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I used to watch Bond movies on ITV, back in the day! Back in the 1990’s, anyway…
I remember Goldfinger and Moonraker, vaguely… In particular the Venice museum fight…
My first Bond film at the movies was TWINE, and I was hooked! Brosnan captivated me, he seemed so sure of himself, and as a 12 year old boy, with all the insecurities that goes with being a 12 year old boy, he seemed a breath of fresh air. I wanted to be like him so much. Brosnan still holds a very special place in my heart.
Anyway, from here I got all of the Bond movies on VHS, and later on DVD.
I’ve been a fan for about 15 years
My first Bond film in theaters was either Die Another Day or Casino Royale—I can't quite remember. (I know, my memory is horrible).
I also vaguely remember watching LTK on tv and enjoying it (though I think that was after I'd watched GE).
I happened to watch Dr. No first, on ITV as part of this Bond marathon in 1998 and thereafter watched the rest of the films - up to Tomorrow Never Dies as part of ITV's "00-Heaven" season, which was sponsored by Martini. This only strengthened and perhaps cemented my interest in Bond.
I was on holiday and forgot to record GoldenEye but rented it on VHS about a year later. The N64 game was also a big factor of enjoyment from my childhood. It was also strange having not seen the film but playing the game and of course my entire family, young and old loved it, that also gave me confidence that the James Bond films were something special.
A new Bond film every week was such an exciting time of my life as a child. I saw The World Is Not Enough the weekend it was released on VHS and the same for Die Another Day on DVD, although I was old enough to see it in the cinema at the time of it's release, I chose not too. I knew it would be a bad film just by knowing what I did about it and not proper Bond in my eyes. I had always felt this as the then-recent films felt different to me, as if something was lacking or had changed.
I then bought The World Is Not Enough on VHS upon release, rented Die Another Day on DVD, and have watched the following films in the cinema. Between Die Another Day and Casino Royale I read all of Fleming's novels.
As for why I got hooked. As a child I'd seen nothing like it. The stories I was just really into and loved how I could see the series change over time. Also watching the films over time, in order, instead of being introduced through the new film I think helped not skew my view on Bond and have any preference to a particular era. Watching, say, only Craig's films from 2006 to when Quantum came out, then going back in those years to watch the rest, really can't help matters and may well result in a bias in some way.
In theaters: GoldenEye. 1995.
I eventually watched them all when I got all the DVD's.
I learned about it a bit, tried to watch more flicks and caught The Living Daylights with my best friend P-O in the early 90s when it aired on TV. I kept watching them as I could. and eventually when I started to have my own money I started renting them in the around 93 at the local video store. I convinced my mother that this would be a perfect Christmas gift, getting the entire Bond collection on VHS in I suppose November 1994 or 1995. My first experience in theaters was TND as I didn't actually care to see GE in theaters at the time, not sure if it's because I was going through a marathon and wanted to see it afterwards.
I started to read Bond online in around 2001 or 2002 when MI6 was and remains the True best James Bond site. At the time there was no forum. I registered to the original forum, named 007news in April of 2003 iirc, and have been a member ever since.
My first Bond experience in theaters was one viewing of DAD, then three viewings of CR, and five viewings of QoS. From here on out, I plan on seeing every Bond film in theaters at least five times.
I have actually never seen a Bond movie in theaters, simply because of my age, 16. I wasn't a Bond fan in 2006 when CR came out, and by the release of QoS in 2008, I wasn't age-appropriate to see it, or so my dad had told me. But there's no doubt that I am seeing SkyFall this November! It's already a done-deal!
It's nice to know that you'll get to see SF when it releases in November; shame we have to wait until then to see it, though.
my first on Cines, were QoS.
And i'm being a Bond fan for 13 years. And i'm 18 old. That's cause i played Goldeneye 64 then i watched the movie. There's how it started...
I'm very jealous. I bet it was a wonderful experience.
Yes, my memory is somewhat blurred of it by now. But I remember coming out and feeling like a superspy! Same went for the rest of Brosnan's efforts, which I all saw on the big screen. They may not of been of the ultra high quality that most wanted, but if they don't leave you with a good feeling inside you then something isn't quite right. They have the "feel good factor" and it's the one reason I'll always go back to GoldenEye instead of Casino Royale.
I just might have to don a suit and run out of the theater when it ends.
Me too! when i was a kid, after some times i've had watched GE, on the following day (generally i watched it at night) i've tried to act like Bond, and i even started to speak formally like him. my school mates got on their nerves because of me :)) But it is fun. I know I'm 18 old, but sometimes i get crazy and even start to imagine a gun in my hand and walk stealthly on the house, lol.
In fact, I used to have an airsoft pistol that was the Walther P99 model. I wonder where that went...
Hahahaha, start to act like Bond and think.. "where the villain would hide his weapon?" And maybe you can do it so successful as Bond did in TND at Gupta's room. lol
@X3MSonicX, good point, haha. I get into Bond's character a lot, but I love it. I can't recall how many lines from Bond films I've quoted to myself.
Hahaha! I don't say anything when i get into him, i just "shoot" :P
No way! Every male wore a tux at my school. I feel lucky now. My friend asked me, and she's a great girl so I agreed so that I could be sure I'd have a good time, she would be happy, and I got to wear a tux for 4 hours. The deal couldn't have been better. I took my tux jacket off at the start while we ate and I felt like there should have been cards in front of me. I wanted to play so bad. I am happy to say I have a friend that loves Bond too, even though it isn't to my extent, but it is nice to have peers who encourage your nerdy nature regarding Bond. So all in all, great night, and better than I could have ever expected.
I did enjoy hearing Bond comments shouted my way during the extent of prom, though. I, too, wanted to sit down, play cards, have a vodka martini, and eyeball a beautiful woman throughout the night. I didn't play cards, but I did end up with whiskey, wine coolers, and a hot woman, if that counts, haha.