For me, the EON Bond's hit a high-water mark in "Octopussy", which was Roger Moore's best outing as 007. Then, Roger stuck around for one film too many in "A View To A Kill", which was not so good, and then we got stuck with Timothy Dalton's two movies which culminated with the worst Bond movie ever made ("Licence To Kill") and the near-destruction of the entire Bond movie franchise.
It was therefore a joy when I saw "Goldeneye" to realize that at last, Bond was back in a new exciting era of films. Pierce Brosnan does a fine job his first time out, playing Bond in the Connery mold with enough touches of Moore's style and charm to elevate him light years ahead of Dalton. Add to that, a great supporting cast, the best Bond girl in two decades in Izabella Scorupco and an entertaining story and you have the best Bond film since "Octopussy" and one of the best overall. I loved it from beginning to end, with the only blemish being Eric Serra's absolutely awful score (the title song was okay though). Unfortunately, the high quality of this film wasn't followed up in "Tomorrow Never Dies" (save for an improvement in the music). I'm hoping that "The World Is Not Enough" will emulate "Goldeneye" more, and indeed with Robbie Coltrane's character from this film slated as the upcoming villain, that may well turn out to be the case.
But no matter what happens, Pierce Brosnan has at least done one Bond film I will always return to and enjoy again and again.
It was therefore a joy when I saw "Goldeneye" to realize that at last, Bond was back in a new exciting era of films. Pierce Brosnan does a fine job his first time out, playing Bond in the Connery mold with enough touches of Moore's style and charm to elevate him light years ahead of Dalton. Add to that, a great supporting cast, the best Bond girl in two decades in Izabella Scorupco and an entertaining story and you have the best Bond film since "Octopussy" and one of the best overall. I loved it from beginning to end, with the only blemish being Eric Serra's absolutely awful score (the title song was okay though). Unfortunately, the high quality of this film wasn't followed up in "Tomorrow Never Dies" (save for an improvement in the music). I'm hoping that "The World Is Not Enough" will emulate "Goldeneye" more, and indeed with Robbie Coltrane's character from this film slated as the upcoming villain, that may well turn out to be the case.
But no matter what happens, Pierce Brosnan has at least done one Bond film I will always return to and enjoy again and again.