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\"\"<\/a>After numerous false starts and (failed) attempts to maintain the hoity-toity fa\u00e7ade of arguing \u201cnobody does Bond better\u201d for this current entry, I have decided to take a somewhat different approach this time out. Many readers announcing themselves as genuine Bond fans found it quite easy to leave remarks like \u201cRoger Moore<\/a> was a wimp,\u201d or \u201cLazenby was a zero,\u201d or other ungenerous comments about anyone other than Sean Connery<\/a>, but I must say, I\u2019m the one having a hard time here.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m just gonna say it, even though it is actually almost physically painful to write it plainly:<\/p>\n

The Pierce Brosnan<\/a> James Bond films are very disappointing to me.<\/p>\n

There. It\u2019s over. Now work with me here a little while I worm my way around to the part where I say his four films as 007 still have some awesome things about them, not to mention the fact that Brosnan\u2019s tenure in the role is actually a very poignant one, seeing as how his real life has more in common with the literary Bond than that of any of the other stars who played him.<\/p>\n

First, and this might sound a little silly, but Brosnan never even got to \u201cown\u201d a single Fleming title to himself. The World Is Not Enough<\/a>? Close, but no cigar. As a matter of substance, I know that\u2019s a zero, but as a powerful symbol of how his Bond outings bore the least resemblance to anything Ian Fleming, it explains things very well.<\/p>\n

I hear you\u2014The Spy Who Loved Me<\/a> had nothing to do with Fleming either. True, the Bond folks were legally (if unfortunately) obligated to use only the title and nothing else from the novel, but the film turned out to be a pretty nifty remake of You Only Live Twice<\/a>. And, it has Jaws, so there.\u00a0And, it has Barbara Bach<\/a>, so\u2026yum.<\/p>\n

(Will we wait forever for the appearance of Vivienne Michel? That\u2019s what Fleming wanted, so my guess is yes. Maybe look for her onscreen around the time a movie of Catcher in the Rye<\/strong> comes out.)<\/p>\n

Brosnan liked the Bond of Fleming, and wanted to do justice to him, and while most of us aren\u2019t really crying \u201cOh, thank God I\u2019m not Pierce Brosnan, and have to deal with the disappointment of never truly being the \u2018Fleming\u2019 Bond,\u201d we must understand that Brosnan is an actor, and thus an artist, and thus vulnerable to–no matter the amount of personal wealth and professional privilege–feeling honest disappointment at unfulfilled artistic ambition.<\/p>\n

Pierced Through the Heart<\/strong><\/p>\n

GoldenEye<\/a> \/ Tomorrow Never Dies<\/a> \/ The World Is Not Enough<\/a> \/ Die Another Day<\/a><\/p>\n

Good grief, just look at those titles. They do bring to mind that old even-odd-numbered Star Trek<\/a> theory, where it\u2019s only the even-numbered Treks that are quality films. In this case, though, it\u2019s the odd-numbered Brosnans that not only have the better titles, but are, in fact, the better movies.<\/p>\n

When Brosnan was first asked to play Bond in the late \u201880s and take over from the retiring Moore, the producers of his hit series Remington Steele<\/a> got the bright idea to screw him over and keep him on television as Steele longer than they\u2019d agreed. They then proceeded to make a few highly aggravating Steele adventures, introducing a rival character named \u201cTony\u201d and a completely unconvincing love triangle with Laura Holt. Tony was a macho jerk (no offense, Jack Scalia<\/a>, I\u2019m sure you\u2019re a decent guy), and because pretty gals\u00a0reliably get all weak-kneed over macho jerks in the movies and on TV (and occasionally in real life), Laura inexplicably had a case of the hots for Tony. (He was a jerk but not a wuss, an important distinction that explains why Laura never fell for Murphy, who was also sort of a jerk, but lacked the curly hair, hairy chest, and aggressive Indiana Jones\u00a0impersonation) This made for truly nauseating fare as the mystery stories\u2014always McGuffins for the Steele-Holt romance anyway\u2014took on a new queasy twist, and the viewer couldn\u2019t help but get the impression that jerkface Tony might just be groomed to become the \u201cnew\u201d Remington Steele.<\/p>\n

As\u00a0Brosnan was forced to endure this revolting extension of his until-then-terrific show, Timothy Dalton<\/a> became a really cool James Bond in movies that strove to be like the \u201cgood\u201d Bond films. Great stories, a minimum of silly humor, etc. He got to make two of these before MGM\/UA got into all sorts of financial mayhem that delayed the next Bond for six years.<\/p>\n

Dalton out, Brosnan in.<\/p>\n

Except that, by that point, the Eon folks had already made good on most of the \u201cusable\u201d Fleming titles. The ones that didn\u2019t headline movies had already been squeezed into the films in other ways\u2014\u201cThe Property of a Lady,\u201d for example, was a crucial element of Octopussy<\/a>\u2014so, feeling like \u201cThe Hildebrand Rarity\u201d and \u201cRisico\u201d weren\u2019t going to have any juice, they had already started making the titles up themselves.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>GoldenEye<\/strong> is not so bad, as far as made-up Bond titles go, a nod to the name Fleming gave his Jamaican estate. Brosnan\u2019s first turn as Bond was, in fact, his best overall. The Eric Serra score even works, more or less, and isn\u2019t the abomination many fans have labeled it. But it\u2019s downhill from there.<\/p>\n

The Cold War had ended by the time\u00a0GE came out, and we were reportedly living in times after history had \u201cended\u201d (what a ridiculous claim) and had not yet, well, \u201cre-started\u201d with the events of 9\/11. Tomorrow Never Dies<\/a> and The World Is Not Enough<\/a> are sporadically fun, and while it’s important to remember the Bond films were never particularly known for being “edgy” to begin with, these installments feel maddeningly irrelevant. The Bond producers made their first stab at recapturing gritty relevance, post-September 11,\u00a0with Die Another Day<\/a>, which didn\u2019t quite cut the mustard because everyone was too busy making it a 24-frames-per-second Trivial Pursuit celebration of movie Bond\u2019s 40th<\/sup> anniversary.<\/p>\n

Brosnan played a suave Bond, a Bond who meant business, a funny Bond, and yes\u2014a \u201cvulnerable\u201d Bond. His version of 007 is a little too emotionally overwrought at times for my tastes. His \u201cissues\u201d are a bit too visible. But then there\u2019s this:<\/p>\n

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Bond Girl Cassandra Harris in For Your Eyes Only (1981)<\/p><\/div>\n

Like the literary Bond, Brosnan wasn\u2019t really raised by his parents, but by others. Also like the literary Bond, Brosnan lost his wife to tragedy. When he first came to the attention of Albert R. Broccoli, he was visiting the set of For Your Eyes Only<\/a>, where then-wife Cassandra Harris<\/a> was portraying the Countess Lisl von Schlaf. Harris was one of the most beautiful, most alluring Bond women ever, in one of the best Bond films ever. When she\u00a0passed away\u00a0from ovarian cancer in 1991, Brosnan\u2019s biography was forever grafted to the fictional life story of 007, in that his spouse was taken from him in an awful, untimely way.<\/p>\n

Moore, Dalton, and\u00a0Brosnan have all had to play the \u201cTracy moment” at least once. Watch Brosnan\u2019s Tracy moment in TWINE. It\u2019s the most delicate and subtle of any of them, and was surely a tough beat\u00a0for the actor to play, though he certainly must have wanted to confront it onscreen, being a Bond fan himself and wanting to make his portrayal faithful to the spirit of Fleming. \u00a0It may not be the biggest or most memorable of those moments, but in all fairness, let\u2019s get on with it and accord the Brosnan era the respect it\u2019s due:<\/p>\n

Best in Suit<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Connery had the baby blue terry-cloth jumpsuit; Lazenby the kilt; Moore the brutally dated, four-pocket leisure suit (The Man with the Golden Gun<\/a>), and, for those who objected to it, the actual clown regalia. Just try to find one<\/em> of Brosnan\u2019s outfits from his\u00a0time in the role that\u2019s an equal misfire, just one<\/em> that isn\u2019t perfectly tailored and completely stylish. Brosnan wore Brioni, Omega, Ballantyne Cashmere, Turnbull & Asser, and nobody wore it better.\u00a0The problem with this singular achievement is that it often kept us from believing that this 007 would ever get significantly roughed up. I mean, look at him<\/em>. Every single hair of that “black comma” accounted for. He has a few bloody good dust-ups in his films (his brutal fistfight with Sean Bean in GE comes to mind), but then there\u2019s that straightening-the-tie gag that comes across a little Dukakis when he\u2019s in the tank, and a little repetitive (if not absolutely nutty) when he does it underwater in TWINE. Most of the time, it\u2019s pure James Bond, but every so often, it comes across a little Macy\u2019s catalog.<\/p>\n

Best Original Cast Replacement<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Judi Dench<\/a> as M<\/p>\n

Robert Brown<\/strong> made a fine M, first taking over the role in Octopussy<\/strong> after series stalwart Bernard Lee<\/a> made his final appearance in Moonraker<\/a> (there was no appearance by M in FYEO) and continuing through the Dalton films. When Brosnan became Bond, the decision was made to recast the support staff at MI6 (with the exception of Desmond Llewelyn\u2019s Q). The advice was to go for a star, so they found one of the best. Her tough relationship with 007 is a highlight of the four films, even though the scripts started to stretch credibility in the service of maximizing her screen time.<\/p>\n

And the Bond Girl Oscar Goes to\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Halle Berry<\/a><\/p>\n

Like it or not, Ms. Berry is the sole \u201cBond girl\u201d to have reached the elevated status of Oscar winner. (Dame Judi, not a “Bond Girl,” doesn’t count. Ditto Basinger, kids.) I like it, even if her sadly one-dimensional character in the film leaves me really cold, because I think she\u2019s a terrific actress. None other than future Bond helmer Marc Forster<\/a> (Quantum of Solace<\/a>) was responsible for getting her to the podium by way of her searing performance in Monster\u2019s Ball<\/a>. She\u2019s not just the gal from BAPS<\/a> and X-Men<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Best Crew Replacement<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Composer David Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n

Series composer John Barry will always be a tough act to follow, though many composers did serviceable or even stellar jobs subbing for him on the films for which he was unavailable (Martin and Hamlisch come to mind for me). David Arnold not only fearlessly took the Barry \u201csound\u201d and legacy and celebrated it, simultaneously adding his own distinctive style to the mix, he\u2019s now earned the distinction of being the only composer besides Barry to score more than one 007 film (Barry did 11; Arnold will have six at the completion of Bond 23). Listen closely to \u201cWhite Knight,\u201d the first significant cue for Arnold\u2019s debut 007 score, Tomorrow Never Dies<\/a>: You\u2019ll hear not only the exciting \u201cBond is Back\u201d horn blasts first heard in From Russia with Love<\/a>, but the swirling strings from the main theme of On Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Service<\/a> and the welcome return of the wah-wah<\/em> trumpet riffs that manage to afford the listener retro pleasures without coming across as terribly dated or comic (as they had been so brilliantly parodied in the Austin Powers<\/a> films). I think Arnold is best when he tones down the electronica (which reached its extreme in DAD\u2026pretty much like everything else about the film), and I\u2019d like to see him work further into the moodier and more melodic and romantic elements of the Barry sound, but Arnold has quickly become nearly as indispensible an asset to the series as his predecessor.<\/p>\n

Best Hotel Entrance<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Many fans regard DAD as one of the weaker entries in the series. I\u2019m one of them. Still, I\u2019m forced to award it the honor of having the best hotel entrance in the franchise. Bond is forever checking into swanky hotels, getting immediate, first-class service while casting an eye towards a gorgeous female passerby and coolly receiving\u00a0her lustful admiration. Here, Brosnan repeats a little gag that I seem to recall him playing out first on Steele, where he thinks nothing of strolling into a spotless, shiny establishment a filthy mess, head held high, class miraculously intact. Only the Brosnan Bond can appear this disheveled\u2026and still sell his billion-dollar status.<\/p>\n

Sexiest Moneypenny<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/strong>Samantha Bond<\/a><\/p>\n

The Bond producers decided to strengthen the feminist elements of the series not only by casting iron lady Dench as M\u2014they also elected to make 007\u2019s ever-faithful flirting partner at the office a little more sassy, a little more sexy, a little more capable of giving just as good as she got. Listen to Ms. Bond\u2019s Moneypenny during the limo briefing in TND; she really goes out of her way (along with M) to mock the way the service uses Bond\u2019s attractiveness to their advantage. (M: \u201c\u2026and then pump her for information.\u201d Moneypenny: \u201cYou\u2019ll just have to decide how much pumping is needed.\u201d) Ms. Bond also enjoys what I would call the greatest \u201cfan fiction\u201d moment in all of the Bond films, when she puts the virtual reality machine designed by faux-Q “R” (John Cleese<\/a>) to steamy good use.<\/p>\n

Best Music Video for a Rejected Bond Song<\/strong><\/p>\n

Swan Lee, Tomorrow Never Dies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just for fun:<\/p>\n

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In closing: Brosnan\u2019s quartet of 007 films, blockbusters all, nevertheless feel very \u201cthin\u201d to me, and that\u2019s not his fault. He\u2019d expressed the desire to make the official film of Casino Royale<\/a>. Too bad, Pierce. You didn\u2019t get to do that, either. Maybe it was expressing a preference for Quentin Tarantino<\/a> as director. The Bond producers will never, ever hire a director whose style and personality will overwhelm Bond.<\/p>\n

But Eon, you kinda owe him, because it\u2019s largely on the strength of his charm that his films are as good as they are. My dream is for Brosnan to have a Never Say Never Again<\/a> moment. Anything\u2019s possible in this era of filmmaking, where goofy trailers become full-on crazy features (and great ones, at that<\/a>). Why not let some enterprising filmmaker\u2014OK, even Tarantino, if you want him\u2014make a compelling short film of, say, \u201c007 in New York,\u201d and let Brosnan be Bond one more time?<\/p>\n

You don’t even have to ditch the reference to Solange, seeing as how you’ll be putting this “meta” project in a fashionable alternate universe, maybe releasing it in between Jeffrey Deaver’s Carte Blanche<\/em><\/a> this year and Bond 23 in 2012.<\/p>\n

But if you must make some sort of substitution for the already-used name…how about calling her \u201cViv\u201d?<\/p>\n

After all, it\u00a0was that kind of thinking outside the box\u2014way<\/em> outside the box\u2014that soon brought the series out of the dregs of creative exhaustion and back to explosive new life.<\/p>\n

James Bond Will Return With: <\/strong>Nobody Does Bond Better, 006: A Craig-Like Face<\/a><\/p>\n

Previously: Nobody Does Bond Better, 001: The Connery Craze<\/a> \/ Nobody Does Bond Better, 002: George Lazenby, A Model Bond<\/a> \/ Nobody Does Bond Better, 003: Moore, Roger Moore<\/a> \/ Nobody Does Bond Better, 004: The Dangerous Timothy Dalton<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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