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Originally Posted by Rain Man
I don't recall. Are those the ones where an evil supervillain tries to kill Bond, but he overcomes them with some amazing physical stunts and nifty gadgets, and then beds down some attractive women?
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The fact of the matter is that Austin Powers killed the Bond franchise. Absolutely slayed it. It was so pitch perfect that it's impossible to watch some of those old Bond films, which were fun but always a bit campy in the 70's, without busting out with laughter.
The "reboot" with Daniel Craig, IMO, has been phenomenal.
Quantum wasn't nearly in the same league as
Casino Royale, let alone,
Skyfall but it was head and shoulders above the past two decades of Bond films.
Sony has a lot invested in 24 and expect it to be the best Bond film of all time as well as being its highest grossing Bond film of all time.
And lastly, it's a damn shame (IMO) that Pierce Brosnan's talents were wasted during that era. I have no doubt that he would have been an absolute badass if he had been given scripts like
Skyfall and
Casino Royale.