Where were you when Die Another Day premiered in theatres?

jorgem1

I was around 16-17 at that time when Die Another Day (the 40th anniversary of the franchise) premiered in the US, that was 10 years ago! Social Networking didn't exist at that time, the 9/11 attacks were still fresh in their minds, The US was preparing for the Iraq war. "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton was playing on the radio many times, which was like the "Call Me Maybe" of that time, Justin Timberlake released his solo album called Justified. Amanda Bynes and Hilary Duff were the new teen idols. Justin Bieber and Twilight saga weren't mentioned in 2002!

LastRatStanding

I was 9. I was in the Cinema overjoyed i'd be seeing my first Bond film after a friend from school told me about it. I loved it.

Luke

I would have been 15 then, and probably checking on AJB like I am right now

Moore Than

Luke wrote:

I would have been 15 then, and probably checking on AJB like I am right now

It must be pretty much ten years to the day that I discovered AJB. I spent a month or so visiting the site on a regular basis before I decided to register as Moore Not Less on the 23rd December 2002. One of the wiser decisions I have made.

DEFIANT 74205

I was 21 years old at the time. I remember watching it in the cinemas, walking out and then thinking, "well, that was .... different" (I was being polite at the time).

Brosnan_fan

I was a youthful 29 , and looking forward to the new Bond flick. A lot of sequels were released that year (Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Men in Black II, Blade II etc.), but it was another Bond film with Brosnan that had me eagerly awaiting its release.

I actually quite enjoyed DAD when I first saw it; Brosnan in fine form, some good action sequences (as per the usual Bond film), and the attractive Rosamund Pike :x . It wasn't until a few years later I saw it for the poor Bond film it was.

Golrush007

I was 15 years old, and remember enjoying the film. It's at the bottom of my ranking now.

It was the first Bond that I saw in the cinema, even though I'd been a Bond fan since about 1996. In those days I wasn't much of a cinema-goer, and I only watched TND and TWINE when they came out on video.

Thunderpussy

Where were you when Die Another Day premiered in theatres?

I for one was in a Theatre watching it. )

lueth2048

Just like every Bond movie since The Living Daylights I saw Die Another Day the day it opened.

jorgem1

Click on this link
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/MlcwoTd4rya/Pierce+Brosnan+Goes+See+Skyfall/_WT3figx3OQ/Pierce+Brosnan

Brosnan goes to a cinema to see Skyfall. Brosnan looks like a 70 year old.

It was exactly 10 years ago when DAD premiered in America, on November 22, 2002.

FelixLeiter ♀

jorgem1 wrote:

Click on this link
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/MlcwoTd4rya/Pierce+Brosnan+Goes+See+Skyfall/_WT3figx3OQ/Pierce+Brosnan

Brosnan goes to a cinema to see Skyfall. Brosnan looks like a 70 year old.

It was exactly 10 years ago when DAD premiered in America, on November 22, 2002.

That is definitely not his best picture. But to be fair at least he's not afraid to go grey and he will actually be 60 in a few years time.

Strangeways

I was 33 and had been in London just 4 years. I remember the Premier at Royal Albert Hall, but I didn't go. I went to a midnight screening at a local cinema but was one of only a handful there. I recall being kinackered at work the following day but I didn't care! On the first viewing I LOVED IT!! To this day I still feel that the first hour is still great.

dieanotherday02

I was 10 years old. I went with my Dad and cousins to go see it The weekend it opened in '02. I remember all the posters they had up for it, how packed the theater was. We had to sit in the VERY first row of the theater alll the way in the left corner. I mean the entire theater was jam packed. It wasn't until I went to go see Skyfall that I experienced the same thing.

A7ce

Although I can't see the direction to include your age in the response to quantify the question (!), I saw first showing at 12.07am on the Friday it opened.

Napoleon Plural

I was researching Bond for a feature on a magazine belonging to a highly prestigious British newspaper, the News of the World.

I came across the ajb website during my research. Like a bloke stumbling into a boozer to use the lavatory, and then decides to opt for a quick half, so beginning a lifetime's alcohol addiction, so I am still here today.

The film was dreadful. The Man With the Golden Gun, Never Say Never Again were the lowpoints until now, but DAD easily outstripped them all. Yet it had very positive reviews on this site, initially, a bit like Skyfall frankly. You could talk about the plotholes until the cows came home, no one would see it that way.

FelixLeiter ♀

Think it must have been a teacher training day because my dad took my brother, my neighbour and I on a Monday afternoon. I remember being annoyed we had to take our neighbour because Bond was OUR thing.
Was very excited as it was the first Bond I was going to see in the cinema. It was also the first 12A I got to go see in the cinema, so that was exciting too.

The first thing I remember about going to see it was one of the adverts because it scared the crap out of me and haunted my dreams for a long time afterwards, although I never told anyone. It was part of the (still seen) government THINK! campaign and involves a young lad walking around, who doesn't realise he's a ghost. Towards the end he sees his girlfriend on the other side of the road with a guy and says something along the lines of "what's she doing with him again?!" The lad starts to run over but suddenly a car passes right through him. He stops and remarks "funny... that's the second time that's happened this week... hurt a lot more the first time." I found it really creepy and the end terrified me, as did the idea of a ghost walking round, trying to talk to people, not knowing he's dead. In retrospect it works as an advert because I remembered it, yet I do wish I hadn't had to see it.

Onto the actual film which is (mostly) more cheery!
I remember finding the PTS amazing but age 9, the torture images during the TS were rather shocking. I was scared because I really didn't see how Bond was going to get himself out of it (and he wouldn't). It was the only time watching a film as a kid that I wasn't certain Bond would be alright - and it was only the start )
Like almost all the films at that time, there were bits of the plot that didn't make sense to me and watching it since DAD is in a league of its own when it comes to a dodgy plot!
I wasn't aware of Desmond Llewelyn's death (it had only been a year since I'd been devastated to learn the Bond films weren't actually real ) and I was gutted to see a different Q. At the time I thought invisible car was the best idea in the world, although it seems ridiculous when I've re-watched DAD. I still love the use of the ejector seat to flip the car back over.
I did (and still do) like Halle Berry in it. I had seen Dr No. and loved seeing her emerge from the ocean.
I thought it was pretty cool that a guy permanently had diamonds embedded in his face. The pain and surgery never occurred to me )

Overall I thought it was a brilliant film at the time and my brother and I talked about it for weeks afterwards. It became the first 12 film I bought on VHS and when I went to the till in Woolworths, I had to point my grinning, waving dad out to the lady on the till.
After re-watching it for the first time in years recently, I still enjoy it, although its flaws are much more obvious. It's a Bond film and I still like it for that, but it is quite low on my rankings, bolstered only by my great disappointment with QOS.

minigeff

When DAD premierererered I dunno where I was, probably on the throne.

Anyhow, DAD holds something quite sentimental for me. As many of you are already aware, I worked on the film, so I knew about a lot of it way before the public and press did. I'm not trying to boast here, just give you an insight into my involvement.

I'd always wanted to work in film, the original idea was to work for paramount in America as at the time I decided (about 12 years old) I was a hugs Star Trek fan. As I got older I wanted something more present and realistic (yeah, hollowed out volcanos and world domination is more realistic in my book ) ) and my dad mentioned something about this guy called bond and a nice Aston Martin he drove. Seeing GE tipped the scales, trek out, bond in and my ambition had moved closer to home, paramount was swapped for pinewood.

A few years later I got the answer I'd been dreaming for; "yes you can work here but can you PLEASE stop calling me?!" The rest as they say, is history.

When DAD came out, my dad had fallen ill, it was terminal and I knew that DAD was gonna be the only time he'd see my work on screen. I didn't realise it at the time, but it was the only time I'd see it too as my short stint in the film industry had already ended. Anyway, I got tickets for the opening night at the local cinema. Dad had a kip to get some energy for the night and we all went out as a family. That was ten years ago last night I think.

At the end of the film, we all got up to leave, and my dad and me had crew jackets on that I'd got during my time at pinewood. A lad in front saw them and asked where he could get one. Before I had chance to answer my dad pipes up "you only get them if you work on the film." It was only then that I realised how proud my dad was. A great moment.

Sadly, pop passed away the following August and never saw me graduate or see any of the other things I've done since, obviously. So for me DAD holds a special place for me.

I still have the photos I took on set (naughty), my ice glass which I got to keep and a rather natty poster from the daily mail, along with the family's tickets for the opening night in the frame hangs in the hall to remind me that sometimes things aren't impossible. The other memories of my life and involvement with bond are for another time. Maybe a book one day? )

Still a sh1t bond film though )

James Suzuki

I understand why you got an enie weeny bit annoyed when another DAD bashing thread opened up in the film section. Is there a chance of seeing those pics and ice glass?
and whats Brosnan like in real person?

minigeff

Here's the ice glass.



And I didn't meet brossa, although Halle was very polite and hot.

Napoleon Plural

Do you think we're stupid minigeff?

I mean, after all this time, that ice glass would have melted surely... 8-)



If you knew about the movie beforehand, did you get an insight that it might turn out to be drek? Or did you think it might all come good?

minigeff

The general conscientious was that it'd be a good film and the usual thoughts of 'biggest and best' film were mentioned. While working on stuff, we knew what would feature in the film, but without a script we didn't know when or how these pieces would appear.

A few eyes were rolled at the Icarus idea, and with Andy Smith and Nick Finlayson tricking out the cars, it was generally thought they'd go down real well. Aside from the invisible crap, I personally think the vanquish is up there with the GF DB5.

I blame tamahori, the plot needed some polishing as most of Halle's lines were awful, and the homages to past films were way too obvious and bold. I felt sorry for Pierce as he should have been allowed to have more input.

AdamOmega

I don't recall any specifics of where I was when Die Another Day premiered, but I was twelve years old at the time; obsessed with Nightfire and frequently visiting the 007.com site for all the little QuickTime teasers... those were the days!

ZorinIndustries

I was eight years old in 2nd grade, begged my mother to take a friend and me to see DAD in theatres. I saw the trailer on Nightfire numerous times and DAD remains one of my favorites to this day.