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[Vgamer]

This would be great news IMO if it turns out to be true as he is a great Bond. I just hope this time they get a good script so if this is his last one he goes out on top!

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050104d.php

 

[roman2k]

I doubt that.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

Casino Royale?

 

[Ghost]

I was under the impression Brosnan was already gone.

 

[Vgamer]

^^^guess he is not out of the running yet if that Bond fan club newsletter is right.

 

[AniHawk]

I hope he goes out with a good one if there is another. My opinion, he's the best Bond. Just has had some poor movies.

Spoiler

GoldenEye rocks.

 

[norinrad21]

I hope he goes out with a good one if there is another. My opinion, he's the best Bond. Just has had some poor movies.

Spoiler

GoldenEye rocks.

Yes it does but Sean is still the best Bond ever.

 

[Vgamer]

I agree Brosnan plays the character perfectly. If only he had some good material to work with the next movie would rule!

 

[Timbuktu]

Brosnan himself has seemed to have moved on from the part though expressed interest in coming back if the film was less "Die Another Day" action spectacle and more of a gritty intelligent thriller.

'Gritty Intelligent Thriller'? That's what I'm hoping for, a bit less sci-fi, with more grit and wit.

 

[AniHawk]

Yes it does but Sean is still the best Bond ever.

I saw one Bond film with Sean that had a fight scene that was ridiculous. All it consisted of was Sean ducking and moving side to side, while occasionally shooting the gun awkwardly.

Then at the end of it, this guy tells him, "you fought well." I just couldn't help but start laughing. I'll have to watch some more of his movies. Saw Dr. No, the one I just mentioned, Goldfinger, and two or three others I can't remember the names to. Saw one Roger Moore flick, and no Dalton Bond flicks (though I'd like to).

 

[DarienA]

'Gritty Intelligent Thriller'? That's what I'm hoping for, a bit less sci-fi, with more grit and wit.

Yeah and after they went IMO WAY over the top in terms of hi-tech in DAD... I think they do need to step back a bit.

 

[norinrad21]

I saw one Bond film with Sean that had a fight scene that was ridiculous. All it consisted of was Sean ducking and moving side to side, while occasionally shooting the gun awkwardly.
I'll have to watch some more of his movies. Saw Dr. No, the one I just mentioned, Goldfinger, and two or three others I can't remember the names to. Saw one Roger Moore flick, and no Dalton Bond flicks (though I'd like to).

I really did like the Living Daylights with Dalton, too bad he got owned by the critics.

Then at the end of it, this guy tells him, "you fought well." I just couldn't help but start laughing.

You sir don't like good and classic fight scenes for the early years :lol :lol :lol

 

[Prospero]

good and classic fight scenes for the early years

The fight scene in the train in From Russia With Love is still the best action sequence in all of Bond.

 

[RonaldoSan]

I can't wait to see his face plastered on some ridiculous cgi-model.

 

[Manics]

Bond movies stopped being good after the 70s.

 

[Willco]

This is probably not true and I'm not going to take the word of some guy who runs an international Bond fan club.

GoldenEye, did rock, but that's about it.

Besides...

JASON BOURNE > JAMES BOND

Accept it!

 

[MrPing1000]

Brosnan himself has seemed to have moved on from the part though expressed interest in coming back if the film was less "Die Another Day" action spectacle and more of a gritty intelligent thriller.

Brosnan +1000 even he knew that movie was shit. Tomorrow never dies was alright but Goldeneye was brilliant. Sean Bean and Alan Cumming added a lot to it as well.

 

[Azih]

Goldeneye was indeed amazing, it brought back a bit of the Cold War feel AND I think it's the only Bond flick in which James Bond gets emotionally involved and ANGRY, what with the betrayal of 006 and everything.

 

[psycho_snake]

Ive never seen an actor that could fit a role better than brosnan. he plays the part so bloody well. I wish that he does the next one. If not him, who will it be. I heard that it could be Orlando Bloom, which just scared the hell out of me. they would have to change the name to Jane Bond

I also think that the sci-fi should be cut down a tad bit.

 

[shuri]

They need to cut down a bit on the 'outrageous' stunts tho.

 

[Forsete]

I can see into the future, the next Bond movie will be about 28 big explosions, 4 crashed sports cars and 2 high-tech Nokia cell phones.

 

[Error Macro]

GoldenEye was one of the absolute best Bond films. Brosnan could have been the best, though just about everyone has Connery in their heart as Bond. Technically, Dalton's Bond was the closest to the books.

Besides...

JASON BOURNE > JAMES BOND

Accept it!

:lol :lol :lol


No.

 

[Diomedeskun]

Forget everything else. I love the old Bond movies for the awesomely over the top villains. I can't even remember any villain after Bean's 006. If foes as memorable as Francisco Scaramanga, Goldfinger, or Dr. No show up, then my interest in the series may return. That said, the Bond films just haven't worked as well since the fall of the Soviet Union.

 

[Error Macro]

That said, the Bond films just haven't worked as well since the fall of the Soviet Union.

I was thinking about this the other day. It's true. GoldenEye was awesome because it was still rooted in Cold War Russia era stuff, even though it came out in 1995. Even all the other Bond stories that had nothing to do with the USSR still worked because people felt the looming threat of the Evil Empire.

 

[Willco]

:lol :lol :lol


No.

The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy are better than any Bond film in a decade, and the two Bourne flicks are better than 97% of all the Bond films.

OLD AND BUSTED? BOND.

NEW HOTNESS? BOURNE.

 

[darscot]

I have to go with Bourne, the movies are just so much better. The Bond films are rubbish, there just bad action movies. I love the old ones but the new ones are just terrible.

 

[Lemurnator]

This is probably not true and I'm not going to take the word of some guy who runs an international Bond fan club.

GoldenEye, did rock, but that's about it.

Besides...

JASON BOURNE > JAMES BOND

Accept it!

Listen to this man.

 

[Prospero]

The Bond films are rubbish, there just bad action movies. I love the old ones but the new ones are just terrible.

The last two especially have been examples of talented directors undermined by the production process of a Bond film, where it seems like the producers come up with the action sequences first, and then stitch a lame storyline around them.

The World Is Not Enough: "Oh my God Michael Apted is making a Bond movie! Wait--that wasn't good."

Die Another Day: '"Oh my God Lee Tamahori is making a Bond movie! Wait--that didn't turn out well either."

 

[Error Macro]

The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy are better than any Bond film in a decade, and the two Bourne flicks are better than 97% of all the Bond films.

OLD AND BUSTED? BOND.

NEW HOTNESS? BOURNE.

Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, GoldenEye... That's 21% of the Bond movies right there.

Nov. 1995 (GoldenEye) - Jan. 2005 is less than a decade. Booyah!

 

[Timbuktu]

Ive never seen an actor that could fit a role better than brosnan. he plays the part so bloody well. I wish that he does the next one. If not him, who will it be. I heard that it could be Orlando Bloom, which just scared the hell out of me. they would have to change the name to Jane Bond

I also think that the sci-fi should be cut down a tad bit.

I was hearing Clive Owen and I think he would be good as a new Bond. It would be James Bond with his BMWs all over again! I like Brosnan as Bond, to me he is THE 007, but I think 007 needs a reinvention, like Batman, even though the last film didn't exactly bomb, I'm sure the next one would flop if they continue in that direction.

 

[Warm Machine]

For Your Eyes Only is the best Bond and that one has Roger Moore. The opening scene with the booby trapped Lotus and the Citron is excellent as is all the skiing sequneces in Switzerland. The diving scene and the submarine in the Mediterranean, the warehouse sequence in Greece, to the mountain climbing at Meteora. The movie has it all, as well as a more gritty tone.

Spy Who Loved Me is also a classic.

 

[bishoptl]

JASON BOURNE > JAMES BOND

This is a true statement. Hell, going back to "gritty" would make a lot of sense, considering how well that's done for Ludlum's franchise. I like Pierce Brosnan a lot - enough to go see that stupid Tequila Sunrise or whatever a few weeks back - but the Bond movies have devolved into empty spectacle. Frankly, Brosnan is all that's been keeping the franchise afloat, can you imagine Timothy Dalton in Die Another Day? It would have gone straight to video!

 

[belgurdo]

JASON BOURNE > JAMES BOND

Accept it!

Requesting this be Macro's tag

 

[Ristamar]

I hope he goes out with a good one if there is another. My opinion, he's the best Bond. Just has had some poor movies.

Spoiler

GoldenEye rocks.

I agree wholeheartedly.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

I liked Timothy Dalton, frankly. Brosnan is good, too, but the last two Bond movies were awful.

And I think they need to hire Connery to play the villain in the next one-- as a rogue old, retired agent. That would just rock.

Then then could just retire the series altogether.

 

[dskillzhtown]

I liked Timothy Dalton, frankly. Brosnan is good, too, but the last two Bond movies were awful.

Dalton was caught in the wrong place, wrong time. They wanted Brosnan and he became available after that movie, IIRC. I would prefer an actual "Spy " movie with action other than the other way around. But it seems the masses are totally eating up the "Action" Bond as box office goes up after every new movie. Hopefully the masses won't find a change in Bond too boring.

 

[Odnetnin]

that's cool. Better than what's his name. The Hulk actor who was rumoured to be the next bond. I actually think Brosnan makes a great James Bond.

Only problem I see is he is getting old. I've seen pics of him where he looks not sauve, chubby and haggard which only amazes me when he next appears on some mag cover looking fantastic.

 

[NLB2]

Holy shit, that guy looks just like me if I had a beard.

 

[Error Macro]

Requesting this be Macro's tag

:lol

 

[demon]

Holy shit, that guy looks just like me if I had a beard.

You look like Will Ferrel?

 

[AniHawk]

I was thinking about this the other day. It's true. GoldenEye was awesome because it was still rooted in Cold War Russia era stuff, even though it came out in 1995. Even all the other Bond stories that had nothing to do with the USSR still worked because people felt the looming threat of the Evil Empire.

And there seems to be this cold/blue overtone the entire movie. It helps pull me in as a viewer because the movie has a very noticeable atmosphere (music helps too).

I agree wholeheartedly Bond should be more spy than action. A talented director can make a good, suspenseful spy movie without a whole lotta gadgets. The only reason I'd ever care to see gadgets in a Bond film are because of Q.

 

[stonedwal]

Better than what's his name. The Hulk actor who was rumoured to be the next bond.

I still can't take Eric Bana seriously as an actor, having been exposed to his (admittedly good) sketch comedy throughout the 90's. Throughout The Hulk, I couldn't stop thinking "OI! That's Poida!"

Of course, outside of the Australians on the board, nobody will understand what I am talking about.

 

[CajoleJuice]

Add me to the list of people who think Bourne > Bond. The double super fatality combo of Die Another Day sucking so freaking bad, and the two Bourne movies being so freaking awesome, has made me forget about Bond movies.

 

[heavy liquid]

I also like the Bourne flicks. Like a serious Bond minus the cheese.

Bond needs to lose a bit of the camp. Goldeneye was great, I can only hope that Brosnan's last Bond flick is at least at par with it.

 

[The Shadow]

I've been very impressed with the Bourne movies. It has an honest to god espionage feel to it, unlike recent Bond movies. Goldeneye was a very good Bond flick but all the sequels since then have been more and more generic action movies. It's taken a bad turn really.

 

[Deg]

The bourne movies great but are different from bond.

 

[DarienA]

Goldeneye lovers... Goldeneye is on Showtime 3 right now.

 

[jett]

Bond movies were never good.

Fixed.

Jason Bourne rocks.

 

[Boogie9IGN]

Goldeneye was indeed amazing, it brought back a bit of the Cold War feel AND I think it's the only Bond flick in which James Bond gets emotionally involved and ANGRY, what with the betrayal of 006 and everything.

Actually, Bond was pretty damn pissed in License to Kill, what with Sanchez sending Dario (My name irl :O) to kill Felix Leiter's wife and feed Felix's leg to the sharks. That, on top with MI-6 revoking Bond's license to kill pissed him off.
P.S. Seeing Wayne Newton in that movie was hilarious.

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

James Bond is a relic of the Cold War. That's what made the movies so great. They reflected the times. Today our real life bad guys are more nebalous it makes it difficult to translate a James Bond to the new world order. JBs MO was is always to defend England. Borne works better today because his MO is/was to take out whoever that could be a emeny or an ally.