Some info for Coby. The choice between “shaken, not stirred” is throughout the series you will see Bond interact with possible villains or making first contact with people on a social basis over drinks. Whether it be playing cards or dinner at restaurant, he is usually trying to get information from people he doesn’t necessarily trust yet. He purposefully takes a weaker drink so he can drink naturally with whoever he is meeting without arousing suspicion AND he avoids getting intoxicated in the process. He wouldn’t be able to have the meetings over dinner and drinks and knock back strong, stirred drinks all night.
@@bluebird3281 The Dr. in the name Dr. Evil probably comes from this movie but Dr. Evil is clearly meant to spoof a different character in the Connery series (I won't spoil it). The name Dr. No is also parodied in the 1967 Bond spoof Casino Royale where Woody Allen plays Dr. Noah.
This movie changed my life . As a 16 year old in dark , gloomy, poverty stricken Manchester in 1962 I saw this. This was the man we all wanted to be . We didnt know such a world existed. Sean WAS James Bond. All the others have just been playing a part.
Here in Canada we were so poor in the 1960's that we couldn't afford food, laughter or a hug. In 1969 I saw it's a mad,mad,mad,mad world and I discovered laughter and art.James bond movies mad me feel empowerment and ability.
@@jimd3500 nah and Roger showed that perfectly that you don’t Sean Connery to keeping going (him doing the role for 12 years and 7 movies is all you need to know).
Coby, Felix is played by Jack Lord who is famous for playing the lead in the 60s police drama Hawaii-5-O. Bond was driving a Sunbeam Alpine 2 convertible in the movie. Honey was played by Swiss actress and model Ursula Andress. Glad you enjoyed the first Bond film.👍🏻 I think Sean made 6 Bond films and one unofficial Bond movie. Next is From Russia with Love.
got signed fan club letter wirh jack lord leaning against a pamn ree in a beige leisure suit and an orange ,mock turtle neck. bookem dano. extra he was a very accomplished painter and the met bought two of his paintings, childhood idol
I think Bond franchise is a perfect way to study changes in filmmaking throughout decades for a film class that also reflect political environments of the time
Coby is a breath of fresh air...her laugh, her reacts, the "Joie de vivre", joy of life she has...wow great react channel...but her laugh is so so amazing...best way to start or end a day, IMO
Glad you enjoyed it, Coby. When Dr. No was released, it had only been 17 years since the Second World War had ended, and people around the world (but especially in the UK), were ready to see foreign locales that they couldn’t ever dream (or afford) to visit at that time, so the travel aspect in the Bond films gave audiences a flavour of what life could be like abroad. The budget for the film, in 1962 was $1M (equivalent to about $10.3M today), which wasn’t a lot for a film company like United Artists (who were funding the film), but it was a slight risk on their part that they might not see any profit from that expenditure. Fleming wasn’t initially happy with the choice of Connery as Bond (he favoured someone more debonair like David Niven), but upon seeing the finished film, and the next one in the series, From Russia with Love, he came around to the idea that Connery was the right actor after all. So sad Fleming didn’t get to see the finished 3rd Bond film, Goldfinger, released in September 1964, having succumbed to a fatal heart attack, one month before on August 12th. Dr. No was the 6th Bond novel, published in 1958, but wasn’t the original 1st choice to be the 1st James Bond film. That was meant to be the 9th novel, Thunderball, published in 1961, but that story got tied up in a court battle as to who truly owned the rights to the screenplay, so Dr. No was chosen instead. Interesting that you like the music. You’re probably referring to the Jamaican Calypso music, as the original score by Monty Norman is not a fan favourite. Norman did give us The James Bond Theme, which was reworked by John Barry into a powerhouse guitar and horns piece that truly captured the essence of who James Bond was, and how dangerous his missions could be. John Barry would score the next film, From Russia with Love, and a further 10 more Bond films over the next 24 years and he is regarded as the best ever Bond composer. Dr. No doesn’t, as the 1st film, completely nail down the ‘Bond formula’ (which would add to the series as a whole and which would allow the series to go on as a worldwide cinematic phenomenon), but there are elements in it that would carry on into the 2nd film and beyond: Bond bedding three, sometimes four girls in each film, the globetrotting, the gadgets, the touches of sadism, the humour (most of which was missing from the books), the wonderful main Bond girls, dripping with beauty and sexuality, the Bond villains with their bonkers plots of controlling or destroying the world (or for their own personal gain), and not forgetting the amazing set designs, courtesy in the 1960’s and 1970’s by production designer Ken Adam. All of these elements were usually wrapped up in wonderful witty and suspenseful screenplays, many of which were written by the American screenwriter, Richard Mailabum, who wrote (or co-wrote) 13 Bond screenplays (starting with Dr. No.) In fact, the success of the early Bond films were down to a core number of people behind the camera. Dr. No’s British Director, Terence Young (who acted like Bond off set and gave pointers to Connery in how to be suave and sophisticated), John Barry and Richard Maibaum (both of whom I’ve already mentioned) and last, but not least, British film editor Peter Hunt, who’s fast cut editing (especially in the fight and action scenes) was new and original in 1962, and helped make British made films like the Bond series more palatable to American and other foreign audiences who had been used to long, master shots of scenes in films that held on for too long and slowed the pace of the film down enormously. All of these people, and their talents would only get better as the Bond series progressed and much of the action, humour and foreign locale adventure that is common place now with series like the Mission Impossible films, owe their debt and thanks to the 1st film that started it all: Dr. No.
The sunglasses guy is actually Jack Lord (stage name)he played Steve McGarrett on the original series Hawaii five 0 which ran from 1968-1980. And was the best cop series ever.
I've never seen Hawaii 5 0 but Jack Lord does look cool in this, if he wasn't American he could've been James Bond himself. Shame he didn't come back ever again and we had to put up with a neverending revolving door of actors for the one role.
Fantastic reaction. I have been looking forward to this ever since your Craig reactions, and you did not disappoint. Since you enjoyed Dr No you will have a blast going forward. The first six Bond films are must-see, top-class action spy thrillers. As are most of the rest!
Fantastic reaction Coby! I'm very happy you enjoyed the film! I loved watching it with you! You seem to get the Bond universe so that's awesome! Looking forward to your Goldfinger reaction. That's my personal favourite Connery film. Your knowledge of film is excellent! I completely forgot he did Dragonheart! 🐉Keep up the good work Coby! It's very fun watching movies with you! 💖
Ursulla Andress emerging from the sea was an iconic moment in Bond movies..we had to wait until Die Another Day when it was repeated by Hallie Berry emerging from the sea, with Pearce Brosnan now playing Bond.
My mum’s cousin took me to see this when it came out in London. I was only 8 and I think people today cannot grasp what it was like to see the first Bond film as we had no idea what was coming. It was stunning. Thank you Pamela for taking me.
As a lifelong Bond fan, great to have Coby reacting to the classic films - it's earnt a subscribe! Dr. No is one of the more difficult films for modern viewers to get through because of its old-fashioned feel and slow pace, in part a reflection on how low-budget it was even for the time, costing in the region of $1.1m (about $11.5m today). Ken Adam, the production designer, had a budget of under $15k (about $150k today) and achieved miracles with it, including creating the striking room in which Dent is reprimanded by Dr. No for just $745, for instance. That lack of money also explains some of the slightly choppy editing, as there just wasn't enough money to do proper reshooting. Editor Peter Hunt actually did a fantastic job pulling the whole thing together and even though the pace of the storytelling is slow, he developed an editing style called 'crash cutting', removing all the extraneous shots common at the time of the hero walking between locations and so on, to keep the film as lean as possible. That style of editing was instrumental in setting the standard for how films are edited today, especially action films. Although Connery was the face of the films, the early Bond films were arguably even more impactful in the talent behind the camera. A nod is also due to Johanna Harwood, the only credited female writer on a Bond film (as well as the next one, and uncredited on the one after) until No Time To Die, and Nikki van der Zyl, who dubbed over almost every female character in the film. Because of the budget, the film is arguably a rare example of the book, to which it is otherwise relatively faithful, having more action that the film: in the book, Bond's easy escape from his prison cell is a deliberate part of Doctor No's design, who wants to use Bond as a guinea pig in an experiment to test the limits of human pain, including burning heat and electric shocks (hinted at, ineffectually, in the film) and culminating, superbly, in a fight with a giant squid. A change for the better in the film is No boiling to death in the reactor pool, as opposed to being buried under a mountain of guano (bat dung!) in the book. Another is that in the book, a venomous centipede is placed in Bond's bed rather than a tarantula: the latter is rather more cinematic, I think. Even though the film doesn't top many Bond fans' rankings, it often sits around the middle as a mark of respect for how much it gets right, particularly nailing Bond's anti-hero character out of the gate, thanks to Connery's darkly charismatic performance and a willingness to embrace a level of sex and violence that was extremely controversial and never before seen in protagonists at the time - try and think of another film of the era in which the hero beds three women, including one just to pass the time before having her arrested, and murders a man in cold blood. Scenes such as Bond's iconic introduction, the aforementioned killing of Dent, Honey and Dr. No's respective entrances into the film, and No's death, are not only favourites of Bond fans but have also, to varying degrees, become widely recognisable moments in cinematic culture. All the Connery films have very different tones, so it'll be fascinating to find out what Coby makes of them. The next one is still relatively old-fashioned, though Coby might appreciate a certain Hitchcock inflection, but a big step up in pace, stakes, complexity and that all-important Bondiness. Looking forward to it!
@@criminalcontent Adam did many of the sets for the Bond movies through Moonraker, and set a high water mark for the "look" of the series (most definitely in terms of villainous lairs). Between Dr No and Goldfinger, he also designed the war room for Stanley Kubrick's "Dr Strangelove," perhaps the most iconic movie set of all time. My dream house would definitely have a Ken Adam sensibility...
Women of every generation since 1962 have reacted in the same way to the "Bond, James Bond" scene. Coby is no different. It is such a delight to see the effect Sean has on women, so it is easy to understand Bond's success with them in the films (however, there is always a comeback, so watch for this!). So glad you enjoyed this, Coby. Stick with it. The budgets get bigger, the stories more complex and more locations - with Sean at the helm, at all times! The best Bond ever.
More Complex? You gotta be joking. Starting with goldfinger and onwards (though to be fair thunderball the novel was originally a screenplay treatment first which is why aside from a few changes it’s relatively very similar to the film and on her majesty’s secret service which was very faithful to the novel) it was the exact same thing where the villain either wants world domination or world destruction to the point where it became a complete parody of itself plus thinking that it’s a good idea to keep having an OBVIOUSLY aging Roger Moore where he’s not only older than the Bond girls but also older than their mom.
@@alfonsobiggers2452 I'll take that. Good response. But I'm gay so the deck was stacked against him 😂. If I had to pick the most handsome Bond, I would say Timothy Dalton.
Sean you are a legend as bond . When you said 'bond James bond' for the first time here in dr no it's just the coolest delivery of that immortal line and also when you said that's a smith and wesson and you've had your 6. Rip sean you were the embodiment of cool.🎬
Glad you enjoyed it, Coby. It really is a wonderful movie. Perfectly paced as it builds steadily to the big climax. As you said, it's easy to follow too. What always amazes me is that it was made on a shoestring budget but doesn't look out of place with the films that follow.
@@axr7149 Craig never played James Bond. He played some other character using the same name. His five films should be burned and all the DVD's and blu-rays recalled and tossed in a furnace.
@@richardweddle3408 read the books. Lazenby and Craig portray Bond closer to how he was written in the books than any other portrayal in the franchise.
@@otherstar1 -- I've been reading the novels since 1970 when I was 13 years old. Lazenby did well, but if you seriously believe Craig is playing the Bond in the novels you have a shallow comprehension of the novels. I have an entire bookcase dedicated to Fleming biography and literary studies and there is nothing in them to account for Craig.
Avid James Bond fan here I really enjoy your enthusiasm despite it being a very old film with dated aspects that for soemone new to the films can somewhat take you out and be a hard watch but Dr no basically set the foundations of what’s to come so hope you enjoy progressing for cinema history
The Ursella Andress image was on many many walls of many many young men for many many years. The Raquel Welch one comes from Hammer Horror movie One Million Years BC. Both are quintessentially iconic. Jamaica is a perfect location for the first official Bond as that's where Ian Fleming moved to and wrote the novels.
I remember taking a date to dinner & downtown to see "Dr. No" at 1 of the 3 major theaters in Houston (1962). Sport coat & tie. My date in a dress with nylons & low heel shoes. Her Dad met me at the door & I was instructed to have her home by Midnight. I was 15 & had bought my 1st car, a 1957 Chev. Bel Air like the car that picked up Bond at the airport in Jamaica. However, mine was a 2-Dr. hardtop, silver with a white top but the same red interior. V-8 engine bored out to 4" (305 cu. in.). Those were the days of hanging out at the drive-in hamburger joint with the occasional stop light drag race challenge.
I just found your channel. Really fun reaction, thanks! A fun fact that I don't think anyone's mentioned is the "Jump Up" band at Pusfeller's restaurant is lead by a very young Bob Marley.
Bond Movies are the perfect thermometer for what films were like in each era. 60s 70s 80s 90s 00s they span so many decades and show off so much of what each time period was like. Not just in the setting, but in the filmmaking and story telling techniques used.
Mad respect for you viewing these, even if you just 'sample' some of them. A lot can be taken for granted so just a bit of context here for the early Bond flicks... you gotta understand when the author, Ian Fleming, came out with these novels, and then the films, to the world, and mostly the Brits, it was literally fantastical. I mean, remember it was still war-torn England, people were on food stamps and rations, the landscape was still a lot of burnt down buildings, and international flights to 'faraway' lands, well, out of reach for most people. So to see someone on a flight, let alone the interior of an airport... then there's the food(!). In one movie, Bond walks by a massive fruit bowl in his apartment, stops to pick ONE grape, and eats it while walking away. Imagine being in that audience salivating at a bowl of fruit you've probably never seen in real life... fantastical. So yeah, these early films play out like some lush fantasy escape, no wonder the books and films were big hits. - instantly subscribes 😂
New to the channel. I'm a HUGE James Bond fan. I grew up during the Brosnan era. Going back like you, Sean Connery became my epitome of Bond. I like Daniel Craig but having seen all of them, he's very different from the formula.
My folks had those huge 1950s cars. They were heavy getting about 6 miles per gallon, took forever to stop, could barely corner, and only came with lap seat belts. But the ride was like sitting on the sofa, as were the bench seats.
Almost forgot! A Cayman Islander took me fishing in a little boat! You should have seen the turbots we caught with a line wrapped around a Clorox bottle. And a faux bunny picked me up in Tokyo. The closest I got was the girl I met in Hong Kong because her dad was in Special Branch and when I stayed with her in London, Mi-6 hq was just down the street.
Producer Cubby Broccoli was having trouble casting the role of James Bond .His wife went to the movies to see Darby O ,Gill with Sean Connery . When she came home she said I found your James Bond .
Great reaction! I look forward to the rest of your Bond journey. I'm glad you've seen the Daniel Craig ones, i'm not personally a fan of those, but love almost all the older ones.
Welcome to the world of 007. Enjoy the ride. It always makes me very happy when people experience the movies for the first time. Glad you enjoyed DR. NO. I'm shure you're gonna LOVE the next one.
Connery as Bond in Dr. No ('62); From Russia with Love ('63); Goldfinger ('64); Thunderball ('65); You Only Live Twice ('67); then he took a break for one film (where George Lazenby starred as Bond); then Diamonds are Forever ('71); then Roger Moore took over the role but Connery returned in Never Say Never Again in '83 (which was an unofficial Bond film, NOT produced by Albert Broccoli & Eon Productions). Although, NSNA is a pretty good Bond film.
Never Say Neve Again was a remake of Thunderball and it was Connery's revenge against Broccoli after parting on bad terms. I don't remember al the details but you can find the it online I am sure
@@mousemacleod9184 NSNA is the standard original script for Thunderball-derived plot ( 'Warhead' ) of 'villain steals two nuclear weapons, holds the word to ransom', which derives from Goldfinger ( villain with nuclear device holds world's gold stocks to ransom ). The two nukes, extort plot was repeated a number of times, but not in the modern era. It's even the plot in Octopussy, nearly Roger Moore's last Bond.
I have heard that the vodka martini “shaken but not stirred” was Ian Fleming who served in WW2’s personal comment about his drinks during the Battle of Britain German bombing. Like his drink the people were “shaken by the German bombers but not stirred”!
I was 12 when this came out in 1962 and i remember it well. It was something we had never seen before and we were hooked. I loved being a teen in the 60's and in my 20's in the 70's, exciting times indeed.
The James Bond movie series didn’t officially take off until the 3rd movie with Goldfinger. Dr No was just a “first attempt” so to speak. They didn’t know how well the Ian Fleming stories would adapt to film, but Dr No was a hit and From Russia with Love was an even bigger hit. So by the time Goldfinger came out, James Bond was kicked into high gear
From Russia With Love is number 2. Your reactions to the Daniel Craig Bond films were great. He, Daniel Craig, to me acts like the James Bond I have read in the books. I see a real similarity. Can't wait for the rest of your journey. As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
@Coby Three years before he was the first James Bond, Sean Connery was a main character in the 1959 Disney movie, "Darby O'Gill and the Little People", which is an annual St. Patrick's Day tradition in my home.
In 1959 Sean Connery played a villain in the movie TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE starring Gordon Scott as Tarzan (in which his character gets killed by Tarzan). It is among the best Tarzan movies ever made with an intelligent script and Tarzan is more like the book version than Weissmuller's "Me Tarzan - You Jane" type dialogue. The Tarzan producers wanted Sean to return for the next Tarzan film but he declined. Sean Connery was apologetic. ‘Two fellows took an option on me for some spy picture, and are exercising it. But I’ll be in your next,’ he promised, having no idea what would happen with James Bond." The rest, of course, is history.
Love your movie reviews. You keep up with the plot, and guess what is going to happen. I'm surprised how accurate you are sometimes. Better than most movie reviewer who just laugh, make casual comments and don't have a clue what is going on.
Big flashy sunglasses were a big thing in the 60s. Especially the big white framed sun glasses. The 60s movies had big graphics and special effects on the beginning credits. The theme songs where #1 especially on the Diamonds are forever movie.The James Bond character was first featured on tv. In the 1st casino Royale. One of the best themes was sung by Shirley Bassey Diamonds are forever and again on the movie Gold finger also sung by Shirley Bassey.✌️❤️
I’m such an old Bond-head that I swear I’ve watched at least the Connery and Moore ones at least 100 times since I was 13 (I’m 50 now). It’s refreshing to see someone watch a film so familiar to me through new eyes. Your video was a hoot! Thank you.
You seemed surprised to see the female photographer take the "flashbulb" out of her camera, break the glass bulb against the table, & then use it to cut Quarrel's face. And yes, you had to remove & replace the flashbulb every time you wanted to take a photo in low light. The sportscar that Bond rented was a British Sunbeam Alpine. It had a 4 cyl. engine & 4-speed trans. After Carrol Shelby installed a 260 cu. in. Ford V-8 in an British A.C. chassis & named it the Shelby Cobra, Sunbeam took the Alpine & installed the same Ford V-8 in it & named the model the Sunbeam Tiger.
Until Chrysler bought the Rootes Group and they replaced the Ford V8 with a Chrysler. Having a blue oval lump just wouldn't do. Shame though, as Chrysler soon flogged off the British operations to PSA, which smudged it all in the short-lived rebirth of the Talbot name. Before all that, the Rootes companies - Hillman, Subeam, Singer, Humber and Commer - made some lovely vehicles.
Our family had 1 Alpine and Two Tigers. The all-British Alpines of course were a mechanical pain in the ass, but still fun to drive. And I loved the early longer fins on my '61.
Hey, Coby. I watch a lot of Reaction/Review videos, only ones of movies I’ve already seen. I really enjoy yours. You’re very observant and intelligent and not blinded by the generational gap. Keep up the great work.
Nobody does it better than Connery! Sylvia French was the most stunning woman to grace ANY Bond movie! IMO. No entrance/introduction of Bond is better than Connery's first at that casino table.
Great job Coby. Nice to see you going back to the beginning with Sean! With respect to the martinis, there actually is one Bond movie where he is served a martini, stirred, not shaken. I couldn't remember which it was until I stumbled across You Only Live Twice in my Home feed earlier this week. One of the main characters, Tanaka, serves him a martini and comments, stirred, not shaken, as you like it. Dunno what happened there, but it is interesting. Enjoy the ride!
Fun fact: Ian Fleming didn’t want Connery as Bond at first, he didn’t see him as Bond because he was Scottish… Bond is British. He wanted Cary Grant to play him at first. But when Connery screen tested, Fleming changed his mind
@@nsasupporter7557 Erm you have to be American. Scotland is part of Britain. If you are Scottish, you are also British. In the books Bond is written as Scottish, born in Scotland to a Scottish father, with a Swiss mother. Scotland is part of the UK, Scotland is part of Britian. So this makes him British as well as Scottish. Britain = England, Scotland and Wales. It's the one big Island and the 3 nations of it. British doesn't mean English. England means English and that is a small part of Britain. In the same way someone can be Californian and yet they are still American
@@overthewebb that’s only because Fleming changed Bond’s background to have Scottish ancestry to match Sean Connery after he knew that he was gonna be Bond. British isn’t exactly Scottish… it is pretty much, but it’s not exactly the same if that makes sense
@@nsasupporter7557 No, it doesn't make sense at all, British is also Scottish, as I said you don't know what you are talking about. Are you suggesting British means English? If so please explain it to me
@@nsasupporter7557 Scottish people have British passports. Same as English and Welsh. All have British passports. A Scotsman created the Light Infantry army in England. a man called Sir John Moore. A Scotsman created the Royal Marine Commandos and another Scotsman created the SAS and special forces around the world. All of them are both Scottish and British. The Scottish King James the first of England who was James of Scotland before united the crowns of Scotland and England and who created the United Kingdom. You need to learn some history and current Geography
I was born in '55 and watched all the Bond films in the theater. I got a toy spy briefcase for Christmas and pretended I was Bond. I thought I was so cool. Sean Connery was so suave and sophisticated in this role, I loved it. 😎
Love Coby! Love watching movies with you! BTW: the egg that the photographer girl smashes and cut Quarrel with is a flashbulb. Very common back in those days. Also Dr. No is famous for Bond getting his famous gun (the PPK) although a PPK doesn't appear in the film, (gun guy thing). Love!
Will you be reacting to the other Sean Connery bond movies? - My Auntie worked in Glasgow Airport years and years ago back when i was a kid and she met Sean and got his autograph for me and my brother. She always remembers him being polite and kind. She asked him what brings him home (or something like that) and he said “i’m here to play a little bit of golf” she spoke for a min and then went back to work. She said out of the famous people she has met at her time in that job he was up top of her list as one of the few celebrities that were actually genuinely nice. My brother took the autograph unfortunately.
On the shaken vs stirred thing, in the 1950s when the Bond novels were first being written the distillation process for vodka wasn't as good, and it tended to contain potato-like starches. Shaking rather than stirring caused them to separate so they could be strained out, leading to a purer drink.
"World domination. The same old dream. Our asylums are full of people who think they're Napoleon. Or God." That's such a great quote. Taken directly out of Fleming's novel. Sadly, still relevant today.
FREAKING AWESOME!! Going Back! Don't worry about your reaction!! You are very sharp, wise and have a great attitude!! 5 minutes in and I already know! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎
It was an error in the script because it was lifted from the Novel. Dent is using a 1911 which has 7 shots. They also switched the PPK because it wouldn't fit the silencer and used a dowel and a Browning 1910 (?). Still shows Bond is ruthless when he has to be.
I myself watched Dr No and The Birds for the first time just days apart, as it turns out, back in December 2002 - so, having just come across your channel earlier on tonight, this feels pretty cool to see you’ve recently reviewed them both 🙂 And such good reactions! (And Coby, it’s actually really cool that you’ve started watching the Sean Connery Bonds after watching the Daniel Craig ones, since the Daniel Craig movies were kinda intended as prequels to the Sean Connery Bonds anyway, so you’re effectively watching them all in chronological order now! 😝) Great reactions. My overriding memory of watching Dr No that first time is noticing the various similarities to Austin Powers(And demonstrating which generation I’m from in the process), and then thinking “OMG, that’s sooo Dr Evil!” 😂😂 Even if the appearance of Dr Evil was based more on Blofeld, something about this character was strikingly similar too, including the name and voice. So I absolutely agree with your reactions on these things! 😝🙌 Sweet video! 👌
The movies were based on the Ian Fleming novels of the same name. Casino Royale was unavailable, as the rights had been purchased by someone else, and made into a movie starring Peter Sellers. It was, in fact, a parity of the genre before such a thing was in vogue.
Great reaction Coby. Sean Connery did 5 Bond movies before stepping down, then came back for 1 more when his replacement didn't work out. Then over a decade later, he was part of a rival Bond movie, that has a whole convoluted backstory behind its production. So 7 in all, to answer your question. They made this for less than $1 million. Even in those days that was a pretty low budget. Its success meant they could spend quite a bit more on future movies. And the production values do improve. Over the next couple of movies, the formula will get perfected, and you'll see the gadgets, the Aston Martin, more convoluted plots, and really elaborate sets. One set in You Only Live Twice cost more money than Dr. No. Glad you enjoyed it, and looking forward to your journey through the Connery Bonds. I hope you eventually get through the whole series. 25 movies might seem daunting, but you're already got 6 under your belt. So peck away at it, and you'll get there.
The first Bond film, made before they knew they were going to have a hit franchise. It always made sense to me why this was the first film: fairly straightforward plot and a limited number of locations made it a great introduction to the characters for audiences, and affordable to film for the studio. As you'll see, very quickly, the plots, stunts, action scenes, and exotic locations expanded greatly... Enjoy!
Here's the excerpt from the first Bond novel where Bond initially presents his drink of choice to Felix and the reader: 'A dry martini,' he said. 'One. In a deep champagne goblet.' 'Oui, monsieur.' 'Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel. Got it?' 'Certainly, monsieur.' The barman seemed pleased with the idea. 'Gosh, that's certainly a drink,' said Leiter. Bond laughed. 'When I'm... er... concentrating,' he explained, 'I never have more than one drink before dinner. But I do like that one to be large and very strong and very cold and very well-made. I hate small portions of anything, particularly when they taste bad. This drink's my own invention. I'm going to patent it when I can think of a good name.'
Coby, I love your reaction to watching James Bond - Dr No. Sean Connery was really good in the role. He played James Bond six times - Dr No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, and Diamond's Are Forever. However, Roger Moore was my favourite James Bond. Moore played Bond seven times. I have watched all the Bond Movies. ❤❤❤
Ursula Andress (Honey Ryder) coming out of the ocean with her seashells you were right to recognise. It's an iconic image, establishing from the start the 'Bond Girl' as an essential part of the formula. You were right about the tarantula being not deadly, but I don't think the Sixties audience would know that. I remember watching this as a kid in the Eighties and having the idea that tarantulas were really dangerous and venomous. 30 years later I've handled them and know they are beautiful and gentle spiders.
Ian Fleming, Bond's creator, believed that stirring a drink compromised on flavor. Fleming preferred his martinis shaken because he believed it preserved the flavor of the drink. As far as the actual Bond lore around the shakened not stirred, The vodka martini's clear color and lack of a strong odor help Bond blend into a crowd. Bond's martini order is a tactic to socially manipulate the surrounding room. And lastly, shaking aerates the drink, making it colder and slightly more diluted than stirring. As well vodka made from grain rather than potatoes makes his drink even better. Shaking is also said to dissolve the vermouth better, making it less oily tasting.
"From Russia with Love" was the next one, and a great one - it established Bond as the coolest ever (with the introduction of secret gadgets) and set everyone up in 1964 for Goldfinger - which was the peak of Bond early popularity - all of us boys wanted to be spies and spy programs started popping up on TV everywhere. Of course in 1964 something extraordinary happened in music, you might have heard about it. Anyway and awesome time to live through.
The man who played Felix in this is Jack Lord, who would later go on to play Detective Steve McGarett in the original Hawaii Five-O TV show from the Kate 60s/70s.
When you said you liked the way the house was built into the rock, it made me think of a place here in Wisconsin called House on the Rock. This guy named Alex Jordan built a house in a high rock formation sometime before 1960. He opened it for tours in 1960. Iv'e been there a couple times, once when I was a teen in the 60's. It's quite remarkable.
Connery is my favorite, even though I loved Roger Moore when I was growing up. Watching the evolution of the character grow and change through the years is great fun, I hope Coby will continue with all the movies she hasn't seen. There is something for everyone, character evolution, midcentury furniture & decor, fashion, the women, the cars, its all good fun. It's funny that Bond's first car was a little Sunbeam convertible.
Sunglasses guy was an actor called Jack Lord and he led the older Hawaii 5 O tv series which is considered a classic.. Just type in Hawaii 5 O music theme for a quick preview it was a great show with an awesome cast back then / That iconic scene of the girl coming out of the water in the white bikini is with the goddess of the day Ursula Andress
My two favorites are yet to come; "Thunderball" and "Goldfinger." Next, if you go sequentially, is "From Russia with Love" and it is also well thought of. The list for the Sean Connery Bond films is, in order: "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", "Goldfinger", "Thunderball", "You Only Live Twice", and then "Diamonds are Forever." Then in the eighties he made "Never Say Never Again." The film "Goldfinger" will set the Bond formula which will be followed for decades.
Coby + Connery -- Round 1 ;)
Round 2 here: ruclips.net/video/pvrXl4QO1kc/видео.html
Glad that you're getting started in the Bond franchise. I hope you can react to all the movies!
Some info for Coby. The choice between “shaken, not stirred” is throughout the series you will see Bond interact with possible villains or making first contact with people on a social basis over drinks. Whether it be playing cards or dinner at restaurant, he is usually trying to get information from people he doesn’t necessarily trust yet. He purposefully takes a weaker drink so he can drink naturally with whoever he is meeting without arousing suspicion AND he avoids getting intoxicated in the process. He wouldn’t be able to have the meetings over dinner and drinks and knock back strong, stirred drinks all night.
The Dr. Evil pinky to the mouth doesn't come from James Bond, it comes a habit of Mike Myers old Boss Lorne Michaels from SNL.
Every female reactor on my lists always likes a young Connery.
@@bluebird3281 The Dr. in the name Dr. Evil probably comes from this movie but Dr. Evil is clearly meant to spoof a different character in the Connery series (I won't spoil it). The name Dr. No is also parodied in the 1967 Bond spoof Casino Royale where Woody Allen plays Dr. Noah.
Sean Connery will always be bond .. James Bond 👍🔥🔥🔥
Ian Flemming ,the writer of all the Bond books thought so too
@@fannybusternot at first he didn’t it was from Russia with love that won him over
The original Felix!
Also Hawaii 50
Flash bulb!
Connery was THE man! Effortlessly cool and charismatic. A true movie star. RIP.
Yes, when Connery passed away I watched a marathon of all of his movies to honor him and celebrate his life and career
Just watch them all in release order, Coby. 🍸
👍
Yeah my head cannon the craig films are in a completely different storyline and the classic are in the same timeline
This movie changed my life . As a 16 year old in dark , gloomy, poverty stricken Manchester in 1962 I saw this.
This was the man we all wanted to be . We didnt know such a world existed. Sean WAS James Bond. All the others have just been playing a part.
Wow I loved reading this 💓
Here in Canada we were so poor in the 1960's that we couldn't afford food, laughter or a hug. In 1969 I saw it's a mad,mad,mad,mad world and I discovered laughter and art.James bond movies mad me feel empowerment and ability.
No even Sean played James Bond just like the others . Stop putting him on a damn pedestal.
@@mohammedashian8094 No, the others played James Bond just like Connery. He was the first.
@@jimd3500 nah and Roger showed that perfectly that you don’t Sean Connery to keeping going (him doing the role for 12 years and 7 movies is all you need to know).
The apperance of Ursula Andrews who plays Honey was an iconic moment in film because she was the first Bond girl ever.
Ursula ANDRESS
Mysula? Ursula!
Hammer movie "She" is her other iconic role. What a beauty.
@@joepowell7025 Or as we called her in the day: Ursula "Undress". Because boys will be boys...
Ursula Andress is still with us at age 88.
You're right about movies, cars and music from the 60's and 70's. Those were glorious times. I was born in 55 😁
So you would have been six or seven when this came out?
Not my favorite Bond movie, but DEFINITELY my favorite Bond! Connery4Ever!!
Amen
honestly I like Dr. No the best and Goldfinger probably 2nd out of Connery's era. I think it's a fantastic introduction to the franchise.
@@Objective_Piece8285 Go figure. 🤷🏽♀️
Yes to both. 🙂
agreed
Coby, Felix is played by Jack Lord who is famous for playing the lead in the 60s police drama Hawaii-5-O. Bond was driving a Sunbeam Alpine 2 convertible in the movie. Honey was played by Swiss actress and model Ursula Andress. Glad you enjoyed the first Bond film.👍🏻 I think Sean made 6 Bond films and one unofficial Bond movie. Next is From Russia with Love.
After From Russia with Love, it's GOLD FINGAAAAAAHHH!!!
As a spoof of the James Bond character, Mel Brooks and Buck Henry had Max drive a Sunbeam "Tiger" in Get Smart!
@@markmorningstar5374 speaking of Mel Brooks & Spoofs Two words, HIGH ANXIETY!!!
got signed fan club letter wirh jack lord leaning against a pamn ree in a beige leisure suit and an orange ,mock turtle neck. bookem dano. extra he was a very accomplished painter and the met bought two of his paintings, childhood idol
Book’em Dano!
Coby, with the Bond films you can basically see how not only fashion, cars, and technology change, but the world as well, in terms of villains.
I think Bond franchise is a perfect way to study changes in filmmaking throughout decades for a film class that also reflect political environments of the time
Coby is a breath of fresh air...her laugh, her reacts, the "Joie de vivre", joy of life she has...wow great react channel...but her laugh is so so amazing...best way to start or end a day, IMO
Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan are two of my favorite James Bond.
Yes! Pierce Brosnan was “my Bond.” Meaning, he was the James Bond of my generation. Unfortunately his films weren’t that good.
@@nsasupporter7557GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies was good.
Glad you enjoyed it, Coby.
When Dr. No was released, it had only been 17 years since the Second World War had ended, and people around the world (but especially in the UK), were ready to see foreign locales that they couldn’t ever dream (or afford) to visit at that time, so the travel aspect in the Bond films gave audiences a flavour of what life could be like abroad. The budget for the film, in 1962 was $1M (equivalent to about $10.3M today), which wasn’t a lot for a film company like United Artists (who were funding the film), but it was a slight risk on their part that they might not see any profit from that expenditure.
Fleming wasn’t initially happy with the choice of Connery as Bond (he favoured someone more debonair like David Niven), but upon seeing the finished film, and the next one in the series, From Russia with Love, he came around to the idea that Connery was the right actor after all. So sad Fleming didn’t get to see the finished 3rd Bond film, Goldfinger, released in September 1964, having succumbed to a fatal heart attack, one month before on August 12th.
Dr. No was the 6th Bond novel, published in 1958, but wasn’t the original 1st choice to be the 1st James Bond film. That was meant to be the 9th novel, Thunderball, published in 1961, but that story got tied up in a court battle as to who truly owned the rights to the screenplay, so Dr. No was chosen instead.
Interesting that you like the music. You’re probably referring to the Jamaican Calypso music, as the original score by Monty Norman is not a fan favourite. Norman did give us The James Bond Theme, which was reworked by John Barry into a powerhouse guitar and horns piece that truly captured the essence of who James Bond was, and how dangerous his missions could be. John Barry would score the next film, From Russia with Love, and a further 10 more Bond films over the next 24 years and he is regarded as the best ever Bond composer.
Dr. No doesn’t, as the 1st film, completely nail down the ‘Bond formula’ (which would add to the series as a whole and which would allow the series to go on as a worldwide cinematic phenomenon), but there are elements in it that would carry on into the 2nd film and beyond: Bond bedding three, sometimes four girls in each film, the globetrotting, the gadgets, the touches of sadism, the humour (most of which was missing from the books), the wonderful main Bond girls, dripping with beauty and sexuality, the Bond villains with their bonkers plots of controlling or destroying the world (or for their own personal gain), and not forgetting the amazing set designs, courtesy in the 1960’s and 1970’s by production designer Ken Adam. All of these elements were usually wrapped up in wonderful witty and suspenseful screenplays, many of which were written by the American screenwriter, Richard Mailabum, who wrote (or co-wrote) 13 Bond screenplays (starting with Dr. No.)
In fact, the success of the early Bond films were down to a core number of people behind the camera. Dr. No’s British Director, Terence Young (who acted like Bond off set and gave pointers to Connery in how to be suave and sophisticated), John Barry and Richard Maibaum (both of whom I’ve already mentioned) and last, but not least, British film editor Peter Hunt, who’s fast cut editing (especially in the fight and action scenes) was new and original in 1962, and helped make British made films like the Bond series more palatable to American and other foreign audiences who had been used to long, master shots of scenes in films that held on for too long and slowed the pace of the film down enormously. All of these people, and their talents would only get better as the Bond series progressed and much of the action, humour and foreign locale adventure that is common place now with series like the Mission Impossible films, owe their debt and thanks to the 1st film that started it all: Dr. No.
Awesome. You're watching all of the Bonds from the beginning. So rare this happens with movie reactions.
The sunglasses guy is actually Jack Lord (stage name)he played Steve McGarrett on the original series Hawaii five 0 which ran from 1968-1980. And was the best cop series ever.
Book 'em, Danno!
I've never seen Hawaii 5 0 but Jack Lord does look cool in this, if he wasn't American he could've been James Bond himself. Shame he didn't come back ever again and we had to put up with a neverending revolving door of actors for the one role.
Jack Lord wanted equal billing with Sean Connery, so that was that.
"Bond. James, Bond" is in the 100 top AFI film quotes
Fantastic reaction. I have been looking forward to this ever since your Craig reactions, and you did not disappoint. Since you enjoyed Dr No you will have a blast going forward. The first six Bond films are must-see, top-class action spy thrillers. As are most of the rest!
thank you !
This time Coby's got Dr. No
It's the OG in her whole James Bond flow
I'm watching it too
and to me, it's all new
I just listen to her blow-by-blow
Fantastic reaction Coby! I'm very happy you enjoyed the film! I loved watching it with you! You seem to get the Bond universe so that's awesome! Looking forward to your Goldfinger reaction. That's my personal favourite Connery film. Your knowledge of film is excellent! I completely forgot he did Dragonheart! 🐉Keep up the good work Coby! It's very fun watching movies with you! 💖
thank you !!
Ursulla Andress emerging from the sea was an iconic moment in Bond movies..we had to wait until Die Another Day when it was repeated by Hallie Berry emerging from the sea, with Pearce Brosnan now playing Bond.
Which was beyond cringeworthy. Perhaps just go ahead and skip ‘Die Another Day’
And then the role reversal with Daniel Craig in Casino Royale
My mum’s cousin took me to see this when it came out in London. I was only 8 and I think people today cannot grasp what it was like to see the first Bond film as we had no idea what was coming. It was stunning. Thank you Pamela for taking me.
As a lifelong Bond fan, great to have Coby reacting to the classic films - it's earnt a subscribe! Dr. No is one of the more difficult films for modern viewers to get through because of its old-fashioned feel and slow pace, in part a reflection on how low-budget it was even for the time, costing in the region of $1.1m (about $11.5m today). Ken Adam, the production designer, had a budget of under $15k (about $150k today) and achieved miracles with it, including creating the striking room in which Dent is reprimanded by Dr. No for just $745, for instance.
That lack of money also explains some of the slightly choppy editing, as there just wasn't enough money to do proper reshooting. Editor Peter Hunt actually did a fantastic job pulling the whole thing together and even though the pace of the storytelling is slow, he developed an editing style called 'crash cutting', removing all the extraneous shots common at the time of the hero walking between locations and so on, to keep the film as lean as possible. That style of editing was instrumental in setting the standard for how films are edited today, especially action films. Although Connery was the face of the films, the early Bond films were arguably even more impactful in the talent behind the camera. A nod is also due to Johanna Harwood, the only credited female writer on a Bond film (as well as the next one, and uncredited on the one after) until No Time To Die, and Nikki van der Zyl, who dubbed over almost every female character in the film.
Because of the budget, the film is arguably a rare example of the book, to which it is otherwise relatively faithful, having more action that the film: in the book, Bond's easy escape from his prison cell is a deliberate part of Doctor No's design, who wants to use Bond as a guinea pig in an experiment to test the limits of human pain, including burning heat and electric shocks (hinted at, ineffectually, in the film) and culminating, superbly, in a fight with a giant squid. A change for the better in the film is No boiling to death in the reactor pool, as opposed to being buried under a mountain of guano (bat dung!) in the book. Another is that in the book, a venomous centipede is placed in Bond's bed rather than a tarantula: the latter is rather more cinematic, I think.
Even though the film doesn't top many Bond fans' rankings, it often sits around the middle as a mark of respect for how much it gets right, particularly nailing Bond's anti-hero character out of the gate, thanks to Connery's darkly charismatic performance and a willingness to embrace a level of sex and violence that was extremely controversial and never before seen in protagonists at the time - try and think of another film of the era in which the hero beds three women, including one just to pass the time before having her arrested, and murders a man in cold blood. Scenes such as Bond's iconic introduction, the aforementioned killing of Dent, Honey and Dr. No's respective entrances into the film, and No's death, are not only favourites of Bond fans but have also, to varying degrees, become widely recognisable moments in cinematic culture. All the Connery films have very different tones, so it'll be fascinating to find out what Coby makes of them. The next one is still relatively old-fashioned, though Coby might appreciate a certain Hitchcock inflection, but a big step up in pace, stakes, complexity and that all-important Bondiness. Looking forward to it!
thank you ! she's game for the ride !
Ken Adam is the god of production design!
@@jrneal1220 especially what he did w the budget on this film !
@@criminalcontent Adam did many of the sets for the Bond movies through Moonraker, and set a high water mark for the "look" of the series (most definitely in terms of villainous lairs). Between Dr No and Goldfinger, he also designed the war room for Stanley Kubrick's "Dr Strangelove," perhaps the most iconic movie set of all time.
My dream house would definitely have a Ken Adam sensibility...
Women of every generation since 1962 have reacted in the same way to the "Bond, James Bond" scene. Coby is no different. It is such a delight to see the effect Sean has on women, so it is easy to understand Bond's success with them in the films (however, there is always a comeback, so watch for this!). So glad you enjoyed this, Coby. Stick with it. The budgets get bigger, the stories more complex and more locations - with Sean at the helm, at all times! The best Bond ever.
More Complex? You gotta be joking. Starting with goldfinger and onwards (though to be fair thunderball the novel was originally a screenplay treatment first which is why aside from a few changes it’s relatively very similar to the film and on her majesty’s secret service which was very faithful to the novel) it was the exact same thing where the villain either wants world domination or world destruction to the point where it became a complete parody of itself plus thinking that it’s a good idea to keep having an OBVIOUSLY aging Roger Moore where he’s not only older than the Bond girls but also older than their mom.
We never joke about Mr. Bond,@@mohammedashian8094
Well, I'm a woman, and he had no "effect" on me...
@@catrionacolville2192 "Well, can't win them all."
- _James Bond, Thunderball (1965)_
@@alfonsobiggers2452 I'll take that. Good response. But I'm gay so the deck was stacked against him 😂. If I had to pick the most handsome Bond, I would say Timothy Dalton.
The heyday for Bond in the '60s with Sean Connery
What’s up Coby when I was younger James Bond was like the coolest guy in the world thanks for reacting to this movie you’re awesome 🔥
During the 1960s, it was all about the three “B’s”:
TV: Batman
Music: The Beatles
Movies: Bond
nothing can Top those 3
Bond and the Beatles were huge. Batman, not so much.
The three greatest B's of all time.
@@dj71162the show was if I’m not mistaken, my dad showed me it when I was young, said it was on every weekend Saturday morning and he’d watch
Beatles, manufactured band.
This is excellent - please keep going with these classic Bond movies. Subbed and look forward to seeing more of your reactions. Connery is the
thanks for sub !- from Russia w love coming soon !
@@criminalcontent Fantastic - look forward to the reaction.
There is something special about this old Bond movies. They get better and better by time. Excited for number 2 :)
Sean you are a legend as bond . When you said 'bond James bond' for the first time here in dr no it's just the coolest delivery of that immortal line and also when you said that's a smith and wesson and you've had your 6. Rip sean you were the embodiment of cool.🎬
This is where it all began
In the book, Doctor No died because a pile of bird dug was dumped on him.
@@handsomeman-pm9vy I see what you’re saying, and I’m inclined to agree.
Glad you enjoyed it, Coby. It really is a wonderful movie. Perfectly paced as it builds steadily to the big climax. As you said, it's easy to follow too. What always amazes me is that it was made on a shoestring budget but doesn't look out of place with the films that follow.
Bond,,,,,James Bond. 😎
Connery is the BEST Bond.
For me it is a toss-up between Sean Connery and Daniel Craig. Craig's performance in NO TIME TO DIE set him as my favorite Bond actor.
@@axr7149 Craig never played James Bond. He played some other character using the same name. His five films should be burned and all the DVD's and blu-rays recalled and tossed in a furnace.
Followed by Timothy Dalton.
@@richardweddle3408 read the books. Lazenby and Craig portray Bond closer to how he was written in the books than any other portrayal in the franchise.
@@otherstar1 -- I've been reading the novels since 1970 when I was 13 years old. Lazenby did well, but if you seriously believe Craig is playing the Bond in the novels you have a shallow comprehension of the novels. I have an entire bookcase dedicated to Fleming biography and literary studies and there is nothing in them to account for Craig.
Ursula walking up on the beach .. THE iconic poster for 20 years, until Farrah!
Fun fact: Ursula had a thing going with James Dean before she got famous.
Not quite. There was Raquel Welch inbetween, in the 1 million years B.C. outfit/poster.
Awesome review, thanks for the larger screen to your right. I hope you get to see this and other 60s Bonds on the bog screen..
I enjoyed your take on Dr. No. Since you liked "Dr. No," I would suggest "You Only Live Twice" - - my all-time favorite Bond film.
Avid James Bond fan here I really enjoy your enthusiasm despite it being a very old film with dated aspects that for soemone new to the films can somewhat take you out and be a hard watch but Dr no basically set the foundations of what’s to come so hope you enjoy progressing for cinema history
The Ursella Andress image was on many many walls of many many young men for many many years. The Raquel Welch one comes from Hammer Horror movie One Million Years BC. Both are quintessentially iconic. Jamaica is a perfect location for the first official Bond as that's where Ian Fleming moved to and wrote the novels.
I remember taking a date to dinner & downtown to see "Dr. No" at 1 of the 3 major theaters in Houston (1962). Sport coat & tie. My date in a dress with nylons & low heel shoes. Her Dad met me at the door & I was instructed to have her home by Midnight. I was 15 & had bought my 1st car, a 1957 Chev. Bel Air like the car that picked up Bond at the airport in Jamaica. However, mine was a 2-Dr. hardtop, silver with a white top but the same red interior. V-8 engine bored out to 4" (305 cu. in.). Those were the days of hanging out at the drive-in hamburger joint with the occasional stop light drag race challenge.
I just found your channel. Really fun reaction, thanks! A fun fact that I don't think anyone's mentioned is the "Jump Up" band at Pusfeller's restaurant is lead by a very young Bob Marley.
Bond Movies are the perfect thermometer for what films were like in each era. 60s 70s 80s 90s 00s they span so many decades and show off so much of what each time period was like. Not just in the setting, but in the filmmaking and story telling techniques used.
The Bond movie series didn’t officially take off until Goldfinger, the 3rd movie
Sean Connery as james bond is the definition of what Bond movies should be..... always.
Mad respect for you viewing these, even if you just 'sample' some of them.
A lot can be taken for granted so just a bit of context here for the early Bond flicks... you gotta understand when the author, Ian Fleming, came out with these novels, and then the films, to the world, and mostly the Brits, it was literally fantastical. I mean, remember it was still war-torn England, people were on food stamps and rations, the landscape was still a lot of burnt down buildings, and international flights to 'faraway' lands, well, out of reach for most people. So to see someone on a flight, let alone the interior of an airport... then there's the food(!). In one movie, Bond walks by a massive fruit bowl in his apartment, stops to pick ONE grape, and eats it while walking away. Imagine being in that audience salivating at a bowl of fruit you've probably never seen in real life... fantastical. So yeah, these early films play out like some lush fantasy escape, no wonder the books and films were big hits.
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Rationing ended in 1954. Looking it up, England had fresh fruit in the 60's. First film 1962.
New to the channel. I'm a HUGE James Bond fan. I grew up during the Brosnan era. Going back like you, Sean Connery became my epitome of Bond. I like Daniel Craig but having seen all of them, he's very different from the formula.
we’ll be doing all if them !- from russia w love next week
@@criminalcontent Thank you
My folks had those huge 1950s cars. They were heavy getting about 6 miles per gallon, took forever to stop, could barely corner, and only came with lap seat belts. But the ride was like sitting on the sofa, as were the bench seats.
Almost forgot! A Cayman Islander took me fishing in a little boat! You should have seen the turbots we caught with a line wrapped around a Clorox bottle. And a faux bunny picked me up in Tokyo. The closest I got was the girl I met in Hong Kong because her dad was in Special Branch and when I stayed with her in London, Mi-6 hq was just down the street.
Producer Cubby Broccoli was having trouble casting the role of James Bond .His wife went to the movies to see Darby O ,Gill with Sean Connery . When she came home she said I found your James Bond .
and the Little People.
28:06 It always makes me laugh when the guards voice on the boat doesn't change in volume even when he takes the megaphone away from his mouth! 👍🤣
Great reaction! I look forward to the rest of your Bond journey. I'm glad you've seen the Daniel Craig ones, i'm not personally a fan of those, but love almost all the older ones.
You take a little piece of my heart every time you say you wished you were born in 1955.
You would have loved it.
Welcome to the world of 007. Enjoy the ride. It always makes me very happy when people experience the movies for the first time. Glad you enjoyed DR. NO. I'm shure you're gonna LOVE the next one.
Funny you reacting to a movie I've seen dozens of times since I was a kid! Well done Coby! And, now you know what SPECTRE stands for!
Connery as Bond in Dr. No ('62); From Russia with Love ('63); Goldfinger ('64); Thunderball ('65); You Only Live Twice ('67); then he took a break for one film (where George Lazenby starred as Bond); then Diamonds are Forever ('71); then Roger Moore took over the role but Connery returned in Never Say Never Again in '83 (which was an unofficial Bond film, NOT produced by Albert Broccoli & Eon Productions). Although, NSNA is a pretty good Bond film.
Never Say Neve Again was a remake of Thunderball and it was Connery's revenge against Broccoli after parting on bad terms. I don't remember al the details but you can find the it online I am sure
He didn’t take a break after you only live two. He left and only came back for the money
@@mousemacleod9184 NSNA is the standard original script for Thunderball-derived plot ( 'Warhead' ) of 'villain steals two nuclear weapons, holds the word to ransom', which derives from Goldfinger ( villain with nuclear device holds world's gold stocks to ransom ).
The two nukes, extort plot was repeated a number of times, but not in the modern era. It's even the plot in Octopussy, nearly Roger Moore's last Bond.
@@stevetheduck1425 The characters names were the same
_Never Say Never Again?_ That is, a film that, exists... yeah.
Goldfinger is the movie where it all came together, and introduced us to the Aston Martin, you will love this one.
I have heard that the vodka martini “shaken but not stirred” was Ian Fleming who served in WW2’s personal comment about his drinks during the Battle of Britain German bombing. Like his drink the people were “shaken by the German bombers but not stirred”!
I was 12 when this came out in 1962 and i remember it well. It was something we had never seen before and we were hooked. I loved being a teen in the 60's and in my 20's in the 70's, exciting times indeed.
The James Bond movie series didn’t officially take off until the 3rd movie with Goldfinger. Dr No was just a “first attempt” so to speak. They didn’t know how well the Ian Fleming stories would adapt to film, but Dr No was a hit and From Russia with Love was an even bigger hit. So by the time Goldfinger came out, James Bond was kicked into high gear
From Russia With Love is number 2.
Your reactions to the Daniel Craig Bond films were great. He, Daniel Craig, to me acts like the James Bond I have read in the books. I see a real similarity.
Can't wait for the rest of your journey.
As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
@Coby Three years before he was the first James Bond, Sean Connery was a main character in the 1959 Disney movie, "Darby O'Gill and the Little People", which is an annual St. Patrick's Day tradition in my home.
In 1959 Sean Connery played a villain in the movie TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE starring Gordon Scott as Tarzan (in which his character gets killed by Tarzan). It is among the best Tarzan movies ever made with an intelligent script and Tarzan is more like the book version than Weissmuller's "Me Tarzan - You Jane" type dialogue. The Tarzan producers wanted Sean to return for the next Tarzan film but he declined. Sean Connery was apologetic. ‘Two fellows took an option on me for some spy picture, and are exercising it. But I’ll be in your next,’ he promised, having no idea what would happen with James Bond." The rest, of course, is history.
Love your movie reviews. You keep up with the plot, and guess what is going to happen. I'm surprised how accurate you are sometimes. Better than most movie reviewer who just laugh, make casual comments and don't have a clue what is going on.
thank you !!
Your smile while watching these movies is great. Thanks.
Big flashy sunglasses were a big thing in the 60s. Especially the big white framed sun glasses. The 60s movies had big graphics and special effects on the beginning credits. The theme songs where #1 especially on the Diamonds are forever movie.The James Bond character was first featured on tv. In the 1st casino Royale. One of the best themes was sung by Shirley Bassey Diamonds are forever and again on the movie Gold finger also sung by Shirley Bassey.✌️❤️
Old vintage cameras used what was called flash bulb. That is what she broke and used to cut Qual on his cheek.
I’m such an old Bond-head that I swear I’ve watched at least the Connery and Moore ones at least 100 times since I was 13 (I’m 50 now). It’s refreshing to see someone watch a film so familiar to me through new eyes. Your video was a hoot! Thank you.
Dr. Evil is modeled on Ernst Stavro Blofeld, as played by Donald Pleasance, in "You Only Live Twice" (1967), the fifth Bond film.
You seemed surprised to see the female photographer take the "flashbulb" out of her camera, break the glass bulb against the table, & then use it to cut Quarrel's face. And yes, you had to remove & replace the flashbulb every time you wanted to take a photo in low light. The sportscar that Bond rented was a British Sunbeam Alpine. It had a 4 cyl. engine & 4-speed trans. After Carrol Shelby installed a 260 cu. in. Ford V-8 in an British A.C. chassis & named it the Shelby Cobra, Sunbeam took the Alpine & installed the same Ford V-8 in it & named the model the Sunbeam Tiger.
Good stuff. Yes, the Tiger.
Until Chrysler bought the Rootes Group and they replaced the Ford V8 with a Chrysler. Having a blue oval lump just wouldn't do. Shame though, as Chrysler soon flogged off the British operations to PSA, which smudged it all in the short-lived rebirth of the Talbot name. Before all that, the Rootes companies - Hillman, Subeam, Singer, Humber and Commer - made some lovely vehicles.
Our family had 1 Alpine and Two Tigers. The all-British Alpines of course were a mechanical pain in the ass, but still fun to drive. And I loved the early longer fins on my '61.
The Sunbeam Alpine was borrowed from a Dr who lived on the island, as I recall.
@@MNMitchell-h5s Alpine in Dr No
This is what James Bond is all about. Just perfection, timeless classic👌
Hey, Coby. I watch a lot of Reaction/Review videos, only ones of movies I’ve already seen. I really enjoy yours. You’re very observant and intelligent and not blinded by the generational gap. Keep up the great work.
appreciate that !
Nobody does it better than Connery! Sylvia French was the most stunning woman to grace ANY Bond movie! IMO. No entrance/introduction of Bond is better than Connery's first at that casino table.
Eunice Grayson was an absolutely gorgeous example of the fairer sex. That inquiring arched eyebrow gets me every time!
Great job Coby. Nice to see you going back to the beginning with Sean! With respect to the martinis, there actually is one Bond movie where he is served a martini, stirred, not shaken. I couldn't remember which it was until I stumbled across You Only Live Twice in my Home feed earlier this week. One of the main characters, Tanaka, serves him a martini and comments, stirred, not shaken, as you like it. Dunno what happened there, but it is interesting. Enjoy the ride!
Sean Connery as 007. Perfection.
Fun fact: Ian Fleming didn’t want Connery as Bond at first, he didn’t see him as Bond because he was Scottish… Bond is British. He wanted Cary Grant to play him at first. But when Connery screen tested, Fleming changed his mind
@@nsasupporter7557 Erm you have to be American. Scotland is part of Britain. If you are Scottish, you are also British. In the books Bond is written as Scottish, born in Scotland to a Scottish father, with a Swiss mother. Scotland is part of the UK, Scotland is part of Britian. So this makes him British as well as Scottish. Britain = England, Scotland and Wales. It's the one big Island and the 3 nations of it. British doesn't mean English. England means English and that is a small part of Britain. In the same way someone can be Californian and yet they are still American
@@overthewebb that’s only because Fleming changed Bond’s background to have Scottish ancestry to match Sean Connery after he knew that he was gonna be Bond.
British isn’t exactly Scottish… it is pretty much, but it’s not exactly the same if that makes sense
@@nsasupporter7557 No, it doesn't make sense at all, British is also Scottish, as I said you don't know what you are talking about. Are you suggesting British means English? If so please explain it to me
@@nsasupporter7557 Scottish people have British passports. Same as English and Welsh. All have British passports. A Scotsman created the Light Infantry army in England. a man called Sir John Moore.
A Scotsman created the Royal Marine Commandos and another Scotsman created the SAS and special forces around the world. All of them are both Scottish and British.
The Scottish King James the first of England who was James of Scotland before united the crowns of Scotland and England and who created the United Kingdom. You need to learn some history and current Geography
I was born in '55 and watched all the Bond films in the theater. I got a toy spy briefcase for Christmas and pretended I was Bond. I thought I was so cool. Sean Connery was so suave and sophisticated in this role, I loved it. 😎
I had one of those also, way cool toy back in the day.
Good job Coby start at the first and do them in order!
that's the plan !
@@criminalcontent You should DEFINATELY take a palate cleansing break post Roger Moore for Austin Powers.
Love Coby! Love watching movies with you! BTW: the egg that the photographer girl smashes and cut Quarrel with is a flashbulb. Very common back in those days. Also Dr. No is famous for Bond getting his famous gun (the PPK) although a PPK doesn't appear in the film, (gun guy thing). Love!
Will you be reacting to the other Sean Connery bond movies?
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My Auntie worked in Glasgow Airport years and years ago back when i was a kid and she met Sean and got his autograph for me and my brother. She always remembers him being polite and kind. She asked him what brings him home (or something like that) and he said “i’m here to play a little bit of golf” she spoke for a min and then went back to work.
She said out of the famous people she has met at her time in that job he was up top of her list as one of the few celebrities that were actually genuinely nice.
My brother took the autograph unfortunately.
yes, more to come
Very enjoyable watch along and amazing to think this movie only cost a million to make and looks so good. See you next time Coby.
Glad you enjoyed it !
You have no idea how many hours I spent when I was a kid practicing saying... Bond, James Bond.
On the shaken vs stirred thing, in the 1950s when the Bond novels were first being written the distillation process for vodka wasn't as good, and it tended to contain potato-like starches. Shaking rather than stirring caused them to separate so they could be strained out, leading to a purer drink.
"World domination. The same old dream. Our asylums are full of people who think they're Napoleon. Or God."
That's such a great quote. Taken directly out of Fleming's novel. Sadly, still relevant today.
Replace "Napoleon" with "Hitler" and you're spot on.
FREAKING AWESOME!! Going Back! Don't worry about your reaction!! You are very sharp, wise and have a great attitude!! 5 minutes in and I already know! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎
It was an error in the script because it was lifted from the Novel. Dent is using a 1911 which has 7 shots. They also switched the PPK because it wouldn't fit the silencer and used a dowel and a Browning 1910 (?). Still shows Bond is ruthless when he has to be.
I myself watched Dr No and The Birds for the first time just days apart, as it turns out, back in December 2002 - so, having just come across your channel earlier on tonight, this feels pretty cool to see you’ve recently reviewed them both 🙂 And such good reactions!
(And Coby, it’s actually really cool that you’ve started watching the Sean Connery Bonds after watching the Daniel Craig ones, since the Daniel Craig movies were kinda intended as prequels to the Sean Connery Bonds anyway, so you’re effectively watching them all in chronological order now! 😝)
Great reactions. My overriding memory of watching Dr No that first time is noticing the various similarities to Austin Powers(And demonstrating which generation I’m from in the process), and then thinking “OMG, that’s sooo Dr Evil!” 😂😂 Even if the appearance of Dr Evil was based more on Blofeld, something about this character was strikingly similar too, including the name and voice.
So I absolutely agree with your reactions on these things! 😝🙌
Sweet video! 👌
26:00 you are thinking of hallie barry in die another day when she plays jinx... another bond classic!
The movies were based on the Ian Fleming novels of the same name. Casino Royale was unavailable, as the rights had been purchased by someone else, and made into a movie starring Peter Sellers. It was, in fact, a parity of the genre before such a thing was in vogue.
Great reaction Coby. Sean Connery did 5 Bond movies before stepping down, then came back for 1 more when his replacement didn't work out. Then over a decade later, he was part of a rival Bond movie, that has a whole convoluted backstory behind its production. So 7 in all, to answer your question.
They made this for less than $1 million. Even in those days that was a pretty low budget. Its success meant they could spend quite a bit more on future movies. And the production values do improve. Over the next couple of movies, the formula will get perfected, and you'll see the gadgets, the Aston Martin, more convoluted plots, and really elaborate sets. One set in You Only Live Twice cost more money than Dr. No.
Glad you enjoyed it, and looking forward to your journey through the Connery Bonds. I hope you eventually get through the whole series. 25 movies might seem daunting, but you're already got 6 under your belt. So peck away at it, and you'll get there.
The first Bond film, made before they knew they were going to have a hit franchise.
It always made sense to me why this was the first film: fairly straightforward plot and a limited number of locations made it a great introduction to the characters for audiences, and affordable to film for the studio.
As you'll see, very quickly, the plots, stunts, action scenes, and exotic locations expanded greatly... Enjoy!
Here's the excerpt from the first Bond novel where Bond initially presents his drink of choice to Felix and the reader:
'A dry martini,' he said. 'One. In a deep champagne goblet.'
'Oui, monsieur.'
'Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel. Got it?'
'Certainly, monsieur.' The barman seemed pleased with the idea.
'Gosh, that's certainly a drink,' said Leiter.
Bond laughed. 'When I'm... er... concentrating,' he explained, 'I never have more than one drink before dinner. But I do like that one to be large and very strong and very cold and very well-made. I hate small portions of anything, particularly when they taste bad. This drink's my own invention. I'm going to patent it when I can think of a good name.'
Fleming letters were published and he said he just made it up. When he actually had one, he said it was terrible.
@@SNEED456 That's hilarious.
@@SNEED456 Why anyone would ruin gin by putting vodka in it is beyond me.
Good point!
Coby, I love your reaction to watching James Bond - Dr No.
Sean Connery was really good in the role. He played James Bond six times - Dr No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, and Diamond's Are Forever. However, Roger Moore was my favourite James Bond. Moore played Bond seven times. I have watched all the Bond Movies. ❤❤❤
Sean Connery, the best James Bond of all time
Ursula Andress (Honey Ryder) coming out of the ocean with her seashells you were right to recognise. It's an iconic image, establishing from the start the 'Bond Girl' as an essential part of the formula.
You were right about the tarantula being not deadly, but I don't think the Sixties audience would know that. I remember watching this as a kid in the Eighties and having the idea that tarantulas were really dangerous and venomous. 30 years later I've handled them and know they are beautiful and gentle spiders.
Ian Fleming, Bond's creator, believed that stirring a drink compromised on flavor.
Fleming preferred his martinis shaken because he believed it preserved the flavor of the drink.
As far as the actual Bond lore around the shakened not stirred, The vodka martini's clear color and lack of a strong odor help Bond blend into a crowd. Bond's martini order is a tactic to socially manipulate the surrounding room. And lastly, shaking aerates the drink, making it colder and slightly more diluted than stirring. As well vodka made from grain rather than potatoes makes his drink even better. Shaking is also said to dissolve the vermouth better, making it less oily tasting.
"From Russia with Love" was the next one, and a great one - it established Bond as the coolest ever (with the introduction of secret gadgets) and set everyone up in 1964 for Goldfinger - which was the peak of Bond early popularity - all of us boys wanted to be spies and spy programs started popping up on TV everywhere. Of course in 1964 something extraordinary happened in music, you might have heard about it. Anyway and awesome time to live through.
The man who played Felix in this is Jack Lord, who would later go on to play Detective Steve McGarett in the original Hawaii Five-O TV show from the Kate 60s/70s.
When you said you liked the way the house was built into the rock, it made me think of a place here in Wisconsin called House on the Rock. This guy named Alex Jordan built a house in a high rock formation sometime before 1960. He opened it for tours in 1960. Iv'e been there a couple times, once when I was a teen in the 60's. It's quite remarkable.
Dr. No! Yes!
Dr. No is so awesome! I'm very happy you enjoyed it
Connery is my favorite, even though I loved Roger Moore when I was growing up. Watching the evolution of the character grow and change through the years is great fun, I hope Coby will continue with all the movies she hasn't seen. There is something for everyone, character evolution, midcentury furniture & decor, fashion, the women, the cars, its all good fun. It's funny that Bond's first car was a little Sunbeam convertible.
Sunglasses guy was an actor called Jack Lord and he led the older Hawaii 5 O tv series which is considered a classic.. Just type in Hawaii 5 O music theme for a quick preview it was a great show with an awesome cast back then / That iconic scene of the girl coming out of the water in the white bikini is with the goddess of the day Ursula Andress
The blue convertible is a Sunbeam Alpine. Bond gets his first Aston Martin DB5 in the 3rd movie, "Goldfinger".
And from the Books the Bentley is only shown in From Russia With Love in the early part with Silvia Trench.
They should have upgraded it to the Sunbeam Tiger for Bond. Took them two more films to get it right.
@@gsparkman This film was made in 1962, the Sunbeam Tiger's first year of production was 1964.
very nice that you will react to all the Bond movies. They're like a time capsule in terms of inventions and science and I think you'll love it. 😊
My two favorites are yet to come; "Thunderball" and "Goldfinger." Next, if you go sequentially, is "From Russia with Love" and it is also well thought of. The list for the Sean Connery Bond films is, in order: "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", "Goldfinger", "Thunderball", "You Only Live Twice", and then "Diamonds are Forever." Then in the eighties he made "Never Say Never Again." The film "Goldfinger" will set the Bond formula which will be followed for decades.
Never Say Never Again not an official Bond film.
James Bond does not wink to the camera! 👎😉
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