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Bond films and child viewers

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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I showed my son his first Bond film at the age of ten, and the one I picked was CR.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I saw MR when I was 4 and watched TSWLM on HBO around that time. On ABC I would catch the Bonds regularly. Their disclaimer always made me laugh: ALTHOUGH THIS JAMES BOND FILM HAS BEEN EDITED FOR TELEVISION, PARENTS MAY CONSIDER IT UNSUITABLE FOR SOME YOUNG VIEWERS. PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    I was about 12 or so when I was watching TND and my mom walked in my room during the cunning linguist scene and flipped out. Needless to say I didn't watch any more Bond films with my door open.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Last_Rat_Standing wrote: »
    I was about 12 or so when I was watching TND and my mom walked in my room during the cunning linguist scene and flipped out. Needless to say I didn't watch any more Bond films with my door open.
    Another reason why teenagers should ensure the lock is firmly in place on their bedroom doors. Unexpected parental visits can be such a pain.
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Last_Rat_Standing wrote: »
    I was about 12 or so when I was watching TND and my mom walked in my room during the cunning linguist scene and flipped out. Needless to say I didn't watch any more Bond films with my door open.
    Another reason why teenagers should ensure the lock is firmly in place on their bedroom doors. Unexpected parental visits can be such a pain.

    I had it coming. My door was wide open
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    I actually watched some Bond films with my son yesterday. He started watching the Neptune sequence with me in FYEO until the end of the film. He wanted more so Dr No was on BBC America and seeing Connery he said " I don't like that James Bond I want the other James Bond " Granted he's almost 3. We watched AVTAK until we both fell asleep and he was really into it. Looks like I have a new watching buddy.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Last_Rat_Standing wrote: »
    I actually watched some Bond films with my son yesterday. He started watching the Neptune sequence with me in FYEO until the end of the film. He wanted more so Dr No was on BBC America and seeing Connery he said " I don't like that James Bond I want the other James Bond " Granted he's almost 3. We watched AVTAK until we both fell asleep and he was really into it. Looks like I have a new watching buddy.

    Kid knows what he likes! :D
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Last_Rat_Standing wrote: »
    He wanted more so Dr No was on BBC America and seeing Connery he said " I don't like that James Bond I want the other James Bond "
    That's hilarious! Reminds me of myself as a kid - I wasn't a Connery fan in those days. Moore all the way.
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    I remember when I was maybe 5 or 6 I was watching for Your Eyes Only with my dad and I asked him what a virgin was during that scene with Bebe and he said if I wanted to watch Bond films I couldn't ask so many questions
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    JamesBondKenya wrote: »
    I remember when I was maybe 5 or 6 I was watching for Your Eyes Only with my dad and I asked him what a virgin was during that scene with Bebe and he said if I wanted to watch Bond films I couldn't ask so many questions
    Classic! I think it's great how the Bond films cloak the innuendo nicely. "I think he's attempting re-entry sir". It was years after my first watch that I understood the context of that.
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    Yeah fun for the whole family
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    I showed my son his first Bond film at the age of ten, and the one I picked was CR.

    This was in 1967-68 I presume...?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Some_Kind_Of_Hero wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    I showed my son his first Bond film at the age of ten, and the one I picked was CR.

    This was in 1967-68 I presume...?

    1954. It was the only option.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    My dad took me to see Live And Let Die when I was six years old. Scared the crap out of me, and I was scared for Bond when his table sunk into the floor at the Harlem club and seemed to be at the mercy of those sinister black guys!

    The scene where Kananga pulls off his latex disguise I actually thought he was pulling his own face off!

    Needless to say it was quite a cinematic experience as up to that point I'd only seen Disney films with my mum...!
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    I always thought Bond had underwear during the CR torture when I was like 5 or 6 until I was a little older and realized he was full on
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    I didn't watch any Bond until I was in my teens, but for some reason my mum once saw fit to tell me about the covered-in-gold-paint suffocation scene in GF (as a warning not to cover myself in paint?) and that was enough to scare me.
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
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    I didn't see my first Bond in theaters until I was 14. I became a Bond fan in the late 90s. My dad didn't care for Brosnan so he refused to take me to see TWINE. Three years later he took me to see DAD and actually enjoyed it and took me again to see it a few days later.
  • CountJohnCountJohn
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    Pre-LTK Bond films are fine for almost all ages, I'd say. LTK, GE, and all of Craig's may be better for older kids (10-12)
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    Nah I watched all of them at like 3 or 4 their fine
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    CountJohn wrote: »
    Pre-LTK Bond films are fine for almost all ages, I'd say. LTK, GE, and all of Craig's may be better for older kids (10-12)

    Hmm, why do you have GE in there? A friend's 8-year-old is starting to make noises about watching Bond (I like to think this is because I am her idol :) ) and I was thinking GE would be a good introduction; it's fun, and the sex/violence/sexism levels are relatively low. What am I missing?
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    Agent_99 wrote: »
    CountJohn wrote: »
    Pre-LTK Bond films are fine for almost all ages, I'd say. LTK, GE, and all of Craig's may be better for older kids (10-12)

    Hmm, why do you have GE in there? A friend's 8-year-old is starting to make noises about watching Bond (I like to think this is because I am her idol :) ) and I was thinking GE would be a good introduction; it's fun, and the sex/violence/sexism levels are relatively low. What am I missing?

    Xenia. I'm sure a septuagenarian would blush if his mother walked into the room while any of her scenes were playing.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    Ha, I was totally forgetting her (how could I?)! I think most if not all of that would fly safely over the head of an 8yo though.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    I just remembered (during a viewing last night of LALD) that I was quite frightened as a kid during that bit when Kananga cuts those slits in Bond's arms to entice the sharks. In fact, LALD was quite disturbing now that I think about it. TeeHee, Samedi etc. all had an impact. I used to think poorly of New York & particularly Harlem for the longest time on account of it.
  • CountJohnCountJohn
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    Agent_99 wrote: »
    CountJohn wrote: »
    Pre-LTK Bond films are fine for almost all ages, I'd say. LTK, GE, and all of Craig's may be better for older kids (10-12)

    Hmm, why do you have GE in there? A friend's 8-year-old is starting to make noises about watching Bond (I like to think this is because I am her idol :) ) and I was thinking GE would be a good introduction; it's fun, and the sex/violence/sexism levels are relatively low. What am I missing?

    All the stuff with Xenia and I remember it as being one of the bloodier/more violent pre-Craig entries. Of course what constitutes appropriateness varies from person to person.

  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    I was 6 when I saw GoldenEye and I'm certainly an upstanding individual. ;)
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    Whereas my parents never let me watch anything remotely violent, and look how I turned out!
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    I used to think casino Royale was the raunchiest movie in existence
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