Bond 50: The Complete 22 Film Collection [Blu-ray]

The package was delivered promptly. The DVD set was in excellent new condition. I love the packaging. The retro-forties style albums for the discs are very nice. However, the DVDs have some real problems. I bought the Bond collection that was issued in 2008. Those DVDs played well until this year. Suddenly most of the discs either would not play at all, or stopped playing part way thru the movies. The first time it happened, I replaced Goldfinger with a new DVD that I purchased separately. It is the same vintage and had a blip in the middle of the movie where the picture broke-up for an instant. So many discs in that 2008 set had problems that I ordered this set as a replacement. These movies have the same problems. Some play well, some stop working part way thru the movie. The discs for the last three movies from Casino Royale on play just fine, as they were made after the 2008 set was manufactured. It is the movies that have a lead-in preview talking about Sonys great new digital process that have problems. We bought a new Sony DVD player to see if it would play the discs any better. It helped a little, but the only help was skipping past the trouble spots with pauses in the action rather than degrading into pixels as our old Panasonic player was doing. As a test we tried some of the discs from this set in our JVC TV with integral DVD player. It would not play them at all. With it they either stopped working after the opening MGM ad or had a terrible looking video image. Note that we have several hundred DVDs of all quality and vintage and these Bond films are the only ones with this problem. I plan to return these and see if I can find a low priced set just to have the album-style anniversary package. Then I will try to find old individual DVDs issued before the super-duper Sony digital process was used. That process produces unstable discs. I recommend avoiding discs made with that process.

Okay, lets get this part out of the way. Ive always loved the James Bond movies, no matter who plays the lead role! The blu rays I have bought that were available have always been lovingly restored with a plethora of bonus features! If you are truly a 007 fan, and havent bought any Bond on blu ray before, you are going to be very pleased with this box set! I am giving this set 5 stars as a standalone product, however I do have problems with the way its being released! My problem lies with the fact that I already own half of these titles already, and I really dont want to repurchase them again! This is after buying the entire collection on DVD and before that on videotape! I dont mind adapting to newer and superior formats, but this is clearly taking advantage of the true fans! If we didnt purchase the blu ray versions as they dribbled out, there would be no incentive for the studio to release this big box set, so spare me the moronic excuse that we should have just waited on purchasing them until the this set came out! There have always been the leeches that wait it out for others to embrace new technology before making a commitment. Left to these people we would still be riding in horse and buggies! If new technology is not supported than there is no incentive to improve anything! Suffice it to say, Im hoping they will offer the unreleased titles for individual sale or Ill be waiting until Amazon has a one day sale for this set at a remarkable price before committing any more money to it!

I just got this set with SKYFALL and Im very happy with it. I immediately put SKYFALL in its holdter as soon I could. I believe Ian Flemming would be proud to see his most beloved creation honored in this way after 50 long years of cinematic history and staying power. It will really be a coup if ADELE gets the OSCAR for best song for SKYFALL. That honor would, i believe, be a first for the BOND SERIES.... The bonus disc with the interviews of all the BONDS is worth atleast $50 on its own.... I bought this boxed set for a college 5 page essay, I certainly have enough Material for it now.... That bonus disc will really give me enough material for the essay and maybe more than one. The $129.99 is an AWESOME PRICE for such a collection of internationally beloved movies.... Bond is a guy every boy and man want to be. Ian Flemmingd be proud to know his super spy is so honored in this way.....

Great collection for Bond Lovers. Whats not to like! Great purchase. My husband enjoys the set. Nice presentation.

Ive always loved the Bond films. Now the Complete Blu-Ray Set of virtually all the Bonds. Packaged good for holding 22 discs. This set I believe can sell itself to any Bond fan. You wont get all the new individual movie case covers pictures for the discs that are out now individually but those discs are exactly the same and its amazing to fit all the films in this condensed package for taking up much less space. It even has a blank spot in the case for the new Bond Skyfall DVD which comes out in approximately 2 weeks. Inside the case you do get various pictures that are not in the individual DVD cases. Please note that for those who do not know: A Bond rival film titled NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN is not included in this set because it was not an Albert Broccolli Bond film. It was actually a rival Bond Film and some other source books and fans say it was a remake of Thunderball. The film came out in 1983 at the same time as Octopussy did, so Connery and Moore were both out in the movies at the very same time. NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN was a Kevin McClory production, a Talia Shire Film, and at the time I think Warner Brothers released it. Anyway since its not included in this set-and its Connery as Bond, people have been wanting it and unfortunately its currently out of print and mostly out of stock for people trying to get it to complete their Bond sets. When you look on Amazon here or even sellers from eBay sources the ones being sold are for unbelievable prices. Iam sure it will be re-released in the near future and the price will come down to normal. One dissapointment I do have I would like the Bond DISC-MAKERS to know about: Every Bond film on Blu-Ray is perfect picture wise-with the best menus and best extras I have ever seen. For most of the movies the sound is great too, but I have noticed this before this set came out: I did an audio comparison of THUNDERBALL: The 2006 MGM Ultimate Edition first remastered Lowery film restored Thunderball standard DVD audio version versus the audio playback of the first remastered Lowery film restored BLU-RAY DISC that was in the Metal BLU-RAY Case also from 2006-those first releases. I notice that the voices on the BLU-RAY VERSION are much lower where the sound effects blow you out of your chair especially during that opening pre-credit fight sequence. You have to turn it up quite a bit at the beginning of THUNDERBALL BLU-RAY to hear what Bond and the girl are talking about and when Bonds first fist hit comes with the music its so loud you jump to turn it down. When you play the STANDARD Thunderball it is the same film remastered by Lowery but the sound is perfectly balanced where this does not happen. It sounds better actually because its balanced and you dont have to make any adjustments. The talking aspects are much more distinct and full throughout the entire standard disc and I even hear more background sounds on this Standard Disc versus the BLU RAY Thunderball. Iam going by the first Lowery remastered released Thunderball set Ultimate Edition 2006 MGM 2-disc set which has the louder & more distinct talking vocals which was sold separately or found in Volume 2 out of the 4 James Bond Ultimate Edition Sets. In these volume sets the cases were slimlined cases, the cover art was designed black-boarded with Connery holding a speargun and the single sold 2-disc Ultimate Edition set had the same covers but all were not slimlined cases. I dont know if the new 2013 standard is the same or not, but you will notice the audio difference on the Black-bordered 2006 Lowery Standard Edition 2-disc set. I have not noticed any other Bond film with this audio problem. All other BLU-RAY versions are perfect or near exact audio wise to their standard Lowery DVD remastered counterparts. This new 2013 BLU-RAY entire set still has the overloud audio on the sound effects versus the lower talking audios on the current 2013 Thunderball-Blu-Ray in this new set. So I hope the BOND DISC-MAKERS READ THIS TO FIX FUTURE PRINTS OF THUNDERBALL AUDIO BLU-RAY. Check it out if you dont believe me. Its not an equipment setting- and it does not matter if your playing your audio 5.1 or 7.1 or no matter how you try to adjust your sound on your equipment-- its the way the disc audio is balanced , remixed and encoded on the BLU-RAY. Still I give this set 5 stars for what you actually get is great: well packaged, complete, great menus, great picture quality, and all in one box.

OK, there has been mass confusion, so I thought it best to post this as part of the review. I had pre-ordered the BD set with the Limited Edition hardcover book James Bond 50 Years Of Movie Posters. However, while my order page still shows that I have ordered the set with the book, when I click on the item link in my order, it actually takes me to an item description page which is missing the book. That is, it is not linking to the page describing what I had actually ordered. Not a good sign. Yesterday I received the BD set but NO BOOK. After going a few rounds with Amazon customer service over email, I had them call me. Once on the phone (with a representative name Will), we were able to find the proper solution (such a solution is impossible through any other means because of Amazons having changed the item description retroactively for the pre-ordered item, a practice I find highly unusual and suspect, especially since I received no email notification of any changes to my order). In any case, as many others have pointed out, the hardcover book is available for sale individually on Amazon. While on the phone with Will, I pointed this out to him. What happened next makes up for the Amazon snafu. Will asked me to place the item into my cart, and upon examining the item himself, he was satisfied that it was the book that I was supposed to receive. So he asked me to place the order for the book, which I did, and while on the phone with him, he zeroed all the charges for the order, and changed the delivery method to next-day shipping. In other words, Amazon is sending me the book at no extra charge (total order: $0.00). Now, I have no clue whether this book is EXACTLY the same that was supposed to be included with the pre-order, but according to most descriptions, including the one on the original item page on Amazon, it appears that it is the same book. So if you have pre-ordered the set with the book but did not receive the book, this is the way to obtain it from Amazon free of additional charges. What Ive watched of the BDs so far, this set is well worth the $6.20 or so per movie.

] This is a wonderful transfer to Blu-ray for this great series. There is no doubt that this Blu-ray package represents the very best picture for these movies since their original theatrical release. I have owned this James Bond series on every medium released. VHS, Laser Disc, DVD and now this Blu-ray release. There is no comparison. This has stunningly exceptional video quality. The sound is also excellent. There are only a couple of the films where the sound mix levels were a little uneven (dialogue volume versus background music) but these are just a few instances and therefore quite negligible. Particularly at this price, I highly recommend the purchase of this Blu-ray set. I have just one complaint which is why my rating is a 4 and not a 5. The book that the Blu-ray discs are housed in, does not have the conventional center clasp that securely holds the Blu-ray disc in place. Instead, the discs are housed in a slot that you have to slide them in and out of. This is quite poor because of the risk of damaging the discs. I think that springing for the additional expense of proper disc holders within the book would have been worth it, even if it meant charging a little bit more for the product.

All 22 Bond movies in high definition Blu-ray. Each move is on a single disc. Two albums, one dated 1962 to 1981 the other 1982 to 2012 hold two discs on a page. The left side page features the actor playing Bond in the movies with the villains. The right side page holds two Blu-Ray discs with the Bond Girl. No reason to tell you about the movies. You know about them unless you have spent the last 50 years on Mars. The restorations produced a clear picture. Doctor No has a special feature on how this was done. They show some pre/post clips illustrating the differences. The set has almost no information about the movies and special features. Title and some names are what is available. No movie length or what special features on the discs is given. There is a slot for Skyfall in the second album. However, that is not included in this purchase. This is the best Bond set to own in terms of quality and completeness. Each person has to decided if this is the set they want to invest in.

Box set is beautifully designed (like a story book) with nice pictures of the Bond actors and villains. Movies are in order by year with the Bond girls next to their corresponding movie. My only problem is the packaging. The movies are slipped into cardboard slots wrapped in plastic, so youll end up with scratches and marks on your movies when you take them out. My copy of Octopussy was skipping at certain parts, so I had to stop watching it. There should be plastic tray holders instead of dvds wrapped in plastic. Would rate 5 stars if it werent for the horrible slot packaging. My copy actually came with Skyfall, so you dont need to order that movie separately.

When I got this set, I thought I was going to win Wife of the Year. My husband and I are huge Bond fans. These do NOT disappoint from the quality of the DVDs to the art. Every movie has its own disc as well. I even got it for a third of the usual price in pristine, unused condition because someone else bought it for the digital version. They kept the codes and resold it, so I purchased it secondhand at a DEEP discount. It is worth full price though. This is an investment in your entertainment library that is sure to please for decades to come. It is extremely giftable as well! ** If you like my review, please hit Helpful to motivate me to write more. **