MY FIRST JAMES BOND MOVIE! | Dr. No (1962) Movie Reaction

[@ANGELINAA]

Should I check out more JAMES BOND?! Which ones???

[@Kaileigh_Broko]

Goldfinger is a must.

[@OllieJ1997]

Some of them are definitely better than others but all of them are entertaining in they’re own way, my favourite bond though is pierce brosnan

[@CrownlessKing88]

You should definitely just go in release order.

[@danieljones361]

Goldfinger, The Spy Who Loved Me, Goldeneye, Casino Royale.

[@OllieJ1997]

Not necessarily i would definitely watch all of pierce brosnans films as they’re they’re the perfect mix of spy espionage action and comedy, and Michelle yeoh is in one of brosnans bond films

[@elroddemelvinbone8058]

"Are we gonna catch him sleep with women this entire movie?" She really doesn't know Bond. 😆

[@EthanKnight97]

*FACE PALM*

[@DanGamingFan2406]

These movies are classics. I'm so glad you're checking them out, and starting with the one that started it all. Trust me, you've got some bangers up ahead.

[@richtea615]

'Doctor No' is a real diamond in the rough, but 'From Russia with Love' and 'Goldfinger' are much more polished.

[@jRoy7]

"No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die!"

[@ayacachotinemi4974]

Goldfinger is definitely where the series hits its stride.

[@bobmorgan1575]

"You Only Live Twice" is also an excellent choice.

[@randybass8842]

That's what I like about this movie.

[@Yora21]

Doctor No: You can see the potential. From Russia with Love: Great movie, but quite different from other Bond movies. Goldfinger: That's what James Bond movies are like for the next 60 years.

[@mikiex]

"Wait are you flirting with this chick" - 100% first James Bond film 😂

[@garyballard179]

Definitely react to all of the Bond films - just spread them out, maybe one every month or so. Your commentary on filming and editing through the decades will be refreshing.

[@Monty_BeGoodToEachOther]

When Honey and James left the beach and swamp, Dr No had them washed down because of radiation exposure. Dr No's lab was using atomic energy, and the swamp water was part of the reactor's cooling system. I don't remember how the movie identified that, or if the viewer was supposed deduce that. Wonderful movie reaction, I look forward to some more Bond action.

[@anonygent]

It was a clue that wasn't explained, how could they be radioactive, so then you understood later after the reveal of what he was up to.

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

This, being the first, is the simplest and plainest of the Bond films. They get bigger and better with each one.

[@philb2085]

Bigger... not always better 😁

[@richardweddle3408]

Angelina, Dr. No was a low-budget, independent film made by the British in England and in Jamaica for a paltry £300 which equaled (at the time) about $1,000.000 in US currency. There was no Hollywood or studio involvement. It was distributed by United Artists, an independent distributor.

[@cmlemmus494]

But still higher budget than the 1954 "Casino Royale" episode of live TV series Climax!, starring Barry Nelson as Bond and the inimitable Peter Lorre as Le Chiffre.

[@TheMoviePlanet]

Yeah no, it's almost £400,000, not just three hundred pounds.

[@mrglasses8953]

It was $1,100,000 in 1962, or $11,500,000 accounting for inflation.

[@screamofeagles74]

Steven Spielberg wanted to direct a Bond film and was never able to. His friend George Lucas told him he had something better called Indiana Smith. Spielberg liked it but not the name and suggested Indiana Jones.

[@aaronhusk]

At the time of this film, it wasn’t done with green screen, but rear screen projection.

[@jimuicker4731]

So were the fish in Doctor No's aquarium. Such a low-budget movie couldn't afford a real aquarium, so they used magnified rear-screen projection of some stock footage of goldfish.

[@johnnhoj6749]

Rear Projection was common (Front Projection came later in the 1960s after 2001: A Space Odyssey) but also very common at this time was the Travelling Matte a post-production optical composite usually using a blue screen on set. Each technique had their advantages and disadvantages and were used on a case-by-case basis.

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

When Bond climbs the stairs for dinner with Dr No, he stops and looks at a painting. In real life, the original of that painting had recently been stolen. They added it to the movie last minute. It was an inside joke that everyone in the original audience got. 😂

[@mrnice81]

22:50 it's about radioactive contamination, you can hear the Geiger-counter measuring the radioactivity... or what they thought a Geiger-counter should sound like.

[@pistonburner6448]

It's a Geiger-counter, Quagmire!

[@mrnice81]

@@pistonburner6448 yeah, i should have remembered that ...

[@tommcewan7936]

No internet back then; doing research for all the little tiny details in films was difficult work. People made mistakes. Doc Brown's infamous mispronunciation of "gigawatt" in Back to the Future is another likely example.

[@blueroninstudios]

Official data: Name: James Bond Official occupation: Businessman, Universal Expotrs Unofficial occupation: Agent for MI6, Her Majesty's Secret Service, Double O status, Licensed To Kill Height: 6' Weight: 175lbs Former Commander in the British Navy. Originally from Scotland, born to Andrew and Monique Delacroix Bond. Orphaned as a child when his parents died in a climbing accident. Weapon of choice: Walther PPK 7.65m police service pistol. Allies: M, (boss) Major Boothroyd, aka Q (Quartermaster/weapons and spy craft inventor), Miss Moneypenny (M's executive assistant) Enemies: SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion)

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Doesn’t he officially still carry the Commander rank? Perhaps even as a pay rate, like a GS in the US. Can’t forget Felix.

[@blueroninstudios]

@@c1ph3rpunk Yeah, basically, if he's on a Naval vessel, everybody on that boat calls him Commander, regardless of if it's British Navy or American or otherwise. A rank is a rank unless your dishonorably discharged, I would assume.

[@TSIRKLAND]

15:57 - "I like the mix of real shots into these obvious, like, green screen shots." It may be a small distinction, but in the name of film history, the shots where he's in the car and the background is not "real" are not using the same form of "green screen" technology we use today. They were "rear projection." Some time prior, a film team went out and shot footage of the background- making turns, the other car on the road, etc. Then in the studio, there was the front bit of a car that Sean Connery sat in, with a big film screen behind him, and they literally projected that previously-shot film on that screen, while they were shooting new film from the front. He was making a movie in front of a movie screen. The effect is more or less the same: layering in an actor on top of a background that is not really there in the moment. But the technology used to create that effect is quite different. There was "green screen" type technology available at this time; it had been in use since almost the advent of film- the 1930s, at least. Green, blue, yellow, black; different color backgrounds were used in different processes, but the concept was all similar. That process involved a lot of very sophisticated and complex editing techniques. The advent of digital technology took that technique to new levels, making it much, much easier. Rear-projection captured the action in-camera. The very recent development of large-scale LED surround backgrounds used in The Mandalorian and other projects is actually the modern evolution of rear-projection technique. The background is projected, and the action is captured in-camera, requiring no (or very little) extra post-production. Everything comes around again, eventually!

[@gerardcote8391]

Sean Comnery was deathly afraid of spiders . So even though there was a piece of glass between them, the look on his face was real. That was no acting, he was genuinely terrified.

[@anthonyvasquezactor]

7:25 That's Jack Lord, who played Steve McGarrett on the original "Hawaii Five-O" back in the 60s and 70s. "Book 'em, Danno".

[@gauthampalaniandy7331]

Heck yeahhhhh!

[@nooctip]

Don't you mean book em Bondo?

[@AaronD.Webster]

From Russia With Love (1963) is a direct sequel to Doctor No. It was rushed into production after President John F. Kennedy publicly listed his favorite books, and FRWL was on that list. The 2nd Bond movie was screened at The White House for President Kennedy and his family, shortly before his assassination.

[@jjkm17]

Aw that’s a cool fun fact

[@fewwiggle]

@@jjkm17 "his assassination" 'Aw that’s a cool fun fact' . . . . :-)

[@jjkm17]

@@fewwiggle what was the purpose of your comment?

[@fewwiggle]

@@jjkm17 What was the 'cool fun fact'?

[@jjkm17]

@@fewwiggle @AaronD.Webster said a cool fact about the movie being played for the presidents before the assassination. That qualifies as a fun fact.

[@neilfraser1235]

5:16 "Wait are you with this chic? I thought you were just flirting with the other girl... unless you're just besties" 😂😂😂 Welcome to the world of James Bond!

[@LeadPhalanx-zv6wx]

When you watch an old movie don't be distracted by it being "outdated" try and admire how they dress, the cars, the hair styles and so much more like the use of shadows in a black and white film.. There is much to be admired

[@theestablishmenta7903]

Exactly for example like the car doing 50mph the car can surely do 100 but its the road that keeps it from going faster or the car will most likely lose control and leave the road..

[@distinguishedflyer]

In the book, the system of tunnels through which Bond escapes are part of an endurance test designed by Dr. No; his going into Bond's room while he slept was to 'examine the specimen,' if you like, before the experiment.

[@youknowmyname5695]

Watch at least two of each actor. Best in release order: Goldfinger On Her Majesty's Secret Service The Spy Who Loved Me Octopussy The Living Daylights License To Kill GoldenEye The World Is Not Enough Casino Royale Skyfall Optional: No Time To Die

[@AaronD.Webster]

Bond and Honey were washed and scrubbed to remove radiation from their bodies. A similar treatment was given to Indiana Jones in Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls after Indy survived a nuclear bomb blast.

[@bjgandalf69]

All the tropical scenes were filmed in and around Jamaica, which also happens to be where Ian Fleming lived in later life when he wrote the James Bond novels based on his experiences as a spy during the 2nd World War. Fun fact: Ian was first cousins with actor Christopher Lee, known for Hammer Horror films and also playing one James Bond villian.

[@peterrenevitz3059]

Specifically around Ocho Rios Jamaica

[@davidcorriveau8615]

Radiation is no joke. The shower etc. is an elaborate if standard means of avoiding radiation exposure and sickness from fallout. Semi-normal 'facts of life' from the 1950's to the 2000's.

[@AdmiralEisbaer]

YEES! Glad you started with the OGs! New ones aren't bad at all, but it's very cool to see the progression :) There are a lot of people who disagree with which one is the best, so I'd say make up your own mind!

[@brutustantheiii8477]

Yeah this was the 1960’s and (as mentioned by others) a more independant film. They had to play fast and loose with characters that were supposed to be East Asian. Watch You Only Live Twice and see what they had to do to Bond to make him “fit in” in Japan.

[@N_F414]

20:36 She lives here in Jamaica. She sells the shells to someone here, who transports them for finale sale in Miami for $50. Shes not taking a boat back and forth from Jamaica to Miami herself. (Though if she did, its about a 2-4 day trip each way, so that's quite a bit of fuel/supplies or the investment in a sailboat)

[@aidanfarnan4683]

I love the idea that Dr No just has a cuge crush on Bond and doesn't know how to ask him out. Thank you for a new headcannon.

[@gumdeo]

The enthusiasm is infectious 👍

[@brianwalley2131]

they didn't have DNA testing back then, only blood type testing, which isn't perfect but it could at least narrow the field in identifying a blood patch

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

23:38 They're contaminated with radiation, not just dirty. 😂

[@danieljones361]

If you’re gonna start watching classic films, you gotta check out Sidney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men, from 1957!

[@Liam_Mellon]

I second this!

[@itaiperez]

Oh that's an excellent movie!

[@liamclarke91]

Fun story about that spider. Sean Connery was so scared of spiders they had to put a pane of glass between the two.

[@JohntheLNERP2]

They'd have to do the same thing for me too normally I'm a hard man but spiders are the one thing I can't handle

[@christianwise637]

And that's only in the shots where he has to be in the same shot as the spider; his body double stepped in for the shots where you can't see his face

[@gail11]

There was no green screen, or even the blind teen that predated that. Such shots were accomplished using rear projection, putting someone in front of a movie screen with the projector behind that.

[@TSIRKLAND]

The car-chase sequence in this film (1962) was definitely a rear projection. If you know, you can tell for sure, and anyway that was a very common technique to use for car scenes. I'm not sure which typo lead to the auto-correct "blind teen," I'm curious what you meant by that. Blue screen? However, you're not quite correct when you say that "there was no green screen." Digital green screen as we know it today did not exist in the 1960s, for sure. That is true. But green screen technique has existed since almost the beginning of film itself. Using a green, blue, yellow, white, or black backdrop, scenes would be filmed in front. Then they would have to manually or chemically cut or edit the negative around those elements, to superimpose them onto the background prepared for that purpose. The 1903 film "The Great Train Robbery" used a composite edit through a black window. King Kong (1933) used a variation on the process. Mary Poppins (1964) used that technique for the chalk-drawing animated section. Star Wars (1977) used a blue screen. But all of those were manual processes; chemical film-editing processes. The advent of digital technology in the 1980s and into the 1990s and forward advanced the ease of using green screen technology, and is the form we are most familiar with today. Interestingly, the advent of large-scale LED surround screens that have been used in projects such as "The Mandalorian" (2019) and others has brought us back around to a rear-projection type of filming. No post-production editing needed (or very little), as the actions is captured in-camera. Everything comes full circle eventually, doesn't it?

[@mikedignum1868]

Sylvia Trench, James Bond's love interest in the first two Bond films (Dr. No and From Russia with Love) is thus considered to have been the first "Bond girl"...Andress's white bikini is regarded as monumental in the history of the bikini, and sales of the two-piece bikini rocketed after the appearance of Andress in Dr No. Her voice was dubbed by Nikki Van der Zyl and earned her £150. Fun factoid - In the book Honey only wears the belt and knife and no bikini.

[@franohmsford7548]

Honey is very different in the book, the film actually dumbs her down quite a bit. Personally I never really saw the deal with Ursula Andress in this role {I prefer her in Casino Royale 1967} and honestly having literally just a week ago finally read the book I'd say she was seriously miscast.

[@CallOfCutie69]

Watch them all in order 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@chrisleebowers]

"Is it bad that I don't know what they're playing?" Baccarat is still popular in Europe but nobody really plays it anymore in The US. "Casino Royale" was about high-stakes baccarat but for the 2005 movie they updated it to poker.

[@cruelangel8689]

It wasn't until reading the novels that I understood the rules for baccarat. Somewhat similar to blackjack, but not entirely.

[@nedludd7622]

This is from a book by British author Ian Fleming, not American literature. At the beginning, it is not that they are speaking fast, it is that they are using more vocabulary. Language has changed over time from the 60's, the vocabulary has become more limited where nowadays you can often watch a film with the sound turned off. This was not about atomic energy per se. At the end they mention Project Mercury which was the first US program for manned space flight. They were trying to shoot down a Mercury rocket.

[@allenjessup6266]

Both Honey Ryder and Sylyia Trench plus other women were voiced by Monica "Nikki" van der Zyl. She did many other Bond girls.

[@ed-straker]

Vic Flick, the guitarist on the theme song, just passed away a few days ago, age 87.

[@Captain_McClutch]

As people mentioned, all the movies are worth checking out. But if you want a Bond shorthand for favourites/iconic, the go-to movies would be. Goldfinger, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Living Daylights (or License To Kill), Goldeneye and Casino Royale (The newer one)

[@DavidB-2268]

Fun fact: Connery was arachniphobic, so the look on his face with the tarantula was real, as well as his emphatic flattening of it.

[@Yngvarfo]

Also, when we see his face, the spider was crawling on a glass in front of him. Otherwise it was a stuntman.

[@cbobwhite5768]

Most of the movie was filmed in Jamaica. The beach at Crab Key was Pearly Beach. The water falls was Dunn's River Falls.

[@StephenLuke]

1962 was also the year Jamaica declared independence from the United Kingdom! 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@johncrawford5225]

50-60 mph would be pretty fast on a curvy coastal road in Jamaica.

[@alexkaen1701]

"Why do they have to be cleaned? Is he just a germophobe?" Does the girl not know what a Geiger Counter sounds like?

[@jjkm17]

I doubt many people do I saw the suits and got it

[@anguscasey7470]

YES JAMES BOND!!!! One of the best franchises on the planets Sean Connery definitely up there for the best bonds but I do have to say it's Daniel Craig for me I grew up with him lol if we could watch those ones that would be awesome awesome reaction ange keep being you 😊

[@ANGELINAA]

👏🩷

[@goORIOLES236]

I don’t expect you to go one by one, but “On Her Majesty's Secret Service” is another really good one that tends to fly under the radar, so I definitely recommend checking that one out.

[@tubekulose]

Are you sure? 🤨🤨🤨

[@geody3001]

Yes, you missed something. You miss a lot, actually. They aren't just dirty; they are radioactive. The radioactivity at Crab Key is the big secret that leads Bond there in the first place. To be fair, you notice a lot, too, especially production details, which makes up for something at least.

[@davidneel8327]

The CIA man in this movie is played by Jack Lord. Best known for Hawaii 5-0

[@scapevelocity]

Keep in mind the producers didn't know how this one was going to go. They had a relatively small budget, but things got more exciting and pricier as they went along. From Russia With Love is next, and is still my favorite. And then comes Goldfinger, which a lot of people like best. Indiana Jones owes a lot to a character named Alan Quatermain, a Great White Hunter in Africa created in the late 19th century by H. Rider Haggard in his book King Solomon's Mines. Haggard wrote a lot of adventure books, many of which involved Quatermain. They've aged surprisingly well and have good respect for his native characters. Fun reading if you like fantastic exploits among ancient civilizations.

[@franohmsford7548]

There's 6 different actors who've played Bond so it's difficult to recommend less than 8 or 9 films but I'd go with... Connery - From Russia With Love + Goldfinger Lazenby - On Her Majesty's Secret Service Moore - Live and Let Die + The Spy Who Loved Me + For Your Eyes Only Dalton - The Living Daylights + Licence To Kill Brosnan - Goldeneye Craig - No Time To Die

[@gpaje]

Miss Taro, the secretary was meant to be Chinese, but the director later envisioned her as a "Mid-Atlantic woman", so kind of a mixed up character from script to actual filming.

[@bjgandalf69]

Keep in mind that this film was made for the modest budget of $1 million dollars. Even accounting for inflation, that only equals $10.5 million today so a very modestly budgeted film. So with that in mind, what they got on film especially with the elaborate Ken Adams production design is mind blowing.

[@davidyoung745]

I forget how things that were commonplace when I was a kid just aren’t now. When they were captured and the guards were worried about “contamination” they were checking them out with that box attached by a cord to a small rod. That’s a Geiger counter. It measures radiation. Everyone in the 60’s and 70’s would’ve spotted it without explanation.

[@Skyruff-the_original]

There have been a number of actors to play Bond. 1) Connery, 2) Moore, 3) Dalton, 4) Brosnan, 5) Craig. Yes I skipped Lazenby as his single movie is a good movie but a bad “bond” movie. The first five actors all dis movies that are all in the same character timeline. They sort of started over with Craig. For each actor there is at least one movie that is their best “bond” film. 1) “Dr No” and “Goldfinger” 2) “the spy who loved me” 3) “license to kill” 4) “Golden eye” and “Tomorrow Never Dies” 5) “Casino Royal” and “Skyfall”. What makes a good “Bond” movie. Dramatic villain, one major henchmen, Q/gadgets, over the top fights, bond girl(s), witty one-liners but overall a stoic hard man.

[@neutrino78x]

23:49 radiation. 🙂 (I served on nuclear powered submarines in the USN! Enlisted guy, sonar tech (STS3(SS)), 1999 to 2003.) 🙂 Dr. No was using a high power nuclear reactor and dumping most of the electrical output into the antenna he was using to jam the signals to and from the Project Mercury spacecraft. 🙂

[@iambecomepaul]

Ms. Moneypenny has been blue-balled for 60 years…

[@stephanniemorin]

Poor dear.

[@josephmayo3253]

Good reaction. Dr. No was made for about $1 million, which even in 1962 was a low budget movie. It was successful enough that the budgets increased substantially. The quality improved with successive movies. By Goldfinger, they had the formula down, and every Bond movie until the Daniel Craig era followed the formula. If you're going to pick and choose I'd recommend at least one movie from each actor who played Bond. So watch Goldfinger to get a real feel of Connery. On Her Majesty's Secret Service for George Lazenby, The Spy Who Loved Me from Roger Moore, License to Kill with Timothy Dalton, Goldeneye for Pierce Brosnan, and Casino Royale with Daniel Craig. And if you really want some fast talking in an old movie, His Girl Friday is amazing. As a bonus, you get to see the actor the Bond producers wanted in the role, Cary Grant.

[@1963-Manuel_E.V.G]

Many, many congratulations on your new chair, it is a good thing that one cannot underestimate the quality/price/comfort ratio. I hope it accompanies you in many of your successes making these reactions. Now I will look at them more calmly knowing that you are very comfortably seated and taking care of your health. . . By the way, your reaction to Mr. Bond is excellent.

[@artursandwich1974]

Anti-asian racism was very much well in 1960s in Hollywood. When Bruce Lee pitch the idea of a TV series about the Shaolin monk one quest, they straight up told him no. He lived to see his idea turned into the "Kung Fu" TV series, shortly before his death, starring David Carradine - as the studio moguls didn't think that the audience was ready for an Asian person in a leading role. It was that bitter blow of rejection that made Bruce Lee turn to Hong Kong producers to further his acting career. Don't forget that John Wayne played Genghis Khan.

[@sashaburrow6186]

They changed a LOT of the plot from the original novel, so some of the changes don't quite make sense... Dr No originally put Bond through an increasingly difficult series of physical challenges to see how long he would survive, while Honey is supposed to be eaten by crabs in that little room where she is tied up in the water.

[@NJTRAF]

I’ve just got to the point where you realise they cast a white woman for a Chinese one… yeah… you’re gonna see that kind of thing ALOT in almost any movie from that era or earlier… obviously the most famous being Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) with Mickey Rooney playing the Japanese character Mr Yunioshi in a way that is… well, a little problematic to say the least. Keep that in mind when watching earlier movies, that shit was very common

[@69opsman]

Dr. No's father was German and his mother Chinese.

[@philb2085]

You'll get it when you've watched more movies, but James Bond doesn't have to trust a woman to go to bed with her... he just needs a bed 🤭There's also an ongoing theme where Bond will sleep with a "good" female character, she'll be murdered by the bad guys and that allows Bond to kill them without losing the moral high ground. It's in virtually every movie and was vital for the morals of the time (1960's).

[@rickcaruso5918]

The girl with the camera was Miss Jamaica and her real life brother played the drive who died from chomping on the poison cigarette. This was the first Bond movie . I remember watching this movie as a 10 year old boy with the second Bond movie “ From Russia with love”. I was totally captivated by this movie at the time. Connery had a cool vibe when he was young. That where the saying “ Every man wanted to be him, and every woman wanted to be with him.” There were 7 Sean Connery James Bond movies that went with the top 7 Ian Fleming novels. Goldfinger, and Thunderball are two of my favorite that you might enjoy reacting to.

[@mmhdata]

The island was radioactive. That's why Bond used a Geiger Counter to detect the radioactivity on the boat.

[@OrdinProds]

The two best James Bond movies are Licence to Kill and Goldeneye.

[@calvinbowes8797]

they were decontaminated from radiation

[@Dunybrook]

The cuts in this movie are notorious and not typical of big movies at the time. Basically, the director didn't shoot enough coverage making the editor's job very difficult. They knew full well how to shoot movies back then and in some ways were better at it than anything done these days because it wasn't digital but real film. I'd recommend watching at least one Bond film per actor playing the lead role and these are probably the best rated. Personally, I liked Pierce Brosnan the best but then have always liked him going back to Remington Steele so I'm probably not unbiased. Sean Connery -- Goldfinger (1964) George Lazenby -- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Roger Moore -- The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Timothy Dalton -- License to Kill (1989) Pierce Brosnan -- GoldenEye (1995) Daniel Craig -- Casino Royale (2006)

[@t.o.toonstubetwo.4138]

13:31 fun fact in the book it wasn’t a spider but a poisonous centipede.

[@midknightmiddleman5887]

Yes! After a year and a half you finally listened to me and started 007!! The world is definitely looking brighter 🙂

[@davidneel8327]

Ursula Andress, Honey Rider, had such a thick accent that all her lines had to be dubbed.

[@martinbraun1211]

Please give the Star Trek franchise a chance.

[@ivankawnartist]

Ew

[@StephenLuke]

@@ivankawnartist Get lost if you hate it!!!

[@jordangan3246]

YAY! Am so glad that you’re getting into the series. Soooo, some stuff you need to know about the franchise: * This isn’t the best one and the series starts to get good with Goldfinger (my fave of the Connery Era). * Each Bond has their appeal. Connery is the classic one, Moore’s a bit silly, Dalton is the serious one, Brosnan tries to be a mix of the three and Craig is the most nuanced and complex one. * As for which era was better, I’d say in this order: Craig, Connery, Dalton, Brosnan, and Moore. * The sexual stuff is definitely outdated and very much a product of it’s time. Just consider it as that and you’ll be just fine. Otherwise, enjoy! Otherwise, enjoy

[@ANGELINAA]

Love the input!!! 🩷

[@darthken815]

@jordangan3246 How would you describe George Lazenby's Bond from On Her Majesty's Secret Service?

[@jordangan3246]

@@darthken815I haven’t seen that yet unfortunately

[@EC-hx2ou]

​@@darthken815 Fun, easy-going, a bit of a comedian, at least from what I recall. Only seen it once though and it has been several years now. I quite liked Lazenby, felt like the perfect English man, maybe even the perfect Bond

[@darthken815]

@@jordangan3246 My bad. 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@seankane9508]

Something to keep in mind when watching movies from this generation is that expectations from movies were more about the stories than the action. Over the last 60 years that has changed. Movies made more recently are more action focused. Great reaction, as always.

[@t.o.toonstubetwo.4138]

10:56 fun fact the character “Quarrel” already new James Bond with them first meeting in the book ”Live and let die“ which was the second book in the book series.

[@harizonflamingice3167]

I will say if you feel curious about other Bond films in the future, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger and Thunderball get even bigger in scale and are even better than Dr. No, and as far as Bond films with other actors as 007, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Living Daylights, Goldeneye and Casino Royale are also great choices.

[@vincentsaia6545]

It is an American film. The producers were based in London but United Artists financed and released it, which is an American studio.

[@brianwalley2131]

The Bond movies are based on novels written by English writer Ian Fleming. But I think the production money came from the USA.

[@cajunsushi]

I literally grew up with 007 watching this at eight. Connery is my favorite with Roger Moore my least. Daniel Craig is a close second favorite. Shirley Bassey with Gold Finger is iconic.

[@nedludd7622]

Moore was awful.

[@charlesmaurer6214]

They didn't have green screen yet, they used rear projection. The car bond was "driving" was on a stage and the chase car was projected on a movie screen from behind. The method was used often through the 70's, when rotoscoping and black mat passes (precursor to green or blue screen) begin to be used. '78s Battlestar Galactica still used back projection for the viper shots of the pilots. CGI didn't even exist until the 80's so all effects at this time were practical in camera or optical in printing.

[@JayPadrig]

They didn’t have DNA tests back then, only matching blood types- so it was like the Stone Age in forensics 😂 Also, That was standard anti-radiation, scrubbing down procedure. They had similar decontamination stations on board my old ship in the Navy.

[@vincentsaia6545]

The producers were so impressed with director Terence Young's work on the movie that they offered him a cut of the profits (almost unheard of at that time) in exchange for a reduced up-front salary but he had to turn it down because he lived a James Bond-type lifestyle and constantly needed up-front cash.

[@DeweyFinn21]

Here's the thing with James Bond, despite everyone claiming Daniel Craig is where they started being serialized, the first 5 James Bond films are all one story, although film 3 is mostly due to a retcon since the book wasn't tied into the story and in film 4 they add the connection. And those are Sean Connery's first 5 films. And then the most important James Bond film ever to both the franchise as a whole and the wider film world was film 6 with George Lazenby. Then film 7 is the first one I say you can skip because due to production issues Lazenby quit and they rushed to get Connery back for one and as such it doesn't really do much for a story. 8 is the first Roger Moore film and probably has the most famous theme song of them all, you can skip 9, 10 is the one where people say Moore cements his Bond and how different he is from the previous ones, skip 11, do 12 since it starts with one of the biggest serialization moments of the franchise, 13 can be skipped but I personally find it enjoyable, 14 can be skipped no qualifiers. 15 is Dalton's first Bond film, 16 is another branch of the serialization that started with 6. 17 is Brosnan's first film, you can probably skip 18, 19 is the most important bridge between the past and the future. 20 can be skipped. But then 21-25 are Daniel Craig's films and those are back to being serialized. And then there are two officially licensed Bond films that aren't made by the company since those book/film rights were sold separately at different times. You don't need to watch either of those. So my recommended watch order if you do decide to skip some are Dr. No From Russia With Love Goldfinger Thunderball (Skip Casino Royale (1967) as it doesn't count) You Only Live Twice On Her Majesty's Secret Service*** (Single most important Bond film) (Skip Diamonds Are Forever) Live And Let Die (Skip The Man With The Golden Gun) The Spy Who Loved Me (Skip Moonraker) For Your Eyes Only (Skip Octopussy) (Skip Never Say Never Again as it doesn't count) (Skip A View To A Kill) The Living Daylights Licence To Kill GoldenEye (Skip Tomorrow Never Dies) The World Is Not Enough (Skip Die Another Day) Casino Royale (2006) Quantum Of Solace Skyfall Spectre No Time To Die Although if I had to choose, I'd say do all of them. Except maybe the two unofficial offical ones.

[@NoHandleGrr]

That's pretty good, actually.

[@pauld6967]

@28:00 They were nice to him while they thought Bond might be willing to join SPECTRE. Once Bond rejected the offer, it was time to throw him in a regular prison cell.

[@t.o.toonstubetwo.4138]

16:26 fun fact that line was actually improv by Sean Connery Who was told to make a funny joke with them adding more improv jokes that weren’t in the book.

[@TherealRasdino]

I’m so happy you watch them in this order. Keep going like this please

[@FeaturingRob]

Okay, Ange, you should watch them all. Some are unbelievably good, some are okay, but they all have a flair and charm. Here's a breakdown of essential people to remember for the other films-except one who appears in From Russia With Love (Bond #2). - M (Missions) - Head of MI6, the British Secret Service. Played by Bernard Lee, who plays M until 1979's Moonraker. He passed in 1981 before filming For Your Eyes Only (1981). M's real name is Admiral Sir Miles Meservy, Royal Navy. M will later be played by Dame Judi Dench, whose name is Olivia Mansfield, starting in the Pierce Brosnan era through Daniel Craig. During Craig's era, there was a change in personnel for M (I won't say who, but it's good!). - Miss Moneypenny - M's secretary. Played by Lois Maxwell until A View To A Kill (1986). Hopelessly in love with James, their flirting is one of the series' charms. Later played by other actresses, notably the aptly named Samantha Bond during the Brosnan era. - Felix Leiter - CIA Agent and Bond's best friend, too many actors have played this. The only time a single actor played him consistently was during the Craig era, with Jeffrey Wright as Leiter. Before him, only one actor had played the character more than once: David Hedison in Live and Let Die (1973) and License To Kill (1989). In Dr. No, Leiter is played by Jack Lord, who in the 1970s became a huge TV star in the series Hawaii Five-0. - Sylvia Trench, who you think is suss, played by Eunice Gayson, appears in only one other Bond film...the second one, From Russia With Love (1963). She disappears after that. - 17:54 - Yep, that's the sixties...but not just her. Doctor No is played by Joseph Wiseman, who was Jewish. If you do all of the Connery Bond films, after Diamonds Are Forever, watch (or re-watch) The Rock with Nicholas Cage. There is a fun fan theory that Connery's character in the film, John Patrick Mason, is actually James Bond. There is a lot of historical evidence in the Bond films, actual history, and coincidence in The Rock that makes it plausible.

[@firstborn_son1253]

If you watch more Connery, From Russia with Love and Goldfinger are the perfect ones if you don't watch the rest (but you should watch the rest of his 😂) James Bond's impact on pop culture CANNOT be overstated

[@vincentsaia6545]

When the studio expressed concern that Bond killed Dent in cold blood and requested the scene be re-edited director Terence Young refused saying, "We must never forget that Bond is an assassin."

[@freekazoid8489]

I've never seen this movie, but seeing this now I can see the influence it had on Incredibles. Setting on an island, being catered for by the villain, having a secret missile, etc.

[@vincentsaia6545]

The painting in Dr. No's dining room that Bond glances at is a replica of an actual painting that had recently been stolen in real life.

[@CrownlessKing88]

They gave them a shower to clean off the radiation from nuclear materials

[@AdrianChazz]

_"DO YOU EXPECT ME TO REACT?!"_ If nothing else, I would be cool if you'd at least react to all the intro sequences..! ^^ But please, do the 20+ movies on this channel....!! There is art behind appreciating the character of Bond (who's been a part of cinema for half of it's existance). He's had many faces, gone many places (and beyond!) and the tone of the movies vary a lot... But most of them are worthwhile...! (Goldfinger, From Russia With Love, For Your Eyes Only... Just to name some!) My dad LOVES this franchise!

[@gerardcote8391]

Good notice on how people talk in movies... old movies hired theaters actors and they acted as if they were performing on stage very over exaggerated, then in the 50s there was the method actors who would try and become the characters they played, then in the 80s till today there was the concept of Naturalism where people acted like they were just normal people having a conversation... so instead of sounding like they were acting it was more like you are observing normal people.

[@tommcewan7936]

It gets even wilder when you see how they used to act in *silent* films; everything had to be conveyed through body language and facial expressions.

[@briankarcher8338]

Goldfinger is where the series hits its stride. It's the third film.

[@tyronebrewer3219]

I used to watch them at theater when I was a kid on Saturdays. The guy following him played in a Series called Hawaii Five-0 Jack Lord.

[@rodneybray5827]

20:18 is my favorite continuity issue with this movie. The boat commander drops his megaphone but the dubbed voice is still amplified, not to mention the corny "full speed ahead" line is a humdinger.

[@vincentsaia6545]

A Bond movie trope: In all of Bond's fist fights his clothing is NEVER soiled or damaged.