Drinker's Extra Shots - GoldenEye

Recently, I happened to catch GoldenEye for the first time in years, and it reminded me of why I used to love the Bond movies so much. Fill your martini glasses as I break down why Pierce Brosnan's first 007 movie was so good.
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[@TheVertigo361]

"For England, James?" "No. For me." Cold, balanced, merciless last punchline that only Pierce could land while keeping his memorable cool.

[@StreetPreacherr]

And Sean Bean dies again! Great stuff! lol

[@rogersmith7396]

And then a 1 million ton sharp satelite dish falls a thousand feet on to him. Thats gotta hurt.

[@markwilson7013]

@@rogersmith7396 So that's what really happened to that dish 😅

[@rogersmith7396]

@@markwilson7013 It was a bad day for Alec and his girlfriend. Don't ever fuck with James Bond.

[@rivolinho]

It's an Irish thing. He wanted to say "Fuck England. For me" but they softened it for the age rating

[@Jasmin-lg3gf]

Adjusting your tie while driving a tank is probably the most Bond thing you can do. It says everything you need to know about the gentleman spy.

[@mikcnmvedmsfonoteka]

He also adjusted his tie while underwater too :D

[@IMPOTUSx2]

brosnan also kept bond's dark-humor one-liners that connery mastered as well when he gets rid of certain baddies. LOL!

[@spaghettibadger647]

@@IMPOTUSx2 "YOU FORGOT THE ONE RULE OF MASS MEDIA.... GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT!" *turns Carver into meaty goo*

[@IMPOTUSx2]

@@spaghettibadger647 brosnan-bond after tossing some goon to some conveyer belt of newspaper press & see blood-stained printed papers printing to the bottom: "they'll print anything these days..."

[@KlaustheViking]

@@IMPOTUSx2 My favorite pun: Bond: “Oh, I’m just up here at Oxford… brushing up a little Danish” *end of scene* Moneypenny: “You were always a cunning-linguist, James”

[@keenanmcbreen7073]

This movie + GoldenEye 64 are such a massive and definitive part of my growing up. The best bond movie ever combined with one of the most important video games of all time, i mean COME ON.

[@jaymeister4850]

Do you follow the Goldeneye speedrunning community?

[@keenanmcbreen7073]

@@jaymeister4850 i dont, but i probably should.

[@jaymeister4850]

@@keenanmcbreen7073 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHzOma2fpL-JepI start there and go down the rabbit hole 😁🐰

[@charlieparkeris]

What a game.

[@davidbradley3227]

I was wondering how far I had to scroll before someone mentioned n64 goldeneye. 2 comments down and bang, there it is. Epic game but goddamn those proximity mines

[@AnswerisB]

Sean Bean as Alec Trevelyan/Janus was incredible. A magnificent foil to James Bond.

[@rochskier]

Failing to turn Trevelyan/006 into the '90s version of Blofeld was an enormous missed opportunity.

[@shadowchaser3836]

What a kickass Bond flick. I swear that everyone involved decided to take all the elements that make Bond flicks great and then dial them up to 11. And what a debut for Pierce Brosnan, who was one hell of a Bond. I can’t say enough about this one.

[@carljohan9265]

Among the many things Goldeneye got right, it's got that very specific musical tone that keeps popping up all throughout the movie that has never been in any other movie I've watched. It's instantly recognizable to me when I hear it and brings the thoughts to Goldeneye immediately.

[@martinstein9553]

I grew up watching the Bond movies because, just as my parents decided I was old enough to babysit my sister, a local TV station began airing the entire series right after prime time. They gave me a reason to stay up late, and even helped calm my nerves for being made responsible for my sibling, not to mention my home. But, George Lazenby broke my tween boy heart and Timothy Dalton couldn't rekindle the flame. It wasn't until they cast the debonair star of "Remington Steele" as Bond - a role it seemed at the time he had been born for - that my love affair resumed, doomed as it was when Brosnan retired from the role and Craig took over. Given the politics of the time, I can't see the franchise going on much longer. I guess I'll just pretend it ended when it should have: on a high note with Pierce.

[@pappyodanial]

I am watching it on blu-ray. It's one of the best movies ever made.

[@UtahGetMe2]

@@carljohan9265 Absolutely! I couldn’t agree more. I don’t know this, but I’d bet anything that Eric Serra was hired for this because of The Professional, and what an absolute treat it was. He really refined the synth heavy approach that previous movies had done, especially regarding the Soviet Union or the Cold War. Some of the echoey sounding stuff gave such character to the setting of the movie being a character it it’s own right, which in my opinion is one of the biggest things it’s important for a Bond score to get right. I can listen to score from great scenes from Leon, Goldeneye, & The Fifth Element any time. Serra did some truly amazing scores back in the 90s.

[@TheLuri89]

@@UtahGetMe2 yeah i agree too, amazing score. And Serra always use some recognizable sounds like when you hit a pipe with something and the effect is long. Hard to describe but i think you know what i mean. His work on goldeneye always gave me chills down the spine

[@dorn0531]

Alec: "I set the timer for 6 minutes. The same 6 minutes you gave me." Natalya: "What does that mean?" Bond: "We've got 3 minutes."

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

Kind of petty of Alec to hold that against James, considering at the time he was telling James to "Finish the job - blow them all to hell!" Alec then got shot in the head and was lying on the floor... would he really have picked himself up and gotten out of there if he'd had six minutes instead of three? Anyway, it doesn't seem to have done him much harm getting caught up in that explosion, so what's he complaining about?

[@mrkeogh]

The script is just 😙👌

[@mrkeogh]

@@AdmiralBonetoPick Trevelyan was a double-agent, in cahoots with General Orlov, who didn't actually shoot him: that was a ploy to get Bond to surrender. Alek's injuries come from the burns he suffers when the weapons plant blows up...after 3 minutes, not the 6 he expected.

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

@@mrkeogh Ah, I didn't quite pick up on that at the time (I was only about 12 when I saw the movie). I assumed he had decided to betray Britain *after* the explosion. Thanks for clarifying - makes more sense now.

[@im_that_guy]

This film had such great dialogue/writing.

[@bricksteele7806]

This movie perfectly balances campy humor with gritty violence. This is exactly what the series needs to return to.

[@lueysixty-six7300]

Pierce has always been the definitive Bond for me - he's the Bond I grew up with. He LOOKS like Bond, not just ACTS like. Endlessy sophisticated and debonair, Brosnan slams the dunk for Bond for me, and brings the glass backboard shattering down, overhead!

[@pr-tj5by]

Best Bond ever

[@lefterisatheras5918]

I like to think of every actor that portrait Bond as the same Bond in a different slice of his life: (Leave Lazenby out because he did only one movie and his was not a good actor) Dalton : Early Bond, not very confident and therefore such super focused and serious Connery : Initial peak Bond. Much more confident and some swag Brosnan : Late peak. Too confident. A little arrogant and a little complacent. Super swaggy and show-off Moore : Beyond peak, close to retirement during his last movies. The weakest one physically but the most experienced one, smarter and calm. He knows he will make it because he is James fucking Bond and he knows he is in his twighligt, so he wants to have some fun and savour every one of his last moments before riding into the sunset Craig : Fuck Craig. Cosplayer from grandma's basement Bond. The real Bond retired and MI6 found some stupid smuck to cosplay as. Bond Fuck Craig. Fuck him. Fuck Craig. Fuck this shit. Fuck Craig. Fuck this disgrace. Fuck Craig. I'd rather watch Lazenby. At least he seemed to be trying to be Bond. Also, did I mention Fuck Craig? No ? Well, fuck Craig.

[@pr-tj5by]

@@lefterisatheras5918 I'll take super swaggy and show off all day, I have to say that I absolutely love your take on Craig, Tbh I don't like Dalton's Bond neither, oh did I tell you I absolutely love your take on Craig 👍

[@lefterisatheras5918]

@@pr-tj5by Let's set some priorities straight. First and foremost. Fuck Craig. Brosnan is my favourite Bond without a doubt. I think most of the people who really understand what Bond is they consider Connery or Brosnan as the best. I feel sorry for Moore... we have fantastic as far as he was concerned and I believe with decent scripts he would have made it a trilemma. I used to dislike Dalton, until I watched the first (and last for me) movie of that bleach-blond twat. Then I started appreciating the cold, methodical approach of Dalton as -in my own mind - "rookie Bond" . I am terrified of who the next Bond is going to be... I wish that instead of the cosplayer they had chosen baaaack then Tom Hiddleton (Yes Loki, "The Night Manager" was the best audition for a Bond movie ever, or Tom Ellis from Lucifer - he would have been the real successor of Brosnan). Now with all the shit I am reading? I wish they would take back Brosnan. Have a really retired Bond come back for 1 or 2 missions (based on the box office) of a really different Bond. Smarter than ever, wiser than ever, and completely shit in anything physical. It is obvious that the studio has no clue who to cast. Just the nostalgia and the star power of Brosnan will make the movie a box-office (if not anything else) success. And let's be honest... Has Brosnan ever played in a bad movie since he became a star ? I dont think so.... Brosnan gives you the time to make the right research and pick a fresh guy who will begin at 32y.o. and will carry the franchise for the next 15 years. Brosnan also gives you the opportunity to wipe the bad taste of the last movies and let the next guy start off really fresh without being compared to the guy before him, since Brosnan is old now and would be impossible to compare them. Damn , I guess I have written too much... Well, Fuck Craig.

[@catherinehubbard1167]

I agree, though I did not grow up for me. Connery was perfect for the different sexual politics of the early Bond films, but he never seemed to be serious in the role, probably because they were written that way. Brosnan shows a much wider range as Bond and does it impeccably at all times.

[@shadowchaser3836]

“I trusted you, Alec.” “Trust. What a quaint idea.” Legit one of my favorite moments in all cinema.

[@Grubnar]

"For England, James?" "No, for me!"

[@rogersmith7396]

If only Bezos had been the bad guy.

[@johngaltspeaking213]

Totally, Sean Bean's Janus reveal was a great scene.

[@joejoe2658]

sounds like something trump would've said, if he were able to read...

[@Dime_time333]

@@joejoe2658 better than biden

[@heraldofwar]

Bond franchise relies heavily on its villains, the villain determines the plot and motivations for that film. One thing lacking from the Daniel Craig movies except Casino Royale. Sean Bean nailed 006 as a dangerous and competent bad guy showing how off his skills as an actor.

[@robwalsh9843]

I think Javier Bardem was good in Skyfall.

[@PiotrekSzostak]

@@robwalsh9843 Javier was great but the script wasn't.. the detailed plan of his escape from MI6 was so ridiculous I could only shake my head.. and that train at the end.. FFS..

[@robwalsh9843]

@@PiotrekSzostak True, and the ending "Home Alone in a Scottish castle", that was silly. Still Skyfall was much more entertaining than the other films. I didn't bother with the latest one.

[@basicfilmblog]

@@PiotrekSzostak what are you on about sky fall is hands down the best bond film.

[@basicfilmblog]

@@robwalsh9843 no, it wasn't

[@now_im_here3698]

This was actually the first Bond movie that I ever watched. And holy smokes what an intro! Also , the N64 game was also a blockbuster of it's own and changed the entire gaming industry.

[@KaosNova2]

That game and Perfect Dark helped demonstrate that you can do fps games on consoles.

[@spacemann1425]

How did it change the entire gaming industry?

[@renevilandt8300]

Agree on the N64 game being amazing aswell. I will always remember it was the first game I ever played, where soldiers reacter differently on a hit in the leg, arm or body, aswell as dropping their weapon if shot in the hand. And overall just a great story in a game.

[@Temuldjin]

Back then FPS games were only single player, not even co-op. It was because the Goldeneye very late in the development cycle decided to make a multiplayer for the game that multiplayer even caught on in the industry, it was the " prof of concept " the industry needed, before Goldeneye, there were 0 companies who even wanted to add multiplayer for their FPS's@@spacemann1425

[@Canalbiruta]

@@spacemann1425 a lot of game designe for fps games, aswell as enemy ia behaviour and even gameplay structure came from goldeneye. is easy to take for granted obvioud stuff like twin stick controls, reload, multiple missions per level structure, enemies reacting to where you shoot on them, but these were all stuff that pretty much didn't exist before goldeneye 64, and all happened in a console fps game, something thought at the time as impossible to do properly.

[@maxwellkafka]

When it came out, during the tank scene my dad said “wow, they must have destroyed almost a thousand dollars worth of Russian cars”

[@FlaccidSunday]

Based

[@craigslaunwhite579]

At least. 😂

[@trevormoses5061]

😂😂

[@mrj2654]

Bond level quip from your dad.

[@WayneKelso89]

Has your dad ever considered screenwriting? 😂

[@marvingro7959]

Brosnan was the perfect mix of Connery, Moore and Dalton: Charming like Connery, funny like Moore, but also dead serious like Dalton. He had it all. And no bad word about Dalton. He was what Craig should've been.

[@rogersmith7396]

The Dalton in the carribean against the drug lord film was about the end of the Bond series.

[@robwalsh9843]

Unpopular opinion: George Lazenby could be funny and sometimes handled action very well. He was just in a really bizarre one-off 007 movie.

[@marvingro7959]

@@robwalsh9843 George Lazenby was a second Connery. Which isn't a bad thing. Just not something unique.

[@madmick6275]

@@robwalsh9843 I watched the George Lazenby documentary, its a really good watch so check it out. I forgot the exact name of it but it shouldne be hard to find

[@madmick6275]

ist called becoming Bond! Must watch for any one who like a good documentary

[@Hybris51129]

Goldeneye is a excellent movie but for me personally Tomorrow Never Dies sticks with me more the older I get simply because of Bond's ending line. "You forgot the first rule of mass media, Elliot! GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT!" I keep hearing this line every time I hear people complain about the low quality of modern TV/movies and how even as shows flop studios keep pushing the same thing again and again.

[@MediumRareOpinions]

Aww you got there before I could reference the same line, oh well take a like for your effort.

[@crank1985]

That movie was prophetic.

[@freaknr1]

The 3 first Brosman-films are among my favourites, partially because I grew up with them, but also because they really held up when I rewatched them as an adult. Everybody praises Goldeneye, but TND is really on point in it's satire of news media and feels more relevant now than ever before. And TWiNE has one of the best Bond-girls ever (as well as one of the worst sadly), involves M in the story in a really good way and has one of the best intro-songs in the series! DAD is sadly pretty bad, but at least it's bad in a funny way.

[@NebLleb]

*drill machine intensifies*

[@wedge12]

The opening scene from Tomorrow never dies had been my favorite ever since i first saw it.

[@nikolaosdimitriadis15]

Tina Turner's performance on the excellent title song, composed by Bono and The Edge, is nothing but brilliant. This is an amazing Bond song to accompany a fine Bond movie!

[@jacklawrence2212]

The Drinker is right. Goldeneye is a cracking, witty, back to basics Bond with all the nasty glamour of the great Connery movies. And in Xenia Onatopp you have real dash of Ian Fleming's twisted nastiness when it came to creating villains: a bad ass babe who's turned on by committing mass murder and even the prospect of her own potential death. Brilliantly played by Famke Janssen, too.

[@10023861]

The N64 game ignited my love for this movie. I played the game first and I was very excited to learn that my favorite shooter game had a movie! So badass and really cool to see scenes from the movie in the game.

[@sclarin2]

Yes that game is the reason I saved and bought a N64. Hands down the best movie adapted video game of all time

[@HouseOfAlastrian]

That game single-handedly proved that a console could deliver a fun FPS experience. I never owned it myself despite having an N64, but I did own Perfect Dark, which was the next FPS Rare made after Goldeneye and that game owes a massive debt to Goldeneye.

[@wilfred_ho]

Few things more enjoyable than doing your own extended cut of the tank-thorugh-Moscow scene (unlimited enemy spawning). Also, headshots in "DK" mode and seeing how many guards you can line-up and take out with a single sliver bullet/Moonraker beam.

[@jonkerr7959]

4 player complex proximity mines no one is aloud to use oddjob

[@robwalsh9843]

That game was atmospheric as hell. The image of enemy soldiers in white running towards you through the winter fog was so memorable.

[@Padraig91]

Goldeneye has possibly the best group of supporting characters in the whole series. Zukovsky, Xenia, Ourumov and Boris are all brilliant and unique.

[@KRS2000]

Then later, Xenia and Boris went on to be Jean Grey and Nightcrawler in X2.

[@David-dl6zg]

@@KRS2000 . Oh well, you can't win them all.

[@timothybogle1461]

Also Judi Dench was a spectacular M.

[@ThomasCostigan]

As a child of 1990, this was my first Bond and what an introduction to the Bond franchise. Pierce will always be my Bond, plus the N64 game catapulted this into true legendary status.

[@Blank-jt3nj]

Pierce Brosnan will always be James Bond. No actor more perfectly portrayed the character

[@pr-tj5by]

100%

[@geeebuttersnap2433]

I’d like to see Henry Cavill give it a crack.

[@randywhite3947]

Connery,Dalton, and Craig say otherwise

[@LexingtonDeville984]

Brosnan was a solid Bond, but he didn’t really do it for me.

[@onlyonewhyphy]

Obligatory thumb up Pierce Brosnan was a seriously underrated Bond. He actually conveyed Connery levels of sophistication while hinting at a potential for actual danger. A wolf in sheep's clothing. I could accept that with few other Bond actors. Maybe the polish brick layer, Daniel Craig. The best Bonds were Scottish & Irish. Go figure.

[@danielarcher369]

now we need Henry Cavill as Bond, a Bond for the 21st century, bigger, stronger, nerdier, with even more futuristic gadgets, bulletproof suits etc. Kicking ass all over the world.

[@stevenscott2136]

@@danielarcher369 How about they gene-modify Bond into a witcher so he can hunt an army of biotech weapon-creatures unleashed by SPECTRE mad scientists? Have to get Drinker to write it, though -- neither the Bond nor Witcher writers are up to the job.

[@danielarcher369]

@@stevenscott2136 i will write it!

[@carljohan9265]

When I was a kid i recorded Tomorrow Never Dies on a VHS tape and re-watched it countless times. It's one of my favorite Bond movies, and Brosnan is part of the reason for that.

[@mjbull5156]

Brosnan's run got painfully ridiculous as far the action sequences went, but that is not the actor's fault.

[@DixonAsses]

The Drinker never disappoints

[@kri249]

I'll drink to that.

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

Well, there was that one infamous time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXnKZoaAjrd7d5I

[@MattyS54]

the thing that puts this a cut above any bond movie that followed was the line-up of sheer quality side characters & vilians. 006, Xennia, Boris, Ouromov, it just goes on and on!

[@HerrEllsworth]

Besides being a dashing character, Brosnan was a surprisingly versatile actor who credibly did comedy (Remington Steele), icy drama (The Fourth Protocol) and camp (Mars Attacks). He was definitely my number two Bond.

[@daynechastant]

My headcanon dictates that "Remington Steele" was actually James Bond, who was on sabbatical and decided to keep busy during his leave from MI-6.

[@bhutochakrabarti4173]

He was also great In the ghost writer and the matador .

[@ForageGardener]

Mars attacks is effin hilarity

[@John-Doe-Yo]

Who’s number one for you 👀

[@HerrEllsworth]

@@John-Doe-Yo Sean. He blazed the trail.

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

Martin Campbell is basically the king of relaunching bond. he directed GoldenEye which was Pierce Brosnan's first bond flick and then he directed Casino Royale which was Daniel craigs first bond flick and both are among the best bond films.

[@johnstrawb3521]

@Big K Casino Royale has the great footchase, a terrific fight scene, _that_ torture scene, and nothing else. The poker scenes are junk, making sense on no level, and there's zero chemistry between Craig and Green. It's just a weak movie that got far more credit than it deserved because it was unusually gritty for a Bond.

[@mkultra2456]

@@johnstrawb3521 The newer Casino Royale is cock & ball torture at it's finest. **Ba-Dum-TSH!**

[@DP12321]

@@johnstrawb3521 Bourne > Daniel Craig's Bond

[@DP12321]

We need him to do another Zorro movie too.

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

@@DP12321 I don't know he kind of screwed up the second one.

[@jmace2424]

Never heard the Drinker sounds so upbeat with his “Go away now” 😄 sounds like a Brosnan marathon is in order!

[@Rx37Legacy]

Also watch "The November Man" starring Brosnan as the bad guy in a sort of Bond movie!

[@chriswilkinson7636]

The Pierce Brosnan Bond films managed to inject some humourous moments without them being too silly or unbelievable.

[@verb26]

That tank chase is still my fav scene from any bond movie! They just don't make them like they used too!! Great vid Drinker

[@milton7763]

Looking back, Goldeneye actually has some important similarities to Casino Royale: both came around at a time the series needed a serious revamp and delivered; both brought Bond into a new era; both were a great promise of things to come only to see it all turn to shite.

[@d.j.mulcahy1657]

They were also both made by the same director (Martin Campbell).

[@TheSuperappelflap]

wait, you thought casino royale was a good movie?

[@basicfilmblog]

Bond didn't need a revamp after Dalton

[@aaronleverton4221]

@@basicfilmblog He did after six years off the screen.

[@benbarley917]

Sorry man but Tomorrow Never Dies is actually under rated...Die Another Day was the straw that broke the camels back

[@ianlassitter2397]

ONE of the truest and most “Bond” of Bond films ever made.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

Just the right amount of fun and gritty👍

[@donaldduck7461]

Campbell, Brosnan & Craig’s best Bond films

[@NickNapoli]

Also one of the best N64 games as well.

[@SAMagic]

The Bondiest Bond who ever did boldly Bond, you might say.

[@donaldduck7461]

@@NickNapoli superb game mate

[@danielconde13]

This movie is responsible for me spinning around a pen in my fingers when I'm listening to something... Also, a great movie, that revived the franchise in the right way.

[@annarichardson7794]

Glad I am not the only one.

[@DarkMetalOmega]

My grandparents got me into James Bond when my brother and I were just little kids. Even at such a young age we immediately looked at Bond as the cool, suave, action hero any boy would want to be when he grows up. We loved it, the action, the characters, the places they went. I can never thank my grandparents enough for all the good times I had with them during Bond marathons.

[@louisvanderwalt2319]

Best line from Brosnan during his run : "I thought Christmas only came once a year?" Solid gold

[@jjryan1352]

Recently realized that she was on Seinfeld as the daughter of the President of NBC that George got caught staring at her cleavage.

[@mitchellanderson3960]

@@jjryan1352 in Friends she was the cousin that Ross and Chandler couldn't stop staring at her chest. Didn't know it was play on a Seinfeld moment.

[@juliooquendo220]

Pierce Brosman was a great James bond in the 90s. I always admire him as his performance. And my mom had a HUGE crush on him as well Drinker you ALWAYS pick the great movies GOLDENEYE Tommrow never dies and the world is not enough are kick ass Bond movie

[@youseff500]

I do like Bronsman, although Dalton really got fucked over when it came to Golden Eye--especially when the you can tell the script was written for him.

[@Zathren]

Die Another Day while outlandish, was also super fun and entertaining.

[@PiotrekSzostak]

@@Zathren with Die Another Day you can sense that the successful revamp of Bond franchise gave them a different business perspective and they drifted away a little bit with this one.. but still much better than Quantum of boredom

[@MrNicoJac]

What about Die Another Day?

[@im_that_guy]

My favourite bond movie and one of my all-time favourite films. Feels like a time machine to the past every time I watch it. The feel, the music, the dialogue, the actors/characters, the boss like enemies that James's encounters. So much entertainment from start to finish. Incredibly underrated

[@konstantinlozev2272]

When a successful movie spawns a successful set of video games, you know that the writing and direction of the movie is something special.

[@alexkogan9755]

I just realized that with that line from M, Goldeneye is essentially what the filmmakers of No Time To Die said they wanted to do, except Goldeneye did it first and did it far better with Bond proving everyone wrong. Oh, and he doesn’t die either. Love this movie. Tomorrow Never Dies following closely behind Goldeneye as far as my personal favorite Brosnan 007 movies go.

[@alzaelnext638]

That's actually a tired old cliche in Bond movies. Pretty much everytime there's a new Bond there's always the theme of "Is Bond outdated for the modern era?" It's actually really tiresome which is why I rolled my eyes when the makers of No Time to Die said they were going to do it themselves in the movie. As though it's some groundbreaking new thing that nobody in the movies thought of before.

[@Hamzat22]

GoldenEye is the perfect Bond movie. From the timeless intro song, great cast and action, no other reached its peak. And Pierce will always be my favorite Bond.

[@miahthorpatrick1013]

Tina Turner killed that intro song so hard! I would rock out to Goldeneye any day!

[@Hamzat22]

@@miahthorpatrick1013 in my opinion the 2nd best Bond song was Snake Eater from MGS3😂😂

[@AndrewWesthoff]

Martin Campbell's sense of kinetic camera movement and dynamic blocking makes his Bond movies so fresh.

[@StudioJake]

I would love to hear your take on Timothy Dalton. Personally, I think his two films are underrated and brought Bond out of the campy world of the 60s and 70s, making him more ground. I wish he had at least gotten a full trilogy.

[@eva44940]

agree. Dalton's my 2nd favorite after Brosnan, and his era owes a lot to Dalton. Dalton went through the growing pains needed to allow for the revitalizing of the franchise with Brosnan (e.g. learning how to write women for the XXI century without emasculating Bond)

[@hairydave82]

The strange thing is the Brosnan was supposed to have Dalton's run in the 80s. He just couldn't get out of his Remington Steele contract and so couldn't commit. I'm glad though as Goldeneye is my favourite bond film and Brosnan my favourite Bond.

[@eva44940]

@@hairydave82 crazy to think that Brosnan had the TLD script, and his stuntdouble had started filming in Gibraltar, when he had to back out at the last minute. Brosnan has agreed he was glad he got it in '94 instead of '86 cause he had matured into the role as he saw Bond as experienced and more weathered by life

[@ryanbeech6917]

One of the problems with Moore was the time period they were in unfortunately. All that space obsession and cheesy action totally killed the seriousness of Bond

[@chaptermastermarneuscalgar6926]

Timothy Dalton would have had more then two Bond films, but the franchise got locked into a 5 year legal battle after License to Kill and Dalton decided not to return once the legal issue was resolved.

[@MrLeftTurn]

Goldeneye was the first Bond film my dad showed me, and it remains my favorite. The tank chase, the escaping the train, the fight at the end; all incredibly memorable scenes. My dad and I always burst out laughing when Q is showing 007 new gadgets and a poor guy in the background becomes trapped in a fake phone booth. If you're going on a Brosnan Bond kick, Drinker, I think Tomorrow Never Dies has actually aged incredibly well and doesn't get a lot of love. Of course, Goldeneye is better, but TND absolutely has its moments.

[@613harbinger316]

"Delicious!"

[@Dime_time333]

Whats this? Thats my lunch!!!

[@o00nemesis00o]

TND, I think, was the best film with the Standard 007 Plot. Whatsername was very cute, which helped. Shame about the lack of Aston Martin but oh well

[@Indians-dl3to]

Especially if you look at how MSM operates today. TND is so relevant today.

[@MALICEM12]

I always like the World is not Enough as the second best Brosnan Bond film.

[@ChrisBonnar1]

Still in my top 5 bond films and one of my happiest memories related to film. I went on a family skiing holiday at around 7 years old and managed to break my leg on the second day. Had to spend the rest of the holiday stuck inside, while my siblings got to enjoy the mountains. My dad went out and got Golden eye on VHS for us to watch. It was the first Bond film I ever saw and he followed that up by renting All the other Bond movies and we got through as many as we could. Was actually a really great holiday all in all.

[@EZ-df1cm]

Your Dad sounds like a great father

[@rogersmith7396]

Did your dad ever take you to the doctor? Or would that have slowed his roll

[@itsokimautistic3848]

What about the leg Man, suspense is killing me faster than a henchman in the last act of a bond movie!

[@Matt-wf7ry]

Pierce Brosnan is without a doubt everything I think of when I think of Bond, unfortunately he was given awful scripts, CGI and bad villain's in the rest of his Bond films. So sad considering how good his run could have really been.

[@spaghettibadger647]

Tomorrow Never Dies is also a superb film. It's the last two that are woeful

[@eva44940]

TND is indeed superb, but TWINE is also very good (the triangle of Elektra, Bond and Renard is a refreshing challenging new dynamic for the franchise). DAD unfortunately has bad CGI but for some reason people pretend all his other movies also have CGI

[@Lang7]

@@spaghettibadger647 TWINE is great, TND is a snooze fest.

[@spencergsmith]

1. Goldeneye 2. The World Is Not Enough 3. Tomorrow Never Dies 4. Die Another Way… I mean, Film Another Day… I mean, whatever that crap was called

[@compass_Matt]

Exactly. I absolutely love Craig in Casino Royale but imagine if Brosnan was given that film. Picture him across the table going back and forth with Le Chiffre.

[@barryb90]

My favorite bond film. Pity Brosnan didn't get the best scripts after this. He was quality.

[@jonbutcher5593]

This is one of the few movies I can watch again and again. The Nintendo 64 bit Golden Eye Game was also tons of fun. You don't get Golden Eye without the ones that came before but this one set the bar much higher. Brosnan and Bean are hard to beat in this one.

[@michaelpatterson7990]

I remember that when you did good on missions you unlocked cheats, the first one being the big heads and paintball guns lol.

[@saltifate]

I actually do like a D Craig bond in one movie that he played. You can guess which one it is

[@captainobvious9188]

"She always did enjoy a good squeeze." One of the best death quips ever.

[@wilhufftarkin8543]

Witnessing her good squeezes during puberty had a weird influence on me.

[@kylekatarn5964]

@@wilhufftarkin8543 Famke Janssen is still a babe at nearly 60.

[@wilhufftarkin8543]

@@kylekatarn5964 I just googled what she looks like nowadays and I agree. Even though I lost my life because of you. You know how many people were on that Death Star? They all had friends and families. I hope you feel good about yourself.

[@Saintbow]

I remember seeing this in theaters and it was a great movie that my friends and I skipped school a few times that week just to go back to the theaters and see it again. Still in my top 5 favorite bond movies. The way he fixed his tie when he drove the tank through the wall, pretty much one of the best Bond moments ever...of all time...

[@SpecialEDy]

I was born in '89, Brosnan will always be my favorite Bond, and GoldenEye my favorite Bond movie. Craig is my least favorite, he's a weak emotional trainwreck.

[@albertbresca8904]

absolutely... i used to like 007.. watched one of him doing it and ..well that was it for me.....

[@johndurham6172]

In fairness to Craig, he was fine in those gangster movies. If he got something to work with who knows.

[@albertbresca8904]

@@johndurham6172 good point.... yes he made some good movies.. sadly 007 not...

[@steveo3287]

90 born myself. Brosnan and Goldeneye will always be my #1 And the game was something special too

[@Likexner]

I imagine a lot of that is the writing as opposed to the acting.

[@keenfire8151]

Lets not forget that this movie also gave us one of the best video games of all time. This movie kickstarted a host of FPS games that we still play today.

[@edwardbrock3807]

Exactly

[@divinecomedian2]

I still play it from time to time. So much fun!

[@jessodum3103]

I just wish there could be a properly licensed remaster.

[@Dime_time333]

Cougar magnum through the door hurts my soul.

[@jayone8891]

I was fortunate enough to see this on the big screen when it came out. One of the best bonds ever made. Sex, Gadgets, great spy story. It was everything that Bond was about.

[@obsidian00]

Same!

[@bighands69]

I will never forget Xenia Onatopp. I spat out my Coca Cola at the cinema.

[@freakinmorons3282]

@@bighands69 that whole interaction between her and bond in the casino is excellent

[@ElectricAviation]

I remember watching this in a cinema in Karachi, Pakistan when it came out. The audience was enthralled to see the scene where bond leaps in the air to catch a falling plane, manages to get inside and eventually levels it to fly away. Everyone just stood up and gave a standing ovation. It was the first and only time I saw such reaction by the viewers .

[@pr-tj5by]

Brilliant!

[@angellohector]

Brosnan was a great all round Bond, especially in look and feel. Goldeneye was a great opener, unfortunately as the films came one after the other Bond became a parody of 'himself'. A cut and paste template of what a Bond film should include but with shit. The invisible fucking car and surfing over Antarctica or wherever the flip it was done it for me. If the subsequent films were of the quality and writing of Goldeneye it would've definitely sealed him on par if not beyond that of Connery

[@pr-tj5by]

Best Bond ever Brosnan

[@z2ei]

Man, the difference a couple of decades makes. I love the dynamic between Brosnan's Bond and Dench's M - she dislikes him because he's so roguish and unprofessional, but he's so good at his job it just becomes a jab between them. These days, they'd be serious about it and it wouldn't work.

[@WolfenPlayz]

Always was and always will be my number 1 Bond film. So happy you covered this!

[@12valkyer]

Same. 😎

[@somerandomcommenter5823]

I got to say I have a soft spot for Octopussy... but GoldenEye definitely is up there.

[@masterman9999]

Same.

[@marcusgarcia5089]

Same, and I hate the way Skyfall steals so many elements of it, then still gets critical acclaim as if it doesn't. Adele made a sick bond song though.

[@Reloaded2111]

With Skyfall a close second.

[@zdenekkrapka5325]

It is literal pleasure to watch older movies after what was done on last few years and I mean not just Bond but everything. What you thought was not good in 90's or 00's is now great treasure.

[@laceytheking1993]

Drinker I find your reviewers so accurate that I'm not entirely sure that you are not a figment of my subconscious. You are able to express things I have always felt about films but have never been able to articulate. You are without doubt the best reviewer in any format ever.

[@planyourlifetoday1269]

Just finished the first of the Ryan Drake novels and can’t wait to get the next one. It was a proper page turner with excellent plot, great fight scenes and interesting characters. Drinker, you don’t just talk the talk when it comes to story telling, you definitely walk the walk!

[@billwhitteaker2722]

I was engaged through the whole series. Enjoy the journey.

[@133col]

Exactly. And, funnily, how he described Brosnan as the best "all-rounder", is the way I would describe his work: does not excel in any certain aspect, however, as a whole, it's great in this genre.

[@gordonferrar7782]

I totally agree it's bloody gripped me. I'm half way through Redemption. That's how you write a strong female character. Leave the answer to who they are very late and we still don't really know what she is and what her true motives are. Is she lying is DM lying? is C**n lying is RyDrke hallucinating after to many whiskeys. Is Dietrich really a tool. Love it.

[@DragonNova]

I'm currently enjoying it too :)

[@short0811]

Peirce Brosnan is my Bond. It makes sense since the movie came out when I was in my early teens. Goldeneye just hit such a sweet spot for Bond films and introduced many of us to Bond in the best way possible.

[@thereignofdando]

“My Bond” (whatever that means) has always been the suave and dashing character that is proficient hand to hand and in gun play, but also does need to lean into the Q gadgets to get himself out of situations he would otherwise perish. I’ve always felt Pierce Brosnan typified that Bond to me. Yes Connery is ‘the’ Bond, but for me, Pierce is the guy. Particularly in Golden Eye and The World is Not Enough, which are both quite gadgety. Would love to see the Drinker do a Bond actor rank video!!!

[@GG-bw3uz]

Tbh, I liked all Brosnan movies. Obv Goldeneye is gold, the rest being more like enjoyable trash for me but still. He gave everything for the role - the script failed him.

[@jbbrolic]

Yeah I like those 2 as well, Goldeneye is my favorite Bond movie. The World is Not Enough is a step down but also a good movie. Die Another Day was bad and Tomorrow Never Dies was kind of cheesy and I didn't like the news man villain.

[@moniqrupley6019]

I totally agree. Connery is the Bond (so far)-but Brosnan is the guy. I love him as an actor and have mad respect for him with how he handled the death of his first wife and the criticism of his second wife's weight.

[@pr-tj5by]

Brosnan was my favorite

[@gordondavis6168]

This Bond film will have a special place in my heart. I always loved Bond, and when I learned that I was accepted into the Air Force I went out to see this movie to celebrate, and day dreamed about all the adventures I was going to experience. Hmm, and then there is Famke Jannsen..

[@martincolton32]

Golden Eye is one of my favs. Absolutely loved it. Sean Bean plays a fantastic baddie

[@jjryan1352]

Probably the last good baddie ever since.

[@martincolton32]

@@jjryan1352 Die another day villain was decent as well

[@markthemaniac3350]

Goldeneye is my favourite Bond film, and also the first one I ever saw. Dark, classy, good cast, and a car chase with a Tank. What more could you want.

[@Cableguy15]

"England is about to learn the cost of betrayal, inflation adjusted for 1945." There are many great quotes packed into this movie. So many that some of the best are easy to miss!

[@ApieceofWoods]

Dude this is so weird that you posted this because a week ago after kind of being let down by No Time to Die, I decided to rewatch Goldeneye and was so happy with it and felt the same way I did when I was younger watching most of the Pierce Brosnan Bond movies

[@jeffcharlton9660]

"For England James?" " No". "For me." Great film and Pierce was the perfect 007 IMO. I think he'd make a great M for the next series of Bond films.

[@Rid3thetig3r]

As long as he doesn't look like Gerry Adams, which is what he did IMO in The Foreigner. :)

[@james3876]

Bond died

[@edwardbrock3807]

Now imagine this in DK modw

[@motherurck7542]

Now that would be interesting. Would he be playing Bond who became M, or completely new character? Cause if it was Bond being M, it would wash away the Craig era films, like they never even happened

[@Locadel2003]

The great thing is the fact that isn’t the most action packed of the Brosnan movies with not many action sequences but it’s still entertaining, fun and engaging. Not boring like some of Daniel Craig ones

[@Wp-jv5ed]

Personally I can't watch the Daniel Craig ones as he's just so fucking wooden and unbearable to watch on screen

[@Bear10174]

I liked Casino Royal, it was a new take for a new audience and I think it worked pretty well. They got very up and down after though (QoS anyone?)

[@rogersmith7396]

All of the Craig movies are boring.

[@Wp-jv5ed]

@@Bear10174 a lot of people like it but I just can't watch it because of Daniel Craig, put a decent actor in his place and I'll watch it but Craig is just so wooden and awful

[@naamadossantossilva4736]

@@Wp-jv5ed Craig is just a piece of the puzzle,replacing him wouldn't change as much as you think it would.

[@thebag-lt6wv]

My favourite bond movie, i remember seeing this as a 9 year old, it was my first proper time seeing a new bond flick as I had grown up watching all the old bond movies as a kid with 1 of my grandfathers! What a movie, Brosnan was top quality in this

[@rct3terminator1000]

This vid just made me want to rewatch Goldeneye all over again. Definitely one of the Top Bond Films out there and one of my All-Time Favourites!

[@rockbottom2822]

This is probably the best Bond movie and interesting enough it sparked also the best Bond game.

[@ForGeUT]

Greatness inspires more greatness :)

[@HouseOfAlastrian]

I remember Goldeneye so fondly... one of my all time favourite Bond movies for sure. But then there is also the Nintendo 64 game, which proved definitively that a fun FPS experience can be had on consoles. My friends and I played the shit out of that back in our high school years... though honestly I ended up playing more of Perfect Dark, but that would not have been possible in the state we got it in without Goldeneye anyway.

[@PJammaGod]

Remote mines or slappers only? (and no Oddjob!)

[@mmyers6441]

This game still gives many N64 Emulators on weaker PCs a very hard time. RARE was an awesome developer.

[@edwardbrock3807]

@@PJammaGod hey, quit screen looking!

[@zenocrate4040]

Oh yes to every single syllable uttered here! As usual, a layered, intelligent response and fun analysis with more depth than first strikes the ear. Please don't ever go away, dear Drinker.

[@4h0w1e6]

Rewatched it recently, it was great. I still remember seeing it at the theater, and it was for sure the best time I had seeing a Bond movie on the big screen.

[@atragonx7939]

Goldeneye was my first Bond movie, and Brosnan was almost literally the image of "James Bond" that would pop into my head even whenever I heard the name prior to that. I hadn't even heard of Brosnan before, either. His casting as Bond didn't even feel like a casting.

[@Flakey101]

I knew of Brosnan years before. They orignally wanted him instead of Dalton, but the series Brosnan was in, Remington Steele, heard about the rumours and optioned him for more years to keep producing Remington Steele. So they could boast they had staring the "Next James Bond". You could see with his character how good a Bond he would be and cursed when they had to setle for Dalton.

[@IMPOTUSx2]

@@Flakey101 i first watched him in mrs. doubtfire...then saw him in the bond movies. honestly, i liked them a whole lot than some of the recent films of the craig era...

[@brysimm404]

Sean Bean never disappoints - hell, this movie shows HE would have made for an interesting Bond instead of becoming the go to choice for some many villain roles.

[@lueysixty-six7300]

As soon as you see Bean, you know treachery will be afoot! He wears the pained expression of a man wrestling with his conscience...only to end up losing! ALL his roles have this central element - even Eddard Stark, if you really break it down (though, this is the biggest outlier of his usual type cast.)

[@ridgecabernet1933]

This is my personal favorite Bond movie and top of all time. Just so good. For 3 years this movie came on tv every halloween night. Id trick or treat, then run home just to watch it and eat my candy.

[@voodjin]

Yep GoldenEye has a special place in my heart. That Intro alone with Tina Turner is fire and puts me right in the mood.

[@christ3223]

Hands down my favorite Bond film, definitely the best all-round film balancing humor, suave charisma and action.

[@Zathren]

Everyone has "their doctor" the one that got them interested in Dr Who. And I think the same can be said for Bond. Pierce Brosnan is my Bond. Love all 4 of his films so much it's hard to chose my favorite.

[@MrDevious88]

Hell, I'll take Die Another Day over any of the Craig movies, even Skyfall!

[@Devastish]

@@MrDevious88 Ahh, Die Another Day. So ridiculous, but so fun. It has probably the best supercar scene I have ever seen. It's just great.

[@kenc9236]

One of the best Bond movies ever!

[@Anyone690]

This is one of my favorite movies ever honestly. One of the first Bond movies I watched with my dad as a kid.

[@nevermorethan12]

Goldeneye was the first DVD I owned. I played it on my dad's Compaq laptop from work, and I can still hear the MGM DVD intro and picture those awesome intro menus. As an 11 or 12-year-old, I was in awe.

[@TheRusseller]

Definitely my favorite Bond film overall. Almost every scene is a memorable one, and it's difficult to say which action scene I like the best - from the opening, the shootout in the library, the tank scene, the final showdown in the satalite- they're all so unique and entertaining. The characters are genuinely great as well. Drinker mentioned everyone but Natalia, who's not only gorgeous but a highly skilled and resourceful technician who also has a vendetta against Boris and the villains who killed her friends and coworkers. Arguably the best Bond film.

[@TheLFB]

GoldenEye is the film that made me into a Bond fan. I went back and watched all of them after it came out.

[@PNWAffliction]

The tank meeting the train is still one of my top movie scenes of all time, and I can't believe they did it.

[@DavidGreen_au]

This film is my favourite of the franchise. Having Sean Bean as the antagonist was great, the Bond Girl is gorgeous, one of the best I've seen, and I really liked Alan Cummings' Boris in this outing.

[@DarkVegetaman]

Indeed. The cast And the plot is just perfect. Top 3 bond movie Easy.

[@julianjanczyk9041]

Izabella Scorupco is one of most beautiful Bond Girls for me. And I don't write it because im Polish like she is.

[@SudokuPUA]

She really was, natural beauty

[@rogerw3818]

Every time I see 'Golden Eye' is coming on, I make it a point to watch that opening scene. Knowing the backstory of the shot is what makes it my favorite of all the Bond film openers.

[@MattCatt817]

Goldeneye on Nintendo 64 was one of the best parts of my childhood. And Brosnan was the best Bond.

[@anon6952]

GoldenEye is my favorite Bond film. Tina Turner’s timeless powerful singing voice in the theme, Sean Bean playing the perfect antagonist, both Bond girls were great, and of course the handsome Pierce Brosnan’s masterclass of charm, wit, some humor, and I think he held his own with the scenes that called for fighting & physicality. It’s perfect. I AM INVINCIBLE!!

[@THEICEMAN171]

This was an instant classic and will always be my nostalgia Bond movie. Also, who can forget the video game? Still one of the best first person shooters ever made.

[@Avatar1977]

Automatic weapons in The Facility, hours of fun.

[@frost8077]

The game may have aged quite a lot, but the music is still powerful and sets the mood perfectly.

[@vast81]

I love this movie so much. Trevelyan is my fav bond villian. I like that he gave props to the final fight too. Brosnan was a great Bond. "For England James?"

[@Dan.50]

The Brosnan era was amazing. I actually couldn't wait for the next movie. During Craig, I had to hold my nose and go into the theater after Casino Royale then just gave up.

[@rochskier]

It really was. I was in high school/undergrad and the time and I fondly remember all the build up to the Thanksgiving releases. All the making of clips, product tie-ins, theme song video promos on MTV, all of it.

[@QoraxStan]

Xenia Zaragevna Onatopp... nailed it 😍

[@aspenmgy]

I saw GoldenEye after playing the N64 game. I was blown away at how accurate the game was to the movie. I loved it.

[@arrgghh1555]

Was it though?

[@aspenmgy]

@@arrgghh1555 yes.

[@Kaiser_Pineapple]

This is absolutely my favorite Bond film. The writing is tight and smart. The acting and characters are pitch perfect for a Bond thriller. The action and set-pieces are well scripted and choreographed. The visual direction of the movie knows how to keep your attention and make every moment exciting to follow. Even despite its flaws, the film is a great antithesis of modern Hollywood movies and even the modern Bond franchise.

[@mattbrown5626]

Drinker, you are a dapper no nonsense godsend among critics, and we all thank you for that. Sincerely, A fan among fans

[@julesdowner5585]

A terrific film!, action, adventure, humour and glamour and brilliants stunts plus a great story line . i love the tank driving through the wall scene

[@andycopeland7051]

I remember when GoldenEye became available for home rental. I was young. I thought Pierce Brosnan was incredibly badass

[@AMetroid]

This movie is the best. It has everything that I expect in a Bond movie * Action * Babes * Formidable Antagonist(s) * Cool Locations * Gadgets * Cool Car (With Gadgets) * Bad Puns

[@RFSA180]

And gadgets.

[@GoGuard84]

He doesn't use the car though except to drive around a bit in the Caribbean. Tomorrow Never Dies has all those though!

[@DP12321]

@@GoGuard84 Yet Tomorrow Never Dies pales in comparison. GoldenEye definitely had a better director and script.

[@donaldneill4419]

Goldeneye is the one Bond flick I can watch again and again. And the title track is frigging awesome.

[@Chris-vk2zw]

This review brought sanity back to the world.