GoldenEYE (1995)!!!!...

Best of the brosnan, I disliked it in the theatre but it grew on me in rewatch

Yay

My favorite James Bond movie and one of the most thoroughly entertaining action movies ever made imo.

It's the best of the Brosnan era but at this point in time, at least based on my last viewing of it in Dec 2014, it does not hold up (my previous viewing was Sep 2012. so in other words it took a solid hit between those two dates).

in fact, all of the Brosnan Bond movies took a hit for me in the Dec 2014/Jan 2015 viewings to where I no longer like any of them which is odd because at one point in the past (probably before Casino Royale (2006) or thereabouts) the Brosnan Bond movies collectively were my top Bond movies. but the 1997/1999 Bond movies took a rather large hit in Jan 2015 from about a 7/10 to a 2/10 as I could not even finish them due to boredom. at least GoldenEye/Die Another Day are still average for me, but no longer worth re-watching.

who knows... maybe ill give GoldenEye another chance at some point but probably not for the near future anyways.

p.s. Brosnan's #1 movie straight up... The Matador (2005) (8/10 ; within my Top 39 movies). that's the only movie of his that still holds strong for me to this day (Feb 2019 is my most recent re-watch of this) as The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) used to be a strong movie for me but that took a hit in June 2019 when it went from a 9/10 to a 6/10, but at least I still mildly like that one.

Yay, but with a truck full of neatly stacked empty Perrier cans that would never ever happen.

PB's best Bond film by some distance. Yay




GoldenEye proved to be a great Bond film because the makers got most of the key elements right. They managed to freshen up things by way of the astute casting of Dench, the new Moneypenny (Samantha Bond) was appealingly feisty and they gave Brosnan a script perfectly tailored to his talents. Crucially the classic elements of previous Bond productions are deftly incorporated as well, exotic locations (Monte Carlo, Puerto Rico), tough and sexy Bond girls, gadgets, many different vehicles, strongly played villains and Bond also has to use brain and brawn at times. There are many who love the gadget side of Bond, and many who prefer him as an intelligent and tough human being, GoldenEye caters for both sides of the fence. One minute he's using a headbut to escape from a perilous cockpit situation, the next he's got a laser watch to get out of another deathtrap. Something for all here. There's also some edginess in the script, a truly great passage as Bond and M drink Bourbon, you can cut the atmosphere with a knife, a dialogue exchange about Cossacks where an acknowledgement comes from Bond that carries real weight and the barbed observations that Trevelyan throws Bond's way. While it's great to see a ruthless Bond in the final showdown. This is often mature and potent stuff.