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You say a retool/reboot/etc was needed after DAD... Please remind yourselves that a huge majority of us wanted a 5th Brosnan outing. If Pierce's B21 be a great outing, and released in 2005, no-one would question if Brosnan needed to go after DAD.
It's easy for us, after the success of CR, to say "Yes, that retool was neccessary... After DAD it was evident a reboot/recast was in order". But simply remember that we, almost unanimously, wanted Brosnan to return for a 5th outing.
Well, the most memorial shaky cam was taken place when Bond was recovering his injures in the bathroom after having fight with Obanno.
As for romancing Vesper, he was trying hard to seduce her. But, the classic Bond just can magnetize the Bond Girl with a blink of an eye. They don't even know how to create the "oh, James" romantic scene in the finale (or they're not even trying, because in Bourne films, happy ending won't exist except the first one).
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Please, be nice next time. I always know what I say.
Just because now the success of Craig and CR means we can all say "Brosnan needed to go... it was the right decision.... a reboot was necessary", doesn't mean we can rewrite the history of what we wanted...
So, maybe you, Luds, prefered Brosnan only if a worse actor was cast... But that doesn't change the fact that 95% of the old forums wanted Brosnan back.
McClory, before he died was trying to remake Thunderball again, renamed to "Warhead 2000". I've heard both Liam Neeson and Dalton were considered for the role. I would have loved to see Dalton back to the field. Also, it was possible to see Brosnan in there. But, I also heard that EON and MGM had sued McClory and EON is give exclusive rights to make 007 films. So, I don't think we'll see them, again.
No, but I still believe Brosnan could have lasted 1/2 movies longer, and would have prefered that.
Btw I was NEVER a Craig-not-Bonder. I just feel uncertain about where the franchise is heading. I hope Sam Mendes AND Daniel Craig remember the franchise is meant to be fun, not a dour depressing experience. Hopefully that won't happen. :)
So I think a film that follows on the tone of the last two along with some more traditional elements could be what we'll get - along with Bond tracking down Quantum of course.
And yes, I'm looking for those videos now and I'll post them here when I find them, as although from around Quantum Of Solace's release, they raise some interesting points about where these next films may go.
Even if I do prefer Craig more in the future Brosnan will always have a special place in my heart.
My immediate reaction to CR was the same as LTK - I really liked it but there was a weird feeling because it was so "different". My friend loved it immediately - the two things he said that stuck out to me were "It's like they finally made a Bond movie for adults!" (as opposed to 12 year old boys) and "This is the Bond film I've waited my whole life for". I saw CR a second time (this time with him) and since I knew what was coming the shock of it seeming "different" was gone and I could concentrate on the film as a film. After that viewing CR became my favourite Bond film. And one of the most important reasons for that is Craig. To quote a line from my favourite review of CR "For the first time since watching Connery as a kid, I watched a Bond film and thought 'I want to be that guy!'". The thing that a lot of people who don't like Craig seem to forget is that every actor stamps the role with his own style and interpretation. Seriously, Connery and Moore's versions of Bond are really different. There are obviously some similarities - it's based on the same root character - but there are a LOT of things that are different. And think of how different Moore was from Lazenby - and Lazenby from Brosnan, and Brosnan from Dalton, etc.
I think with this ethos we at least have the potential for some great films with Craig in the future - let's see what happens now.
Quantum I've always thought the same thing - something's missing.
I can't recall ever "wanting" to be Craig's Bond though.
And another Brosnan film in 2008? Nah! ;-)
In my view the 007 years of Brosnan are over. Would have loved to see him ending his run in a swansong like FYEO after MR. Too bad it didn't happen.
As for Bond being able to "magnetize the Bond Girl with a blink of an eye" he does pretty much that with Solange (and there are the two female tennis players checking him out at the Ocean Club)! However, I do agree that the whole "Oh, James!" and falling into his arms thing is so over-done that it would be self-parody if they were to try it again (not to mention that you could insult the females who might buy tickets). I must admit that when I was 11 years old and living vicariously through Bond the whole "seduce every woman with a blink of the eye" thing was powerful wish fulfillment. But now I would just find it cheesy and embarassing.