Customer Reviews
This Publication Is So Unnecessarily Flawed! - By: Sir Lancelot, 01 Sep 2007 
The `James Bond Movie Poster Postcard Book' is -in concept - a very nice idea: present a collection of the world-famous & instantly recognizable Film Posters from the James Bond Films, from `Dr. No' (the very first to be filmedin 1962, with Sean Connery as Bond) up to `Die Another Day' (Pierce Brosnan's final outing as Bond,in 2002); as a flip-book of 5 x 7 detachable `post-cards' (actually, they are nearer 5 x 6 ½ when detached - but, `so what?').
The quality of this flip-book is generally 'good' - the individual poster pages are printed on a heavier gauge `card' than standard book-gauge paper (as indeed is the outer font & rear cover), giving these a genuine `post-card' size, weight & feel to them (indeed, their reverse side is also marked out for use as a formal `post-card', complete with Stamp Square Mark etc).
But what totally ruins this collection is the omission of a poster for the 5th Sean Connery Bond Film: `You Only Live Twice' - Why? Why, thrice `Why?!' This destroys (what could easily have been) a very comprehensive & worthwhile collators item for both the causal & the dedicated `Bond' Fan alike.
This unforgivable omission makes the whole publication (almost) pointless. It's like having a history of the Second World War & forgetting to represent the D-Day Landings on one of the beaches! - you just DON'T do it!
Further more,in its place is included a Japanese poster of the 1967 `Casino Royale' film (I stress again: that's the `original' 1967 `farce' film, starring David Niven & Woody Allen et al, & NOT the recent exemplary 2006 `Casino Royale' film, starring Daniel Craig) - the 1967 film not even being an `official' James Bond Film!
Additionally,in a number of cases, multiple `one-sheets' are included for a particular film (`Die Another Day' for example is represented by FIVE - that's `5', count them - posters!) - as used to promote the filmin different countries & areas of the world. Whilst these are (generally) worth-while & have some interest value; this again seems totally pointless when the overall `collection' is missing representation of one of the series most memorable & important films in: `You Only Live Twice'.
`You Only Live Twice' was actually the last time Sean Connery played Bond,in his original 5 film `run' (although he did return to the role again for `Diamonds Are Forever'in 1969, & then - finally - for `Never Say Never Again'in 1983; the latter itself being regarded as an `unofficial' James Bond Film - not part of the `EON' Series), & it also features one of Bond's most memorable `gadgets' of all time: the autogyro, code named: `Little Nellie' (or `a Toy Helicopter!' according to Bond's allyin the film, `Tiger' Tanaka!) - which featuredin the film's spectacular aerial fire-fight encounter between Bond & several `SPECTRE' Helicopter Gunships, high above Ernst Stavro Blofeld's secret Rocket Launching Facility within a concealed Japanese Island Volcano Crater.
So, if you are going to omit any film from such a series collection as this (and you shouldn't!) - then this film is certainly NOT the one to omit!
So, what remains here is `OK' - 3 'Stars: ***', & is worth purchasing for your own `Bond Collection', Just do soin the up-front knowledge that there is this omission, & that this `collection' is (far) from being a `definitive' representation of the James Bond Film Posters from across the entire EON film series.
Also note: this collection is now `out-of-date' - since the 2006 release of the excellent franchise reinvigorator: `Casino Royale' (Daniel Craig); so if / when the publishers finally get round to revising this post-card flip-book it is to be hoped that they will INCLUDE at least 1 `one-sheet' for `You Only Live Twice', remove the awful `Casino Royale' 1967 `farce' film, & include sheet(s) representing the latest 2006 `Casino Royale' Daniel Craig Masterpiece.
But, until then, it has to be: `Goodbye, Mr. Bond!' to this particular post-card collection flip-book publication.
Top marks 007 - By: , 01 Mar 2005 
A fantastic coffee table book, showing the colourful marketing/advertising aspect of the Bond Film poster universe. As an ardent Bond fan, I was very impressed. The book is glossy, profusely illustrated & well researched. No disappointments here
Great, but.... - By: , 12 Jul 2004 
...but it doesn't contain "You Only Live Twice". Having said that, the quality of the others make it hard to notice, & having so many is something the avid fan will enjoy. (They look geatin a big frame & the missing one is available on its own if you look around, thus making the complete set).
A pleasure of posters - By: Gareth Austin, 29 Oct 2003 Here’s a must for any self respecting Bond fan. This is a luscious coffee table book full of colour & having posters for every Bond film including the unofficial ones of ‘Casino Royale’ & ‘Never Say Never Again’.
And it’s not just the final release posters that you get here either. There are different versions of the posters that were usedin various parts of the world (just try reading the Japanese ones) as well as the pre-release & other promotional posters.
Each film is introduced with about half a page of text & then there’s between 6-10 pages of artwork dedicated to each individual film. It’s interesting to see how they evolved from the rather crude early efforts to the more sophisticated posters of the later Bonds.
You may think that once you’ve looked at the artwork once that’ll be it, but this book draws you back to admire the art of Bond over & over. The book looks lovely, feels lovely & is lovely. As I said at the start, this book is a must for Bond fans & I highly, highly recommend it.
