An actor’s third outing of James Bond is often remembered as his greatest performance and the best film of his tenure. Sean Connery’s Goldfinger built upon the first two films to perfect the template that future films would follow. Roger Moore’s The Spy Who Loved Me revitalized the formula and was that actor’s favorite film to make. Daniel Craig’s Skyfall added new depth to the character that had been missing before that.
What about Pierce Brosnan’s The World Is Not Enough? That’s remembered for being the last film of Q actor Desmond Llewelyn’s long tenure (stretching from 1963’s From Russia with Love) and the great Bond line, “I never miss.” But I would argue that Brosnan’s third turn as James Bond was more significant than his two previous films for one simple reason.
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