James Bond Ultimate Edition - Vol. 4 (1979)

James Bond

The other three sets were given to us during the holidays and the cheapest I could find the final box set was Amazon. We are very satisfied with our purchase. August 26, 2008

Bond as Usual !!!!!!!!!

These are some of the best of bond as long as you also have the first three boxes of this set-they are all GREAT!!!!!!!!! August 10, 2008

Not as great as the others

Welcome to the fourth and final set in this stellar collection!

Sadly, for this set, the selection of movies is not great. Oh, "You Only Live Twice" is fine, I suppose. But the others are a real let down.

You can get these movies seperately in single-disc form, or you can do what I did and buy this collection! Not only do you get all the movies in pristine new transfers, along with 5.1 surround, but you also get a second disc for each movie loaded with more extras than you can imagine. Behind-the-scenes stuff, rare outtakes, radio ads, trailers, etc. It's pretty comprehensive for each movie.

And as for the movies? Ugh. Well, "You Only Live Twice" is the only really good one in the bunch. "Octopussy" is ok. "Dr No" is worth seeing for the novelty of it, but "Moonraker" is flat terrible and "Tomorrow Never Dies" is pretty forgettable (though it is the first Bond movie I saw).

Sadly, I can only really award this set two stars for the films, but the usual five stars for the extras. A decent boxed set, but not great. July 20, 2008

The Ultimate Sets are the way to go! Dump the Special Editions when you can!

After waiting for a very long time to acquire the Bond Ultimate Edition sets at a reasonable price, I finally ditched my Special Editions in favor of the new ones. I, perhaps like many others, was always reluctant to give up my Special Editions because frankly I spent a lot of time and money putting the original, Special Edition set together.

After watching the Special Edition and Ultimate Edition of "Dr.No", I finally realized how "ultimate" the new discs are. Gone are the film scratches, imperfections and faded colors that plagued most of the Bond early films such as the Connery & some of the Moore films. The new Dolby & DTS 5.1 surround sound are fantastic! The 1962 "Dr. No" looks like it was filmed yesterday. The special features on "Dr. No" includes a segment on the outstanding work put into the frame by frame restoration. A truly tremendous effort and much appreciated!

I like the slim-line cases for the new sets. My entire Bond collection now only takes up less than half the space on my shelves than it did before. Although I tend to agree with other reviewers that it's kind of cheesy how the booklets for each film are stored in the box and not the individual cases, the overall quality of the DVD's negate any negatives. I spend more time watching the films than browsing the booklets. Forget buying any of the Ultimate Editions individually which are single discs because the DVD's in the Ultimate Edition box sets are double-disc sets. One disc for the feature film for optimized quality and one disc for the special features.

I'm not bothered in the fact that all films in all four volumes are not packaged chronologically, since I went through the same process when I purchased the Special Edition box sets. I understand the studio's logic for "mixing it up", since a chronological DVD order would mean more popular sales for the Connery sets and lower sales for the Moore/Dalton sets. I'm a fan of all the Bond films as I appreciate all of the different actors from Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Bronson to Craig and for what each one of them has contributed to the Bond Legacy. Many thanks to Daniel Craig for resurrecting this franchise with his outstanding debut in "Casino Royale". Looking forward to "Quantum of Solace" later this year.

VOLUME 4; This is my third favorite volume, but "Dr. No" (the Bond & Connery debut film) is a classic containing one of the most, iconic moments in Bond film history. Ursalla Andress in the white bikini walking in the beach from the ocean. Somehow I never get tired of that scene? Connery's other effort "You Only Live Twice" features some exotic Japan locations. Love that volcano base set! "Moonraker" is one of the most campiest Bond films for Moore, but having Jaws in it entertains. "Octupussy" should have been Moore's last film and I think it would have been a great send off film for Moore because it was quite good. "Tomorrow Never Dies" is a decent effort for Bronson featuring the acrobatic, martial arts, superstar Michelle Yeoh. May 14, 2008

Outstanding

The seller was really honest. He gave me a great product at a great price. It even arrived a lot earlier that I was expecting. Great service. January 7, 2008

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