The James Bond film catalog is massive — 25 movies within the official 007 canon, plus two others. Six totally different actors have performed the cinematic undercover agent throughout six a long time, from 1962’s Dr. No to 2021’s No Time to Die. If it is all new to you, it might sound a bit of daunting.
Daniel Craig’s 007 is the latest and stands out to many — particularly newer Bond watchers — because the face of the key agent. He starred in 5 of the movies, in contrast with seven for Sean Connery (the unique James Bond), seven for Roger Moore, 5 for Pierce Brosnan, two for Timothy Dalton and one for George Lazenby.
So there’s so much to discover past the Craig period. The query is, the place to start out? After which the place do you go from there? Positive you might watch them chronologically by theatrical launch date from 1962 onward, however a notable attribute of the Bond franchise — not like the MCU — is that for essentially the most half there’s little or no continuity or narrative arc. There are additionally, we’ve to warn you, some actual clunkers combined in with the gems.
This information will get the shaken, not stirred remedy, bouncing from period to period and actor to actor to information you thru essentially the most important Bond motion pictures to start out and provide you with recommendations on the place to go from there. The 2 of us have been watching Bond motion pictures for many years, throughout almost all of the period as they occurred, so we have sturdy ideas on what labored properly and what flopped. Let’s get into it.