davlghry wrote:

I always thought the fight on the beach opening was ahead of its time in terms of staging and cutting.  The cuts actually jump the action ahead in places and don't always match but it's still super effective. 

Unfortunately, that pre-credit sequence is totally ruined when George Lazenby's Bond looks straight at the camera and says, "This never happened to the other fellow." That isn't breaking the fourth wall -- it's painting it.