Rank Pierce Brosnan's Bond fillms

[Shon]

Goldeneye is easily one of the greatest Bond films of all time.

 

[vanson]

The order they came out.

agreed

with a huge gap between the last two... DAD was just lunatic imo

 

[Harry_Lime02]

1. GOLDENEYE: Slow start, but is really engrossing once it gets going. Sean Bean is great. Natalya is such an underrated Bond girl. Top 5.

2. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH: Despite it's major flaws - too many action sequences, Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist in hot pants....I've always found it somewhat enjoyable as the story is good and Elektra was a great villainess.

3. TOMORROW NEVER DIES: Not awful, but definitely in the bottom tier of Bond films. The only thing I really liked about it was Jonathan Pryce.

4. DIE ANOTHER DAY: Ridiculous invisible car, bad CGI, terrible dialogue - this one is just awful, and maybe the worst Bond film ever.

 

[Prison Mike]

Goldeneye > Tomorrow Never Dies > The World is Not Enough > Die Another Day

 

[Golgo-13]

Pierce is the one Bond who's movies are rated by most in the order they came out, although i do believe that TWINE has a slightly better story that TND, it's just that Christmas Jones killed it for me.

But anyhow:

GE
TND
TWINE
DAD

Craig's Bond might be heading the same way....

 

[Doctor Jones]

Goldeneye

The World Is Not Enough - guilty pleasure

Tomorrow never dies - never did that much for me

Die Another Day - apart from the prison sequences, the movie is ass.

 

[Golgo-13]

TWINE is the best Bond film in the 90's surpasses all 70's films, and its on par with LTK, TLD and, of course, GE.

And for the 10000000000th time, DAD is not bad. Just not an all-out gritty Bond film. I'd say its good, in fact. Up until the Iceland time, its gold.

Are you serious? TWINE on par with TLD? The Living Daylights is the most well balanced, story driven coupled with complementary action Bond films in the entire franchise.

 

[Golgo-13]

TWINE is the best Bond film in the 90's surpasses all 70's films, and its on par with LTK, TLD and, of course, GE.

And for the 10000000000th time, DAD is not bad. Just not an all-out gritty Bond film. I'd say its good, in fact. Up until the Iceland time, its gold.

Are you serious? TWINE on par with TLD? The Living Daylights is the most well balanced, story driven coupled with complementary action Bond films in the entire franchise.

 

[childeroland]

1. Goldeneye--Famke Janssen--'nuff said. Sean Bean makes a terrific villain
2. The World is Not Enough--ditto Sophie Marceau
3. Die Another Day--underrated--this is great goofy fun and very much in the spirit of the novel Moonraker
4. Tomorrow Never Dies--when Michelle Yeoh cannot save your film, it's BAD. And Teri Hatcher...no. Just no.

 

[Doctor Jones]

But... Hatcher looked so damn good.

 

[The Joker]

I like them pretty much in the order they were released:

Goldeneye - Sean Bean is a good villain, while Famke Janssen makes a truly memorable villainess. Natalya Simonova is a pretty weak leading lady though. She'd be my only real complaint about the movie. Brilliant introduction to the new M.

Tomorrow Never Dies - Jonathan Pryce is a great megalomaniac villain. Really channeling the spirits of his predecessors like Auric Goldfinger, Dr No, Scaramanga, Blofeld, and other classic Bond megalomaniac villains. Michelle Yeoh is a decent leading lady. Tough and kick ass. I liked Teri Hatcher in the sacrificial lamb role. Loved Vincent Chiavelli's cameo as Dr Kaufman.

The World is not Enough - Robert Carlyle is a weak villain. Dying from a bullet traveling through his brain which makes him impervious to pain. Yeah whatever. Denise Richards is laughable as Nuclear Physicist, Dr Christmas Jones. And the whole plot about oil was boring. The real stars of this movie are Sophie Marceau as Elektra King. Great Bond lady and villainess. Judi Dench as M also delivers a terrific performance, having a personal stake in this outing.

Die Another Day - I wanted to die right there and then when I watched this tripe. Lame villain, a Chinese general who changes his face into a posh English aristocrat. Halle Berry is ridiculous as Jinx. And the plot about diamond satellites, or whatever the hell it was, was lame sauce. So was Zao, the henchman with diamonds in his face. Awful movie to mark the 20th Bond movie.

 

[DACrowe]

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

I do not think he made the worst films in the series (those honors go to Diamonds Are Forever, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy, Moonraker and A View to a Kill).

It may skew my opinion as I grew up with Pierce Brosnan, but he is the second best James Bond after Sean Connery and he revived the series from the failure of the Dalton era as much as Craig brought the series back from the brink of absurdity (i.e. the second two acts of DAD). I think now that the "newness" of Daniel Craig's James Bond has worn off, many are starting to understand that. QOS was no homerun and IMO is as forgettable and mildly entertaining as Tomorrow Never Dies was (or many of the middling Bond films).

As to those who say they don't get why Goldeneye is so popular...

1) For older fans, as The Chairman pointed out, it saved the franchise. It was post-Cold War and Bond was considered a sexist relic (and he kind of is) that was obsolete. Brosnan combined the darkness of Connery with the humor of Moore and added his own 1990s "sensitive" side to Bond. It worked very well.

2) For younger generations (including myself) it was the first Bond to be seen in theaters. And unlike older installments, it wasn't creaky around the edges. It in short felt like a cutting edge action movie that had all the Bond charms and felt like the perfect product for a mid 1990s audience (as Casino Royale did to new audiences of 2006, save for it removed much of Bond's charms).

3) It was a very smart action film. It intelligently handled post-Cold War Russia, Bond's isolation and the cynicism he faced. He is squarely a product of the 20th century and he had to go into the 21st century like it was the dark unknown. That is how the film treated him and he came out on top guns blazing. That makes for a stronger narrative and arc, as he has something to prove in this shadowy, grim world "at the end of history," as neocon ideologues had dubbed the 1990s following the fall of the Berlin Wall. M was a woman, his allies were Russians and his enemy was a left over scar from World War II and Britain's crimes during the covert wars with Russia in the aftermath. And the villain being a fellow double-O agent made it cool.

The moment Bond breaks through a wall in a tank remains the coolest Bond moment of the post-Moore era to date. That is why Goldeneye is so beloved by fans and casual viewers alike. Well that and the awesome 1997 video game, of course.

 

[The Joker]

I do not think he made the worst films in the series (those honors go to Diamonds Are Forever, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy, Moonraker and A View to a Kill).

You don't think DAD ranks among the worst?

 

[DACrowe]

It's bad. But I thought the first act where he is captured, tortured for 2 years and goes rogue after being released and is in Connery-styled Cuba was pretty good.

Yeah, soon as he hits Iceland it becomes terrible. But I can't think of a good scene in Moonraker, AVTAK, DAF, etc. If it ranks among the worst, it is at the top of 'em. I just think people forget how many stinkers this franchise has had.

Oh one more reason GE is beloved: Xena Onatopp. Best bad girl in a Bond movie, ever.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Craig's Bond might be heading the same way....

Agreed.

First movie; gritty Martin Campbell actioner that reinvents 007 for a new generation.

Second movie; relentless, action-heavy, plot-lite blockbluster gloss

 

[M.O.Steel]

goldeneye
world not enough
die another day
tomorrow never dies

whoever says goldeneye is overrated is crazy... he fights 006 for crying out loud

 

[Sawyer]

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

The World is Not Enough, aside from the awful Denise Richards, is the most underrated Bond film ever IMO.

 

[M.O.Steel]

the most underrated, i wouldn't say, but definitely up there.

I think i would go with a view to a kill.

 

[StylishHokie21]

1. Goldeneye

2. The World Is Not Enough

3. Tomorrow Never Dies

4. Die Another Day

 

[scifiwolf]

1 - Goldeneye
T2 - Tomorrow Never Dies
T2 - The World is Not Enough
Not Even Close - Die Another Day

Goldeneye is certainly the standout of the four. My opinion is that it's the best. Tomorrow Never Dies and The World is Not Enough tie. If Michelle Yoah were transplanted into TWINE, then it gets a good bump, maybe up to number one. Die Another Day was so over the top and absurd, I still cannot force myself to sit through the whole movie.

 

[Van Petrol]

1. Goldeneye

2. The World Is Not Enough

3. Tomorrow Never Dies

4. Die Another Day

 

[Golgo-13]

the most underrated, i wouldn't say, but definitely up there.

I think i would go with a view to a kill.

I love AVTAK.

 

[The Joker]

Grace Jones bedding Bond. What a sight.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

I love AVTAK.

AVTAK has GREAT music, Christopher Walken and Tanya Roberts. Sure, her role basically involves screaming and is a step back into helpless 60's Bond girls, but she is surely one of the most beautiful of all Bond girls.

 

[Ajendo]

Goldeneye - It's a good bond film that reintroduces Bond in a post cold war world. Bean should and would have been a better Bond than Brosnan but it's still a solid film all round. Eric Serra's pathetic score ruins the movie though.

TWINE - This film was the birth of M intefering and having more screen time than she should have. Carlyle was criminally wasted as a villain, one of the worst and underwhelming villains in Bond history. Marceau was gorgeous, the PTS is classic regardless of it's stupidity (adjusting tie under water wtf?)

TND - Didn't think too much of this film. Hatcher was great, given her limited role. Dr Kaufman was excellent and probably forced Brosnan to conjur up his best performance in any Bond scene he was in. The entire office/printing press escape scene was vintage Bond though. Michele Yoh was ok I suppose but the movie is forgettable.

DAD - Started off well and then once Bond is out of Cuba the film goes to hell. Some of the best scenes where when Bond was in Cuba though. Him knocking out the south american was a classic moment. But um the less said about this film the better.