Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="payn" data-source="post: 9699470" data-attributes="member: 90374">Pretty much. If Moore saved Bond, then Id say Brosnan resurrected Bond. Goldeneye was just an all around fun movie. Pierce was suave as you say, the film was larger than life, but also had a pretty good post cold war story to it. What followed wasnt all that great (the writing as you say) but Goldeneye wouldnt surprise me to rank high on a lot of Best bond movie lists.   I think they wanted to take Bond in a more serious direction, but just didnt fully grasp how to do it. How do you make it more dramatic and less campy with all the iconic "I grew up with Moore" expectations? Too sharp a left turn I believe for folks to really get on board. You can see the over-correction in the Brosnan era with the return of gadgets and girls, yet the stories were generally serious but inconsistent in their writing. Craig was the get Bond serious right route that finally took. They were able to keep the crazy over the top stunts, but also keep a serious Bond with dramatic stories that were interesting (generally). Agreed. This seems more like the flex my Bond knowledge move than a serious argument.</blockquote>