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How do I introduce my children to Bond?

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  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    SeanCraig wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The first film I showed my son was CR. He was 10.

    Really? I find CR a bit too hard for a 10yr old so I started with Connery/Moore ... I tend to save CR/QoS/SF for another 2-3 years (my oldest son is 10 yrs old, too)

    "Dad, what does he do with his little finger?" :D

  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    talos7 wrote: »
    SeanCraig wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The first film I showed my son was CR. He was 10.

    Really? I find CR a bit too hard for a 10yr old so I started with Connery/Moore ... I tend to save CR/QoS/SF for another 2-3 years (my oldest son is 10 yrs old, too)

    "Dad, what does he do with his little finger?" :D

    I thought CR was the closest thing to porn when I was 7
  • SatoriousSatorious Brushing up on a little Danish
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    I started my kids on Doctor No which I think is still their favourite (surprises me). They are still both a bit too young for the Daniel Craig movies, although by Bond 25 I suspect my eldest will be ready. You probably should go with your instinct as everyone is different. Moonraker might be a good starter for younger children.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 14,840
    SeanCraig wrote: »
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The first film I showed my son was CR. He was 10.

    Really? I find CR a bit too hard for a 10yr old so I started with Connery/Moore ... I tend to save CR/QoS/SF for another 2-3 years (my oldest son is 10 yrs old, too)

    My son LOVES the title sequence of CR. And he's only a year and a half (almost a year and a half).
  • barryt007barryt007
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    My foetus loves Kara in TLD.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    My foetus loves Kara in TLD.

    You're pregnant?

    I'm serious about my son: he danced watching it and smiled all that time. There's just something about the music and the colors of CR's title sequence that he loved.
  • JET007JET007
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    I believe it was around the time of Spectre's release that I sat down with my kids and watched them all, at the rate of one a weekend. I really thought they might find the pacing on the early Connery's boring, but they were enthralled. My son would've been 11 and my daughter 9. I even took them to see Spectre in the theater, although technically the first 007 movie they saw in cinema was Casino Royale. It was a baby day showing, so my wife at the time got to get out of the house with our daughter who was a few weeks old and I know my son got restless at one point and I took him out to the lobby for a few minutes. My son really liked Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker out of the older ones and I must say I appreciated and enjoyed Moonraker a lot more through his eyes.
  • RevelatorRevelator
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    The older Bond films might look more interesting to kids nowadays for two additional reasons:
    * On Blu-Ray or recent DVDs they look wonderfully colorful and enticing--a far step up from the comparatively drab VHS tapes I grew up with.
    * Now that the oldest Bond films are more than 50 years old, they seem like cool artifacts from a different world. A film from two or three decades ago might seem merely "old," but films from 40 or 50 years ago can seem like visitors from an exotic lost planet.
  • SeanCraigSeanCraig Germany
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    The mentioned effect of the old movies on kids I can confirm for mine: They did not mind that these movies were "old" - quite the opposite. With rare exceptions of clothing or cars they totally enjoyed the exotic locations and the movies in general. I am very happy it turned out that way and they aren't bored just because these movies have quite a different pacing than contemporary productions.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The first film I showed my son was CR. He was 10.

    Yes, best to start kids off with a good peaceable entry in the series like CR. ;)
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