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LTK is would fit in this category and Timothy Dalton as the most divisive Bond.
OHMSS is such a good film and has acquired quite a following (and cult status) over the years but LTK has not been so fortunate.
TWINE is universally despised among die hard fans.
I don't think it is despised, it has its fans, or at least people who like it. But it is not very divisive compared to say MR. Maybe it is the most divisive of Brosnan's.
Hmmm, I consider myself a die hard fan and like it quite a bit. See how divisive it is!
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What gets me critical about TWINE's script and direction is a film like TLD as the most recent example of a psychological thriller at that time. When you first watch TLD, it's like trying to find your way out of a maze without directions- you have to follow the paths to see where it takes you. TWINE is like being in the same maze with a set of directions. The film doesn't accomplish what it sets out to do the second Renard utters Elektra's line. And Brosnan's all too obvious "huh?" gives it away even more. No element whatsoever of surprise as far as who the bad guys were. With TLD you didn't know for a good long time if Koskov or Pushkin were lying. That's why I prefer TND- it doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't, a tick the box retro nod to the 60's classics and Spy. Arnold delivers a terrific soundtrack that pays homage to Barry and the Bond sound he created, it's a fun popcorn film that doesn't push Bond somewhere he shouldn't be nor fail in telling the story. It's my favorite Brosnan performance as well, as he gets the pure spectacle of the film in much the same manner of Connery in YOLT and Moore in Spy. None of Brozzer's films fall into classic status for me, although GE could have done so if it had only had proper Bondian music and not the aural crapfest that only a musically challenged person with zero good taste would enjoy.
I'm not for remaking an original film, as much as MR in particular as a Fleming work could stand for that. I loved the novel and was glad some of it made it into GE. Some of it and other novels have unused material that could still be used and extrapolated on.
At the moment, this is correct. I like QOS too, but like TWINE just not one of my favorites. I like QOS ahead of (in order) DAD, MR, DAF, TWINE, TMWTGG, and AVTAK. In short, a bottom 10 film but not a bottom five and QOS is much like OHMSS in a very important way- the acting itself in QOS (except for Lazenby who does about as well as Elvis except for obviously being more useful and a better fighter) is top notch and what makes the film for me aside from the powerful last half hour which mostly removes the odorous emanations of Forster and his camera crew I can almost literally smell.
Really? If we start down this road it's only fair to say that DC becomes more monotone by the time of SF. On my last watch of SF I thought a few of his line deliveries were just plain flat.
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The "confronting Electra" scene is infamous. I love Brosnan but I swear he took advice from this Terl bloke before shooting that scene.
I agree that LTK is the most divisive film - not TWINE.
Really. He audibly attempts an English accent in GE and TWINE. It's not quite RP but it's a decent attempt. This begins to fall away in TWINE and he's in full-on transatlantic mode by the time of DAD.
I thought at times at some of the premiers that he had an Irish accent or a very polite English accent - he seemed to change it. Quite odd.
I don't think it's a big problem. Just interesting that he lets go of the English accent after TND.
Dalton lets his accent slip a few timed in LTK too ("things were about to turn nasteh")
Just from the responses here, I think my premise has some validity to it haha. In regards to OHMSS, maybe back when it was released it was controversial but today it's almost universally praised. Same with LTK, which I think lands all over the ranking spectrum. But TWINE is either loved or loathed in the community, from what I can see.
I'd have figured to be the other way around. LTK is either loved or loathed, while TWINE can show up anywhere from the top five to the bottom of the barrel.
Agreed with this @Soundofthesinners.
She was so hot back then but now she's had plastic surgerey she is ugly and its all creasing.
That's an interesting pick. You're right in that many people claim that this is Moore's best film because it is a serious, back to basics and somewhat Fleming inspired tale. Yet there many examples of the standard Moore era silliness and light hearted approach crammed in. Some people just find this film to be flat out boring. Oh, and there is that little matter of the Bill Conti score.
I really like FYEO. I think that it's good but not great. People have it ranked all over the board. Could you please do me a favor though and never compare it to DAD again?
No Christmas was great so was Jonx in my opinion Kimblerly Jones from AVTAK.
I now have the inescapable feeling that if her name was Jonx that I would like her better.
I thought that Natalya from GoldenEye was not too bad.
Yes she was quite good. But that is one. Some were ok, but could have been better.
Well, I'm glad that we're in agreement there, although I think I'm right in saying that Wai Lin was pretty good as a Major Anya Amasova "being Bond's equal" type, too. Yes?