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[seawolfnyy]

That you do. I remember being on this and other Bond forums years ago and not knowing what the hell TWINE meant until I figured out it was an acronym.

[Iceskater101]

I know TWINE but its the others that I need to get used too lol

[S K Y F A L L]

Wow I never noticed TND was more popular then TWINE in the poll and GE is double that of TND. I'm so surprised I would have never guested it.

[FredJB007]

GoldenEye for me..hands down.

[GrinderAK]

DAD was an embarrassment, but every other one is very watchable. My pick was between GE and TWINE, went with the latter though.

[QuantumOfRoyale]

Okay, as someone who really doesn't LOVE, or for the most part even enjoy any of the Brosnan Films...

1. Tomorrow Never Dies
2. Die Another Day
3. Goldeneye
4. The World Is Not Enough

[Tony_OO_Black]

GoldenEye, by a country mile.

The World Is Not Enough makes me sad because it could have been brilliant, but after the cracking PTS it all just becomes bland and cheesy.

[jmarks4life]

It was TND for me

[glidrose]

Hard to believe it but TND used to be considered the weak one of the bunch. Glad to see so many people pick it as their favourite.

1. TND
2. DAD
3. TWINE
4. GE

[Eric Stromberg]

TND, baby!  GE was cute at the time but it has aged very poorly.  DAD and TWINE squandered their potential, unfortunately.

[tdalton]

  GE was cute at the time but it has aged very poorly.  

 

I think that would be a good description of all of the Brosnan films.  None of them have aged particularly well.

[Hansen]

GE was cute at the time but it has aged very poorly.

 
I think that would be a good description of all of the Brosnan films.  None of them have aged particularly well.

I do not agree. GE gets better and better

[jmarks4life]

Loved TND. Great movie.

[Iceskater101]

Goldeneye is definitely my favorite though, I loved the Bond girls, the plot and the action sequences plus Sean Bean as a Bond villain was a good choice.

[ARLOO7]

I'm very fond of Brosnan, but I would have to say that none of his films really stand out on their own. So when I think of his era, it's a mash of the best scenes from each film, like the tank chase, the beard and pajamas in the lobby, the shootout at Carver's headquarters, etc. 

[Robinson]

Indeed. Goldeneye is my favorite from Brosnan's tenure. The other films had their moments but TND became a non-stop action film, TWINE gave you a good story with poor action sequences along with an undeveloped villain. DAD went from FYEO to MR in a span of 40 minutes with an extra helping of Bond's Greatest Hits.

By the time PB's tenure ended, I was more interested in the making of these films than the flick itself. But hey, he was the Bond the public wanted and his clothes looked nice. Shame he never had a Fleming story to work from.

[Iceskater101]

I don't really have problems with Brosnan's Tomorrow Never Dies and TWINE. Die another Day to me isn't that bad either. I mean it's campy but it's not too bad like I don't hate it or anything.

[Benjamin]

I think GoldenEye is hit best film, with some cracking visuals and a top-end script/story. The music is very 90s and Brosnan is charming and eloquent in the role, with Xenia Onatopp adding some hilarity to an otherwise intimidating nemesis in the form of Alec, played by Sean Bean.

 

However, my favourite of Brosnan's remains Tomorrow Never Dies.. despite the bad line up of Bond girls, the very flawed script and camp villain, it has a sort of beautiful charm. I love it.

[JSDude1]

Goldeneye (the 1st James Bond I saw) as a 14 year old in the theatre with my father.  Second would be The World is Not Enough.

DAD was an embarrassment, but every other one is very watchable. My pick was between GE and TWINE, went with the latter though.

I agree completely, GrinderAK

[AirJordanFan93]

As someone who was introduced to Bond when Brosnan was still Bond and the first movie I saw being TWINE that should be my answer but its not. Goldeneye was always his best outing as Bond. While I rank TWINE second only because I don't hate it as much as the other 2 and I have sentimental attachment to it I guess. Goldeneye was just a really great movie and I still enjoy it a lot after 12 years when I first saw it on VHS.

[kaiserthegreat]

GoldenEye is a "good theater" memory for me.  There are very few of those for me, where you're happy you saw a film in the theater because the atmosphere made it all the better and the audience oohed and aahed at all the right things, and the entire thing felt like a community experience.  GoldenEye was definitely one of those films.  I remember who I went with, what theater we went to, etc. and I can't say the same about most movies I've seen.  Also, it had been years since the last Bond flick and it was a very exciting time to see Brosnan's face on every magazine and all the commercials.  It was a very "Casino Royale" time to be a Bond fan, the promise of "new and exciting!"  

 

[Shamelord]

I went for Tomorrow Never Dies.

The opening sequence, the Hatcher/Brosnan scenes, Kaufmen, Carver's comedy, the Hamburg action, the MUSICAL SCORE, the final scene. Everything apart from the bike chase was superb.

Edited to add - As "The Thomas Crown affair" re-make was quite a good film, I would have gone for Brosnan's "Grey Owl" as the comedy non-Bond film in that poll.

 

I went for Tomorrow Never Dies for the same reasons.

 

Add the photography, all M, Q, Moneypenny, Defence Minister and Robinson bits, all British Army bits and the Oxford scene.

 

The bike scene was good. It was just spoiled by being too long. They could have saved a few stunts for another film.

 

A minus common to all Brosnan films is their final third. The Asian part is the weakest link in the film - too much action, not enough character, the Chinese gadget workshop is a break in tone and too broadly comedic and the action onboard the stealth boat is Rambo-fare.

 

One of the few redeeming virtues of this section is 007's final piece of advice to Carver before killing him :"You forgot the first rule of mass media, Elliot! GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT!" Lovely!

 

And I also loved Carver saying: "The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success."

 

It's the more homogeneous of the Brosnan films.

 

The World Is Not Enough is homogeneously... dull.

 

GoldenEye feels like Dr. No - it's fun but hasn't aged well - first of all Remington Steel's hairstyle, some of the bluescreen work and the underwritten villain.

To be fair, the Remington Steel's hairstyle was outdated on the day the movie was released.

 

I also loved the first two thirds from Die Another Day - I mean only the first two thirds. The toilet cleaning product colored tidal wave scene, the lead actor's weight fluctuations and the CGI destroyed huge plane model visual effects at the end of the movie are so bad that they have to be seen to be believed. Such a pity it leaves you a bad taste in the mouth as those first two thirds were really what the Brosnan years produced best.

[glidrose]

 

I went for Tomorrow Never Dies.

The opening sequence, the Hatcher/Brosnan scenes, Kaufmen, Carver's comedy, the Hamburg action, the MUSICAL SCORE, the final scene. Everything apart from the bike chase was superb.

Edited to add - As "The Thomas Crown affair" re-make was quite a good film, I would have gone for Brosnan's "Grey Owl" as the comedy non-Bond film in that poll.

 

I went for Tomorrow Never Dies for the same reasons.

 

Add the photography, all M, Q, Moneypenny, Defence Minister and Robinson bits, all British Army bits and the Oxford scene.

 

The bike scene was good. It was just spoiled by being too long. They could have saved a few stunts for another film.

 

A minus common to all Brosnan films is their final third. The Asian part is the weakest link in the film - too much action, not enough character, the Chinese gadget workshop is a break in tone and too broadly comedic and the action onboard the stealth boat is Rambo-fare.

 

One of the few redeeming virtues of this section is 007's final piece of advice to Carver before killing him :"You forgot the first rule of mass media, Elliot! GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT!" Lovely!

 

And I also loved Carver saying: "The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success."

 

It's the more homogeneous of the Brosnan films.

 

The World Is Not Enough is homogeneously... dull.

 

GoldenEye feels like Dr. No - it's fun but hasn't aged well - first of all Remington Steel's hairstyle, some of the bluescreen work and the underwritten villain.

To be fair, the Remington Steel's hairstyle was outdated on the day the movie was released.

 

I also loved the first two thirds from Die Another Day - I mean only the first two thirds. The toilet cleaning product colored tidal wave scene, the lead actor's weight fluctuations and the CGI destroyed huge plane model visual effects at the end of the movie are so bad that they have to be seen to be believed. Such a pity it leaves you a bad taste in the mouth as those first two thirds were really what the Brosnan years produced best.

 

 

Agree with almost everything you say. I'd further add TWINE is as ugly as TND is gorgeous. TND's visuals do not get enough acclaim around here. it is arguably one of the best shot Bond films, and also one of the best shot films of its time. Shame it didn't get an Academy Award nomination for the photography. TWINE is, obviously, one of the worst photographed films of its time and the worst shot Bond film. Looks like a washed out, poorly transferred twelfth-generation video tape. What's with all those distorted color hues?

[Janus Assassin]

It's been about ten years since I had decided to sit down and pop in TWINE and watch it from start to finish.

[Simon]

And having decided that, did you actually get to the finish...?

[Janus Assassin]

And having decided that, did you actually get to the finish...?

 

I don't think so.

[RedsBaron]

1. Goldeneye (easily my favorite)

2. Tomorrow Never Dies

3. The World Is Not Enough

4. Die Another Day

 

 Goldeneye is one of my very favorite Bond films, in my personal top five, while Die Another Day is possibly the worst Bond film ever made. I noticed that with each film Brosnan made I liked it less than the films that came before it. I don't blame Brosnan for it but his Bond films progressively became worse and worse IMO.

[sharpshooter]

My ranking remains the same as it did years back. Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, Die Another Day and then The World is not Enough.

 

I like the first two quite a bit. Lately I've found myself nostalgic about Die Another Day. Might also be fond memories of that time - I was 11 years younger too. As Brosnan says in the film "time flies". DAD is a wild karaoke evening in the 'big' vein of MR and YOLT. For that, it's entertaining.

[Stubris]

The World is not Enough
Goldeneye
Die Another Day
Tomorrow Never Dies

It was quite hard to seperate the top two as I can flipflop over which I prefer...However, they are both vastly superior to DAD & TND..two films I consider to be among the 5 worst of all the EON Bonds.

[S K Y F A L L]

These are probably the hardest Bond films for me to rate. I flip flop between TND, TWINE and DAD. GE just hits the spot to me.