Top 10: Best of the Decade: 1960-1969

To be perfectly honest, I can't really say I'm a huge fan of these classic James Bond films. I felt nonetheless, however, that I wanted to see them all from the beginning, as I had previously only seen bits and pieces from them on TV. And now, after having seen Dr. No in its full length, I certainly don't regret doing so. Because altough this original Bond film is older than dirt, I was still able to enjoy it on many levels. Even more so as it starrs one of my favourite actors of all-time, namely Sean Connery, who in my opinion is and will always be one of the top Bond actors, second only to Pierce Brosnan.

Slick, witty and incredibly classy western! Even though I, as mentioned in previous reviews, have never been much into westerns, the cinematography and acting alone here made it into an above-average experience. And in containing more than a few well-crafted action scenes, it's quite hard to believe that this movie was actually made in the 1960's. In other words, it sure isn't called a classic for nothing :-)

"Raindrops keeps falling on my head..."

Sadly not the masterpiece I was hoping it to be, but still a beautifully directed and memorable Western, altough I am of the opinion that movies like 3:10 to Yuma, Tombstone, and Unforgiven rank somewhat above it. All the same, I can understand now why it all made Eastwood into such an icon, seeing as he did have a respectable aura of coolness here that few actors has ever come close to.

Way too long for my liking, and highly overrated. It does have some qualities, however, that made it worth the 3½ hours of my life that I invested. One being the extraordinary beautiful cinematography, which still looks stunning by today's standards. Another positive element is the acting by Peter O'Toole. His character is truly one of a kind, and made the movie pretty interesting on the whole, despite the fact that I usually don't like stories that take place in the desert. Even so, I still felt it lacked a lot of drive, and the dialogue was occationally quite boring and bland. That isn't to say it was bad in any sense. I just don't have the patience to sit through scene after scene with nothing but camels and sand dunes. But hey, at least it was easy on the eyes.