Dr. No
Published 2015-02-13
Now meet the most extraordinary gentleman spy in all fiction
Film info
- Director
- Year / Run time 1962 · 1hr 40m
- Series James Bond (1 of 25)
- Genres Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Cast
In the first James Bond spy classic, Sean Connery is the ever-suave and fearless secret agent 007 on a mission in Jamaica to thwart a fanatical scientist's world-threatening scheme.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 0:38 | The opening shot of James Bond is timeless, then. Spotlight, gunshot, blood rains down. Forever. |
| 6:14 | It's adorable how posh everyone is. |
| 7:36 | Never seen that giant paddle for moving cards around a casino table before. |
| 9:25 | Less than ten minutes into the whole franchise and he's hooking up. |
| 11:12 | This James Bond is devillishly handsome though. Who knew? |
| 17:31 | These are like comedy spies. I'm expecting two little holes in the newspaper. |
| 21:59 | Argh, super spies and their suicide abilities. |
| 24:52 | "Mixed like you said, not stirred." Well, at least they didn't get it all right at the first go. |
| 29:43 | They're just so unsubtle. "Make sure we get privacy," he yells. Uh, okay. Suspicious. |
| 33:21 | That's a massive camera. And a huge flash. If nothing else, that ages the film! |
| 38:30 | The captain is hilarious. "Well, I can't take you. Oh alright then." So much persuading. |
| 41:40 | As worried as I am for Bond, there's a slight flaw... the 23 films that follow it. |
| 43:56 | Spiders don't bother me like snakes do but eek, that is a scary spider. |
| 45:09 | Lots of pipes in this film. |
| 52:55 | Did he just sniff her towel? |
| 1:02:55 | I didn't realise the bikini thing was in the very first James Bond. |
| 1:09:54 | Red shirt is not very inconspicuous. Also, is he a red shirt? |
| 1:16:27 | It's so Robot Wars! |
| 1:22:29 | Epic bunker. |
| 1:31:51 | Spectre. Way relevant. |
| 1:47:33 | There goes the bunker. |
Thoughts
Our ambitious adventure to work through alllll the Bond films begins here, with the first. It was a surprise to me, how good it was. Of its time, naturally, with a slow pace, a couple of questionable effects and some really dodgy audio. But aging aside, it held up. I thought Connery was good, although he's not my Bond at all.
The only downside was, and this may be down to a bit of wine I'd consumed beforehand, but I got all the way through the film and then had to turn to Mr C and say: "So, what were the bad guys doing?" There was so much build up, chasing them down, getting to the bay, being captured in the bunker, and I was following all that but I sort of missed what the overarching evil plot was. Didn't take away from the enjoyment of it, but the big bad didn't really seem all that big or bad.
Rating: 3 / 5
