Yesterday “Dr. NO” was on TV. I watched the entire thing for the umpteenth time. Next to Gold Finger, it was the 2nd best Bond flick. No ridiculous gadgets, no Rube Golberg impossible to follow plot, infused with suspense throughout, all the Bond idiosycrasy’s neatly woven in the film. And of course a young looking Connery, the best Bond actor ever.
Yes, I saw “Dr. No” yesterday as well on the G4 Channel...
That whole Jamaica scene of the 1960s, along with British influence on the island nation, has always interested me.
The best Bond: Connery.
Best Bond film: Thunderball.
My parents piled me and my brothers into the car for a $1.00 per carload drive-in showing of Dr. No when it was released. Not long after, Goldfinger came out and I was soon glueing together my Aston-Martin model (complete with all the Bond accessories) and turning my dad’s hat into a weapon.