Pierce Brosnan or Roger Moore

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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    I too agree with @SJK91.
    Brosnan was better at the physicality of Bond in fighting etc but
    I do love Sir Roger as 007.
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    For me the evaluation of any Bond actor is how well his films hold up years later after repeated viewings.

    Good actors and good films improve with age. One really never tires of watching a good actor in a good film. For me, when it comes to Bond films, do I look forward to seeing a film I have seen countless times? Or do I skip some, or turn them off because they cease to engage me.

    I like Brosnan as an actor, but his Bonds I have seen the least number of times. Other than a few stunts, his films don't compel me to rewatch them.

    Moore, I have always resented--because he wasn't Connery. LALD is my favorite, perhaps because he had yet to find that smug portrayal that became his trademark.

    I choose Moore for one film over Brosnan for whom I choose no films.




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    Over the years I've probably seen GE more times than I have all the other films combined - seriously. I can recite the dialogue to that film on command.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    BAIN123 wrote: »
    Over the years I've probably seen GE more times than I have all the other films combined - seriously. I can recite the dialogue to that film on command.

    I beg your pardon, I forgot to knock... :))

    GE is my most watched Bond movie too, by far...
    I think I could recite almost the whole movie too...how sick is that :))
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Roger Moore for me - I'm a fan. I think he was better at playing Bond and is a lot better actor than he's ever given credit for. This is due in no small part to how easy and effortless he makes everything look. Don't be fooled by that...
  • ThomasCrown76ThomasCrown76 Augusta, ks
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    Brosnan is an actor. Moore is a retired personality. Brosnan played bond, or tried to. Moore played himself
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    Brosnan is an actor. Moore is a retired personality. Brosnan played bond, or tried to. Moore played himself

    That last bit I think is most accurate when describing Moore in MR.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    To portray Yourself and play with the concept, is an accepted form of acting. As
    an Amateur actor, I Have often played with myself ! :D
  • ThomasCrown76ThomasCrown76 Augusta, ks
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    I don't do the Moore worship that many of you do here
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    DrGorner wrote: »
    To portray Yourself and play with the concept, is an accepted form of acting. As
    an Amateur actor, I Have often played with myself ! :D


    >:P
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited August 2015 Posts: 18,281
    I don't do the Moore worship that many of you do here

    I can see that. Each to their own and all that jazz.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    You'll never find true peace until you learn to accept the teachings of
    the great one. :)) .... As with everthing, some we like some we don't :)
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    BAIN123 wrote: »

    I beg your pardon, I forgot to knock... :))

    He doesn't say "I", it's just "beg your pardon" :p
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    Such a lame first appearance as Bond. Hanging upside down in a toilet.
  • ThomasCrown76ThomasCrown76 Augusta, ks
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    You gotta start somewhere.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Getafix wrote: »
    Such a lame first appearance as Bond. Hanging upside down in a toilet.

    Batshit crazy.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Too bad it sent U round the Bend, but Bond had to Flush the
    Russian out. As he was no stool pigeon. Other wise it could
    Have stall -ed. It was cubicle he wiped them clean.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Oh crap! Sorry about that, Batman.
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    Getafix wrote: »
    Such a lame first appearance as Bond. Hanging upside down in a toilet.

    Batshit crazy.

    I've always liked it :(
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    BAIN123 wrote: »
    Getafix wrote: »
    Such a lame first appearance as Bond. Hanging upside down in a toilet.

    Batshit crazy.

    I've always liked it :(

    It's something different so I always like that!
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Getafix wrote: »
    Such a lame first appearance as Bond. Hanging upside down in a toilet.

    That was the best introduction ever to a Bond, teehee
    <:-P
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Getafix wrote: »
    Such a lame first appearance as Bond. Hanging upside down in a toilet.

    That was the best introduction ever to a Bond, teehee
    <:-P

    At least it was the most symbolic of what was to come the following years.
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    Brosnan's performances were too self conscious. Moore, on the other hand, became Bond in his performances. His turns might not be to the taste of some people, but he was James Bond.
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    Getafix wrote: »
    Such a lame first appearance as Bond. Hanging upside down in a toilet.

    That was the best introduction ever to a Bond, teehee
    <:-P

    At least it was the most symbolic of what was to come the following years.

    That thought has often crossed my mind.

    Start as you mean to go on and all that...
  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
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    BAIN123 wrote: »
    Over the years I've probably seen GE more times than I have all the other films combined - seriously. I can recite the dialogue to that film on command.

    I beg your pardon, I forgot to knock... :))

    GE is my most watched Bond movie too, by far...
    I think I could recite almost the whole movie too...how sick is that :))

    Hehe just watched it two nights in a row, because the first night my disc seemed damaged since the sound went of a few times but then the next time it played perfectly fine.

    Anyway out of topic does anyone could tell me what should i do ?
    Buy a new blueray player or get another goldeneye copy.im really confused it has hsppened to me with two Bond discs a view to kill and now goldeneye.

    The first time the movie was failing but the next time played perfectly fine.
    Or does it involve rain or interent connection?

    How is it that same movie one day gives lots of troubles and the next is like nothing




  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Szonana wrote: »
    BAIN123 wrote: »
    Over the years I've probably seen GE more times than I have all the other films combined - seriously. I can recite the dialogue to that film on command.

    I beg your pardon, I forgot to knock... :))

    GE is my most watched Bond movie too, by far...
    I think I could recite almost the whole movie too...how sick is that :))

    Hehe just watched it two nights in a row, because the first night my disc seemed damaged since the sound went of a few times but then the next time it played perfectly fine.

    Anyway out of topic does anyone could tell me what should i do ?
    Buy a new blueray player or get another goldeneye copy.im really confused it has hsppened to me with two Bond discs a view to kill and now goldeneye.

    The first time the movie was failing but the next time played perfectly fine.
    Or does it involve rain or interent connection?

    How is it that same movie one day gives lots of troubles and the next is like nothing





    Could be dirt/dust on the disc itself or in the player. A hair in the player near the lens that reads the disc could also make trouble.

    No need to buy a new player or discs.

    But if that happens regularly with other films too, then it could be a mechanical error in the player.
    Just try other films and see how often it happens.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Have you tried hitting it with your fist. ;)
  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
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    Szonana wrote: »
    BAIN123 wrote: »
    Over the years I've probably seen GE more times than I have all the other films combined - seriously. I can recite the dialogue to that film on command.

    I beg your pardon, I forgot to knock... :))

    GE is my most watched Bond movie too, by far...
    I think I could recite almost the whole movie too...how sick is that :))

    Hehe just watched it two nights in a row, because the first night my disc seemed damaged since the sound went of a few times but then the next time it played perfectly fine.

    Anyway out of topic does anyone could tell me what should i do ?
    Buy a new blueray player or get another goldeneye copy.im really confused it has hsppened to me with two Bond discs a view to kill and now goldeneye.

    The first time the movie was failing but the next time played perfectly fine.
    Or does it involve rain or interent connection?

    How is it that same movie one day gives lots of troubles and the next is like nothing





    Could be dirt/dust on the disc itself or in the player. A hair in the player near the lens that reads the disc could also make trouble.

    No need to buy a new player or discs.

    But if that happens regularly with other films too, then it could be a mechanical error in the player.
    Just try other films and see how often it happens.


    Thanks so much.
    Yes maybe its just dirt or dust since it hasn't happened with other movies just two from my Bond 50 collection which makes me quite angry since it look some time to gind just to see 2 discs damaged.

    I thought it was a little scratch because the package it came in wasn't the most safe but maybe it was just some dirt it got

  • edited August 2015 Posts: 11,189
    Brosnan's performances were too self conscious. Moore, on the other hand, became Bond in his performances. His turns might not be to the taste of some people, but he was James Bond.

    Tbh I rarely felt that Moore really became Bond even in his better performances. He always seemed confident (something that Brosnan did struggle with sometimes) but there was usually that element of Moore first and Bond second. I can only think of two genuine moments from his where I said to myself "That IS Bond". The first was the scene when Anya confronts him in TSWLM and the second was when he killed Grishca in OP ("and that's for 009").

    -Didn't believe him as Bond in MR
    -Didn't buy him as Bond in most of AVTAK.

    I'm split on LALD and MWTGG.

    TSWLM, FYEO and OP are his best performances.
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