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Wow! You deserve a medal, sir! :)
How many hours was that?
I was a little unsure, on arrival, whether I was doing a sensible thing, but it turns out that when there's big-screen Bond on the menu I will happily stay up all night and love it. For the first four movies, this was my first viewing in a cinema, which added to the excitement, and it was lovely to be sharing the reactions of >100 other people to films we, presumably, all knew and loved. We clapped each gun barrel.
Goldfinger
Probably the best-known Bond film, giving a good solid start to proceedings and lots of opportunities to cheer at the best lines.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
There's a lot of silliness in this one, and it was reassuring to hear the audience hoot at the suggestion that what Tracy needs is a man to 'dominate' her. Despite the high-spirited midnight giggles, though, the final scene generated a tense silence in which you could have heard a pin drop. (Thank you to the person sitting next to me, who offered me a tissue.)
The Spy Who Loved Me
Gets a bit draggy towards the end when you're watching in the small hours, but plenty of one-liners to yell at. Would have got a different reaction if it had been up first or second; a slump had set in by this point. (It was fun watching the effect of big, loud explosions on those weaker souls who'd fallen asleep.)
[Halfway there!]
The Living Daylights
Obviously I was not going to nod off for my favourite Bond in my favourite Bond movie, even on the 4am graveyard shift. Dear everyone around me who fell asleep: you are dead to me, random strangers!
Goldeneye
Props to whoever shouted out "I can't wait to watch Sean Bean die!" as the lights went down. Audience definitely subdued by now, but Xenia Onatopp got laughs in every scene. I was mostly interested in the bed Bond and Natalya share in the Caribbean, which looked pretty inviting at this stage.
Casino Royale
This is a great film but God it's gritty, and I am here to tell you that watching it stone cold sober at 9am on a Sunday, on no sleep, may well make you question your life choices and also feel slightly ill. From the unforgiving viewpoint of someone who would really like a nap, the ending could be tightened up a bit, too.
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I'd never watched a film from each era back to back like this, and it gave a good view of the evolution of the series and the continuity along the way. GE in particular, I feel, draws on OHMSS in the ways it establishes that this new Bond is the same as the old Bond.
Shortly after 11am I emerged from the cinema, straight into the West End's Chinese New Year parade. This felt very Bond-movie, starring me as 007 struggling against the flow of oblivious, happy revellers to get somewhere important (i.e. HOME). I channeled Daniel Craig and behaved as if bad things would happen should I not get through. It worked.
Mixed in with his champagne no doubt!
@barryt007 I'm going to say OHMSS went down best. It had the sweet spot in terms of time (people had settled in but were not yet knackered) and is clearly loved. There was a lot of enthusiasm for GE before it started, but not so much reaction during it.
Ah, the daily double! :D
Yes, those are my only vices too, @Agent_99!
:)
Oh, do tell...
More fun to have you guess! (TBH they mostly involve gin.)
We must discuss temperature some time via PM! ;)
Here's hoping!