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I'd rather watch any of Rog's over any Brosnan entry. Easily. Even at their lowest points, the Roger films are more entertaining and iconic than anything the Brosnan era vomited onto the screen.
The Brosnan era appeared to be a learning experience for everyone, and it shows. The actor only got to grips with the role in his fourth film, after flailing around for the first three outings (imho), the producers appeared not to have a clue how to make a Bond film and used tropes and cliches as cover, the directors appeared to be similarly clueless, & the scores were a complete shambles (again imho - I know Arnold has his fans).
In my view, Moore's era was far superior and it disappoints me that the two sometimes are mentioned in the same breath, but I don't lay all the blame at Brosnan's feet for this.....only some of it. The producers definitely deserve criticism as well, as do the directors.
Arnold redeemed himself with CR & QoS, but even now, mention of his possible return worries me because I truly don't want a return to the approach he took with those earlier scores.
And I thought...I was critical of Brosnan :-P.
That's fair enough,we are all on the same side and want the same thing...i must admit that ,no matter how well SF and SP have done,the background score is basically nothing.....thats a worry to me.
SP needed a totally new score,based on the theme tune,that was disappointing.
I also agree on incorporating the title track into the score, but for that to work, I think the composer needs to be involved with the title track (perhaps not the composition like in Barry's day, but there definitely needs to be more coordination). It's the #1 thing that people seem to mention on here regarding their wishes for future scores.
I agree on the AVTAK moments, which I didn't enjoy at all (I'd rather watch DAD than AVTAK to be quite honest). I quite liked Britt though, especially in a bikini. There's something about her loyalty to Moore's Bond that is captivating to me.
However, whenever I think about putting AVTAK into the player, I always settle instead on another Moore film, most normally FYEO or OP (to get my 'Glen' Moore fix).
I passed on both AVTAK and TWINE during my last Bondathon.
Watch the PTS of each and OP's comes off as far better in my view.
Up until DAD I actually now think the AVTAK fire engine scene (particularly Roger growning as he's being swung around on the ladder) is perhaps the lowest point in the series.
It did, but it also had tired "scraping the barrel" comedy. Roger's "smirking at his pursuers" shtick also felt tired and desperate.
It's better than the CGI DAD crap I agree, but it's still somewhat embarrassing whenever I watch it. Particularly the awful back projection shots of Roger clowning around.
Also, Moore's hair in that scene annoys me as he's meant to have just escaped from a fire.