Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond (1987 TV Movie) User Reviews

A Great Introduction to the World of Bond

[bjcherry · 5/10 · 28 September 2006]

Taken for what it was - a look back at some of Bond's greatest moments, this show really succeeds. Made for broadcast television, this was approached as a typical "sitcom-type" retrospective episode. It seems to be meant for for a casual James Bond observer or the completely ignorant, like I was at the time (and 13 too). This worked wonderfully as an advertisement of the franchise as a whole. It introduces the character of Bond, and many of the women, gadgets and villains Bond has crossed paths with.

That said, this will offer no new information to someone who has seen all of the movies. There is nothing new here. In todays world of featurettes and retrospectives on every DVD, this program seems outdated. But by the standards of the day, this was a great way to get caught up on the spy you had (or hadn't) been watching in the theatres.

After watching this program, I went out and watched every other Bond movie I could find. I am still a fan today. So, I guess the show served it's purpose.

Mostly clips

[martin_humble · 3/10 · 26 September 2000]

Well, It`s good that its hosted by Mr Moore. But what else? No behind the scenes, nothing about the making, nothing about the actors. I could go on. The story is thin; You get to follow Mr Moore in different situations which is fit in to a Bond sequence. For example Moore walks into a train looking for a train compartment. Looking into those you get to see scenes cut from different Bond films containing scenes from train compartments, and so it goes on. it does not add anything new. So therefore I cannot recommend it.

Shows scenes that were edited when shown in full on ABC Sunday Night Movie

[Lawr77-35 · 15 January 2019]

After growing up and watching all of the James Bond films for the first time on Sunday Nights from ABC TV, I found this special very interesting. It contains many scenes that were edited from the Sunday Movies.

Just pointing this out, as it is airing on the same network, but now contains longer scenes that were trimmed for what ABC thought at the time was unacceptable for younger family viewers. Example: The Man With The Golden Gun scene had the full dialogue from Roger Moore that have been previously edited " I am now aiming this precisely at your groin, so speak now or forever hold your piece".

This is the exact reason why it's worth watching. Wonder if we can point out all of the extra stuff we saw for the very first time that night, way back in 1987?

Can't remember any others off the top of my head, wait....I think it shows a longer version of the train fights in From Russia With Love and Live and Let Die. Also more of the fight between Bond and Odd Job in my personal favorite: Goldfinger.

I'm sure there are others, can anyone help me out?