Dr No isn’t the best Bond film or even the best Sean Connery Bond film but what it does is it sets up the Bond Franchise and establishes some of the elements that would make this franchise what it is. It has the first of the iconic James Bond moments where Ursula Andress comes out of the sea. The main problem with this film is that the main villain the titled Dr No isn’t the most effective or menacing baddie in the history of film. I just think that it was a bit too laid back for my liking. I think that at just over and hour and 40 minutes the film does manage to move the story along without doing very much. There are certainly some good moments in the first half of the film until we meet Dr No.
The introduction of SPECTRE is something that would occur in future Bond films and it gets a few mentions in this film but its more about Dr No’s involvement. I think that the idea of Dr No being in SPECTRE isn’t a credible one because of how ineffective the character is. What also seemed silly but this couldn’t be helped in 1962 were the protective clothing that Dr No’s staff were wearing. If this film were made now then they would dress differently. Sean Connery is the best Bond and despite the flaws in this film there were enough opportunities to spot the good things about Connery’s Bond. He manages to make everything he does seem so effortless and the fact of him being a ladies man seems as much a part of Connery than Bond. Ursula Andress is ok as a ‘Bond Girl’ but as her lines were dubbed over she loses a bit of credibility and does just come across as window dressing.
Dr No does manage to do enough to be a good film but in comparison to other Bond film it lacks some of the elements to what makes a Bond film so good. I think that Connery shows himself well and I think that some of the directing is fantastic and the supporting cast do well. Dr No should be watched as it’s a Bond film, the one that started it all 50 years ago.
The introduction of SPECTRE is something that would occur in future Bond films and it gets a few mentions in this film but its more about Dr No’s involvement. I think that the idea of Dr No being in SPECTRE isn’t a credible one because of how ineffective the character is. What also seemed silly but this couldn’t be helped in 1962 were the protective clothing that Dr No’s staff were wearing. If this film were made now then they would dress differently. Sean Connery is the best Bond and despite the flaws in this film there were enough opportunities to spot the good things about Connery’s Bond. He manages to make everything he does seem so effortless and the fact of him being a ladies man seems as much a part of Connery than Bond. Ursula Andress is ok as a ‘Bond Girl’ but as her lines were dubbed over she loses a bit of credibility and does just come across as window dressing.
Dr No does manage to do enough to be a good film but in comparison to other Bond film it lacks some of the elements to what makes a Bond film so good. I think that Connery shows himself well and I think that some of the directing is fantastic and the supporting cast do well. Dr No should be watched as it’s a Bond film, the one that started it all 50 years ago.
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