Blockbuster Date Night: The Matador
Ah…Pierce Brosnan.
Since his days on Remington Steele, I always thought of him as a little too slick, trying to be too suave, wearing pinkie-rings, etc… And then, all the hoopla over how great he’d be as Bond, etc. I didn’t think he’d be able to pull it off – but I’ll admit he’s among my top three Bonds (Connery, of course, on top…followed closely by George Lazenby’s all-to-brief appearance in ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’).
So, it was with great interest I picked up The Matador, after seeing some commercials a while back with Brosnan as a decidedly un-Bond-like character traipsing through a hotel library wearing nothing but black speedos and boots (for the record, I wasn’t attracted to the black speedos…. it just seemed like a very different role / look for Brosnan and I wanted to see more of it). Brosnan’s portrayal of Julian Noble, a hit-man in the waning days of his career, was fantastic…. almost as if Bond had a seedy evil twin.
Lupita and I truly enjoyed this one…chuckling over many of Brosnan’s frequent one-liners. (Those of you offended by vulgarities may want to stay away, as Julian’s conversation is peppered with some doozies….. I do want to go back through the DVD and jot a few of them down, since they’re pretty off-the-wall….).