Which Bond Films to Watch Before SPECTRE

Agent Lee

Which Bond films would you recommend or choose to watch before seeing SPECTRE, and why?

I just wrote a blog post on the subject (http://dantesbluejeans.blogspot.com/2015/10/10-essential-bond-films-to-watch-before.html), and it got my curious about what my fellow Bond fans would or have picked. If you look at my blog, you can see from my selections that I tried to balance between picking what I consider the best Bond films and ones that specifically involve SPECTRE.

Dutchfinger

Well, i'd say the three Craig films would be the best choice, especially because all three of them link to this one.
If you're new to the franchise but would really like to get into it, just watching them all in order would defenitely be the way to go!
(Although there's to little time for that one probably)

walther p99

All three Craig Bond films in order.

Sir Miles

walther p99 wrote:

All three Craig Bond films in order.

Agree...recommend but not essential - for Bond fans anyway -{

MilleniumForce

If you've seen all the films plenty of times (which you probably have) just watch the Craig films to have that fresh in your mind. Although, the other three don't link into it as much as you may think (its not massive on the plot).

Matt S

Dutchfinger wrote:

Well, i'd say the three Craig films would be the best choice, especially because all three of them link to this one.
If you're new to the franchise but would really like to get into it, just watching them all in order would defenitely be the way to go!
(Although there's to little time for that one probably)

Those three are the only ones I'd say someone really must see before they see Spectre. Beyond that, I'd say Connery's first five and then OHMSS. The rest really aren't relevant to Spectre. I include Goldfinger because of the DB5, and the rest because they involve SPECTRE. DAF really isn't necessary.

Napoleon Plural

Possibly Dr No, it is a base note Bond and would sort of complement Spectre and certainly precedes it.

Or OHMSS, similar themes but a bit long, like the new movie.

Maybe Thunderball and maybe TLD, the first doing the full intro and the second being dark and serious, so a contest, but none of the sillier films. TWINE might work.

am747

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DigificWriter

With the two different continuities being in play, it's really only necessary for someone to watch the Craig films before seeing SPECTRE, at least IMO.

Loeffelholz

DigificWriter wrote:

With the two different continuities being in play, it's really only necessary for someone to watch the Craig films before seeing SPECTRE, at least IMO.

That's true---the main benefit of watching the older films (aside from the pure pleasure of it), is the familiarity that will pay dividends in the many nods to the past that I've heard are in SP.