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Great post @Sandy. My son can't stand James Bond, though he will sit with me sometimes and watch them. Unless you want to alienate your son, I'd take the advice as posted by @Sandy. Don't try and relive your life through your child, just because you like James Bond, doesn't mean your son has to. Yes it would be nice to share a common interest, but I'd rather have a good relationship with my son, rather than force them to like something that I do.
We both enjoy Star Wars and Seinfeld, so we have a common interest that we both enjoy discussing.
Rather than try to convert your son into liking Bond, why not look at things that you both enjoy together?
Well Doctor Who is good, The Prisoner from what I remember was good and Chuck has Timothy Dalton so I'm assuming that's good too.
So your son doesn't have bad taste really.
But as others have said, Dr. No is a bit...how do you put it...dry for a first time view. Especially in the first half. It has a more 1950's feel in the dialogue, and the grand sweeping scores of John Barry aren't present as they are in the films to come. I would say a more modern film would be a good choice. One of the factors that led me to Bond was actually Austin Powers in the 90's. I had know idea AP was spoofing Bond films until I saw the Bond films afterwards. So maybe this is a segue in. You mentioned Star Trek, some of the more over the top Bond's have a slightly sci-fi element: YOLT, TSWLM, MR, DAF - maybe one of those?
Buy him a remote control Bond car toy or failing that beat him with a big stick.
Saw it when I was younger. Danny used to love it. Might try to find a boxset online or something actually, I kind of want to watch it again now.
:)) I can think of plenty of reasons to beat my son on a daily basis but not liking Bond isn't one of them! Thankfully I've usually have not had to resort to corporal punishment with my children but as I've said they tempt me often.
First, my daughter could care less about action films other than the "Hunger Games" because there are teenagers in it, so Bond is a lost cause there. I first introduced my son to Bond at 6 but it wasn't until after QOS that he started taking a real interest. After 3 years he was well stoked for SF and like me is anxiously awaiting the DVD. Chris, there's no easy answer here but picking and choosing is not how I did it. I started him off with Dr.No and explained the history of the series as we went along because I feel that's a good point to stimulate interest, and it worked for me as now I have a 4th generation fan and hopefully he'll pass it along to his children one day. That's my suggestion.
P.S- You are not a bad parent if it doesn't work, trust me. It's very important to allow him to be an individual and build a sense of identity all his own.
Don't fret friend he's only rebelling as all teenage kids do, he's testing you as he knows your a serious fan by what is most likely a fained disinterest. Best thing would be to wait until the next film comes out, say your going to see it by yourself as he's not bothered & see what happens. If he's still not bothered so what, he's your son you'll still love him no mater what, been there got the T-shirt pal, mine loves Jason Bourne & he's 21, go figure?
I am 17 years old, and ironically , it is my parents and little brother in which I try ever so hard to convert to everything that is Bond. Have you tried Goldfinger? Goldeneye? TND will either make him love it or hate it. It is worth a shot.
It means nothing, trust me. After all, Bond fans are such a heterogeneous group. By the way, Kubrick worked (uncredited) in TSWLM.
(The later was CR)
EXPLAIN, pretty please!!! [-O<
:))
It looks strange that Kubrick had something to do with TSWLM, of all films. But Ken Adam and Claude Renoir were having trouble lighting the giant set of the interior of Stromberg's ship and Adam asked Kubrick, who helped him. I thought this was general knowledge!?
What they say. I wonder if the fact that you are a Bond fan has a certain influence over your son's disdain for Bond.
I really don't think TND or TSWLM would work, especially the latter who got quite old (and IMO the most overrated Bond movie).
Personally, I got hooked (twice! once at 6 once at 12) with TB, don't ask me why. Sure, I was tempted to fast forward the underwater scenes (which now I find part of the charm). But before TB, I was not a Bond fan and couldn't care less.
Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange) worked on a script for TSWLM, which was quite bizarre, with SM elements.
It's known now! Thanks bunches, @Sandy! >:D<