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Not really, although (as @thedove stated), it was clear that they were edited ("for time and content").
Ultimately, it didn't matter, since I was too young to have seen these movies when they originally were shown in theaters. What was important for me, was that these movies looked and sounded so "cool." And you could always tell when a Bond movie had been on TV, as the next day, all of the guys at school were pretending to be him!
VS
Thunderball
Wins.
allthough I love GE, TB, where Connery is at the top of his game, the story outlandish but still realistic, the gadgets impossible but believable, the locations as exotic as they get, the villain an enigma but cruelly dangerous, and the stuntwork very cool, is the better film. Just slightly better in every small detail. Lie the DBS over the DB9.
TB for me too.
Bristol has a cinema in the aquarium. They could include a visit to the sharks with your ticket...
However, I suppose TB captures that 60's spy extravaganza magic better than any other entry, so I'll go for that one.
There are a few tropes that now exist in the Bond films. One is his vehicle.
Bond has been tightly associated with the Aston Martin and specifically the Aston Martin DB-V. But it wasn't always this way. First seen in the movie GF and TB the DB-5 would return to welcome Pierce Brosnan to the role in GE and it returned in TND for a brief scene. It would then be featured heavily in Craig's films. Showing up in CR and SF, at the end of SP and at the beginning of NTTD. In fact Craig's Bond was seen more with the DB-5 than any other actor.
Would you rather the DB-V return to welcome the new Bond OR we rest the DB-V for a while?
The car is so iconic that it brings with it memories of Bond in the 60's. It is the definition of cool and recalls the history of the character. With that being said, does it now need to be rested. After all Moore and Dalton never had the DB-5 in their films at all. A span of 16 years. Moore was associated with the Lotus Esprit and Dalton had an Aston Martin but not the DB-V.
In the first film, establish his car as a Bentley. Not necessarily a new model. The decision will draw acclaim from the Fleming purists as well as fans of variety. In the next film, give him a Q-bike. In the following film, no Bond car at all (see YOLT). Now that the series is in different hands there should be no obligation to shoehorn Astons in every successive film. And now that the series is in Amazon's hands a lot of fans feel disenchanted, so best go back to Fleming and bring in those brands like Bentley, Bond's Beretta, Floris and all that. All those other things fans of the novels want to see.
I used to tape record some of these on ABC and have some memories of these edits if you wanted me to share at some point in the future. I came late to the conversation and didn't want to interrupt the flow of the current discussion.
The problem is, AM don't make understated cars anymore. Neither does Lotus, or Jaguar. The Bentleey Continental comes closest, perhaps, to what might be fitting for Bond, but I'm not convinced.
Bentley "chintzy" ? Wow. You must live quite the high life. Well done !
That one looks pretty fun. Usually when I see a Bentley parked I think "old man's car".
Have you had a look inside them? They're not very tasteful; and even the headlamps are sort of made from cut glass- they look like wine decanters. They're not the classiest things around.
I've always understood him as not being interested in what others think, but appreciating things in a way to enjoy himself. The finer things in life as tomorrow may never come.
Not saying that makes the Continental the car of choice, that's for everyone to decide for themselves. But I think it's only one of very few cars that get close to a logical choice for Bond.
Personally I'd go for the early jaguar F-type. Even more than the recent Astons. Although I do like them as well, but I think they're a bit too much supercar, not enough gt.
Hopefully he'd have stripped out all of the tacky chrome from the interior.