SHOCK and HORROR! (Page 1 of 2)

I enjoy all the Bond films, Yes, some are better than others, but I can find enjoyment in all of them.
With the obvious exceptions of the 1967 CR and the ( Only my opinion ) The god damn awful NSNA.

BURN THE INFIDEL! 

But I am curious - who is the actor Joshua really can't stand to the point he won't watch any of his films?

You’re not alone, Joshua, there are some Bond movies which I am unlikely to watch again. But you should try to watch each one at least once. Brosnan, for me, is the weakest Bond by far, only TND stands up as a decent movie, but that’s just my opinion, how GE gets so much love is beyond me, I think it’s dreadfully mundane.

I don't want to start an argument, because I know the person I am referring to is the favourite James Bond for some people, but I cannot simply stand to watch him on the screen as Bond (It is not the man, because I have seen him in a couple of films which were not bad, but his portrayal as Bond. I do not think he was ever up to the role, spending more time pouting and posing and with no air of menace about him). I Have bought some of his bond films (there were more than two! ) on DVD and watched them but he and the films themselves are simply not to my liking at all.

As I said, I do not want to upset any one, and my opinion is just that, my opinion.

I Like Octopussy and AVTAK after all, which proves that taste is a very individual thing!

Just so long as we don't have a vote on it, or anyone doesn't like the outcome of that vote, we should be fine!

I think you can name the actor without any risk to life and limb, Joshua 

He always did enjoy a good pose 

      I never would have guessed 

Barbel wrote :

"No-one is forcing you to watch movies you don't like with an actor you don't like."

You haven't met Mrs TP !!

No one could force me! I am just aware that people with different tastes have different favourites for different reasons. PB will be loved and thought the best Bond by many. I can see no argument about my thoughts about Sean Connery, or many about Roger Moore, but I'm sure a lot will not like George Lazenby (the other of my three favourites), which is of course they are perfectly entitled to say to me.

Hi Joshua, many are saying you should watch every Bond film once, just to be fair.

Here are two reasons why should maybe should not if they are Pierce Brosnan movies.

The first I will give to you emotionally, the second rationally.

Firstly, Bond movies are: you do what you want. It's a laugh. Dutiful watching of Bond films? Screw that. It's meant to be a blast.

Secondly. The Bond films pilfer themselves. Sometimes that's fun and part of the buzz. 'Ooh I recognise that!' Other times they do it because they run out of ideas. But there's every chance that the next Bond film No Time To Die will pilfer past Bonds. Not least because the director Danny Boyle passed, so they had to rewrite large chunks. I've avoided trailers but even with the 10-20 mins I've seen, I recognise stuff filched from past Bonds, and also from discarded scenes listed in the superb Bond book Some Kind of Hero.

I don't like SF but others do and it seems to me it borrows from TWINE, a film I do like.

So if you see Pierce Brosnan films on our advice, there's a good chance that NTTD will be sullied for you because when you're watching it you'll be thinking, oh, okay, this is the plot or set-piece I've seen from a previous Bond, starring an actor I didn't really care for.

Therefore: Avoid.