first bond movie
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I was wondering the other day what was everbodys first bond that they saw,and if that bond was your favorite actor to play bond. I have always thought that whoever your first bond was is the actor that you see is bond and that all others are compared to him, also usually being your favorite one to play him.
MY first was goldfinger when I was about six years old in the back of my parents station wagon at the drive in. Seeing Sean Connery being that cool was something I will never forget, and made me a lifetime Bond fan..Sean Connery is and always will be my favorite bond and I asways seeme to compare the others to him, because in my mind he is Bond. I was wondering if others had the same thoughts maybe with another actor.
MY first was goldfinger when I was about six years old in the back of my parents station wagon at the drive in. Seeing Sean Connery being that cool was something I will never forget, and made me a lifetime Bond fan..Sean Connery is and always will be my favorite bond and I asways seeme to compare the others to him, because in my mind he is Bond. I was wondering if others had the same thoughts maybe with another actor.
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For years I was a huge Roger Moore fan. The Saint, The Persuaders and even his supporting role in Cannonball Run. He was my favorite Bond for a long time.
As a youth I felt that Connery's Bond lacked the flash, style and charisma that Moore's did. However, as I grew older I felt that Connery's Bond had more substance and he began to replace Moore as my favorite.
At the moment Moore is my first Bond and I love the early Moore movies, but I just cant stand those older Moore Bonds. Connery is my favorite thus far, but if Craig can throw a couple more Casino Royale type Bond's at us, and get while the gettin's good - he might even pass Connery in my eyes.
But I cannot remember what the very first one I saw was. I think it's between 'Diamonds Are Forever' and 'You Only Live Twice'.
When i was Young i've seen all my movies in Spanish broadcasted in Cable TV, they present every Bond film in order (but i can't recall seeing OHMSS over there) i cant recall which one was my first whole movie (it was kind of late and i had school the next day so i saw them by pieces) but i recall that i associate Bond with Moore.
When i was older i remember seeing The living daylights (but i don't remember the movie very well) and that is my answer.
Surprisely, my fisrt Bond in theatre was DAD ( i didn't like the theatres and i've rented previous Brosnan)
My perspective changed when i grew, and was ratified with the books
It was quite a summer and a memorable week. I'd been very well behaved when they took me to see 'Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger'the week before so I was allowed to see 'Spy'. I remember being very panicky at the Liparus blowing up and those people being left behind in the water...
But that same week was the Queens Silver Jubilee celebrations. I remember the street party and punk rockers. I remember my uncle railing about Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious...
...been hooked ever since.
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This may sound unusual, but the thing that got me a Bond fan was not a film, but...a videogame.:D I was younger when the "Goldeneye" game came out for the Nintendo 64. I still remember renting that for the first time and my older brother and me played the living crud outta that game! So, I got interested in James Bond and a Bond marathon came on the TBS station one year and I watched "Goldfinger", and that, for me, sealed the deal.
Anyways, that's how it happened for me. And that's probably why Sean Connery is still my favorite, since it's kind of a sentimental thing(he's the first Bond I saw). Plus, he's plain awesome! Well, by now Ive seen every Bond movie, and Goldfinger isn't my favorite now(OHMSS is), but it'll always be special to me.
Damn, that was an awesome game. When it came out my friends costantly quizzed me as to who was who because none them knew anything about Bond.
I played that more than any game I've ever played in my life.
However, the first Bond film I actually saw was Live and Let Die. I am told that I used to watch it over and over when I was really young, 4 or 5 maybe.
Neither Roger Moore or Timothy Dalton are my favourite Bond. My favourite is Sean Connery.
While I was privileged to see my first Bond film in the cinema, I saw a lot of the early ones the same way you did: the old ABC Sunday Night Movie! My brother and I used to go to our neighbors' house to see them on our friends' color TV because all we had was a black & white set until 1977.
This topic sure brings back memories.
My first bond film in the theater was For Your Eyes Only, and I loved it. I didn't see Octopussy, as my parents thought the title was a little too racy for their young son. I did see A View to a Kill in the theater, but wasn't impressed.
Oddly, the Bond film I saw the most in the theater was The Living Daylights. I happened to be in Hong Kong at the time, with not much to do, and so I saw it four times over the course of three weeks. When it left the theater it was replaced by Police Academy IV. A significant step down, that was...
Joel
My full introduction was LALD. I was already a big fan of Roger Moore through The Saint & The Persuaders TV series. Naturally, I was eager to see him as Bond and he didn't disappoint. The thing that made the biggest impression on me though was the boat chase, it simply blew me away, I had never seen anything like it. From that moment on I was not just a Roger Moore fan I was also a James Bond fan.
That sounds almost like my situation, Double. I had never seen Bond in color until my parents took the "big leap"(back then for alot of families it was considered that) and bought a color console... Zenith.
Bond in color for the first time for us!
I don't miss getting up to change the channel though...
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-Batman: The Brave & The Bold -
Hooked for life, I then saw reruns of DN & FRWL and watched all the subsequent films at the cinema upon their release. There are distinct advantages to being one of the older generation.
Wow Mark,your experience almost exactly parallels my own--except that I was 13 in 1964 and my parents took me to see Goldfinger because they really wanted to see the film
And like you,I also saw the original Dr.No/From Russia With Love double bill.And I saw Thunderball during it's first week in release.Living through the period now known as "Bondmania" was quite exciting-it swept the world and will never come again.
Looking back, it's eye-opening to remember a time when quality James Bond movies were yearly events--and EVENTS in every sense of the word...;)
I was only 6 and I saw it on TV {[]
"Better make that two."
From that point forward, I saw all the movies as soon as they were released. It wasn't always easy, as movies would open in the bigger cities (in my case, Chicago) and play there before coming to the burbs. So it was always a train ride downtown to see them, pure adventure for a younster like myself. Small wonder that Connery is my favorite Bond after those early days.It was finally The Spy Who Loved Me that opened everywhere and made it easier for us suburban types to see the movies.
But...much later in my life, I found out something interesting. My mother kept a scrapbook of my first year (I was her firstborn, so she had tons of energy for this kind of thing). In it, she put photos of me, along with some written narrative of events in our family. One entry reads: March 1965 - Took the little 5-month old to your first movie, a drive-in showing of Goldfinger. True story.
I guess the seed was planted very early in my life, however much I may not have realized it.
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when I was really young I saw goldfinger with my uncle and I just liked it so much I had to see more! (AND I DID!
Also, shortly after, I saw AVTAK on TV, where it will always be special to me, as most hate it.
At the time, and still today, Jill St. John made the biggest impression on me.