From Russia With Love

This one is by far the oldest movie I've reviewed on here so far, but maybe not for long. I've recently been trying to watch more of the older Bond movies and this seemed like a good one to put near the beginning. I've always heard it's one of the better ones. There's no doubt it's a solid movie, but I can't quite put it at the top.

It's still cool to see where Bond started. This is back before the gadgets and silliness got really out of hand. No trips to the moon for Bond in this one I'm afraid. Just a really long train ride. The action is more of a background element with the story and everything put more up front. A much bigger change than the invisible fucking cars of today's Bond movies. 

This is only the second movie I've seen with Connery as Bond and there is definitely a reason he has the reputation he does with the role. The man is a great Bond and it's easy to see why people have compared every subsequent actor to his performance. Although my GOD he is hairy! There is even a healthy dose of back hair going on here, which I don't think movies would ever allow to happen these days. Watching it in bluray even makes the back hair hi def, so maybe nobody even noticed until now.

I really don't have that much more to say about this one. The story is pretty simple, but good. The acting is solid and hairy. The few action scenes there are are good. They must have really stretched things for that From Russia With Love video game though. I think that game even had a jetpack, which this movie certainly doesn't.....strange.

7/10