The obvious answer is, of course, to watch the Sean Connery and James Bond films in the order in which they were produced. After all, shouldn’t you just start with the first James Bond movie ever made and then go from there? Sure! Yeah! It’s not a bad approach if you’re looking to enjoy the film as a kind of pop culture archaeologist. Here is the order:
- Dr. No (1962)
- From Russia with Love (1963)
- Golden Finger (1964)
- Thunderball (1965)
- You Only Live Twice (1967)
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
An important note! If you take the chronological order approach, you’ll have to include one non-Connery film: 1969’s “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” which features George Lazenby in his only appearance as 007. This film was made after Connery felt Frustrated with the role, he left the series, although he was courted to try again with “Diamonds Are Forever.” This makes “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” an outlier and a rarity, but a very good outlier and rarity: it’s one of the best films in the entire franchise and shouldn’t be missed.
So what’s the advantage of watching these movies in release order? Simple enough: you can watch the James Bond franchise be born and evolve. Budgets increase. The tone changes, with the comedy and madness slowly overtaking the more serious atmosphere of the early adventures. You can even follow the evolution of what moviegoers thought was cool as fashion, cars, and even Bond’s taste in women and finer things evolve. Watching the James Bond films in order is like traveling back in time and truly exploring a bygone culture. You’ll endure some occasionally bad movies, and even good movies with aspects so dated they’ll make your hair stand on end, but it’s a fascinating and rewarding process.
This post first appeared on: www.slashfilm.com
2023-11-25 19:07:50
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