James Bond 007 Collection: Sean Connery Collection 4K UHD - Page 15 - Blu-ray Forum

y2jman · 03-29-2025, 11:12 PM

what i don't understand not like i care why<-since i don't even watch the blurays didn't they do a follow up with craig 007 4k's with combo 4k and bluray

well at least it will save me some space can give away bond blurays i hope price on the standard 4k's will go down by time comes out in june meh

careless about steelbook collection mess btw

AKORIS · 03-29-2025, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Markgway

Best Connery Bond Theme Song:

Diamonds Are Forever Theme Song - James Bond - YouTube

I really can't pick just one... more like a top 5 or 7.... This one is on the list though!

Mister_Kidd · 03-29-2025, 11:33 PM

You Only Live Twice. Not even close.

harry o · 03-29-2025, 11:43 PM

"From Russia with love" my favorite, bond flick and one that sir Sean himself rates.

StarDestroyer52 · 03-29-2025, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by harry o

"From Russia with love" my favorite, bond flick and one that sir Sean himself rates.

Yeah, that's also my favorite of the whole franchise. Perfection from beginning to end.

Maggot · 03-29-2025, 11:47 PM

Yeah.......all the movies have their moments. I know with the complaints about Moore's version of Bond being a bit too hammy, but one of my favorite "Bond" moments was in "For Your Eyes Only", when he tells Locque "I believe you left this pin with Ferrara", throws the pin at him and kicks the car over the cliff. I thought that a nice brutal/cold change of pace for Moore.

Stanis · 03-29-2025, 11:56 PM

Octopussy is too gross for me to own, never bought the big set since that and a few others I dont care for (Thunderball, octo, living daylights and the final Pierce) Favorite is Russia with Love and Casino, and all the special features. AmazonMgm actually have put out a few new docs lately which would be nice on disc, in particular the music one

Markgway · 03-30-2025, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by AKORIS

I really can't pick just one... more like a top 5 or 7.... This one is on the list though!

Well, he only did 5!

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Originally Posted by harry o

"From Russia with love" my favorite, bond flick and one that sir Sean himself rates.

It's my favourite Connery Bond film. It's like if Hitchcock directed 007.

Favourite Moore is Octopussy. It's sooooo much fun.

PinkyCarruthers · 03-30-2025, 12:40 AM

Since it hasn't been mentioned yet I gotta put in a word for Octopussy. It's the most purely enjoyable Bond of the entire series for me. I love its "everything but the kitchen sink" mentality -- a bit of Raiders-style jungle action, a Cold War bombing subplot, not one but two aerial sequences, a crackerjack extended train sequence, lots of local Indian flavor, memorable villains/henchmen galore. Maud cuts a very striking figure despite her acting limitations, not to mention her troupe of scantily-clad acrobats (in particular, the two who escort Kamal to his meeting with Octopussy at the palace are among the most drop-dead gorgeous of the entire series). Also love the knife-throwing twins and yes, even Bond dressed as a clown as that whole bomb-chase segment shows him getting really worried for once! I'm still not entirely clear on Octopussy's connection to Orlov and the whole jewel-smuggling scheme but it's a measure of how fun the movie is that I don't care.

It also contains Moore's finest Bond moment acting-wise: the scene in the train car where he confronts Orlov and gets wise to the bomb plot. Berkoff's another real presence in the movie. As in Rambo and Beverly Hills Cop he shamelessly chews the scenery into a pulpy mass while providing a real threat for the hero. Was gobsmacked to learn from the From Roger Moore With Love documentary that he and Moore were old friends from his Saint days (he guest-starred in three episodes plus one of the movies).

By the way I can't recommend that doc enough. There's loads of home movies from his personal archive, some of it shot by Moore himself. You get to see the mysterious Octopussy in some "cheeky" poolside action at the Moore home, slurping spaghetti, etc., and even Bond and Max Zorin Christmas shopping together in the Swiss Alps during a break from filming! (A very laidback Walken is among the interviewees.) Most of the interviews are with his kids and it's just an excellent doc from start to finish. It's a lean 79 mins and the disc is barebones but great re-watch value if you're a Moore fan (and who isn't?

).

[EDIT] Markgway and others - Re: that first sentence -- sorry, didn't see your posts in time!

PinkyCarruthers · 03-30-2025, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Deciazulado

James! James!

Oh gawd....

chriszilla · 03-30-2025, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Markgway

It's my favourite Connery Bond film. It's like if Hitchcock directed 007.

Personally, my "if Hitchcock ever directed a 007 film" nominee is definitely On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

It's tough to choose one, but From Russia With Love may be my favorite Bond film, however!

AKORIS · 03-30-2025, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Markgway

Well, he only did 5!

It's my favourite Connery Bond film. It's like if Hitchcock directed 007.

Favourite Moore is Octopussy. It's sooooo much fun.

oops!! That's what I get for not reading carefully... I thought it was ALL the films....

mr-fezz · 03-30-2025, 01:04 AM

Did this sell out in Canada already?

MartinScorsesefan · 03-30-2025, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by stvn1974

I love them all with the exception of that last turd with Craig. Spectre is the perfect ending for the Craig films.

NTTD won me over with its use of We Have All the Time in the World.

drb999 · 03-30-2025, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Ben_C

It really warms the cockles to see the Moonraker love. It may never be considered the best, but it could well be my favourite Bond movie nowadays - such a fun and goofy Bond romp.

Moonraker was the first Bond movie I saw in theaters. I’ve always enjoyed that one a lot.

spaceball-one · 03-30-2025, 01:19 AM

As much as Madonna's "Die Another Day" is ultimately a misfire IMO, I would still be really interested in a synthy, electro dance Bond theme. I've always thought "Sweet Dreams" by the Eurythmics would have been an AWESOME theme.

chriszilla · 03-30-2025, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by PinkyCarruthers

Since it hasn't been mentioned yet I gotta put in a word for Octopussy. It's the most purely enjoyable Bond of the entire series for me.

Nice post!

The impending release of the Connery 4K Collection has led to numerous comments on the overall Bond film series, which have been fun to read. As someone who grew up loving the Bond films, and who is old enough to have seen most of the Moore films (and beyond) on opening day, I enjoy reading contemporary comments on some of the films which received their fair amount of criticism back in the day, such as Moonraker, Octopussy, A View To A Kill, etc.

The truth is, these are really enjoyable, and very well made Bond films, which unfortunately suffer from a few, brief moments of juvenile humor. And because of that, some Bond fans have downgraded them unfairly due to these (fleeting) moments.

Moonraker is an outstanding Bond film, overall. Its highlights are too numerous to mention. But because we have a 2-second shot of a pigeon doing a double-take, as well as the Jaws character briefly speaking to his newfound girlfriend near the climax, the whole film gets ridiculed. Octopussy has the embarrassing Tarzan yell, and one or two other (extremely brief) cringe-worthy moments. And A View To A Kill has the Beach Boys song, and the face-palm moment when Bond swings from the fire truck ladder. Without question, these are all embarrassing moments. But in a 2-hour-plus movie, are they really enough to torpedo an entire film? If you remove these (extremely brief) moments of puerile humor, you have a 2-hour film that is pretty damn solid!

(And we won't mention the elephant playing the slot machine in Diamonds Are Forever, or the cringe-inducing scene with Blofeld dressed in drag in the same film, or the ice palace nor the invisible car in Die Another Day, or...)

Dr. T · 03-30-2025, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by MartinScorsesefan

NTTD won me over with its use of We Have All the Time in the World.

I had the complete opposite reaction.

dallywhitty · 03-30-2025, 02:08 AM

I absolutely loved No Time to Die. I thought it ticked all the boxes for a climatic blockbuster, it was big and bold and operatic and it looked gorgeous. The ending made me weep.

BluBonnet · 03-30-2025, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by drb999

Moonraker was the first Bond movie I saw in theaters. I’ve always enjoyed that one a lot.

Might have been my first one, too

03-30-2025, 12:40 AM	#289
PinkyCarruthers Active Member Member since:May 2023 Location:somewhere in Asia, I think	Since it hasn't been mentioned yet I gotta put in a word for Octopussy. It's the most purely enjoyable Bond of the entire series for me. I love its "everything but the kitchen sink" mentality -- a bit of Raiders-style jungle action, a Cold War bombing subplot, not one but two aerial sequences, a crackerjack extended train sequence, lots of local Indian flavor, memorable villains/henchmen galore. Maud cuts a very striking figure despite her acting limitations, not to mention her troupe of scantily-clad acrobats (in particular, the two who escort Kamal to his meeting with Octopussy at the palace are among the most drop-dead gorgeous of the entire series). Also love the knife-throwing twins and yes, even Bond dressed as a clown as that whole bomb-chase segment shows him getting really worried for once! I'm still not entirely clear on Octopussy's connection to Orlov and the whole jewel-smuggling scheme but it's a measure of how fun the movie is that I don't care. It also contains Moore's finest Bond moment acting-wise: the scene in the train car where he confronts Orlov and gets wise to the bomb plot. Berkoff's another real presence in the movie. As in Rambo and Beverly Hills Cop he shamelessly chews the scenery into a pulpy mass while providing a real threat for the hero. Was gobsmacked to learn from the From Roger Moore With Love documentary that he and Moore were old friends from his Saint days (he guest-starred in three episodes plus one of the movies). By the way I can't recommend that doc enough. There's loads of home movies from his personal archive, some of it shot by Moore himself. You get to see the mysterious Octopussy in some "cheeky" poolside action at the Moore home, slurping spaghetti, etc., and even Bond and Max Zorin Christmas shopping together in the Swiss Alps during a break from filming! (A very laidback Walken is among the interviewees.) Most of the interviews are with his kids and it's just an excellent doc from start to finish. It's a lean 79 mins and the disc is barebones but great re-watch value if you're a Moore fan (and who isn't? ). [EDIT] Markgway and others - Re: that first sentence -- sorry, didn't see your posts in time! Last edited by PinkyCarruthers; 03-30-2025 at 12:45 AM.

03-29-2025, 11:12 PM	#281
y2jman Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jul 2014 Location:tennessee 4K collection:716 Blu-ray collection:1694 DVD collection:1025 Trading Score:59	what i don't understand not like i care why<-since i don't even watch the blurays didn't they do a follow up with craig 007 4k's with combo 4k and bluray well at least it will save me some space can give away bond blurays i hope price on the standard 4k's will go down by time comes out in june meh careless about steelbook collection mess btw

03-29-2025, 11:33 PM	#283
Mister_Kidd Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2019 Location:Chicago Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:210 Blu-ray collection:769 DVD collection:299	You Only Live Twice. Not even close.

03-29-2025, 11:43 PM	#284
harry o Special Member Member since:Dec 2020	"From Russia with love" my favorite, bond flick and one that sir Sean himself rates.

03-29-2025, 11:47 PM	#286
Maggot Blu-ray Guru Member since:Oct 2009 Location:United States 4K collection:643 Blu-ray collection:1342 DVD collection:49 Blu-ray reviews:81	Yeah.......all the movies have their moments. I know with the complaints about Moore's version of Bond being a bit too hammy, but one of my favorite "Bond" moments was in "For Your Eyes Only", when he tells Locque "I believe you left this pin with Ferrara", throws the pin at him and kicks the car over the cliff. I thought that a nice brutal/cold change of pace for Moore.

03-29-2025, 11:56 PM	#287
Stanis Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2016 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- MA collection:- Digital collection:- iTunes collection:- Prime collection:- Trading Score:23	Octopussy is too gross for me to own, never bought the big set since that and a few others I dont care for (Thunderball, octo, living daylights and the final Pierce) Favorite is Russia with Love and Casino, and all the special features. AmazonMgm actually have put out a few new docs lately which would be nice on disc, in particular the music one

03-30-2025, 01:04 AM	#293
mr-fezz Member Member since:Oct 2020 4K collection:540 Blu-ray collection:1055 iTunes collection:1	Did this sell out in Canada already?

03-30-2025, 01:19 AM	#296
spaceball-one Power Member Top contributor Member since:Feb 2014 4K collection:96 Blu-ray collection:792	As much as Madonna's "Die Another Day" is ultimately a misfire IMO, I would still be really interested in a synthy, electro dance Bond theme. I've always thought "Sweet Dreams" by the Eurythmics would have been an AWESOME theme.

03-30-2025, 02:08 AM	#299
dallywhitty Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Location:Temple of Isis 4K collection:324 Blu-ray collection:1689 DVD collection:178	I absolutely loved No Time to Die. I thought it ticked all the boxes for a climatic blockbuster, it was big and bold and operatic and it looked gorgeous. The ending made me weep.

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