As I just told you, this is one of my favorites. It has the best Bond girl of the bunch and it was before any kind of real gadgetry. Bond uses a hair across the crack in a door as a way of telling if anyone has been there. Hardly a technique a later Bond would use, but somehow far cooler. This film also has two of the greatest quotes in Bond history.

First, after Professor Dent tries to kill Bond only to find his gun empty and Bond says, "That's a Smith & Wesson, and you've had your six." Perhaps one of the greatest lines ever.

Second, after Honey Ryder tells Bond she killed someone with a black widow spider and asks if she did something wrong Bond looks at her with a mildly concerned expression and says, "Well, it wouldn't do to make a habit of it." Fantastic.

There is just something to this film being the first and the great way it sets up the franchise that makes me love it. A definite title to add to the collection.

Last year, instead of reviewing the Ultimate DVD releases I did a Top 40 Bond Girls list instead. Daniela Bianchi was listed at #8 on that list and I'll be damned if I'm not re-thinking that decision. Bianchi as Tatiana is stunning in this film and I don't know if it was the high-definition or what, but gimme more, gimme more. To go along with that, this is just a great film and if the fight at the end with Rosa Klebb isn't both wildly comical as she dances around with a blade in her shoe and altogether satisfying than I don't know how to describe it.

However, I did notice a little blooper in the film I hadn't seen before and I did a screen capture from the DVD edition. Check it out below. That's Bond running away on the left, but some anonymous individual is ducking down near the rocks wearing the same outfit as Connery. Who dat be?

Ugh! Sorry, I think this is one of the most ridiculous Bond films out there. The opening with the jet propulsion pack is 100% retarded considering it accomplishes nothing and results in the stupid water spray guns from the car and the bulletproof shield that pops up. On top of that it has more time consuming underwater fights than I ever wish to see again. However, there is one thing to consider with Bond. As MGM is releasing only six titles on Blu-ray right now, once you get through them you only want to watch more and it doesn't matter how ridiculous it is. Bond is like crack. You get addicted and once one ends you want to pop it in. This means even owning the bad ones can be a blessing at times, but be warned, this one's a stinker even if it has the beautiful Claudine Auger as Domino. Baby got the bumps in the trunk and one hell of a beautiful mug.