The Best 60s Movies

This is far more engaging than 'Lawrence of Arabia' which it lost the oscar to.

You're wrong: this IS better than 'Goldfinger' and here's why...

1. Great music 2. The most genuinely romantic of the franchise 3. The best Blofeld 4. Fantastic ski chases - corny gadgets aren't even needed. 5. Actual poignancy is achieved 6. Best Bond girl

Quite frankly everyone, a serious contender for the best Bond film ever.

Read the book first, if you haven't already.

I'm sorry but this is just a brilliant film. I don't like musicals on the whole but I love the Sound of Music. There are some over the top sugary songs that I had to skip, but not having watched it for about 15 years I was astonished at how much I DID enjoy it. Have I become a raving sentimentalist? quite possibly.

Enjoyed this one. Great shots of African landscapes, playful interaction of animals and of animals with humans, slow pace of life...

I found it a touch uncomfortable seeing a white couple in Kenya (however warm and friendly they were) with local black men working for them. I don't think it is in anyway a racist film but I wonder if the title 'Born Free' is a bit ironic when you compare the lifestyles and social positions of the white and black peoples in the film.

Am I just being politically correct? I don't think so. I think we have to re-examine films just like any other work of art within the context of our times. That does not mean that this picture is redundant (even though there are elements of naivety bordering on pure thoughtlessness): it still remains an intimate and affectionate portrait of human and animal trying to co-exist, and it has an important message about the limits of our ability to 'control' nature. It is also interesting from a psychological point of view: I kept wondering about Joy's personal history. Why had she developed such a close relationship with animals? Was her extraordinary tie to the lion 'Elsa' in part because she couldn't have a child of her own? Had she lost a child?

Other reviews of 'Born Free' talk about how this is a 'cute family-friendly picture'. It is, but it also goes deeper than that. There are undercurrents of great sadness: our natural world is shrinking because the human population is out of control... and that people have to take precedence over wild beasts (I always find this supremely ironic).

Stunning acting.

Undoubtedly great, but not a film I'd want to see more than once. It's lllooonnnngggg.

Overall quirky and thoughtful, with a satisfying ending.

I don't think Andrews and Newman had good on screen chemistry. I felt that Andrews was uncomfortable in a wifely, submissive role (in contrast to the bold, independent roles in Mary Poppins & Sound of Music) and Newman was a bit wooden. Other, less well known actors, were more impressive. Especially the woman who played a Polish character near the end: a very moving performance of a someone desperate to get out of East Germany and seek a better quality of life in the United States.

I started watching this with the attitude 'anything with Gregory Peck is fine with me...' but actually, I was quickly disappointed as this movie has dated more than other 60s films he did. Particularly irksome are some of the condescending and patronising attitudes to women, which now seem ridiculous, but then were common. Other disappointing aspects included fairly substandard acting, unsophisticated plotting, and a general predictability. However, I will say there were moments when the filming techniques were interesting and quite quirky. Odd and surprising perspectives and clever use of lighting definitely kept me watching longer than I would otherwise have done.

Overall this felt like a movie that relies too heavily on its star cast.

I didn't enjoy this at all. I thought it was totally boring.