The Pierce Brosnan Era- Rankings

00Beast

There is a really popular thread on the bondandbeyond.forumotion.com discussion forum similiar to this, so I thought I'd bring it here to MI6 and see what we get. In short, the categories are Bond Performance, Movies, Main Villains, Henchmen, Girls, Soundtracks, Pre-Title Sequence, and Title Song. Rank them according to your preference, and it should sort of sum up how you view the Brosnan era. Here's mine:

Movies
1. GoldenEye
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. The World is not Enough
4. Die Another Day
(ironic, right?)

Bond Performance
1. GoldenEye
2. The World is not Enough
3. Tomorrow Never Dies
4. Die Another Day

Main Villains
1. Alec Trevelyan
2. Elliot Carver
3. Elektra King
4. Gustav Graves

Henchmen
1. General Ourumov
2. Renard
3. Xenia Onatopp
4. Stamper
5. Miranda Frost
6. Boris Grishenko
7. Henry Gupta
8. Davidov
9. Zao
10. Mr. Kil
11. Vlad
12. Mr. Bullion

Girls
1. Natalya Simonova
2. Wai Lin
3. Christmas Jones
4. Jinx
5. Paris Carver

Soundtracks
1. GoldenEye
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. The World is not Enough
4. Die Another Day

Title Songs
1. GoldenEye
2. The World is not Enough
3. Die Another Day
4. Tomorrow Never Dies

Pre-Title Sequences
1. GoldenEye
2. The World is not Enough
3. Die Another Day
4. Tomorrow Never Dies

DaltonCraig007

Films
GE
TND
DAD
TWINE

Soundtracks
GE

DAD
TWINE
TND

Brosnan Performance
DAD
GE
TND

TWINE

Agent007391

Movies
GoldenEye
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World is Not Enough
Die Another Day
(yes, I actually do prefer them in order from earliest to latest)

Bond Performance
Die Another Day
Tomorrow Never Dies
GoldenEye
The World is Not Enough

Soundtracks
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World is Not Enough
Die Another Day
GoldenEye

Title Songs
Die Another Day
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World is Not Enough
GoldenEye

Pre-Title Sequences
Die Another Day
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World is Not Enough
GoldenEye

CraigMooreOHMSS

Movies
Goldeneye
The World Is Not Enough
Tomorrow Never Dies
Die Another Day

Bond Performance
Goldeneye
The World Is Not Enough
Tomorrow Never Dies
Die Another Day

Main Villains
Alec Trevelyan
Elektra King
Elliot Carver
Gustav Graves

Henchmen
Xenia Onatopp
Miranda Frost
Renard
Stamper
Zao

Girls
Natalya Simonova
Wai Lin
Christmas Jones
Jinx

Soundtracks
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World is Not Enough
Die Another Day
Goldeneye

Pre-Title Sequence
The World Is Not Enough
Tomorrow Never Dies
Goldeneye
Die Another Day

Title Song
The World Is Not Enough
Goldeneye
Tomorrow Never Dies
Die Another Day

Creasy47

Great topic choice, @00Beast:

Movies
Goldeneye
The World Is Not Enough
Tomorrow Never Dies
Die Another Day

Bond Performance
Goldeneye
The World Is Not Enough
Tomorrow Never Dies
Die Another Day

Main Villains
Alec Trevelyan
Elektra King
Gustav Graves
Elliot Carver

Henchmen
Xenia Onatopp
Zao
Renard
Stamper
Miranda Frost

Girls
Natalya Simonova
Wai Lin
Jinx
Christmas Jones

Soundtracks
Goldeneye
The World is Not Enough
Tomorrow Never Dies
Die Another Day

Pre-Title Sequence
Goldeneye
The World Is Not Enough
Die Another Day
Tomorrow Never Dies

Title Song
Goldeneye
The World Is Not Enough
Tomorrow Never Dies
Die Another Day

DRush76

Movies
1. GoldenEye
2. The World Is Not Enough
3. Die Another Day
4. Tomorrow Never Dies

Bond Performance
1. The World Is Not Enough
2. Die Another Day
3. Tomorrow Never Dies
4. Goldeneye

Main Villains
1. Alec Trevelyan
2. Elektra King
3. Gustav Graves
4. Elliot Carver

Henchmen
1. Renard
2. Xenia Onatopp
3. General Ourumov
4. Zao
5. Henry Gupta
6. Boris Grishenko
7. Stamper
8. Mr. Kil
9. Miranda Frost

Girls
1. Jinx Johnson
2. Wai Lin
3. Natalya Simonova
4. Christmas Jones
5. Paris Carver

Title Songs
1. The World Is Not Enough
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. Die Another Day
4. Goldeneye

Pre-Title Sequences
1. Die Another Day
2. Goldeneye
3. The World Is Not Enough
4. Tomorrow Never Dies

Kerim

Movies:

1. GE
2. TWINE
3. TND
4. DAD

Bond Performancce

1. DAD
2. GE
3. TND
4. TWINE

Main Villians

1. Alec Trevelyan
2. Elektra King
3. Elliot Carver
4. Moon/Graves

Henchman:

1. Xenia
2. General Ouromov
3. Stamper
4. Renard
5. Miranda

Bond Girls:

1. Natalya Simonova
2. Wai Lin
3. Christmas Jones
4. Jinx

Title Songs:

1. GE
2. TWINE
3. TND
4,000,003. An elephant farting
4,000,004. DAD

PTS:

1. TWINE
2. TND
3. DAD
4. GE

Baltimore_007

Brosnan Movies

#1 The World Is Not Enough
#2 Goldeneye
#3 Tomorrow Never Dies
#4 Die Another Day

Brosnan performances

#1 The World Is Not Enough
#2 Goldeneye
#3 Die Another Day
#4 Tomorrow Never Dies

Main villains

#1 Elektra King
#2 Gustav Graves
#3 Trevelyan
#4 Carver

Henchmen

#1 Frost
#2 Renard
#3 Ourumov
#4 Zao

Women

#1 Michelle Yeoh
#2 Izabella Scorupco
#3 Teri Hatcher
#4 Denise Richards

Soundtracks/Title Song

#1 Sheryl Crow
#2 Garbage
#3 Tina Turner
#4 Ms Ciccone

Best Pre Credits Sequence

#1 The World Is Not Enough
#2 Tomorrow Never Dies
#3 Goldeneye
#4 Die Another Day

Movies
1. GoldenEye
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. The World is not Enough
4. Die Another Day

Bond Performance
I don't see enough variability in order to make the classification.

Main Villains
1. Alec Trevelyan
2. Elliot Carver
3. Elektra King
4. Gustav Graves

Henchmen
1. Xenia Onatopp
2. General Ourumov
3. Renard
4. Stamper
5. Miranda Frost
The rest is too trivial to rank.

Girls
1. Natalya Simonova
2. Wai Lin
3. Paris Carver
4. Jinx
5. Christmas Jones

Soundtracks
1. Tomorrow Never Dies
2. GoldenEye
3. The World is not Enough
4. Die Another Day

Title Songs
1. GoldenEye
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. The World is not Enough
4. Die Another Day

Pre-Title Sequences
1. The World is not Enough
2. GoldenEye
3. Die Another Day
4. Tomorrow Never Dies

PrinceKamalKhan

Movies
001) 1st 2/3 of DAD
002) 1st 1/2 of TND
003) 1st 1/4 of GE
004) 2nd 1/2 of TND
005) Last 3/4 of GE
006) Final 1/3 of DAD
007) TWINE

Bond Performance
001) DAD
002) TND
003) GE
004) TWINE

Main Villains
001) Agent 006
002) Elliot Carver
003) Sir Gustav Graves
004) Elektra Vavra King

Henchmen
001) Cigar Girl
002) Zao
003) Henry Gupta
004) Miranda Frost
005) Xenia Onatopp
006) General Ourumov
007) Stamper
008) Vlad
009) Davidov
0010) Mr. Kil
0011) Mr. Bullion
0012) Renard
0013) Grishenko

Girls
001) Paris McKenna Carver
002) Natalya Feodorovna Simonova
003) Jinx
004) Christmas Jones
005) Wai LIn

Soundtracks
001) TND
002) DAD
003) TWINE
004) GE

Title Songs
001) TWINE
002) GE
003) TND
004) DAD

Pre-Title Sequences
001) TND
002) DAD
003) TWINE
004) GE

Baltimore_007

@PrinceKamalKhan You can't rate favorite film releases in segments or parts, I mean it has to be the entire movie as a whole for sure? :-/

PrinceKamalKhan

Baltimore_007 said:
@PrinceKamalKhan You can't rate favorite film releases in segments or parts, I mean it has to be the entire movie as a whole for sure? :-/

Why not? It's my rankings and that's how I see them.

OHMSS69

I would give all the above to Brosnan's first film, GE.
It has the best villian, the best henchmen/woman, the best Bond girl, the only thing that GE falls to another film in the Brosnan age is the PST which I give to TWINE. That boat chase on the Thames, Cigar girl, the escape from the Swiss bank. TWINE has the best PST of Brosnan's films but I give the rest of the categories to GE. Song, soundtrack.

I won't bother about ranking the other films or categories and where they fall. they are all forgettable and just kinda blend together.

thelivingroyale

Movies
GE (3/23)
TWINE (7/23)
TND (15-20/23)
DAD (22/23)

Bond performance
DAD
TWINE
TND
GE

Main Villians

Trevelayn
King
Carver
Graves

Henchmen

Renard
Onnatop
Frost
Ourumov
Zao
Mr Kil

Girls
Natalya
Wai Lin
Christmas Jones
Jinx

Soundtracks
Goldeneye
TWINE
TND
DAD

Title songs
TWINE
GE
TND
DAD

PTS
TWINE
GE
DAD
TND

M_Balje

1/22. Goldeneye 9/10
2/22. The World Is Not Enough 8.5/10
3/22. Tomorrow Never Dies 7.5/10
18/22. Die Another Day 6/10

Best Brosnan performance

1. The World Is Not Enough
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. Goldeneye
4. Die Another Day

Brosnan vs the rest

1. Roger Moore
2. Pierce Brosnan
3. Sean Connery
4. Timothy Dalton
5. George Lazenby
6. Daniel Craig

M:

1. Goldeneye
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. Twine
4. DAD

Bondgirl

1. Natalya
2. Wailin
3. Xenia
4. Elektra
5. Paris
6. Christmis Jones
7. Frost
8. Jinx

Lead Villian

1. Eliot Carver
2. Alec
3. Elekta
4. Renard
5. Moon
6. Graves

Best Chacter development

1. Goldeneye
2. The World Is Not Enough
3. Tomorrow Never Dies
4. Die Another Day

Best pre-title

1. The World Is Not Enough
2. Goldeneye
3. Tomorrow Never Dies
4. Die Another Day

Best End

1. Goldeneye
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. The World Is Not Enough
4. Die Another Day

Title song:

1. The World Is Not Enough
2. Goldeneye
3. Tomorrow Never Dies
4. Die Another Day

Maintitle

1. The World Is Not Enough
2. Goldeneye
3. Die Another Day
4. Tomorrow Never Dies

Gunbarrel

1. The World Is Not Enough
2. Goldeneye
3. Tomorrow Never Dies
4. Die Another Day

Score:

1. The World Is Not Enough
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. Goldeneye
4. Die Another Day

Best SE DVD

1. Die Another Day
2. The World Is Not Enough
3. Tomorrow Never Dies
4. Goldeneye

Dvd menu:

1. The World Is Not Enough
2. Goldeneye
3. Die Another Day
4. Tomorrow Never Dies

Twine R2 have a difrent dvd menu then R1, in the style of the maintitle with music of The Themes http://oi46.tinypic.com/2a7sw9x.jpg . Moost strange one is Tomorrow Never Dies.

Best promoted Bond movie from Brosnan his last 3 movies.

1. The World Is Not Enough
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. Die Another Day

Getafix

Movies:

1. TND (19/22)
2. GE (20/22)
3. TWINE (21/22)
4. DAD (22/22)

BAIN123

Getafix said:
Movies:

2. GE (20/22)

:-)) =)) :-)) =)) =)) :-))

I just can't take this seriously - the others perhaps but not this.

You crack me up @Getafix.

MrBond

Movies

TND
TWINE
GE
DAD

Bond Performance

TND
DAD
TWINE
GE

Main Villains

Alec Trevelyan
Elektra King
Elliot Carver
Gustav Graves

Henchmen

Renard
Onatop
Ouromov
Frost
Stamper
Zao

Girls

Natalya
Wai-Lin
Christmas Jones
Jinx

Soundtracks

TND
TWINE
DAD
GE

Title Songs

GE
TND
TWINE
DAD

PTS

TND
TWINE
GE
DAD

Agent007391

Getafix said:
Movies:

1. TND (19/22)
2. GE (20/22)
3. TWINE (21/22)
4. DAD (22/22)

I don't think I've ever noticed you have such a low opinion of Brosnan.

Getafix

BAIN123 said:

Getafix said:
Movies:

2. GE (20/22)

:-)) =)) :-)) =)) =)) :-))

I just can't take this seriously - the others perhaps but not this.

You crack me up @Getafix.

You weren't with me the day I walked out of the cinema after 2 hours of excruciating torture watching GE in 1995. One of the worst days of my life.

BAIN123

Getafix said:

BAIN123 said:

Getafix said:
Movies:

2. GE (20/22)

:-)) =)) :-)) =)) =)) :-))

I just can't take this seriously - the others perhaps but not this.

You crack me up @Getafix.

You weren't with me the day I walked out of the cinema after 2 hours of excruciating torture watching GE in 1995. One of the worst days of my life.

"One of the worst days of your life" - ever the dramatist (as usual) :)) :))

Tell me Getafix...which lunatic asylum did they get you out of? ;)

You're in the minority. I dout even people who weren't fond of it would describe it as "torture". DAD on the other hand, I can understand.

DaltonCraig007

Getafix said:
You weren't with me the day I walked out of the cinema after 2 hours of excruciating torture watching GE in 1995. One of the worst days of my life.

You are a legend :))

00Beast

BAIN123 said:

Getafix said:
Movies:

2. GE (20/22)

:-)) =)) :-)) =)) =)) :-))

I just can't take this seriously - the others perhaps but not this.

You crack me up @Getafix.

An utter disappointment.....oh dear, I might have to erase part of my memory after seeing this. I could understand TWINE and DAD, because at times I used to not like them as much, but GE and TND? To quote that control room technician from DAF, "Just doesn't make sense!!" I mean, I respect your opinion @Getafix, and don't want to hurt your feelings, but why do you not like the Brosnan movies so much? Is it just him?

thelivingroyale

Getafix said:

BAIN123 said:

Getafix said:
Movies:

2. GE (20/22)

:-)) =)) :-)) =)) =)) :-))

I just can't take this seriously - the others perhaps but not this.

You crack me up @Getafix.

You weren't with me the day I walked out of the cinema after 2 hours of excruciating torture watching GE in 1995. One of the worst days of my life.

=)) Ah as much as I disagree with you, you always make me laugh.

SirHenryLeeChaChing

Movies

1. GoldenEye
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. The World is not Enough
4. Die Another Day

Bond Performance

1. GoldenEye
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. The World is not Enough
4. Die Another Day

Main Villains

1. Alec Trevelyan
2. Elektra King
3. Elliot Carver
4. Gustav Graves

Henchmen

1. Xenia Onatopp
2. Boris Grishenko
3. General Ourumov
4. Stamper
5. Miranda Frost
6. Mr. Bullion
7. Zao
8. Renard
9. Davidov
10. Henry Gupta
11. Vlad
12. Mr. Kil

Girls

1. Wai Lin
2. Natalya Simonova
3. Paris Carver
4. Jinx
5. Christmas Jones

Soundtracks

1. Tomorrow Never Dies
2. The World is not Enough
3. Die Another Day

4. GoldenEye :-&

Title Songs

1. GoldenEye
2. The World is not Enough
3. Tomorrow Never Dies

4. Die Another Day :-&

Pre-Title Sequences

1. The World is not Enough
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. Die Another Day
4. GoldenEye

Getafix

00Beast said:

BAIN123 said:

Getafix said:
Movies:

2. GE (20/22)

:-)) =)) :-)) =)) =)) :-))

I just can't take this seriously - the others perhaps but not this.

You crack me up @Getafix.

An utter disappointment.....oh dear, I might have to erase part of my memory after seeing this. I could understand TWINE and DAD, because at times I used to not like them as much, but GE and TND? To quote that control room technician from DAF, "Just doesn't make sense!!" I mean, I respect your opinion @Getafix, and don't want to hurt your feelings, but why do you not like the Brosnan movies so much? Is it just him?

TND is by far and away Brozza's best film. The others are of rapidly decreasing quality. But I still rank TND below any other Bond movie as I could never stand Brosnan's 'take' on Bond. If you simply can't stand the central actor it's difficult to appreciate the movies.

BAIN123

You hate him so much yet you have a relatively handsome pic of him :)) :))

I for one always found him entertaining. Even in his crap made for tv films he had a smile that could charm the pants off you (and I'm a bloke). A fairly intelligent work colleague thinks Taffin is "amazing" and when I asked him who he preferred between Brosnan and Craig he looked at me with UTTER contempt before saying Brosnan (he hates Craig).

I don't agree with him btw but Brosnan must have SOMETHING if he's still fondly regarded. I actually have a sneaking suspicion that between him
and Mr Craig, he's the nicer bloke.

thelivingroyale

BAIN123 said:
You hate him so much yet you have a relatively handsome pic of him :)) :))

I think it's meant to be ironic :))

DaltonCraig007

Deep down, I'm sure that Getafix loves Pierce Brosnan and his 4 films. He just tries to hide his feelings. Maybe he was educated to hate PB. But imo I'm sure Getafix's bedroom is full of Brosnan pictures on the walls.

thelivingroyale

DaltonCraig007 said:
Deep down, I'm sure that Getafix loves Pierce Brosnan and his 4 films. He just tries to hide his feelings. Maybe he was educated to hate PB. But imo I'm sure Getafix's bedroom is full of Brosnan pictures on the walls.

Every time he types something bad about him on this site, he turns around, looks at his Brosnan shrine and says "please forgive me" :))

Getafix

DaltonCraig007 said:
Deep down, I'm sure that Getafix loves Pierce Brosnan and his 4 films. He just tries to hide his feelings. Maybe he was educated to hate PB. But imo I'm sure Getafix's bedroom is full of Brosnan pictures on the walls.

My cover's blown. I am actually a closet Brosnanite.

I think I've said it before but just because you seem so concerned, here it is again.

I have nothing against Brosnan. I like the guy and have enjoyed several of his non-Bond movies. Of all the actors apart from Sean, he's the only one who I'd make the effort to watch in something else. However, there is the small problem that from the moment I first saw him in GE in the cinema in 1995 I was utterly, bitterly disappointed by his Bond. At first I blamed the script and direction and thought he just needed another chance. To an extent TND allayed some of my fears. For me it's still the best of his four. But there was still a feeling that Brosnan wasn't up to it. With TWINE and DAD it no longer became possible to blame everything else and ignore the fact that Brosnan just wasn't any good in the role. I expect neither respect, nor agreement, but that's my take on it.

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