 Will Post-Bond Brozza Kick Con's Butt?, He's looking better and better |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 29 November 2006 From: USA  |
2 April 2008 - 02:44
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I've been one of Brozza's biggest detractors and still regard him, for the most part, as the worst of Bonds. But his post-Bond choices are looking bolder and better. A mixed bag, commercially. But upcoming is, of all things, a role in a Dylan Thomas bio. On the heels of Mama Mia, a musical. And Butterfly on a Wheel, a very fine, underrated film with a powerful performance...
What do you think? Given time, luck and who knows, an Oscar, will the post-Bond Brozza leave Big Tum in the dust?   |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 12 February 2004 From: Portland OR |
2 April 2008 - 03:39
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Doubtful, but stranger things have happened. Personally while Brosnan is a likeable actor, he does not have great range to ever win an Oscar.
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Midshipman Group: Crew Enlisted: 3 September 2005 From: Malaysia |
2 April 2008 - 04:20
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Brosnan has also been getting some rave reviews for his performance in Married Life and based on some early test screening reviews for Mamma Mia, his performance has been great too except when it comes to singing (according to some), which fortunately, he didn't do too much of it...
a few early reviews on Mamma Mia: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/36167 http://www.ryansincredibleworld.com |
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Midshipman Group: Crew Enlisted: 20 May 2006 From: Sri Lanka |
2 April 2008 - 04:42
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QUOTE(jaguar007 @ 2 April 2008 - 09:39)  Doubtful, but stranger things have happened. Personally while Brosnan is a likeable actor, he does not have great range to ever win an Oscar. If Cuba Gooding Jr can win then anything is possible. Hahahaah |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 13 December 2004 From: Buckinghamshire |
2 April 2008 - 07:14
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QUOTE(dodge @ 2 April 2008 - 03:44) I've been one of Brozza's biggest detractors and still regard him, for the most part, as the worst of Bonds. But his post-Bond choices are looking bolder and better. A mixed bag, commercially. But upcoming is, of all things, a role in a Dylan Thomas bio. On the heels of Mama Mia, a musical. And Butterfly on a Wheel, a very fine, underrated film with a powerful performance... What do you think? Given time, luck and who knows, an Oscar, will the post-Bond Brozza leave Big Tum in the dust? No. I can't draw that conclusion from Mama Mia....  |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 2 August 2001 From: Oxfordshire |
2 April 2008 - 07:18
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QUOTE(dodge @ 2 April 2008 - 03:44) What do you think? Given time, luck and who knows, an Oscar, will the post-Bond Brozza leave Big Tum in the dust? No.  "There was a violent cruelty, a pathological desire to wound, quite near the surface in the man." CBn: So blinded by inconsolable rage that we don't care who we hurt Only James Bond is James Bond. |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 14 October 2007 From: North Smithfield, RI, USA |
2 April 2008 - 10:46
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QUOTE(dodge @ 2 April 2008 - 03:44) What do you think? Given time, luck and who knows, an Oscar, will the post-Bond Brozza leave Big Tum in the dust? "There can be only ONE!" 
You only live twice:
Once when you're born And once when you look death in the face. --Ian Fleming |
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2 April 2008 - 15:12
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This post has been edited by tim partridge: 2 April 2008 - 15:12 |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 9 January 2007 From: U.S.A. |
2 April 2008 - 16:36
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No, I don't see Brosnan ever winning an Oscar. But hey, five years ago I woud've said that about Reese Witherspoon.
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 29 November 2006 From: USA |
2 April 2008 - 18:19
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QUOTE(Skudor @ 2 April 2008 - 07:14) QUOTE(dodge @ 2 April 2008 - 03:44) I've been one of Brozza's biggest detractors and still regard him, for the most part, as the worst of Bonds. But his post-Bond choices are looking bolder and better. A mixed bag, commercially. But upcoming is, of all things, a role in a Dylan Thomas bio. On the heels of Mama Mia, a musical. And Butterfly on a Wheel, a very fine, underrated film with a powerful performance... What do you think? Given time, luck and who knows, an Oscar, will the post-Bond Brozza leave Big Tum in the dust? No. I can't draw that conclusion from Mama Mia.... Have you looked at his body of work, though? I'd hate to see Con judged by Entrapment or Family Business. Check out Butterfly on a Wheel, at least. What Brozza does in the next 7-10 years will determine the issue forever. But right now, post-Bond, Brozza is the bolder, at the very least. |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 23 October 2001 From: Chicago, USA |
2 April 2008 - 20:30
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QUOTE(dodge @ 1 April 2008 - 21:44) But his post-Bond choices are looking bolder and better. That's news to me.  QUOTE(dodge @ 1 April 2008 - 21:44) But upcoming is, of all things, a role in a Dylan Thomas bio. It might be interesting if he was playing Dylan Thomas, but just having a role in the film is hardly exciting. Nevermind that the project is now unlikely to happen, given that director Marc Evans has moved on to other things. QUOTE(dodge @ 1 April 2008 - 21:44) On the heels of Mama Mia, a musical. Which is poised to be one of the worst musical movies in recent years. QUOTE(dodge @ 1 April 2008 - 21:44) And Butterfly on a Wheel, a very fine, underrated film with a powerful performance... ...that went straight to video. And let's not also forget VANILLA GORILLA, a family film about an albino gorilla in captivity who uses sign language to communicate his plight to a little girl, setting in motion an international escape plan.  From my perspective, the only interesting Brosnan project is THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR II, and only because Paul Verhoeven is directing. Even with him on board, though, it still feels like a rather misguided attempt to recapture a film from years ago that wasn't even that great to begin with. QUOTE(dodge @ 1 April 2008 - 21:44) Given time, luck and who knows, an Oscar, will the post-Bond Brozza leave Big Tum in the dust? Only if he develops genuine acting talent.  |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 21 March 2005 |
2 April 2008 - 22:26
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QUOTE(HH007 @ 2 April 2008 - 12:36) No, I don't see Brosnan ever winning an Oscar. But hey, five years ago I woud've said that about Reese Witherspoon. I could possibly see Brosnan getting himself a nomination at some point down the line if he found the right role at the right time. He did, if I'm not mistaken, get a Golden Globe nomination for THE MATADOR, (a film which Brosnan had a pretty good performance, and was the only bright spot in what was otherwise an awful, awful film), so I think that it is possible. As far as Reese Witherspoon is concerned, I wasn't that surprised when she won her Oscar. Even in some of her earlier films which weren't exactly the type of films that one would expect good performances in, she showed, IMO, that she was a good actress who would really make a name for herself as a serious actress once the right role came around, which it finally did with WALK THE LINE, in which she was brilliant, IMO.   |
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 29 November 2006 From: USA |
3 April 2008 - 00:47
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QUOTE(Harmsway @ 2 April 2008 - 20:30) QUOTE(dodge @ 1 April 2008 - 21:44) But his post-Bond choices are looking bolder and better. That's news to me. QUOTE(dodge @ 1 April 2008 - 21:44) But upcoming is, of all things, a role in a Dylan Thomas bio. It might be interesting if he was playing Dylan Thomas, but just having a role in the film is hardly exciting. Nevermind that the project is now unlikely to happen, given that director Marc Evans has moved on to other things. QUOTE(dodge @ 1 April 2008 - 21:44) On the heels of Mama Mia, a musical. Which is poised to be one of the worst musical movies in recent years. QUOTE(dodge @ 1 April 2008 - 21:44) And Butterfly on a Wheel, a very fine, underrated film with a powerful performance... ...that went straight to video. And let's not also forget VANILLA GORILLA, a family film about an albino gorilla in captivity who uses sign language to communicate his plight to a little girl, setting in motion an international escape plan. From my perspective, the only interesting Brosnan project is THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR II, and only because Paul Verhoeven is directing. Even with him on board, though, it still feels like a rather misguided attempt to recapture a film from years ago that wasn't even that great to begin with. QUOTE(dodge @ 1 April 2008 - 21:44) Given time, luck and who knows, an Oscar, will the post-Bond Brozza leave Big Tum in the dust? Only if he develops genuine acting talent.[color="#DDA0DD"][/color] H, you're in rare form with this post. Butterfly on a Wheel's going to straight to video does not--and you, of all people, know this--give any indication in itself that the film was a dud...or, more important, that Brozza's performance fizzed. For my money, he was also fine in Seraphim Falls, though the film's ending left me cold. The point of the thread--which you're far too clever to have missed--was this: can the boldness, breadth and vision of his post-Bond body of work whip Con's? I believe it can. But here you are juding Mama Mia--which you haven't seen, when you're positively ferocious if anyone judges QoS, unseen. What gives? So what if he's not playing Dylan Thomas in a film about the poet? QUOTE(tdalton @ 2 April 2008 - 22:26) QUOTE(HH007 @ 2 April 2008 - 12:36) No, I don't see Brosnan ever winning an Oscar. But hey, five years ago I woud've said that about Reese Witherspoon. I could possibly see Brosnan getting himself a nomination at some point down the line if he found the right role at the right time. He did, if I'm not mistaken, get a Golden Globe nomination for THE MATADOR, (a film which Brosnan had a pretty good performance, and was the only bright spot in what was otherwise an awful, awful film), so I think that it is possible. As far as Reese Witherspoon is concerned, I wasn't that surprised when she won her Oscar. Even in some of her earlier films which weren't exactly the type of films that one would expect good performances in, she showed, IMO, that she was a good actress who would really make a name for herself as a serious actress once the right role came around, which it finally did with WALK THE LINE, in which she was brilliant, IMO. Let's also not forget that John Wayne won an Oscar...as did Connery for a performance featuring the worst Irish accent in cinematic history. < |