I personally think DAD has Brosnan's best performance as Bond, even if it's my least fave of his 007 films.
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He was the only man who could have taken over in 1995. And for that I am grateful
8-)
You don't know what it took to say that
This makes my day
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broad, at least we share a movie in our Top 5s, so it's all good.
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Brosnan's time as Bond is rather tragic, honestly. He had one great film, one really good film, and two sub par films (if you look at my ranking of the film's below, you can probably figure out which one is which). And he was great as Bond. He had potential to be the best Bond. So, what went wrong?
I think a multitude of factors resulted in the Brosnan era not being fully realized.
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[*]The Cold War ended and EON needed to find a new reason for James Bond to exist.
Cubby Broccoli died and the new management was just settling in.
The Dalton era, which tried to go back to Fleming and break away from formula, didn't give the box office numbers that EON was looking for.
Brosnan was trying to make the character more realistic and believable with each film but was given increasingly sillier scripts. Bond but was given increasingly sillier scripts.
The increased emphasis on the action and less emphasis on the spying.
The hiring of inexperienced directors resulted in weak directing. While Campbell was a smart choice, Spottiswoode, Apted and Tamahori were not up to par. EON maybe should have broken their rule about only hiring dark horses and just went with Peter Jackson.[/*]
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Bosnan was a great Bond. I think the only thing that was "wrong" is sometimes he played everything a little too cool, for example when he shoots Electra he acts like he just shot a garden snake and not someone he slept with.
Bosnan was a great Bond. I think the only thing that was "wrong" is sometimes he played everything a little too cool, for example when he shoots Electra he acts like he just shot a garden snake and not someone he slept with.
Bosnan was a great Bond. I think the only thing that was "wrong" is sometimes he played everything a little too cool, for example when he shoots Electra he acts like he just shot a garden snake and not someone he slept with.
I think that's one of his strongest moments as Bond.
He's supposed to be a cold killer, not someone who exteriorizes a lot of emotion in such moments.
It's one of the things that make Brozzer my fave Bond, I love how cold his 007 could be when killing.
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Bosnan was a great Bond. I think the only thing that was "wrong" is sometimes he played everything a little too cool, for example when he shoots Electra he acts like he just shot a garden snake and not someone he slept with.
I think that's one of his strongest moments as Bond.
He's supposed to be a cold killer, not someone who exteriorizes a lot of emotion in such moments.
It's one of the things that make Brozzer my fave Bond, I love how cold his 007 could be when killing.
Yeah I don't agree that it wasn't heartfelt. You can see it in his face and the way he talks to her before killing her - he knows what he has to do and it's f-ing hard.
Yeah I don't agree that it wasn't heartfelt. You can see it in his face and the way he talks to her before killing her - he knows what he has to do and it's f-ing hard.
Bosnan was a great Bond. I think the only thing that was "wrong" is sometimes he played everything a little too cool, for example when he shoots Electra he acts like he just shot a garden snake and not someone he slept with.
I think that's one of his strongest moments as Bond.
He's supposed to be a cold killer, not someone who exteriorizes a lot of emotion in such moments.
It's one of the things that make Brozzer my fave Bond, I love how cold his 007 could be when killing.
Yeah I don't agree that it wasn't heartfelt. You can see it in his face and the way he talks to her before killing her - he knows what he has to do and it's f-ing hard.
Yeah, you can tell he was tense before he killed her. However, in the end he took the shot and put the cherry on top with the line "I never miss.".
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I kind of took that final interaction like she was saying he would not shoot her down like like cattle. It was almost like she was daring him. Then he does, close range, and I would have expected a bit more conflict when he was standing over her body. It was just a little too cool considering he seemed to actually like her. Or it could be that I am projecting on Bond what I would have liked him to do/ feel.
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Didn't he kind of drape his body over hers after shooting her? There was some kind of remorse he felt. In the real world, I think it's amateurish and "green" for Bond to develop feelings over a woman within a short timeframe, just because they had sex?
"...the purposeful slant of his striding figure looked dangerous, as if he was making quickly for something bad that was happening further down the street." -SMERSH on 007 dossier photo, Ch. 6 FRWL.....
I actually have no idea what went wrong with the Brosnan era. It's strange to think that the series was totally revitalised with the brilliance of GoldenEye in '95 - which brought the series back to its very best. Having a relatively grounded story, an suave and sophisticated actor playing Bond and a fantastic mix of gritty action and humour which worked.
Yet a mere 7 years later the series had slowly but surely decended into far-fetched nonsense with half witted dialogue spread throughout. As much as I love DAD, it did push Bond too far in the kinetic Sci-Fi direction and it would've been unwise to continue in this vein (even though I would've loved one more outing with Brozzer :007) )
....and the best he ever managed was a sermon on the mount.
Hmm I'm not sure it did go wrong. Certainly not at the box office. The beauty of being a Bond fan is the wide variety of films we have to choose from. If I fancy a Fleming type Bond film I choose to watch an early Connery or Dalton. Films that are less serious entertainments with moments of humour I turn to late Connery or Roger. If I want to watch the greatest Bond film of all I put on OHMSS . Craig provides me with a more grittier, brutal type of Bond film. But if I am in the mood for plenty of action/humour with great entertainment I will watch a Brosnan. There is a Bond actor and a Bond film for every occasion. -{
Hmm I'm not sure it did go wrong. Certainly not at the box office. The beauty of being a Bond fan is the wide variety of films we have to choose from. (...) There is a Bond actor and a Bond film for every occasion. -{
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He was the only man who could have taken over in 1995. And for that I am grateful
You don't know what it took to say that
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Ggggrrrrrr X-( X-(
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I am still gonna take the piss out of Brosnan
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Still gonna happen...
Four of his top 5 films are my top 4 films, though we still can't converse civilly about Brosnan.
Ah, if only we had a "Post Of The Day", or even week- that would win hands down!
Now, where's Higgins....?
I think a multitude of factors resulted in the Brosnan era not being fully realized.
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[*]The Cold War ended and EON needed to find a new reason for James Bond to exist.
Cubby Broccoli died and the new management was just settling in.
The Dalton era, which tried to go back to Fleming and break away from formula, didn't give the box office numbers that EON was looking for.
Brosnan was trying to make the character more realistic and believable with each film but was given increasingly sillier scripts. Bond but was given increasingly sillier scripts.
The increased emphasis on the action and less emphasis on the spying.
The hiring of inexperienced directors resulted in weak directing. While Campbell was a smart choice, Spottiswoode, Apted and Tamahori were not up to par. EON maybe should have broken their rule about only hiring dark horses and just went with Peter Jackson.[/*]
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Then we would've had a 6 hour dragged out fantasy! No!
"Better make that two."
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I think that's one of his strongest moments as Bond.
He's supposed to be a cold killer, not someone who exteriorizes a lot of emotion in such moments.
It's one of the things that make Brozzer my fave Bond, I love how cold his 007 could be when killing.
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Yeah I don't agree that it wasn't heartfelt. You can see it in his face and the way he talks to her before killing her - he knows what he has to do and it's f-ing hard.
"Better make that two."
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Yeah, you can tell he was tense before he killed her. However, in the end he took the shot and put the cherry on top with the line "I never miss.".
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Yet a mere 7 years later the series had slowly but surely decended into far-fetched nonsense with half witted dialogue spread throughout. As much as I love DAD, it did push Bond too far in the kinetic Sci-Fi direction and it would've been unwise to continue in this vein (even though I would've loved one more outing with Brozzer
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