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"The name's Bond, James Bond"
Review: 007 in Dr. No
An Augustus Review of 8/10
Today we go back to the 1960s, where Ian Fleming's British secret agent novels first hit the big screen. Dr. No is the first of the worldwide popular James Bond series. In this movie, we meet the handsome 30 year old Sean Connery as 007.
In Dr. No, we are first introduced to the iconic
aspects of the James Bond series: view of the character
through a gun barrel and a catchy opening title sequence. The movie starts with
the death of a British secret agent, John Strangways, in Jamaica by a group of
assassins, "Three Blind Mice." Here we see secret agent 007 summoned
to the case.
Upon arriving to Kingston
airport, Bond has his photo taken by a mysterious woman and is followed by two
shadowy men. He is chauffeured by a strange character who Bond believes to be
the enemy. After a short brawl, the chauffeur kills himself with a poisoned cigarette
filter.
Bond’s investigation at Strangway’s
house leads him to a boatman who refuses to be interrogated. Bond realizes that
the boatman was the driver who was following him. Soon, the second man arrives
and they fight Bond. They realize that Bond is a part of the British Secret Service
and they too reveal they are the CIA. Together, they decide to find the mystifying
Dr. No, who is tapping into USA space missile radios.
Bond’s exploration leads him to
Crab Key, an island off the coast where he meets his Bond Girl, Honey Ryder. Together, they find the infamous Dr. No who
has nothing but trouble in store.
Although Sean Connery played an incredible Bond, Ian Fleming
actually wanted a younger actor for the role. (Pfft, rude!)
This movie does a phenomenal job
at introducing the character of James Bond. He is a slick, sexy, a little naïve
but very baddass spy. His character is portrayed as quite the lady’s man. (He
rolls around in the sack with three different women in this movie!) Although he
is sometimes very youthful in the situations he gets himself into, he always
seems to know how to save himself.
The music in this movie really screams
1960s. The Bond theme is played numerous times as well as very overdramatic
music. But hey, the scene where Bond almost soils himself when interacting with
a tarantula wouldn’t have nearly been as exciting without the terrifying background
music.
Dr. No opened up
a whole new franchise of movies. Introducing the British spy that would be
popular for years to come.
- Augustus
The way you've described this film makes it sound really exciting. I'm really glad that Sean Connery played that title role. Nowadays I feel like the media always chooses younger people to play main characters, and once you get older, it's a lot harder to be casted.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Sean Connery plays a mean James Bond. He was the main James Bond for 6 movies. He is pretty awesome. If you've ever seen one of the Roger Moore James Bond movies, you'd notice the complete change of tone in the films.
DeleteOver the years, they've had many different men play the character of James Bond. Which of them is your favourite?
ReplyDeleteDefinitely Daniel Craig. Hands down.
DeleteI grew up seeing Brosnan as bond, but Connery will always be the original. I blew a solid afternoon a few weeks ago when I realized that Dr. No was on TV. It's such a great movie.
ReplyDeletePierce Brosnan isn't bad, but I find him a little too ... girly :p James Bond is my favourite movie series. March break marathon :)
DeleteI'm a huge fan of the James Bond series, and Sean Connery's my favorite... Not a lot of men have got the style and suave as this man. The way you summarized the movie was very clear and concise, I'm curious as to whether you remembered most of the movie yourself (after all it is a pretty sweet movie) or if you had to re watch it?
ReplyDeleteThis movie is one of my absolute favourites. My dad was watching it over the weekend and I got the idea to review it. I re-watched it with him to refresh my mind!
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