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

The Blu Ray editions are basically the Ultimate Editions done in spectacular fashion. These wonderful movies have never looked better. There is a short bonus disc ON BEING BOND -- Connery is old stuff (the angry old fart refuses to do anything for the role that gave him a career). This collection brings to blu ray the 9 films that were held up from release in this format when MGM filed for bankruptcy: YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, ON HER MAJESTYS SECRET SERVICE, DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, OCTOPUSSY. A VIEW TO A KILL, THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, GOLDENEYE & TOMORROW NEVER DIES. They ALL look GREAT in blu ray. The most successful series of feature films in the history of the movies. Five decades, six different actors and over several billions tickets sold at over $5 billion dollars. The dream of Albert R. Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman has stood the test of time. Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig ... NOBODY DOES IT BETTER and this collection brings the greatest hero of the silver screen in the best possible format -- like you have never seen them before.

This review is by a fifty-something male who has watched all the Bond shows previously. Some salient points Id make are: 1. I bought the DVD collection for about $100, so the cost per movie seemed acceptable. 2. Show quality was good. 3. Nice to have them all together, even the Roger Moore ones. 4. Interesting to watch through the series how the Bond character evolves from the suave, rump-spanking chauvinistic character of the sixties (Connery) to the damaged-goods sensitivity of the new millenium Bond (Craig). 5. The singular irritating thing that the producers of the DVD did was to make the audience endure a short commercial touting the Bond series, as well as the FBI warning. You cant bail out early. How f_______ irksome! Why advertise what we have already bought? 6. Id still recommend the purchase despite the forced commercial.

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. **

Well this one is a no brainer, its Bond so of course its awesome. Well ok its awesome if you disregard Casino Royal which was just crap in my opinion. The movies look absolutely wonderful in HD, however in some of the movies which mind you Ive only watched about four of the films so far. Some of the colors are too crisp and you do loose some of the luster that you had in the original movies. Like in Goldfinger the room as a whole is no longer lit up in essence of gold when he finds the gal covered in gold and there were other scenes where it just didnt seem like the gold gave off as much of a presence. I think that changes like this is just mainly do to the fact that the movies have been sharpened up and some of those fixes could have just been glare from light sets that was never suppose to be in the scene.

Wow, just wow. Let me preface this by saying that I am a HUGE James Bond fan. To me, he is the epitome of the action hero. I watched my first James Bond film (Goldeneye) when I was about 6 or 7 years old. I still remember watching that movie and being absolutely obsessed with it for a good year or so. Since that first movie, I began my mission to watch every single James Bond movie in existence. Even the unofficial ones. Jump forward about 8 years or so, and I bought the entire James Bond collection on DVD and I watched every single film in the order that they were released in. Some I was watching for the 3rd or 4th time, others I was watching for the very first time. I was so happy. There I was, a sophomore in high school, watching all the James Bond movie. Then, 6 years later, I heard of this Blu-ray set... YES!!! Instead of being sad that I was going to have to double-dip, I was happy. I was finally going to be able to enjoy James Bond in glorious HD. I sold my DVDs and my Blu-Ray copies of Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace to my brother, and I pre-ordered this magnificent set. Boy, was it worth it. The packaging is gorgeous, and very classy. I have yet to see all 22 movies (believe me, not for lack of trying), so I will only be reviewing the ones that I have watched so far. I will update this review as I keep viewing the movies. But so far: Dr. No: HOLY CRAP!!! Amazing. The restoration is top-notch, the audio is fantastic. It seriously felt like I was watching a movie based in 62 instead of a movie filmed in 62. This is my second favorite Sean Connery movie, falling only behind From Russia with Love. It really is a fantastic film. Expertly paced, and unimaginably cool. Sean Connery really just embodies Bond. A great way to start off my favorite film series in the world From Russia with Love: My absolute favorite classic Bond film. This is a tense and well-paced thriller. Rosa Klebb is damn frightening, and we are exposed to SPECTRE for the first time. Once again, the remastering is amazing. The clarity is astounding. The fight between Grant and Bond is fantastic, one of the best in the series. Also Q makes his official appearance! Yay! Goldfinger: In my opinion, this is the Bond movie that set the stereotypes for all other Bond movies. It is the first movie in the series where there is a theme specifically made for the movie accompanying the opening credits, it is the first movie where the iconic Aston Martin DB5 comes out, it is the first movie where Q makes a meaningful appearance. Goldfinger is an excellent movie. Its well-crafted, and Connery WAS Bond at this point. From Russia with Love is my favorite Bond movie, but Goldfinger is probably the most iconic. The trend of superb transfer follows through with this one. Thunderball: Perhaps one of the better known Bond films, and with good reason. Riding into his 4th movie, Connery continues to throw it out of the park. I was a little apprehensive to watch this movie, as I remembered that there are a few underwater scenes. I was afraid that the quality was going to be less the spectacular. To my surprise, other than a slightly soft quality, the underwater scenes still look amazing. Great transfer, great movie. You Only Live Twice: Connerys 5th Bond film. At this point, Connery was starting to show his age. While for the most part, he still looks capable of being Bond there are a few scenes where he looks a little aged. Perhaps a little ridiculous at times, what with the whole trying to make Bond look Japanese, but still a solid Bond film. The hardest thing about seeing an old Bond film in HD is seeing how dated the special effects look. The helicopter fight is a great example of this. OHMSS: Probably one of the most underrated Bond films. Lazenby had a very good turn as Bond, and I wouldve been very happy had he continued on with the role. This is of course the film where Bond gets married and becomes a widower. The clarity is astounding in this transfer. I was very surprised. Goldeneye: My favorite Brosnan movie. Great transfer, but sometimes it can look a bit soft around the edges. Strange how Dr. No manages to look as good as Goldeneye, considering the more than 30 years that separate both movies. Still amazing to watch in HD, and a great movie over all. Definitely one of the high points in the series. Casino Royale: Damn, it was good to see such a different take on Bond. Hes still suave and still smooth, be he is more dangerous. This is my favorite Craig film (so far.) Because this was filmed in 06 it is no surprise that it looks amazing. The amount of detail on-screen is astounding at times. Daniel Craig started off his interpretation of Bond in amazing fashion. The only reason I am able to review this is because I confirmed that this is basically a re-issue of the special edition Blu-ray released a few years ago. Quantum of Solace: A little underwhelming, but still good. I always knew that it was going to be extremely hard to follow up Casino Royale, which is why I am willing to be a little forgiving with this movie. Its not a bad movie at all, it just isnt as good as Casino Royale or some of the other Bond films. Once again, I confirmed that this is simply a re-issue of the Blu-ray released a few years ago. It looks fantastic. For future reference, I will give a list of the Bond actors in order from favorite to least favorite. Its always fun to argue with fellow Bond fans as to the order of the list. Sean Connery is the absolute best. Daniel Craig is doing a bang up job as my favorite spy. So he comes in second for now. George Lazenby is not given nearly enough credit for his turn as Bond in OHMSS. Pierce Brosnan is the man that introduced me to Bond, so hes kind of tied with Lazenby. But points off for Die Another Day. Too campy for my taste. Timothy Dalton was good in The Living Daylights, but License to Kill was basically Miami Vice: Bond edition. Roger Moore... I dont dislike him. I am just not crazy about his turn as Bond. Moonraker was my second Bond film, so it holds a soft spot in my head. Other than that, his films are a little too crazy for me. Keep a look out for updates in the coming days!

Picked this up when it was $129.99. Even though itll most likely go down to $99.99, like it did once before and I foolishly missed it, I just had to pick this up and Im so glad I did. I never got a chance to see most of these movies in the theater, being 24 and all, but now Ive had a chanced to see the remastered versions on blu-ray. I had heard most of these movies were remastered very well, a couple were not, I really didnt have anything to compare it to, so to me they all looked superb. Ive seen movies on blu-ray that were bad upconverts and were quite grainy, these werent even close. All 22 films together, plus the one slot for Skyfall (which I have as well) means I can watch all 6 reincarnations of 007 anytime in glorious HD! The only problem is that it leaves me wanting for more.

] 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.

I had read another review which was very helpful. They had listed all the movies this series had and one thing I understood was Skyfall was not included in this series so I went ahead and purchased it separately, which was not the case. It wasnt until Birthday boy opened it that we discovered that Skyfall WAS included even though the online info on this item even said there was a slot in the back of it to hold the DVD, which also lead me to believe I needed to purchase it separately. Anyways, the birthday boy was extremely happy with his gift and I ended up taking the extra Skyfall movie! We Like how all DVDs are neatly organized & protected in their own slot. We love us some James Bond!!!! BH, Mishawaka, IN

Half price is realistically what it should go for anyhow. Yes it is a bit cumbersome to get the discs out, I can manage but some folks certainly will have issues with that. I like the book style packaging nonetheless, and they look classy too. The book of Bond posters is a nice touch, but I wouldve really liked a detailed timeline book like the Planet of The Apes collection came with. As far as the movies, Ill only comment on the one Ive really been waiting for in blu ray, Golden Eye. Beautiful, crisp, detailed presentation well beyond what the DVD offered, and the sound is astounding too. Its been a long wait but Im reasonably satisfied with the overall package, it wouldve been nice to have a slot to put my Never Say Never disc in though seeing they couldnt included that disc.

Received, today. Pre-purchased on Amazon. There is no point in reviewing the films. You either like them or you dont. You know what they are. The films, together, have 120 hours of special features, so there is enough here to take a couple of weeks of essentially non-stop viewing (with sleep, of course). Most has been released before. There is a bonus disc of new content. As others have said, the non-franchise films are not included and there is no reason to have expected them. I like the packaging. The discs are divided in two hard-back books, with stills from the films on the opposing pages. There are two discs per page, one disc per film, with a picture of a relevant Bond Girl next to the release date beside each disc. The two books are slip-cased. It is a classy looking and sturdy package. I have no trouble removing them from the pages, and have yet to have to touch the surface. None of the ones I received had any fingerprints on them, so I have no idea what the other reviewer is speaking of.