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This was circa 1998 ;)
#OffTopic OHMSS was also great, it was the 21st film i needed to watch. Lazemby deserved a 3rd one.
Seriously, mine was probably AVTAK as well. I thought it was weak in comparison to the other films I had seen, and this is still my opinion. However, I do enjoy watching it from time to time. It was great fun going around to different shops to buy a VHS only to see another Bond film I never knew about sitting next to it. Also great fun to write out a list of all the Bond films, and learn and memorize what order they were released.
FRWL, TSWLM and FYEO were the first 3 I ever saw (age 11, 1994), and I consistently consider them amongst the best of the series. It was excellent timing to get into Bond, as GE was soon to hit the scene; EON had wrapped up their problems and the franchise was back on track.
Looking back, I also remember being fascinated by the idea that so many different actors played 007, and that Connery and Moore did a remarkable 7 films each. Some of the obvious least favourite entries (DAF, TMWTGG, AVTAK) haven't budged from the bottom of my list since discovering them, but as time passes, I have increasing respect for OHMSS and the Dalton films.
to the best of my memory, i believe it was either OHMSS or OP... as those were among some of the last Bond movies i bought, that i hadn't seen prior - either on TV or through borrowing the VHS tapes from my school teacher..
Or if you count Casino Royale '67 that was last.
I watched them all with my Mom, we would go out to the local video rental store and get another one every week. There where a couple they didn't have, so we found some titles on Video (I believe I didn't see the widescreen version of OHMSS until I bought the Ultimate Edition). FRWL was the one we couldn't find for the longest while, I believe I went a couple of months without a 'new' Bond film to watch before it popped up at the library.
When I first watched it, I was a little disappointed. I was really young at the time, around 11 or 12 I think, and I was into the big action and humour aspects of Bond. I didn't really get the cold war tension of the film. I've since changed my view on the film and have come to see it as one of the great Bond classics!
EDIT: To this day I've not seen either of the 'older' Casino Royale's completely. I've seen may scenes of the 50's one and I tried to get through the '60's one but failed quickly.
You mean 2nd?
My last was For Your Eyes Only.
LOL, yes. 2nd. I was actually thinking on the 23rd film, so i wrote it wrong.
FYEO is great. As i said, one of Moore's bests.
Every time i watch FYEO i think how much better it would have been with a John Barry score, still a good film.