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| - This is in regards to my visit for the Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond exhibit.
I agree with one of the reviews that there are staff everywhere, it feels like I'm being closely monitored. They all wear dark clothing with a ID badge over their necks. They don't look particularly pleasant or welcoming sorry to say.
That said, the Bond exhibit was very disappointing.
Adult tickets at $17 to see a bunch of drawings, storyboards, limited gadgets, costumes worn by faceless manequins in an enclosed space. There was next to no ventilation in the entire exhibit. I was told very sternly by the exhibit staff upon entering that I am not allowed to take off my jacket with no reason and that it's very hot in there, and that I should bring my coat to the coat check where I have to pay. Uh, excuse me?
The layout of the exhibit did not make any sense as you had to double back to certain rooms to see displays you may have missed if you continued walking with the traffic flow.
Luckily, I am a Bank of Nova Scotia SCENE member so for the price of 2 tickets, I only had to pay for one (or $8.50 x 2) each because there was no way that this poorly designed exhibit was worth the full price of admission.
I have been a James Bond fan for many years, beginning from my middle school years when I first watched Moonraker. I own all of the films, including the films not considered to be part of the EON Productions series of films (with David Niven in the 1967 Casino Royale and Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again in 1983) and this celebration event at the TIFF Bell Lightbox did not do Bond justice.
Considered me neither shaken nor stirred after visiting this exhibit.
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