It is not fair that we blaming him, the actor insread of screenwriters and producer. Pierce throughout his era always gave a good to great performance. Man did upheld his part but was let down by the writing and scripts

Brosnan didn't kill Bond the writers did...

SIDE NOTE: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) is a criminally underrated film. It wasn't too dark, it hadn't gotten campy yet; it was a great balance. Unfortunately, it was just too ahead of its time. I believe that if it had be released now, given the current political climate, it would be a smash-hit. It remains one of my favorite 007 film

Timothy Dalton deserved another film. Those movies are totally underappreciated

I can’t blame Brosnan. The producers and directors determine how the scripts are written.

Where he may have failed in the films, he ushered in a new generation of Bond fans through the video games. For that, I am extremely grateful. Nightfire, Everything or Nothing, GoldenEye, all great games.

Era bias, brosnan is the definitive bond for me. He has the “Clark Kent” look. Totally subjective but has the “good guy hero” look with hair to match. Doesn’t panic and never look chaotic or too stressed, classy, mature, stoic and wise.

Brosnan LOOKED the role perfectly, he just had the misfortune of being in movies with rubbish scripts as they went along. *Goldeneye* remains a favorite for me though, and one of the best action flicks of the 90s.

Pierce Brosnan DID breathe new life into the character in GoldenEye, but it wasn’t his fault that his subsequent films became progressively worse. That falls on the shoulders of the producers, writers, and directors. Brosnan’s portrayal of him still stands as one of the best, cheesy writing notwithstanding.

Brosnan didn't kill it, the studios did. He didn't write the script, he only spoke the lines given.

Gotta change that title. Brosnan was the perfect Bond, the same way Cavill was the perfect Superman. Writers were the culprit of the way they had to play the characters.

Imo, the problem was definitely not with Brosnan. The man gave it his all, and is one of the main reasons I've watched GoldenEye a countless amount of times. I think the problems with his last three is the writing and the direction (and also being under a new producer). If he was given a different script and direction, I think we could've seen movies on par or even better than GoldenEye, just like with the Craig era. Same thing happened to Dalton, he was the best part with his movies, and it sucks they're hard to watch because they just felt so campy, and I like both campy and gritty Bond films.

One of the best things about the Bond franchise is that no matter how outlandish or ridiculous, the producers will always right the ship for the next Bond movie. One title (and one actor) has never killed this series. And in regards to Die Another Day not being "beloved. At all." it would gross over 431 million worldwide. That's over 700 million adjusted for today's inflation. The biggest box office of the Brosnan era. Love or hated, if it "killed the franchise" the corpse surely had money stuffed in its pockets.

If I'm not mistaken, Brosnan was contractually signed for 4 films, and couldn't back out of DAD regardless of whether he liked the script or not. You could say he had no choice but to go along with the ludicrous filming, or be sued for it. Whether he had the actual power to influence the director or screenwriter to change the script, who knows. In my opinion, he got fired unfairly. He was, and always will be, a terrific Bond for me

Bronan is my favorite Bond. Out of all the actors he was perfect at balancing dark and gritty with dropping one liners without either feeling awkward. He also LOOKS like Bond.

Pierce Brosnan was THEE!! James Bond. The mannerisms, the charm, he could hold his own in a fight rather believeably & definitely nailed the wit aspect of his character

Tomorrow Never Dies is my favorite Bond film due to the combination of Michelle Yeoh's badassery, David Arnold's excellent score, the villain's insane plan that became more relevant over time, the remote-controlled car, the handcuffed motorcycle chase, etc... It just flows for me from beginning to end.

It wasn't Pierce's fault. it's the writers and producers. Even he was dissatisfied with the direction the franchise was going in. As a fan of his since Remington Steele, Goldeneye more than lived up to my expectations of his portrayal.

Brosnan was Bond for me. Too smooth. I had no idea of prior casting as a child and he killed that role. The writing became eventually worse, I even forgot that Die Another Day existed but it was in no way his fault. He worked with what he got. Damn shame.

I think one of the reasons Goldeneye is so special, is that it's one of the few Bond films post Connery that wasn't chasing a fad. "Star Wars is popular, let's make Moonraker. Computers are a thing, let's make A View to a Kill. People love Marvel movies, let's lazily try to connect the Craig films like a shared universe via Spectre". Goldeneye wasn't trying to do anything but be a good Bond film.

Don’t forget that much as many of us deeply dislike Die Another Day, it was actually a massive worldwide hit at the time. None of those films flopped. There was no reason for the public to reject Brosnan if the series had done a course correction with him still attached.

My favorite Bond. The franchise was on life support when Goldeneye came out. Everyone immediately accepted him and his films were all hits. It’s easy to criticize now, but at the time he Was Bond.

Pierce was Bond. The producers just didn’t know how you write for him.

Tomorrow Never Dies is one of the most underrated Bod movies and so ahead of its time.

I think you forgot that what really changed the tone along with the whole "reboot" was that the Bourne Movies' grittiness was a major factor at how the folks thought about re imagining Bond.

Brosnan will always be peak Bond. Craig was also great, but Goldeneye is so iconic.

Brosnan did a fantastic job in all the films he was in. It was the writers and directors that made the mistakes.

Don't care what anyone says, I loved Die Another Day. It was fun as hell and I still enjoy rewatching it!!!

I grew up with the Brosnan films, loved them! Especially the first and the last ones! But I always loved watching all the old ones on spike tv’s 13 days of 007!

Pierce Brosnan with out question represented James Bond in a very dignified manner. He helped revived the series and was a very good James Bond. Remember Pierce was just coming off his Remington Steele fame and was young and handsome and could do action and drama which the character always need to be. The years he spent playing the character was very good and I remember they were always very popular in the theaters also. Let´s give respect where respect it due. Whoever was chosen after him had to live up to big standards and Daniel Craig who nobody even wanted in the role set the bar even higher so it will be the same now that he is finished with his contract.

Goldeneye is a classic, and Tomorrow never dies and The World is not enough are SO UNDERRATED. Tomorrow never dies is one of the most rewatchable Bond movies for me, and The World is not enogh has a fantastic plot. That being said, Brosnan was always flawless in the role. Even in Die another day, that I enjoy as a guilty pleasure. He was so cool in that movie despite many cheesy lines he had to say. I love his ternure so much.

Brosnan did the best with what he was given. He was a great Bond who unfortunately had inconsistent and rushed scripts that didn't allow him to take the character as far as he wanted to.

The writing utterly failed Brosnan, even in his worst films he performed above and beyond. Die Another Day is his worst film but actually has some of Brosnans most interesting character work up top. You can feel elements of what would eventually save the franchise in Casino Royale trying to eke through the absolute nonsense of the plot.

Die Another Day, was my first Bond movie, I remember ir was so great, I was 7 years old with my father, I don't know if it is nostalgia but for me was so good, and now that I have grown up I see it and enjoy it even more now. It's a great movie, doesn't need to be so realistic to be good.

The 007 video game “Everything or Nothing” should have been a film. It is Brosnan’s true final Bond story.

His movies are still more fun, entertaining and enjoyable than most of the Daniel craig ones. They are maybe cheesy or dated but always so fun with constant action and some charismatic villains

Although Daniel had the best 007 films and Connery was the original, when I think of James Bond I think of Brosnan. He looked and sounded like what James Bond was supposed to look and sound like. Its a shame he wasn't given better films to be in.

Pierce Brosnan is my favorite James Bond. I don’t think it was him who’s responsible for why Bond took a hiatus.

The invisible Aston with invisible tires just blew it in Die Another Day.

Pierce Brosnan was supposed to play James Bond in "The Living Daylights" instead of Timothy Dalton! Brosnan was on the producers radar when he visited the set of "For Your Eyes Only" (where his first wife Cassandra Harris was a Bond girl) and then "Remington Steele" raised Brosnan's profile. In 1986, NBC cancelled "Remington Steele" and Brosnan was one of the top contenders for Bond and got the role. When news of the casting leaked, interest in "Remington Steele" surged causing NBC to renew the series (a few days before announcement of Brosnan as Bond). Because of that, Brosnan was put back under contract for the show and Albert R. Broccoli withdrew the offer (because he didn't want James Bond to be associated to the character of Remington Steele) and cast Timothy Dalton instead.

He didn’t kill the franchise, he simply saved it and brought in a younger audience. Die Another Day is great in my opinion despite the tsunami kite surfing scene. As much as I like Craig there would be more of an argument that he killed the franchise vs Brosnan. Craig wanted to kill off Bond when he got the part for Casino Royale which happens to be my favorite Bond film.

in terms of pure performance as Bond, he will always be my number 1 easily

I still say Tomorrow Never Dies is underrated.

In fairness I would blame the writers, executives, and directors before Pierce, who was always game even in the bad ones. It really seemed like they didn't know what to do with him after GoldenEye, and decided to go the campy route again when having a Craig-esque arc would have worked far better

Timothy Dalton and Pierce have always been the best bonds. The greatest things of their two eras was that their movies where just grounded enough to take seriously, but just campy enough to also have fun with. That’s what Bond should always be

He did what was required and gave solid performances always. His Bond perfectly blended the charm with the dangerous unlike any others imo. I think the writers tried too hard which led to the series not being quite as good. Plus his critics always seem to have very ridiculous complaints e.g. "he was too good-looking, it was distracting" wtf?

My mom grew up around the Roger Moore era, she likes him, but SHE LOVES Pierce Brosnan, not only as James Bond but it's one of her big screen crushes, she was one of those people who knew Pierce since his days as Remington Steele cause it was one of her favorite series, same as my Great Uncle who it's been a Bond fan over +60 years, it's not the first time they cast the star of an spy tv series as Bond, my Great Uncle knew Roger Moore because of his role as Simon Templar in The Saint, coincidentally the first episode of The Saint aired before the release of Dr. No.

Hands down, The best Bond.

Would be cool to see a spinoff of an older bond played by brosnan that takes place long after his official spying years and is connected more to the original canon just for fun

Completely unfair to blame all this on Brosnan. The tone of this video sounds like Pierce is to blame, when, in fact, I'd argue Die Another Day is one of his better performances in the role, even if it is the worst of the 4. He's absolutely confident in the role at this point and his range when it comes to being a vulnerable man trying to rise from the ashes was fantastic

Pierce was truly under utilized after Goldeneye. His entire Bond career was in turmoil from his inception due to the issues with his Remington Steele contract. His acting never really changed despite writers direction and stories, and certain scenes in each film show he was still Goldeneye Bond, just locked behind Hollywood bureaucracy. It seems almost every actor who played Bond had to deal with some heavy mistreatment and criticism, but to this day Goldeneye is consistently a top 5 bond, and Pierce will always be the iconic version I strived to be as a boy, and emulate today as a man...albeit with more witicism and significantly less hair

I love Brosnan role as 007

I think it is a misjudgment to label Brosnan as the person who killed the franchise. Poor writing and plot lines and other characters are at fault. Brosnan shows great maturity and growth throughout his tenure. The rest of the film is garbage but Brosnan does deliver some great performances in Die Another Day, which contrasts with how he is in Goldeneye (one of the all time greats!). I believe he has done the best he can with the material given to him.

Brosnan Bond was an art and/or product of its time. Practical, explosive, bloated fun!

So Pierce with Goldeneye and I agree, that was one of my favorite bond films, then came die snother day.....and makes me want to put nightfire after even if it's just a game, i'd rather let that be the last Pierce Brosnan bond movie

I actually like all four Pierce Brosnan James Bond movies. I enjoyed all of them. I know that Die Another Day had negative reviews and bad reception which is considered the worst one, but I still like the movie quite a bit. It’s a fun movie to watch and enjoy. It’s probably my favorite alongside Goldeneye and the World is Not Enough which are two fantastic movies. Tomorrow Never Dies is a great movie also.

Pierce Brosnan is overdue for a more consistent autumn career phase. I can see him eventually giving a performance that contends for Best Supporting Actor mentions, like Sean Connery did.

He portrays the quintessential Bond characteristics the best, in my opinion. His air of confidence, suaveness, etc. Tragically the move plots ruined this opportunity.

that line "for England, James? No. For me." gives me chills

Don't care what anyone says but Dalton was a badass Bond who brought toughness back into the franchise. Licence to Kill is one of my favourite of the lot

Brosnan was born to play Bond he can't be blamed for the CGI and shakey camera style that ruining Die another Day

Die another Day is my absolute favorite brosnan Bond movie

While I still think Timothy Dalton deserved another film, I can't really imagine Goldeneye with him on it, and if he was allowed a third film, Goldeneye as we know it would've probably not happened.

Pierce was one of the best bonds, it's unfortunate that the wiring wasn't good enough. Goldeneye is still my favorite but I loved tomorrow never dies. The others were unfortunately forgettable, hopefully the new bond will lean more towards gritty realism then goofy.

The World is Enough may have some flaws but you can't not acknowledge than it also features the first female main villain of the franchise. And despite being a pretty traditional villain who lets the henchmen do the job, Elektra is still a very interesting villain.

The World is Not Enough and Tomorrow Never Dies get too much hate. Personally, I enjoyed them more than Goldeneye.

Here's the screenwriters during the Brosnan's Bond era. - "GoldenEye": - Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine and Bruce Feirstein; Story by Michael France Michael France wrote the first draft, then Jeffrey Caine was brought in to rewrite it, after that Bruce Feirstein was also brought in. Kevin Wade (acting as a ghostwriter) helped polish the script. - "Tomorrow Never Dies": - Written by Bruce Feirstein A lot of writers were considered before Bruce Fierstein was chosen. His script was rewritten by other writers before being handed back to him to polish it, but he's listed as the sole screenwriter. - "The World Is Not Enough": - Screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade, and Bruce Feirstein; Story by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade This is where screenwriter duo Neal Purvis and Robert Wade enter the Bond universe. Bruce Feirstein was also brought in to help add/polish the script. - "Die Another Day": - Written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade This is the only Bond film were Purvis & Wade are the only screenwriters! - After that, during the Daniel Craig era, other writer(s) were brought in to help finish/polish the script.

I can't believe Timothy Dalton only has 2 movies, he was great I really love those movies, feel a bit more of a slow burn and they are not afraid of being taken seriously, and those theme song, wow, I still got 'em on my iPod.

Man the Brosnan era, that's my childhood, my first movie was Goldeneye, I played the game a lot at my grandma's house since my uncle had a N64, and I played so much I though the movie was an adaptation, but still loved Goldeneye. I think tomorrow never dies is really great, and watching it in the early 2000's on reruns and seeing the villain as this Rupert Murdoc with a Steve Jobs flair, a tech/media mogul felt like the real 21st century villain, and the martial arts mixture was good as well, The World is not Enough tough, great videogame, superb theme song, mid movie. Now, Die Another Day, it was my first Bond I saw in theaters and as a kid, it blows your mind, I really love it, I think this and The Phantom Menace are my guilty pleasure movies, because they really make me reconnect with my inner child, bombastic set pieces, great production value, and more cheese than those movie theater nachos, I tell you, I just love it, but just like its theme song by Madonna, Die Another Day it's overall a banger, but not the best for James Bond.

Pierce was a fine Bond, the movies just fell apart around him. For what it's worth, I consider Tomorrow Never Dies a bit of an underrated dark horse in the series, and Die Another Day is at least enjoyable for how totally bonkers it is - it's kind of Moonraker for the new millennium.

The world is not enough is my favorite bond movie as it was my first to see in the movie theater as a kid. Great memories. Also, I found Goldeneye and Tomorrow never dies quite good too. The „Die another day“ they messed up big time, though.

Given that the fifth film would have taken place in the 1950s, been based on Casino Royale and directed by Tarantino…yes it would have worked. Pierce Bronson was the perfect casting choice. There will never be another like him.

i love _Pierce Brosnan_ Bond version, he's truly brutal Bond less girls. alot killing a bad guys

Bronson was a good Bond. Goldeneye was one of the best in the franchise and Tomorrow Never Dies and World is not Enough (video game is a hidden gem), we’re decent. The writers and studio really gave us the dud of Die Another Day.

When I was a kid, I bought myself a portable DVD player to watch on long car rides. I only had two movies, for some reason, 8 Mile and Die Another Day. I must've seen Die Another Day forty times and as a kid, I loved it, it was what I imagined "grown-up cinema" was. But, that was 15+ years ago. Part of me as an adult though, wants to rewatch it. Maybe some day, I'll take a bunch of edibles (so I can get through it) and give it a go.

One could also argue that the quality of the theme songs suffered the same rate of decline throughout the Brosnan era, as well. Tina Turner's contribution to Goldeneye is, in my opinion, one of the very best. Whereas the same cannot be said about whatever it was Madonna tried to do with Die Another Day's theme song.

Goldeneye and TND are my favorite Bond films

Let's not forget that if Brosnan could have gotten out of his "Remington Steele" contract, or been able to shoot on hiatus from the series, there may not have been a Dalton era at all. The films themselves went off the rails, but until Craig, Brosnan was the #2 Bond in history after Connery. Craig surpassed him and knocked him down to third, but he had all of the attributes you wanted to see in the character.

I'm your fan not necessarily a bond fan I'm always curious about your good points in the movies that changed or influenced the world and yourself I really apriciate your point and gives me a appetite for rewatching movies such as these ones

Some perspective, the world read about Bronsan training to take on Bond role years before his debut. When Remington Steele kept him from making the leap, fans waited. When it finally happened, fans were curious to turn out for Goldeneye to see him finally in the role he was bound to play.

I don't know about anyone else but to me the Austin Powers movies played a big role in my changed perception of the Bond movies back then. My and my friends actually watched Austin Powers 2 on DVD the day before we went to watch Die Another Day. We couldn't take anything serious.

Brosnan was a flawless Bond. The movies dropped in quality yes but he was perfect in the role throughout

And what’s sad is that the games that featured Pierce’s likeness were spectacular. I never played it, but Everything or Nothing was a great story. I played Nightfire and boy, that would have been an AMAZING movie.

Being old enough to have seen the old bond movies, young enough to not even realize the significance of dame Judy dench being cast

Tomorrow Never Dies is actually my favorite Bond film that I've seen so far. I was hoping the Michelle Yeoh character would get her own spin-off

Great video guys thanks for your honest thoughts on pierce's performance as 007 his movies 🎬 were great in their day sure they were camp 😅and over the top but bond movies are meant to be over the top, and been an Irishman such as myself I have to like pierce 😅😊

This video was totally on-point, very well-observed.

Goldeneye was definitely my favorite Bond film of the Brosnan era. Tomorrow never dies, The world is not enough, and Die Another day didn't have that same appeal Goldeneye had, I'm not saying they were bad movies, I thought they were good, but definitely toned down. When Goldeneye was written they obviously had Timothy Dalton in mind for the role which would explain why Pierce Brosnan's Bond had a completely different personality in that movie compared to the films following, had Brosnan portrayed the character the way he did in Goldeneye in the rest of his Bond films they would have been a lot better.

Maybe I have a soft spot for TND, as it's my first Bond movie I saw in theaters and my introduction do Michelle Yeoh, but I loved it. The action and the gadgets are great and I enjoyed Pryce hamming it up as Carver as a villain that's probably gotten more believable as time went on. The henchman Stamper is physically imposing but kind of forgettable and I guess you could say the movie feels like just another Bond romp rather than something more special like Goldeneye, but I think it's still enjoyable.

“Killing” the franchise can’t really be on Brosnan. After all, the producers and director set the story and tone. That said, I preferred Dalton’s grittier 007, especially in License to Kill, and I thought Brosnan was just a return to Moore, just not as campy. So I was happy to see the producers switch back to a gritty Bond with Craig.

Hearing the plot descriptions, I’m wondering if we watched the same films. Because someone kind of forgot to mention the big twists in the latter two which, especially in The World is Not Enough gave it a boost. Because Renard isn’t the main villain by any means!

2:07 I'm not a hard core bond fan, I just find your voice soothing

Having directly experienced the Remington Steele days as a ritual with my Mom. You totally left out that the last couple of seasons of Remington Steele was basically Piece's attempt at "proving" he was the next 007. Which is exactly why they went a different way. In the beginning I was a a supporter of Pierce as the obvious choice .... in the end ... I preferred Timothy Dalton.

TMND and WND are 2 under-rated gems. No question.

Goldeneye will always be my ultimate bond film...the game is 👌👌👌

I wish they'd watched some of Calvin Dyson's videos on this topic before making factual errors, but I appreciate the effort.

Pierce was my favorite Bond with Roger and Sean tied in second place. Never saw any other Bond films after Pierce left.

Brosnan is the best Bond. I love his films

Brosnan is a great actor and a great James Bond. GoldenEye is a very important movie in my life.

since I liked, subscribed and now commented... apparentley I am a hard core bond fan