Sean Connery 007 Collection Volume 1
Sean Connery 007 Collection Volume 1
Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 01/18/2011 Run time: 331 minutes Rating: Nr
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shaken, not stirred…,
First of all, the good; there’s no Bond like Sean…… and these recreation/transfers are stunningly good. The color is a little over saturated, but probably true to the Technicolor palette of the early 1960′s. The crispness of the images and lack of spotting or “fly specking” is remarkable. They advertise these as “state of the art” restorations and if these first three are any indication, they’ve broken the code on how transfer older film onto digital format. Now, the bad news. There’s only three films in the package on 6 discs; one for each movie and one for the “extras” for each movie. Additionally, they’ve gooberd up the intros with a whole batch of adverts and way too many alternates before you get to the start. However, once the opening credits end you’re transported back to 1962 and, having lived through it, a wonderful time and place it was too. I might add in somewhat of a defense of the “intro” extravaganza that the 1960′s was the film birthing of the iconic opening credits for a great many films…. the Pink Panther* series spring to mind.
The three films contained herein are Dr. No, From Russia With Love, and Goldfinger; which are the first three of the MGM films in chronological order and one can only hope for “Vol. 2″ to be out shortly starting with the fourth film “Thunderball”. I say hope only because these properties have been subject to more litigation than you can shake a stick at. In my opinion the first half dozen are the best of the bunch. The ones that followed became victims to topping each previous film to the point of silliness. Sean Connery, when asked at the time of his departure from the series why he was leaving famously said, he didn’t want to become typecast as a comedic actor.
So, 3 films rather than the first 6, that you might have hoped for given the disc count (the amazon description at the time of the pre-release was totally silent on the collections content) and sloppy intros and adverts versus visually stunning transfers of the first 3 films in a legendary series equals 5 stars in my book…. can’t wait for volume 2!
* If you watch Goldfinger closely you’ll see another 007/Pink Panther tie in; Burt Kwouk, who went on to be Clouseau’s nemesis/houseboy, plays the totally forgettable Mr. Ling.
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|The First Volume of the Best Bond Actor of All Time!,
Undeniably, though some will argue the point, Sean Connery is the best Bond of all time. Countless polls continue to rank him as number one! He was the orginator of the role when the late Albert Brocolli & his then partner, the late Harry Saltzman started producing the Bond films almost 50 years ago! How time flies!
This volume set contains in chronological release order Dr. No, From Russia With Love & Goldfinger. It is a 6 disc set which mirrors the ultimate editions which were released on dvd years ago. Therefore, the Special Features should be identical without the inclusion or deletion of any previously released material.
For those of us on a budget this year & must scale down the amount of purchases, this is of great value. Also it gives the potential buyer the option to buy exactly what he or she wishes, without buying every volume scheduled for release.
Highly recommended for any & all Bond fans!
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|James Bond and Sean Connery as always,
How can you go wrong with the original James Bond? This is a collection of the finest beginning movies that Sean Connery did. Dr. No, From Russia,with Love and Goldfinger. I bought this to add to my already existing collection so that I could watch these movies when I’m feeling nostalgic. Most of the time I am feeling this way because now I am retired, living alone and need the diversion of some really great entertainment. You won’t go wrong ordering this DVD Movie collection.
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