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#31 LadySylvia

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Posted 27 August 2007 - 05:23 AM

He must get asked that question ever interview so it's very big of him to be so supportive of Craig. I felt bad because he wanted a CR type movie for soo long!


He almost had it with THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. But the moment was ruined by bad action and that crappy ending aboard the submarine.

#32 neversaynever

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Posted 27 August 2007 - 06:37 AM

He must get asked that question ever interview so it's very big of him to be so supportive of Craig. I felt bad because he wanted a CR type movie for soo long!


He almost had it with THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. But the moment was ruined by bad action and that crappy ending aboard the submarine.


No, the moment was ruined much earlier with that ridiculous "attempted escape in a balloon"...

#33 DaveBond21

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Posted 27 August 2007 - 06:47 AM

Interesting comments.

I liked Brosnan as Bond, and I like Craig as Bond too. Both seem a bit sleazy in real life, but that is part of being Bond, I think. They were already cocky and self-assured before they took on the role.

#34 Daddy Bond

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Posted 27 August 2007 - 05:28 PM

Interesting comments.

I liked Brosnan as Bond, and I like Craig as Bond too. Both seem a bit sleazy in real life, but that is part of being Bond, I think. They were already cocky and self-assured before they took on the role.


Yeah, the do seem kindof sleezy don't they? Is it me, or doesn't it seem like that is not the impression Dalton gives in real life?

#35 Santa

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Posted 27 August 2007 - 05:37 PM

Interesting comments.

I liked Brosnan as Bond, and I like Craig as Bond too. Both seem a bit sleazy in real life, but that is part of being Bond, I think. They were already cocky and self-assured before they took on the role.


Yeah, the do seem kindof sleezy don't they? Is it me, or doesn't it seem like that is not the impression Dalton gives in real life?

That sleaziness has always been my complaint about Brosnan but I don't find DC sleazy; more grumpy and almost forcing the point that he doesn't suffer fools gladly. I would almost say pompous except he has shown he can be very down to earth and laugh at himself. TD has always seemed lovely in real life, very Roger Moore-like but shyer.

#36 ACE

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Posted 27 August 2007 - 05:45 PM

Good on you, Pierce. Like all the Bonds, a class act.

#37 Skudor

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Posted 28 August 2007 - 10:16 AM

Nice of PB to weigh in like this. That he's wrong really doesn't matter.

#38 Germanlady

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Posted 28 August 2007 - 08:01 PM

Nice of PB to weigh in like this. That he's wrong really doesn't matter.


He is wrong? :cooltongue:

#39 Thunderfinger

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Posted 29 August 2007 - 04:14 PM

Nice of PB to weigh in like this. That he's wrong really doesn't matter.


He is wrong? :cooltongue:


Yes, wrong for Bond.
If they should ever do Gay Bond, then he or Hugh Grant would be perfect.

#40 Cruiserweight

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Posted 29 August 2007 - 04:22 PM

Great,yet another way to make Craigs ego grow even bigger.


How so?


Craig already has a big ego and having another bond actor say this is just the type of thing to make someone get an even bigger ego.It's saying hey the rest of us bond actors? We're nothing compared to you Mr.Craig

Edited by Cruiserweight, 29 August 2007 - 04:24 PM.


#41 Wade

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Posted 29 August 2007 - 04:57 PM

I'd bet that Roger, Timothy, George and Pierce all are secretly wishing that the Bonds films they'd done had been allowed to be as ballsy and hardhitting as CR. The only Bonds who can say they've done a straight-out dramatic Bond are Connery, Craig and the late Mr. Nelson. I mean, I loves me some Lois Maxwell and Desmond Llewelyn, but when you're forced to juggle a half-dozen bad one-liners with the obligatory Moneypenny and Q scenes, how seriously can the audience take the rest of it? The only hint of any of that I saw in CR was when Villiers upchucked after seeing Solange's body.

#42 Santa

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Posted 29 August 2007 - 06:12 PM

I would say he's wrong because as much as I love CR, DC has done one. One film only. When he's done a few more and held the standard I could happily say he's the greatest.

#43 LadySylvia

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Posted 30 August 2007 - 12:25 AM

I'd bet that Roger, Timothy, George and Pierce all are secretly wishing that the Bonds films they'd done had been allowed to be as ballsy and hardhitting as CR.



I don't know about Brosnan, but I could have sworn that both Moore and Dalton have done their own gritty Bond films.

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Posted 30 August 2007 - 02:11 AM

Brosnan created his own little world of hissyfit drama. Saying he expected to be back for CR is exactly correct: HE expected it, why I have no idea as EON was initially cagey after DAD, then ice cold, then--what, seven months or something before announcing Craig?--emphatically said Brosnan would not be back. They didn't have anybody lined up for the part, they just knew they didn't want Brosnan back. Can't be any clearer than that. And he's STILL not over it? After a year and a half?

I was bored with Brosnan as Bond, I'm exponentially bored with him now. What a stupid, stupid man.

Edited by blueman, 30 August 2007 - 02:12 AM.


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Posted 30 August 2007 - 10:47 AM

:)Right...

#46 LadySylvia

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Posted 30 August 2007 - 05:12 PM

Brosnan created his own little world of hissyfit drama. Saying he expected to be back for CR is exactly correct: HE expected it, why I have no idea as EON was initially cagey after DAD, then ice cold, then--what, seven months or something before announcing Craig?--emphatically said Brosnan would not be back. They didn't have anybody lined up for the part, they just knew they didn't want Brosnan back. Can't be any clearer than that. And he's STILL not over it? After a year and a half?

I was bored with Brosnan as Bond, I'm exponentially bored with him now. What a stupid, stupid man.



I don't if I agree with this. Whatever personal faults that Brosnan or any other actor/actress may possess, it's not going to stop me from enjoying or appreciating their work. I don't know why the public generally tends to expect or demand perfect behavior from celebrities more than they do from the rest of the public. Does this have to do with our tendency to unecessarily put celebrities on a pedestal?


why would EON be cagey about Brosnan or DAD? The movie was a big hit. I can understand if they wanted to return Bond to a more earthy or grittier style. But I don't think changing actors for the role was altogether necessary.

Edited by LadySylvia, 30 August 2007 - 05:14 PM.


#47 blueman

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Posted 30 August 2007 - 09:47 PM

I hold actors to the standard of being people. Like anybody. Nothing more, nothing less. If I acted like Brosnan the last couple years, I would expect to not have any friends, colleagues, or love interest in my life as I'm sure all would view me as an insufferable bore. The more he opens his mouth, the more I'm embarrassed he was ever the poster boy of this franchise.

It's not a question of being perfect, it's about not being an [censored].

LS, you might not think changing actors was necessary, but EON did. Brosnan doesn't have to like it, sure, but I'd expect anyone in his shoes to behave differently. At least to earn my respect as a person. He behaved extremely poorly--the word "tantrum" comes to mind, multiple times--don't see how there's an excuse for it. He still can't even talk about it as if it's something he's come to terms with. He seems to want to come off as the wise old pro, but always ends up sounding like a bi-polar off his meds: victimy, blamey, poor poor Pierce. Pity him. Ugh. He has legions of fans, his place in Bond lore is assured (measure it as one will)--the man shot his Bond bolt. And scored a hit. Ride sagely into the sunset already and get over it. Is his life so empty losing Bond affects him this much? Just bored with HIM not able to let it go, as I'm sure others are with me ranting about it. :cooltongue: I'm going to go play with my one (imaginary) friend, try to find a job, and search the persoanls for a GF. :angry: And aren't you glad I stayed away from all the Bond boards DURING Brosnan's tenure?

As for hero worship, well that would be aimed at Bond, naturally. Maybe that's why Brosnan annoys me so much, he made my hero into a dull and doofy and very pedestrian prettyboy (that he's an [censored] in real life is just the icing on the cake). Inexcusable. :lol:

#48 Santa

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Posted 30 August 2007 - 10:48 PM

search the persoanls for a GF.

Are goldfingers available there? Do you think I could get myself a silvertoe? :cooltongue:

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Posted 06 September 2007 - 11:20 PM

But aren't we all a bid fed up of the ex-Bond's going over the top about Craig? Can't we just once have, say, Tim Dalton coming out with, "Well, he was okay. Made a serious attempt at interpeting the character. But I thought I nailed Fleming far more accurately in Licence to Kill and I actually LOOKED like the character Fleming wrote about. That's something Daniel will never achieve."


and dalton couldn't handle action scenes.

watch all the opening bond sequences with horror as dalton looks totally out of his depth.

and his pithy 'humourous' lines at the climax of these scenes are totally cringe worthy.

shame he did three and not one.

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Posted 07 September 2007 - 12:08 AM

If I may be permitted to have my say. Connery was the first, and Moore was the flip side of Connery's coin. Still as impressive and to the same value

I enjoyed Laz, Timmy and Broz and find Craig like the end of a 'Chinese Whisper'. He and the film is great, but it ain't Bond. Casino Royale is like a hip replacement. It works fine. No longer do you have to hobble, but it's not like having the bone that you were born with.

Please do not get me wrong. CR is splendid, but it's only that good because it's a replacement for a gamy leg. A crutch so to speak.

CR is a step in a better direction. But whatever EON come up with, it will never better it's past.

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Posted 07 September 2007 - 12:36 AM

and dalton couldn't handle action scenes.

watch all the opening bond sequences with horror as dalton looks totally out of his depth.

and his pithy 'humourous' lines at the climax of these scenes are totally cringe worthy.

shame he did three and not one.

Yeah, that 1991 film was absolute crap, as well. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

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Posted 07 September 2007 - 12:48 AM

and dalton couldn't handle action scenes.

watch all the opening bond sequences with horror as dalton looks totally out of his depth.

and his pithy 'humourous' lines at the climax of these scenes are totally cringe worthy.

shame he did three and not one.

Are you sure you're not his Dentist but his Brain Specıalıst?. :cooltongue:

You're wrong on three accounts. :angry:

#53 jaguar007

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Posted 07 September 2007 - 03:19 AM

and dalton couldn't handle action scenes.

watch all the opening bond sequences with horror as dalton looks totally out of his depth.

and his pithy 'humourous' lines at the climax of these scenes are totally cringe worthy.

shame he did three and not one.

Yeah, that 1991 film was absolute crap, as well. Good riddance to bad rubbish.


Ya, well as crappy as that third Bond movie Dalton didwas, it still beat most of Brosnan's films :cooltongue:

#54 JimmyBond

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Posted 07 September 2007 - 03:59 AM

I'll take Dalton's third film over Brosnan's third film any day of the week.

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Posted 07 September 2007 - 04:18 AM

There is not third Dalton film, so in that case I will take the Brosnan film. :cooltongue:

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Posted 07 September 2007 - 06:28 AM

There is not third Dalton film, so in that case I will take the Brosnan film. :cooltongue:


I have to disagree, friend.

No matter how ridiculous it may be, whatever I imagine took place during Dalton's third movie will STILL be more entertaining than TWINE. :angry:

#57 blueman

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Posted 07 September 2007 - 08:09 AM

There is not third Dalton film, so in that case I will take the Brosnan film. :cooltongue:


I have to disagree, friend.

No matter how ridiculous it may be, whatever I imagine took place during Dalton's third movie will STILL be more entertaining than TWINE. :angry:

As long as Glen wasn't the director of that third Dalton film, I'll sign off on that too. :lol:

Funny about CR being a hip replacement, as it's the closest EON has come to its 60s glory days in terms of presenting Bond as a character one actually cares about and has some inherent sense of versimillitude about him since, well, the 60s (YOLT excepted). From '71 on, Bond has been a joke, a cad, a cogder, a schizophrenic, a prettyboy, and a joke again, but mostly a cartoon of what came in the 60s. Give me the hip replacement Bond over that sad lineup any day. :D The others were like replacing a hip with a nail clipper or something, at least Craig is as close to Fleming's Bond as we're likely to get in this day and age, and certainly in Connery's (also Lazenby's) league IMO. Moore has always been the best of the alsorans, but IMHO he was playing some other spy, not Bond. Sign of the times, I guess.

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Posted 02 June 2010 - 09:37 AM

Brosnan's comments - while appreciated and all very nice and everything - really say nothing at all, and do not even suggest that he has seen CASINO ROYALE.


And so it came to pass...

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Posted 04 June 2010 - 02:30 AM

Pierce Brosnan is a great actor and that no one can be Nond like him.


Rubbish! Roger Moore was easily the best Nond.

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Posted 04 June 2010 - 05:48 AM

Pierce Brosnan is a great actor and that no one can be Nond like him.


Rubbish! Roger Moore was easily the best Nond.


So Nond is who Pierce was playing, now it makes much more sense.