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True. It's much better!
Is what a joke?
You think November Man is Brosnan's best Bond? ...
My favorite of his performances is one that is probably little seen -- as Phileas Fogg in the TV mini-series AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. My favorite of his action-thriller performances is in the underrated LIVE WIRE.
Also, if you've never seen an episode of REMINGTON STEELE, the program that launched Brosnan to stardom, get on that right away. It was a delightful program, and Brosnan's leading man charisma was off the charts.
Belter of a film, and he's absolutely superb in it.
Highly recommend The Matador. A very funny, sharply written film with great performances. Perfect for a Friday night.
Then I shall add it to my watch list!
This. In fact, it's easily my favorite non-Bond performance of his. Sublime.
I think his best other films are Seraphim Falls and especially The Ghost Writer. The first is a surprisingly good indie Western with PB and Liam Neeson cast against type that only wavers at its climax. The latter is simply one of the few films in the past 20 years that makes you sit up and go: I forgot what a really intelligent picture was like.
He was also good in The Foreigner and so much so that the Jackie Chan character's plotline felt forced and you wish the film had simply been about his politician character's struggles. I try to see every film I can from series regulars and as a kid first encountered the magic of TAFFIN.....I'm so happy it's not just me who thinks the line reading is hysterically awesome. I remember stopping the VHS tape I had rented, rewinding and playing that bit over and over. It's a Brosnan classic up there with Painface.
One wishes he could have brought some of the nastiness of Osnard to Bond and I think we get a fleeting glimpse in some moments but not enough. I think his best Bond performance is GE and there's so much there beneath the surface that he practically smolders on screen. But then again the whole film is about analyzing 007 in the post Cold War 90's and so a great deal of the performance is subtextual.