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Article: Top Ten Brosnan Films

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...in short, Brosnan managed to embody the best of all the James Bonds, using Connery’s brutality, Moore’s charm and Dalton’s coolness to make arguably the finest rendition of the super spy to date. During his time as Bond, Brosnan had some of the most emotional and downright incredible moments, many of which are listed below, but when GoldenEye burst on the screen it was the first time I remember feeling like there was finally a modern Bond that connected on a personal and relevant level, while remaining faithful to Bond’s rich history.

A love of Bond aside, the choices below reflect a diverse career that saw him take multiple chances at the height of his career, with some fine results. The most curious thing that presented itself when looking at Brosnan’s career as a whole were the themes that seem to have remained constant in most of his work.
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I'm surprised to see '... Dalton's coolness'. He is my favourite Bond, but I don't think as his Bond as cool, as I don't think that was what Dalton was aiming for. Cool? No. Intense? Yes.
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Cool fits best with Sean while brutality fits with Tim. As for those to avoid, he should have added I Don't Know How She Does It.
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As far as Brosnan's non-Bond films go, I would not recommend Entangled. I think his best performance was in Bag Of Bones, but that was a mini-series not a film. I thought he was also good as the ultra oily Andrew Osnard in The Tailor Of Panama.
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Seraphim Falls was brutal. I kind of liked it old west flavor and the hero was a southern solder seeking revenge for what was done to his family . One of the untold stories of that war is the rampage the union soldier went on (in 19th century law of war they were war criminals). Entire towns were literally wiped off the map IMO it interesting to have a story with that as a backdrop.
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I have not seen Murder 101 or Live Wire for ages. Two fun Pierce movies.

Not too sure about Grey Owl. :evil:
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