›

Memorable Cinema Audience Reactions to the James Bond Films?

2»

Comments

  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    Posts: 1,984
    It seems like most of the earlier PTS's evoked much stronger emotions/reactions from the audience, whereas ever since OP it seems like the PTS's have been all about action.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    Posts: 9,020
    GE DAD CR and SP got the Swiss very excited. Those were very good reactions, including applause, especially CR and SP.
    QOS just left the audience cold.
    SF was a disaster mood wise, in all of my three viewings people went silently out the cinema hall.
  • tanaka123tanaka123
    Posts: 4,325
    Birdleson wrote: »
    And I think that's what some of us old-timers mean when we say audiences aren't the same anymore. Maybe it's the digital age and spoilers and such. Now we experience talking during the movie, cell phones, etc. Audiences, as a cohesive unit, don't seem to be as engaged anymore; following every joke, stunt and thrill with audible gasps and laughter and surprise. They are used to splitting their attention between the cell phone, tv , computer, etc. The movie (or concert, or play) is often just a background distraction to many.

    I can't say I've experienced this in the cinema, at home in front of the TV yes, but not n the cinema. Maybe it's a British thing, but we still all pay attention to the film at the cinema.
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    Posts: 1,984
    Here in Australia, we all pay attention to the cinema. Not saying that a phone doesn't pop out here and then, but it's not so bad that the cinema is basically secondary to the phone.
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    Posts: 4,399
    tanaka123 wrote: »
    Birdleson wrote: »
    And I think that's what some of us old-timers mean when we say audiences aren't the same anymore. Maybe it's the digital age and spoilers and such. Now we experience talking during the movie, cell phones, etc. Audiences, as a cohesive unit, don't seem to be as engaged anymore; following every joke, stunt and thrill with audible gasps and laughter and surprise. They are used to splitting their attention between the cell phone, tv , computer, etc. The movie (or concert, or play) is often just a background distraction to many.

    I can't say I've experienced this in the cinema, at home in front of the TV yes, but not n the cinema. Maybe it's a British thing, but we still all pay attention to the film at the cinema.

    95% of the time i've gone to the movies, audiences have been fine...

    but there are those rare times when i've sat in the theater and wanted to chop someone in the throat - because they wont get off their phone, they wont stop talking at the same volume as the movie - constantly getting in and out of seats..... a lot of time, it depends on the age group of said individuals.. i tend to find that it's usually younger people (age 17-20) that are the most annoying.. but there are a few ignorant adults out there as well.
  • tanaka123tanaka123
    Posts: 4,325
    The only time I've had anything like that happen was during my second viewing on Skyfall where a guy behind me was just dissing the film all the way through - it was like, why did you come?

    I've noticed that during the trailers there are big beams of light from mobiles but when the feature starts people tend to put them away.
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    Posts: 1,984
    Birdleson wrote: »
    I've actually grabbed someone's cell phone and threw it. Ironically, that was during HER.

    :)) How did they react?
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    Posts: 1,984
    @Birdleson - Haha. They're in the dark and suddenly their phone gets thrown. You must've been pretty angry to do that.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    Posts: 9,020
    Smartphones are not even allowed to be on anymore in many cinema halls in Switzerland once the movie has started. If someone flashes around with it they get told immediately to stop it and put it away.
    Some cinemas even use jamming transmitters once the movie starts.
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    Posts: 15,716
    Here is @Birdleson when he sees someone playing with a cellphone during a movie:

    gal-old-action-sean-connery-the-rock-c4652623a9eccfedca508f44489d7c34-large-68793.jpg
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
    Posts: 15,135
    I'm right with @Birdleson on the movie going annoyances and such.
    I recall going to see The Dark Knight and two girls behind us kept gushing everytime Heath Ledger was on screen. With Heath being from Perth it was a big movie here. But I had to tell them to give it a rest.
    Recently I took my son to see Pixels (I know), and had to tell a family behind us to shut up, because they were talking all the way through the movie. My son thought that was pretty cool, and didn't think you could do that.
    I have rules of my own during when paying to see a movie in the cinema.
    1. Don't let your phone ring during the movie or feel my wrath.
    2. Don't talk during the movie. I've paid to see the film, not listen to you talk crap.
    3. Buy your own food and drink. I don't want any of yours, and you can't have mine. Basically sit still and shut up.
    It's a well known set of rules for anyone who comes to the movies with me, and I'm quite happy to go see a film on my own. After the movie has started, it's not exactly a social event. Sounds harsh I'm sure, but it's not cheap to go see a film nowadays. Nice to be able to enjoy it.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited March 2016 Posts: 18,270
    Good on you, @Birdleson. Some people have zero manners in the cinema and spoil the film for everyone else.
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    edited March 2016 Posts: 1,984
    Yeah, phones are supposed to be turned off here in Australian cinemas too. I remember once people were literally holding up their phones in front of me and blocking my vision while texting about meeting at some place tomorrow. They weren't even watching the movie and they didn't let me watch it! I didn't hit them or throw their phone, though, I just threw a popcorn at their phone screen. That got their attention lol.
  • BAIN123BAIN123
    Posts: 11,189
    The ones that stick out for me are:

    -the audience clapping when the car clampers were drenched at the beginning of TWINE
    - the audience roaring with laughter at the VR reveal at the end of DAD.
    -the audience clapping at the end of the train fight in SP.
  • yogi1yogi1
    Posts: 94
    I've always thought the first cinema experience of a movie is important, if it goes well even a poor movie can be well remembered. I happen to really like The Phantom Menace because I first saw it on holiday in California with my then fiance and now wife and just have fond memories of the whole experience. However my first viewing of Spectre was completely ruined by the turd sat next to me who was drinking bottles of beer and repeatedly going to the toilet, after the second trip I refused to move even an inch out of the way, the 2 girls behind kept kicking the back of our seats and giggling to themselves, some prat was messing with their phone over to the left and the woman in front was pouring herself a glass of wine every 2 minutes. I complained to Odeon cinemas who didn't even bother to follow it up, so from now on we'll go somewhere else, but because of that experience my opinion of Spectre has been tarnished.
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
    Posts: 4,588
    yogi1 wrote: »
    I've always thought the first cinema experience of a movie is important, if it goes well even a poor movie can be well remembered. I happen to really like The Phantom Menace because I first saw it on holiday in California with my then fiance and now wife and just have fond memories of the whole experience. However my first viewing of Spectre was completely ruined by the turd sat next to me who was drinking bottles of beer and repeatedly going to the toilet, after the second trip I refused to move even an inch out of the way, the 2 girls behind kept kicking the back of our seats and giggling to themselves, some prat was messing with their phone over to the left and the woman in front was pouring herself a glass of wine every 2 minutes. I complained to Odeon cinemas who didn't even bother to follow it up, so from now on we'll go somewhere else, but because of that experience my opinion of Spectre has been tarnished.

    Funny, because my first viewing of SP was in a fancier/alcohol serving theatre and the guy next to me reeked of wine the whole film.
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    Posts: 4,399
    when i went to go see Sucker Punch, there was this couple directly behind me that would not shut their mouths - they talked over the whole movie - and when the movie got loud, they talked even louder over the action...... say what you will about the movie itself, this was still extremely annoying to sit through.... my buddy went and complained, and we had a few ushers come in, but they would get quiet - then once the usher left, they would start up talking again....

    so as they were walking out of the theater (which is stadium seating) i was on a aisle seat, so i tried to trip them as they were walking down..... but sadly the man only stumbled a bit and he kept walking - i don't think he had a clue that i was trying to trip him lol.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    I'm glad when I went to see Spectre it was less than 20 people in the whole theater. Thanks to my friend I found out some theater were playing it a whole day early. A peaceful showing.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,795
    HASEROT wrote: »
    when i went to go see Sucker Punch, there was this couple directly behind me that would not shut their mouths - they talked over the whole movie - and when the movie got loud, they talked even louder over the action...... say what you will about the movie itself, this was still extremely annoying to sit through.... my buddy went and complained, and we had a few ushers come in, but they would get quiet - then once the usher left, they would start up talking again....

    so as they were walking out of the theater (which is stadium seating) i was on a aisle seat, so i tried to trip them as they were walking down..... but sadly the man only stumbled a bit and he kept walking - i don't think he had a clue that i was trying to trip him lol.
    Damn. If I was in that situation I'd 'accidentally' spill my soda on them. :D
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,993
    From Firefly : "You're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater."
  • daltondalton
    Posts: 1,631
    I remember the teaser trailer for GoldenEye (the "you were expecting someone else" one) was met with a lot of excitement in the theater, even a couple of people gave it a standing ovation, for whatever movie my dad and I went to back in the day. I didn't know anything about Bond at the time and asked him after the movie what all the excitement was about. The rest is history.

    I also seem to remember the final moments of The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day receiving big groans of disapproval from the audience. The final scene of Casino Royale got the exact opposite reaction.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,795
    Gerard wrote: »
    From Firefly : "You're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater."
    That series granted me a quantum of serenity.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited March 2016 Posts: 7,120
    I remember leaving the theater after DAD and an older person said to someone: "They used to be much more exciting, these films."

    After the QOS gunbarrel I remember someone saying: "Worst Bond ever!". I also recall thinking that he must have missed out on DAD in that case.

    The DB5 reveal in SF got me pretty excited.
  • IncompetentHenchmanIncompetentHenchman
    Posts: 1,817
    dalton wrote: »
    I remember the teaser trailer for GoldenEye (the "you were expecting someone else" one) was met with a lot of excitement in the theater, even a couple of people gave it a standing ovation, for whatever movie my dad and I went to back in the day. I didn't know anything about Bond at the time and asked him after the movie what all the excitement was about. The rest is history.

    I also seem to remember the final moments of The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day receiving big groans of disapproval from the audience. The final scene of Casino Royale got the exact opposite reaction.

    I have heard from an acquaintance that there was 'an almighty groan' when the audience realised that the climax of TWINE would occur in the submarine.

    And if I was watching DAD I would be groaning constantly. But yeah that end dialogue is probably the worst end dialogue I have encountered in a film.
  • IncompetentHenchmanIncompetentHenchman
    Posts: 1,817
    Audience reaction was generally mild when I watched SP. Chuckles here and there. Some people had a few positive things to say upon leaving, some said nothing.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    Posts: 5,426
    I remember the following:

    In Die Another Day I remember hearing the males react to Jinx rising from the ocean.

    Casino Royale there was applause at the end of the film

    Skyfall applause when the Aston Martin DB5 made it's appearance

    Further back I remember people applauding the end of Goldeneye

    Also people groaning at the end of A View to A Kill when Bond and Stacey are in the shower together.

Sign In or Register to comment.