From Russia with Love (1963)

  Behold!  Not even Hurricane Sandy (currently howling down my apartment complex hallway) can keep me from posting film #2 of the Bond-verse.

In this outing, 007 (Sean Connery) is directly targeted by the evil organization SPECTRE in retaliation for his killing Dr. No.  SPECTRE recruits Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya) from Russian Intelligence to set a trap for Mr. Bond, using irresistable bait:  beautiful blonde Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi) claims to be defecting from Istanbul with the newest Russian cypher machine.  To ensure that Bond completes his mission, SPECTRE has master assassin Grant (Robert Shaw) following. 

This is the first appearance of Q as well, played by Desmond Llewellyn.  There's more girls in skimpy outfits, car chases, boat chases, and bullets aplenty, as well as some beautiful location shots of Istanbul and Venice.  Story-wise, this one is pretty decent as far as playing Bond like a puppet on a string.  It's easy to fall into this world where there are secret organizations controlling the actions of everyone around them.  The only letdown is the technology again.  I'm sure some of the scenes would be much more impressive if you didn't actually know how stuff worked.  Here's hoping I can get film #3 without too much interference from the weather.