How often do you turn on a bond film
RedDawn289
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I have been having a bit of a bond marathon and it got me wondering how often do you watch bond films. When you do, do you go through the entire series in a marathon style or do you pick and choose as you go depending on your mood?
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However, as much as I admonish my kids for watching a movie being broadcast when we happen to have the disc (for example, the Dark Knight, or the Lord of the Rings) because of the mind-numbing commercials, I will watch segments of Bond movies I catch on tv, like SF, which is repeated several times on some cable channels back to back. Otherwise, knowing myself I wouldn't intentionally watch SF on disc, when there's SP
however lately I have been watching whichever Moore films I have at hand, regardless of sequence, for obvious reason. Just too bad the three remaining Moores are packed away in a moving box I cant find!
sometimes its good to watch them in isolation, to appreciate them for their own inherent qualities instead of how they fit into the evolution of the series.
by coincidence I had watched Raiders of the Lost Ark shortly before my recent viewing of Octopussy. I caught all kinds of connections that might not have occurred to me had I watched them the usual way.
maybe its just a different way of viewing something that's overly familiar. those commercial breaks chop up the film into isolated 10 minute sequences, you might better appreciate the small moments on their own as opposed to how they're supposed to fit into the larger whole.
I think if one really wants to appreciate a work of art, one needs to study it from multiple angles, in varying conditions, to see all its aspects
There's many films in general out there that I still need to see, many computer games I wanna play, creative hobbies I like to pursue... there's just so damn much.
Also, I have a problem - If I were to watch a bond film, I'd go into a phase where I'd wanna watch the other 23 as well
I hope to have another marathon of all 24 at some point, I'll hopefully manage that before Bond 25 comes out.
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
Keep in mind, I am a high school student.
When I do feel like watching a Bond, on Mondays I watch QOS because it's short enough to keep me occupied before I do my studying
I usually get my work done on Wednesdays or Thurdays so I watch something like Goldfinger, FRWL or LALD
Friday or Saturday nights are reserved for Daltons, Goldeneye, or OHMSS
I watch alot of Jules Verne and George Orwell adaptations nowadays and i'm also an AP student so it's harder to do these days
When I do, I try to take to, let's say, OD on Bond films and watch most of my favourite parts (which ends with me going through most of the rest of the movie).
Lately, I'm seeing Bonds which I didn't really think much of and never rewatched much (like Skyfall, for example) and try to see what other people find attractive in these movies (like FYEO) but that doesn't happen very often. Next time I'll probably watch Quantum/DAD.
If I had a rough week, Moore era gallore, with me going for Moonraker or Spy or any other escapist adventure, really (like YOLT/GF). If I'm angrier/crankier than usual I'll watch LTK and so on and so forth.
I go through phases but watch them on trips to kill time if I have time on my hands or are at a loose end. They are after all t8meless viewing if you love them as we do
Cheers :007)
I would put a Bond film on once in a Blue Moon now.