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As much as I give Brosnan a bad rap nowadays, he was a great Bond to introduce me to the franchise. At the time, I was a young boy looking for action, explosions, and machine guns. He delivered. I always thought a BMW 750i was a bit of a strange car (TWINE's Z8 was more fitting), but it performed well enough. TWINE kept me content too, although looking back on it now, I got bored and fast forwarded to the action scenes.
Die Another Day was my very first DVD. I saw it in theatres too. I specifically remember being really surprised by the CGI bullet. And still to this day, I feel like Nightfire on PS2 had a better story. Pretty shallow.
Because of DAD's emphasis on the impossible, I remember being really confused with Casino Royale. -- That's not to say I didn't like the movie, because it sat at the top as my favourite for a long time. And it's still #2 (to Majesty). -- When Le Chiffre was fiddling with the poker chips, I thought the sound he was making was some sort of X-ray vision that could see Bond's cards. I was young (probably 12) and foolish at the time, but I blame Tamahori.
Quantum was fine, I guess.
Im 23 years old. My first encounter with Bond was when I was 8 years old in 1997 and since TND was about to be released my friend's dad showed us a VHS copy of Moonraker. I was sold almost immediatly.
Some miss the 40s/50s. :-<
I'm pretty happy with the 2012s, personally.
I didn't realize you were in your 60s @OBrady. :-?
In spirit, not age.
Considering the world is melting down at the moment the nineties were a golden age I suppose.
I didnt realise how very young some of the posters are. I suppose I should cut them some slack for that.
This will make you feel very young.
The summer of 1977. The world was in recession, the Queens silver jubilee was on and punk was blaring out of the radio (when it wasn't banned)
I was taken to see Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger at the Southend Odeon and because I was a good boy (I wasn't always) they took me to see The Spy Who Loved Me for my 8th birthday. Seeing the ski jump and tanker battle on the big screen blew me away.
I started reading the books and seeing them on double bill soon after.
I miss the 90s :(
I remember being looking forward to Pierce's films when they came out in the cinema and going to see them with my dad.
Probably my fondest memory was in TWINE when Bond's boat drenches the clampers. The cheer/applause from the audience was great.
It's a shame most of Brozza's films aren't as impressive as an adult :(
Me too :((
But I guess I watched some part of FRWL when I was a little kid. But I can't barely remember that.
I missed seeing OHMSS (which was on the year before I was allowed to go, but remember all my friends who went talking about it.
I'm 40 and my first Bond was FYEO. Since then, I saw them all as soon as they were out ... until DAD. I was so so so disappointed by DAD that I didn't go and see CR. The first Bond I didn't watch on the big screen in almost 30 years ! Now, I deeply regret it because when I finally watched it on DVD it rocketed immediately to 1st place in my personal ranking ! And Craig immediately overtook dear old Sir Sean ...
Same feeling about Dire Another Day - not since AVTAK had I left a Bond feeling so low. But Tounet77 NOT going to CR in the cinema! O.M.G. Bet you won't make the same mistake re: Skyfall.
Oh, well, at least we live in the age of equality and I get to see more Bond films before I kick the bucket.
xxx
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/187/what-and-when-was-your-first-experience-of-007-
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/380/your-earliest-bond-experiences-and-memories...
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/548/my-bond-experience
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/850/the-story-behind-your-first-bond-movie-viewing
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2164/your-first-bond-moviebond-actor-is-ithe-your-favorite-has-your-opinion-changed
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2425/how-did-you-become-a-007-fan
Same story here!
My older brother had GE for N64 and we always had GE on VHS.
TWINE was released on VHS when I was 9. I remember going to Woolworths with my mum and buying it with my pocket money that I used to hide in a old Monopoly game!
TWINE was on the buy one get one free offer and I chose Licence To Kill.
By mid/late 2000 I had all the films on VHS and for Christmas that year I got my first Bond DVD - The Man With The Golden Gun!
Also I remember that year ITV showed 5 Bond films with documentaries. (OP, GF, TB, OHMSS, AVTAK....I think?)
Die Another Day was the first Bond film I saw on the big screen...