Dr. No (1962) movie review

[JordanAP96]

FIRST James Bond film. And you can't count Casino Royale from 1954 because that was a television play, not a theatrical film.

[NecroVMX]

@JordanAP96 Actually, I'll count it if I want to. And I do.

[JordanAP96]

@NecroVMX Okay.

[randomdave30]

Dr No is not only one of my favourite Bond films, it is one of my favourite films full stop. A true cinematic classic and so much more enduring and engaging that so many of the later entries. From Russia With Love and Goldfinger are worthy successors, but Thunderball, You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever have umpteen times the budget but pale into insignificance opposite Dr No.

[potterriddle9]

Why do you hate iPads

[DwRockett]

Is it true that in the book Dr.No dies from getting covered in a pile of bird crap?

[NecroVMX]

@DwRockett yep

[conrod15reveiw]

only a 7 ?? at least a 8

[SlayerDarth]

@NecroVMX How did the product placements in the James Bond film series affect people in the States? What I mean is this: did they purchase large numbers of Aston Martins, BMWs etc?

[NecroVMX]

@SlayerDarth It's an interesting question, but I wasn't alive in the 60's so I couldn't tell you

[SlayerDarth]

@NecroVMX Btw, thanks for your review. Really top-notch. Although I had a few doubts about Dr. No. I think he was an excellent antagonist, yet I think most of his henchmen were only working for him out of fear. Professor Dent said that Dr. No would kill him if he told Bond who he was working for.

[NecroVMX]

@SaulAdamTJ1234 Yep.

[tallpaul521]

Did Connery ever do the opening gun barrel sequence himself in any of his films? I say that he did not.

[NecroVMX]

@tallpaul521 You say wrong, he did it in Thunderball, Goldeneye, YOLT and DAF

[DaveM599]

Initially I was puzzled about the 1 minute musical intros to your reviews, but it became clear as your series progressed that the theme songs really are so iconic for the films and represent the overall film (most of the time) in an exemplary style. Nice touch.

[NecroVMX]

@DaveM599 Thanks. Plus, I'm a sucker for elaborate intros.

[KISSarmyGuy]

9/10 for me.

A great start to a great series.

[gs032009]

9/10!!!!!!!!!

[displayfireworks1]

Well spoken review. thanks.

[TheDrYes]

honey rider hottest girl ever

[Wadsy591]

Dr No was quite a good start to the James Bond series, and Sean Connery made a terrific James Bond, next to Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton. Dr No did have a bland plot in my eyes, but Connery's so many awesome lines as well as Honey Rhyder, a classic 60's Bond film and nice music make this a very good film.

Your review on this film makes a lot of sense, NecroVMX, and I'd agree.

My rating:

7/10

[BondHeaven007]

-First appearance of Major Boothroyd (Q).

-First time Bond has a vodka martini.

First time Bond uses the Walther PPK.

-First time Bond shoots someone in cold blood (Professor Dent).

-Bond's first interracial romance (Ms. Taro).

[hollbri]

one of the best bond ever-so fresh and full of ideas -and a perfect cast!

[madcapoperator]

The very intro song before the bond theme kicks in sounds fucking awesome. Also sounds like a sci fi zelda dungeon soundtrack to me.

[MrLoullers]

I think it's a good movie :)

[Evilvillager1989]

I have to say, Connery was the best Choice of Bond at this time. In his first Bond movie he played the character just like the novels. Cold and ruthless. The scene where he executes Dent is pretty realistic.

[niallio77]

and people wonder why the imdb ratings are so #ucked up....

[Lighteningpictures]

Ursula Andress is so hot in this movie. Although I haven't watched it yet, I'll give it 9 out of 10

[NecroVMX]

do yourself a favor and don't rate movies you haven't seen.

[32newspaper]

Well, it was 1962. It would be great in 2009

[GamingShadow01]

eh.

i thought it was alright. it was kinda boring for my taste but its still good.

[32newspaper]

I really like this movie.

[Glenn1967ful]

It was the first Bond film to be shown on British television, back in 1975, and attracted an audience of 25 million. OK Dr No lacks the gadgets, large parts of it were filmed in a studio, but it was a good introduction to the series, was fairly close to the novel and holds up well as a decent spy film. Better was to come.

[dafmurray]

I always thought the opening gunbarrel graphic was a camera lens....how would I know what the inside of a gun barrel looked like! Where does Dr. No come in the book sequence? Not my favourite Bond but a decent movie. Music is definitely improved when John Barry takes over full music duties.

[SubtleDemise]

It's the 6th novel

[deadman00]

intrestingly in the book hony rider has a broken nose which is why she wanted to get sea shells for money.

[NecroVMX]

no, they weren't connected at all, she was just making a living. when bond brings up the idea of a nose job she gets insulted

[deadman00]

reread the book.

bond compliments her but she comments thats not so with her nose.

bond sugests the operation. but she just complains she doent have enough money for it. she later tell bond her life and how she learned about selling the shells and she says she figures out how she can one day save up to go and get the operation done. so yeah the two are connected.

i recall in the end she gets the operation

and bond even says she didnt really need to.

[anahiemduck1]

they used underneath the mango tree too much in this film

[anahiemduck1]

Casino Royale took place in 2006 in a reeboot so casino royale isn't a prequel sand there are mutliple theroies like the bond in casino royale is a differnt bond and the original one is retired

[NecroVMX]

I wasn't talking about the casino royale that came out in 06, look at the playlist

[trwent]

I loved watching Jack Lord as Felix Leiter. At times whenever I see this film again, I keep expecting him to say "book 'em, Dano!"

[Smashbrosforlife]

what ie meant was in the description you said second. srry just wanted to point that out

[NecroVMX]

I said it because that's the way it is. It may be the first done by EON films, but it was the second film overall.

[Smashbrosforlife]

dr no is not the second bond film. its the first official aka the first bond film

[TimKraemer]

One thing you didn't mention: Bond's GREAT introduction with the "Bond, James Bond" line at the casino table and the theme song kicking in. Definitely one of the greatest screen entrances.

[beansman124]

necro dont tell me the ending!!!!!!!!! i have that movie

[NecroVMX]

Dude, there's kind of a moratorium on spoilers, the movie came out in 1962

[marsgreekgod]

Question:

is the 7/10 for all bond movies or all movies?

[NecroVMX]

Good question. It's sort of both. I've tried to be as objective as possible, but a lot of the scores are in relation to the other films. Best way to say it is each score describes my feelings when watching the movie. I'd say listen to the review more than the score, and you'll get a better idea, I just sort of threw the scores in because people like a conclusion in that format.

[marsgreekgod]

Ah , thanks a lot.

I think you should more go for relative to other James bonds then every movie, but thats just me

[NecroVMX]

Well it is, in the way that the 10 I give FRWL isn't the same 10 I'd give a movie like American Beauty or something.

[Doperwtje81]

Great review. Only thing I didn't like was that the pictures often didn't really match the point you were making in the review from 2:50 till about 4:10. Still it's great someone is making a series on JB-movies. Keep up the good work!

I also never really understood the guy putting the Tarantula in Bond's room. If he could get in so easily, why not just stay there until Bond came back & then machine-gunning him?

[NecroVMX]

Well it's explained better in the book, that Dr. No wanted Bond out of the way, becuase bond was investigating strangways' murder. But he didn't want ANOTHER agent coming to investigate bond's murder, so an attempt was made to use a poisonous centipede, which the book changed to a tarantula (funnily, tarantula bites are never fatal, and neither are black widow bites, which honey ryder mentions that she killed someone with in the film)

[Doperwtje81]

I didn't know that. Interesting.

[HalfLife3Please]

love the opening song i never seen that movie but i wunt to see it now