DR. NO -- Terence Young, dir

©1963
studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
production company: Eon Productions
director: Terence Young
cast: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord, Bernard Lee
screenplay: Johanna Harwood & Richard Maibaum & Berkely Mather; Ian Fleming novel

James Bond's investigation of a missing colleague in Jamaica leads him to the island of the mysterious Dr. No and a scheme to end the US space program.

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The first in the popular James Bond series.

The wife and I decided that we could introduce the kids to the famous James Bond and thought it might be nice to start at the beginning. As I picked this movie up from the local library, I realized that I had never actually seen this particular movie. I thought, perhaps, that I'd seen bits and pieces of it, but really, nothing in it looked familiar to me.

I was surprised at the lack of gadgets and spy-ware. This was the famous spy, on his own, using his own wits and skill to solve the puzzle. Imagine!

It was interesting. The script was simple, but effective. Some things happened which weren't quite clear -- only suggested or indicated, and we often had to talk with the kids about it ("Yes, I think he probably died, even though we didn't see it." "No, I'm not sure why they are being taken away." "No, I don't know how he knew she was a spy.").

The kids were interested enough to want to see more, but I do think they'll enjoy it more when he starts getting cool spy stuff.

Interesting. Glad to have seen it.