Changing Tastes in Bond Films ?

ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
in General James Bond Chat
I grew up with Roger Moore as 007, I was a big fan and loved his films. MR
TSWLM would have been my favourite movies. Now I wonder if I'm alone in
that over the years, my tastes have changed and I wouldn't watch Moonraker
except if it's on the TV and then I'd probably drift in and out with interest.
As I've grown to love the less SiFi more realistic adventures. So have other
Members changed their tastes either coming to love the over the top stories
or do you still love the Bonds you always did ?
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Moonraker is on my List of most watched Bonds. With TND and TWINE being on the opposite.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I must of watched Moonraker at least ten times at the cinema ( still have
    the old ticket Stubbs ) :)) , even had the clothes Bond wore in the PTS.
    Double breasted navy jacket, polo neck sweater etc, ( I was 15, and must
    have looked like a dork :)) )
    Now I find it a bit long, with Bond never in any real peril.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Meaning your not a Dork now then? :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :))
    Oh, I'll always be a dork ! {[]
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    I grew up with Roger Moore as 007, I was a big fan and loved his films. MR
    TSWLM would have been my favourite movies. Now I wonder if I'm alone in
    that over the years, my tastes have changed and I wouldn't watch Moonraker
    except if it's on the TV and then I'd probably drift in and out with interest.
    As I've grown to love the less SiFi more realistic adventures. So have other
    Members changed their tastes either coming to love the over the top stories
    or do you still love the Bonds you always did ?

    I still love all the Bond films, regardless who is Bond, but I was thinking of a reply to your question , and have come to the conclusion that all my fave Bond films are the ones that (the country that they are set in I have visited)
    so in a sub conscious manner ,they are the ones that bring a smile to my face, so cant wait to see
    if the next Bond has been filmed where I have previously been :)
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    It's as good a reason as any, {[] with all the rain in them, you must also
    Have a fondness for CR and QOS :D , a bit like Kent today. ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
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  • BIG TAMBIG TAM Wrexham, North Wales, UK.Posts: 773MI6 Agent
    1979 was a happy time for me. 1985 not so. These reasons contribute to my liking of MOONRAKER over A VIEW TO A KILL, even though they're as daft as one another. I do feel however that MOONRAKER is the better crafted film.

    My tastes have changed in so far as I like less action scenes now. I loved TOMORROW NEVER DIES when I first saw it, but find it overly frenetic now. I'd rather have three terrific action scenes spread over two hours than half a dozen middling ones.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    TP, I would almost bet money on this:

    Watch MR on a TV larger than 50 inches and you'll love it!
    IMO no other Bond suffers more from being watched on small TV screens than MR.

    And most of the MR bashers did not see the movie ever in a cinema ;)
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    I saw MR at the cinema 13 times on the week of release :D must have board the hell out of my mates as none of them are Bond fans.

    I still have a soft spot for Rog, but must admit I hardly ever watch a Bond film now, I even fall asleep in the crew screenings now :D

    ask Sir Miles :))
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Bondtoys, I'm a big fan of the cinematography in Moonraker, it does look
    Fantastic, and I'm not knocking it. I'm just making the point there was a time
    When it would have been my most watched Bond, now either because I'm
    a little older ( not much just a little ) I would now watch perhaps ( keeping
    it Roger ) FYEO, or LALD instead.
    Danjaq off, whatever you and Sir Miles do in a screening room, is your
    Business. :)) :)) , I just hope he respects you ........ In the morning. :p :))
    Perhaps many of us have past the point of needing to watch an entire film
    As we know them so well. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    Well I have only seen SF twice, once at the screening and once on DVD :D and the screening i was true to form and in and out of conscience by the time he was in the casino :))

    QOS I was off just as he was running through the tunnels :))
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Well, my point is that your opinion re. MR has changed because of viewings on small TV screens and not so much of a taste change in your high age :D
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Sadly,
    As I've recently bought a new satellite system for the living room ( for the HD channels )
    And a new free view HD recorder thing for the bedroom, the wife's getting suspicious
    so I have to put off the TV upgrade for a while, but I'm not going silly, I'd say a good
    48 inches should give me immense satisfaction. ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Nobody to watch them with? :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I don't think any of us have anyone to watch the Bonds with. :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    That's true :)) My GF cant stand them :s
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Sadly,
    As I've recently bought a new satellite system for the living room ( for the HD channels )
    And a new free view HD recorder thing for the bedroom, the wife's getting suspicious
    so I have to put off the TV upgrade for a while, but I'm not going silly, I'd say a good
    48 inches should give me immense satisfaction. ;)

    Good luck in finding a 48 inch tv :))
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,754Chief of Staff
    danjaq_0ff wrote:
    I still have a soft spot for Rog, but must admit I hardly ever watch a Bond film now, I even fall asleep in the crew screenings now :D

    ask Sir Miles :))

    It's true :))

    Good job I have a soft shoulder :D
    YNWA 97
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    ;) when Mrs Thunderpussy was just a girlfriend she'd put up with the odd
    Bond film, pretending to be interested, but quickly the eyes started to roll
    My directors commentary lost its fun factor for her.
    So now like many, I watch them " All by myself ........ " # :))

    No 48 inch, I'll try for 47, such a disappointment, ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    danjaq_0ff wrote:
    I still have a soft spot for Rog, but must admit I hardly ever watch a Bond film now, I even fall asleep in the crew screenings now :D

    ask Sir Miles :))

    It's true :))

    Good job I have a soft shoulder :D

    All be it a wet one after me dribbling on it :D
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    What about Blu - Ray? :))
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  • danjaq_0ffdanjaq_0ff The SwampsPosts: 7,283MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    ;) when Mrs Thunderpussy was just a girlfriend she'd put up with the odd
    Bond film, pretending to be interested, but quickly the eyes started to roll
    My directors commentary lost its fun factor for her.
    So now like many, I watch them " All by myself ........ " # :))

    No 48 inch, I'll try for 47, such a disappointment, ;)

    My Mrs always hated Bond until I started to work for the company :D then at the premières she had a change of heart :))
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,754Chief of Staff
    danjaq_0ff wrote:
    Sir Miles wrote:
    danjaq_0ff wrote:
    I still have a soft spot for Rog, but must admit I hardly ever watch a Bond film now, I even fall asleep in the crew screenings now :D

    ask Sir Miles :))

    It's true :))

    Good job I have a soft shoulder :D

    All be it a wet one after me dribbling on it :D

    :)) :)) :))
    YNWA 97
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Although Not Liking Bond works Both ways, The Times I've come home to
    the sound of Blubbing, from Wife and daughters watching some crappy
    " Who will look after my children when I die of some terrible incurable illness
    while trying to escape an opresive military regime, and divorce my brutal mind
    controlling Husband, who has sworn to Attak America before kidnapping my
    children to sell for medical experiments, 2 " :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    :)) :))
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    My tastes haven't changed much at all. The Connery Bonds are still my favorites and I actually started to lose some of my fervor for Bond during the Roger Moore era. However, my enthusiasm was rekindled when the Dalton films were released and it hasn't flagged again since then.
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,112MI6 Agent
    I originally watched the Brozza films only. I eventually opened my mind and watched all of them. My favourite Bond is now Connery.
    Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"

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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    hehadlotsofguts wrote:
    I originally watched the Brozza films only. I eventually opened my mind and watched all of them. My favourite Bond is now Connery.

    Another one has seen the light! :))
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    In the Bond elimination game it's down to the last two
    Connery and Dalton. -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
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