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

Well, we are back on the better, better, and best technology merry-go-round with this latest deluxe release of all 22 official Bond films. (And yes, as much as I like Never Say Never Again, its not an official-sanctioned and produced Bond release. I remember when this film came out in 1983 and I recall seeing interviews that some dude named Kevin McClory was upset that he was not cashing in on the 007 franchise and that he was a co-writer with Ian Fleming for Thunderball. So, some court granted him the rights to remake Thunderball under the clever guise of Never Say Never Again and of course, the big magnet to get butts in the movie theater seats was to bring back Sean Connery as Bond. And of course, that star status trick worked, as I recall that the theater was packed!) But, I digress....a few years ago, I purchased the 4 Bond DVD box sets in a Christmas fire sale at Best Buy and I thought to myself, Cool! I have all of the Bond movies on DVD - now I can get rid of my scratchy, old VHS tapes! I watched all of the DVDs (in 007 release order, of course!) and I enjoyed all of the extra commentary and cast interviews and I thought that it would never get better than this. Then, a couple of years ago, came the arrival of Blu-Ray technology and I thought that I was not going to give in and purchase any DVDS on Blu-Ray, especially since the Blu-Ray players at that time were ridiculously expensive. Then, I saw MGM/UA started releasing Dr. No, From Russia With Love, and Goldfinger on Blu-Ray and I almost gave in and purchased Goldfinger. But, then I started getting suspicious about the intent of MGM/UAs release tactics. I was going to hold out to see if they released anymore of the films and they rolled out Thunderball, On Her Majestys Secret Secret Service, Live And Let Die and a few others from the Bond franchise. BUT, when MGM/UA did not release For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, and A View To A Kill from Roger Moores Bond heyday, then I became especially suspicious and I started putting it all together that 2012 would be the 50th anniversary of Bond films when Dr.No was released in 1962, so I held out to see if anything major would be released from the studios and Im delighted that I did! I did have the opportunity to see Goldfinger in Blu-Ray from a friend of mine who regrettably purchased the multi-film packs and I will have to admit that the visual and audible effects were stunning! Watching Goldfingers all-out assault on Fort Knox was a tremendously enjoyable viewing experience and it was like I had never watched this film before! Make no mistake about it - I didnt want to plop down $184 for these films, but its like $8 a Bond film in Blu-Ray no less! I pre-ordered my Bond set last week from Amazon and I dont regret the purchase one bit. September 25th could not come soon enough for me and Ill admit that I never purchased any Daniel Craigs Bond DVDs, although I did see the two films in the theater. (To the fans who are wondering why there is only one empty slot in the forthcoming Blu-Ray set, its simple: If Skyfall does not have an awesome box office take and goes the way of Quantum of Solace a very low-grossing Bond film, then there may not be anymore James Bond movies!) These films not only have to continue being edgy and impactful, but they have to profitable in order to get any further studio endorsements and budgets. One last thing to consider in this purchase.....I did purchase this set from Amazon and Im excited to watch the films in Blu-Ray, but if MGM/UA tries to get cute about it a year or two from now and try to call it something like, Never-Before-Seen, Super-De-Duper, Extremely Deep Blu-Ray Bond films, then Im afraid, Ill have to cut Mr. Bonds tightrope from a helicopter and let him fall back to Earth because this is one Bond fan who is tired of the movie studios extortion plots and capers to get more money from us devoted 007 fans! Enjoy the Blu-Ray box set!

I have been waiting a Looooooong time for something like this to come out, and Im so glad that I did, this box set is like a dream come true for any James Bond fan !! The Box itself is built pretty good, but I am not a big fan of the slide outs of the discs (Finger Prints) !! As far as the picture quality, its fantastic !! I grew up watching James Bond since I was a kid. I have seen all the movies in just about every format that it came out in (TV,VHS,DVD) !! And I got to say. this Blu-Ray collection just blew me away!! to compare the old versions to this Blu-ray collection, its like holding a candle to a spot light !! Its that dramatic !! I read some reviews on here before I bought it, and they were nitpicking about the quality of the picture, trust me, it looks fantastic !! I think my only beef is that the older films are in the Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (no bars) and the newer Bond films are in the Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1 or 2.40:1 (Bars) !! Im not a big fan of the BARS!! I just feel that if you got all that space on a Blu-ray disc, use it, I dont care if you filmed it that way, give the customer a full picture !! (OK, I am done with my rant)!! All I am saying is that this is a gorgeous box set that you will enjoy for years to come, so just buy it, you not regret it !!

I remember the beginning of the 50 years of James Bond films. I was too young to see them then, but I can enjoy them at any time now. I could have bought either the Blu-Ray or DVD, but I am finding the load times of Blu-Ray to be too long. The sound on my home theater system is wonderful and the picture from the DVDs is beautiful on my high-definition television. The movies from the 1960s look almost as good as 2013s Skyfall. The boxed set is very attractive and stores 2 disks per page. I almost threw the plastic sleeves away, but I would recommend keeping them. I find that I can remove the disk without touching the surface. Some graphics from the movies would have been nice on the disks, but I guess black with gold lettering is very classy.

I dont consider myself a huge fan of James Bond but I do like the movies. Therefore, I never considered buying any of the movies before. Once I saw this package was announced I kept monitoring it until the price went down to $150. Since I always wanted to watch all the Agent 007 movies, I decided this was a good buy for my. I just got the product (still need to watch all the movies) but here is what quick review of the product (not the movies): Here is what I like: - Elegant packaging - Movies are organized in chronological order - Only the necessary amount of disks (only one bonus disk) - Pictures of the movies within the packaging - Older movies were re-mastered Here is what I dont like: - Getting the disks out of the built-in sleeves inside the packaging might be difficult. - I think the packaging is a little bit bulky, it could have been smaller. In overall, Im very happy with this box-set. It is perfect for anyone wanting to watch all the movies or for any Bond fan not caring that much about extras.

Overall, I found this production to be all that I expected it to be. Yes, there are one or two discs that get stuck in a DVD player due to data corporation during its original recording, but I was able to accelerate my player to by-pass the damaged areas. The other difficulty is with the Excellent packaging in the area of the slips the discs are in. They are hard to get a disc to slide out. Just slip a fingernail under the top part opening above the disc and pull it up a bit and slide the disc out with a finger on your other hand. Worked well for me.

] 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.

It is awesome to finally be able to get all these Bond movies in one collection and in Blu-ray! Great price for the sheer amount of movies you get! and it has room for the new Bond film so that is sweet. The only surprising thing is it is missing one Bond film. One where Sean Connery reprises his role as Bond with Kim Basinger in Never Say Never Again. It has to do with the fact that a different movie studio other than MGM make that movie. They somehow had the rights to that specific Bond story and made it outside the MGM circle. So if you like that movie and want it, it wont be in this collection. A must have for all Bond Fans

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.

Id collected all of the already made Blu-rays and have been anxious for some time to purchase the ones that hadnt been released yet.... The packaging was great and I had no issues the discs are presented beautifully in hard back books and I was generally happy with all that came with... Ive watched a few of the films at this point and while they all look and sound better than ever; it seems the menu screens and interface is identical to the 2006 dvd box sets and the blu-rays that I already had.(though I havent checked the special features yet) This doesnt bother me though because I thought these menus were pretty awesome and probably didnt need fixing anyway. Casino Royale which was not present in the old special edition has also been updated to have the same menu design, features and interface as the old special edition as well so it seems it was a very conscious choice to stick with the old... The only annoying thing to me and this really is just annoying because it comes off as extremely lazy and kind of ruins the uniformity of it all is that Quantum of Solace was not updated in this way AT ALL... With the exception of the label on the disc; Quantum is literally a direct copy from the original blu-ray release complete with dated movie previews from 2008 (Australia, Valkerie, etc.) making it the only film to even have advertisements for other movies on the disc as well as having a different menu from all the other films which is the same menu from the original blu-ray... I say again it is a DIRECT copy of the blu-ray you may already have in every way... That is a small complaint though and QOS still plays as good as ever, I just found it to be very lazy..... Otherwise I highly recommend the set!

My boyfriend is a big James Bond fan. I have not watched it yet. Waiting to see if all the DVDs play.