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Well, to be fair, nobody claimed it was the "top reason". It's just one of the many reasons.
It's funny ... but while not his best, obviously, as it's just a couple of scenes, my favourite Brosnan performance has always been his (literally) walk-on part as the silent, smirking, gum-chewing IRA killer in The Long Good Friday.
I first saw the film in the early '80s, long before any Bond connection (it was made before FYEO) or, indeed, any knowledge of what he would become, and those scenes stayed with me. Perhaps it was the shock ending, but its clear that Brosnan's babyfaced smirk in the film grows just a little wider as Bob Hoskins slowly becomes reconciled with the inevitable fate awaiting him in the back of that car.
Maybe just a hint, but that's Brosnan as one cold SOB ...
Big Dalton fam here too. I got the same feeling when I first Daniel Craig in the pts of Casino. It was like “wow,” this is going to be amazing. “The second is ...” ....bang! “Yes....considerably.”
Can't disagree with preference...I think the acting has less to do with the actor to an extent and more to do with the writing and direction...Brosnan could have easily performed a more grittier role in Goldeneye as Craig did in CR had it been written and directed that way
Same here. The PTS to TLD is easily the best in the series. And the interrogation scene showcases Dalton at his most intense.
It’s a perfect 12ish minutes.
And then straight into pure Fleming, if I'm not mistaken? Is the first scene after the titles sequence the sniper scene? It's been awhile for me.
But I agree with you; people must have been absolutely stoked in the theatre after the beginning of this film.
I remember watching it at the cinema for the first time and thinking, 'now this is my kind of Bond film!'
It had seemed so long since we'd had some serious Fleming in the film series.
I came across this a few weeks ago. Thought it was very well put together.
Nailed it. 👍 That's literally everything I hoped for from a third Dalton, even though I couldn't have articulated it anywhere near as perfectly as that at the time!
There was one 'magic carpet scene that didn't make it. I can't remember the reason why not, but I seem to remember the reason being it was too slapstick for the Dalton era.
My all time favourite number 1 film. And yes, Brosnan plays the ice cold killer perfectly in this.
I've just rewatched all the Brozza films and they are better than I remembered them. Probably the one I was least impressed with was TWINE. Even DAD I can now find parts to enjoy (basically the first half).
I did this in light of my disappointment with NTTD. In fact I've been doing this with some of the Moore ones that I also overlooked for many years. OP is much better than I remembered.
Ditto, Mate. Absolutely loved every moment of it when I saw it in a packed cinema in Summer 87!
And after seeing it, when I read the novels now, its Dalton I always picture!
I saw it in Leicester Square during a week off work. Never forgot seeing it there for the first time.
Left the cinema and went straight to buy the soundtrack 😁
It worked so well they did it again for Pierce in GoldenEye! :)
TLD is one of my favourite openings, filmed in my soon-to-be new hometown Gibraltar, followed by one of the best John Barry songs, then goes into a proper full adaptation of a Fleming short story.
Bond doesn't get much better than this for me.