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Should I really watch all of them.
Ive done a james bond marathon before. It was after skyfall, and i was so excited to get the bluray collection. I had never watched them all in order before so i gave it a shot.
It was exhausting.
At first it was fun. Going through Dr. No-OHMSS went fine, and i was ready for anything! or so i thought. DAF-TMWTGG made me realize i might have started something a little harder than i thought. Besides LALD the movies are awful. I got to TSWLM, and of course thats fun, but its pretty much a little boat surrounded an ocean of cinema s***. I sat through the rest of the era, and when i was finally done with moore, i had came out with somewhat of a hatred for 007 series. I felt pretty unmotivated to finish, but I had too! Now I know how dedicated Dalton fans are and so im ready for the angry mob, but personally i feel TLD is pretty slow and boring, sorry. I know. Dont kill me. License to Kill is great though, and i was motivated again. It hadnt felt this way since TSWLM, which suddenly felt so far long ago. I watched Goldeneye, which is a blast, but then i had to sit through the next two of brosnans which are kind of a drag. I dont hate DAD, but you know. The CG wave, man. But then i knew i was pretty much in the clear. Casino Royale was great, and it felt like i was back in the connery era again. I totally get why people hate QoS, but it doesnt bug me on the level it does other people. I watched Skyfall again, which had replaced my personal favorite (FRWL) and i was in the clear. This took me half a year to do.
I dont plan to do this again. But lately ive wanted to watch them again. I try to put together a kind of abreviated version with all the good ones, but I keep adding more and more, until its pretty much the whole series again.
Any of you guys have suggestions? (TLD fans please dont kill me) Thanks
It was exhausting.
At first it was fun. Going through Dr. No-OHMSS went fine, and i was ready for anything! or so i thought. DAF-TMWTGG made me realize i might have started something a little harder than i thought. Besides LALD the movies are awful. I got to TSWLM, and of course thats fun, but its pretty much a little boat surrounded an ocean of cinema s***. I sat through the rest of the era, and when i was finally done with moore, i had came out with somewhat of a hatred for 007 series. I felt pretty unmotivated to finish, but I had too! Now I know how dedicated Dalton fans are and so im ready for the angry mob, but personally i feel TLD is pretty slow and boring, sorry. I know. Dont kill me. License to Kill is great though, and i was motivated again. It hadnt felt this way since TSWLM, which suddenly felt so far long ago. I watched Goldeneye, which is a blast, but then i had to sit through the next two of brosnans which are kind of a drag. I dont hate DAD, but you know. The CG wave, man. But then i knew i was pretty much in the clear. Casino Royale was great, and it felt like i was back in the connery era again. I totally get why people hate QoS, but it doesnt bug me on the level it does other people. I watched Skyfall again, which had replaced my personal favorite (FRWL) and i was in the clear. This took me half a year to do.
I dont plan to do this again. But lately ive wanted to watch them again. I try to put together a kind of abreviated version with all the good ones, but I keep adding more and more, until its pretty much the whole series again.
Any of you guys have suggestions? (TLD fans please dont kill me) Thanks
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You should study them.
It sounds like you watched them because you had to. You really should'nt watch the films if you are'nt interested. If you're a die hard-Bondfan you would have had a blast with all of them. You know, you would have found something good in every movie, except for DAD perhaps...
Ugh.
I would not go that far, I would just watch the two Moore films, FYEO and OP
The Brosnan films would be an intersting study in How Things Progressively Got Worst
This so called silliness started with Sean Connery. In a Bond film called Goldfinger.
Anyway, to answer the question at hand- I find this to be a rather odd question to ask on a James Bond fan forum. Of course you should watch all the films! I have nothing more to add.
"A hatred for the 007 series"- :-/
You basically dislike half the series!
Exactly my thoughts! The Moore-era is brilliant! John Glen did some of the best movies of the series!
No thanks, I'll take Connery, Craig and Lazenby, Bonds that could actually fight.
Do you seriously take Lazenby over Sir Roger?
There's a slight difference between literary and cinematic Bond and I love the best of both worlds personally.
But yeah, if you're not a fan of some of the films don't watch them! Pretty simple. No one is holding a gun to your head forcing you to watch and love the whoel series. Pick your faves yo.
I hate to recycle points made time and time again about Goldfinger, but for your benefit- Connery wearing a seagull hat is the very first thing we see of the movie; Oddjob (a Korean butler in a bowler hat?) is a preposterous character (not a negative point, note), a tricked out car with an ejector seat for Christ sakes!; Goldfinger's plan is utterly silly, the means in which Goldfinger meets his demise is silly, so forgive me, but this "silliness" is makes up quite a chunk of the "story".
A Bond film needs the tongue in cheek element in order to establish itself as something different to other action genres. If you're looking for completely serious, no nonsense thriller films, then you're kidding yourself. That's not what Bond is about.
Even in darker films of the series, they maintain that tongue in cheek, benign bizarre element.
The Moore films are littered with dark moments as well, in order to reach that Bond equilibrium- most notably in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY and OCTOPUSSY.
As for your comment regarding Moore- granted, he isn't the best when it comes to hand combat, but all Bond's excel in different areas.
It's also worthy to note that Moore maintained a consistent standard of quality throughout all of his 7 films.
Connery got progressively worse starting with TB.
Exactly.
I would argue that Dr. No was the good kind of silly unlike Jaws in Moonraker...
There is much to be salvaged and enjoyed from DIE ANOTHER DAY.
Those are two completely different examples.
I would say this to the OP. It is important to watch all of the movies in order once to see where Bond began and what the series has been through to get to the current point. You can pick out obvious highs and lows along the way. Once you make it through once though, I would shake up the order a bit. I've watched many many marathons, but instead of just the same ole order every time, vary it up. Also, occasionally replace the movies that you don't enjoy as much with the behind the scenes, audio commentary, making of, special features, etc. I love hearing all of the stories from cast, producers, directors, and crew. I have watched each film many many times, but when I have them on I try to find something that I have never noticed before in the film. When the blurays were released it basically revived the series for me, I had seen them so many times on DVD and VHS, but the quality on Bluray is awesome. You can find so many minor details that were never visible before in home viewing until now.
Maybe you could try this. Make a personal ranking list 1-23 of all the films and watch them in order of worst to best. That will you give you something to look forward to as you suffer through your least favs.
Good luck with your Bond viewings and welcome to the forum too!
I heartily agree with this. Watch what inspires you, what you feel like viewing. Surely at least one film from each actor would be a real minimum to watch, in my opinion. That is doable for you, isn't it? And yes, looking at other members' reviews can perhaps nudge your interest.
As for your Moonraker review, @BeatlesSansEarmuffs, I think it is definitely regarded as one of your most entertaining ... although all of yours are thorough, full of details, and enjoyable. The film reviews on that thread were very interesting and varied, in my opinion. We rated them by categories SirHenry established but then had full discussions about different aspects of the films. So I actually went to the thread to find that page,@Beatles: your Moonraker review is on page 42 of the SirHenryLeeChaChing's For Original Fans thread. On that thread, our first round of reviews started about page 5, I think. Then we revisited each film about a year later, so the second round of reviews also contain full, sometimes even more detailed accounts. That's all just fyi, for those of you interested who have not yet jumped into and sampled that particular thread.
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