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And he's got another trailer coming on Thursday! For his murder club.
I think that's looking absolutely shocking, incidentally.
The idea this four are in an old peoples' home, or that Hogwarts there even is an old peoples' home... might be a bit too much for me to swallow.
Well, in the book it's more of a retirement village rather than an old peoples' home, so seeing this group in one doesn't bother me too much. The look of the place however, was not what I had in mind when reading the books!
I think PB is better when he's not giving "serious look them in the eye" performances. His early Remington Steele performances had great light touch. He is great at that light Cary Grant style although that style of acting is from a bygone era.
It's basically Agatha Christie with old people. 🤭
Almost expect Angela Lansbury (as Jessica Fletcher) to make an appearance (RIP).
What a fun film. Great smooth direction from McTiernan, a great jazzy piano soundtrack from Bill Conti, and sizzling performances from Brosnan and Russo. Leary too was also great - really enjoyed it.
I have to say though - making out on a marble staircase has got to be uncomfortable at the very least. Also, how did he get the painting into the suitcase without breaking it? Small nitpicks but yeah, really enjoyed revisiting this one.
What's Miss Marple then? :P
I absolutely love that film, have seen it many times. I even prefer it over the original. And yes, some minor flaws like the painting in the suitcase, they probably should've taken a smaller painting. But this one is just beautiful and it doesn't really detract from the story.
I think it's probably Brosnan's best movie, better than the Bonds even.
Rene Russo was a bad choice. She was like a soccer mom.
Wasn't Cameron Diaz the original choice? she was too young anyway.
I was wholly impressed
The first Bond film I ever saw was TWINE, the GoldenEye game before that was the first time I'd ever heard of James Bond, I came into this series and this character that I love during the Brosnan era.
I've been on these forums for a long time. When I was in my late teens probably til around the age of 20, I had turned on Pierce Brosnan, as a Bond, as an actor, I was letting internet consensus sway me...I do have a lot of issues with his era and I do think he's the Bond actor who least "forged his own path", but I've come to realize that most of my problems with the Brosnan films stem from the scripts and production.
Nonetheless, I used to say quite vicious and unfair things about Pierce on here, 10, 11 years back...and I look at those comments with a lot of shame now. There has never been a bad James Bond.
I have to say, I don't think Brosnan's accent is especially terrible in Mobland. It's just really strange that they decided this particular accent is the one they wanted the character to have.
Broz said they used a certain Kerry politician as inspiration, and I think this was the man. His name's Danny Healy-Rae. When you listen to him, you'd have to say that Broz does a fairly solid impression (just from the mouth of a much more competent character!):
I just think it was the wrong choice for the show.
All that aside, I think he is excellent. Even in a crowd of strong names, he owns every scene that he's in. And when he goes dark, he's even better. Really good stuff.
I think they played it safe with Brosnan.
I've never blamed the actor. It's clear the producers were afraid after the Dalton era. I think it took Bourne to realize they were limiting themselves.
Agreed. He’s very unpredictable in the role, and many times, especially from about episodes 4-8, he had my stomach in knots.
And as an aside: very happy to see Tom Hardy engaged again. I haven’t enjoyed him this much since The Krays (and my god, his jujitsu training has not only altered him physically (his neck is thicker than one of my thighs), but, I think, it helped him bring out a very calm menace while he’s playing chess with the other characters (who are impulsive and fall into the traps he lays)). He was a very dangerous character indeed.
The sequence of Hardy laying waste to the Mexicans in Antwerp was big screen worthy. He had so many great little moments. The two with Eddie Harrigan (the bathroom scene after the funeral, and the bedroom scene where he talks about his daughter) sent real chills down the spine.
My god, that scene in the bedroom was beautiful! The tension was stretched to the point I thought my brain was going to snap. That was incredibly written, directed and, of course, acted. And they gave us a conclusion I’m not sure anyone saw coming. It was brilliant.
Bang-on about the Antwerp attack— BIG big screen worthy. Fantastic work.
Each episode was a treat (and designed beautifully, wasn’t it: each episode was a massive cliffhanger which led into the stakes of the next episode, each one increasing and escalating the danger and urgency).
P.S. @CraigMooreOHMSS : I didn’t have to worry about cardio day, all I had to do was watch the latest episode and my heart went sky-high and my lungs gasped for oxygen— VO2 max all the wall!