My 7-year-old has managed to persuade me into letting him see a Bond-movie. I don't know the movies very well, so I coul
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domester82 — 10 years ago(March 19, 2016 02:12 PM)
I always loved the Bond series since I was about 11 years old (I am now 33, born in '82)
I found Dr No and From Russia With Love a bit boring when I was a teen, but I love them now as an adult. The action is a little more tame than in later films in the series. The films are more of a slow burn, and might be a tad too slow paced for some of today's kids.
However, even when i was a kid in the 1990s, I LOVED Goldfinger. It was action packed. Goldfinger set the template for the Bond films to come, and for action cinema in general to come. Goldfinger could be a better place to start for a kid.
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KingCobra686 — 10 years ago(March 19, 2016 04:01 PM)
My parents let my siblings and I watch all of the 007 films. I never found them to be too much. The movies have a lot more action than they do violence. I dont think there is any real nudity in the series, and the intimate series are always kept very PG.
The Craig movies are a bit more realistic and graphic when it comes to the violence, so I dont know if I would start with those. -
sasya — 9 years ago(June 07, 2016 11:02 AM)
Thank you for all your helpful comments.
I ended up watching Moonraker and my kid was certainly captivated and didn't find it dull or dated. He did wonder at Bond killing the minor bad guys in an off-hand way without really knowing how bad they really were. For my own part, I didn't like this cavalier attitude towards human lives, but even more grating was the portrayal of the women. I think I'll screen one of the newer ones alone and see what I think in a year or two.
Everyone is different, and I'm sure others feel differently. At least I'd say that a modern kid can still feel the thrill of the Jaws scenes and enjoy the movie as a whole, though he couldn't really follow the plot.
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crood — 9 years ago(August 25, 2016 07:04 AM)
Probably a good choice. While not very well regarded, it's probably not a bad entry point for a modern youth with all the space stuff and special effects. However, even for the Moore era, it's atypical.
I'd have suggested The Spy Who Loved Me. It's one of the better Moore films, but hearkens back to much of the Connery era. It had a good bad guy, Jaws, who was also in Moonraker. I was about 9 or 10 when I saw it in the theater with friends. PG meant something different then.
It has one of the best Bond cars of all time, the Lotus Espirit that becomes a submarine, still cool. It also had the first appearance of a water bike (JetSki, WaveRunner) before they went on sale. Not as cool today, but back then it was something we'd never seen before. -
TAFFman — 1 year ago(May 16, 2024 03:15 PM)
I was born in 1954. The first Bond film I saw was 'Dr. No', which I saw in a movie theater in 1964, when I was 10 years old. I loved it (and I still do). I think it was fine for me to see at 10. Incidentally, I've seen all of the Bond films; and Sean Connery has always been my favorite Bond.
I know there is a great diversity in personal taste; but I think 'Moonraker' is easily the WORST Bond film. I think it's rather too bad that you started with that one. But who knows, maybe all the silly jokes and space stuff in it was right for a 7 year old. But I hope that 'Moonraker' being his first Bond film doesn't cement his expectations for what Bond films ought to be. -
AnthonySocksss — 8 months ago(July 19, 2025 04:49 AM)
Moonraker is one of the BEST Bond movies.
Have you seen the Daniel Craig crapfests? They’d qualify as the worst.
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perfectpawn — 9 years ago(December 07, 2016 10:24 AM)
The first Bond I recall seeing was For Your Eyes Only; I was six, and it had just come on HBO. I remember liking it, but it wasn't until I was 11 that I got bitten by the Bond bug. I rented all the Connery movies on vhs and read all the John Gardner novels, as well as all the Flemings I could find. So anyway, I'd say 11 is a perfectly acceptable age to start in on the classic Bond franchiseif the kid is younger, maybe start him/her off with some of the Moore entries, perhaps Moonraker?
