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BAIN used a quote of his in defence of GE, but what he'd quoted came across more as criticism than complimentary.
Either way, it wasn't very convincing! ;)
I've seen FAR worse pics of Brosnan.
It's gone from being ironic (the lowest form of wit) to a gruding respect. I mean, if Brozza can be Bond, any one can, right?! He's the people's Bond!
How does that work? There's nobody out there like Brosnan. Not that I know of anyway!
To me he was always the most inexplicable actor to be cast as Bond (hence the thread title). All the others I totally understand. So for me, he is the Bond that holds out hope for the average Joe. If someone so unsuited to playing the role can swing the part, there's always hope for the rest of us! We can always dream...
Can't argue with him :p
Brosnan may not be the greatest actor in the world but he has one thing. Charm. That goes a LONG way.
I've gathered that so far alright, but what has made you think that? Brosnan doesn't seem like an average Joe to me at all. No more of an average Joe than Connery was.
I think Connery was secretly glad that they'd ditched Dalts, who he really knew was his only serious challenger. It's like John Barry pushing David Arnold as his successor - if someone a bit rubbish comes after you, then you continue to look good by comparison. A sign of deep insecurity if you ask me.
Davi makes a cooler screen presence than Dalts does ;)
Obviously.
Hard to really know amid the PR spin who was offered it first, Brosnan or Dalton...I think we'll have to wait until Dalton writes his memoirs.
I think that's a very cynical way of looking at it, and I'm not sure Connery had that thought in his head at all. After his first four films he lost any interest in the quality of the series and was focused on money.
David Arnold isn't rubbish either. I don't see why Barry would want to lessen the quality of the music to a series that he gave nearly 30 years of his life to, just for his own reputation. That would be unprofessional, and Barry was very professional in his work.
I was joking really. But more seriously I would say I don't trust Connery's judgement any way. Despite being the best Bond and an often brilliant actor, he has made so many bad choices in terms of his career and the movies he's made that he is not really one to trust about what's good and what's not. Much of the 70s, 80s and last 15 years or so (post The Rock) has been pretty awful in terms of what he's made. Therefore, if he said he thought Brosnan was good, that doesn't really carry much weight with me. Sorry to disrespect the Sean, but that's the way I feel.
Mucho respect to him...us fan boys can be as critical as we want but the he did it.
I've grown to appreciate all the Bonds in their own era and understand that they were right for their time.
PB will always be 'just surviving' here. :(
How many in a set?
Great post and I very much agree with you. He isn't the best but he did a good job and was for me the right choice at the time. If you look at each Bond, all were brought in to freshen up the franchise. Whilst Dalton is very much appreciated by most Bond fans, to the casual fan he lacked the charm and confident suave style that seemed to be craved when Brosnan was brought in. I enjoy all the Brosnan Bond movies although DAD is not the greatest and is painful in places!!
GE and TND will always be in my top 10, and the PTS of TWINE is one of the very best
ever.
He is the favorite whipping boy of some very vocal members here; you can sense it really gives them pleasure to go on and on and on bashing him. I think that is rather telling, says something about them, and not in a good way. A bit of overkill.
Just wanted to say that for me, and all of my personal friends, Brosnan was a fine Bond indeed. And it is nice to see him move on to good roles since then. I'm personally looking forward to November Man.
One of the best posts on this subject so far, totally agreed.
The truth, "compliments of Sharky."
This one sentence says it all. I would have loved to have seen Dalton continue as Bond and think he would have given Goldeneye a certain edginess but in the end it would not have been as successful.