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Just to clarify my thoughts - I think for me at least, with Bond the key is to demonstrate the controlled tension. The sort of I don't give a 'f' coiled spring that hides beneath the (for the most part) cool exterior. That's what is difficult to bring to screen subtly, and with Bond, I think the key is to portray it within the personality, rather than on the exterior. It's hidden more than overt.
Despite many seeing him as playing it for laughs (and he did) I think Moore was able to bring that to the table many times, most notably in the scenes many reference regularly on this forum, including OP at the train tracks with Orlov, FYEO with Loque, TMWTGG with Scaramanga at the dinner table & even in AVTAK with Zorin ("killing Tibbet was a mistake"). He could do it very easily, but chose not to enough, and that was a mistake. Craig of course can do it in his sleep (and should have been given far more opportunity to demonstrate it in SP). Connery as well (it's part of his DNA). I found Dalton leaned a bit towards the emotional/expressive side at times, but it was there as well. Lazenby is given far more credit than he deserves in my view, because I didn't see it once in his portrayal.
Brosnan was more of erm... like @suavejmf points out, a screen presence, the beam of a leading man, given the role of acting like a hero and not focus on the emotional bits. What can you do? It was the demand of the time, I gather. His Bond felt like a combination of 85% Thomas Crown and %15 Valery Petrofsky. But, if we do admit properly, in the Bilbao Bank segment, Brosnan did act his part of controlled tension out when he intimidated the Swiss Banker. But, he failed to deliver that with Renard and Carver ("You forgot the first rule of Mass Media", didn't feel convincing enough). However, his confrontation with Gustav Graves and his sidekicks (Miranda and Zao) was a very good scene. Held at a gunpoint, eyes burning with rage, but never for a moment he lost that smooth cynicism of his, especially when he taunted Zao with "You know? I missed your sparkling personality," which was sort of an 'F-You' to whom he directed it at.
All in all, The World Is Not Enough comes off as the weakest of all the Brosnan's, because the direction was misled in it. They didn't know what to do or where to go. Drama or Light Escapism? Brosnan was given the wrong role there.
Another Brosnan performance which I found superb was in Ghost Writer (or Ghost) by Roman Polanski, where he plays a Tony Blair type prime minister. He got to play both the smooth operator and also release the anger during a pivotal scene in a plane.
He was also very convincing in last year's No Escape, where he has a small part as an Osnard (his character in ToP) type character.
Ghost Writer is a very good conspiracy film. Brosnan's performance was brilliant in there, too. Just as you described.
I haven't seen No Escape yet, but I do hear from a few friends of mine he's misused in the film.
The scene itself is not that disturbing, ive seen m uh worse I.e the The girl with the dragon Tattoo.
What disturbed was Pierce doing this type pf scenes since i was more used to charming, suave and sexy Pierce examples :Thomas Crown, James Bond and Max( After the sunset) not that complete in your face a-hole.
He was an SOB in Shattered but the twist makes us a little sympathetic towards him. In the tailor of Panama he had no reediming qualities.
@Bondjames and @clarckdevlin
Pierce's Bond was UA artist version of Bond not Fleming's Bond and that's why inthink he was perfect.
He made a great ladies man Bond who occasionally can fight and do some action and that's what what separates UA Bond to Fleming's Bond
Connery was only Fleming's Bond in From Russia with love and in Dr No's last part when gets out of the prison and gets all dirty and his shirt is scratched the whole first part of Dr No he was Young's version of Bond.
Till now we have only gotten two Fleming's bond Daniel Craig and Timothy Dalton
http://www.movies.com/movie-news/39goldeneye39-star-director-to-reteam-for-ernest-hemingway-war-movie/20046?wssac=164&wssaffid=news
I know this is an old post but I couldn't agree more with this. Moore also displayed this when he was in the chair talking to Mr Big in Live And Let Die, and at times in The Spy Who Loved Me as well. Basically the only movie that he doesn't demonstrate this is Moonraker.
Dalton's emotions were always ready to burst out - he still usually had a calm exterior, but the seething emotions/uncomfortable interior were pretty visible in Licence to Kill.
Regarding Craig and Connery, definitely. That's probably why they're number 1 and 2 as Bond actors.
I disagree with both of you on the world is not is not as a weak film.
Id say its my favorite from Pierce tenure's as Bond
1st because it has the great balance of having a great plot with its very Bondian moments but finally written with Pierce in mind and it gave him much nore confidence in his performance.
Its a film tailored for his abilities as an actor with some dramatic moments and some more lighthearted and that Balance is what Pierce does the best.
Heheh everyone has their favorites for many reasons and i like how youbrespect Pierce even though he is not your favorite Bond actually one of your leats favorites.
And i do try to the the same with my least favorites.
I don't mind the man with the golden Gun its a huge improvement over Live and let die and its pre tittle sequence was the most original.
Here it is, mate.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/November-Man-Region-English-audio/dp/B00WE2GNJE
It appears Brosnan and Chan are really getting the kick out of this film. Two good lads having a good time working with each other. :D
Its the beard.
Beards have never been nice to him lol.
Maybe a bit scruffy like in After the sunset and Some kind of beautiful it's fine and give him a very manly bad aas look but the fool on beard doesn't su it him.
Even Kayle agrees with me when he was with Jay Leno promoting the matador he said Kayle didn't like his mustache so we his fans are not alone his wife supports our point of view 100%
So I give her permission to send Pierce to the couch of he doesn't shave that beard
I agree with this.
The little scruffy look fits him in after the sunset and Some kind of beautiful but not the full on beard nor mustache