Ranking the Brosnan Films
davidraider
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Pierce Brosnan is my favorite my 007 and this is my list of my favorite movies while he was Bond
1. TWINE
2. GE
3. TND
4. DAD(by far)
1. TWINE
2. GE
3. TND
4. DAD(by far)
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1) Tomorrow Never Dies
2) Die Another Day
3) The World Is Not Enough
4) Goldeneye
That's tonights list. Ask me again next week, and the list will change.
1) Goldeneye....Definitly his best.Good story,still quite dark.Great girls.Loved Alan Cummings and one of the best villains of the series in Sean Bean.
2) TWINE.... Sophie is excellent and I quite like Robert Carlyle.Could have done without Dennise Richards though.
3) TND....Started of well,thought it lost it in the second half.Dont like Carver,a waste of Jonathon Pryce IMO.
4) DAD.....Didn't like this at all.Didn't like Graves or Jinx ( when the villain and the leading lady suck you're in trouble) and some of the effetcs were terrible.Liked Rosamond Pike though.
GoldenEye is my favourite Bond film overall. It has a strong cast and some superb chase and fight scenes. The villains are some of the best, and it is rounded off with a duel to the death between Bond and Trevelyan at the end.
The World is Not Enough:-
TWINE is a very strong Bond film. Elektra really steals the show, and is one of the finest female-villains in the series. Denise Richards looks great, but isn't right for the film. Other than this, some good tension and spectacular action.
Die Another Day:-
The icy atmosphere and feeling of this films is what I like about it. Some of the locations are excellent, and one or two of the characters really shine - Miranda Frost being the main one. Zao is a great henchman too. But Halle Berry, and some poor effects let it down a bit.
Tomorrow Never Dies:-
In my opinion the worst film to date, Tomorrow Never Dies sacrifices good dialogue and character development for cheesey action scenes. The score is average, and the villain unimpressive - and don't get me started on Wai Lin!
The top 2 are very close, though.
1)DAD
2)TWINE
3)TLD
4)GE.
2.TWINE
3.TND cuz yea
4. DAD *stupid Hallie Berry is not a good Bond girl in my opinion...if she had been a wee bit less flambouyant, then it would have been fine....*(good plot prog. though!)
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1 GE
2 TWINE
3 TND
4 DAD
TWINE
GE
TND
DAD
TWINE: pretty good, intricate plot, Dame Judith's best turn as M. Negative is Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist. Rigggghhhhhtttt.... And I'm Ronald Reagan....
TND: Teri Hatcher should have been around longer. I've always had a thing for her since "Lois and Clark". If she's the Bond girl who carries the film, this would rate a lot higher.
DAD: swims at the bottom with AVTAK.
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2. DAD
2. GE
3. TND
The top three are in my top 5-6 of Bond films and all make my top 10.
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2)GoldenEye
3)Die Another Day
4)Tomorrow Never Dies
1)The world is not enough
2)Goldeneye
3)Die Another Day
4)Tommorow Never Dies
2. GoldenEye
3.Die Another Day
4.Tomorrow Never Dies
The World Is Not Enough is my favorite Bond film, and GE and DAD are in the top 5 or 6, and TND rounds out the top ten.
TWINE (some good parts)
TND and DAD - at least as bad as the worst of the Moore films, and DAD had to work hard to achieve that distinction, given that the first 30 or 40 minutes were pretty good at times! TND, except for the score and perhaps two minutes of Brosnan's work, offers me nothing at all. These are the only Bond films I skipped in the theatre and haven't ever rewatched on video (even fastforwarded through parts of both.)
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1) Goldeneye - best non Connery Bondfilm, loved
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2) TWINE - decent characterdevelopment, near perfect film with the exception of Denise Richards, till Bond kills Elektra, thought the finale was utterly boring.
3) DAD - again good in parts, hugely enjoyable until they leave they Ice palace (apart from the unnecessary face changing bits), uninvolving,overlong finale on the plane, loved
Rosamunde Pike.
4) TND - something was wrong with the film, probably the complete lack of chemistry between Brosnan and Yeoh, overuse of product placement made it feel more like a series of long commercials, last not least Teri Hatcher was just awful.
still had some decent action scenes, liked the teaser.
This is my order as well. I don't rate Goldeneye quite as high, but it is behind only DN, FRWL and TSWLM in my book. I really enjoy TWINE, but dislike Denise Richards more and more each time I watch it. DAD had it's good and bad moments. TND is near the bottom of my list.
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1 GE
2 DAD
3 TND
4 TWINE
This is what my list stands like at the moment.
Four great films with lots of potential... I'm sorry too see Brosnan go. Hope the next Bond will be just as good as him!
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
I can't say that I have a favorite between The World is Not Enough & Goldeneye, two of the series's best as well.
I love Tomorrow Never Dies but it just doesn't measure up to the other three.
GE
DAD
TND
GE
TND
TWINE
DAD
GE: solid film that really took Bond to a new level to which each successive Bond attempts to match.
As corny as TND was, it really delivered a lot of fun. TWINE on the other hand, seemed dull and unpolished to me. Other than the boat chase on the Thames, nothing else springs to mind about it.
DAD was just bad on too many levels for me. Off the top of my head, I can't even think of anything about it that I liked
Brosnan's best, and probably my favourite in the series. It has all of the best elements that make a Bond film good, and then some.
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
Perhaps it's got too much action for some, but I really enjoy this film. It's also the first one I saw in the cinemas. I love all of the characters, and like Goldeneye, it has a lot of traditonal stuff that makes Bond films worth seeing.
3. Die Another Day
Ok the CG was too over-the-top for a Bond film, especially that scene with the iceberg and the entire scene with the plane falling to earth. However, it pays homage to the rest of the series and updates it for the current generation of film goers. The story is generally good, and I love the sword-fighting scene.
4. The World Is Not Enough
Some great action sequences (particularly the PTS and the helicopter with the saw) are intertwined by a story that never develops into much of anything and is resolved in one of the most tedious endings to a Bond film yet. The character of Electra is interesting though. I thought this one could have used a bit more work on the script.
8. TMwtGG 9. AVtaK 10. TSWLM 11. SF 12. LtK 13. TND 14. YOLT
15. NTtD 16. MR 17. LaLD 18. GF 19. SP 20. DN 21. TB
22. TWiNE 23. DAD 24. QoS 25. DaF
Brosnan's best, and probably my favourite in the series. It has all of the best elements that make a Bond film good, and then some.
2. Tomorrow Never Dies
Perhaps it's got too much action for some, but I really enjoy this film. It's also the first one I saw in the cinemas. I love all of the characters, and like Goldeneye, it has a lot of traditonal stuff that makes Bond films worth seeing.
3. Die Another Day
Ok the CG was too over-the-top for a Bond film, especially that scene with the iceberg and the entire scene with the plane falling to earth. However, it pays homage to the rest of the series and updates it for the current generation of film goers. The story is generally good, and I love the sword-fighting scene.
4. The World Is Not Enough
Some great action sequences (particularly the PTS and the helicopter with the saw) are intertwined by a story that never develops into much of anything and is resolved in one of the most tedious endings to a Bond film yet. The character of Electra is interesting though. I thought this one could have used a bit more work on the script.
8. TMwtGG 9. AVtaK 10. TSWLM 11. SF 12. LtK 13. TND 14. YOLT
15. NTtD 16. MR 17. LaLD 18. GF 19. SP 20. DN 21. TB
22. TWiNE 23. DAD 24. QoS 25. DaF
2. GE (Sean Bean is a great baddie!)
3. DAD (The first third is fabulous. The second two are crap.)
4. TND (perhaps my least watched Bond film, I am warming to it.)
Goldeneye - best final fight of all four. Moved quickly for a Bond film. The computer geek character was annoying to me. Lacked on location scenes that Bond film should have.
Tomorrow Never Dies - This film has many good scenes in it. Bond getting beat up in the back room. BMW chase. Print factory. Teri Hatcher with the doctor in the room. Bike chase. No chemistry between Yeoh and Brosnan. Final fight was second to Goldeneye.
Die Another Day - Very original title intro. Sword fight was good. The film totally lost it when moved to the 'ice palace'. Not to mentioned the plane that seems to took an hour to crash. Final fight was ok. A fight between two hot girls redeemed what would have been a bad one.
The World is Not Enough -- Started out well. No one bought Dennis Richard as a scientist. Villains were weak. Final fight was totally boring no energy.
after multiple viewings, I would rank them thus:
1. Goldeneye
2. Die Another Day
3. Tomorrow Never Dies
4. The World is not Enough
I like the gal in Goldeneye. she is the best
"Bond girl" ever, imo. She kicks butt, and is
never all scared and waiting to be rescued.
She's proactive instead of reactive. I love that. Plus, she's gorgeous in a really
unique looking way.
The action isn't all consuming, and the villians
are adequate.
DAD has grown on me. I still don't like Jinx
all that well. I don't think it's the character
as much as Halle Berry's portrayal. She just
smirks too much or something.
TND is ok. The plot is a bit lame, and the
women leave me unimpressed. I like some moments.
Bond is pensive and angsty, which is always
interesting. The remote control car is cute.
TWINE rather sucks, imo.
I will only watch TWINE because Pierce Brosnan
is so much fun to look upon. That man is delish, there's no doubt about it.
2) GE-Great action and mediocre Bond Girls
3) TND-Good action and not so good Bond Girls
4) DAD-Mediocre film....cheezy
- "How's that grab you?"
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