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There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

I'm watching a few James Bond movies for a term paper I'm writing about Spy Fiction and since Dr. No marks the beginning of the most influential espionage movie franchise in history it was definitely a must see for me. I was not impressed, to say the least.First of all I'm not a James Bond fan. I'm not much of an action movie fan either, but once in a while I watch one and there's a few I like, so it's not that I am completely opposed to the genre, but take my review with a grain of salt.If you're a fan of James Bond movies in general, this is your movie. It's the normal Bond formula with several pretty girls by his side, an investigation with some action that sooner or later leads to the villain and then the defeat of said villain. If that's your thing, totally do consider this movie. It is great if you can turn off your brain for two hours and just want to be entertained. If you can't do that, don't pick up this movie. If you expect something deep James Bond just isn't your thing and that's completely fine. Different people have different tastes. I for one don't really like it.I guess I can handle the weird decisions such as Bond breaking into the air vent in his prison cell with a shoe but somehow that air vent also connects to a water pipe (I feel like I totally missed something here, someone please explain that scene to me), but what really destroyed my enjoyment was the Bond girl Honey Ryder.Bond usually has several love interests just like in this movie. I don't like it, but fine, I don't expect much. That's just James Bond and I bet a lot of people enjoy this and that's cool. But Honey Ryder... She's special. Special because she's somehow really stupid. She talks in this little girl way that made me uncomfortable throughout the whole movie and she's depicted as not much more than that. A naive little girl in the body of a hot blonde (I actually found out through my research that they chose the actress pretty much because the one they actually wanted to use wasn't "voluptuous" enough on screen). There's several instances where they show her as explicitly being stupid and honestly I couldn't look past this and I really can't understand why so many people see her as the best Bond girl when we get girls with actual agency like Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale from 2006. When Honey gets taken away by Dr. No's guards she is wearing pants. Later when Bond rescues her she's only in her bikini panties. I don't want to think about those implications to be honest.

"Dr. No" is the first of what would become more than two dozen movies about British Secret Agent 007, James Bond. The special agent of Britain's MI-6 is the creation of Ian Fleming. Fleming was a journalist for Reuters and when World War II broke out, he was recruited for Britain's Naval Intelligence. After the war, he managed a newspaper office and took up writing his spy novels. He introduced the world to his famous James Bond in his first novel, Casino Royale in April 1953.The Bond movie series has stretched over more than 50 years, as of the date of the last movie, "Spectre" in 2015. Half a dozen different actors have played Bond, but Sean Connery established his identity from the start. I haven't read any of Fleming's novels about Bond, nor books by authors who have continued the Bond series. But, It's interesting to note that each subsequent movie seems to get a little more detailed, complex and with associated gimmicks. Compared to the last of the films, starring Daniel Craig, this first film seems mild. But it's a good thriller, nevertheless, and it introduces 007 to the world. Bond's humor gradually picks up in later novels and movies. But, in "Dr. No" we get a glimpse of it. After a hearse chasing Bond on a mountain road swerves to avoid hitting a construction vehicle, it plummets over the cliff and explodes as it rolls down the mountain. Bond gets out of his car and watches with a road worker. He comments, "I think they were on their way to a funeral." In another scene, he drives up to the British Consul with a dead hit man in the back seat. He gets out of the car, points at the passenger, and says to the guard standing nearby, "Sergeant, make sure he doesn't get away."The film introduced Swiss actress Ursula Andress to movie audiences in her first role of any significance. Her performance here earned her a Golden Globe as the most promising female newcomer. Most of her 46 film and TV movies have been forgettable.

Having completed my look at Clint Eastwood's acting Filmography, I have decided to move on to the legend that is Sir Sean Connery. Dr.No (1962)Plot In A Paragraph: James Bond (Sean Connery) a resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague. Our introduction to 007 is classic Bond. The first shot of him was at the gaming tables, only his fingers and the cards are visible, followed by a close up of his face as he lit a cigarette as the soundtrack played his signature tune. Agent 007, licensed to kill, but not be killed, thought all villains single-handedly, surviving bullets, water, fire and even electricity. He was a comic strip hero, a Superman or a Captain America. An immensely good-looking and immensely well groomed 1930s hero updated to the 1960s. He was cool, sharp and cunning. Thoroughly professional at all times, fast with his gun, nifty on his feet, nifty in bed, and always had time for sex, even if he was about to be murdered. He was the sort of hero who made love to a woman just before he handed over to the police. And with his tongue firmly in his cheek Connery played him perfectly. Jospeh Wiseman played the title character very coldly, but he doesn't leave much of an impression. Unlike Ursula Andres as Honey Rider. The original 'Bond Girl' and one often most imitated. In my youth, I spent many an hour, slowly pausing the radio active shower scene on video (long before DVD made this process much easier) hoping to catch it just right, to see if she was really nude or not. Oh the memories.Sadly the movie has not aged well, the fight scenes often look clumsy, over rehearsed and at worst poorly co-ordinated. On a $1.1 million budget, Dr. No grossed $16 million at the domestic box office, to end 1963 as the 9th highest grossing movie of the year.

Connery's first effort operating with his infamous ¨Licence to Kill¨, Bond goes after the fiends , this time his main enemy results to be the megalomaniac Dr. No . The picture contains comic-strip adventure , sensational pursuits , silly set pieces , great stunts , tongue-in check humor , frantic unstopped action , amazing gimmicks and stimulating images like are the spectacular chases , the overwhelming scenes , and the breathtaking fights . The resourceful , handsome and virile British government agent James Bond (an excellent , as usual, Sean Connery) on loose seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a partner and the disruption of the American space program by a weird Chinese scientific (Joseph Wiseman) . Seeking revenge for the death of an operative Bond discovers a mad scientist is sabotaging rockets launching from his hideout in the exotic Jamaica . Bond helped by a CIA agent (Jack Lord) and a native agent (John Kitzmiller) undertakes a dangerous assignment in a strange island run by a diabolic villain from Spectra , (a criminal organization formed by the greatest criminal minds around the world) .This solid , slick thriller contains standard humor , magic mix of action-packed , dazzling stunts , gadgetry , and romance provided by sexy company , Ursula Andress as the gorgeous Honey Ryder ; this film promptly made big stars of him and Ursula . Lots of exciting escapes but not an over-reliance on the gadgets of the later movies . Sean Connery as James Bond is very fine , he does remarkably well , he has toughness , irony , humor and sympathy ; however , he also has coldness , cunning , intelligence and roughness . Sean Connery said that this movie was his personal favorite out of the Bond films he did . Here Bond is an efficient , agile , sardonic , relentless agent trying to chase obstinately a criminal mastermind traveling around the world , this time is mostly set in Jamaica . Bond to achieve his aims , along the way uses violent means , pulling off brutal killings against enemies who wreak all sorts of havoc . As always Bond will use "state of the art" and fantastic gadgets while the Spectre organization goes after him . The action-packed includes : impressive car chase scenes , shootouts , and Bond attacked by a fire-thrower vehicle , tickled by a tarantula , James grilled by some electric fencing , swamped by seawater and nearly atomised in a nuclear pile . This first 007 movie is far less spectacular and glitzy than any its successors , but the action moves swiftly enough to cover the holes in the screenplay written by Richard Maibaum . Dr. No¨ boasts one of the sexiest and most delectable ¨Bond Girls¨ of them in Andress who stunningly walks out of the waves in a white bikini . Other Bond girls here appearing are Zena Marshall and Eunice Gayson . Furthermore , a lot of notorious secondaries as Anthony Dawson , Bernard Lee as M and Lois Maxwell as MoneyPenny .Lavishly produced by the regular producers , Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman , they didn't want James Bond's main enemy to be Russian , so for the film version his nemesis is the fictitious criminal organization Spectre . Riveting and fancy main titles by habitual Maurice Binder ; furthermore , eye-popping production design by Ken Adam and Syd Cain . Unforgettable musical score with immortal and catching leitmotif by Monty Norman and John Barry . It's brimming with colorful and fascinating cinematography by cameraman Ted Moore . Evocative photography , much of the film was shot on location , with only a bare minimum of back projection used ; something quite unusual for a film of 1962 . The motion picture was well directed by Terence Young and followed by ¨From Russia with love¨ whose budget was $2,000,000 , double that of ¨Doctor No¨ . Young was author of three best James Bond films : ¨Dr No¨ , ¨Thunderball¨ and ¨From Russia with love¨ and directed to Audrey Hepburn in a good thriller titled ¨Wait until dark¨ and a failed film titled ¨Bloodline¨.