Will Spectre be anyone else's first Bond theatre film?

Absolutely_Cart · July 2015

I didn't really pay attention to movies for the longest time. And I avoided the Craig films because they seemed too Die Hard-like. Big mistake on my part. But I got into the series around summer 2014, saw them all between last year and this year. Spectre will be my very first time going to the theatre and seeing a Bond film. I can't wait.

I hear lots of posts on here about how impactful one's first Bond film in the theater is. Higgins talks about how FYEO impacted him and such. Leiter goes back to the Connery era. I'll be having a moment that none of you will ever be able to have again

Be jealous. :x

TheOmegaMan · July 2015

It does make a world of difference. I recently saw OHMSS on the big screen in Melbourne and it truly made that movie come alive for me in a way that even the Blu-ray on a big TV screen couldn't manage.

TSWLM was my first big screen Bond when I was 7 (quality parenting!!) but I didn't see another until TLD in '87 (when I was 15), skipped LTK but then made damn sure from GE onwards I saw them all in the cinema first. Casino Royale was just breathtaking as was the much maligned Opera scene from QoS.

Enjoy!

MrSwinderman · July 2015

Casino Royale was my first Bond in theaters but I had seen all of the previous ones at home growing up. I was like 9 or 10 and saw my first Bond movie which was FYEO if I remember correctly. Liked Bond but went nuts after I saw CR in the theater! -{

Bondage007 · July 2015

My first cinematic Bond was Casino Royale. I left the theatre a bit underwhelmed due to the huge change in direction, but I've changed my opinion since. My first Bond was probably GE when I was around 7 or 8.

I ended up watching all the movies between 2004-2006, can't remember the experiences or details of first viewings.

This time around, as hard as it is, I'm only watching the teaser. Not the trailer. I'm going to resist listening to the theme song. While I wasn't spoiled, I read too much into production into QOS and SF and watched the trailers too many times.

Youknowthename · July 2015

Not the first one, no... That was GoldenEye - with the jackpot of the Gala Première. The fact that that was 20 years ago makes one feel old

The_Commander · July 2015

TSWLM was my first experience - I was 6 1/2 and I went to see it 3 times at the Odeon in Leeds. It's the reason why I've got it in my top 5 still. It's not the best film out there by any measure, but seen on a 60 foot screen, it was breathtaking.

My next cinematic Bond was SF, 35 years later and that was at the Manchester Imax - the helicopter in the closing sequences was pretty much there in the room with us all.

I'm lucky enough to have an 11 foot screen at home, with a lovely 7.1 surround system and the separation from neighbours to be able to turn it up. However, nothing compares to the shared experience of a couple of hundred people all sharing seeing a film for the first time. I'll be booking my place at the Imax for SP just as soon as seats go on sale. Then I'll be re-living the experience at home when the blu-ray is out.

Golrush007 · July 2015

My first cinematic experience was Die Another Day

When Casino Royale came out I was so excited about it and it was so fresh and new that it almost felt like a brand new experience and in my mind it actually feels like my first proper James Bond cinematic experience.

Sir Miles · July 2015

The_Commander wrote:

My next cinematic Bond was SF, 35 years later and that was at the Manchester Imax....

I saw SF there too...but it was about the 6th time I'd seen it by then....

Martin Aston · July 2015

TheOmegaMan wrote:

TSWLM was my first big screen Bond when I was 7 (quality parenting!!)

Snap! TSWLM was my first Bond outing, my Dad took me to see it as it was my 7th birthday the week it came out. It's one of those memories that just stick with you. 1977 was a great year for cinema going kids.

Absolutely_Cart enjoy it and make the most of it.

HowardB · July 2015

Goldfinger and Dr. No on a double bill when they were re-released back in 1964. My Dad took me, I was 7 and it was at the Beach Theater in Atlantic City NJ. The first Bond I took my son to see was TND. He was only 5, but very advanced for his age

(and I wanted to see it again) -{

Dutchfinger · July 2015

Bit of a theatre rookie myself, I got into Bond in 2002 (I was 12 back then) when I started collecting the DVD's, but I didn't go to 2006's Casino Royale for some odd reason. I guess I wasn't to fond of the whole reboot idea and Daniel Craig back then. (Boy was I wrong) Then over the years I really got into it and started learning more and more about the franchise, so of course I saw Quantum of Solace in 2008, which wasn't the best Bond movie to have a first theatre expierence with, was a bit dissapointed by it...

Then came 2012. (By that time I was already a massive Bond fan and know it all) What a great year that was to be a proud Bond fan! Bond at the olympics, the Bond 50 Blu Ray set came out, and of course Skyfall!! I loved that movie, great expierence seeing that in cinema! Felt like a kid again, I did actually keep my tickets for Quantum and Skyfall, and going to do the same with SPECTRE's ticket next november

Lady Ice · July 2015

Skyfall. I watched The Living Daylights in the cinema when they did all the Bond double in Vue; completely changes how you watched the film. I thought it stood up excellently

Shatterfang · July 2015

My first Bond film was Thunderball back on the old Spike TV Thanksgiving Bondathon marathons. From their i was hooked. I remember watching Goldeneye over at a friend's house on rental. My first Bond in theatres was The World is Not Enough. I was 8. Then Die ANother Day (11) - and I remember absolutely loving that film as a kid, i know its one of the worst, but its great for kids, and still has its moments. Then Casino at 15, and i remember freaking out because it started out in black & white and i thought the theatre had screwed up the footage, because I hadn't seen any trailers on that one. Then Quantum at 17, i remember going to the wikipedia page in anticipation, and reading "Running TIme: 106 min.", and being like "What the hell??!" Loved the Bolivia locale, like James Bond in a modern western, and Camille is still one of my top fave Bond Girls, but yeah way too short and the camera was shaky, which after multiple viewings my eye has been trained to actually make out everything that happens, but still. Skyfall at 21, I could actually drive myself to the theatre, so I saw Imax about twice and three times in regular screening. I wish i could watch it on the big screen again and see Middle-Aged Bond jump onto that elevator one more time! Spectre I will be 24 yet i have been waiting 44 years for the return of Spectre, I am going to see the hell out of this thing! Mainly because i am regretting not seeing Skyfall enough! It is not the same on the small screen, people! See it as much as you can!

Also, my theatre already is selling the SPECTRE popcorn buckets.

Unionjack · July 2015

LALD in 1973. My dad took me.

Higgins · July 2015

Absolutely_Cart wrote:

Leiter goes back to the Connery era.

Blackleiter is more the young John Wayne or in Bond Terms Barry Nelson generation

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Skyfell · August 2015

"SPECTRE" will be the first Bond film I will be watching in the theatre. I didn't become a fan until 2013 so I'm excited to this on the big screen.

Thunderpussy · August 2015

Hopefully, you're going to get a good one as your first, Skyfell. {[]

eric7064 · August 2015

Hmm to be honest I cannot remember my first time seeing bond in a theatre. I know for sure I've seen all of Craigs outings and I want to say I saw DAD although I was only 7. My parents knew I was obsessed so I think they took me.

Thunderpussy · August 2015

OHMSS as a baby, could only remember a few scenes until it was shown
on Television much later. LALD missed TMWTGG ( don't know why) but
Everthing from TSWLM on. -{

UnderwaterBattle007 · August 2015

I suppose I'm lucky as I grew up with them, having seen Thunderball/Goldfinger double bill in 1965-1966.

I then was hooked and have been a fan since.

The only downside is now I'm an old fart and with this 3 year cycle in between films we seem to have now, I'll be lucky to see another 5 films before I have to depart this mortal coil.

I still get excited like a small child when I go to watch a Bond film for the very first time.

UnderwaterBattle007 · August 2015

stag wrote:

I can't remember why I didn't see any of the other films in the cinema before LALD but do remember going to see TMWTGG when that came out. Not sure of the years of release though.

That would be 1974, as I had just left school and was making my way in the real world for the first time.

I have a lot of fondness for the early Moore films, as the back drop in society at the time in the UK was pretty miserable. The three day week, power cuts, more strikes, the dockers, the miners just about anybody who could strike did.

I was lucky as I went off and got an apprenticeship.

Hard times of that there is no doubt, and what a relief to go and watch 2 hours of pure escapism, with speed boats leaping through the air, cars doing a 360 degree turns and double decker buses having their roofs ripped off.

Thunderpussy · August 2015

{[] Agreed, The Moore Bonds were a great pick-me-up for the country.

always shaken · August 2015

My first Bond Cinema outing was Casino Royale (DC) strangely enough ,we didn't do QOS ,but we all went to SF ,due to my dads garage in the film

DR NO-ah · August 2015

While I was aware of TWINE and DAD being released I didn't actually get around to seeing one in the cinema until Casino Royale. Making the film all that more exciting. I had seen all the previous films at this point but I guess CR was a good starting point for cinema watching. Have subsequently seen the next two in the theater as will I do for Spectre and every single other film that is released in the future.

Will Spectre be anyone else's first Bond theatre film?

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