Bond countdown: The Man With The Golden Gun (1975)

Bond countdown: Live and Let Die (1973)

Bond countdown: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Bond countdown: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

After some technical difficulties, I'm starting my James Bond retrospectives back up again. In order to get through all of them before Skyfall comes out, I'll be aiming to do about 2 a week, so check back frequently for more retrospectives over the next couple of months.

Bond countdown: You Only Live Twice (1967)

Bond countdown: Thunderball (1965)

I'm hoping these will begin getting posted with more regularity again. Here's my take on Thunderball from 1965.

Bond Countdown: Goldfinger (1964)

Bond countdown: From Russia With Love (1963)

Bond countdown: Dr. No (1962)

We're about 22 weeks away from the newest James Bond film, Skyfall, so I've decided to once again look back at the past Bond films leading up to the new one. I wanted to do something different this time so that you wouldn't feel like I was simply doing a repost of my past thoughts. So I've decided to use Voicethread, which allows you to create audio commentary to images. Simply press play on the presentation below and you'll hear my thoughts on anything and everything that I found to be notable on that particular Bond film. Since this is my first outing using Voicethread in this particular manner, my commentary may sound a little rough, but I'm hoping that I'll improve as I get more comfortable sharing my thoughts in this manner. Certainly I would love to hear anyone and everyone's thoughts on both the films and my opinions on them, so sound off in the comments below. And without further ado, here's my take on the first Bond film, Dr. No