I've Totally Seen That Movie Before

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Director: Peter R. Hunt Writers:  Simon Raven (additional dialogue), Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Ian Fleming (novel) Cast:  George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Sevalas, Gabriele Ferzetti, Ilse Steppat, Lois Maxwell, George Baker, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn Synopsis: While on leave, James Bond (Lazenby) prevents a young woman, Tracy Draco (Rigg), from committing suicide. Her father, a prominent Portuguese mob boss, wants to repay Bond for saving his daughter and works out a deal with the MI:6 agent to supply him with information on Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Sevalas), the head of the criminal organization known as SPECTRE. Bond learns that Blofeld is hiding in his installation in the Swiss Alps and infiltrates the facility to try and get to the bottom of Blofeld's latest scheme. However, his growing feelings for Tracy complicate matters when she shows up in Switzerland unannounced.  First Impressions: I have no strong impressions based ...

Goldeneye (1995) Director:  Martin Campbell Writers:  Ian Flemming (characters), Michael France (story), Jeffrey Caine (screenplay) Cast:  Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Joe Don Baker, Judi Dench, Robbie Coltrane, Tchéky Karyo, Gottfried John, Alan Cumming, Desmond Llewelyn, Samantha Bond Synopsis: When a Russian satellite weapon is stolen from a secret facility in a daring attack, MI:6 sends James Bond (Brosnan) to retrieve it. Bond heads to Russia to investigate the mysterious Janus Syndicate and determine who is behind the theft of the Goldeneye weapon. Little does Bond know that the mastermind is someone from his past who can predict every move he's making with a grudge against England. So bond teams up with computer programmer Natalya Simonova (Scorupco), a survivor of the Goldeneye attack, to locate Janus' whereabouts and retrieve or destroy the weapon before it can be used against London and the rest of the world. First Impressions: I ...

Casino Royale (2006) Director:  Martin Campbell Writers:  Neal Purvis (screenplay), Robert Wade (screenplay), Paul Haggis (screenplay), Ian Flemming (novel) Cast:  Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Isaach De Bankolé, Jesper Christiansen, Ivana Milicevic, Tobias Menzies Synopsis: Newley promoted to 00 status, James Bond (Craig) is tasked with bringing in LeChiffre (Mikkelsen), a private banker, to the world's terrorists. LeChiffre sets up a high-stakes poker game at Montenegro's Casino Royale to recover a large sum of his clients' money after a failed attempt to short airline stock. Along with Treasury agent Vesper Lynd (Green), Bond is staked in the game to prevent LeChiffre from winning and, thus, forcing him to seek MI:6's protection from his enemies. Bond soon discovers that LeChiffre isn't acting alone and discovers a shadowy that may be pulling his strings. First Impression:...

Dr. No (1962) Director: Terrence Young Writers:  Richard Maibaum (screenplay), Johanna Harwood (screenplay), Berkley Mather (screenplay), Ian Fleming (novel) Cast:  Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord, Bernard Lee, Anthony Dawson, Zena Marshall, John Kitzmiller, Lois Maxwell Synopsis: Super-spy James Bond (Connery) travels to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of a fellow British agent. Along with CIA agent Felix Leiter (Lord) and local sailor, Quarrel (Kitzmiller), Bond learns of the mysterious scientists Dr. No (Wiseman) who lives on his own private island, Crab Key. While investigating Crab Key, Bond discovers a plot by Dr. No to sabotage NASA rockets launched out of Cape Canaveral and learn of the shadowy organization, known as SPECTRE. With the help of local shell diver Honey Ryder (Andress), Bond must stop No's plan before the next rocket launch. First Impressions: In a first for this blog, I have no first impressions of this movie, as I've ...

The Living Daylights (1987) Director: John Glen Writers:  Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson Cast:  Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeoron Krabbe, Joe Don Baker, John Rhys-Davies, Ark Malik, Andreas Wisniewski, Thomas Wheatley, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Caroline Bliss Synopsis: After organizing the defection of Georgi Koskov (Krabbe), a top KGB General, James Bond (Dalton) is sent to investigate a supposed Soviet plot to kill British and American agents. Once Koskov is recaptured by the KGB, Bond must get to the bottom of the Russian plot, while at the same time tracking down Koskov. Bond soon uncovers a secret smuggling operation in Afghanistan, which could have dire repercussions for the Mujaheddin, Afghani guerrillas fighting against the Soviet occupation of their homeland. First Impressions:  I was 11 years old and my family was moving across the country. While spending a few days in Toronto, my parents wanted to see a movie and this was the one the picked. I was ...