The James Bond Collection, Volume 3

Anticipating a wonderful boxed set to complete my Bond Collection. I got the first collection for Christmas last year, and now the remaining Bond films will be available. I have really enjoyed the quality of the DVD's -- each entry menu is intriguingly cool and greets you in an interesting new way. The films are very well restored, and when you watch the trailers, you can really tell the difference. Remember that together these films span 40 years!Although this set of 007 films include some of the less popular ones, I liked Octopussy with it's bad old cold war days plot and locations. Also liked Die Another Day, with it's fresh gadgets. Be warned, though that in this collection Die Another Day probably won't have all the special feautures of the 2 disc version sold by itself. Anyway, it is a good movie -- Brosnan is really "bonding" to his role and Halle Berry is welcome to share the screen anytime! And a View to a Kill is one I haven't seen in a very long time, with Roger Moore, Tanya Roberts and bizzare Christopher Walken. This set will finish the collection with the 7 solid entrants from part 1 (Blue Box), but is generally not as packed as set #2.Another tip -- MGM/UA is releasing 20 bond films in these sets. But if you want to be thorough, see Sean Connery's finale "Never Say Never Again" (from a Rival Studio) and maybe even get the 007 spoof "Casino Royale". That will finish the entire James Bond collection. Athough many people disparage it, I grabbed Never Say Never for a few bucks at a local mart, and it does have Kim Basinger!!

So, finally the last of the James Bond movies arrive on DVD. And you get quite a variety, including 3 Sean Connery outings (the last set only had 1 and the first had 2 by Sean). From Russia With Love is the best of the 3. The Bond film made just before Goldfinger gives us a James Bond who's not use to having gadgets around to save his neck every time he gets in a jam. Robert Shaw stands out as the evil henchmen (like Oddjob) working for SPECTRE in is sure to be remembered as one of the greatest train fights in history. You Only Live Twice pits Bond against SPECTRE again, who this time are trying to start WWIII by stealing U.S. and Soviet space vehicles and making it look like the other country is responsible. Bond gets married to a Japanese woman (but only for undercover purposes) and the two track down the secret volcano lair of Blofeld (Austin Powers got many of it's ideas from this bond film including Dr. Evil's face job, taken right from Donald Pleasance's Blofeld here. After You Only Live Twice, Sean Connery decided he'd had enough of playing 007 and decided not to star in the next film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Many diehard Bond fans like myself feel that if he had taken the part, this would have been the most successful Bond film of it's generation. But oddly enough, the producers were able to persuade Sean to come back an do one more Bond, Diamonds Are Forever. It would be the first Bond shot in the 70's, with 007 doing what he does best, mixing it up with the baddies and indulging himself with the ladies. Don't miss the classic fight between him and Bambi and Thumper. Roger Moore's last two 007 films continue this set, beginning with Octopussy, a grand, if not a bit silly, story in which Bond must track down the killer of a fellow double 0 agent as well as woo an seduce the lovely Maude Adams who previously acted in The Man With The Golden Gun (She was killed in that one). The opening sequence is a lot of fun, as Bond flies a small jet plane, cutting through a hanger and making it all the way out before the doors are closed on him as a heat seeking missile flies after him. Moore's last Bond, A View To A Kill, will probably be best known for it's title song, performed by Duran Duran (the most successful Bond song in history). In this outing Bond takes on the microchip world and the baddies, played by a very blonde Christopher Walken along with his henchwoman, Grace Jones are out to keep him from spoiling all the fun. Tanya Roberts (who can now be seen on That 70's Show) plays the 'Bond Girl (just how many times can she scream "James! " in one scene?) with relative ease. And finally, Mr. Timothy Dalton's debut as 007 in, The Living Daylights. What's nice about this one is that Bond only has one love interest which makes it a bit romantic for some, but again a bit disappointing for others who want it the way it's always been. Dalton, takes a very serious tone with the Bond character, a trait that he has often been criticized for (Moore too smarmy, and Brosnan a bit too stiff). All I can say is, nobody does it better than Sean, but please, cut the rest of these fine actor's some slack. Each one gives us a unique perspective of the life of 007. This should be revered, not trampled on. As for special features, this set, like the two earlier one's, is jam packed with audio commentaries, making of's, trailers, music videos and more. My only complaint is that they did not leave a space open for Bond #20 in this collector's box like they did for The World Is Not Enough in the previous set. This means when #20 comes out it will be left out of the set or MGM will release another set to buy all over again. They can say that it's because nothing is definite with Bond #20 but lets face it, we know it's coming and they should have left a space for it. Other than that, this 3rd set is a wonderful edition to the world of 007.

If you arent aware, this third box set is incredibly rare. The dvd's in this set were all taken off the market years ago and have now become rare. For the longest time this box set was $200. My brother got me the first two box sets (both containing 7 movies) years ago but could never get this one (containing 6 movies) for the cost. Now its much less expensive and still in the amazing quality of the first. Now I own all but the brand new one and my collection is almost complete! Buying these 6 movies on their own would almost double the cost of this box set on its own. Great buy!

I returned this because I asked for Sean Connery's James Bond movies, and I received only one of his movies and the others were of other actors portraying JB!

My husband and I love this DVD set!! It's so fun to watch over and over! Love Bond movies!

Bought as a gift.

The movies that were advertised as being in this set were not the same ones that we received. Since we didn't own any of the James Bond movies yet, we decided to just keep them. However, after playing one of the discs it began to freeze and skipped over multiple scenes. It ended up being a disappointing purchase.

Satisfied