One of our New Year's Eve movies this year was Thunderball. (Fun fact: My sister met her husband at the resort where much of this movie was filmed.) It got us on a James Bond kick, starting with GoldenEye.
GoldenEye is Pierce Brosnan's first Bond, and I think he does a creditable job. When this came out, it was too close to Remington Steele, I couldn't take him seriously. Now, he seems quite credible, suave yet tough. His part is written as a bit grittier than some of the classic Bonds - not so campy. Nothing like the grim Daniel Craig, but not a comic book either.
Which is not to say that it is totally realistic, like, say, From Russia with Love. The carchase with a tank and armored train comes to mind.
We'll be going back to the early Bonds, then dip into the careers of each Bond. I don't think we'll watch every movie (30 so far?), but we'll end up much better educated in the corpus.
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