"Doctor Number" 😆I'm dying here. FRWL is one of the better ones. But Goldfinger is the one that made Bond a worldwide phenomenon. It also established many of the elements that Bond is known for (a villain with an outlandish name, a girl with an even more outlandish name, a henchman with a gimmick, a gadget laden car [usually an Aston Martin], a pre-credits sequence that's like a mini adventure by itself). Goldfinger is my favorite of all the Bond films. Can't wait for you to see it. If you're sampling all the different Bonds, here are my favorites for each. Connery - Goldfinger Lazenby - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (easy choice. But you'll find it's the most romantic of the Bonds and also, like Die Hard, a Christmas movie) Moore - The Spy Who Loved Me (my second favorite Bond film) Dalton - The Living Daylights Brosnan - Goldeneye Craig - Casino Royale (anyone who tells you Skyfall is better is wrong) BTW Spectre stands for Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion . They play a big role in Thunderball and You Only Live Twice.
The reaction was filmed well before today and they find out in this movie (Number One mentions Dr.No). So, no one is telling them anything they don't already know
One of the nicest things about your channel is you give older films a chance. Lots of younger people turn up their nose at anything that's more than 10-20yrs old. While the acting is often different in older movies, often being more like stage plays, the plots and writing are better to me than most things made today.
Yes!!!! Besides these lovely ladies i also love the channel "Movies With Mia".. she mainly does Older movies from The Golden Age of Hollywood to the 70s... Love her commentary throughout the reaction too 🥰
Pedro Armendariz, the actor playing Ali Kerim-Bey, was VERY ill (terminally) with cancer, so they did everything they could to accommodate him with the shooting schedule. I think he's one of Bond's most likable allies. Armendariz's son went on to play a villain in one of the Timothy Dalton Bond movies (License to Kill, IIRC). The elder Armendariz became good friends with Bond creator Ian Fleming during filming. Later, when Armendariz was hospitalized, he had someone smuggle a gun in and shot himself through the heart with an ARMOR PIERCING BULLET. 🤯🤯🤯
@@OnASeasideMission Absolutely. There is just something about how he captures the temper so well and even his body language reflects the character, like in this movie or in "Jaws." The interplay between him and Scofield is just magical.
Fun Fact- The actor you kept calling "Blondie" Red Grant is actor Robert Shaw who you might remember played Quint the shark hunter who gets eaten by the shark in "Jaws". He also was the villian mobster Doyle Lonigan in "The Sting" .
I am glad you liked Kerim Bey. He was portrayed by Mexican actor Pedro Armendáriz. While shooting this film he was suffering from terminal cancer. The director re-arranged the shooting schedule to quickly get all of his scenes done. He does a good job playing the jovial Kerim even though he was in severe pain. He was determined to finish to leave his family financially more secure. As soon as his role was finished, he shot himself.
It is very likely that he contracted the cancer because he was exposed to radioactive fallout while making The Conqueror (1955). Same thing happened to John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead and director Dick Powell.
The train they took was called The Orient Express. There were different routes at different times, but generally it went back and forth between France and Yugoslavia. Because it crossed between so many countries that were often hostile to one another, it was used in a lot of books and movies, for example Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. This train developed a reputation for mystery and intrugue. I recall an episode of the old spy comedy TV show Get Smart where they were on The Orient Express and the joke was that every car had spies from all different countries fighting each other.
since you're wearing that jaws shirt, you might be interested to know that the big spectre agent after bond in this one is played by Robert Shaw, who was the shark hunting captain from Jaws who gets eaten near the end.
Sixty years later and the film holds up very well, definitely one of my top ten Bond films. Sean Connery said it was his favorite Bond film. The fight scene between Bond and Grant is so great.
For sure. This definitely competes for my personal #1 slot along with Goldfinger, Casino Royale and Skyfall. And Connery is my #1 Bond even though I like Craig almost as much. But, I give the tie to the guy who came first (as unfair as that may be to Craig). And, really, with so many Bonds through the years and so many films, I see a myriad choices for everyone who says this or that is their favorite film or Bond.
@@Kickinthescience Yeah, I can see that. Also I think it’s bc action sequence choreography, cinematography and actual hth combat has been refined over the past half a century.
@@Vulcanerd hm... Goldeneye has a an excellent fight with Bean/Brosnan on the antenna array. Gun disarms, knees, elbows, a freacking chain, a ladder... and both actors sell getting hurt with the strikes.
The fight scene on the train was and still is one of the best Bond fight scenes ever, and often makes the list of favourite moments for many Bond fans. Apparently it took the two actors weeks of rehearsal to perfect every fighting move, so as to make it as realistic and brutal as possible. 👏👏
Please, DO NOT SKIP George Lazenby's only Bond turn in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Not only its one of the best in the franchise, but its also one the most ROMANTIC and MELODRAMATIC. Will definitely be up your alley)
Too bad the guy is so big. He looks like he could fight all the henchmen barehanded at the same time and win. Kind of ruins the essential Bond dynamic.
A 52 I have watch the series at least a dozen times. Except for lanzby's O H M S S......... he sucks as bond,couldn't sit through more than the first half hour.
As a lifelong 007 fan the idea of putting on a Bond film and not knowing which one is Sean Connery is very surreal. Different world, not bitter. Glad you liked it
As someone who grew up during the Brosnan era, I myself wonder how could anyone not know that Sean Connery was the first, and in my opinion, best James Bond.
@@geeebuttersnap2433 I grew up during the Moore era. And never watched a Connery release until I got much older. I simply did not want to waste my time if it was not a newer Bond actor. Now, I own the 50th Anniversary Bluray collection and having watched the Connery releases on Bluray, I really enjoy them, a lot. I still have a difficult time viewing the Lazenby release. Its a good movie but... Its tough to watch. But I was also hesitant with the first Craig release also. Funny, because in the latest film he is a much older man in it.
@@meganega123It was funny how they were saying is that Sean Connery about several characters at the start, including jokingly the scantily clad masseuse 😂
"Who do we think this is?" and you two trying to guess which one was Sean Connery at the beginning had me laughing myself silly. Really glad to see you've started on these.
When a new James Bond film came out, it was like an event! They are classic movies that really broke the mold & still are great. I would go back to Dr. No and go in order, they really are a treat!
Not Bond related, but I'd love to see you girls react to Hitchcock's NORTH BY NORTHWEST with Cary Grant. It came out in 1959 and is a masterpiece that helped pave the way for many of the troupes and stylism of this franchise and many other spy/intruige thrillers over the years.
They even asked Cary Grant to play 007 and Hitchcock to direct - thankfully neither was intersted. "Studio wisdom" also wanted Ronald Reagan for "Casablanca," Steve McQueen or Burt Reynolds for "Rocky"- seems any time a classic does get made it's by accident.
I wish these two would tackle ANY of the Cary Grant movies!! Such a huge and popular star just a short while ago and nearly forgotten today. I myself enjoyed his comedies the most. Operation Petticoat and Father Goose top that list !!
@@scottski51 agree. Re-watched Arsenic and Old Lace last week. Classic dark comedy. Grant's face throughout - his specialty: looking horrified or perplexed 😅
Pedro Armendáriz who played Karim Bey, was dying of cancer and in extreme pain during filming. The production schedule was altered to accommodate him so he could finish and his family be paid. This was his last film.
Since James Bond was defined on film by Sean Connery, you should definitely watch 3 with Sean Connery. ps: I love Cassie saying "Dr. Number!" Never change, Cassie!
Yep. You caught it before me. But it just occurred to me that Shaw always seems to die in some brutal ways. Besides this and Jaws, I’m thinking about the original Taking of Pelham 1-2-3
I actually met Julie Mendez when I was around 12 years old. My father worked in nightclubs and Julie was doing her snake dancing act there and this was a couple of years after the film was made. She was very nice but I was shy at that age, and she made my brother and I laugh with a story she told. She kept her snake in a holdall when travelling and a bagsnatcher grabbed it and ran off. He gave himself in to the police because he stuck his hand in the bag without looking and a very annoyed snake bit him a few times. He thought it was poisonous. :D
I've read that one of the reasons Spielberg cast Shaw as Quint in "Jaws" was because the actor had a "wonderful threatening quality about him," based on this performance as Grant in "From Russia With Love." Spielberg figured that if any actor could give the shark some trouble, it would be Shaw.
Americans have been doing that, since, forever. Going to the movies by yourself, especially a matinee show, has been a tradition for at least three generations now. It was more commonplace in the era before TV, and served the same purpose as just flopping on the couch and turning on the TV does now. Worth remembering, too, that movie tickets were super cheap, especially for afternoon shows. A casual expense, like buying a bottle of soda.
Movie reactions are fine, because I have seen the movie. But if I see some great film for the first time, I don't want be with anyone who talks... alone = guaranteed silence
Rosa Klebb, the villain with the dagger in her shoe, is played by Lotte Lenya (1898-1981). Lenya was an Austrian-American singer and actress who started in Germany. She originated the role of Low-Dive Jenny in the musical The Threepenny Opera (1928). The most famous song is without-a-doubt "Mack the Knife" which has been covered numerous times. Louis Armstrong even incorporated Lenya's name into the song. My favorite version is sung by Bobby Darin, but Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald are fabulous (there's one with Louis and Lotte together). Lotte Lenya also originated the role of Fraulein Schneider in the Broadway musical Cabaret. She is not in the film version. I'm fascinated with film/musicals/etc during the Weimar Republic (Germany between WW1 and the rise of Nazism with Hitler swearing in as Chancellor, 1918-1933). A lot of highly influential films and art.
There was a mass exodus of talent from Germany after the Nazis took over. Fritz Lang, Conrad Veidt, Marlene Dietrich, and Hedy Lamarr immediately come to mind. The brilliant dancer-actress-director Leni Riefenstahl stayed; she never joined the Nazi party (though she didn't renounce it either); she wouldn't let others control her. She died in 2003 at age 101.
Bob Dylan said that Lotte Lenya (a quite ugly woman) sang a song about a Black ship, and that the song changed his entire approach to composition. Here is the link, and Dylan ought to know! Enjoy! ruclips.net/video/oZecKsm0Mfw/видео.html Well said!
This was Sean’s favorite bond movie, So much so when they made the ps2 game based on it, Connery returned to play his role AFTER he publicly retired from acting! That’s how powerful this movie is
I really wish reactors would watch these in release date order. Not that any Bond's cannot work as stand alones but there is some connection to them. This was my series growing up as a kid. Never missed one in the theater.
I'm just wondering do you all want every reactor to do the same as every other reactor? That would make the reaction business dry up so fast. Give Cassie some love for doing her own thing. That's what makes her so good. She changed it up.
The intro songs were big hits in the music charts in the 1960s. The long intro was both the title sequence for the movie, as well as a sort of stylized Bond video for the song. Always done with beautiful women.
I knew Margaret Nolan, the golden woman in the opening credits of Goldfinger, her son Luke is my siste`s partner, Magaret passed away a week after Connery died, she was also the girl who gets slapped the butt and told to "run along" after massaging Bond near the hotel poolside, Margaret was first offered the role of Pussy Galore but turned it down because she didn`t realise how big Bond would became and what impact Goldfinger would go on to have on the public. #MargaretNolan
The fight scene between Bond and Grant is still one of the best that has ever been filmed. For my money, "From Russia With Love" is the best of the Connery movies, and the one that comes closest in tone to the original novels.
This movie was such a hit at the time, a toy company put out a toy replica of the briefcase with all of those gadgets included. That was one of the best Christmas presents I ever received. Almost every kid in my neighborhood had one.
As new viewers watch more of these films, they will start to recognize the signature Bond tropes- like the close-quarter, sped-up, quick-cut fight scenes (especially on a train!) and actually start to look forward to them in each movie.
I think it was quite a revolutionary fight scene at the time, and it's arguably gone on to act as the inspiration for every subsequent close-quarters fight scene in action cinema since
The Kitty guy is Ernst Stavro Blowfeld and he (and his chinchilla cat) were the inspiration for several cartoon villains as well as Doctor Evil and his bald sphinx cat in the Austin Power movies. Lotte Lenya was part of of a group of artist and performers who were "the in crowd" in Berlin during it's most decedent period (the period "cabaret" is set in). Another member of the same group was Peter Lorre - who you saw as Ugatti - the original thief of the transport papers in Casablanca.
Yes.... Dr. Evil was based more specifically on Donald Pleasance's portrayal of Blofeld....and Lorne Michaels, of course. Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget is definitely a Blofeld/Dr. No hybrid.
@phila3884 Bobby Darin made a sly reference to Miss Lotte Lenya, whose husband Kurt Weill composed the music for the play The Threepenney Opera, which was of course, about Mack the Knife. The other woman Bobby Darin mentions is Lucy Brown, a character in the play.
"You may know the right wines, but you're the one on your knees". The fight scene between Bond and Grant in the stateroom on the train was one of the best in the franchise IMHO.
Just a heads up...the young girl with Kerim Bey in his office when the bomb explodes is a Yugoslavian actress named Nadja Regan. She is also the same actress in the opening scene of Goldfinger. Remember when he takes his wetsuit off and is wearing his perfectly pressed white tuxedo? Same girl. She passed away in 2019.
I just discovered your James Bond series… I’m a hard core 007 fan and have watched all the major online players for commentary. Your series is by far my favorite. As a fan who has won contests on 007 trivia, I can say that you have pointed things out during the series that I had missed on my own views. Bravo! Thanks for these reviews, and for being as enthusiastic as I am when I watch these movies! I recommend highly that you watch them all, at least on your own time (Although I would love to see the accompanying reviews). Thank you!!
I laughed out loud when you mentioned Inspector gadget. All of the bad guys you see like Dr. Claw (Inspector Gadget) or Dr. Evil, or Baron Silas von Greenback (Danger Mouse) they were all based on the Bond bad guys through the years. The 007 series of books and movies have inspired so many tropes that both Drama and Comedy alike have used them your decades now. The influence of this one series is almost incalculable
🎶From Russia with love, I fly to you...🎶 Fun Fact: Sir Sean Connery called this movie his personal favorite of his Bond movies. Another Fun Fact: The knife shoe used by Rosa Klebb was an actual weapon used by the K.G.B. Also, this was the final James Bond movie viewed by Ian Fleming before he passed away.
Fun fact: Sean Connery's favorite Bond film he worked on is From Russia With Love. His least favorite was You Only Live Twice. His 1983 return to Bond was Never Say Never Again, it's actually a remake of Thunderball. He almost filmed another one in the 1980's. He also filmed a scene as Pierce Brosnan's father in one of his Bond films, but it was deleted since in the books Bond is actually an orphan.
William J.Dove,,, Sorry to tell you but Thats just a Urban Legend, that scene was Never Ever Filmed it was just an idea thrown around between screenwriters while working out there next Bond screenplay ...
As much as I'd have loved you to start with 'Dr No' I'm just delighted to see anyone reacting to classic Bond. I get that everyone loves Daniel Craig but it seems like most reactors never look earlier than 'Casino Royale'. You are in for a heck of a ride!
Always enjoy seeing Carly joining. Seeing you both together is just such a joy because yalls personalities are so... bright? Idk, yall just make me smile.
You just explained why I loved matinees as a teen. They were almost half the price of the night showings and I would have the theater almost entirely to myself.
Two lovely chicks who don't having a clue. And mixing up almost anything possible. But no harm done 😂 - their freshness and at ease spirit make up everything! ❤
Daniel Craig was fantastic as Bond, but Connery was legendary. From Russia With Love is still my all-time favorite Bond movie. I never get tired of watching it.
Fun fact: The novel From Russia with Love, written by Ian Fleming, was on a Top 5 list of the favorite books of President John F. Kennedy. As a result, the producers chose to make their follow up to Dr. No (1962) with From Russia with Love (1963).
@@RideAcrossTheRiver That is right. I did see it a few years ago here on RUclips. It was 'Casino Royale'. Berry Nelson played James Bond as an American, not British. And I think it might have been only shown once on TV because at that time the viewing audience found it to be too violent at that time period. Peter Lorre was one of the villains.
The "sniper rifle" was Eugene stoners AR-7 survival rifle designed for the airforce. Its just a little 22 that all its components fit in the stock of the rifle and is boyant enough to float. Its a cool gun.
3:33 Mark! Just an FYI! There are three versions of "Casino Royale" all inspired by or based on the novel of the same name. #00: The "CBS" network had an anthology series named "Climax" and one episode was the very first adaptation starring Barry Nelson. It aired on October 21, 1954. #01: The second adaptation is the 1967 movie starring David Niven! #02: The third adaptation is the one that you know of from 2006 starring Daniel Craig. Of the three, David's is my favorite! It is funny, yes! It has a flying saucer, yes! But it also has the most "Bond Girls"! Barry's is so slow paced that I fall asleep. But I did eventually finish it. Daniel doesn't have enough "Bond Babes" in his movie. en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Bond&action=edit
My favorite franchise!! I’m so glad you’re watching these and that you enjoyed this one. A true Cold War spy thriller. I’ll be interested to hear what you think as you watch more of the films! To answer your question about SPECTRE: yes, they are an entirely separate crime organization and not affiliated with any one country. You haven’t seen the last of them! One sad fact about this film: Pedro Armendariz, who played Kerim Bey, was diagnosed with terminal cancer during filming. When the rest of the production found out they prioritized all his scenes so he could complete his work on the film. He sadly passed away by taking his own life shortly after, before the film was even released.
Your sister is right, you can't have the same experience at home, as you do in the theater!! The first day experience of a movie coming out, is the greatest.
Yeah, nothing like crying babies, people on their phones during the movie, sticky floors, filthy bathrooms, and kids kicking the back of my seat. To avoid all of that, I like to leave my house and go to the movie theater.
The funny transition is actually a visual/graphic match. The elevator goes up, and so does the screen wipe which goes upwards matching the elevator's movement. And the cut saves time by not showing Bond in an elevator. It could have just cut to his room, but this type of edit actually communicates something, even if it could have been deduced easily. So it's a small and trivial thing, but there is purpose behind it. And there are much more complex types of editing tricks frequently in movies that can communicate a lot more. It all combines into the film language. In this case it was just a neat little trick. In other cases it can convey a lot of meaning.
This film is notable for the first appearance of Q (the man who explains the features in Bond’s attaché case). The same actor plays the character all the way through to the Brosnan days.
1) The first 'Q' (formally named Major Boothroyd) appeared on Dr. No, portrayed by Peter Burton; 2) Desmond Llewellyn was not in Live and Let Die (1973), though he - the _second_ Q - appeared in the 6 films before, as well as the 11 films after the said film~ 📽
@@bonghunezhou5051 Thanks for the correction. I had completely forgotten that the character who gives Bond his Walther in Dr No is addressed as Major Boothroyd.
@@ninjabearpress2574 And it is not a single shot. It is actually a 7 round magazine semi-auto. The manufacture of the firearm has changed hands a few times over the decades, but it is still made by Henry and currently for sale around $300
My favourite Bond movie! Well written, well acted and directed. It's the closest to the original book of all the Bond movies. Bond is intelligent, suave, but still ruthless and the story relies less on stunts and special effects and far more on story. SPECTRE is an independent organisation, made up of spies and killers from all over the world, recruiting members from any side of the Cold War. The point of this story was to set the Soviets against Bond and the western powers as well as eliminate Bond himself because it was he who took down their plot run by Doctor No (the opposite of yes, not the abbreviation for number 😁).
@@1515cci I've had the books since the late 1960s and have read them many times over. I'm not sure which book you were reading, but it wasn't From Russia With Love. Bond remains 'live and kicking' after taking her down. Sorry.
@@1515cci Yes, Bond is poisoned at the end of From Russia With Love. Fleming toyed with idea of killing off Bond at that point but brought him back the following year in Doctor No where he is recovering from being poisoned. Bond's Beretta jammed on him when he confronted Klebb which is why he is given two new guns in Doctor No, a .38 Smith & Wesson Centennial Airweight and the Walther PPK(which became Bond's signature gun in the rest of Fleming's books and in the films).
Day and night! Even though and have seen it multiple times I still laugh there. I love that scene! I really enjoy your Bond reaction videos! Keep up the good work! 😊
Cassie & Carly will be watching two films from each actor with more than 3 movies in the series. The 2 films are chosen by Patreon members in polls. Dr. No only lost by 1 vote! www.patreon.com/posts/poll-bond-poll-77612270 The Roger Moore poll should be coming soon, if you'd like to cast your vote, membership is as low as $3
Remember the underground rat scene in Indiana Jones and the last crusade - "he hates rats". nice call back/forward? Also yes the blonde guy is Robert Shaw - from Jaws and The Sting. His telltale limp can be seen in a few scenes here. And thank you for your modern reaction to what was "okay" in the 60s.
Many real Bond fans see From Russian with Love as the best 007 film of them all. Goldfinger is DEFINITELY the most popular -- it's the one which really popularized the series. It's the one with the most gadgets, etc. I saw Goldfinger in the theaters -- with my uncle -- when I was 11 years old. I was absolutely AMAZED by it at the age, and that time!
At the risk of dating myself - for me, it was "You Only Live Twice" and I was six years old. Doesn't hold as well as some others, but that gyrocopter made a lasting impression on me.
For me it's Thunderball. Probably the 2nd best spy Bond film after From Russia. Even though it has a huge outlandish mcguffin, it's played straight and Bond does a hell of a lot of actual investigation to bring SPECTRE's plan down.
Not to be a downer but From Russia With Love is probably my least favourite Sean Connery Bond movie. However I would 100% agree it is the most authentic Bond movie compared to the original novels. Like many, I agree that the Bond movies found their feet with Gold finger and cemented things with Thunderball and You Only Live Twice in the over the top (for that era) plots and villains. FRWL was more of a superior cold war spy thriller than what we think of today as a Bond Movie.
Growing up as a kid, there was some channel that would do these Bond marathons around the winter holidays every year, all the old classics, and so we'd basically watch a whole bunch of them for a couple weeks.
This is one of my favorite Bond movies. I love the location and the overall plot. 'Goldfinger' is great as well and many people's favorite, but for me this movie is just special. I do wish we could have seen 'Dr No' though because that sets it all up and the location is absolutely gorgeous.
@@WarGamerGirl Both of Dalton's movies are good and should be included. For Your Eyes Only should be included as well as the pre-title sequence calls back to the end of OHMSS.
@@Crolis Having been a ride-or-die Dalton supporter since 2012, I cannot begin to describe how gratifying it is to see people start to reappraise his era and recognise his two films for the genuinely great entries they are
@@christianwise637 Dalton doesn't get the credit he deserves. He can be as hard-edged as Craig, but still maintains the suave qualities that Connery has. Craig is a good action Bond, but I've never thought he has the charm that previous Bond actors have brought to the role. And Bond is a lot more than just action.
One of my favorite series of all time, it holds a special place in my heart and I've seen each movie at least 10 times. Usually it's best to go in chronological order when they came out per year so everything makes sense. Certain characters are introduced like Q, Felix Leiter, Jaws, and Max Zorin! In the first movie you find out what Spectre is and it's on a tropical island. You also hear Bond James Bond for the first time!😊
@@justinedse3314 I'm trying to invest in it but I just not to into Bond but if course I'll watch what she watched. I waiting for Star Trek after Bond. Hopefully Austin Powers maybe?
The James Bond series is truly unique. Of course, the old films are still very much based on the charming agent and his flirting with all the good-looking ladies, but the story and action that is offered are always worth watching. I've become a huge James Bond fan over the last few years and From Russia With Love is my favorite film. Thanks for your reaction and also every other here on RUclips, I really enjoy your content - keep it up! 😍
OH GOODIE i LOVE the old Bond Movies ..... Used to watch cheap re-runs in movie theatures as a teenager here in Denmark and LOVED it/that ! :P Own em ALL on dvd today ! :D
Robert Shaw in his younger days was a school teacher in the seaside town Saltburn by the sea North Yorkshire two miles from where I live. Some of his pupils were friends of mine.
My dad used to play the videogame version based on this favorite movie even Sean Connery voice 007 as well, he will always be remembered and I LOVED "From Russia With Love" forever.
@@portalina Yup, and I have been playing From Russia With Love ever since the 2000s, and it was the final time Sean Connery ever reprise as James Bond 007.
This is hands-down one of the best thriller movies ever made, and top 3 James Bond movie! Hope you gals also go back and watch Dr. No and the rest of the Connery entries!
North By Northwest (1959) is not a Bond film, but it’s often called “the first Bond film” because it was the first movie to deal with secret agents and international intrigue on a global, adventurous scale. Hitchcock directed, starring Carey Grant. Classic
Of course the first James Bond movie was really the 1954 version of Casino Royale with Barry Nelson as Bond. It came out a year after the book which was published in 1953. Peter Lorre played La Chiffre. The only major change from the novel was that Bond was a CIA agent and his friend Felix Leiter was an MI6 agent from England.
as has been said before, the blonde assassin is Quint from Jaws,and has been in many other things. Another thing, is that the bedroom scene between Bond and the defector, Tatyana, has become the screen test scene for all bond actors.
Ian Fleming was a MI6 agent. The name of his house in Jamaica is Goldeneye. He took the character James Bond from the name of the author who wrote a birdwatchers guide book for birds of the Caribbean Islands.
Favorite Bond film with Sean Connery aka the best James Bond. Very fond of this one because thanks to the PS2 game based on this film I was introduced to the 007 franchise. And the film still holds up incredible well.
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The blond henchman is someone you recognize: he was Quint in Jaws (the salty fisherman) and the Lonagin (the gangster they swindle) in The Sting.
THAT WAS QUINT?!!! 🤯
Yes indeed-Robert Shaw
The brilliant Robert Shaw…. One of the top 5 henchman in any bond film and one of the absolute best fight scenes in any film ever.
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Robert Shaw (RIP).
"Doctor Number" 😆I'm dying here.
FRWL is one of the better ones. But Goldfinger is the one that made Bond a worldwide phenomenon. It also established many of the elements that Bond is known for (a villain with an outlandish name, a girl with an even more outlandish name, a henchman with a gimmick, a gadget laden car [usually an Aston Martin], a pre-credits sequence that's like a mini adventure by itself). Goldfinger is my favorite of all the Bond films. Can't wait for you to see it.
If you're sampling all the different Bonds, here are my favorites for each.
Connery - Goldfinger
Lazenby - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (easy choice. But you'll find it's the most romantic of the Bonds and also, like Die Hard, a Christmas movie)
Moore - The Spy Who Loved Me (my second favorite Bond film)
Dalton - The Living Daylights
Brosnan - Goldeneye
Craig - Casino Royale (anyone who tells you Skyfall is better is wrong)
BTW Spectre stands for Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion . They play a big role in Thunderball and You Only Live Twice.
OH GOD! MY RIBS HURT I'M LAUGHING SO MUCH AT DR. NUMBER!!! Oh my....that truly made my day! Thank you.
That hilarious
AGREED! 😆"Doctor Number"?😆NO-way, I'm dying too! 😆
The reaction was filmed well before today and they find out in this movie (Number One mentions Dr.No). So, no one is telling them anything they don't already know
I had to clean my computer screen because I spit out my drink laughing!
Am I the only one that LOVES that Cassie called Dr. No… “Doctor Number?” 😂
Well it proves she's never watched any of these movies before which is kind of the whole point.👍
Maybe Dr No. was waiting for a number 😆
yes u are.
And the "Goldfinger" video game lmao
I came here for exactly this. I laughed so loud! I had thought that over the years but to hear it out loud YEARS later is hilarious! =)
One of the nicest things about your channel is you give older films a chance. Lots of younger people turn up their nose at anything that's more than 10-20yrs old.
While the acting is often different in older movies, often being more like stage plays, the plots and writing are better to me than most things made today.
Yes!!!! Besides these lovely ladies i also love the channel "Movies With Mia".. she mainly does Older movies from The Golden Age of Hollywood to the 70s... Love her commentary throughout the reaction too 🥰
Today's acting is poor by yesterdays standards.
Totally!! They're really switched on a respectful look for the artistry and storyline in these films (this one being 60 years old!!!)
It’s sir for a man and ma’am for a senior woman. It’s like this in the armed forces
The guy who played Q actually did work as an operative during ww2
Pedro Armendariz, the actor playing Ali Kerim-Bey, was VERY ill (terminally) with cancer, so they did everything they could to accommodate him with the shooting schedule. I think he's one of Bond's most likable allies.
Armendariz's son went on to play a villain in one of the Timothy Dalton Bond movies (License to Kill, IIRC). The elder Armendariz became good friends with Bond creator Ian Fleming during filming. Later, when Armendariz was hospitalized, he had someone smuggle a gun in and shot himself through the heart with an ARMOR PIERCING BULLET.
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Red Grant was played by Robert Shaw, who was Quint in Jaws and Doyle Lonnergan in The Sting. A magnificent character actor.
I was gonna mention that because she's wearing a Jaws themed shirt. Lol
Also best ever Henry VIII.
My opinion.
Feel free to shoot.
@@OnASeasideMission Absolutely. There is just something about how he captures the temper so well and even his body language reflects the character, like in this movie or in "Jaws." The interplay between him and Scofield is just magical.
Too much information for Generation Z+... 😂
AND twin brothers 'Charles Hodgson & Earl Hodgson' in a very underrated and obscure movie called *Diamonds.*
Fun Fact- The actor you kept calling "Blondie" Red Grant is actor Robert Shaw who you might remember played Quint the shark hunter who gets eaten by the shark in "Jaws". He also was the villian mobster Doyle Lonigan in "The Sting" .
I wanted to say this also, the Amity Island t-shirt she's wearing is from Jaws as well. An interesting coincidence.
He was also in a pirate movie before Jaws and it wasn't that bad.
Quint! That was his name. Couldn't think of it. Kept thinking Shaw. Which sounded both right and wrong.
Robert Shaw was also in a film called The Deep written by Peter Benchley who also wrote Jaws
@@LukeyBoy125 Yep, pretty good movie, too.
I am glad you liked Kerim Bey. He was portrayed by Mexican actor Pedro Armendáriz. While shooting this film he was suffering from terminal cancer. The director re-arranged the shooting schedule to quickly get all of his scenes done. He does a good job playing the jovial Kerim even though he was in severe pain. He was determined to finish to leave his family financially more secure. As soon as his role was finished, he shot himself.
It is very likely that he contracted the cancer because he was exposed to radioactive fallout while making The Conqueror (1955). Same thing happened to John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead and director Dick Powell.
I heard that story
I need to stop reading the comments. There's always some guy talking about someone dying of cancer in them.
His son, Pedro Armendáriz Jr. was in another James Bond film: "License to Kill" from 1989.
So he goes through all of that like a trooper just to commit suicide ?
She called Blofeld the cat guy. My day is made! Love the Bond journey
The train they took was called The Orient Express. There were different routes at different times, but generally it went back and forth between France and Yugoslavia. Because it crossed between so many countries that were often hostile to one another, it was used in a lot of books and movies, for example Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. This train developed a reputation for mystery and intrugue. I recall an episode of the old spy comedy TV show Get Smart where they were on The Orient Express and the joke was that every car had spies from all different countries fighting each other.
since you're wearing that jaws shirt, you might be interested to know that the big spectre agent after bond in this one is played by Robert Shaw, who was the shark hunting captain from Jaws who gets eaten near the end.
Sixty years later and the film holds up very well, definitely one of my top ten Bond films. Sean Connery said it was his favorite Bond film. The fight scene between Bond and Grant is so great.
Sixty years later, S.P.E.C.T.R.E. has taken control of the “former” Soviet Union and the documentary nature of his movie is still concealed.
For sure. This definitely competes for my personal #1 slot along with Goldfinger, Casino Royale and Skyfall. And Connery is my #1 Bond even though I like Craig almost as much. But, I give the tie to the guy who came first (as unfair as that may be to Craig).
And, really, with so many Bonds through the years and so many films, I see a myriad choices for everyone who says this or that is their favorite film or Bond.
@@Vulcanerd I think Sean is better at being cool but Daniel is better at action scenes
@@Kickinthescience Yeah, I can see that. Also I think it’s bc action sequence choreography, cinematography and actual hth combat has been refined over the past half a century.
@@Vulcanerd hm... Goldeneye has a an excellent fight with Bean/Brosnan on the antenna array. Gun disarms, knees, elbows, a freacking chain, a ladder... and both actors sell getting hurt with the strikes.
The fight scene on the train was and still is one of the best Bond fight scenes ever, and often makes the list of favourite moments for many Bond fans. Apparently it took the two actors weeks of rehearsal to perfect every fighting move, so as to make it as realistic and brutal as possible. 👏👏
it's one of the best early hand2hand fight scenes ever, up there with The Manchurian Candidate!
The lack of music makes it more intense
Please, DO NOT SKIP George Lazenby's only Bond turn in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". Not only its one of the best in the franchise, but its also one the most ROMANTIC and MELODRAMATIC. Will definitely be up your alley)
Too bad the guy is so big. He looks like he could fight all the henchmen barehanded at the same time and win. Kind of ruins the essential Bond dynamic.
I'd also argue it's the most important and influential film in the series, so it's pretty much a must-watch
@@blechtic but so is Connery.
@@daniilashurov135 Whether he is or not, it doesn't come across like that in his movies. Maybe they gave him better henchmen.
A 52 I have watch the series at least a dozen times. Except for lanzby's O H M S S......... he sucks as bond,couldn't sit through more than the first half hour.
As a lifelong 007 fan the idea of putting on a Bond film and not knowing which one is Sean Connery is very surreal. Different world, not bitter. Glad you liked it
As someone who grew up during the Brosnan era, I myself wonder how could anyone not know that Sean Connery was the first, and in my opinion, best James Bond.
@@geeebuttersnap2433 I grew up during the Moore era. And never watched a Connery release until I got much older. I simply did not want to waste my time if it was not a newer Bond actor.
Now, I own the 50th Anniversary Bluray collection and having watched the Connery releases on Bluray, I really enjoy them, a lot.
I still have a difficult time viewing the Lazenby release. Its a good movie but... Its tough to watch.
But I was also hesitant with the first Craig release also. Funny, because in the latest film he is a much older man in it.
@@theriomrasputin8233 Same here. I didnt get into Connery untill started reading the Fleming books, eyes opened! Connery was the best.
To be fair, the guy in the beginning was wearing a mask
@@meganega123It was funny how they were saying is that Sean Connery about several characters at the start, including jokingly the scantily clad masseuse 😂
"Who do we think this is?" and you two trying to guess which one was Sean Connery at the beginning had me laughing myself silly.
Really glad to see you've started on these.
When a new James Bond film came out, it was like an event! They are classic movies that really broke the mold & still are great. I would go back to Dr. No and go in order, they really are a treat!
The Bond movies produced the iconic "Bond girl" phenomenon.
They still are. Maybe the only real event movies still around.
Dr. NO, not Dr. Number!
I must say I truly enjoy the reactions more when your sister joins you. The banter between you is always priceless.
Not Bond related, but I'd love to see you girls react to Hitchcock's NORTH BY NORTHWEST with Cary Grant. It came out in 1959 and is a masterpiece that helped pave the way for many of the troupes and stylism of this franchise and many other spy/intruige thrillers over the years.
Kinda the first "Bond movie", although that would make Cary Grant the first Bond girl 😉
They even asked Cary Grant to play 007 and Hitchcock to direct - thankfully neither was intersted. "Studio wisdom" also wanted Ronald Reagan for "Casablanca," Steve McQueen or Burt Reynolds for "Rocky"- seems any time a classic does get made it's by accident.
@@nevrogers8198 ...or... Eva Marie Saint. Take your pick!
I wish these two would tackle ANY of the Cary Grant movies!! Such a huge and popular star just a short while ago and nearly forgotten today. I myself enjoyed his comedies the most. Operation Petticoat and Father Goose top that list !!
@@scottski51 agree. Re-watched Arsenic and Old Lace last week. Classic dark comedy. Grant's face throughout - his specialty: looking horrified or perplexed 😅
Pedro Armendáriz who played Karim Bey, was dying of cancer and in extreme pain during filming. The production schedule was altered to accommodate him so he could finish and his family be paid. This was his last film.
Since James Bond was defined on film by Sean Connery, you should definitely watch 3 with Sean Connery. ps: I love Cassie saying "Dr. Number!" Never change, Cassie!
Can't wait for 'SilverBall'🤨😕
Two for the price of one😁
@@DM-kv9kj Who cares, seriously ? It's in the 1960's.
Are you THAT insecure ?
☺️ What a coincidence that Cassie is wearing a Jaws reference T-shirt and Robert Shaw is in this movie.
Yep. You caught it before me. But it just occurred to me that Shaw always seems to die in some brutal ways. Besides this and Jaws, I’m thinking about the original Taking of Pelham 1-2-3
@@stingray65b ☺️ oh I forgot that. I haven’t seen that one in a long while and the original Pelham so much better. I wish Cassie’d react to that one.
She also knows him from The Sting. Or at least now she does, hopefully.
@@joshgrumiaux6820 ☺️ that’s right! I forgot that reaction.
@@joshgrumiaux6820 She has an amazing ability to not recognize actors even when she has seen them in multiple movies.
Dr. Number. Absolute gold!
I actually met Julie Mendez when I was around 12 years old. My father worked in nightclubs and Julie was doing her snake dancing act there and this was a couple of years after the film was made. She was very nice but I was shy at that age, and she made my brother and I laugh with a story she told. She kept her snake in a holdall when travelling and a bagsnatcher grabbed it and ran off. He gave himself in to the police because he stuck his hand in the bag without looking and a very annoyed snake bit him a few times. He thought it was poisonous. :D
I've read that one of the reasons Spielberg cast Shaw as Quint in "Jaws" was because the actor had a "wonderful threatening quality about him," based on this performance as Grant in "From Russia With Love." Spielberg figured that if any actor could give the shark some trouble, it would be Shaw.
"Is that Sean? Is that Sean? Is that Sean?"
Sees a female masseuse... "Is that Sean?" 😂😂😂
This needs to be made into a utube short asap.
Side Note : Klebb is the inspiration for Frau Farbissina in the Austin Powers Movies.
I literally go to the movies by myself all the time, I enjoy it and I've never thought it was weird.
Americans have been doing that, since, forever. Going to the movies by yourself, especially a matinee show, has been a tradition for at least three generations now. It was more commonplace in the era before TV, and served the same purpose as just flopping on the couch and turning on the TV does now. Worth remembering, too, that movie tickets were super cheap, especially for afternoon shows. A casual expense, like buying a bottle of soda.
Movie reactions are fine, because I have seen the movie. But if I see some great film for the first time, I don't want be with anyone who talks... alone = guaranteed silence
@@shredd5705 Exactly - go to a less popular session so there are few interruptions.
Rosa Klebb, the villain with the dagger in her shoe, is played by Lotte Lenya (1898-1981). Lenya was an Austrian-American singer and actress who started in Germany. She originated the role of Low-Dive Jenny in the musical The Threepenny Opera (1928). The most famous song is without-a-doubt "Mack the Knife" which has been covered numerous times. Louis Armstrong even incorporated Lenya's name into the song. My favorite version is sung by Bobby Darin, but Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald are fabulous (there's one with Louis and Lotte together).
Lotte Lenya also originated the role of Fraulein Schneider in the Broadway musical Cabaret. She is not in the film version.
I'm fascinated with film/musicals/etc during the Weimar Republic (Germany between WW1 and the rise of Nazism with Hitler swearing in as Chancellor, 1918-1933). A lot of highly influential films and art.
Lotte Lenya was married to Kurt Weill who wrote THREEPENNY OPERA.
There was a mass exodus of talent from Germany after the Nazis took over. Fritz Lang, Conrad Veidt, Marlene Dietrich, and Hedy Lamarr immediately come to mind. The brilliant dancer-actress-director Leni Riefenstahl stayed; she never joined the Nazi party (though she didn't renounce it either); she wouldn't let others control her. She died in 2003 at age 101.
I still think at the end of the scene in the Venice hotel, James should have said something like "she was very curt and vile."
@@jrneal1220 It would have fit in with the tone of the Connery movies, which were much less serious than the original novels.
Bob Dylan said that Lotte Lenya (a quite ugly woman) sang a song about a Black ship, and that the song changed his entire approach to composition. Here is the link, and Dylan ought to know! Enjoy!
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Well said!
This was Sean’s favorite bond movie,
So much so when they made the ps2 game based on it, Connery returned to play his role AFTER he publicly retired from acting! That’s how powerful this movie is
I really wish reactors would watch these in release date order. Not that any Bond's cannot work as stand alones but there is some connection to them. This was my series growing up as a kid. Never missed one in the theater.
*cough* Jen Murray *cough*
You didn't hear it from me.
@@duckrutt lol, I've been following her Bond reactions. Her reaction to the final scene in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was priceless.
At this moment the ladies are only doing 14 of the 25 films. I think that'll change as they go along.
Shan Watches Movies has done them in order.
I'm just wondering do you all want every reactor to do the same as every other reactor? That would make the reaction business dry up so fast. Give Cassie some love for doing her own thing. That's what makes her so good. She changed it up.
The intro songs were big hits in the music charts in the 1960s. The long intro was both the title sequence for the movie, as well as a sort of stylized Bond video for the song. Always done with beautiful women.
I knew Margaret Nolan, the golden woman in the opening credits of Goldfinger, her son Luke is my siste`s partner, Magaret passed away a week after Connery died, she was also the girl who gets slapped the butt and told to "run along" after massaging Bond near the hotel poolside, Margaret was first offered the role of Pussy Galore but turned it down because she didn`t realise how big Bond would became and what impact Goldfinger would go on to have on the public. #MargaretNolan
When "For Your Eyes Only" came out, Sheena Easton was a "first". She was the first singer to perform a Bond Theme on-screen.
An older Sean Connery starred with Kevin Costner in The Untouchables and he was outstanding in that.
Cassie reacted to that. ruclips.net/video/VLLKVgGobs8/видео.html
An even older Connery was in The Rock with Nick Cage.
and won the supporting actor Oscar.
The fight scene between Bond and Grant is still one of the best that has ever been filmed. For my money, "From Russia With Love" is the best of the Connery movies, and the one that comes closest in tone to the original novels.
This movie was such a hit at the time, a toy company put out a toy replica of the briefcase with all of those gadgets included. That was one of the best Christmas presents I ever received. Almost every kid in my neighborhood had one.
Starting from the beginning is the best way for any franchise. You'll get to see and appreciate the progression of the 007 series.
One of the best train fight scenes ever. The sound is great.
As new viewers watch more of these films, they will start to recognize the signature Bond tropes- like the close-quarter, sped-up, quick-cut fight scenes (especially on a train!) and actually start to look forward to them in each movie.
I think it was quite a revolutionary fight scene at the time, and it's arguably gone on to act as the inspiration for every subsequent close-quarters fight scene in action cinema since
My favorite James Bond movie of all time. I'm so glad you guys are reacting to it.
Great Bond movie. That fight on the train is one of the best fights ever filmed. It is so realistic.
An old film but to me one of the best fight scenes between hero and villain ever in movie history.
"Doctor Number"
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Excited to see which win for Roger Moore. Hoping for the Spy Who Loved Me/Moonraker.
Let's hope it's The Spy Who Loved Me. Moonraker is as much a comedy as the Austin Powers movies.
The Kitty guy is Ernst Stavro Blowfeld and he (and his chinchilla cat) were the inspiration for several cartoon villains as well as Doctor Evil and his bald sphinx cat in the Austin Power movies.
Lotte Lenya was part of of a group of artist and performers who were "the in crowd" in Berlin during it's most decedent period (the period "cabaret" is set in). Another member of the same group was Peter Lorre - who you saw as Ugatti - the original thief of the transport papers in Casablanca.
Lotte is Named in the great song "Mack the Knife"!
My cat growing up was actually related to the Blowfeld chinchilla Persian cat...every time I see the cat in the movie it's like looking at my old cat.
@@jamesalexander5623 Wow, now that is some deep dive trivia! I get it now, but I always thought he (Darin) was singing "Miss Lottie Lynn, yeah!"
Yes.... Dr. Evil was based more specifically on Donald Pleasance's portrayal of Blofeld....and Lorne Michaels, of course. Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget is definitely a Blofeld/Dr. No hybrid.
@phila3884 Bobby Darin made a sly reference to Miss Lotte Lenya, whose husband Kurt Weill composed the music for the play The Threepenney Opera, which was of course, about Mack the Knife. The other woman Bobby Darin mentions is Lucy Brown, a character in the play.
"You may know the right wines, but you're the one on your knees". The fight scene between Bond and Grant in the stateroom on the train was one of the best in the franchise IMHO.
Just a heads up...the young girl with Kerim Bey in his office when the bomb explodes is a Yugoslavian actress named Nadja Regan. She is also the same actress in the opening scene of Goldfinger. Remember when he takes his wetsuit off and is wearing his perfectly pressed white tuxedo? Same girl. She passed away in 2019.
I just discovered your James Bond series… I’m a hard core 007 fan and have watched all the major online players for commentary. Your series is by far my favorite. As a fan who has won contests on 007 trivia, I can say that you have pointed things out during the series that I had missed on my own views. Bravo! Thanks for these reviews, and for being as enthusiastic as I am when I watch these movies! I recommend highly that you watch them all, at least on your own time (Although I would love to see the accompanying reviews). Thank you!!
I laughed out loud when you mentioned Inspector gadget. All of the bad guys you see like Dr. Claw (Inspector Gadget) or Dr. Evil, or Baron Silas von Greenback (Danger Mouse) they were all based on the Bond bad guys through the years. The 007 series of books and movies have inspired so many tropes that both Drama and Comedy alike have used them your decades now. The influence of this one series is almost incalculable
🎶From Russia with love, I fly to you...🎶
Fun Fact: Sir Sean Connery called this movie his personal favorite of his Bond movies.
Another Fun Fact: The knife shoe used by Rosa Klebb was an actual weapon used by the K.G.B.
Also, this was the final James Bond movie viewed by Ian Fleming before he passed away.
And John F. Kennedy.
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What about him?
Extra fun Fact: in the Beverly Hillbillies Jethro had a knife in his boot that cut him when he was being a double naught spy.
@@paulkennedy8701 FRWL was in the list of JFK's top 10 favorite books and this was the last movie he watched in the theaters.
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So fact 1 and fact 3.
What about fact 2? I'd like think the knife shoe used by Rosa Klebb was an actual weapon used by JFK.
Fun fact: Sean Connery's favorite Bond film he worked on is From Russia With Love. His least favorite was You Only Live Twice. His 1983 return to Bond was Never Say Never Again, it's actually a remake of Thunderball. He almost filmed another one in the 1980's. He also filmed a scene as Pierce Brosnan's father in one of his Bond films, but it was deleted since in the books Bond is actually an orphan.
William J.Dove,,, Sorry to tell you but Thats just a Urban Legend, that scene was Never Ever Filmed it was just an idea thrown around between screenwriters while working out there next Bond screenplay ...
That confrontation between Bond and Shaw's character never gets old.
No, it doesn't.
Old man😎
Still partly censored to this day on TV. The BBC Channel edited the hell out of it last month.
As much as I'd have loved you to start with 'Dr No' I'm just delighted to see anyone reacting to classic Bond. I get that everyone loves Daniel Craig but it seems like most reactors never look earlier than 'Casino Royale'. You are in for a heck of a ride!
Always enjoy seeing Carly joining. Seeing you both together is just such a joy because yalls personalities are so... bright? Idk, yall just make me smile.
Are you Sean Connery?
Yea love the duo!
Sometimes they talk too much before the movie though otherwise ok
@@no288 Lol... so skip the intro?
@@lathspell87 ...sure i could do that, or what i sometimes do, go and make myself a cup of coffee ; )
You just explained why I loved matinees as a teen. They were almost half the price of the night showings and I would have the theater almost entirely to myself.
The novel explains that Red Grant had been a serial killer since he was a teenager. He defected to the Russians to become a hit man.
Two lovely chicks who don't having a clue. And mixing up almost anything possible. But no harm done 😂 - their freshness and at ease spirit make up everything! ❤
One of my favorite James Bond movies of all time.
Daniel Craig was fantastic as Bond, but Connery was legendary. From Russia With Love is still my all-time favorite Bond movie. I never get tired of watching it.
craig was the same shit as the past 2 bonds before him, nothing but a pretty face
he is trash
Fun fact: The novel From Russia with Love, written by Ian Fleming, was on a Top 5 list of the favorite books of President John F. Kennedy. As a result, the producers chose to make their follow up to Dr. No (1962) with From Russia with Love (1963).
Ian Fleming wrote these James Bond novels in the 50s but they weren't made into movies until after the Cuban Missile Crisis.
There was one TV movie in 1959 starring Barry Nelson, I've heard.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver That is right. I did see it a few years ago here on RUclips. It was 'Casino Royale'. Berry Nelson played James Bond as an American, not British. And I think it might have been only shown once on TV because at that time the viewing audience found it to be too violent at that time period. Peter Lorre was one of the villains.
The "sniper rifle" was Eugene stoners AR-7 survival rifle designed for the airforce. Its just a little 22 that all its components fit in the stock of the rifle and is boyant enough to float. Its a cool gun.
3:33 Mark! Just an FYI! There are three versions of "Casino Royale" all inspired by or based on the novel of the same name.
#00: The "CBS" network had an anthology series named "Climax" and one episode was the very first adaptation starring Barry Nelson. It aired on October 21, 1954.
#01: The second adaptation is the 1967 movie starring David Niven!
#02: The third adaptation is the one that you know of from 2006 starring Daniel Craig.
Of the three, David's is my favorite! It is funny, yes! It has a flying saucer, yes! But it also has the most "Bond Girls"! Barry's is so slow paced that I fall asleep. But I did eventually finish it. Daniel doesn't have enough "Bond Babes" in his movie.
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My favorite franchise!! I’m so glad you’re watching these and that you enjoyed this one. A true Cold War spy thriller. I’ll be interested to hear what you think as you watch more of the films!
To answer your question about SPECTRE: yes, they are an entirely separate crime organization and not affiliated with any one country. You haven’t seen the last of them!
One sad fact about this film: Pedro Armendariz, who played Kerim Bey, was diagnosed with terminal cancer during filming. When the rest of the production found out they prioritized all his scenes so he could complete his work on the film. He sadly passed away by taking his own life shortly after, before the film was even released.
You’ve made me very happy... I’m not crying, there’s something in my eye. I have to go now.
Your sister is right, you can't have the same experience at home, as you do in the theater!! The first day experience of a movie coming out, is the greatest.
Depends on what kind of movie it is. Big action blockbuster movies are always better at theaters
Yeah, nothing like crying babies, people on their phones during the movie, sticky floors, filthy bathrooms, and kids kicking the back of my seat. To avoid all of that, I like to leave my house and go to the movie theater.
The funny transition is actually a visual/graphic match. The elevator goes up, and so does the screen wipe which goes upwards matching the elevator's movement. And the cut saves time by not showing Bond in an elevator. It could have just cut to his room, but this type of edit actually communicates something, even if it could have been deduced easily. So it's a small and trivial thing, but there is purpose behind it. And there are much more complex types of editing tricks frequently in movies that can communicate a lot more. It all combines into the film language. In this case it was just a neat little trick. In other cases it can convey a lot of meaning.
I really enjoyed watching "From Russia With Love" with you two lovely ladies.
This film is notable for the first appearance of Q (the man who explains the features in Bond’s attaché case). The same actor plays the character all the way through to the Brosnan days.
1) The first 'Q' (formally named Major Boothroyd) appeared on Dr. No, portrayed by Peter Burton;
2) Desmond Llewellyn was not in Live and Let Die (1973), though he - the _second_ Q - appeared in the 6 films before, as well as the 11 films after the said film~ 📽
@@bonghunezhou5051 Thanks for the correction. I had completely forgotten that the character who gives Bond his Walther in Dr No is addressed as Major Boothroyd.
Fun fact: The rifle isn't a prop, it's a a real breakdown, sold in the U.S. as the AR7 survival rifle and chambered in .22 caliber.
@@ninjabearpress2574 And it is not a single shot. It is actually a 7 round magazine semi-auto. The manufacture of the firearm has changed hands a few times over the decades, but it is still made by Henry and currently for sale around $300
My favourite Bond movie! Well written, well acted and directed. It's the closest to the original book of all the Bond movies. Bond is intelligent, suave, but still ruthless and the story relies less on stunts and special effects and far more on story. SPECTRE is an independent organisation, made up of spies and killers from all over the world, recruiting members from any side of the Cold War. The point of this story was to set the Soviets against Bond and the western powers as well as eliminate Bond himself because it was he who took down their plot run by Doctor No (the opposite of yes, not the abbreviation for number 😁).
Bond dies in the book having been kicked with the poisoned boot dagger by Kleb.
@@1515cci I've had the books since the late 1960s and have read them many times over. I'm not sure which book you were reading, but it wasn't From Russia With Love. Bond remains 'live and kicking' after taking her down. Sorry.
@@Sp33gan Then I'm mistaken then....
@@1515cci Yes, Bond is poisoned at the end of From Russia With Love. Fleming toyed with idea of killing off Bond at that point but brought him back the following year in Doctor No where he is recovering from being poisoned. Bond's Beretta jammed on him when he confronted Klebb which is why he is given two new guns in Doctor No, a .38 Smith & Wesson Centennial Airweight and the Walther PPK(which became Bond's signature gun in the rest of Fleming's books and in the films).
The best ever Bond movie and a great fight between Bond and Grant
40:57 Mark! They want to make it look like he died from clumsiness by falling! 😮
Day and night! Even though and have seen it multiple times I still laugh there. I love that scene! I really enjoy your Bond reaction videos! Keep up the good work! 😊
I watched this when I was 14 and it's been my all-time favourite Bond film ever since. Although it was made 32 years before I was born.
Very cool Jaws shirt. Wondering when or if you recognize Robert Shaw who played Quint. He was also Lonagan in The Sting
From Russia with Love is a beautiful complete James Bond movie
Mother would have been the agency head with the second Avengers series from the BBC. Had Patrick Mcnee with Diana Rigg and earlier Honor Blackman.
"Dr. Number" ?! That was beyond adorable. Great video, Ladies.
I can't believe you didn't start with Dr. No. It's easily one of the greatest Bond films of all time and the template for the series.
Cassie & Carly will be watching two films from each actor with more than 3 movies in the series. The 2 films are chosen by Patreon members in polls. Dr. No only lost by 1 vote! www.patreon.com/posts/poll-bond-poll-77612270 The Roger Moore poll should be coming soon, if you'd like to cast your vote, membership is as low as $3
Remember the underground rat scene in Indiana Jones and the last crusade - "he hates rats". nice call back/forward? Also yes the blonde guy is Robert Shaw - from Jaws and The Sting. His telltale limp can be seen in a few scenes here. And thank you for your modern reaction to what was "okay" in the 60s.
Many real Bond fans see From Russian with Love as the best 007 film of them all. Goldfinger is DEFINITELY the most popular -- it's the one which really popularized the series. It's the one with the most gadgets, etc. I saw Goldfinger in the theaters -- with my uncle -- when I was 11 years old. I was absolutely AMAZED by it at the age, and that time!
At the risk of dating myself - for me, it was "You Only Live Twice" and I was six years old.
Doesn't hold as well as some others, but that gyrocopter made a lasting impression on me.
For me it's Thunderball. Probably the 2nd best spy Bond film after From Russia. Even though it has a huge outlandish mcguffin, it's played straight and Bond does a hell of a lot of actual investigation to bring SPECTRE's plan down.
Welcome the one "real" Bond fan who loves Die Another Day, me!
Not to be a downer but From Russia With Love is probably my least favourite Sean Connery Bond movie. However I would 100% agree it is the most authentic Bond movie compared to the original novels.
Like many, I agree that the Bond movies found their feet with Gold finger and cemented things with Thunderball and You Only Live Twice in the over the top (for that era) plots and villains.
FRWL was more of a superior cold war spy thriller than what we think of today as a Bond Movie.
What the hell is a "real" Bond fan?
"Doctor Number" 🤣🤣🤣 That's a new one for me!
Just wanted to let you know, the big blond Russian bad guy is Robert Shaw, the guy who played Quint from Jaws.
Cool. My favorite Sean Connery James Bond movie. Robert Shaw made a pretty good villain.
Growing up as a kid, there was some channel that would do these Bond marathons around the winter holidays every year, all the old classics, and so we'd basically watch a whole bunch of them for a couple weeks.
I remember them being on TBS a lot.
This is one of my favorite Bond movies. I love the location and the overall plot. 'Goldfinger' is great as well and many people's favorite, but for me this movie is just special. I do wish we could have seen 'Dr No' though because that sets it all up and the location is absolutely gorgeous.
Especially, the intro to the Ursula Andress scene with Sean singing "Underneath the Mango Tree."
I agree
Dr. Number? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 That's too adorable!!!! Thank you for your reaction!
Very appropriate that Cassie is wearing an Amity Island shirt considering Robert Shaw's in this movie. How serendipitous! Stay gold, you two!
I can't wait to see which two movies will be picked from the Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby era.
To be fair, I really like "The Living Daylights" =)
@@WarGamerGirl Both of Dalton's movies are good and should be included. For Your Eyes Only should be included as well as the pre-title sequence calls back to the end of OHMSS.
@@Crolis Having been a ride-or-die Dalton supporter since 2012, I cannot begin to describe how gratifying it is to see people start to reappraise his era and recognise his two films for the genuinely great entries they are
@@christianwise637 Dalton doesn't get the credit he deserves. He can be as hard-edged as Craig, but still maintains the suave qualities that Connery has. Craig is a good action Bond, but I've never thought he has the charm that previous Bond actors have brought to the role. And Bond is a lot more than just action.
LOL too
One of my favorite series of all time, it holds a special place in my heart and I've seen each movie at least 10 times.
Usually it's best to go in chronological order when they came out per year so everything makes sense. Certain characters are introduced like Q, Felix Leiter, Jaws, and Max Zorin!
In the first movie you find out what Spectre is and it's on a tropical island. You also hear Bond James Bond for the first time!😊
She doesn't plan to watch all 25 movies at this time but I think she'll add more. With only 2 from Sean Connery Dr. No was 3rd.
@@dmichael1172 Awesome to hear! Any Bond is always welcome!
@@justinedse3314 I'm trying to invest in it but I just not to into Bond but if course I'll watch what she watched. I waiting for Star Trek after Bond. Hopefully Austin Powers maybe?
The James Bond series is truly unique. Of course, the old films are still very much based on the charming agent and his flirting with all the good-looking ladies, but the story and action that is offered are always worth watching. I've become a huge James Bond fan over the last few years and From Russia With Love is my favorite film. Thanks for your reaction and also every other here on RUclips, I really enjoy your content - keep it up! 😍
OH GOODIE i LOVE the old Bond Movies ..... Used to watch cheap re-runs in movie theatures as a teenager here in Denmark and LOVED it/that ! :P Own em ALL on dvd today ! :D
Robert Shaw in his younger days was a school teacher in the seaside town Saltburn by the sea North Yorkshire two miles from where I live. Some of his pupils were friends of mine.
My dad used to play the videogame version based on this favorite movie even Sean Connery voice 007 as well, he will always be remembered and I LOVED "From Russia With Love" forever.
Wtf. I played that game when it came out on PS2, you must be a baby😭
Now I feel old.
@@portalina Yup, and I have been playing From Russia With Love ever since the 2000s, and it was the final time Sean Connery ever reprise as James Bond 007.
I loved that game. It really captured the Cold War and the early films so well.
I had no idea there were other film specific James Bond video games besides GoldenEye. I'm not a gamer, so honestly I never gave it much thought.
This is hands-down one of the best thriller movies ever made, and top 3 James Bond movie! Hope you gals also go back and watch Dr. No and the rest of the Connery entries!
North By Northwest (1959) is not a Bond film, but it’s often called “the first Bond film” because it was the first movie to deal with secret agents and international intrigue on a global, adventurous scale. Hitchcock directed, starring Carey Grant. Classic
Of course the first James Bond movie was really the 1954 version of Casino Royale with Barry Nelson as Bond. It came out a year after the book which was published in 1953. Peter Lorre played La Chiffre. The only major change from the novel was that Bond was a CIA agent and his friend Felix Leiter was an MI6 agent from England.
The helicopter chase in From Russia, With Love reminds me of the crop duster plane scene in North by Northwest.
Loved that film. Seemed like a James Bond with amnesia.
I'm kind of surprised you didn't recognize the blond Grant (Robert Shaw) from the VERY SHIRT YOU ARE WEARING! He was Quint in "Jaws".
15:50 this sequence is the only time in the entire series that the theme tune is played in full with no cuts.
as has been said before, the blonde assassin is Quint from Jaws,and has been in many other things.
Another thing, is that the bedroom scene between Bond and the defector, Tatyana, has become the screen test scene for all bond actors.
Ian Fleming was a MI6 agent. The name of his house in Jamaica is Goldeneye. He took the character James Bond from the name of the author who wrote a birdwatchers guide book for birds of the Caribbean Islands.
He also wrote "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", about a car with gadgets that only got used once...
FYI "blonde guy" is Quint the boat captain from JAWS
The man at 7:16 was Vladek Sheybal. He played the doctor on the British series, “UFO”.
Favorite Bond film with Sean Connery aka the best James Bond. Very fond of this one because thanks to the PS2 game based on this film I was introduced to the 007 franchise. And the film still holds up incredible well.
Those games were pretty decent