Your Emotional connections to Bond ?
Thunderpussy
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Looking through the many Pros and Cons threads on the films, interesting
as they are. They do seem very clinical and heartless. I was wondering if
any fans have any emotional connection to these wonderful films, either
one particular film or the series in general.
Some of mine in no particular order......
TSWLM, My first Bond in the cinema experience, and WOW ! For a young lad
In the 70s, it was so BIG !, nothing else I'd seen compared to it. I still have that
Early excitement, and anticipatetion for Spectre. -{
DAF, when first shown over Christmas, both my Dad and myself, " out voted"
My Mum to watch it ( she waned the sound of music on BBC 1)
, I can still
Here my Dad laughing at the many funny lines.
Skyfall, a year in my eye as Dame Judi , died in Bond's arms. The big smile
On my face as they unveiled the DB5.
TWINE, another sad and poignant moment as Q disappears.
There are others but I don't want to bore everyone with one overly long post, but
I'd love to hear others memories and thoughts on watching 007. {[]
as they are. They do seem very clinical and heartless. I was wondering if
any fans have any emotional connection to these wonderful films, either
one particular film or the series in general.
Some of mine in no particular order......
TSWLM, My first Bond in the cinema experience, and WOW ! For a young lad
In the 70s, it was so BIG !, nothing else I'd seen compared to it. I still have that
Early excitement, and anticipatetion for Spectre. -{
DAF, when first shown over Christmas, both my Dad and myself, " out voted"
My Mum to watch it ( she waned the sound of music on BBC 1)
, I can stillHere my Dad laughing at the many funny lines.
Skyfall, a year in my eye as Dame Judi , died in Bond's arms. The big smile
On my face as they unveiled the DB5.
TWINE, another sad and poignant moment as Q disappears.
There are others but I don't want to bore everyone with one overly long post, but
I'd love to hear others memories and thoughts on watching 007. {[]
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Well I think like most people in Britain I caught them on TV as a kid. Usually at Christmas time. Thanks to my mother and one of my brothers.
I had a die-cast Aston Martin toy. Which had the working ejector seat, rear shield aswell as the guns and battering rams.
A friend introduced me to Goldeneye on VHS in 96 (I was 8) and I think that's when I really got into it. I fell in "love" with the movies.
My journey thus began. I scoured for as much Bond as I could. I eventually received all the Bond movies on VHS as a Christmas present.
They became my pride and joy.
I would watch them constantly, quoting them endlessly.
I saw all the Bond movies from TWINE to Skyfall in the cinema, constantly showing my support. Made me proud to be British as I felt it's one thing that us Brits can call him ours.
Casino Royale came out and I was over the moon after I saw it. Though a month later, I had my first loss. My Grandad passed away, and during the funeral I kept telling myself Bond wouldn't cry. But it didn't work, and I cried like a baby. (18 at the time.)
My nana gave me some money after the funeral and being young I blew it. But I picked up the 20 special edition Bond DVDs with it.
I sold the box set less than a year later to fund my stupid drinking as an 18/19 year old. But I knew I'd get them back.
I had a job a year or so later and one of my first purchases was the gold DVD boxset which included Casino Royale.
2012 and my mother buys the 50th anniversary Blu-ray boxset for Christmas. Which I display proudly.
The Ian Fleming novels I also picked up in the month skyfall was released.
Currently ploughing through the John Gardner novels.
Sorry for the long post. I know it's silly but as a kid who's dad passed away to cancer when I was 7 months old. I looked to Bond as that figure. He made me forget whatever troubles I was having in my life and I knew I was gonna have a great time.
"Greatness From Small Beginnings."
Do it again.
Even years after my own father's death, I still watch the older films, as
I have so many great memories of, as you say Christmas Bond films.
Even with the new films, I still see a big stunt and straight away think
" My DAD would have loved that" -{
Sadly he died Before Tim Dalton played 007, and as a former lorry driver.
I know he's have got such a kick out of seeing the oil tanker chase.
I go through the motions, do my daily duty & take some small measure of pride in doing it well...
"He was married once, but it was a long time ago." Always brings a tear to my eye.
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In terms of the films themselves, I grew up watching them on TV, when they were still considered quite "adult" and prefaced with "For mature audiences only." Something naughty about all that, and they did, even to a child, seem to tread upon grown-up areas that vexed kids. We knew there were things being shown and discussed that we really shouldn't be watching. The first Bond film I actually saw in the theater was For Your Eyes Only. Until then, I was either too young or the prevailing thought was they'd soon be on TV, so why bother. I was not overwhelmed. It seemed flat for a Bond movie. I wouldn't truly appreciate its quality until my early adult years, especially when I compared it to the later crappier iterations like A View to a Kill.
I was there, excited, when Timonthy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan arrived. Neither really ever felt like Bond to me, in part because I'd grown up on Connery and Moore, but also in part because both actors seem to be missing something. The films were also half efforts, with big budgets but middling talents. I truly did not feel that charge of whatever it is that I felt when watching the Connery films until Craig came along. Bond was back, after all those years. It only took them three decades to figure it out. Along the way, being the serial monogamist I am, I've had a few dozen girlfriends who I tried to introduce to Bond, only some of whom gave more than a parting interest. No, that was not a litmus test for whether or not to stay with them, but I do have to say that the ones that lasted the longest all seemed to be Bond fans. Of course, Craig has changed all that. Now it's quite mainstream to like Bond films again. Everybody's on the band wagon.
I remain a major Bond fan, both of the films and the books. I still get a giddy sense of anticipation when a new Bond film is announced, and I will remain as exuberant as the lights in the theater dim and Spectre starts up, even as I'd left Skyfall only marginally impressed. I actually bought tickets for an advanced screening, the first time I have ever done that. Such is the resonance of a Bond film to me. Even when they are underwhelming (for they are never truly "bad" to a Bond fan), they are worthy of excitement.
There are a few Pros and Cons threads that I am not even willing to look at!
I suppose that would count as an emotional connection.
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Then you Don't have any emotional connection with the Bonds.
I found Robbo88's post to be very moving, and a very obvious connection
With the Bonds way above, the simplistic lists of likes v dislikes.
Casino Royale will always remind me of my late Grandad. That's just a small piece of what the Bond franchise can do for me. It helps me not forget people who are long gone.
"Greatness From Small Beginnings."
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Dusan Popov was a relative of mine. He was cited as one of the inspirations for the character by Fleming.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du%C5%A1an_Popov
Bond: “I must be dreaming.”
-Dog Brown in Cutthroat Island
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