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I think it begs the question if Brosnan ever felt he REALLY needed to push himself because the scripts were mediocre anyway, there was no real competition to the series for EoN to sit up and check themselves, Brosnan was just happy to be running around as Bond, audiences loved him and it's not as though the man is a ****** actor. He knew his films weren't Connery-era good, so maybe he just thought, "screw it, I'm Bond, I'm famous, I'm getting paid. It's a good gig" and just rolled with it, much to the frustration of some Bond fans.
He definitely levered his Bond fandom for more lucrative gigs and even his own production company, so at the end of the day it worked out well for him financially.
Bottom line though - I think that he could have elevated TWINE with his own performance if he wanted to (despite the mediocre direction), and I personally don't think he did.
I'm curious to see what performance Campbell gets out of him in his new Jackie Chan starrer.
It's interesting to wonder if had he ended up been Bond in The Living Daylights whether he would have taken on a more hard-edged take on the role a la Dalton.
Some in here have noted that everyone is entitled to an opinion about SP. all of us posters sure are, but we have the impact of a pig's fart. Even the press are just doing what they are paid to write no matter how wrong headed or right. But when you are only one of a handfull of ex-bonds, slagging off on a new film a week in, it comes off as vindictive. Comments by other Bonds were always well out of opening range, and none of their comments had the endless net impact today's comments have, particularly negative ones. Have always liked Brosnan the person, but lost respect for him over the timing of his digs at SP. Also, his comment about it maybe being Bourne like was just dumb, SP was totally un Bourne like. It's why some, who wanted SF2, hated it.
I don't agree. Lazenby got bashed because he wasn't Connery. The situation is different now. The new one is always "the best since Connery" and his predecessor usually gets a bad rap.
By the general public that is. Fans and the more wiser critics will always acknowledge how every actor brought something different to the role.
Pierce doesn't deserve the hate at all, IMO.
Anyone else who could, then?
You are a scholar and a gentleman sir.
Disagree. GE and TWINE saw him struggle, for different reasons. A more refined actor would have done more with those roles.
Only in TND and DAD did he give solid performances, incidentally the two most tongue-in cheek & hammy of the post 80's Bond films.
I like his performance in GE overall, but you can tell at times how aware he is of the role's expectations. Look at his expression during the bar scene with Zukovsky, especially the moment when he says "call it professional courtesy". He looks very self conscious and nervous (I think that was one of the first scenes they shot). Martin Campbell says in the audio commentary that it took a few takes to get the performance during the "Lienz Cossack" scene.
No, apparent in the scenes with Sean Bean, bean acts him off the screen. First time I watched GE I was like why is Sean bean not Bond instead?!.
Rhyming now won't improve Brosser's performances, I'm afraid :>
A valiant effort, however.
;)
No, seriously, the majority of his 007 outings are passable- to decent entries. There is just something about them that somehow lacks 'the magic'. What is it about the Brosnan era that makes the films feel so... generic? I can’t quite put my finger on it, it puzzles me.