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102 of 105 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
No, Mr Bond. I expect you to BUY!, 4 Aug 2004
By A Customer
This box set is incredible value for money. I already owned all the Connery DVDs as well as OHMSS and most of the Brosnans. When I decided to complete my Bond DVD collection I realised that it would be cheaper to just buy this box set and give my duplicates away rather than buy the individual titles I was missing. For the price, you get all the 20 Bond titles (exactly the same as the individual titles that are available as separate DVDs - including the two-disc version of Die Another Day), you also get a nice collectors' tin emblazoned with the 007 logo. If you are a Bond fan, this is almost impossible to refuse. Three things to note, however. Firstly, to those people (below) who complained that this box set does not include Never Say Never Again, you should be aware that this is not an official Bond film (i.e. it is not a EON/DANJAQ/MGM-UA release). Therefore, it is no surprise that it is not included in this set (neither is Casino Royale, for that matter). If you want to purchase NSNA or CR, they are both available at a very good price here on Amazon. In my opinion, this is not a good reason to give this box set less than the five stars it deserves. Secondly, there are rumours that the first nineteen titles are going to be reissued as two-disc special editions (like Die Another Day), with a second disc devoted to extras. I think the existing extras are already sufficient (especially the excellent Making Of documentaries usually narrated by Patrick McNee). So, if, like me, you can't wait for those to come out, don't hesistate to get this superb box set. The price is just too good to resist. Thirdly, Bond 21 is already in pre-production. So, this box set will eventually become incomplete. But you can always buy that film as a separate DVD when it is released. Anyway, the 007 logo which is emblazoned across the spines of the first twenty DVDs (each DVD has a little bit of the logo on its spine) is already complete, so that gives this box set a distinctive and "complete" feel. To conclude, this box set is superb value for money and any Bond fan will want to have it. This has to get five stars!
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55 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The name's Bond ... you know the rest, 8 Mar 2004
Think for a minute here. What film franchises have notoriously made too many films? Friday the 13th? 10 of those, certainly outstayed its welcome in my opinion. Any advance on 10? How about 20? That is, to date, the sum total of the adventures of the world's most popular Englishman, James Bond. No other franchise in cinema history is going to come near to the sucess (continuing success as well) of Bond.
This collection covers the entire lot from the first effort Dr. No (made for only $1,000,000), right through to the ultra-modern Die Another Day although it doesn't include rival productions Never say Never Again, or the spoof, Casino Royale. It covers all five actors, the original Connery (the yardstick by whom all other Bonds are measured), the one-shot wonder Lazenby (in one of the best films of the franchise), the king of the blazer Moore (king of the witticism as well), the dark Dalton (closest to the brooding spy of the Fleming novels) and the super cool Brosnan (Ireland's contribution to the Bond franchise).
The Bond films have always been notoriously a bit hit and miss, but there has not been a single one made that doesn't have the viewer entertained and from the moment each one begins and we look down that gun barrel listening to the strains of Monty Norman's inimitable theme tune, we're hooked. Every film has its moments, even weaker efforts like View to a kill for example, which features a fight on top of the Golden Gate Bridge which is one of the most thrilling of any Bond film. Its also great fun to watch the evolution of the Bond franchise as he goes from fighting the criminal organisation SPECTRE (originally SMERSH in the Fleming novels), through to terrorists, drug dealer, and Korean ex-military. In fact, the Bond films have created some of the most memorable screen villains of all time. Who can forget Hulking steel toothed giant Jaws, or mute Korean bowler hat hurling Oddjob?.
Each of these films delivers what we have come to expect from Bond, in the words of Sheryl Crow's 'Tomorrow Never Dies', "Martinis, girls and guns", add to that the finest cars on the road, Q branch's ingenious gadgets and what you have is the world's most grounded superhero. There are very few men who wouldn't love to be Bond, pausing to make a glib witticism before laying out yet another nameless cronie. Sheer Class
Also worthy of note in this collection is the abundance of extras on each disc. Considering how long ago some of these films were made, there is a vast amount of source material and each disc features a commentary, original documentary and as we get further up the line we see TV documentarys, music videos. Its veritable Q branch of extras.
You know the score with the Bond films. 20 hugely entertaining films with one of the most universally beloved creations of literature and screen. This is a top quality package and will certainly keep die-hard fans, young and old, happy until Bond 21 and as long as people are doing poor quality impressions down the pub of Sean, Bond will never die.
Vodka martini, shaken not stirred
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't hesitate to buy the 007 legacy, 8 April 2006
By A Customer
Astounding compilation of movies. A welcome edition to any dvd collection and a must for every 007 fan. All 20 original movies on DVDs in a cool collectors tin, (Never Say Never Again and Casino Royal are not included...)
These Special Edition DVDs are just that. The interviews and documentaries are spectacular,well worth watching. Some of the special feature include the original theatrical trailers,TV ads, and a few have the radio ads. Most have at least one audio commentary.
I know that these movies are in the process of being remastered and re-released on DVD, but I wanted to own these movies as they are now. With the features and commentary that they have now, Not whatever EON will chose to include or exclude in the future. Given their current choices' in casting and script, who can say how they will chose to remember the past.
There has never been a film series like James Bond before, possible there will never be one again. Don't hesitate to buy the James Bond legacy.
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