The Ultimate James Bond Collection [Blu-ray + Digital HD]

I was lucky enough to get this when it was on sale back in early December. I'm a huge fan of Bond, always catching it on either TBS or Spike.I won't review the movies, because you can read about them anywhere on the net. I'll review, instead the packaging.The set comes in a nice box with removable outer sleeve. The back of the box gives details about what is included and the special features. The discs come in three different cases and each disc has its own holder. The first case holds the movies ranging from 1962-1977, which include:-Dr. No-From Russia With Love-Goldfinger-Thunderball-You Only Live Twice-On Her Majesty's Secret Service-Diamonds Are Forever-Live and Let Die-The Man With The Golden Gun-The Spy Who Loved MeCase #2 holds the movies from 1979-2002; which include:-Moonraker-For Your Eyes Only-Octopussy-A View To A Kill-The Living Daylights-Licence To Kill-Goldeneye-Tomorrow Never Dies-The World Is Not Enough-Die Another DayCase #3 includes the movies from 2006-2015:-Casino Royale-Quantum of Solace-Skyfall-Spectre*The set also includes a booklet with every films movie posters from around the world. Overall, this is a great collection for any Bond fan. The movies look and sound great. If you're a fan or are thinking about getting into one of the greatest spy series ever, I highly recommend this set.*There is a place holder for Spectre.

Yes, there is no iTunes for the digital movies, but it's not that big of a deal to have an Ultraviolet account too. There were already a handful of other digital titles that I had which required me to already have one anyway. Seriously, so what if you also have Flixter or Vudu on your iPad or iPhone.These movies look fantastic! The company that did the remastering is the best in the business and MGM gave them the actual film to do the work. This is a HUGE deal and led to the best possible enhancement of the older movies. I have some other blu-ray Bond movies that don't look anywhere near as good as these. The process is painstakingly long and they really did a phenomenal job. There are also very cool extras on each disc. On Dr. No they actually have a featurette where they explain how they did these remasters. Very fun facts and information. Included with this set is also a booklet which shows all the movie posters they released for each movie, and world wide too.So if you are a Bond fanatic and want to see the old gems along with the new, in the best quality possible, look no further. They even left a spot for Spector when it releases on Blu-ray next year. I caught my set for just under a hundred dollars and at this writing it's now $50 more, but still worth it in my opinion.

I have had all of the Bond movies, first on VHS, then DVD (most on 'Special Edition' and some on the two disc 'Ultimate Edition') and now the LAST upgrade to Blu.I have seen the first six movies and they are the best I have seen yet. Using the original footage and scanned at 4K, I saw scenes that were cropped on the sides for the VHS (Full Screen) and the top & bottom to make it Widescreen again for the DVD. Case-in-point, the vault scene from Goldfinger. On the VHS it showed the casing when the door is opened, the bottom drops and a metal sheet slides across. On the DVD, the bottom of the scene is cut and you don't see it. These Blu-ray Discs show all the movies as they were shot, only better.This Blu-ray collection, starting with the original footage and scanned in 4K, is the best I have ever seen. I recommend this collection to anyone that loves the Bond series of 23 movies and a spot for #24. Don't forget the 'Bonus Disc'!

I'd been thinking about upgrading my Ultimate DVD set to Blu-Ray, with an eye on picking up the Bond50 set as cheaply as I could. Then Amazon dropped their price for this package to somewhere under a hundred dollars, and I decided it was time to go for it. The packaging isn't as fancy (or inconvenient to store) as the Bond50 set, but the contents are pretty much the same (there's a couple of extra bonus items), plus you have the digital HD copies (through Ultraviolet, you are warned; I don't mind that, myself.)I've only looked at Dr. No so far, but the image quality is a major improvement over the Ultimate DVDs, though it does tend to show uo the uncorrectable flaws in the original source (you'll see a fair bit of film grain with Dr. No, as it was shot on a fairly low budget.) I'm looking forward to starting the rewatch in earnest.

Missing one movie in the flixster/ultraviolet redemption. GoldenEye is missing and I have a support request into flixster to find out why. Other than that, everything is packaged really well and I got a great Black Friday deal on this. I'm not going to rate based on the accumulative quality of every James Bond film ever made, but this is a great packaging of the collection on Blu-ray. I'd give 5 stars if it wasn't missing a movie (via digital redemption). I'll update my review if I'm able to get GoldenEye into my flixtser account.Update: Flixster got back to me and added GoldenEye to my account. It took 53 minutes from the time I inquired about this to the time they responded and added the movie. Here's the link I used to open a ticket: http://support.ultraviolet.flixster.com/ics/support/ticketnewwizard.asp?style=classic