deep dive on Operation Mincemeat, I recommend Season One of "The World's Greatest Con" podcast, which tells that story in depth from the earliest stages of its planning all the way through its successful conclusion. After the war, Ian Fleming created the fictional spy James Bond and wrote a series of novels featuring him foiling plots by enemies of the United Kingdom old and new (into the Cold War era). The first few James Bond films were made from Ian Fleming's novels, but the movie series became so popular that later film writers and directors have continued the franchise all the way up to the present day. Bond movies have a formula, and they have a broad appeal. Bond is the kind of man that every guy wants to be and every girl would love to claim (at least the girls who like men). It's interesting to see how Bond's interactions with women shift through the decades, reflecting adjusting social attitudes about what is acceptable and/or appropriate. But he always skirts that line between the "bad boy" and the "smooth operator," somehow managing to be both at once.

[@JarrettGaza]

The blonde guy from Russia with love is Robert Shaw who played Captain Quint in Jaws. 🤔

[@mwflanagan1]

Thanks for continuing the Bond series. As you appear to like them, I hope we can look forward to your covering the rest of them (in order?). Impressed that you recognized Sylvia Trench - she’s one of a very few returning Bond girls.

[@RedmoonIndustries]

The Bond movie series is based off the novels written by Ian Fleming. He wrote his first Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1952. It was a success, with three print runs being commissioned to cope with the demand. Eleven Bond novels and two collections of short stories followed between 1953 and 1966. The novels revolve around James Bond, an officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6. Bond is also known by his code number, 007, and was a commander in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. The Bond stories rank among the best-selling series of fictional books of all time, having sold over 100 million copies worldwide. (Taken from the wiki.)

[@chucksmash1]

Hey Jen, "From Russia with Love" is a SPLENDID choice!!!

[@e.d.2096]

As Jen said, we need to bring splendid back into everyday vocabulary

[@jeffwerth2707]

The guy who played the blonde bad guy is the same actor who played the mark in "The Sting" and the guy who got eaten by the shark at the end of "Jaws" - Robert Shaw

[@MattST69]

I am loving all your reactions but especially these latest James Bond ones, please do them all! So nice that you appreciated the music, John Barry made such a huge stylistic contribution to these films with his amazing scores which get better with each movie.

[@Isleofskye]

I knew the brilliant Matt Monro sang the Theme but did not realize Lionel Bart wrote it.

[@MattST69]

Lionel Bart did indeed write the wonderful song heard over the closing credits. The punchy opening title music is a wonderful orchestral amalgam of the title tune and the James Bond theme, arranged by John Barry.

[@JedHead77]

Fun Fact, Jen: The bedroom scene at 13:44 is what they use as an audition for future Bond actors.

[@zziicckk01]

Thank you for your reaction! This is one of the most faithful films to the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming.

[@Alanpie314]

"Kleb" was played by Lotte Lenya, a once famous German cabaret singer. Since you liked "Psycho", I suggest you try an even earlier Hitchcock B&W, "Strangers on a Train".

[@rockinrichardsmoviereviews1901]

Love Sean Connery in the Sea Captain Wardrobe.That whole scene was beautifully shot!!

[@sl0507]

For me the Low key MVP goes to Kerim Bey played by Pedro Armendáriz. He was with Bond all the way and ended up giving his life for him. In real life the actor was dying of cancer during the filming but also gave his all to finish the film so his family would have something after he died. He even had to be propped up during some scenes.

[@scottknode898]

Some of his scenes he was too weak physically and Director Terence Young actually did some of the more difficult and physical scenes for the actor as his terminal cancer was advancing and was able to complete his scenes before he committed suicide in his hospital room in 1963 when had a gun smuggled into his room when the cancer was becoming too unbearable with the pain.

[@vincentsaia6545]

This is widely regarded as the best James Bond movie. It was Sean Connery's personal favorite. Grant was played by Robert Shaw who later appeared in JAWS and THE STING. and was also an acclaimed playwright. Daniella Biachi (Tatiana) didn't appear in another Bond movie but she did appear opposite Sean Connery's brother in the James Bond spoof OPERATION BIG BROTHER.

[@scottknode898]

Robert Shaw played the villain Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin and Marian in 1976 and went against Sean Connery who played the elder Robin Hood.

[@TheChequeredHorse1]

25:13 - Actually, the original novel has a cliffhanger ending. Dr. No is actually the novel that followed From Russia with Love, where the cliffhanger is resolved. But as these two stories were filmed in the reverse order, they had to change the original ending of From Russia with Love to remove the cliffhanger.

[@maxducoudray]

Old Bond movies really make me miss movie soundtracks played by real orchestras.

[@TheWebcrafter]

0:55 - You may recognize the actor playing the assassin. He's Robert Shaw, who'd go on to play shark-hunter 'Quint' in Jaws (1975)

[@vincentsaia6545]

The blond assassin is played by Robert Shaw who later appeared as Quint in JAWS and was an award-winning playwright.

[@leftcoaster67]

Pedro Armendariz who played Karim Bey was dying of cancer during filming. But he was a total trooper and carried on. He did an amazing job. This is one of the best Bond film. More of a true spy film.

[@DeusExMachina50]

JEN: "I wasn't sure Bondie was getting out of that one.... I mean.... I guess he would, cause there's like 30 other films." 🤣

[@machfront]

Watching your older vids. I’m SO glad you’re watching the Bond flicks in order (many lows and highs but a fun series overall). This is one of my faves. I discovered Bond as a kid in the 80s so these early films were already “old”, but it’s great how well some of them age, and great performances and plots obviously do not age. I love Matt Monroe’s vocals in the theme song! Daniela Bianchi is SO beautiful, and I really dig her green and yellow outfit at the end! So 60’s but still so slick and sexy! 🙂

[@TheWebcrafter]

30:18 - Performed by Matt Munro and composed by Lionel Bart of Oliver! the musical fame, 'From Russia With Love' was the first official Bond song as 'Dr. No' was instrumental only. The song peaked at number 20 in the UK singles chart, 20/11/1963. 'She Loves You' by The Beatles was at number one.

[@JedHead77]

Desmond Llewelyn, the actor who played Q from 1963 through 1999.

[@scottknode898]

Actually it was Peter Burton who played Q in Dr No and Desmond Llewelyn began his long tenure as Q in From Russia With Love and played Q in every Bond film up to The World Is Not Enough before his death in 1999. The only Bond film he didn’t appear in was Live and Let Die which the character was not in film at all and angered fans so he was brought back in The Man With The Golden Gun

[@simonbeaird7436]

6:18: The first appearance of Q, the equipment specialist. Jen will see him again! 7:53: Pedro Armendariz, who plays Kerim Bey, was suffering from terminal cancer and in great pain during the making of FRWL. And went on anyway. He passed away before the film was released.

[@80smoviesfan]

Steven Spielberg was convinced to cast Robert Shaw in Jaws (1975) after watching him in this movie.

[@robertsmith3883]

Actually Stephen Spielberg wanted Lee Marvin for Quint..Lee Marvin turned him down. Robert Shaw said yes.

[@steriopticon2687]

"We brought the bomb."

[@jamesalexander5623]

@@robertsmith3883 Marvin Balked at being Eaten by the Shark!

[@jamesalexander5623]

@@steriopticon2687 Delivered the Bomb!

[@rockinrichardsmoviereviews1901]

"As if I didn't have enough problems." I just love that line.Classic Connery as Bond.

[@Isleofskye]

Great Reaction to a wonderful film with the best Theme Song though we, hardly, heard it in the movie. Thanks Jen !

[@j7220]

TBS used to have James Bond Wednesdays. From Russia with Love is the best Bond film.

[@hobbypassion]

The female villain is played by Lotta Lenya who was the wife of the composer Kurt Weil and starred in his original production of 'The Threepenny Opera'.

[@kallreader7376]

At the beginning, the producers wanted to do a series (there were already several books written by Bond’s creator, Ian Fleming). However, funding was very limited (only 1 million dollars for Dr. No). However due to the increasing popularity of each film, the funding was increased and the series eventually became a huge success.

[@Rikrik1138]

This is my favorite Bond film. I love the Cold War realism to this film, but it’s still enough campy fun to make this a good mix of action and intrigue.

[@kevinmcfarlane2752]

It was also Sean Connery's favourite, for the same reasons. 😊

[@Tim_Raths]

From Russia With Love is my favorite from the Sean Connery era of Bond. Please continue on with this amazing franchise.

[@Col_Fragg]

Hands down, "From Russia With Love" is the best Bond film of all time. It's also the Bond film that sticks closest to the novel. Many later films ignore the novel entirely and just use the title.

[@thomasthomas2418]

Jen; Lois Maxwell stated in an interview that before "Dr. No", she and Sean Connery worked out a backstory for Bond and Moneypenny. According to Maxwell, they decided that Bond and Moneypenny spent one night together when they first joined MI-6, but decided that their careers were more important. Consider this backstory when watching the Bond and Moneypenny scenes in the first two films!

[@jeffdetmer4681]

Having been a while since I have seen these movies, it's cool watching the Cliffs notes version with your play by play. For all the movie fans watching, what do the following 3 characters from 3 different movies have in common? The head bad guy from The Sting, The boat captain from Jaws, and the blonde bad guy in this movie. ------------------------------------------------------------- Time is up! They are all played by Robert Shaw. If you got that right take a treat out of the snack cabinet. Good job!

[@peterriley5466]

You may not have noticed, but the actor playing the assassin stalking Bond is Robert Shaw, who was the skipper of the Orca and was eaten buy the shark in Jaws. He was also the mark in The Sting

[@jenmurrayxo]

Need to see The Sting!

[@peterriley5466]

@@jenmurrayxo You do..Robert Redford, Paul Neumann and Robert Shaw at Their best

[@scottknode898]

Robert Shaw was also Sheriff Of Nottingham in the Sean Connery/Audrey Hepburn movie Robin and Marian in 1976 with Connery and Shaw going against each other again unfortunately Shaw passed away only two years later at age 51.

[@kojiattwood]

Great adaptation of a classic game between Bronstein and Spassky in the beginning.

[@kjek1]

My favourite Bond film. Connery is the best, and love Robert Shaw as Grant, just so good

[@user-dq4bi8jj1l]

That score was probably the best by John Barry who did most of the 60's, 70's and 80's Bond film scores

[@tonyb6354]

The blonde assassin, who pretended to be Captain Nash, is the same actor, Robert Shaw who played Quint in Jaws.👍

[@Billinois78]

I looked it up. Those little finger cymbals the belly dancer was playing are called zills. 14:07 "Cannot we do it first?" 😂

[@jenmurrayxo]

Oh nice 🤓👍

[@strongdecaf3729]

My Mom had the soundtrack albums to Bond movies and other spy movies. Soundtrack is especially excellent to drive to. (Kudos to composer John Barry!)

[@ajivins1]

Matt Monroe did a good driving song at the beginning of The Italian Job.

[@felixjaitman3853]

Klebb was Lotte Lenya, wife of music composer who made Moritat

[@Look_for_the_light]

At the end of the film, it usually says James Bond returns in and the name of the next film

[@hcmv007]

The scene where Bond and Tania meet is the one that us used as audition material for new Bond actors. Also, the book From Russia With Love was one of JFK's favorite books.

[@Steve_Blackwood]

Can’t wait! This one is a real kicker! 😉

[@SanJoseBob]

“Goldfinger” is where they introduce “The Astin Martín” and all it’s tricks. Also “ Miss Pussy Galore” is the next Bond Girl played by Honor Blackman. New Bad guy, Goldfinger with his Henchman “Odd Job” and the deadly Derby hat…..SanJoséBob

[@maxout7306]

Terence Young's second Bond directing outing. Apparently, Young taught Connery about tailored suits, food and wine so he could be more convincing as the on-screen character. Another splendid upload/reaction - liked.

[@stern12akachris32]

The Bad guy was Quinn from Jaws . This movie was a complete mess till they got to editing. They actually started filming before they had a completed script but the end result was great a very under rated Bond Movie. Goldfinger is next and it was the Blue Print for the rest of the Bond Movies from that point forward. One last thing the actor who played Ali Kerim Bey was diagnosed with Cancer while making this movie , they rearranged the shooting so he could be in the film . He died before it was released

[@EthanKnight97]

As Bond fan, amazing that your embarked on the James Bond journey. Dr. No, From Russia with Love and Goldfinger are the holy grail of the Bond movies for me. Love to see you do all 25 movies.

[@ebt12]

From Russia with Love is one of my favorites. The locations, the music, they travel on the Orient Express, and the story has Bond in the Cold War. Also helps the opening credits are projected onto a belly dancer. A number of friends are belly dancers, including my best friend. The finger things are zills, finger cymbals.

[@quietdemon8138]

I remember watching this movie with my buddies when we were like 15 or 16 and my parents walked past the room and said ‘you do realise that the blonde dude is Quint from Jaws? That blew my freaking mind

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

Watch them all, no point in stopping now.

[@victoriascholl4607]

Ian Fleming wrote 14 James Bond books, there were six other authors who wrote books about James after Ian passed.

[@JimmieRayGiboney]

PS: Beauregard Brady used one in "Days of Our Lives"! 😎

[@richelliott9320]

This is my favorite Bond movie. Robert Shaw was a great villain. You may remember him as the captain in jaws

[@1funkyflyguy]

My favorite Bond film of all the Bond films past and present and I have seen them all. A Bond film that has never been better. I agree with all your MVP's, especially the music getting a mention. For my money the incidental music is amazing in this, and has never been done better in a Bond film, and goes perfect with the action, suspense, excitement and drama! 10/10, a perfect espionage movie of it's time but still hold up today, in my opinion!

[@rayeweir3096]

"Bondie" is the best nickname ever!

[@tomoneill727]

Glad you liked it. I enjoy watching the actors. #3 is Lotte Lenya from the “Mack the Knife” song by Bobby Daren and the bad guy is Robert Shaw from Jaws.

[@BiggestDawgEver]

Hey Jen, loving the Bond reactions. I feel like watching all of these in order is not only entertaining, but also an interesting series of artistic snapshots on the history of popular film as there are literally no other franchises that have lasted as long as the Bond series. Almost a course on the evolution of film. A bit of Trivia for you though. The actor who played Karem Bey, Pedro Armendáriz, was terminally ill with Cancer during filming. Eventually he was too ill to continue and his double had to finish some of his work. He badly wanted to be in the film and also leave some money for his family. He eventually passed away 4 months before "From Russia With Love" was released.

[@felixjaitman3853]

The Orient Express, Ian Fleming did watch them doing this movie, he passed before the premiere of Goldfinger, in august '64

[@felixjaitman4715]

Daniela Bianchi was Miss Italy and Miss Photogenic before she went acting from modelling!

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

My second 'Bond' rewatch for you, Jen, I'll do another later.

[@wgandy9541]

Love your reaction to Bond. Please keep going with the series! When you are ready to move on, a couple of good "oldies" are "The Great Escape" (Based on a huge real life escape from a WWII German Prisoner of War camp) and "Mr. Roberts" (with Henry Fonda, James Cagney and Jack Lemon just to name a few.). Both movies have stellar casts that don't disappoint in acting and a great story-line.

[@migiplayz91]

The actor who played Kraustien (number 5) was a well known European actor who escaped a concentration camp twice, the man who plays Red also played the boat captain in Jaws. Another incredible actor Desmond Llewyn (Q) is the greatest character in my opinion besides Bond. Cause Q acts like the father figure for bond,since Bond lost his parents and became an orphan.

[@StephenLuke]

“Kronsteen”.

[@billschmidt8261]

You mentioned music, and I believe this is the first Bond film with the music by John Barry. You noticed that the music is big and brassy, and that's a trademark of Bond films. There's always a theme song for the specific movie, the tune of which is then woven in with the general Bond material throughout the film. It won John Berry a knighthood, nd he's not the only Bond person with one. The next film will blow your mind. Goldfinger has perhaps the most notable song but also singer Shirley Bassey built a career on singing it. I can't wait for your reaction.

[@bubhub64]

Sadly Jen the actor playing Bonds Turkish contact and agent 'Karim Bey' was film star Pedro Armendariz who was very popular in Hollywood in the 1940's and 1950's, was dying of cancer and was in great pain while making this movie. This was Armendariz's last film role. Armendariz committed suicide right after making this movie, because he couldn't stand the suffering from cancer any longer. If you ever get the chance to react to an older film Jen, Armendariz played in a 1948 movie called " Three Godfather's", also starring John Wayne, and Harry Carey Jr. ( Sheriff White from the movie Tombstone). A delightful movie with sort of a Christmas theme. Your channel is awesome Jen, and I love your reactions and the way you say 'Sylvia Trench' in this reaction. Keep them coming.

[@christhornycroft3686]

My favourite James Bond movie. It's a true Cold War spy thriller with a story that actually could have happened. It doesn't have one of those wildly over the top storylines or villains. The fight scene is kind of iconic (and I don't mean the somewhat cringy part where Bond slaps Tanya). This movie was actually inspired by Alfred Hitchcock films. But if you're not into the more serious, realistic Bond films, there are plenty of the more lighthearted ones to come, starting with the next one.