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The PIERCE BROSNAN Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films

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  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Getafix wrote: »
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/28/pierce-brosnan-ovalhouse-theatre-appeal-james-bond

    An awful Bond but a very decent man

    Was that necessary?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Well done Pierce, for helping. =D>
  • tanaka123tanaka123
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    Apparently he's been slamming Spectre again.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    Murdock wrote: »
    Getafix wrote: »
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/28/pierce-brosnan-ovalhouse-theatre-appeal-james-bond

    An awful Bond but a very decent man

    Was that necessary?

    Of course not as this is an appreciation thread, but Getafix cannot help himself when it comes to deriding Pierce. Sadly, we expect it by now. In any thread.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    November Man was quite good and did not look cheap to me. I'd love a sequel. If it doesn't happen, that is really too bad. Pierce's post Bond work is great, including after The Ghost Writer. The only slight misstep I can see is Mama Mia. ;) But maybe he enjoyed making it. He has done very well, with a variety of material and stories. Really the best post Bond career out of all the Bond actors.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    I think Brosnan has had a very good run of films lately, and think if anything
    he looks better now, with a little age on his face.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    He does look really good. Hard to argue with that, I think.
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Until The Ghost Writer, yes. He has. After that, he kept appearing in cheap low-budget independent movie production materials which is as bad as Connery's career in the 70s and 80s.

    'The November Man'. :>
    Good film. But, it looks too cheap. I mean... $15 Million budget... Lack of decent action sequences...

    That's because the November Man novels didn't have action sequences.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Walecs wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Until The Ghost Writer, yes. He has. After that, he kept appearing in cheap low-budget independent movie production materials which is as bad as Connery's career in the 70s and 80s.

    'The November Man'. :>
    Good film. But, it looks too cheap. I mean... $15 Million budget... Lack of decent action sequences...

    That's because the November Man novels didn't have action sequences.
    I admit that I haven't read them. Are they slow-paced like the John Le Carre novels?
  • valentinzukovskyvalentinzukovsky
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Walecs wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Until The Ghost Writer, yes. He has. After that, he kept appearing in cheap low-budget independent movie production materials which is as bad as Connery's career in the 70s and 80s.

    'The November Man'. :>
    Good film. But, it looks too cheap. I mean... $15 Million budget... Lack of decent action sequences...

    That's because the November Man novels didn't have action sequences.
    I admit that I haven't read them. Are they slow-paced like the John Le Carre novels?
    I've read the book the film is based on (There Are No Spies) and it is quite slow paced, good read though.

  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    valentinzukovsky wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Walecs wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Until The Ghost Writer, yes. He has. After that, he kept appearing in cheap low-budget independent movie production materials which is as bad as Connery's career in the 70s and 80s.

    'The November Man'. :>
    Good film. But, it looks too cheap. I mean... $15 Million budget... Lack of decent action sequences...

    That's because the November Man novels didn't have action sequences.
    I admit that I haven't read them. Are they slow-paced like the John Le Carre novels?
    I've read the book the film is based on (There Are No Spies) and it is quite slow paced, good read though.
    How many characters have been intact with the source materials? Only Devereaux? or Mason is there, too?
  • valentinzukovskyvalentinzukovsky
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    valentinzukovsky wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Walecs wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    DaltonCraig007 wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    Until The Ghost Writer, yes. He has. After that, he kept appearing in cheap low-budget independent movie production materials which is as bad as Connery's career in the 70s and 80s.

    'The November Man'. :>
    Good film. But, it looks too cheap. I mean... $15 Million budget... Lack of decent action sequences...

    That's because the November Man novels didn't have action sequences.
    I admit that I haven't read them. Are they slow-paced like the John Le Carre novels?
    I've read the book the film is based on (There Are No Spies) and it is quite slow paced, good read though.
    How many characters have been intact with the source materials? Only Devereaux? or Mason is there, too?
    Mason's in there (briefly)and Hanley has a much bigger part than he does in the film .
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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    As @valentinzukovsky said, Mason's in there, (though he actually becomes a secret agent only in next book, The Infant of Prague) and Hanley has a much bigger part in the novel
    (also, in the movie he is depicted as a villain, but in the books he's a sort of M-like character, never a villain)
    Alexa appears in the novel to
  • WalecsWalecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service
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    As @valentinzukovsky said, Mason's in there, (though he actually becomes a secret agent only in next book, The Infant of Prague) and Hanley has a much bigger part in the novel
    (also, in the movie he is depicted as a villain, but in the books he's a sort of M-like character, never a villain)
    Alexa appears in the novel to
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Walecs wrote: »
    As @valentinzukovsky said, Mason's in there, (though he actually becomes a secret agent only in next book, The Infant of Prague) and Hanley has a much bigger part in the novel
    (also, in the movie he is depicted as a villain, but in the books he's a sort of M-like character, never a villain)
    Alexa appears in the novel to
    I see they pulled Alexander Conklin on Hanley, then, comparing the novels and the Bourne films, that is.
  • SzonanaSzonana Mexico
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    Thunderpussy wrote: »
    I think Brosnan has had a very good run of films lately, and think if anything
    he looks better now, with a little age on his face.

    Definitely agree he looks really good and if he can find a big hit he could be tge New Liam Nesson who resrrected his career with action flicks. Pierce has had good films but he is not hot fame wise. so just one success like taken and he would be highly in demand as an action star.

    Maybe someone else could pick up the project and continue with the sequel and maybe this time being released with a bigger advertising campain

  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    talos7 wrote: »
    Sean in the original, that would have been classic. No offense to Steve McQueen
    He did play roles that can qualify on the Thomas Crown level (class-wise, not character) in Woman of Straw and Marnie.

    I need to watch Marine.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    ClarkDevlin wrote: »
    talos7 wrote: »
    Sean in the original, that would have been classic. No offense to Steve McQueen
    He did play roles that can qualify on the Thomas Crown level (class-wise, not character) in Woman of Straw and Marnie.

    I need to watch Marine.
    You won't be disappointed. It's spectacular.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Thanks. I'll definitely look out for it ASAP.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    Thanks. I'll definitely look out for it ASAP.
    Enjoy! :-bd
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    I'll watch anything with Sir Sean in it. Including Highlander!
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Murdock wrote: »
    Getafix wrote: »
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/28/pierce-brosnan-ovalhouse-theatre-appeal-james-bond

    An awful Bond but a very decent man

    Was that necessary?

    Brosnan was NOT an awful Bond. He suffered from bad scripts. GE shows his ability ten fold.
  • jake24jake24 Sitting at your desk, kissing your lover, eating supper with your familyModerator
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    Murdock wrote: »
    Getafix wrote: »
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/28/pierce-brosnan-ovalhouse-theatre-appeal-james-bond

    An awful Bond but a very decent man

    Was that necessary?

    Brosnan was NOT an awful Bond. He suffered from bad scripts. GE shows his ability ten fold.
    As did the first half of DAD.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    And the first hour of TND.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    Agreed =D>
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    Murdock wrote: »
    Getafix wrote: »
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/28/pierce-brosnan-ovalhouse-theatre-appeal-james-bond

    An awful Bond but a very decent man

    Was that necessary?

    Brosnan was NOT an awful Bond. He suffered from bad scripts. GE shows his ability ten fold.

    Well I certainly think his first three films are Solid all around and Die Another Day has a great first half.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    There average though.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    There average though.
    Depending on the viewer. I think they are excellent.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    I agree, that they're good solid films.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Howdy, Brozzonators. Have we gotten any recent news on the sequel to The November Man? I think about that one often every once in a while, and I need to give it another watch again after really digging it the first time.
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