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I've been saying this for a while. I like craig myself, but I don't like it when I see people getting attacked for not liking him, while bashing brosnan (who I thought was a better bond anyway), seems to be ok. People need to stop bashing brosnan, because some of us like his bond and even *sarcastic gasp* prefer him to craig.
Agreed, but personally I like a heated debate once in a while. IMO it only gets difficult, if people feel personally offended, start vicious personal attacks and give the victim. They might need to remember, we are talking Bond and not world peace. If it stops being fun, something is wrong.
HERESY! ;)
I actually meant the DAF, DAD, MR, YOLT being among your favourites when they're pretty universally disliked, not the Craig bit. My best friend hates Craig and it doesn't bother me.
I don't like Brosnan because he is a playboy in a tuxedo, not a assassin (like Dalton) or a gentleman (like Moore). He brings nothing to the character. In fact, he isn't James Bond at all. Dalton and Craig, in their turn, are good actors. Whereas Brosnan's "performance" in TWINE is just laughable. He tries too hard to act and fails by a considerable margin. In my eyes, he is a model, just like George Lazenby. Not an actor.
I love GE, TSWLM, and FYEO
Connery set the standard and feel of Bond for sure; but please note a person can definitely like very much Brosnan, Craig, Moore and Dalton - I am sure I am not the only one out here who likes all of them.
Lazenby, well not really. I still do not much like OHMSS; mostly I like the ]Swiss cabin scene; that was lovely.
I like Jaws in TSWLM a lot but agree he is just too goofy and his effect is thoroughly ruined and unenjoyable in MR
I still do not like much about MR; I need to watch it again.
I do like Bassey because it fits the style of the films so well, but I also love Carly's Nobody does it Better
Halle and Madonna really did not belong in DAD; but Pierce (especially first half of the film, through the sword fight and start of Cuba) was quite good.
Yes, we can all vary in our opinions of course. I just want to say I like Pierce in every film he did, including TWINE. His acting was fine, imo.
CR might get it´s share of criticism from me, though. I´m sorry, but I have a personal problem with it.
Bond isn't an assassin, thats a misconception, he's a spy first who SOMETIMES has to kill people as part of his job. Grant, by contrast, was an assassin. His job was specifically to stake out a target and kill them - nothing more.
As someone who grew up with Brosnan I will always defend him. Granted he wasn't a great actor and sometimes looked a bit lightweight but he had his moments. While Dalton was the better 007 he didn't move as well imo. He (arguably) wasn't as seductive or as "screen friendly" and thats perhaps why he never quite took off.
In TND for instance theres a scene where Bond locks up his car and walks to the hotel looking over his shoulder. THAT is James Bond. Confident, sophisticated but professional and aware of his surroundings. Brosnan could almost glide through the scenery and make it look cool. I'm not sure Dalton could.
As for TWINE its a mixed bag. Melodramatic at times but effective at others:
("get lost...no no no down the back")
("No, after you. I insist")
("I never miss")
("I usually hate killing an unarmed man. Cold blooded murder is a filfthy business")
Watch Haphazard's review. He thinks TWINE is Brosnan's best performance BUT admits he was bad in that "there's no point in LIVING" scene.
Personally I'd say Brozza's best performance is TND.
"He brings nothing to the character"
I'd say he brings his boyish charm and flippant sense of humour.
Sean Connery and his movies are overrated (the 4 first, I mean), possibly because he was the first. (I still rank him at third place on my Bond list. In other words, he´s good, but not as good as most seem to think).
Connery isn´t bored in YOLT, but in TB.
Connery was the definitive Bond. But I don't like his public persona at ALL. I don't like his comments about hitting women. And I think he is/was a whiny baby about Bond. Boo hoo, you were rich and famous and swarmed by fans wherever you went. He should have hired bodyguards and stopped complaining.
Connery is my hero, so the fan boy in me says I should disagree. But the logical side says you're right. Bond made him famous, Bond gave him the opportunity to be a successful actor. He got what he wanted but he still seemed to resent it.
Still, I love Connery. First born son will be named Sean.
The tanker chase at the close of License To Kill is uninteresting, dull and goes on far too long, nothing interesting really happens before Sanchez goes up in flames
Julian Glover was the wrong cast in For Your Eyes Only, what a most boring and dull person/character. Aris Kristatos is surely up there in the Top 3 of most dull and banal James Bond adversaries
You Only Live Twice should of expanded on being set entirely on location in one country. Bond spends the whole duration in Japan and maybe at least one other country location may have been beneficial to the viewer
Maurice Binders title designs were not up to much sometimes. I actually don't like half of them. The Spy who loved me and Moonraker being amongst the worst of his work
The Jump off the Contra Dam in Switzerland for Goldeneye is overrated
Izabella Scorupco is not the 'babe' that some make out, Yes she's a nice looking woman in that film but not the centerfold model that some are under the impression, I fail to see the attraction myself
The ending of A View to a Kill should of taken place in Paris, would of been much more interesting (and plausible) having an Eiffel Tower finale instead of the overblown nonsense on the Golden Gate Bridge
That is all
These are controversial! I think Glover is perfect in FYEO, as is Topol. It's one of the better cast Moore films.
Of course I agree about Berry and the Andress ripoff, in slo-mo no less. Ugh, that entire scene--including the dumbass "bird" dialogue--needs to be cut from the movie.
Binder did have weak credit sequences (TLD and LTK come to mind), but I love TSWLM. How can you not like the acrobatic women on the guns?
All of AVTAK needed to be scrapped.
1) Pierce Brosnan was The Colin Baker of James Bonds- underrated, underloved, stuck with bad storylines (DAD)
2) Qantumn of Solace is indeed the worst bond film of all time- so bad that it is up there with Jersey Shore and Twilight of all things that should be set on fire and erased from Time
3) Daniel Craig is the most overrated James Bond- he doesnt look like James Bond, his acting isnt strong, can only display anger and he only did 1 good bond film like George Lazenby he should have only did 1 film and moved on
4) Jinx, Mayday and Rosie from LALD are terrible bond girls- only Naomi Harris can break the curse
5) Michael G Wilson should write another bond script
6) Never Say Never Agian, A View to A Kill and Die Another Day were good bond films
7) The Reboot Idea is the worst decision EON made, they could have continued on from Die Another Day, Explained why Q and Moneypenny left and M Stayed instead of sending 40 years of Continuity down the toilet
8) Everything or Nothing should have been made into a Film
NOOOO!!!! I'm not going to have this!! ;)
She's a babe. End of! She has the sexiest of moles on her cheek and the loviest of smiles. Plus she actually has a bit of...character.
As for her voice. I've never had a single issue with it.
As a male I <3 her.
"I made my bed - you don't sleep in it anymore" :-&
The best Bond-girl in the Brosnan-era in my opinion. She was perfect in GE.
Hands down the best Bond girl during his era. I'm going to be controversial here but, out of the two leads in Martin Campbell's films, I've always preferred her. She just has a bit more of a...girl next door quality.
I think you'll need bodyguards to protect yourself from some members here after saying this....... =))