Brosnan said in one of the docs that this was his hook for the movie and as an actor myself I'd say he's right. Actors tend to find a real insight into a character in a place in a script that gives them their basis for their performance and belief in the character.
This scene shows me that Brosnan's Bond had a range that I couldn't always see in the others. We've seen him be a cold-blooded killer, betrayed by his friend and now he wants revenge and Brosnan puts across a Bond-Burned perfectly.
His delivery of 'It's what keeps me alive' really shouts classic Bond and the Bond of the books.
I think this is reflected in all his movies, that Brosnan showed a Bond that could be hard and tough, but also vunerable which I don't feel any of the other Bonds ever really did. Fleming's Bond was vunerable, and if we go from that point of view, on a comparason of Fleming's Bond and that of the movies, I feel he did something that none before him did and played, with a range, the character from the books and ofcorse, added something of his own.
Izabella Scorupco also deserves a mention for a great performance in this scene and the movie, she really gave the audience a new, stronger picture of a Bond girl, something the nineties demanded.
The beach scene, returning to where I was before my little side-track, is one of my favourites of Brosnan's run because it most fully shows me his Bond and what he could do with that character.
Please post any thoughts about the scene and Mr. Brosnan's performance and thank you for listening to the ramblings of a Bondian madman.
