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Favourite Pierce Brosnan (non-Bond) film


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#1 JCRendle

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Posted 21 January 2015 - 11:24 PM

The clue is in the title! Which non-Bond Brosnan film do you consider your favourite?

 

Here's some of mine...

 

Guilty pleasure: Mrs. Doubtfire - I loved this film as a kid, and hated Brosnan's character for breaking up the family. I know now that it wasn't his fault - but still. Booo. The look on his face when Doubtfire throws the fruit at him at the pool? Priceless.

 

Favourites? Mars Attacks, The Thomas Crown Affair and Grey Owl

 

I think Grey Owl is the lesser know of the three, so I'll go into more detail on that one - I love it for several reasons. The first being that it has some local relevance to me. 

 

My home town is Hastings, where Grey Owl ( AKA Archibald Belaney) grew up, I knew his basic history before the film was made and I know several of the locations mentioned in the film, including his home, his old school etc.

 

I remember when he came to the town to shoot scenes here - it was a big thing, he was already Bond at this point, I actually saw him preparing to film a scene! The first Bond actor I'd seen in person - in my home town!.

 

The film itself was brilliantly made, directed, acted etc - I loved it - still do. If you haven't seen it - SEE IT!



#2 tdalton

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Posted 21 January 2015 - 11:28 PM

MARS ATTACKS! was a lot of fun, one of my favorites from back in the day.  Also THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (been a while, need to rewatch that one), AFTER THE SUNSET and THE NOVEMBER MAN are all great Brosnan films.  Can't say which film of his would be my favorite, but it would probably be out of those three.



#3 JCRendle

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Posted 21 January 2015 - 11:36 PM

I haven't seen The November Man yet, it's on my "To Watch" list.



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Posted 21 January 2015 - 11:47 PM

Ghost Writer.  He brings some gravitas IMO.  The scene on the plane is a show stealer.  The movie itself was great, and so was the supporting cast.



#5 seawolfnyy

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Posted 21 January 2015 - 11:52 PM

Probably The Thomas Crown Affair. Although, I admit that Dante's Peak is a guilty pleasure of mine.



#6 DamnCoffee

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Posted 22 January 2015 - 12:33 AM

Honestly would have to go for Mrs Doubtfire. Far from a guilty pleasure and more a 5 star classic. Just because it's a comedy doesn't undermine how powerful it is as a film. It has a real emotional hook, three dimensional characters (Robin Williams, Sally Field and Pierce Brosnan absolutely shine) and some of the funniest stuff that Williams ever did.

 

Brosnan seems to be one of those actors who rarely gets good material. I'm really interested to see Love Is All You Need, a danish romantic comedy in which, Brosnan in particular apparently gives an outstanding performance. 



#7 JCRendle

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Posted 22 January 2015 - 12:44 AM

Brosnan seems to be one of those actors who rarely gets good material.

 

Grey Owl gave Brosnan "good material" 



#8 Vauxhall

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Posted 22 January 2015 - 12:52 AM

Used to like THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, but THE GHOST WRITER trumped it. That's a decent thriller.

#9 JCRendle

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Posted 22 January 2015 - 01:04 AM

Used to like THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR,

You don't any more?

but THE GHOST WRITER trumped it. That's a decent thriller.

So, because you find a film you like better means you no longer like the previous film?

#10 Vauxhall

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Posted 22 January 2015 - 01:21 AM

Not quite what I meant... THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR used to be my favourite non-Bond Brosnan film. Now THE GHOST WRITER is.

#11 JCRendle

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Posted 22 January 2015 - 01:25 AM

Not quite what I meant... THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR used to be my favourite non-Bond Brosnan film. Now THE GHOST WRITER is.

 

Ah, got you.



#12 AMC Hornet

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Posted 22 January 2015 - 02:17 AM

Detonator (aka Death Train).

 

And The Tailor of Panama.



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Posted 22 January 2015 - 03:35 AM

I'm going to go out on a limb and say my most "enjoyable" non-Bond experience regarding Pierce has to be 'Mamma Mia'.

 

He's just... so horribly miscast for a musical!



#14 Call Billy Bob

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Posted 22 January 2015 - 04:09 AM

Although, I admit that Dante's Peak is a guilty pleasure of mine.

This would be my answer. What elevates it from your typical 90s action film is Brosnan's performance. A good Saturday night popcorn flick that always hits the spot for me.



#15 Blofeld's Cat

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Posted 22 January 2015 - 05:39 AM

Favourite non-Bond?.....

 

DIE ANOTHER DAY!



#16 Jim

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Posted 22 January 2015 - 06:52 AM

Mamma Mia, for being a good sport. Hilarious.



#17 Messervy

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Posted 22 January 2015 - 10:02 AM

Ghost Writer.  He brings some gravitas IMO.  The scene on the plane is a show stealer.  The movie itself was great, and so was the supporting cast.

 

Same here! I didn't expect much, but was really positively surprised by the movie and the very solid performance from Brosnan.



#18 Grard Bond

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Posted 22 January 2015 - 10:39 AM

The Matador. I realy love him in this movie.

He's exellent in it and the movie itself is realy good. You never know how the story goes and what you can expect.



#19 Odd Jobbies

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Posted 22 January 2015 - 12:37 PM

The Long Good Friday  and The Matador



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Posted 24 January 2015 - 05:46 PM

The Matador

 

With the exception of GE, it's my favorite Pierce film period.

 

Mars Attacks! was good too. That film is pure fun.



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Posted 24 January 2015 - 06:08 PM

The Long Good Friday???

 

He's hardly in it. When you blink, you will miss him.



#22 Odd Jobbies

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Posted 24 January 2015 - 07:37 PM

The Long Good Friday???

 

He's hardly in it. When you blink, you will miss him.

So don't blink   ;)



#23 Grard Bond

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Posted 24 January 2015 - 10:42 PM

Hahahaha! That's a good one! :D



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Posted 26 January 2015 - 03:00 PM

A tough one, with some great action and comedy roles....hmmm.

 

'Live Wire', 'The Fourth Protocol' and 'Seraphim Falls' are great showcases for him, but for entertainment and overall fun, I go for Stu in 'Mrs Doubtfire'!

 

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Posted 26 January 2015 - 04:14 PM

A tough one, with some great action and comedy roles....hmmm.

 

'Live Wire', 'The Fourth Protocol' and 'Seraphim Falls' are great showcases for him, but for entertainment and overall fun, I go for Stu in 'Mrs Doubtfire'!

 

I forgot about Seraphim Falls! That's a superb survival movie and Brosnan more than holds his own acting chops alongside Neeson. Best Brossa performance after The Matador.



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Posted 27 January 2015 - 10:33 AM

I just remembered Taffin (1988) !!!

 

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I was just 17 when i saw this at the cinema and at that testosterone fuelled age loved the 'posey' machismo of this pretend-to-be-gritty Irish 'gangster-thriller' (that's the closest sub-genre i can think of). It was a kind of stand-in Bond movie for those of us that were disappointed that Remington Steel  himself hadn't succeeded Moore. This was his time to be Bond really, circa Long Good Friday/Fourth Protocol  and this movie - they got him a tad too late.

 

It's a little cheesy, of course... In the source novel Mark Taffin is an old fat guy, so having Brosnan strutting around looking far too dashing to be a small town debt collector was never going to be a perfect fit. So although Brossa did his best he was pretty much unconvincing in a role which needed older, grittier, dirtier and very rough around the edges.

 

However, i still bloody love it :)   it's a great little thriller, with a good villain, a inexplicably hot babe, a trolly-dolly i think, who just happens to be passing through. Great scenery a score with some nice motifs. It also has a good message about the merits of small town life and the wows of big-money greed; it's kind of Local Hero  done as a thriller...!

 

 

 

A forgotten slightly spooky thriller directed by the great John McTiernan and starring Brossa is Nomads  (1986)

 

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I remember liking it at the time, but i was 15, so give me a break if it's dated badly   ;)

 

Btw, has anyone actually mentioned Remington Steel  yet?  It was great and Brossa carried that show. His lively, enigmatic turn made it a huge hit at the time.

 

 

Edit: the Nomads pic wasn't showing up, so i changed it.

 

Btw, you've got to love the nonsensical tagline, "If you've never been frightened by anything, you'll be frightened by this!"... So if you have  been frightened by something, then what? You'll be fine with this?  The science of movie marketing has certainly come on some since then. So bad it's almost good (but it isn't)


Edited by Odd Jobbies, 29 January 2015 - 12:04 PM.


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Posted 27 January 2015 - 04:05 PM

Thomas Crown is great, even better than the original (and I am a huge McQueen fan)

Tailor of Panama is a close second

Ghostwriter is a close third



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Posted 27 January 2015 - 07:26 PM

 

The Long Good Friday???

 

He's hardly in it. When you blink, you will miss him.

So don't blink   ;)

 

Blink and you're dead.



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Posted 27 January 2015 - 07:46 PM

Thomas Crown Affair(remake almost just as good as the original Steven McQueen one)


The November Man


The Tailor Of Panama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_WA2PHPs_Y

The Fourth Protocol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzZ4Zzih1Zs

The Noble House

#30 tdalton

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Posted 27 January 2015 - 07:54 PM

A tough one, with some great action and comedy roles....hmmm.
 
'Live Wire', 'The Fourth Protocol' and 'Seraphim Falls' are great showcases for him, but for entertainment and overall fun, I go for Stu in 'Mrs Doubtfire'!
 
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MRS. DOUBTFIRE was one that I neglected to mention in my first post in this thread. Just a great film featuring one of the most memorable of Robin Williams' many great performances. I think it was also the first time I saw Brosnan in anything and I remember coming away from the film being a fan of his as well.