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The PIERCE BROSNAN Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films

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  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    Well, he was supposed to reprise his role in 'the topkapi affair', based on an ambler book. Sadly, it never materialised. http://wikibin.org/articles/the-topkapi-affair.html
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Oh yeah I'd forgotten about that. With Paul Verhoeven- hard to imagine what that might have been!
    Probably for the best to be honest, it doesn't feel like something which needs a sequel.
  • DaltonforyouDaltonforyou The Daltonator
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    Brosnan is completely miscast in Thursday murder club, unfortunately.
  • SeveSeve The island of Lemoy
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    mtm wrote: »
    Oh yeah I'd forgotten about that. With Paul Verhoeven- hard to imagine what that might have been!
    Probably for the best to be honest, it doesn't feel like something which needs a sequel.

    Topkapi by Paul Verhoven?

    The mind boggles!
  • SeveSeve The island of Lemoy
    edited June 27 Posts: 749
    I watched "Live Wire" last night, a TV movie from Brozza's post RS / pre JB pergatory period

    Typical lurid, bonkers '90s action movie, but entertaining
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    "She's gonna blow!!!"
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited August 8 Posts: 26,342
    THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB Official Trailer (2025) Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Netflix

    As a fan of the genre looking forward to this, looks like fun. Directed by Chris Columbus no less, I will likely purchase this if possible.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited August 8 Posts: 18,913
    Bond and Carver together again.

  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited August 28 Posts: 18,913
    I watched the first 15mins or so of Thursday Murder Club over lunch, that was a tough old watch. I can enjoy a bit of twee cosiness but it just seems so far removed from reality and the actors aren't showing any sort of connection to each other that I couldn't get into it at all. You'd think it would kick off with some good gags or something. Maybe it improves.

    Brosnan's Lahndan accent makes an occasional appearance, otherwise he sounds his usual self, and nothing wrong with that.

    EDIT: Watching a bit more and I thought it had a familiar sound to it, and yes, it's a Thomas Newman score.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited August 28 Posts: 18,913
    Finished it, it gets a little better and passes the time when you're stuck on the sofa with covid, but my goodness, what a lot of nothing. There's much better murder mystery stories out there. Pierce is fine and brings his usual charm but has nothing to do other than be a nice bloke.
    Tom Ellis is good casting as Pierce's son.

    It seems very expensive, they build lots of beautiful sets (including a whole street at one point for no apparent reason) and the cast is ridiculously starry, almost pointlessly so.
  • Escalus5Escalus5
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    I'm actually hoping this is not a faithful adaptation, because I found the novel ridiculously convoluted with story threads that went nowhere.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Just finished The Thursday Murder Club, and it was enjoyable enough for what it was - nothing special or groundbreaking, sweet and innocent in its approach, despite all the death and gory bits involved. I thought the cast was nicely selected, even if they have little to work with in crafting memorable performances.

    For Bond-related elements, I immediately caught that Thomas Newman score (some of it honestly sounded like leftover bits from SF), I dug the Aston Martin appearance (even as it's clumsily parked on a poorly constructed set that is so obviously not a real location), but I was mainly disappointed that Brosnan and Pryce only had one scene together and didn't interact at all. I know not every film of Pierce's needs a Bond throwback nod, but having them in the same film, I was really hoping for something between the two.

    I'd give it a 3/5, not the worst thing I've ever seen but nothing I'm likely to ever rewatch. If Netflix does a sequel in the near future, I'll be there to watch it.
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