Pierce Brosnan did a movie called The Thomas Crown Affair which is about billionaire who gets bored and decides to become a thief and is chased by a female investigator. Both of you would really, REALLY love that movie!!
Another very good movie Brosnan was in was The Tailor of Panama, based on the John le Carré book (le Carré also co-wrote the screenplay for the film). That was Daniel Radcliffe's film debut. And the director Sir John Boorman is the father of Charley Boorman, who did the motorcycling adventure films(/TV series) The Long Way Round, Long Way Down and Long Way Up together with his good friend Ewan McGregor. The Tailor of Panama has a line about pride in oneself that I still remember from time to time, last time it came to mind in some situation was only a week or so ago.
Xenia’s killing move (the leg squeeze) has a basis in her fighter pilot experience. Fighter pilots use their legs to force blood into their head and stay conscious during intense G forces. This explains her great strength and ability to suffocate her victims.
You ask if the films was big in the 60s and 70's? The answer is Yes. The series took off instantly and became a britsh institution. The 007 theme song by Barry, the big singers of the day, the gadgets, the cars, the women, the villains. It all was a part of maybe the best franchise on earth. And a good way to see all the nice spots around the world too. 😊
Brosnan came to the Bond universe with a bang with this classic movie. Great script, a villain that was on the same level as James, and a new Bond ready to carry on the legacy.
I grew up, watching the Brosnan James Bond movies from a young age and started exploring the others. I think, probably at the age where I was still too young to really be doing so. LOL Then Daniel Craig came along when I was still in my early teens, and I was hooked right until the very end. He truly brought James Bond to a graceful end with his incarnation of the character.
And Brosnan was supposed to be Bond in the late 80s originally but he had a TV show at the time called Remington Steele that wouldn't allow him the time to play Bond at that time, so Timothy Dalton was Bond in 1987 and 1989.
If you're lookin for another pierce brosnan movie to get into, The Thomas Crown Affair is a classic. The chemistry between him and Rene Russo is pretty legit.
In my opinion, Brosnan was THE GUY that was BORN to play James Bond. He embodied the best of both Connery and Moore's portrayals. It's just unfortunate that he didn't have better films. GoldenEye was his best.
It really feels like he was grown in a petri dish to play Bond, with Connery's cool, Moore's wit, Dalton's brutality and even Lazenby's vulnerability. I'm not the biggest fan of his films, but he was always the best part of them
“Tomorrow never dies” has aged better than when it came out. It’s very timely, multimedia magnate trying to sway governments and public opinion by ginning up fear. Also, Michelle Yeoh.
Brosnan was always the guy who seemed the most like James Bond to me. I grew up with the Connery and Moore movies and remember when the Dalton films came out I really enjoyed them but seeing Brosnan as Bond felt like the most perfect casting ever.
The first of the post-Cold War Bond films. Pierce Brosnan played Bond as an agent with ice water in his veins. His facial expressions are stone faced when he is in a fight. Calm and collected. Sean Bean played the villain unlike any other Bond faced. Who would be more dangerous than a former colleague with the same skill set? Xenia is played by Famke Janssen, an actress from the Netherlands. Met her once. Lovely lady and very nice. Some of her other movies include the X-Men movies and the Taken films.
@@Cheepchipsable Yeah, but there is something in Brosnan´s face that makes him look like completely focused. I like when he is setting up the bomb that a bullet hits the column near his head. He just tilts his head a bit but doesn´t even flinch and doesn´t stop for a second what he is doing.
There's a nice chat about that scene on The Tank Museums youtube channel where they discuss how that scene was shot. Driving a real tank, through the real Moscow in that fashion was a first in many ways. :D
@@RaXXha St. Petersburg, not Moscow. And the building destroying parts were shot on empty English airfield, with mockup buildings. They built it based on reference footage from St. Petersburg. But yeah some of it was shot in the real city. It was a T-55 tank which was faked to look more modern, with fake reactive armor plates. They used rubber tracks, to not damage the pavement
The raven haired crazy woman was played by Famke Janssen. She co-starred wtih Liam Neeson in the movie "Taken" as his ex-wife. That's a good movie too - the daughter gets 'taken' :) Also played Jean Grey in the X-Men movies.
And long before she was a movie star, she played an empath on the _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ episode "The Perfect Mate," alongside her future _X-Men_ co-star Patrick Stewart. That episode centered around her character and she was brilliant and beautiful in it, which brought her to the attention of casting directors in Hollywood.
The theme for this is my favourite Bond theme. Tina Turner hit it out of the park. The intro is representative of the collapse of the Soviet Union which had only happened a few years before
The stunt performers set SEVERAL world records with this movie, the most famous was was the leap off the dam, but the flying leap to the plane was also done practically
Yeah some of the plane stunt was real, but obviously they used some film trickery for the final part (when Brosnan enters the plane door). But yeah it was a real guy jumping with the motorcycle after a real plane. 2 different stuntmen actually, other one was jumping off the cliff, other one did some of the freefall "chase" footage But funnily enough, the dam was in Switzerland. It was the world's highest base jump made from fixed location, real jump like you said. But movies often make you think you've seen some exotic place, but usually it's not shot in the country. For example Casino Royale ending was not shot in Montenegro. Funnily enough, it still boosted Montenegro's tourism notably
@@shredd5705the ending of Casino Royale was shot at a location in northern Italy called Villa del Balbianello, so were some of the exterior shots when Bond was in the hospital as well as scenes in Star Wars Episode 2 and Oceans 12
I've watched all the behind the scenes footage I can find on this movie but it is still hard for me to comprehend how they did some of the stuff with that plane. What an amazing stunt!
In the intro song, the ladies aren't digging for gold, they're demolishing statues of Lenin, the communist dictator and Soviet icon. The scene is metaphorical, representing the collapse of the Soviet Union. This was the first Bond movie to come out in the post Cold War period if I'm not mistaken.
Natalya is my favorite bond girl, and Trevelyan is my favorite villain. This film is such a classic, the action is so gritty and that bungee jump stunt at the start of the film was the real thing!
For sure one of the best films in the franchise, an amazing first outing for Pierce Brosnan, two of the best Bond girls(Xenia & Natalya), and one of the best licensed video games of all time. I also enjoyed the new Miss Moneypenny here as well, as no one can replace the OG, but I felt Samantha Bond was a great fit along side Pierce's Bond. I've always enjoyed the Bond Girls who didn't need saving, and held their own, and Natalya was one of the best in that regard. And Xenia was easily one of the most memorable villains man or woman in the entire series as well. Just a standout Bond film, for sure a top 5 in the franchise, maybe even top 3.
The story behind the N64 game is quite interesting. It came out two years after the movie. The famous multi player part of the game was developed without approval. The developers only opened up on this shortly before the release. Then they tried to get the rights to use pictures of all the previous Bond actors. But Connery wanted to be paid and the producers feared that the other actors would get word of that and it would be too expensive, so they used Brosnan's portrait four times in the menu instead of all four Bond actors. There are also some bugs in this game, but who cares as long as it is fun.
Interesting that you said Brosnan was the first Bond to bring something new to the role, since that is not how many 007 fans think of him. His performance seemed like he was trying to emulate his predecessors, whereas Timothy Dalton in particular really tried to make the character more serious and accurate to the books. Even Roger Moore was very different to Connery, playing the character much more for laughs.
Spot on, that’s why I’d always prefer Dalton over Brosnan because Dalton tried to do his own interpretation, whereas Brosnan felt like he was trying to be a crowd pleaser and copy the best bits of Connery and Moore
It took over a decade for Brosnan finally get to play the part he was born for and he nailed it. Dashing, dry-witted and dangerous - he embodied Bond well with savoir fair to spare (if you married Connery with Moore you'd get Brosnan). Famke Janssen is so sexy as Xenia and I have a huge crush on her (sure pun intended ;d) and saw her IRL in NYC on 2 different occasions very casually so and she is truly breath-takingly beautiful. I knew you'd enjoy this ladies and trust me the rest of his tenure is just as excellent.
I grew up with Brosnan as Remington Steele. IIRC after that series he was who many thought would be the next Bond but it went to Dalton. Brosnan was tied into some sort of contract that he couldn't get out of and missed out. So, after Dalton's films there were a lot of us that felt like he finally got the role that he was meant to play.
I was lucky enough to watch GoldenEye in theaters back on Thanksgiving in 1995. It was my first Bond movie, and set the standard for all the others. I've seen every movie in the series, but I always come back to this. And of course, I played the video game extensively. I love the theme song; the lyrics are sultry and mysterious, and then give way to madness. Trevelyan is one of my favorite Bond villains, despite wasting his _numerous_ opportunities to kill Bond. The set up and payoff for the exploding pen is easily one of the best bits the series. I also visited the area near where they filmed the helicopter theft in Monaco nearly a decade ago. Let's see, what else... During the street race at the beginning, the Aston Martin and Ferrari actually collided for real, and had to be repaired overnight. Famke Janssen had Brosnan slam her into the wall for real in the bath house scene for the sake of authenticity; she later discovered that she'd broken 2 ribs. Pierce Brosnan injured his finger during the ladder stunt at the end. The final fight between Bond and Trevelyan was deliberately choreographed as an homage to Bond VS Red Grant in From Russia With Love. Bond's car got an impressive introduction, but was barely seen later because they decided to cut out a car chase scene in Cuba. Speaking of which, the final location was shot at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico; it was also featured in the movie Contact a couple of years later. I'd always wanted to see it, but I'll never get the chance since the place collapsed in 2020. There's much more, but I'm sure other people will post about them.
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The radio telescope is also featured in a DICE's _Battlefield_ map.
I was in the Navy when this came out and watched it in a Hong Kong theater. I still remember one of my buddies going "NO WAY" during the opening stunt scene. After Brosnan lost the part to Dalton, seeing Brosnan actually in the role finally was like seeing the Cubs win the world series.
Brosnan + swimming pool = violence Ontatopp in this Stabbing that gangster in Long Good Friday and Robin Williams throwing that orange at his head in Mrs Doubtfire
I know you didn't spend much time on it, but just so anyone curious knows: the dam stunt was very real. The stunt was performed by British stuntman Wayne Michaels jumping off the Contra Dam in Switzerland. The jump was voted as best movie stunt of all time in a 2002 Sky Movies poll. In this day and age of CGI and over-the-top compositing and editing, a real stunt like that goes widely unappreciated.
That's what I love about the earlier Bond films; just like with the Mission Impossible films, the action is all real. Except for close-up shots of the lead actor pretending to be in trouble, every shot in these scenes is the stunt team putting themselves at legitimate risk to create some truly pulse-pounding setpieces. I think it's a real shame we haven't seen any similar ambitious stunts in these films since the crane jump in Casino Royale
You gotta love directors like Tarantino and Del Toro, who use as much practical effects as possible. Well Del Toro does use more CGI than hardcore purist Tarantino but you gotta love film makers who appreciate old school film making with set building and stunt works.
Great reaction vid as always. As a huge James Bond fan it's cool to see you guys watch it for the first time. However, how did neither of you realize Zukovsky was Hagrid from Harry Potter?! (Robbie Coltrane)
Kassie, fun fact. It was only two movies ago but the American actor Joe Don Baker played the villain Brad Whittaker in Dalton’s “The Living Daylights.” Here in “Goldeneye” he was Bond ally Jack Wade. Not sure if you noticed. I believe there are several actors (albeit lower profile) to play multiple roles in the canon.
@@DJLtravelvids Yes... or the actor that played him.... he was in this one, Goldeneye and The World Is Not Enough... the Russian who James Bond said he gave him that limp...
@@cclapew Yes, I know him. But the original post was about actors who had played different characters in the James bond movies - such as Charles Gray and Maude Adams. Robbie Coltrane doesn't qualify unless Hagrid was a James bond character,
Sadly looks like their gonna be fucking with bond and making it woke. They tried to make bond into a woman and next their changing his colour to bond. Nothing wrong with black actors as we know but bond is bond..sad their gonna change him and ruin him
Pierce Brosnan was my ideal Bond. He nailed everything; the looks, the charms and the ruthlessness. This film was revitalizing the series, very successfully. My dad worked for our country's BMW dealership, so we always got free tickets to the Brosnan movies with their BMWs.
Yup, Bond was a dying franchise in the early 90s, Brosnan brought it back with this movie. The legendary videogame really helps to boost its status in the cultural consciousness too
When I was a kid, tomorrow never dies had just come out in the cinema. I was walking past the Aston Martin headquarters, when a fancy DB7? Aston pulls out, sitting in the driving seat is Pierce Brosnan, I shouted "It's Pierce Brosnan!". He turned, smiled, stuck his thumb up at me and then pulled away. Was so cool seeing 007 drive an Aston in person! I mean, I still talk about it 26 years later hahah
I think I would have shouted "It's James Bond!" and then spent 26 years feeling like an idiot 😂 Thanks for telling us this, sounds like an awesome memory and put a smile on my face 😄
Great guy and tall in real life 6 ft 2 in shoes. I briefly met him on the same day my Mum bought a new Jag xj8 in 2001. We had just parked up in Park Lane, London, and Pierce came out out of a restaurant and walked to his Range Rover, smiled at us and said ''Hey nice Jag''. Awesome day that was!
Names: Exist. Popcorn in Bed: So you have chosen death. Seriously I love how you both just massacre the names in the sweetest way possible. Always brings a smile to my face. Janus became Jenova and then even the correction was wrong. Also Bromir make his comeback. 😂
2:23 Mark! The big gap between movies is more about the studios involved trying to avoid bankruptcy than about popularity. Did you not notice the switch from one studio to another? 🤔 Licensing of rights is how we have three uses of the title "Casino Royale" and how we got "Never Say Never Again" when Roger Moore was still active. One of the "JB" movies got remade twice, but with a different title each time! One of the remakes is Sean Connery's "Never Say Never Again"! It gave us actress Kim Bassinger as a "Bond Girl/Babe"! ❤
Tom Hardy is 45. In their first Bond films Sean Connery was 31, Roger Moore was 45, George Lazenby was 29, Timothy Dalton was 40, Pierce Brosnan was 41, and Daniel Craig was 38. You’re welcome. 😁
She was dating a hockey player who played in our local team at the time (Mariusz Czerkawski, she later married him...and a few years later they divorced), so it felt like we had a 'connection' to the film.
Dame Judy Dench, such a perfect M for her run in the Bond series. The actress playing Miss Moneypenny is ironically actress Samantha Bond. She's also great in a number BBC series like Midsomer Murders.
Pierce Brosnan was my James Bond growing up, as a kid born in the ‘90s, so it’s pretty cool that you’ve reacted to GoldenEye! Hopefully, you’ll react to the rest of Brosnan’s Bond movies.
1:45 Ladies…. James Bond became a huge international cultural icon way back in the 1960s, with Sean Connery. The series was a success right from the first film, DR. NO (1962), but GOLDFINGER (1964) was when the Bond phenomenon really solidified into iconic status. The time between LICENCE TO KILL (1989) and GOLDENEYE (1995) was six years, not eight. A pretty lengthy period between Bond films, but during that time the Cold War, which had been going since 1946, finally ended, and the first Gulf War had happened as well. Geopolitics was very different by 1995, especially where the former Soviet Union was concerned. Popular culture had shifted as well; things that once were accepted or overlooked no longer were.
Pierce was the Bond that I was waiting for after he was forced to go back to TV due to a episode commitment that NBC enforced due to the rumors of Brosnan being cast as Bond and exploited it to have one more season of Remington Steele. His arrival was was worth the wait.
That confrontation between Bond and M in her office is low-key one of my favorite Bond scenes ever. The fact that they successfully acknowledge the double elephant in the room- M being a woman and Bond's character seemingly "outdated" even by the 90s- through such a natural, believable conversation without political affectations is so impressive. It's a testament to great writing and great actors.
And the way she calls him out, but yet they're able to show a mutual respect between the 2 is fantastic. That it wasn't played out as them just butting heads, or making her out to be an antagonist begrudgingly working with him.
I found it a bit silly what she brought up unless you take her as more a politician than spymaster, then it sorta works. Just glad she didn't care about that more than their national mission. If she did that would be the biggest double standard ever. For any another femme fatale, out there as a common thing since forever, emotion and manipulation are part of the spy game. Anyone thinking it shouldn't be a tool for an agent because he is a man. wut? I do wonder, would she have to be a politician to keep her job reporting to the few that would be higher up than her? Spymaster is right near the very top inside any country because of the secrecy involved.
@larryberry8128 Absolutely. The respectful looks they exchange at the end when she says, "Come back alive." Despite her criticisms, M recognizes Bond as an invaluable asset and he recognizes that her prudence is not borne of weakness but concern for the lives of her operatives.
I loved Moonraker too, because I was a kid back then and I loved the character Jaws. The greatness of these films really depends on what generation you were brought up in. Even though Sean Connery’s was a little bit before my time, I do think he’s the greatest Bond ever.
Zukofsky is also in "the world is not enough" you might want to react to that one now that Haggrid has passed away. You can also react to "The Man who would be bond" a BBC miniseries about Ian Fleming but as a bond movie, 10/10 one of the best pieces of bond media.
Goldfinger, essentially, single handedly launched the secret agent film craze of the 1960s. In doing so, it established the basic formula of all such films which followed.
You two might be repulsed by Famke in this film, but trust me, just about every guy past the age of puberty crushed on her in the 90s and early 2000s. She's a former model who has had a pretty decent film career. She's a major character in the earlier X-Men films where she stars as Jean Grey/ Phoenix, one of the most powerful beings in the entirety of the Marvel universe.
She absolutely wrecked her face in later years with some of the worst plastic surgery I've ever seen. She's also not a particularly nice woman in the flesh.
"My program seizes the phone line of whoever is tracing me, and jams their modem so they can't hang up." That is probably the most 90s thing anybody could ever say.
I was born in 1992 so computers and the internet were always there at home but by the time I understood how it worked, it was already the 2000s and all this phone line thing was outdated already. That's why people watching The Matrix today are always so confused why the redpills always exit the Matrix via the phone - that's a reference to how the internet worked in the 90s.
Fun fact: The plane stunt was done for real with other stunt men and the part with Pierce Brosnan up close was in the studio. The Dam jump was also real to add to that. The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, the giant satellite dish in this movie, had two cables fail in 2020 and it destroyed itself.
Some lovely deep cuts in the theme lyrics - "You'll never know how I watched you from the shadows as a child/You'll never know how it feels to get so close and be denied" - Brosnan being the first Bond *fan* to *become* Bond, having credited seeing Goldfinger in the cinema as a child as what made him want to be an actor, and having been cast in The Living Daylights only to have to withdraw when the producers of his TV show refused to release him from his contract.
Ian Fleming's NOVELS were the starting point for almost EVERYTHING James Bond. This was the exceeption adapted as a game before it was a movie. The only reason Pierce Brosnan was NOT James bond before/instead of Timothy Dalton was because of Network contract blocking due to Remington Steele (Brosnan's signature TV role)
you really feel how this movie translates almost directly into a video game - all the stealth infiltrations of enemy bases, daring escapes... I know there was a recent remaster of the classic Goldeneye 007 but it still pales to what could be done with latest game engines etc. The flow here is perfect for a game - not like say... Diamonds are Forever lol Oh Her Majesty's Secret Service movie ironically is the most loyal to it's Fleming source material - it was one I believe Fleming wrote after the first films... well it was published Apr 1, 1963 - and I read Fleming wrote it to be "filmic" anticipating the importance of having his secret agent creation looking good on camera. Hence the bio weapon in the Swiss Alps, etc.
Golden Eye is considered in the top 3 Bond films of all time pretty much by MANY people. It's not only a great Bond film, but a great film in general for non bond fan movie goer. Hope you ladies enjoyed!!
Ironic, because I never cared for it. I felt like Brosnan was kind of going through the motions, doing the Bond schtick, if you take my meaning. Then the story, the laser from space... was just too fantastical. Bond is better when he's more grounded.
@@STNeish You mean when he's boring? Goldeneye was more self aware than any other Bond film, M even remarks on this by calling Bond a relic of the Cold War. This movie proved otherwise, especially with the Tiger helicopter, Goldeneye satellite, and programmers like Natalya and Boris representing a new age of warfare.
@@moriellymoproblems7842 No, grounded in reality. The farther you take him into science fiction, the less appeal he has. There's a reason the best Bond films tend to be rather simpler overall. I'd elaborate, but I don't want to spoil anything for future reactions.
@@STNeish Goldeneye for the most part was grounded in reality, and this film had plenty of appeal. There's a reason why this is widely considered one of the best Bond films ever, it revitalized the entire franchise.
Pierce Brosnan also played Phileas Fogg in a pretty good adaptation of "Around the World in 80 Days." Very fun, light-hearted period piece. Saruman ( Sir Christopher Lee) has a supporting role.
Fun fact: The first female "M" (actually known as "C" in the MI6) was appointed in 1992, three years before Judy Dench took over as M in the Bond series.
Pierce Brosnan was already very famous from his tv show ' Remington Steele'. It was very popular here in Jamaica back in the day. Being James Bond was just icing on the cake. He's one of my favourite actors of all time.
@@annbowen9656I wasn't around then, but I've read that everyone was pumped for The Living Daylights with Brosnan, then were left deflated when he had to pull out
21:11: Jack Ward (CIA agent) is played by Joe Don Baker, who also played villain Brad Whitaker in 'The Living Daylights'. I can't remember any other actor who has played both an ally and an enemy of James Bond in two different movies. 23:16: Minnie Driver, trying to sing as badly as possible. She sang professionally before moving into acting.
Here's your trivia for this one. Goldeneye was the name of Ian Fleming's estate in Jamaica. It is still operated under that name as a resort. The name is also the name of a Naval Intelligence operation, Operation Goldeneye, designed and run by Fleming in WWII concerned with Spain and Gibraltar. It operated until there was no longer any German threat in that area. He very likely borrowed the name from the novel, Reflections in a Golden Eye, which he would likely have read when it came out in 1941. There was no Goldeneye novel, not did he ever refer to Goldeneye in his fiction.
Boris and Natalya, nice reference to that animated series *The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends* Fun Fact: The movie loosely based on the animated series, was narrated by Corey Burton. The voice for 007's nephew in the animated series *James Bond Jr*
so glad to see this pop up! Brosnan and Dalton are my favourites, besides Connery. You asked if there was a reason male leads had less muscle, and there was the stereotype of the '"big dumb" guys back then, which Bond could never be associated with as he's always portrayed as a sophisticated spy, not a bulldozer. You'll notice that trend in other 80s/90s action movies as well; its more about having skill than size. And yes, this was a relaunch for the franchise. Brosnan's era made Bond a mainstream big event franchise again; the box office more than doubled and it continued to rise (all the way to his last movie being the highest grossing of the entire franchise when it came out). And yes, the plane/motorcycle jump was real (which Mission Impossible will replicate in their upcoming movie) except for when Bond enters the plane mid-air. Cant wait for the next one!
I grew up knowing Pierce Brosnan as Remington Steele. In this, he went from adorable to whoa! 😂 Definitely one of my favorite Bond movies, best villain and my absolute favorite Bond!
Pierce Brosnan did a movie called The Thomas Crown Affair which is about billionaire who gets bored and decides to become a thief and is chased by a female investigator. Both of you would really, REALLY love that movie!!
I loved that film. Saw the original and although it had some clever moments too, the new one had a much better third act.
Great movie!!!
With Rene Russo
Another very good movie Brosnan was in was The Tailor of Panama, based on the John le Carré book (le Carré also co-wrote the screenplay for the film). That was Daniel Radcliffe's film debut. And the director Sir John Boorman is the father of Charley Boorman, who did the motorcycling adventure films(/TV series) The Long Way Round, Long Way Down and Long Way Up together with his good friend Ewan McGregor.
The Tailor of Panama has a line about pride in oneself that I still remember from time to time, last time it came to mind in some situation was only a week or so ago.
*Cassie should watch the 1968 version with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway.*
You guys didn't show it on TH-cam, but I love the part when Q yells "Don't touch that. It's my lunch!"
And Bond’s quick scared reaction thinking it was something dangerous 😂
Best line in the film
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RIP To Tina Turner who did the Goldeneye opening song. And Robbie Coltrane who played Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky
Only one Bond movie theme hit number one and oddly enough, it wasn't Goldeneye.
Xenia’s killing move (the leg squeeze) has a basis in her fighter pilot experience. Fighter pilots use their legs to force blood into their head and stay conscious during intense G forces. This explains her great strength and ability to suffocate her victims.
Wear an AGS and then make this comment.
A woman isn't going to be able to squeeze you to death with her legs.
Did they not use pressure suits?
they mention female assassin with this ability in The Living Daylights. This is when they are trying to identity the cello player.
or..... "Just a scissor choke which is used in jujitsu. You compress the floating ribs so the person can’t breathe effectively choking them out."
@@PhazonInfuserG-suits are a hassle. Fighter pilots picked up the squeeze technique so they wouldn't have to bother with the thing.
You ask if the films was big in the 60s and 70's? The answer is Yes. The series took off instantly and became a britsh institution. The 007 theme song by Barry, the big singers of the day, the gadgets, the cars, the women, the villains. It all was a part of maybe the best franchise on earth. And a good way to see all the nice spots around the world too. 😊
The royal family attended the premieres, it was absolutely adored in Great Britain.
Brosnan came to the Bond universe with a bang with this classic movie. Great script, a villain that was on the same level as James, and a new Bond ready to carry on the legacy.
I grew up, watching the Brosnan James Bond movies from a young age and started exploring the others. I think, probably at the age where I was still too young to really be doing so. LOL Then Daniel Craig came along when I was still in my early teens, and I was hooked right until the very end. He truly brought James Bond to a graceful end with his incarnation of the character.
And Brosnan was supposed to be Bond in the late 80s originally but he had a TV show at the time called Remington Steele that wouldn't allow him the time to play Bond at that time, so Timothy Dalton was Bond in 1987 and 1989.
Also credit to dame Judi Dench for giving us an M with an actual presence outside of "grouchy boss man".
@@danielwhyatt3278 more like disgraceful end. the last movie was everything James Bond ISN’T
The script was written by Bruce Feirstein who later would write some of the James Bond videogames Blood Stone, Goldeneye Reloaded and 007 Legends.
If you're lookin for another pierce brosnan movie to get into, The Thomas Crown Affair is a classic. The chemistry between him and Rene Russo is pretty legit.
I can't help but walk around listening to Sinnerman for weeks after i watch that film
I came here to say the same
two more excellent movies (and Pierce is a spy again) are The Tailor of Panama & The November Man.
Pierce Brosnan lacks the acting clout of Steve McQueen. Perhaps you haven't seen the original.
@@the_bottle_imp but this is about Pierce Brosnan movies
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Last part caught me so off-guard 😂
In my opinion, Brosnan was THE GUY that was BORN to play James Bond. He embodied the best of both Connery and Moore's portrayals. It's just unfortunate that he didn't have better films. GoldenEye was his best.
It really feels like he was grown in a petri dish to play Bond, with Connery's cool, Moore's wit, Dalton's brutality and even Lazenby's vulnerability. I'm not the biggest fan of his films, but he was always the best part of them
“Tomorrow never dies” has aged better than when it came out. It’s very timely, multimedia magnate trying to sway governments and public opinion by ginning up fear. Also, Michelle Yeoh.
@@Ordinaryguy82 TND is arguably the most _prescient_ of the Brosnan 007 🎥~
@@Ordinaryguy82 I actually love TND lol. Not as good as Goldeneye for sure but still worth a view imo.
@@Ordinaryguy82 think the same. In 1997, I thought the plot was pretty stupid. But with everything we see in the world right now ....
Brosnan was always the guy who seemed the most like James Bond to me. I grew up with the Connery and Moore movies and remember when the Dalton films came out I really enjoyed them but seeing Brosnan as Bond felt like the most perfect casting ever.
Agree, even though I grew up with Brosnan as "my Bond" he perfectly fits the physical and mental image of "handsome British spy".
The first of the post-Cold War Bond films. Pierce Brosnan played Bond as an agent with ice water in his veins. His facial expressions are stone faced when he is in a fight. Calm and collected.
Sean Bean played the villain unlike any other Bond faced. Who would be more dangerous than a former colleague with the same skill set?
Xenia is played by Famke Janssen, an actress from the Netherlands. Met her once. Lovely lady and very nice. Some of her other movies include the X-Men movies and the Taken films.
All Bonds were serious when in a fight.
@@Cheepchipsable Yeah, but there is something in Brosnan´s face that makes him look like completely focused. I like when he is setting up the bomb that a bullet hits the column near his head. He just tilts his head a bit but doesn´t even flinch and doesn´t stop for a second what he is doing.
Still one of the best Bond movies, the tank chase is just epic
I saw a comment saying the theater went wild when he blasted through the wall
There's a nice chat about that scene on The Tank Museums youtube channel where they discuss how that scene was shot. Driving a real tank, through the real Moscow in that fashion was a first in many ways. :D
@@RaXXha St. Petersburg, not Moscow. And the building destroying parts were shot on empty English airfield, with mockup buildings. They built it based on reference footage from St. Petersburg. But yeah some of it was shot in the real city. It was a T-55 tank which was faked to look more modern, with fake reactive armor plates. They used rubber tracks, to not damage the pavement
@@shredd5705 yeah, I see some russian cars in European specification in this chase. I think footage with these cars wasn't filmed in Russia.
"Use the bumper, that's what it's for!"
Does anybody remember playing Goldeneye on N64?
I was born in 95......my friends and siblings would play......I was young.......but fun
I'll chase you around using Odd Jobs. :P
Been playing it on and off since 97.
Who doesn’t? Really glad it was ported to the Xbox Series X and Switch!
I still play it on my switch
The theme song to this movie is the most James Bond theme song that there ever has been! Tina Turner kills it!
“She always loved a good squeeze.” That line cracks me up every time.
The raven haired crazy woman was played by Famke Janssen.
She co-starred wtih Liam Neeson in the movie "Taken" as his ex-wife.
That's a good movie too - the daughter gets 'taken' :)
Also played Jean Grey in the X-Men movies.
She's not even really human, as evident in her place in "The Faculty".
And Boris was Nightcrawler in X2
And long before she was a movie star, she played an empath on the _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ episode "The Perfect Mate," alongside her future _X-Men_ co-star Patrick Stewart. That episode centered around her character and she was brilliant and beautiful in it, which brought her to the attention of casting directors in Hollywood.
The theme for this is my favourite Bond theme.
Tina Turner hit it out of the park.
The intro is representative of the collapse of the Soviet Union which had only happened a few years before
The stunt performers set SEVERAL world records with this movie, the most famous was was the leap off the dam, but the flying leap to the plane was also done practically
Yeah some of the plane stunt was real, but obviously they used some film trickery for the final part (when Brosnan enters the plane door). But yeah it was a real guy jumping with the motorcycle after a real plane. 2 different stuntmen actually, other one was jumping off the cliff, other one did some of the freefall "chase" footage
But funnily enough, the dam was in Switzerland. It was the world's highest base jump made from fixed location, real jump like you said. But movies often make you think you've seen some exotic place, but usually it's not shot in the country. For example Casino Royale ending was not shot in Montenegro. Funnily enough, it still boosted Montenegro's tourism notably
@@shredd5705the ending of Casino Royale was shot at a location in northern Italy called Villa del Balbianello, so were some of the exterior shots when Bond was in the hospital as well as scenes in Star Wars Episode 2 and Oceans 12
I've watched all the behind the scenes footage I can find on this movie but it is still hard for me to comprehend how they did some of the stuff with that plane. What an amazing stunt!
The James Bond character has the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy.
In the intro song, the ladies aren't digging for gold, they're demolishing statues of Lenin, the communist dictator and Soviet icon. The scene is metaphorical, representing the collapse of the Soviet Union. This was the first Bond movie to come out in the post Cold War period if I'm not mistaken.
Natalya is my favorite bond girl, and Trevelyan is my favorite villain. This film is such a classic, the action is so gritty and that bungee jump stunt at the start of the film was the real thing!
It's a pity that Scorupco didn't do more movies. She was also in Vertical Limit, as well as some Polish and Swedish movies, but that's about it.
Xenia is my favorite henchperson, Zukovsky my favorite ally. Ouromov is great too. Top 3 Bond film for sure.
The true (unsung) heroes of the whole Bond franchise are, for sure, the stuntmen and women . . .
Xenia all day
@@SmithDrewSmith Correct on Xenia; she could have stolen the film.
For sure one of the best films in the franchise, an amazing first outing for Pierce Brosnan, two of the best Bond girls(Xenia & Natalya), and one of the best licensed video games of all time. I also enjoyed the new Miss Moneypenny here as well, as no one can replace the OG, but I felt Samantha Bond was a great fit along side Pierce's Bond. I've always enjoyed the Bond Girls who didn't need saving, and held their own, and Natalya was one of the best in that regard. And Xenia was easily one of the most memorable villains man or woman in the entire series as well. Just a standout Bond film, for sure a top 5 in the franchise, maybe even top 3.
Alec: For England, James?
James: No…for N64
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The story behind the N64 game is quite interesting. It came out two years after the movie. The famous multi player part of the game was developed without approval. The developers only opened up on this shortly before the release. Then they tried to get the rights to use pictures of all the previous Bond actors. But Connery wanted to be paid and the producers feared that the other actors would get word of that and it would be too expensive, so they used Brosnan's portrait four times in the menu instead of all four Bond actors.
There are also some bugs in this game, but who cares as long as it is fun.
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@@hw2508 probably one of the earliest examples of "development hell" for a computer game, in terms of budget and legal wranglings.
LMFAO
Interesting that you said Brosnan was the first Bond to bring something new to the role, since that is not how many 007 fans think of him. His performance seemed like he was trying to emulate his predecessors, whereas Timothy Dalton in particular really tried to make the character more serious and accurate to the books. Even Roger Moore was very different to Connery, playing the character much more for laughs.
Spot on, that’s why I’d always prefer Dalton over Brosnan because Dalton tried to do his own interpretation, whereas Brosnan felt like he was trying to be a crowd pleaser and copy the best bits of Connery and Moore
It took over a decade for Brosnan finally get to play the part he was born for and he nailed it. Dashing, dry-witted and dangerous - he embodied Bond well with savoir fair to spare (if you married Connery with Moore you'd get Brosnan). Famke Janssen is so sexy as Xenia and I have a huge crush on her (sure pun intended ;d) and saw her IRL in NYC on 2 different occasions very casually so and she is truly breath-takingly beautiful. I knew you'd enjoy this ladies and trust me the rest of his tenure is just as excellent.
I grew up with Brosnan as Remington Steele. IIRC after that series he was who many thought would be the next Bond but it went to Dalton. Brosnan was tied into some sort of contract that he couldn't get out of and missed out. So, after Dalton's films there were a lot of us that felt like he finally got the role that he was meant to play.
They wanted him while he was working on Remington Steele, but he couldn't get permission to. So, they went with The Saint or Roger Moore.
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Yeah, that contract BS rob us of a really good Bond for a while.
I also think that Sean Bean was a candidate for the Bond role. So it was pretty cool to have him in that opening scene getting killed.
@@Rosedach Uhm, no. They went with Dalton, not Roger Moore. Moore had played Bond for 10+ years at this point.
The girls: we didn’t like that awful Onatopp woman.
The boys: umm…yeah, so she was incredible.
Xenia was one of the best henchmen the Bond films ever had. She was such a great villain.
@@Benji568 she really was! A lot to like in that film.
You could say that you wished she was Bond's...main squeeze.
You can never look at Jean Grey the same way after seeing this film
Famke Janssen. No words needed!
I was lucky enough to watch GoldenEye in theaters back on Thanksgiving in 1995. It was my first Bond movie, and set the standard for all the others. I've seen every movie in the series, but I always come back to this. And of course, I played the video game extensively. I love the theme song; the lyrics are sultry and mysterious, and then give way to madness. Trevelyan is one of my favorite Bond villains, despite wasting his _numerous_ opportunities to kill Bond. The set up and payoff for the exploding pen is easily one of the best bits the series. I also visited the area near where they filmed the helicopter theft in Monaco nearly a decade ago. Let's see, what else... During the street race at the beginning, the Aston Martin and Ferrari actually collided for real, and had to be repaired overnight. Famke Janssen had Brosnan slam her into the wall for real in the bath house scene for the sake of authenticity; she later discovered that she'd broken 2 ribs. Pierce Brosnan injured his finger during the ladder stunt at the end. The final fight between Bond and Trevelyan was deliberately choreographed as an homage to Bond VS Red Grant in From Russia With Love. Bond's car got an impressive introduction, but was barely seen later because they decided to cut out a car chase scene in Cuba. Speaking of which, the final location was shot at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico; it was also featured in the movie Contact a couple of years later. I'd always wanted to see it, but I'll never get the chance since the place collapsed in 2020. There's much more, but I'm sure other people will post about them.
The radio telescope is also featured in a DICE's _Battlefield_ map.
I was in the Navy when this came out and watched it in a Hong Kong theater. I still remember one of my buddies going "NO WAY" during the opening stunt scene. After Brosnan lost the part to Dalton, seeing Brosnan actually in the role finally was like seeing the Cubs win the world series.
Brosnan + swimming pool = violence
Ontatopp in this
Stabbing that gangster in Long Good Friday
and Robin Williams throwing that orange at his head in Mrs Doubtfire
@@freestrike2000I lament the end of Dalton in the role. I wish they'd made Property of a Lady in 1991 with him as Bond.
@@freestrike2000 course you were
As a huge fan of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, It was a pleasant surprise to see Hagrid and Boromir in a James Bond film 😂😂😂
A couple Xmen, too. Boris was nightcrawler, Onatop was Jean Grey
As an X-Men fan, it was nice to see Famke Jansen (Jean Grey) And Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler) in the same film years before they played X-Men.
Also Ned Stark from Game of Thrones 😊
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R.I.P. Robbie Coltrane.
This was my very first Bond movie and it still holds a special place in my heart. Absolutely love the theme song.
This was my first Bond film. As a kid my mind was blown, its been my favourite Bond film since. Brosnan will always be Bond to me.
I know you didn't spend much time on it, but just so anyone curious knows: the dam stunt was very real. The stunt was performed by British stuntman Wayne Michaels jumping off the Contra Dam in Switzerland. The jump was voted as best movie stunt of all time in a 2002 Sky Movies poll. In this day and age of CGI and over-the-top compositing and editing, a real stunt like that goes widely unappreciated.
That's what I love about the earlier Bond films; just like with the Mission Impossible films, the action is all real. Except for close-up shots of the lead actor pretending to be in trouble, every shot in these scenes is the stunt team putting themselves at legitimate risk to create some truly pulse-pounding setpieces. I think it's a real shame we haven't seen any similar ambitious stunts in these films since the crane jump in Casino Royale
You gotta love directors like Tarantino and Del Toro, who use as much practical effects as possible. Well Del Toro does use more CGI than hardcore purist Tarantino but you gotta love film makers who appreciate old school film making with set building and stunt works.
thx Kev 🥰
Cassie: Is she giving him a purple nurple!?
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You guys are comedy gold, don't ever change!
Oh I know! Lol
RIP Tina Turner. One of my favourite Bond songs
Great reaction vid as always. As a huge James Bond fan it's cool to see you guys watch it for the first time. However, how did neither of you realize Zukovsky was Hagrid from Harry Potter?! (Robbie Coltrane)
I was today years old when I realized that too.
Kassie, fun fact. It was only two movies ago but the American actor Joe Don Baker played the villain Brad Whittaker in Dalton’s “The Living Daylights.” Here in “Goldeneye” he was Bond ally Jack Wade. Not sure if you noticed. I believe there are several actors (albeit lower profile) to play multiple roles in the canon.
Maud Adams (Octopussy herself) was in three, but one was just as an extra.
What about Robbie Coltrain playing Demitri... his most known role was Hagrid in the Harry Potter films
@@cclapew Was Hagrid in a James Bond movie?
@@DJLtravelvids Yes... or the actor that played him.... he was in this one, Goldeneye and The World Is Not Enough... the Russian who James Bond said he gave him that limp...
@@cclapew Yes, I know him. But the original post was about actors who had played different characters in the James bond movies - such as Charles Gray and Maude Adams. Robbie Coltrane doesn't qualify unless Hagrid was a James bond character,
I saw GoldenEye on opening night. There was no social media back then, but the hype around it was immense and it delivered.
Me too. In our country it started on my birthday on July 7th at 00h07min
Sadly looks like their gonna be fucking with bond and making it woke. They tried to make bond into a woman and next their changing his colour to bond. Nothing wrong with black actors as we know but bond is bond..sad their gonna change him and ruin him
gotta love Cassie's suggestion of 'ejecting' from a single-engine utility plane
Pierce Brosnan was my ideal Bond. He nailed everything; the looks, the charms and the ruthlessness. This film was revitalizing the series, very successfully. My dad worked for our country's BMW dealership, so we always got free tickets to the Brosnan movies with their BMWs.
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Yup, Bond was a dying franchise in the early 90s, Brosnan brought it back with this movie. The legendary videogame really helps to boost its status in the cultural consciousness too
He was charmless and scrawny and not convincing as a killer at all. Dalton could crush him
Fun fact: The American marine/CIA guy was Joe Don Baker, who was previously the arms dealer in Living Daylights. Producers must like him.
I always thought that was weird that he was in two so close together, granted it was years apart due to the post-Dalton break.
He’s a fun character actor
Also Minnie Driver had a bit role in the movie as the singer in the Russian night club.
@@joemckim1183 - That's the same Minnie Driver who was in the recently watched Return To Me.
Yeah - tbh I was surprised that they didn't seem to recognise him from a couple of films back.
When I was a kid, tomorrow never dies had just come out in the cinema. I was walking past the Aston Martin headquarters, when a fancy DB7? Aston pulls out, sitting in the driving seat is Pierce Brosnan, I shouted "It's Pierce Brosnan!". He turned, smiled, stuck his thumb up at me and then pulled away. Was so cool seeing 007 drive an Aston in person! I mean, I still talk about it 26 years later hahah
I think I would have shouted "It's James Bond!" and then spent 26 years feeling like an idiot 😂 Thanks for telling us this, sounds like an awesome memory and put a smile on my face 😄
That is absolutely amazing. Seen a few local celebrities. 3 Olympic athletes. Always a great time.
Great guy and tall in real life 6 ft 2 in shoes. I briefly met him on the same day my Mum bought a new Jag xj8 in 2001. We had just parked up in Park Lane, London, and Pierce came out out of a restaurant and walked to his Range Rover, smiled at us and said ''Hey nice Jag''. Awesome day that was!
Names: Exist.
Popcorn in Bed: So you have chosen death.
Seriously I love how you both just massacre the names in the sweetest way possible. Always brings a smile to my face. Janus became Jenova and then even the correction was wrong.
Also Bromir make his comeback. 😂
Rest In Power, Queen Tina Turrner. Legendary. Iconic. Inspirational.
2:23 Mark! The big gap between movies is more about the studios involved trying to avoid bankruptcy than about popularity. Did you not notice the switch from one studio to another? 🤔
Licensing of rights is how we have three uses of the title "Casino Royale" and how we got "Never Say Never Again" when Roger Moore was still active. One of the "JB" movies got remade twice, but with a different title each time! One of the remakes is Sean Connery's "Never Say Never Again"! It gave us actress Kim Bassinger as a "Bond Girl/Babe"! ❤
Tom Hardy is 45. In their first Bond films Sean Connery was 31, Roger Moore was 45, George Lazenby was 29, Timothy Dalton was 40, Pierce Brosnan was 41, and Daniel Craig was 38. You’re welcome. 😁
Pierce brosnan was 42 years old when he portrayed for first time james bond
This week has been absolutely epic for popcorn in bed as far as reviewing movies i love. All i need now is "A bridge to far" and i can die happy.
Izabella Scorupco, definitely one of my favorite Bond girls. I am looking forward to this one, its my favorite Brosnan entry in the Bond franchise.
Between her and Michelle Yeoh, Brosnan got the two smartest Bond girls.
@@STOCKHOLM07 Who cares if they smart,i think you missing Bond's "spirit".
@@kenbean75 Okay?
She was dating a hockey player who played in our local team at the time (Mariusz Czerkawski, she later married him...and a few years later they divorced), so it felt like we had a 'connection' to the film.
@@STOCKHOLM07 Really? Dr. Christmas Jones (played by Denise Richards) was literally a nuclear physicist and had a doctorate!
Dame Judy Dench, such a perfect M for her run in the Bond series. The actress playing Miss Moneypenny is ironically actress Samantha Bond. She's also great in a number BBC series like Midsomer Murders.
As a relative of a former tankman in the eastern block, yes. That T-55 could still fire after ramming a building and a statue
For my parents, Sean Connery was always bond, but Pierce was the Bond I grew up with. Loved his movies! Then again... Daniel Craig was pretty awesome.
I'm kinda old (65yo) and I agree with your parents as #1 Sean, but also agree with your 2 as well.
@@davidkessinger1581 You're about the same age as my mom. :)
Pierce Brosnan was my James Bond growing up, as a kid born in the ‘90s, so it’s pretty cool that you’ve reacted to GoldenEye! Hopefully, you’ll react to the rest of Brosnan’s Bond movies.
I’m thrilled at this. You guys are amazing and for some of us nineties lads and lasses this movie is pure nostalgia
1:45 Ladies…. James Bond became a huge international cultural icon way back in the 1960s, with Sean Connery. The series was a success right from the first film, DR. NO (1962), but GOLDFINGER (1964) was when the Bond phenomenon really solidified into iconic status. The time between LICENCE TO KILL (1989) and GOLDENEYE (1995) was six years, not eight. A pretty lengthy period between Bond films, but during that time the Cold War, which had been going since 1946, finally ended, and the first Gulf War had happened as well. Geopolitics was very different by 1995, especially where the former Soviet Union was concerned. Popular culture had shifted as well; things that once were accepted or overlooked no longer were.
The radio telescope shown later in the film has since collapsed.
Famke Janssen in this awakened some things for a lot of people XD
The Bond movie with the "Diamonds in somebody's face" is Die Another Day with Brosnan in his last Bond movie, and Halle Berry as the main Bond girl.
@@josiahbechtel9832 or as she called him: "The guy with the million dollar acne."
Pierce was the Bond that I was waiting for after he was forced to go back to TV due to a episode commitment that NBC enforced due to the rumors of Brosnan being cast as Bond and exploited it to have one more season of Remington Steele. His arrival was was worth the wait.
Brosnan is my favourite Bond. Goldeneye was just the beginning.
Carly’s random revelations are the best part of this channel.
She plays Halo and went surfing.
Cassie; 😳 I thought I knew you
That confrontation between Bond and M in her office is low-key one of my favorite Bond scenes ever.
The fact that they successfully acknowledge the double elephant in the room- M being a woman and Bond's character seemingly "outdated" even by the 90s- through such a natural, believable conversation without political affectations is so impressive.
It's a testament to great writing and great actors.
And the way she calls him out, but yet they're able to show a mutual respect between the 2 is fantastic. That it wasn't played out as them just butting heads, or making her out to be an antagonist begrudgingly working with him.
I didn’t appreciate that scene as a kid when the film first released, but a few years later I got it. Lol. Love that scene too
I found it a bit silly what she brought up unless you take her as more a politician than spymaster, then it sorta works. Just glad she didn't care about that more than their national mission. If she did that would be the biggest double standard ever. For any another femme fatale, out there as a common thing since forever, emotion and manipulation are part of the spy game. Anyone thinking it shouldn't be a tool for an agent because he is a man. wut? I do wonder, would she have to be a politician to keep her job reporting to the few that would be higher up than her? Spymaster is right near the very top inside any country because of the secrecy involved.
Yeah. If they made that scene today it would probably wind up being so much more hamfisted and preachy.
@larryberry8128 Absolutely. The respectful looks they exchange at the end when she says, "Come back alive." Despite her criticisms, M recognizes Bond as an invaluable asset and he recognizes that her prudence is not borne of weakness but concern for the lives of her operatives.
The Man With The Gden Gun! Best theme song. Connery and Moore will still be my top top bonds.
Good choice but Live and Let Die or You Know My Name by Cornell beat that.
Roger Moore is my favorite Bond...but he was 007 during my most impressionable years. I would love to see you guys do "Moonraker."
Yeah, Moonraker is very enjoyable. Campy as all get out, but fun to watch. It's James Bond's answer to the tremendous box office success of Star Wars.
Moonraker is my favorite^^ Love it^^
Honestly agreed. If possible I'd love them to add Moonraker and For Your Eyes Only to the list as a bonus, but I doubt it'll happen.
I loved Moonraker too, because I was a kid back then and I loved the character Jaws. The greatness of these films really depends on what generation you were brought up in. Even though Sean Connery’s was a little bit before my time, I do think he’s the greatest Bond ever.
@@NemeanLion- I know exactly what you mean. While Roger Moore is my personal favorite...I agree that Connery was the best.
Zukofsky is also in "the world is not enough" you might want to react to that one now that Haggrid has passed away.
You can also react to "The Man who would be bond" a BBC miniseries about Ian Fleming but as a bond movie, 10/10 one of the best pieces of bond media.
Goldfinger, essentially, single handedly launched the secret agent film craze of the 1960s. In doing so, it established the basic formula of all such films which followed.
You two might be repulsed by Famke in this film, but trust me, just about every guy past the age of puberty crushed on her in the 90s and early 2000s. She's a former model who has had a pretty decent film career. She's a major character in the earlier X-Men films where she stars as Jean Grey/ Phoenix, one of the most powerful beings in the entirety of the Marvel universe.
She absolutely wrecked her face in later years with some of the worst plastic surgery I've ever seen. She's also not a particularly nice woman in the flesh.
"My program seizes the phone line of whoever is tracing me, and jams their modem so they can't hang up."
That is probably the most 90s thing anybody could ever say.
Oh the internet connection noises from AOL. Welcome!
I was born in 1992 so computers and the internet were always there at home but by the time I understood how it worked, it was already the 2000s and all this phone line thing was outdated already.
That's why people watching The Matrix today are always so confused why the redpills always exit the Matrix via the phone - that's a reference to how the internet worked in the 90s.
I was today’s years old when I finally recognized Minnie Driver’s cameo 23:15 in Goldeneye lmaooooo
Fun fact: The plane stunt was done for real with other stunt men and the part with Pierce Brosnan up close was in the studio. The Dam jump was also real to add to that. The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, the giant satellite dish in this movie, had two cables fail in 2020 and it destroyed itself.
and they said the dish can't be repaired - such a loss for astronomy
AHH GoldenEye, The 90s was the best, And GoldenEye on the N64 was Amazing.
Some lovely deep cuts in the theme lyrics - "You'll never know how I watched you from the shadows as a child/You'll never know how it feels to get so close and be denied" - Brosnan being the first Bond *fan* to *become* Bond, having credited seeing Goldfinger in the cinema as a child as what made him want to be an actor, and having been cast in The Living Daylights only to have to withdraw when the producers of his TV show refused to release him from his contract.
Jean Gray from X Men and Hagrid from Harry Potter both in this movie. Pierce had the most Good Bond movies even the one a lot of people hated
Carly knew it. The one with the diamonds in the guy''s face. LOL.
And Alan Cumming from X-Men 2 (Nightcrawler)
@@TheHopSays And Minnie Driver of Good Will Hunting
Y'all's channel is fabulous, and I love watching your reactions. Keep up the great work, ladies! 💜💜
Ian Fleming's NOVELS were the starting point for almost EVERYTHING James Bond.
This was the exceeption adapted as a game before it was a movie.
The only reason Pierce Brosnan was NOT James bond before/instead of Timothy Dalton was because of Network contract blocking due to Remington Steele (Brosnan's signature TV role)
you really feel how this movie translates almost directly into a video game - all the stealth infiltrations of enemy bases, daring escapes... I know there was a recent remaster of the classic Goldeneye 007 but it still pales to what could be done with latest game engines etc. The flow here is perfect for a game - not like say... Diamonds are Forever lol
Oh Her Majesty's Secret Service movie ironically is the most loyal to it's Fleming source material - it was one I believe Fleming wrote after the first films... well it was published Apr 1, 1963 - and I read Fleming wrote it to be "filmic" anticipating the importance of having his secret agent creation looking good on camera. Hence the bio weapon in the Swiss Alps, etc.
Before his Bond movies, Pierce Brosnan was most famous for portraying the TV detective Remington Steele.
Controversial take: Brosnan is the second best Bond. Timothy Dalton being the BEST.
i've had just about enough of your lunacy as i can take, Santiago.
Sean Connery is the Best Bond.
Timothy Dalton is highly underrated.
I think this is my favorite Bond, can't wait for your reaction ^_^
Golden Eye is considered in the top 3 Bond films of all time pretty much by MANY people. It's not only a great Bond film, but a great film in general for non bond fan movie goer. Hope you ladies enjoyed!!
Ironic, because I never cared for it. I felt like Brosnan was kind of going through the motions, doing the Bond schtick, if you take my meaning. Then the story, the laser from space... was just too fantastical. Bond is better when he's more grounded.
@@STNeish You mean when he's boring? Goldeneye was more self aware than any other Bond film, M even remarks on this by calling Bond a relic of the Cold War. This movie proved otherwise, especially with the Tiger helicopter, Goldeneye satellite, and programmers like Natalya and Boris representing a new age of warfare.
@@moriellymoproblems7842 No, grounded in reality. The farther you take him into science fiction, the less appeal he has. There's a reason the best Bond films tend to be rather simpler overall. I'd elaborate, but I don't want to spoil anything for future reactions.
Mostly for Tina Turner's marvelous theme song!!!! PS- There are only two "classic" James Bond: Sean Connery and Daniel Craig.
@@STNeish Goldeneye for the most part was grounded in reality, and this film had plenty of appeal. There's a reason why this is widely considered one of the best Bond films ever, it revitalized the entire franchise.
The one with 'the diamonds in his face' is Die Another Day. A literal DAD film !
8:30 Mark! He's who cannibal parents have in mind when they tell their children to eat "Broccoli"! 😂😅
Goldeneye, Casino Royale (2006), Goldfinger, and The Living Daylights are my favorite Bond movies.
Yeah Goldeneye and Casino Royale same director here
Excellent selection.
Easily one of my top 5 Bond films. Pierce Brosnan was born for this role
Other than George Lazenby probably the worst Bond in my opinion.
@@TheJamie6666 Yeah I wasn’t a fan of his performance.
misogynistic means prejudice against women. This is more like objectification. 😂😂
Exactly. Bond doesn't hate women, he adores them. He just has very old fashioned views, but that's not the same as misogyny.
Pierce Brosnan also played Phileas Fogg in a pretty good adaptation of "Around the World in 80 Days." Very fun, light-hearted period piece. Saruman ( Sir Christopher Lee) has a supporting role.
Fun fact: The first female "M" (actually known as "C" in the MI6) was appointed in 1992, three years before Judy Dench took over as M in the Bond series.
You guys should totally watch Austin Powers after this. The amount of James Bond references you'll see will astound you!
Pierce Brosnan was already very famous from his tv show ' Remington Steele'. It was very popular here in Jamaica back in the day. Being James Bond was just icing on the cake. He's one of my favourite actors of all time.
I recall at the time that his contract for Steele prevented him from being James Bond sooner by a couple years.
@@Mark-xt8jp I remembered. After Roger Moore retired, my sister and I used to say Pierce Brosnan is the most suitable choice for the role.
@@Mark-xt8jpby almost a decade.
@@annbowen9656I wasn't around then, but I've read that everyone was pumped for The Living Daylights with Brosnan, then were left deflated when he had to pull out
@@nickslade3978 👍🏼. Timothy Dalton wasn't bad. I'm more of a 'Licence To Kill' fan, though.
Cassie, they actually had to use a crane to suspend the stuntman further out away from the dam wall so he wouldn't smack into it.
21:11: Jack Ward (CIA agent) is played by Joe Don Baker, who also played villain Brad Whitaker in 'The Living Daylights'. I can't remember any other actor who has played both an ally and an enemy of James Bond in two different movies.
23:16: Minnie Driver, trying to sing as badly as possible. She sang professionally before moving into acting.
Here's your trivia for this one. Goldeneye was the name of Ian Fleming's estate in Jamaica. It is still operated under that name as a resort. The name is also the name of a Naval Intelligence operation, Operation Goldeneye, designed and run by Fleming in WWII concerned with Spain and Gibraltar. It operated until there was no longer any German threat in that area. He very likely borrowed the name from the novel, Reflections in a Golden Eye, which he would likely have read when it came out in 1941. There was no Goldeneye novel, not did he ever refer to Goldeneye in his fiction.
I always loved that gag with Xenia with legs that could crush watermelons and James finds the guy's body soon after with a smile on his face
Boris and Natalya, nice reference to that animated series *The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends*
Fun Fact: The movie loosely based on the animated series, was narrated by Corey Burton. The voice for 007's nephew in the animated series *James Bond Jr*
Yes! The singing cowgirl is Minnie Driver!! 😂
Circle of Friends is such a good movie
The armored train design at 30:00 always makes me think of Sam Eagle from the Muppet Show 😄
so glad to see this pop up! Brosnan and Dalton are my favourites, besides Connery. You asked if there was a reason male leads had less muscle, and there was the stereotype of the '"big dumb" guys back then, which Bond could never be associated with as he's always portrayed as a sophisticated spy, not a bulldozer. You'll notice that trend in other 80s/90s action movies as well; its more about having skill than size. And yes, this was a relaunch for the franchise. Brosnan's era made Bond a mainstream big event franchise again; the box office more than doubled and it continued to rise (all the way to his last movie being the highest grossing of the entire franchise when it came out). And yes, the plane/motorcycle jump was real (which Mission Impossible will replicate in their upcoming movie) except for when Bond enters the plane mid-air. Cant wait for the next one!
Die Another Day with the diamonds in the face.
The exploding pen scene at the end is so tense! Love this movie. It’s so raw and visceral.
Definitely Brosnan's best. And Natalya Simonova is my favorite Bond girl! Beauty AND brains! 😍
I grew up knowing Pierce Brosnan as Remington Steele. In this, he went from adorable to whoa! 😂 Definitely one of my favorite Bond movies, best villain and my absolute favorite Bond!
Shout out to Tina Turner’s epic Bond song. RIP Queen