Ever get bored/lose interest of Bond?
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i ask that only because i usually go through a few months of not watching/reading/listening or really talking about Bond,and this goes for my other interests as well,i feel that by doing this i never lose interest and its good to have a prolonged break from something you love in my opinion. im fascinated by the members here who live the totally bond lifestyle, or attempt to anyway as i hope one wouldn't delve to far into this fantasy world.
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I find that when the interest comes back a few weeks/months later, I end up spending a load of cash as the enthusiasm returns! It can be a pain if you are a collector as you can miss opportunities - I don't mean the cheap book at Tesco's, but say a rare signing or limited edition item for sale.
I don't consciously try to pull back, but equally if I get distracted I'm not honestly too bothered.
However, each to his own!
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I'm not bored in that interim period, just occupied elsewhere. If I was bored or disinterested, I would not come back! As an aside, if I was not flexible with my hobbies, I'd probably be on my own by now!
SilentSpy - I have the same watch and wear it daily. A fine choice....
I don't watch the films all that often, but go through spells of liking different actors and may watch one or two a month. When a new film comes out I'll always see it twice at the cinema and get it on its day of dvd release - then watch it to death for a couple of months or so.
I tend to do Bondish things. I drive a fast car and do so on quiet, twisting country roads - imagining I'm chasing down Ford Mustang or Cougars with helpless beauties driving - more often it's some chavy lass in a vauxhall corsa - but you get the drift.
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See there you go. I get on this damn forum every day and didn't even know a new book was out!
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I don't go around acting like I'm a secret agent, but I do drive a sportscar, wear expensive clothes, practice martial arts, enjoy learning foreign languages, and above all else, enjoy the company of a beautiful woman in an exotic locale somewhere in the World. I would enjoy these things regardless, but the fact that there exists a fictional definitive role model for this kind of lifestyle is very cool !
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The films are a very mixed bag, other than the first four and the last two, they don't really get me too excited anymore. I am really anxious for Bond 23 though, just got my fingers crossed it's not a flop!
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Despite just having added to (and possibly inadvertently inspired that thread) I agree that enough is probably enough, and we have covered all the areas we can. Positions are polarised and entrenched ( mine in included) and unlikely to change.
Been a really interesting ride though...
Ditto.
DG
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I'd like to point out this is not sour grapes as I do understand times change as do styles. In the 60's everthing was on a Big scale, Apollo moon landings, Computes filling rooms, etc.
So if a villain wanted to scare a city or country he'd need something big, like a Nuclear Bomb or two. Where as today Basiclly a loner in a basement with a laptop and some chemistry knowlage could by himself cause a huge panic. Leading to smaller scale movie making as you don't need the huge set/action pieces with that kind of story, a couple of fights and a few chase scenes will do.
I've found myself having to get the cinematic Kick I used to get from Bond from other movies, I'm not saying their as good but as my kind of Bond ain't being made any more they'll do.
The likes of the Die Hard series, Big spectical, with larger than life villians, and inventive action sequences. The transporter series for the terrific fights and car chases.
I'll always have a soft spot for the Bond movies, but mainly 62 to 02. So far I'm not impressed with the new direction but I'll stay with it to see how it turns out.
I'm sure for every Old timer like me, they loose the producers will pick up some new blood, from the Bourne fans that they seem to be going after. Still it will save me a fortune on buying D.V.D's
I'm probably about your age Thunderpussy.....and I much prefer this 'new' direction....I love the older Bond films for sure....a couple of the Moore films were a little ropey, but still enjoyable....I even enjoyed the Brosnan Bonds - not so much DAD - but the two Craig films have been superb (IMO)....they showed me exactly what I had been missing for some time...
I know that my time will pass though...and that someone else will get the Bond films they long for....I'll still enjoy them (I hope
Reflections in a double bourbon...
For me, I think part of the reason is that James Bond is better in concept than in execution. I sometimes think I like the idea of Bond more than I like any of the films or books. It's a rather difficult thing to describe.
Another factor is that Bond is just one of many fictional thriller heroes I'm fond of, and to be honest, he doesn't even hold the top position. He's up there, along with John Drake, Harry Palmer, Jason Bourne (film version only--I hate Ludlum) Alexander Scott and Kelly Robinson, Adam Hall's Quiller, Robert Crais's Elvis Cole and Joe Pike, and Barry Eisler's John Rain. In various ways these characters are to some extent more appealing to me than Bond.
Don't get me wrong: I still love James Bond and can't wait until the new film. I am very pleased with the new direction of the movies, and with Craig's performance (thought I'm still a Dalton man). And as I said earlier, the idealized version of 007 I have in my head is always there, and no doubt influencing me in subtle ways.
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Like you I am a 'Dalton man' and I really get the 'better in concept' thing. Where we differ is that for me Bond is at the top of the tree, despite some truly lamentable films, and some under par books. It's as if the character is greater than his depictions in either the movies or the novels, that he transcends both, it's weird and hard to describe. I often feel that Fleming didn't really 'get' him. In literary theory this makes Bond a 'readerly' text, as we participate in creating him. This may go some way towards explaining how we can disagree and have such divergent opinions about him. The only other character that comes close to me is Holmes.Another troubled and somewhat dysfunctional character. Bond for me has the stronger moral compass, and therefore the greater conflict.
This is true of me, too, Le Samourai, though as far as the rest of your post goes, you're on your own. To me, Bond exists most fully in the Ian Fleming novels and in many of the films--but I agree that as an IDEA Bond is a great one.
Zaphod, I think you really hit on something when you say "Fleming didn't really 'get' him." Based on the interviews I've read, I don't think Fleming set out to create the character he did, and Bond sort of grew past his creator. It's as if Fleming were Frankenstein and James Bond was his monster. I don't think Fleming ever planned to invent such a complex, nuanced, and multifaceted character. And I think you're correct in saying that Sherlock Holmes is the next closest point of comparison.
To me, our varied ideas about James Bond bring to mind the old fable about a bunch of blind men trying to describe an elephant. We see in the character what we want to see. For example, part of my fondness for Timothy Dalton's portrayal of 007 is that he is most in keeping with what I personally like about the character. This actually loops back to what I wrote earlier about liking other thriller heroes: I'm a big fan of Patrick MacGoohan's John Drake, and Dalton's Bond strikes me as the most Drake-like. Surely not a coincidence.
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