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Over the years I’d revisit TND to see if I felt any differently, maybe I’d appreciate it more. But it never clicks with me.
Exactly how I've always felt about it as well.
I remember after seeing TND thinking that perhaps they were going to get the Brosnan era on track, but then TWINE happened.
1. The World Is Not Enough
2. Goldeneye
3. Tomorrow Never Dies
4. Die Another Day
I enjoy all of them. They are not incredible films, they are not cinema, they are just escapist popcorn entertainment. Which is fine by me, I'm not a film fanatic... just a Bond fanatic.
1. GoldenEye
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
3. The World Is Not Enough
4. Die Another Day
2. DAD
3. TND
4. TWINE
TND & DAD can switch places though depending on the mood. That second half.. X_X
Same here, although I haven't seen TWINE in awhile.
If I could rank his films, it’d be the order of their release, with TWINE and DAD switched around:
1. GE
2. TND
3. DAD
4. TWINE
I also have mixed feelings about the era. For me it's quite easily the overall weakest of any actor, though Brosnan himself is a good Bond still. I think GE is a great Bond film, TND is mostly good but suffers a weak third act, TWINE has a fair share of good stuff but also flaws and dull stuff, and DAD has a catastrophic third act in addition to a few other issues earlier on (though the first half is mostly enjoyable). GE is the only one that strikes me as a very good Bond film from start to finish, TND comes close sometimes but the third act just kills the pacing, TWINE is too uneven, and DAD has much of the most cringeworthy and unfortunate content of the whole series.
+1
His films aren't cinema, they are unapologetic blockbusters. They were highly entertaining at the time and a reliable moviegoing experience. They remain so for me, always will.
That description better suits Craig's era tbh as at least Brosnan acts like Bond and not a Jason Bourne clone like Craig does. CR and QOS are fine movies in their own right but then you have the 1 2 punch combo of Skyfall and Spectre which are just...awful honestly for a variety of reasons.
But hey different strokes for different folks I suppose
But Lazenby sucked, so at least Brosnan is ahead of him.
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Honestly when it comes to the Bonds: Connery, Moore, Dalton and Brosnan are all 4 top notch and almost untouchable in how good they are as Bond. Sure Connery got misfires like TB and YOLT and Dalton had issues in his 2 movies (more so TLD than LTK) but honestly the 4 of them are all engaging no matter what and they make the movies all entertaining to a certain degree and tend to be the highlight of their entries though of course there's other highlights and great factors in their films too that make them fun.
Actually being honest I'd say Craig had better movies than Lazenby, sure I've mentioned SF and SP are less than stellar but CR and QOS are entertaining in their own way and I find them more fun than Lazenby if I'll be honest. My only issue with Craig in CR and QOS was a lack of Bond signature formula elements. Otherwise I enjoyed the characters, story and the darker tone was a nice idea to freshen things up but I feel after Quantum things should've slowly but surely returned to normal. They didn't do that sadly and when Spectre tried, it felt forced and lazy, besides we know how messy that one turned out on the whole, yikes.
Once again, it all comes down to personal taste. But then again, I never "hated" QOS as much as many of our members.
(Not going to apologise for posting any Capt. Picard meme)
IMO option CR is the best Bond film since the 60’s. So that film alone raises the era above mediocrity.