I'd go along with all of that, with the addition of that
invisible car.
Pierces Brosnan’s Tenure as James Bond…
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invisible car.
Personally, I thought Brosnan's four movies were far more fun than any of the ones with Moore or Dalton. Then again, I'm not a big James Bond fan.
I personally thought Michelle Yeoh and Sophie Marceau were both good on most levels, Teri Hatcher was kinda of so-so but not genuinely damaging, Halle Berry was an unlikable presence but she was also given hilariously bad direlog, while Denise Richards was the most hot but just couldn't act.
I guess I agree with most here.
Goldeneye was a great film. I like Tomorrow Never Dies also, and The World is Not Enough despite Denise Richards as the nuclear scientist.
Die Another Day is just over done and badly done. Very average story also. Although Hally Berry improves any movie she's in. Even if she was playing a badly written character.
Goldeneye was a great film. I like Tomorrow Never Dies also, and The World is Not Enough despite Denise Richards as the nuclear scientist.
Die Another Day is just over done and badly done. Very average story also. Although Hally Berry improves any movie she's in. Even if she was playing a badly written character.
Depends on how you define success. Financially, it was very successful. Artisitically, it's a mixed bag.
Goldeneye - A very strong outing, definitely in the top half of the Bond films in terms of quality, IMO.
Tomorrow Never Dies - A middle of the road, solid, but not outstanding Bond film.
The World Is Not Enough - I know I'm in the minority, but I think this is one of the top five best Bond films. I'd probably rate it third on my list, behind On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Goldfinger. Great duo of villains, I like how M is incorporated into the plot, and Brosnan gives a very good performance. Denise Richards isn't great, but the rest of the cast is so good I'll cut them some slack. I love Robbie Coltrane in this one, too. Great score, great theme song... Suffice it to say, I love this one.
Die Another Day - Disappointing, near the bottom of the list. Still better than Diamonds Are Forever or A View To A Kill, but that's not saying much.
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personally, Brosnan's the best Bond for me and could kick Daniel Craig's ass. i loved all four of his. the only other ones i really like are YOLT, SWLM and TLD.
i still stand by my principles and refuse to watch CR. there was no need for a reboot, they chose the wrong actor and, FFS, they ROLLED A GODDAMN ASTON!!!
and i'm not going to watch QOS either. even with the hotness of Gemma Arterton in it...
Hey, I like Brosnan; in fact I still do (I think I'm one of the few posters here who both saw and liked Seraphim Falls, a Western which starred him and Neeson). But I don't think it's fair to condemn Craig's Bond as inferior without having seen the movie. Not saying you should (though I personally recommend it, strongest Bond flick to date), but you shouldn't prejudge it either.
I really liked Seraphim Falls, but I caught it on DVD. Wasn't even aware of it in theatres. Brosnan was really a fantastic Bond, who was hamstrung by some mediocre material (Die Another Day) in the end.
Casino Royale is the best Bond film produced to date, in my humble opinion. It's a cliché to say so, but it's a departure from the movies, and a return to the books, and that's a good thing.
I'm a big fan of both the movies and the books, but I agree that decreasing the emphasis on the cinematic Bond elements and returning to Fleming was the right move. I think it somewhat vindicates the Dalton films as well, since that's the approach they tried there (particularly with Licence to Kill), they just had a better script this time around.
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I preferred Brosnan in GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough, but was never a fan of Tomorrow Never Dies (the whole entire film is a product placement), and only watch Die Another Day on those rainy it's "so bad that it's good" days. 
I feel that with the exception of Die Another Day, all of Brosnan's films were solid. Goldeneye in particular is great, and is easily in my top five Bond films. The World is Not Enough is also highly underrated in my opinion, with everyone letting Denise Richards hold the entire movie back. It has a great villainess, and a fantastic twist.
Seriously, and I say this as a reformed Daniel hater, watch Cr. The film itself isn't as brilliant as some make it out to be. It has some terrible stretches and it's way too long, but Daniel Craig is superb he really is. Is it a reboot? Is in fact every new Bond a reboot? (questions that I don't think can be answered.)
Rolling the Aston was cool!
I'd agree with that, and I'd actually go further. Famke is actually my second favourite Bond girl of all time after Diana Rigg. Izabella's not bad either.
Well, I don't know about that. But then I'm biased here. The Living Daylights was a great Bond film, and would have been no matter who played Bond.
Of course, I have a thing for Maryam D'Abo.....
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I personally wonder, whether or not the Broccolis were biased against Pierce Brosnan.
After all, it was their father Cubby who installed Brosnan to replace Timothy Daltion as 007, and am wondering whether not Cubby's heirs simply wanted to go with their own personal choice in revamping the series?
Either way you look at it, Brosnan was dismissed as Bond twice by the Broccolis. Once in 1986. And, again in 2005.
After all, it was their father Cubby who installed Brosnan to replace Timothy Daltion as 007, and am wondering whether not Cubby's heirs simply wanted to go with their own personal choice in revamping the series?
Either way you look at it, Brosnan was dismissed as Bond twice by the Broccolis. Once in 1986. And, again in 2005.
Brosnan was committed to Remington Steele in 1986, IIRC. Couldn't be helped, and hardly counts as being "dismissed" as I understand the situation.
Yeah. It's similar to how Tom Selleck was originally going to play Indiana Jones but couldn't because of his Magnum P.I. commitments. (It's also kinda similar to why Michael J. Fox originally had to turn down Back to the Future. He was tied up with Family Ties at the time, so Zemeckis cast Eric Stoltz instead. But when Stoltz turned out to be completely unsuitable for the style of comedy that they were doing, they went back to Fox and hammered out a deal where he would do Back to the Future & Family Ties simultaneously, with Zemeckis deferring to the Family Ties schedule whenever there was a conflict. The result was Fox frequently working 18-20 hour days for the next couple months. But that's a more complicated story digression than I'd like.:thumbsup: Anyhoo...)
I love the Brosnan movies. Honestly, I have trouble getting through any of the pre-Brosnan movies because they're too slow. And although I enjoy Daniel Craig & Casino Royale for what they are, they're not Bond to me. Craig is too rugged. I prefer my Bond impeccably polished. It's what distinguishes him from every other action hero. If I want rugged, I'll watch Die Hard.
Goldeneye is a very good movie with great action scenes and 2 of the best Bond girls. But Brosnan himself is a little stiff here.
Tomorrow Never Dies is where Brosnan seems to hit his stride. Anything with Jonathan Price is instant gold! And they need to bring back Michelle Yeoh.
The World Is Not Enough suffers from Denise Richards (She's talking and NOT taking her clothes off! What's wrong with this picture?!) and uneven pacing. But Sophie Marceau is hands down my favorite Bond girl & favorite Bond villain. I think that her chemistry with Brosnan here is far better than the Craig/Green romance in Casino Royale. I love Robbie Coltrane. "I'm looking for a submarine. It's big & black and the driver is a good friend of mine." I agree that it was a good move to put M in the thick of the plot. With such an asset as Judi Dench, she needs to be used more often.
Die Another Day has much to recommend it at the beginning. The opening hovercraft chase, Bond getting tortured for a few years by the North Koreans, Madonna's theme song, Bond in the Chinese hotel room, the swordfight with Gustav Graves. But Halle Berry is almost as bad as a Bond girl as Denise Richards. And by the time we get to the ice hotel, between the satelite & the lasers & the invisible car & the mechanical suit that electrocutes people & the DNA replacement therapy that can change you from a Korean to a white man, the movie just throws in a few too many techno toys to feel plausible anymore, even for a Bond movie. A sci-fi author once wrote, "Only ask your audience to believe one impossible thing." This movie violates that rule in spades!