Sunday, March 8, 2009

Dr. No (1962) ****

Sean Connery defined the role of James Bond in Dr. No, the first official Bond adventure that takes him from Britain to Jamaica and the mysterious island occupied by Dr. No, scientist for SPECTRE, the evil organization intent on controlling the world.

This first attempt at a full length Bond film really set the standard for how 007 would be portrayed for close to forty years. This was the prototype film that was added and subtracted from as the series went on. The film is very basic and feels almost low budget by Bond standards, but it stands as one of the best of the series and ushered in a new era and a new icon on the silver screen.

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