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

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  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Are Rosamund Pikes character and Toby Stephens character supposed to be lovers? I don't think it's ever explained why she's so committed to his plan, what in it for her?
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    Are Rosamund Pikes character and Toby Stephens character supposed to be lovers? I don't think it's ever explained why she's so committed to his plan, what in it for her?

    Gustav's "...even her sex" line tells me they're lovers. Are they only together because he's now Gustav or were they also a thing before Bond forced Moon to don a new persona? That, I'm not sure. The only "commitment" or reasoning we ever get is that he clearly helped her cheat so she could win the gold medal fencing.

    DAD's plot is one that doesn't make much sense under scrutiny though, such as how Moon originally planned to get his satellite into orbit. It sounds like it was only plausible under a humanitarian guise, posing as Gustav, but perhaps no explanation is needed since Moon never got that far before his watery cliff dive.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    So the same as that Michael Caine film (who is actually 90), but with James Bond in a wig? Yikes!
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    It's funny they have to work on Brosnan to make him look old.

  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    edited November 2023 Posts: 7,021
    I did notice he is playing his age, or closer to his age, in some shots of the trailer. It'll be interesting to compare and contrast this with The Great Escaper. It's Caine vs. Brosnan in The Fourth Protocol 2023.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Looks super cheesy but I'll watch it as soon as it's available.
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
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    It's nice to see Pierce still working today, it looks interesting.
  • bondywondybondywondy Uk
    edited November 2023 Posts: 346
    As mentioned above, this fillm is the same storyline as The Great Escaper (released in 2023) although the main characters are different. Michael Caine plays Bernard Jordan. Pierce Brosnan plays Artie Crawford.

    The Great Escaper is the authentic version (so to speak) because Michael Caine is playing a real person.
    The Great Escaper is based on the true story of 89-year-old British World War II Royal Navy veteran Bernard Jordan who in June 2014 "broke out" of his nursing home to attend the 70th anniversary D-Day commemorations in France.

    The Great Escaper are the final film roles for Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson. She died before the film's release and Michael Caine recently announced his retirement from acting.




  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    I can't imagine watching this over The Great Escaper. I wonder if they didn't realise that had been made and had to sell this off to Sky Cinema cheap or something?
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Regardless of The Great Escaper releasing in the same year, I'm not sure why they'd take creative liberties here. Why not just tell the actual story like Caine's version is going to?

    I'll watch them both eventually. I don't see me particularly loving either one but I'm figuring The Great Escaper will be a lot stronger than this one.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    Maybe there was more than one WW2 veteran who escaped a UK nursing home to travel to Normandy for the 70th anniversary of the D-Day? Hell, maybe there was a whole bunch of them and we never knew about it. A massive migration of WW2 veterans that had so far befuddled, uh, veteranologists.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Here are presumably some images of Pierce on the set of his latest Western picture:

  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
    edited November 2023 Posts: 8,399
    In your opinion what was the best action sequence of the Brozza films? For me it is the remote control car scene in TND.
  • UnivexUnivex
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    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    In your opinion what was the best action sequence of the Brozza films? For me it is the remote control car scene in TND.

    Tank chase, remote BMW, BMW bike chase. That’s the trinity for me.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    In your opinion what was the best action sequence of the Brozza films? For me it is the remote control car scene in TND.

    I think the car scene and the TND PTS are two of the best in the entire series.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    mtm wrote: »
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    In your opinion what was the best action sequence of the Brozza films? For me it is the remote control car scene in TND.

    I think the car scene and the TND PTS are two of the best in the entire series.

    It’s kind of a shame that Roger S was difficult to work with. We could have gotten more great action scenes with him directing. He should have been Dalton’s 3rd movie’s director, in 1992. Oh what could have been…
  • UnivexUnivex
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    mtm wrote: »
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    In your opinion what was the best action sequence of the Brozza films? For me it is the remote control car scene in TND.

    I think the car scene and the TND PTS are two of the best in the entire series.

    Oh, yes. Forgot about TND’s pts. Love it.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited November 2023 Posts: 16,413
    MaxCasino wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    In your opinion what was the best action sequence of the Brozza films? For me it is the remote control car scene in TND.

    I think the car scene and the TND PTS are two of the best in the entire series.

    It’s kind of a shame that Roger S was difficult to work with. We could have gotten more great action scenes with him directing. He should have been Dalton’s 3rd movie’s director, in 1992. Oh what could have been…

    Well bear in mind he probably didn't direct large swathes of those; and by the next film Vic was shooting stuff from half a mile away and it all got a bit turgid. But you'd think he'd have been involved with the planning at least, yeah.
  • RoadphillRoadphill United Kingdom
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    Mendes4Lyfe wrote: »
    In your opinion what was the best action sequence of the Brozza films? For me it is the remote control car scene in TND.

    The whole cradle scene/fight with Trevelyan at the end of GE, or the Jump from the building and motorbike chase in Veitnam from TND's are the standouts, for me.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    I think for me, it's the brutal fight at the end of Bond 17, the PTS of Bond 18 and the car scene in Bond 18.
  • ColonelAdamskiColonelAdamski UK
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    Roadphill wrote: »
    . . or the Jump from the building and motorbike chase in Veitnam from TND's are the standouts, for me.

    They call TND 'Bond by numbers', but if this is what Bond by numbers is like, give it me every time. One of my favourite action scenes in the whole series is the banner escape and the bike chase. The two of them arguing over who's going to drive the motorbike is classic cinematic Bond to me. Humour in the middle of tension.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    When it comes to action, I think most of the Brosnan era was exemplary, but Bond 18 takes the cake. No other film in the franchise matches it for great action.
  • ColonelAdamskiColonelAdamski UK
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    Which one is 18?
  • RoadphillRoadphill United Kingdom
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    ColonelAdamski wrote: »
    Roadphill wrote: »
    . . or the Jump from the building and motorbike chase in Veitnam from TND's are the standouts, for me.

    They call TND 'Bond by numbers', but if this is what Bond by numbers is like, give it me every time. One of my favourite action scenes in the whole series is the banner escape and the bike chase. The two of them arguing over who's going to drive the motorbike is classic cinematic Bond to me. Humour in the middle of tension.

    Yeah it's a bit of a box ticker, but an admirable attempt at melding an old fashioned Bond film and 90's actioner. Infinitely preferable to the two that followed, that's for sure.
  • George_KaplanGeorge_Kaplan Being chauffeured by Tibbett
    edited November 2023 Posts: 685
    mattjoes wrote: »
    I think for me, it's the brutal fight at the end of Bond 17, the PTS of Bond 18 and the car scene in Bond 18.
    mattjoes wrote: »
    When it comes to action, I think most of the Brosnan era was exemplary, but Bond 18 takes the cake. No other film in the franchise matches it for great action.

    Is that a cheeky reference to a certain user with an Aidan Turner profile picture?
  • peterpeter Toronto
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    George_Kaplan wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    I think for me, it's the brutal fight at the end of Bond 17, the PTS of Bond 18 and the car scene in Bond 18.
    mattjoes wrote: »
    When it comes to action, I think most of the Brosnan era was exemplary, but Bond 18 takes the cake. No other film in the franchise matches it for great action.

    Is that a cheeky reference to a certain user with an Aidan Turner profile picture?

    Methinks so....
  • Scaramanga1974Scaramanga1974
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    I just want to see a good Pierce film that acfually gets a theatricsl release
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    The Last Rifleman was insanely mawkish, with an overly convenient script, all as expected, but I thought Brosnan handled the emotion well (if you can get past the inconsistent shoddiness of his makeup, further proving that an older actor was all that was required) and it's cheeky enough at times to put a smile on your face. It's nothing special, fairly forgettable, but it's another Brosnan flick added to my list. I think I've seen just about every single one of his films now.
  • Scaramanga1974Scaramanga1974
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    his Irish accent is questionable！
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