UHD Review Sean Connery 6-Film Collection — 4K UHD review (1 Viewer)

[Preston Jones]

The man who originated the role of James Bond gets an essential six-disc 4K UHD set all his own.



Dr. No (1962)



Released: 10 Oct 1962
Rated: PG
Runtime: 110 min




Director: Terence Young
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller



Cast: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Bernard Lee
Writer(s): Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, Berkely Mather



Plot: A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.



IMDB rating: 7.2
MetaScore: 78





Disc Information



Studio: MGM
Distributed By: Warner Brothers
Video Resolution: 2160p HEVC w/HDR



Aspect Ratio: 1.75:1
Audio: Dolby Atmos, English 2.0...

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[Lord Dalek]

Correction: Felix is played by Rik Von Nutter in Thunderball.

 

[Preston Jones]

Correction: Felix is played by Rik Von Nutter in Thunderball.

Thank you, and fixed - my brain was clearly locked on Jack Lord by that point.

 

[Wayne Klein]

A pity about the cover. It doesn’t really do this set justice.

 

[Konstantinos]

A pity about the cover. It doesn’t really do this set justice.

I'm curious though: Will the same aesthetics continue to the other Bonds' covers?
Will we have Japanese writing for example?
I wouldn't like for the Bonds sets to look very different..

I loved the blu-ray covers. Simple and elegant.

 

[Osato]

Thanks Preston!

I’m loving the set and have finished the first two films so far!

 

[Wayne Klein]

I'm curious though: Will the same aesthetics continue to the other Bonds' covers?
Will we have Japanese writing for example?
I wouldn't like for the Bonds sets to look very different..

I loved the blu-ray covers. Simple and elegant.

Who knows? They probably already designed out the entire cover art for the rest of the films. I mean I just replace the cover with one I liked.

 

[Wayne Klein]

Thank you, and fixed - my brain was clearly locked on Jack Lord by that point.

Lord would have been interesting to reprise the role. I kind of wish they had cast it consistently and written the role more consistently over time. It’s not like they couldn’t find a good actor to take on the role (they found several) but, after Lord -with two exceptions-they cast too old. Lord told a different story from the one we’ve heard about him asking for equal billing and money to Connery. I think he forgot that the character for the series is James Bond.

Hedison was quite good in the role and it would have been cool to see him play the role a few more times.

They also missed a spin-off opportunity.

 

[Wayne Klein]

Thanks Preston!

I’m loving the set and have finished the first two films so far!

Only one I had any trouble with was “Thunderball” with a stutter twice. Otherwise, flawless. We had a ball pointing out to my son the Austin Powers inspirations.

 

[Worth]

…Hedison was quite good in the role and it would have been cool to see him play the role a few more times…

Hedison was fine playing opposite Moore, but he never should have been asked back for Licence to Kill. He has a ‘lighter’ screen presence that didn’t mesh with that film’s grimness. Also, he was too old at that point - Leiter is supposed to be Bond’s contemporary, not a mentor or father figure.

 

[Wayne Klein]

Hedison was fine playing opposite Moore, but he never should have been asked back for Licence to Kill. He has a ‘lighter’ screen presence that didn’t mesh with that film’s grimness. Also, he was too old at that point - Leiter is supposed to be Bond’s contemporary, not a mentor or father figure.

Yeah but that age thing went out the window with Goldfinger. I agree they should have cast younger but Hedison actually looked younger than his age to me.

 

[Osato]

Michael Keaton or Adam west would’ve been great actors to play Felix Leiter.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Lord would have been interesting to reprise the role. I kind of wish they had cast it consistently and written the role more consistently over time. It’s not like they couldn’t find a good actor to take on the role (they found several) but, after Lord -with two exceptions-they cast too old. Lord told a different story from the one we’ve heard about him asking for equal billing and money to Connery. I think he forgot that the character for the series is James Bond.

Hedison was quite good in the role and it would have been cool to see him play the role a few more times.

They also missed a spin-off opportunity.

Jack Lord apparently had a pretty ballsy agent. He was in consideration for the role of Captain Kirk on Star Trek but apparently demanded 50% ownership of the show, which was an immediate non-starter.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Jack Lord apparently had a pretty ballsy agent. He was in consideration for the role of Captain Kirk on Star Trek but apparently demanded 50% ownership of the show, which was an immediate non-starter.

He made out just fine.

 

[Wayne Klein]

Jack Lord apparently had a pretty ballsy agent. He was in consideration for the role of Captain Kirk on Star Trek but apparently demanded 50% ownership of the show, which was an immediate non-starter.

Yep. Either that or Lord had demands he relayed to his agent that was pretty unrealistic. Either way, ballsy move.

With “Hawaii Five-O” he did great eventually also working as uncredited Executive Producer as well.

 

[Sam Favate]

They also missed a spin-off opportunity.

That’s an oversight that Amazon will certainly fix.

For the record, I liked Lord in the role. I also liked Rick Van Nutter.

 

[Osato]

Goldfinger was a great watch tonight. I did have some disc freezing in the Fort Knox fighting sequence. I paused the film and it continued fine.

 

[JoshZ]

Goldfinger was a great watch tonight. I did have some disc freezing in the Fort Knox fighting sequence. I paused the film and it continued fine.

My copy of Goldfinger played without issue yesterday, thankfully.

I'm not impressed with the transfer on this one. Even more than the first two movies, Goldfinger looks very drab and grainy, and the HDR grade was often frustratingly dim on my screen.

 

[Wayne Klein]

That’s an oversight that Amazon will certainly fix.

For the record, I liked Lord in the role. I also liked Rick Van Nutter.

I liked Lord and Hedison. Didn’t care for Van Nutter but at least he was age appropriate since he’s supposed to be roughly the same age as Bond. Some of the others not so much.

 

[Gerani53]

I always found it interesting that the 007 producers weren't worried that casting a strong, handsome heroic-looking actor like Jack Lord might compete with, or possibly even upstage, the sexy main actor they were carefully cultivating. If Leiter had joined 007 at Crab Key, both macho super-spies would be equally exciting to watch, so it was smart to leave Felix at the dock, with comedy relief Quarrel serving as Bond's sidekick. Oddly, the producers seemed to have gone in the opposite direction with Leiter in GOLDFINGER, then were back 'on model' in THUNDERBALL, with an actor who looked the part as established, but had only a fraction of Lord's charisma. And yes, it should have been obvious that 'American James Bond' Felix Leiter could have been spun-off into a series of adventures on his own... I guess we got a piece of that in HAWAII FIVE-O.