Needs to fire his agent and make more action films
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Pierce Brosnan
Trent_Redfield — 9 years ago(April 15, 2016 09:10 AM)
He needs to fire his agent and make more action films instead of painfully bad indie films . I mean, I think at this point he should have gotten the message that action films good, indie films bad.
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AnakinVsPierce007 — 9 years ago(April 15, 2016 09:27 AM)
Looking at the majority point of view, Pierce hasn't had a REALLY great on-screen work since GoldenEye. Yeah, there may good works of his along the way, such as The Thomas Crown Affair, Evelyn, The Matador and The Ghost Writer, but they're not enough to get him out of his comfort zone as they do not get the recognition they deserve. Unless you're a Pierce fan, you won't even have clue about their existence. My point is that GoldenEye is the highest peak of his career as it accomplished two things: box office gold and multiple excellent reviews. And yes, something needs to be dealt with his agent who is doing a lousy of handling his career.
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Trent_Redfield — 9 years ago(April 16, 2016 05:00 AM)
His career started to tumble after Die Another Day. It was a dreadful film, though, the worst in the whole James Bond series. After that he made films that didn't get much recognition or just plain bad films. It's sad because he played James Bond and therefore should be A-list and making more than 100 million and yet he isn't. That's tragic.
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AnakinVsPierce007 — 9 years ago(April 16, 2016 09:32 AM)
Let's not forget that the majority of the audience see GoldenEye as not only his best Bond but also his last great action film or even his best on-screen work of his career. He deserves better than this.
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Trent_Redfield — 9 years ago(April 16, 2016 10:01 AM)
You know what's interesting? Goldeneye was not scripted for him. Itda0 was scripted for Timothy Dalton who quit the role in 1993 for fearing that he was too old to play the part. Tomorrow Never Dies was scripted for him and in my opinion it was his best film as James Bond. In TND you can see that he added his trademark, which was going from sarcastic to cold blooded killer in a second. You can see him pulling the same trick in the intro scene of TWINE.
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AnakinVsPierce007 — 9 years ago(April 16, 2016 11:26 PM)
I read that Pierce wanted do his own take on a darker and grittier Bond but never had the opportunity to do so thanks to EON. He did, however, did something similar with November Man, which had so much potential to be his best film.
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Trent_Redfield — 9 years ago(April 17, 2016 04:30 AM)
I think Daniel Craig's Bond is what PB wanted to be, but EON didn't allow him. I think this is what made him angry with the producers and specially bitter after they decided to go with the darker and grittier approach with Craig.
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AnakinVsPierce007 — 9 years ago(April 19, 2016 09:17 AM)
While we may be enjoying his works (good or bad), just us enjoying them is NOT enough. Pierce deserves movies that can be enjoyable beyond his fanbase as well as putting GoldenEye (which is considered by the majority of the audience as not only his best Bond but also his best action film or even his best on-screen work of his career) to shame.
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sarizonana — 9 years ago(June 05, 2016 07:16 PM)
What he needs is looking for supporting roles in high profile films maybe one of those is a hige hit and becomes a leding man again.
Maybe look for a good supporting role in succesful franchise like X men or anything with an established fan base ir good tv work.
Maybe the director of the night Manager should have given him the part Hough Laurie got or do game of Thrones or Penny dreadful ir any succesful tv series which would get him in the game.
Tv series is doing great things for actors who have lost steam on film and has revived mnay careers.
Another thing to takein mind is his age, yes he looks great but Hollywood only wants now fresh meat all the actors of his generation are loosing steam and popularity the only survivors are Tom Cruise thanks to Mission impossible but once he leaves he will dissapear, Mat Damon he still survives thanks to The bourne franchise, Daniel Day Lewis and Leonardo Dicaprio but all his lther peers of the 90s are going through the same thing.
George Clooney has almost left acting and Brad Pitt is just doing now supporting rooles he hasn't gotten any sexy leading man role since Mr and Mrs Smith.
So it's nothing personal against Pierce Himself its just his acting generation who's appeal was on being cool, Charming charismatic and sexy is slowing down.
Just thespians except Cruise survived so dont get depressed whatever happened to him was goona happen sooner or later. His popularity stood on till 2009 his last high profile film with Remember me which girls went to see because of Robert Pattinson.
Sadly Pierce was the fisrt slow down ( in 2009 started his decline) but again cheer up that its not only him but his whole generation is loosing steam even the ladies Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Catherine Zeta Jones, Nicole Kidman, Gwyneth Paltrow and even Angelina Jolie.
Am i sad yes but sooner or latter this was goona happen and im not only sad for Pierce but for the 90s acting generation they were the best Nd most unique they were the true last movie stars where people went to see films because of them or the last who succeeded with standalone flicks without the need of a franchise.
Yes Cruise, Pierce and Damon had it but they still had some hits out of it. Now every actor depends on a franchise and once its over so they are.
Their fame has gone but again the 90s generation was the last one ofbthe move stars phase with some mystique and mystery they were last generation who became stars the old school way where we got to see a movie because certain actor was hot, we had to buy magazines to watch them.
Now you can google any new starlet and don't need to watcha film to watch the most recent it girl or it guy.
So cheer up.
Wether we are fans of Pierce, Clooney, Catherine Zeta Jones and anyone you want to name ofvthat generation who is slowing down we can say we were fans of the best and the most unique i could make a list of 101 people ( actors, singers, tv stars and models) of why the 90s rooled. -
AnakinVsPierce007 — 9 years ago(June 06, 2016 12:49 AM)
Sean Connery was active as a lead man up to his early 70s. Outside of Mission: Impossible, Tom Cruise will star in the upcoming Mummy reboot.
As for Pierce, I cannot help but to think that GoldenEye is like his one-hit wonder. He has so much potential for bigger and better films after his Bond debut, not just as Bond but as an actor in general. His Bond films (except Tomorrrow Never Dies) may have grossed higher and higher after GoldenEye but failed to outmatch his first Bond film. Like most people, I was upset that he never had a chance to do his fifth Bond which could've been his best, but hey, at least he still has the rest of his career. Unfortunately, he keeps on doing on-screen works that nobody cares about like he's slowly heading towards the Steven Seagal route. He may have great reviewed non-Bond films during and after Bond like Thomas Crown, Evelyn, The Matador, and The Ghost Writers, but they weren't enough to get him out of the comfort zone, especially those after Bond. And oh.if I must say, I hate to say this, but based on the ratings of his recent film Urge, Pierce must on drugs when he agreed to star in it. -
sarizonana — 9 years ago(June 11, 2016 10:31 PM)
Tom Cruise is just being lucky due to MI i bet this ends so hos great run.
What happened to us ( at least I recognize it happened to me) is we/ i got into the Pierce fandom a little to late. I liked hima lot since i watched Die another day in theaters but I didn't become a hige fan till 2014 when i watched The November man is when i got my Pierce fever and watched all his work i missed when he still was on his prime like The Thomas Crown affair, Dante's peak, goldeneye. tomorrow never dies and the world is not enough.
If we or at least i would have been really into the Pierce thing since he started his prime i wouldn't have been so intense on wanting a comeback sooner or latter every movie generation dissapears even De Niro who is considered a legend works much less now if it wasn't for David o Russell his career would have been completely out of the picture.
With Pierce his only huge hit both comercially and critically may have been goldeneye but still had a very solid career which lasted 10 years that's pretty good considering he wasn't exactly Daniel Day Lewis.
Cheer up we become fans of our actors a little too late and it's nobody's fault but ours.
Sure its fine being nostalgic that we didn't become fans earlier but they at least had their good run, sure I'd be more than happy if his career had a boost and won and oscar the same for Catherine Zeta Jones but if they don't at least they had a great run for 10 years its a pretty good run for two actors based their careers based more on looks and charisma
They aren't untalented but niether is Meryl Streep or Al Pacino so chill and be happy they had great career once we hust got to late to the party. -
sarizonana — 9 years ago(June 14, 2016 12:26 AM)
But if you only think about both at the same commercially and critically since he had other hits in one way or the other.
Comercially he did great with his 4 Bond flicks and The Thomas Crown affair did fine i mean by msny is considered one of the few remakes which was as great as original and critically he had great success witn The Matador and The ghost writer.