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Post by Cpt. Sir Dominic Flandry on Oct 8, 2010 5:18:54 GMT -5
Goldeneye seems to be considered the best Brosnan Bond movie and Die Another Day the worst.
That leaves Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough.
Which of these other two Brosnan Bond movies do you think is the best?
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Post by FormerBondFan on Oct 8, 2010 10:00:30 GMT -5
TWINE for me.
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Post by Jake on Oct 8, 2010 13:25:31 GMT -5
I prefer TWINE. TND starts well but becomes a bit samey in the second half.
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Post by mh4213 on Oct 9, 2010 5:35:14 GMT -5
Like Jake I prefer TWINE as it has more going on.
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Post by Gambit on Oct 10, 2010 12:50:09 GMT -5
I don't think either are great but both have some good action sequences. TWINE probably edges it although they didn't have much of an ending for that film.
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Post by JackBurton on Oct 10, 2010 13:24:11 GMT -5
Going against the grain, I think Tomorrow Never Dies is probably more entertaining.
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Post by Gambit on Oct 12, 2010 7:34:30 GMT -5
Which one made the most money?
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Post by FormerBondFan on Oct 12, 2010 10:50:57 GMT -5
Which one made the most money? TWINE
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Post by poirot on Oct 12, 2010 12:33:18 GMT -5
TWINE was the highest-grossing Bond film at the time- a record that was subsequently broken by DAD. No one seems to remember that today, since it's easier to just accept the PR myth that the series was dead in the water until the reboot.
Of course, then CR became the highest-grossing Bond film and QOS came very close to topping it soon afterwards. (And would have, if the film had actually been any good.)
It's interesting to note that of these four films, only one is generally considered to be any good by fans. Yet they continually rose in box office numbers. It suggests that the grosses ultimately have little to do with artistic merit or which actor happens to be playing Bond, and everything to do with how aggressively the sequels are marketed. EON's best gimmick of the past decade was not the reboot, but the fact that the internet has allowed them to reach an ever-widening audience.
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Post by FormerBondFan on Oct 12, 2010 13:07:30 GMT -5
Of course, then CR became the highest-grossing Bond film and QOS came very close to topping it soon afterwards. (And would have, if the film had actually been any good.) I'm glad QOS didn't top CR, but I'm still pissed that it's grossing Bond here in the US.
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Post by Gambit on Oct 12, 2010 13:29:55 GMT -5
CR and QoS did better business in Europe and other markets than in the US.
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Post by FormerBondFan on Oct 12, 2010 13:46:37 GMT -5
And I'm still pissed that QOS made the top 10 list domestically.
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Post by harrypalmer on Oct 13, 2010 14:03:09 GMT -5
TND was handicapped because it had to go up against Titanic.
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Post by poirot on Oct 13, 2010 15:00:29 GMT -5
TND was handicapped because it had to go up against Titanic. It's also the only recent Bond film EON didn't open in November. This is one more reason why I doubt they would try to open Bond 23 during the summer.
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Post by FormerBondFan on Oct 13, 2010 19:02:45 GMT -5
TND was handicapped because it had to go up against Titanic. It's also the only recent Bond film EON didn't open in November. This is one more reason why I doubt they would try to open Bond 23 during the summer. The holiday season of both 2011 and 2012 will be filled with vampires.
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