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Much like Last Man Out, with Craig Ferguson writing and Ted Mulkerin directing.
Back in '79 for those who were there, we thought of Moonraker as an embarrassing blip, a ridiculous assault on the series with its laser battle in space, bondola chase and stupid musical gags. Now, nearly 40 years later we have a sort of cosy fondness for it. We have forgiven it its excesses, and accepted it for what it is.
Maybe in another 10 years or so we will watch DAD and have the same feelings, and for sure when dear old Peirce leaves us we will look at all of his films with misty eyed fondness, as we do now for Sir Rog.
However, since then I've sort of rediscovered a new appreciation for some aspects of the film. Not being overly bothered by Denise Richards helps.
I used to really enjoy TWINE but yes I’m not sure it holds up too well. My biggest problem is it’s clunky dialogue.
“You can’t kill me, I’m already dead”
“Not dead enough for me”
“I’ve been watching time tick slowly away, marching towards my own death”
“Do you want to put that in English for those of us who don’t speak spy”
Myself I always thought her portrayal was... Perfectly rounded.
Slowly but surely I am indoctrinating all my friends into the joys of getting drunk and shouting at Pierce Brosnan.
But in all seriousness, people always say she is such a bad actress and while i certainly am not expecting her to win an Oscar anytime soon, she is Daniel Day Lewis compared to Barbara Bach or Carole Bouquet.
She is watchable all the way through and very pleasing to the eye, i don't need more when it comes to Bond girls.
“How interesting”
“By destroying the wuuurld”
+1. She is beautiful but very wooden. Her line delivery is like a speaking clock!
And she looks great, naturally.
"Naturally." (Cue helicopter blowing up.)
It is. And I say this as someone who otherwise loves TSWLM.
To be honest I don’t think she’s all that much better than a certain Ms. Richards.
Precisely. I think Barbara Bach is miles above Denise Richards. Cold and aloof. One of the coolest leading ladies. The rivalry and rapport with Roger makes up for some of the line readings, IMO.
Granted, some of her line readings may be a bit dodgy, but then again, so are many of Timmy D.'s
"Well the must have hit the FUEL LINE!!!!!!!"
I have a positive disposition to the film as it reminds me of Max Payne 3. A soccer stadium is a great setting for an action film. Sudden Death was set in a stadium but a less grandiose looking one.
Lol! Well that looks different!
I woke up today, thinking this will be another unremarkable and boring day in the office, little did i know it would be one of the most memorable days of my life, because i would meet my childhood hero... In the flesh. By pure accident :))
I saw Pierce posting a short Video of him on Facebook this morning, from Stockholm where he attendet the Premiere of Mamma Mia 2 yesterday...
And at the end of it he mentioned 'off to Hamburg' and I was thinking to myself "wait a second, thats where i live!"
So I immediately checked if there is any Premiere or press event for Mamma Mia 2 in Hamburg today but i could't find any Information!
There was only a month old contest for fans of the movie where you could win tickets to a secret Fan event for Mamma Mia 2 happening today, including a Boat tour with some of the cast and afterwards a special preview screening of the movie in an undisclosed location in Hamburg. It mentioned that some of the female stars would be there, but not a single word about Brosnan.
It was already 4PM and the Boat tour would start at 6PM so i was frantically looking for any kind of information i could get.
Only piece of information i found was an off comment in what Hotel Brosnan would be staying. So i made a decision. As soon as i finished work i jumped on my bike and drove like hell to the Fontenay Hotel.
I arrived there at around 5:10PM, thinking that if they have a Boat tour at 6PM they would have to leave shortly, so i parked myself right across the street of the hotel entrance and stood there... all by myself... for an hour... looking like the most inconspicuous stalker ever :)) hoping i could get a glimpse of the man.
And he did not come...
I stood there until 6:05PM when i noticed a group of guys, on the other side of the street, staring at the hotel entrance and trying to look as inconspicuous as me (and failing as hard at it as me).
So i walked over there and asked them if they were waiting for Brosnan too, and of course they did. I asked them if they had any other information beside the Hotel, and i got the jackpot! One of the guys knew the location of the Cinema that held the preview screening!
And off i went!
I arrived around 8:10PM at the Passage Kino in the City. Front Entrance. Which is ironically just a couple feet away from a spot where Brosnan filmed a scene for TND.
The event itself was scheduled for 8:30PM.
I was getting a bit worried. The door was closed and there was a sign on the door saying "Private Event today, Cinema is closed", and there were some posters of Mamma Mia at the entrance, so i knew i was in the right location, but there was no red carpet, no sign of a "premiere" going on....
It was already 8:25PM and i started getting nervous. Did i waste my whole day for nothing? There was absolutely no one there, not even the inconspicuous fans from the hotel before.
I was already about to leave when i thought to myself "what if they used another entrance?!" So i walked around the Block AND THERE THEY WERE! THE FANS...
About 20 of them, staying in line in front of the back door, with pens and pictures of Brosnan waiting to be autographed.
I went to the guy from before and asked if Brosnan was there already, and he said "yes he's inside" Which broke my heart in a split second...
Then he turned back again and said "and they will leave again in a couple minutes."
which instantly repaired my heart again...
So now i was standing there, waiting for Pierce Brosnan... wondering if this was some kind of dream. "Am i really about to meet my childhood hero on this random and unremarkable Thursday?" "Is this really happening?" "Why didn't i shave this morning, i look like s**t..."
And then he came... what an amazing presence.
He basically just rushed through, straight for the car.
All the people waiting there immediately started BOOING him, because he didn't want to sign any autographs. I couldn't care less, i did not expect anything from him like some spoiled brat...
i was just standing there with my mind blown.... i was looking at Pierce Brosnan in the flesh. Like a real person. My knees were pudding. Part of me was relieved he did not talk to us because i would have been drooling like an idiot, not able to say a word.
Then, when he was right at the door of the car, he looked me straight in the eyes and said "Guys... i will be back shortly."
PIERCE BROSNAN, the guy who's movies i've been watching for 20+ years just called me "guys" :))
and apologized he didn't have more time to share with me lol!
No, i did not get a handshake, or a selfie, or an autograph ( i didn't even bring a pen)
But now Pierce knew that i existed in this Universe together with him! What more could i possibly need?
This has been an absolutely amazing moment for me, and it will take some time to digest the randomness of it all, but if there's one thing i know for sure after today it's this:
"We will meet again Mr. Bond"
Yeah, I can imagine the feeling! And really, you could've gotten a pic with him or an autograph, but I don't think it would've made too much of a difference. One way or the other, it was still going to be this fleeting moment of awesomeness. And you lived it!
For the real premiere, he meant?
I bet when he locked eyes with you, you felt like this.
You met the Brosnic Messiah... never wash those eyes again!!
Exactly! :D
But when we locked eyes it felt more like this:
I don't know what he meant when he said he will be back shortly, but i sure will find out!