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There was a time when Bond was a trend setter. And when all other films are doing the dark and gritty thing, wouldn't it have been better for Bond to have stood out, and offer some hope.
I'll take your word on that. I'm not a Star Wars fan, i've only seen one, in the cinema, and it was the one released around 1999/2000.
Again, i'll take your word on that. I'm not a Harry Potter fan, i've not watched any of the films.
Ah, now those I have seen. While I wouldn't put them in my top 10 comic book films list, I wouldn't write them off either. They are enjoyable films. Sometimes I think this gritty realistic take on _______ is overdone. If I want realism, i'll step outside my front door, and there it is.
I have been waiting for a gritty, realistic, angsty take on the Telletubbies, alas, nothing yet.
For me, it now has a nostalgic appeal, much like the Rog era and Dalts interlude that preceded it.
It would be great fun if a cinema chain were to run a big screen 4k Broz Bond fest. There is a new generation of Bond fan that did not see the Broz offerings on the big screen.
Cigar Girl, Jinx, Onatopp, Elektra, Trevalyan, Carver,Stamper, Graves, Renard, Zao, Wai Lin, Natalya, Miranda Frost, back in all their big screen glory!
Not to forget Wade, Zukovsky, Dench M, MP, Tanner, Robinson, and Llewellyn Q providing the last link to the classic era.
His films were very popular(at the time) and made mountains of money. I never thought that he put his "all" into it and I think someone else said, "he never made the role his". I agree, he never brought anything new to the role, he looked the part but he just strutted around on camera and looking good in his tux.
And of course he has a decent following as a whole generation of fans were introduced to 007 by the Broz. To these fans Brosnan WAS JAMES BOND and always will be as much as Sean was to my generation.
Now about his films: GE was the high water mark. It ranked #5 on the Mi6 poll that ranked the films back in 2012. It was the highest ranking of any of his films. the other three just landed in or near the middle of the pack with DAD coming in at the bottom three. (only AVTAK and MR ranked lower)
I just remember watching TWINE and thinking "been there, done that." Even the titles of his final three are interchangeable. TND could have been titled TWINE and DAD could have just as easily been titled TND or TWINE.
Now that is bizarre....
The disgusting stunt casting regarding the Bond girls and the so so writing and overreliance on machine guns and overblown set pieces and not so developed villains just brings the final three films down IMHO... GE does not suffer from any of this.
A good Bond girl, colorful villains, good plot and set pieces. GE is the one film of his that I would call a classic.
You know I strongly disagree that Brosnan would fit in, but an established 00 agent is what we had in the book.
I've lost a bit of respect for Craig's Bond run since SP, but there is no doubt that he was magnificent with Green in CR. The chemistry was palpable and they truly brought the best out of one another.
effectively "fired" ie when all was said and done, they were not wanted back by the producers.
On the other hand Sean quit twice, and Rog was retired. He was just too old. Sean would have eventually incurred the same fate had he stuck around indefinitely and tried to push his tenure to the limit.
Craig I think will become the the third non-fired Bond. He will probably quit after Bond25. I say quit because he probably has a 6th Bond in him and maybe a 7th, but unlike Rog I don't think he'll want to push it right to the retired limit.
@OHMSS I can't quibble with your breakdown of the Broz era.
I wasn't completely thrilled with the films at the time either, (I can quibble with everything post Sean) but I still really liked watching them, going back to the cinema over and over, to get my Bond fix.
Now they have a nostalgia appeal I guess, as a 4th chapter of the Bond cinema experience, following the classic era, the Rog era, and the Dalts interlude.