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I LOVE this bloke.
Brosnan IMO gave us a superficial Bond, ticking off every single shallow stereotype which to an extent entertained audiences buy blatantly stripped Bond of any significant credibility as a trend setter, innovator or anything classic. By DAD Bond was knocking on and entering through the doors of the pastiche plaza.
Craig has to repair all that and in doing so has done and is doing an amazing job. I think SF is going to be a juggernaught of a movie and be another classic. More do than CR and that's saying something.
Just compare Brosnan's Bond interviews with Craig's. You'll see just how much better an actor and better a Bond Craig is to Brosnan. One simply went there to play the role the other went in to work and become the role.
Just watched it and laughed the whole way through. I love the way he starts off by slating the PTS. The rest of it is nonsense and he even sounds bored as he drones on about the tedious, derivative plot. The only bit where he gets excited is talking about Natalia. Apparently she's the best ever Bond girl.
(For the record Natalya is my favourite Bond girl too).
You want to watch a review where he looks bored/annoyed watch this one:
I think it was probably his best performance as Bond.
The 90s was a "slick" period. Brosnan did suit that era.
That's a great word to discribe it - "slick" and I think the two most recent Bond's are refreshing different enough to please those that love either style or both.
Watching GE yesterday just the way he walks out of M's office in his sharp suit or looks down into the camera/vent at the start of GE when he first meets up with Alec.
I was thinking to myself actually: "this guy may be a bit thin physically but he's pretty awesome" :D
I LOVE THUNDERBALL!
After watching that GE review I just wanted to say:
I LOVE GOLDENEYE!
That´s all, that´s all. Move along ;)
We did, we did! He was the man then and to many of us alive then, he still is :D
Excellent points, I completely agree!!
Agreed.
Brozza's appearance on the Muppets was actually very funny. Much better than his actual performances in the films.
Great movie!
;)
He has become the sacraficial cow on this forum, and I understand this to a point, but it`s clearly obvious some people here just love the act of putting the boot in for the shear love of being negative....each to their own.
Brosnan had so many brilliant moments as Bond, and for me, his films are so much more watchable than Craigs.
Now I am not gonna list my favourite bits, there is enough of that around here, but rather, I`d like to explain my frustration with the Craig era.....
Craig is a great Bond. Not without faults, way too much pouting, and no sense of fun, but his take is fresh. Well, it was in CR. QOS has very little redeeming qualities, let alone the character Bond in it.
My big problem with Craigs films isn`t Craig himself, it`s Judi Dench, and every scene they have together. She is so awful, it`s hard to believe!!!!! I have never seen so much over acting in recent times...and she brings out the worst in Craigs Bond.
I hate her portrayal of M, yet it worked so well with Brosnans Bond, but she is playing it so different now.
I am saddened to hear she will be playing a big role in SF, as she stinks.
Craigs scenes in QOS when he is left alone to get on with his job are great, we just need to lose Dench and all this Mother/Son phsyco babble crap.
Craig hasn`t been allowed to define his Bond yet, and BB and MGW look like they are gonna continue on this Dench luvvie element which in turn brings out the luvvie in Craig....it is so not cool.
Craig is very nearly an amazing Bond....lose Dench, have a little fun, for Gods sake don`t go renagade AGAIN.....
Brosnan for me then....
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My reasoning is that Brosnan felt like he captured the role closest to Connery. He was able to deliver those suave funny lines just like Connery. "Backseat Driver" from TOMORROW NEVER DIES is one of my favorite one-liners from a Bond film. Even the way he silently wipes his forehead with the towel in GOLDENEYE after beating the guy on the yacht is very cool. Brosnan could also kick some ass when he needed to, but he was also vulnerable. I found him a good balanced Bond.
I love Daniel Craig, he should have won an oscar for DEFIANCE, but don't like him as much as Bond. He's very robotic, a friend of mine compared him to The Terminator. Well he's not supposed to be The Terminator, he's a human agent. Certainly he kicks ass, but I don't feel he's delivering that fun suave side of Bond the way he should be. Even in SKYFALL, the way he said "Bond, James Bond," felt so uninspired. I felt he had some humanity in CASINO ROYALE, his best picture so far, but lost it in QUANTUM OF SOLACE and hasn't gotten it back.
So Brosnan for me.