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And that was a very well made sequence, superiour to anything in QoS. Imho.
While I enjoyed the Bourne Identity which had a freshness about it the later two movies were a bit too much shakycam for my stomach. But there were well thought out spy moments.
I still have a weak spot for the Bourne identity with Smith & Chamberlain in a mini-series, have the thing on dvd.
James Bond will always be measured with other series. Simply because they sometimes so blantently steal stuff, or borrow stuff. In the case of Bourne I'd say that the Bourne series did it far better than Bond did. But again my humble opinion.
And so it begins again aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
In a word, yes!
oh man if only i could go to an alternative universe and get the dvds :)
By certain folk that need such a figure, regrettably so. The rest of more level headed folks recognize the imput that PB has brought and don't confuse that with other performers that have their own strengths and weaknesses.
“Caricature is the tribute that mediocrity pays to genius.”–this Oscar Wilde quote just about sums up the current state of affairs for me. Anyone reading my article in OO7 Magazine (#41) will know exactly what I thought about Die Another Day, which I don’t want to labour here—but for me it’s still the worst movie in the series!
"I like Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. He’s got all the right qualities a good Bond should have: he’s tall dark and handsome, he handles the humour well, he’s believable in the action scenes—and the cinema-going public love him! Unfortunately I don’t think the films measure up to his ability as an actor to do something more with the role than he’s been allowed to show to date. In GoldenEye, a colourless drab looking film, he was given little to do except react to the other characters and situations around him. Tomorrow Never Dies was his finest hour as Bond, and I do mean hour. The first half of the movie is the best Brosnan/Bond to date, with some nice Bondian touches, up until the model of his BMW crashes off the hotel roof through a flurry of polystyrene bricks, then the film just simply rambles until it falls apart. I thoroughly enjoyed The World Is Not Enough, which had the best narrative structure of all the Brosnan/Bond films, and the story unfolded much more in the style of a Sixties’ Bond. Although the film is uneven, it’s about 200% better than the dire Die Another Day—quasi science fiction badly executed and acted by everyone but Brosnan."
Was that simply a reflex after all the shyte DC got thrown at him before CR came out?- Had CR bombed most folks would have claimed that PB still had one good 007 tale left in him?
Another excellent and insightful post from you Lord FH. I've seen the media doing the same stuff since I could remember. Anything "spy" is automatically compared to Bond, that is so true. And why not? 50 years later, the series still stands, and I have not seen this level of popularity since Sir Sean's days. We've got a commercial for "Gold Bond" powder going now with "Jimmy Bond" as the representative. We'll see a lot more homages paid on the way to SkyFall especially with all the hype going on. Matter of fact, a lot of Bond references creep in any time a new Bond film is on the way.
As to Pierce, the general public is much more accepting of him as Bond than many here. We are a hardcore minority here, a small cross section, so small that I doubt EON bases any decision on that. I know many people who really like Pierce.
Matt Damon, as my British cousins would say, is a wanker for saying what he did. But maybe only on the surface. Yes he did slag off the series, but that creates hype for Bourne. Let's see if Bourne can survive without him, let alone after 50 years. I won't be around to see it, but I'd bet Bond will still be around long after. Bond is iconic, Bourne is not. Believe me, most Americans know Bond is the superior product.
He really pissed me off with that. I hadn't seen the Bourne franchise and hadn't paid it much attention but his slander worked - I perked up and noticed which is what he wanted. It wasn't just him. It was Paul Greengrass and the girl who is in that film. The whole promotion of that film was geared towards cussing Bond and bigging up their film.
To their credit, Eon held their fire and bit their tongues. They knew they had a better product and Bourne was of a long line of imitators. A gnat to their buffalo.
As for Pierce loving Dan?
Well, who can blame him? I will pay him him another compliment - in that, the man has taste.
Mcfly, hello? I think Brosnan was infering that he's the wooden chair. DC would kick his arse
Craig may be a wooden chair, but Brosnan is a bottle of hair gel. Useless.
I couldn't agree more.
As for Brosnan being the whipping boy (replacing Moore) that is true too. Time has not been kind to the Brosnan era...
Amongst the hard-core Bond fans like us thats true but I still think, amongst the wider public/more casual fans, Broz is still the preferred Bond by and large.
You right. I guess old Desmond summed it up. Everyone's favorite Bond is the first one they saw in the theater. Most of the afficiondos on this board came along during the Brosnan years so to them Yes, is the alpha and Omega. But for oldsters like us: he pales in comparison...
Well for me the first Bond film I ever saw was GE and the first one I saw in the cinema was TND - make your own conclusions.
Desmond is partly right - I don't consider Pierce the best (anymore) but for me watching him often feels like watching an old friend - that bloke was an idol growing up and watching the likes of Connery/Moore alongside didn't change a thing at the time (god I'm sentimental).
@actonsteve I'm sorry, but saying Bourne copies Bond is just as stupid as saying Bond copies Bourne. Neither imitate the other, both are different and both can be enjoyed. I get sick of saying that. And how can you say that Bourne imitates Bond when you've admitted that you haven't seen the films?
For me that's true. Dalton was the first I saw and he's always been my favourite, but I like to think that he still would be even if I didn't see his films first.
Nah. Brosnan is better :P
Hmm...I was a Brosnan era bloke but as much as I love him (metaphorically) Craig is probably better. More compelling, more physical, more rutheless yet just as charming.
Brosnan was the Bond that started it all though so I can't dislike him.
Thanks to QOS I sort of have mixed feelings on Craig (although he was one of the films strong points), I'm hoping SF will change that.
Brosnan, I thought, was the perfect follow up to Dalton, because he was almost as good. I'd been waiting for a new Bond film for years and when I heard on TV about GE, I was disappointed at first because Dalton wasn't in it, but Brosnan changed my mind. He was not as good as Dalton (imo) but I loved his Bond and his 1st 3 films. I had great fun going to see them at the cinema with my mates.
Pity.
I love Craig's Bond, Dalton's Bond, and Pierce's Bond because I appreciate what they brought to the role and I enjoyed most of their films a lot. I grew up with Sean and Roger - love them, too. For me, 4 of the 6 Bonds had a clunker or two in the movies during their tenure (I am not a big fan of OHMSS and Dalton only had 2, but I like both). But c'est la vie; James Bond the character is my main man and I am not locked into one kind of portrayal. I do appreciate the different actors and I think all 5 of the 6 were fine actors.
Started what?!