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You obviously can't think he's THAT bad an actor if you don't have any issues watching him outside of Bond. What's the difference between his performances in Bond films and his roles in non-Bond films?
Why have you got such an obsession with him?
He can't get all the blame for DAD and I'm pretty certain it wasn't his decision to include the CGI sequences neither was it his decision to hire Lee Tamahori. Babs and MGW should shoulder a lot of the blame (as I'm pretty sure they have). Someone above Brozza's head also suggested the possibility of a Jinx film. That would have been horrendous but thankfully Brozza wouldn't have been in it.
Ultimately its a good thing DAD was made because it was a lesson to the producers what can happen if they go too far.
Brosnan's not the greatest of actors but he's used as a scapegoat by people like you.
I certainly know who would have wanted him to continue - Judi Dench. You could tell she liked him.
Brozza works well in TTOP and the Ghost because he plays a morally ambiguous sleaze ball. He is actually very good in those films. But if you bring those qualities to Bond, you undermine the entire character. He was tragically miscast as Bond.
He's not a very good actor, but given the right part he can do a job.
I don't have anything against him personally. He seems like a nice guy. But he destroyed Bond for 4 movies, which is difficult to ignore. I'm sure Judy liked him, being an old girl and Brozza being a handsome young chap and all that, but she didn't pay good money to go and watch that crud, did she? She was paid large wads of cash to play his mum and then turn up for the opening night and drink loads of Bolly. Meanwhile muggins here paid good money to watch the Brozza trashing his favourite movie character.
Connery didn't think so. Neither did I and neither did a large portion of the fanbase at the time (I've seen the old threads on here).
I'd actually argue in many ways Bond is "morally ambiguous". Fleming describes him as a "philanderer" who "makes love to five married women at one time". He drinks, he smokes and he doesn't always think very highly of the opposite sex.
Meanwhile muggins here paid good money to watch the Brozza trashing his favourite movie character.
To quote Brosnan's Bond "Am I suppose to feel sorry for you?"
M didn't really become Bonds mum until CR.
Anyway, even if you don't like his films, why are you acting like it was all Brosnans fault? He didn't write, direct it, he just starred in it. From interviews, it seems like he wanted to do something different.
If you hate his films so much, why don't you blame the script writers or the producers, or the directors? Why do you keep shoving all the blame on Brosnan, who just turned up and did his job?
My post was aimed at a specific audience - ie winding up BAIN.
Of course I blame everyone else as well. But like Sir Henry says, if he couldn't really nail the part or provide anything distinctive after 4 films then he takes a large part of the blame.
It would have been interesting to see what Tarantino might have done with Brosnan, but I don't think EON would have liked it!
Yes, do you have something actually constructive to continue this argument on instead of once again randomly bashing the man? I am turning into bloody @BAIN123, aren't I?
*Rhetorical question, if I even need to point that out*
Is that what he does?
No wonder he's always getting so angry.
If I had to deal with dozens of little @Getafixes all day, I would be too.
:-SS
Plenty of fans appreciate Brosnan for the very good Bond he was. He only had 4 films and yes deserved a 5th. I liked his take on the character just fine. I especially enjoy GE and TND, several of my friends love TWINE (I do enjoy that PTS tremendously), and no one I know likes DAD overall; but Pierce's acting in it was not the problem.
Again, it comes down to personality and personal preference. C'est la vie.
Anyway, I love all of Pierce Brosnan's movies, including Die Another Day, which doesn't seem to get a lot of love here. My least favorite would probably have to be Tomorrow Never Dies. I love everything about that movie, but the other three Brosnan movies are better in my opinion.
You would be welcomed with open arms here, my friend:
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/3219/pierce-brosnan-appreciation-bond-n-beyond./p3
:-bd
TND is Brozza's best
The first half is really good, using the media as villians was great and it's still relevant today, Pryce is having fun being really OTT as Carver, Brosnan is great as always and Wai Lin is a good Bond girl, but the 2nd half has too much action.
If it wasn't for that, I think it'd stand a big chance of being Brosnans best, but I prefer GE and TWINE.
I know. Shocking.
Very true. The OP finale is excellent.
Still glad to see so many view MR at the bottom, a dreadful film, though I still think DAD deserves the honor even more. DAF and AVTAK are not as bad as those two, way more to like in the way of memorable characters and performances.
The thing that does bother me about MR, which drags the film to the bottom of my list, is Jaws. He was a great henchman, ruined in MR. In TSWLM, he was threatening, in MR, he was a joke.