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

This is the best Bond collection ever put out. It is a noticeable improvement in picture quality over my older DVD box sets that I purchased in 1999. I highly recommend purchasing if you are a fan of the 007 movies. You cant beat the $149.99 price for 22 movies! If you own all the DVDs like I do, I still think upgrading to Blu-Ray is worth it considering the low cost and exceptional quality. While I think the packaging is very elegant and nicely designed, I find the slots to remove the Blu-Rays a major fault. It shouldnt be such a delicate process to remove a disk from its packaging. I am afraid that down the road the cardboard slots will tear. I do like that there is a slot for Skyfall. I just hope that the Skyfall Blu-Ray disk art matches the rest of the collection. *** Update 2/13, the Skyfall Blu-Ray disk does not match the other disks in this set nor does the menu. *** The Special Features Bonus Disk is big let down. There is nothing worth watching on it. I was hoping for some new documentaries. One thing I noticed on this disk is they have all the opening sequence credits, but not Skyfall. Obviously Skyfall is not released yet, but it kind of makes the disk already out of date since Skyfall is incorporated into this box set. Had the Skyfall opening been included, it would have been a huge treat for die hard Bond fans. With all that being said; rest assured all of the best special features are on the individual movie disks. They are the same special features from the earlier DVD releases.

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

] 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.

This is a must have for a BOND FAN Just hours of special features back stories on all that is BOND The blu-ray HD is great then you get a Disk of all the Bond INTROS I put that on turn up the sound and enjoy all the movie are my favorite But what I will say I liked a lot what Timothy Dalton was with the Bond character to bad he made only 2 movies I would think once this is sold out you will never see it again I think I read there is only 3 lift I paid 198.00 for the one I have it now 220.00 still worth it I just pick up the new Bond movie Spectre now this is far out this Bond movie CHECK THIS STUFF OUT

It is a nice set, just much smaller than I thought it would be. The books are very solid and everything is very well made. The pictures in the book are semi-glossy, but not really. You do need to almost actually touch the info side of the Blu-ray disc to get it out of its holder, I dont really care for that. Yes, Goldeneye is very heavily DNRd in some scenes. Mostly it looks decent, however the entire presentation that I skipped through seemed to have a little more DNR than it should have. Ill keep watching, but through each and every chapter that I searched though, there was DNR present. Over-all Goldeneye looks about as good as when I streamed it in HD off of Amazon Instant Watch earlier this year. But the sound is much better! It actually seems like some of the landscape scenes are a little too sharp. Really though, this is probably the best it has ever looked. Ok, as far as the menus go, all the original Bonds from Dr.No through Casino Royale have the menus that the old Blu-ray individual releases had. Quantum of Solice does have the different menu, which was the same as the original Blu-ray individual release. Over-all this is the best, most complete BOND set ever made. A very nice edition to my box set collection.

I love the Bond Franchise, but I hate what they have done with this set. Yes all of them are on Blu Ray, and they all look fantastic. I drooled when I saw Dr. No when I popped in the disc. Its the way Fox packaged it that gets me annoyed. Theyre in these two big paper booklets, it gives you no information unlike the little pamphlets they gave you in the DVD Collection, and its impossible to take a disc out without ripping the ends off the page. The next thing is the special features. If you are a Bond fan there is nothing new on here. They just threw together a six minute montage of all the Actors who played Bond, they have the World of Bond which is just clips from the movie, and they have the video blogs from Skyfall that you can watch online. All the special features from the DVD are already on here. I also was supposed to receive a book of poster variants, but I never got it. I paid 150 for something that I could have gotten for 100. Amazon was nice enough to give me a refund, so to them thank you and I will return to shop here. (See what I did there =]) In any case, (I did it again!), if you just wantt to own all of them on Blu Ray and dont give a damn about the Special Features go right ahead and buy it. The transfers are beautiful like I said before.

Great product and fast shipping! I ordered late Sat. night around 11:30pm and it was on my doorstep by noon on Tuesday. I love all the James Bond movies and my wife and I are enjoying watching all of them in order. The set is really nicely packaged, although I worry about what condition the disks will end up in with any use because they are kept in page sleeves instead of hard cases and they may scratch if they are taken out with any regularity. Fortunately, there are 22 disks (soon to be 23 as they have made a slot that is reserved for Skyfall when it comes out on Blu-Ray), so it will take a while to get through all of them which will reduce how often they are taken out. This is a great set for any 007 fan, and Im surprised to find it under $200 for Blu-Ray (the DVD version is $100 more....) The set does not include the Casino Royale spoofs, or Never Say Never Again because they arent part of the EON canon. So I guess Ill have to get them separately someday to complete the collection.....Im more of a James Bond fan and I dont really care who the production company is. However, I was a bit disappointed to see just 8 hours after I ordered it for $149 that the price had dropped another $20 to $129. I wish there was some kind of 24 hour price assurance for purchases on Amazon. I guess Ill just shop around before I order from Amazon.

We all know these movies to this is not at all about the movies. Some of the blu rays have commercials (the newer ones it seems) that you are forced to watch. This is absurd. I have the old special edition DVDs and there were no preview ads at all. This infuriates me. Now for the real reason this set is not a 5 star. The audio track is only DTS-Master Audio 5.1. I have a 7.1 system and this is what blu ray was made for. I understand the older movies being 5.1 but not Casino Royal or QoS. Those should really be 7.1. The picture quality on the movies is excellent to the point where you see how cheesy the old movies are for the actions and stunts. Its very laughable but I do not care. I love these movies. At $150 it is a solid buy at the black friday for $100 it is a steal.

The blu-ray box edition of the Bond films cant be beat. Anyone who even likes, let alone loves the Bond films, are in for a treat, especially if one has a nice home theatre system...wide screen, surrond speakers and a top notch blu-ray player. As for the films themselves, there isnt a loser in the bunch. While some are obviously better than others, they all have some wonderful qualities, be it story, actors, sound, theme music, scenery...or all of the above. No sense giving run down of plots, but I DO have my favorite Bonds and titles after viewing the entire collection!!! My favorite Bond is....are you ready for this? Yes, ROGER MOORE. He brings something that no onther actor does to the character. Sure, hes a bit tongue-in-cheek and times, but thats what makes his portrayal so wonderful. His best is FOR YOUR EYES ONLY and SPY WHO LOVED ME. Worse MOONRAKER Second favorite Bond is Sean...Hes the orginal, if you dont count the TV version...and excelent as Bond. His best; GOLDFINGER; FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. His worse: DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. Third best: Pierce Brosnan. More like Sean, but a glimmer of Roger and just the right age. His best: GOLDENEYE; WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. Worse: DIE ANOTHER DAY Fourth: George Lasenby. Granted he didnt make more than one Bond (a pity), but he was very good in ON HIS MAJESTYS SECRET SERVICE. fifth/sixth: Tied for the bottom of the barrel as Bond. Both Daniel Craig and Timmothy Dalton are much too dark as Bond. Much too serious. No fun with them. I know most people like the serious Bond, but not I. Best of Dalton; LIVING DAYLIGHTS. Best of CRAIG..None!!! Even in SKYFALL he fails as Bond. Too bad. If either Brosnan or Moore were in the Craig/Dalton films Id rate CASINO ROYALE as the best. Having said all that, its still a treat to have all the Bond films and I will indeed add SKYFALL to my collection when available. Happy viewing!!!

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!