James Bond 50th anniversary celebrations!

On top of my man James Bond coming back soon, he celebrates his 50th anniversary on 5th October 2012.

I remember when a really good friend first gave me the whole Bond movie collection, I'm talking all 22 installments, I didn't know what to do with so many movies most of which were made tens of years before I was a thought on this planet.

22 movies later and 50 years on, we are still celebrating this character that Ian Fleming probably created in a dusty room with an old school typewriter and an overactive imagination. He brought James Bond to life in a way that no other writer has ever been able to bring a fictitious character and he's become the suave and savvy hero that every man wishes he could be and every woman wishes he could seduce.

Who is James Bond?

Well, he has changed over the years starring the legendary Sean Connery in the first official film (1962) of the longest running and most successful series ever created! Remember him in Dr. No? He played the role for 7 sequels before passing the baton (and the Martini, of course!).

5 others have played the role after him and have achieved paralleled success if not more George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and finally Daniel Craig- who stars in the most anticipated movie of the year 'SKYFALL 007' which premiers later this month.

Check out the timeline for all the movies here

We have watched the different sultry Bond Girls steal James Bond's heart, and he break theirs in return. From Honey Rider played by Ursula Andress, who by the way set the standards for all women worldwide in their quests to come out of a water body after a dip looking overly sexed, to Wai Lin played by Michelle Yeoh to Pussy Galore (who is now world acclaimed for having the BEST name ever in a movie) played by Honor Blackman (another pun here guys, do you see it? LOL) and to the most loved Bond Girl Jinx (according to me i.e.) played by Halle Berry - seriously, who will ever forget that coming out of the water scene in an orange bikini and a white belt barely covering that HOT bod!
Basically the role of the ladies is to offer a distraction for the audience and of course JB himself while helping out in his secret missions but some acted as villains as well.

Heineken has partnered with the franchise to bring the premier of SKYFALL to East Africa exclusively on the 25th of October 2012. In Kenya, the highly anticipated event will be held at the new IMAX theatre and will see several invited guests enjoy a night out viewing the movie and interacting with some of the special fans who get to win tickets online.

If you you are in Nairobi and would like to attend the movie premier and believe you have the true BOND SPIRIT, I'd like to give YOU a ticket to come and enjoy a star studded night out with Heineken at IMAX theatre in Nairobi and celebrate the return of Mr. Bond with us.

For that...tell me though, which was the first Movie in the series not to use the title of an Ian Fleming novel? And who played James Bond in it?



I'll select the answer at random during the day as well as announce it and will request the winner to send in their details in order to be contacted about how to collect the ticket :)



Xoxo