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The World Is Not Enough

The World Is Not Enough

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: From Bond 19 to Bond 20
Review: This is the 19th Bond film in the Series.

Here is some info on Bond 20 starring Pierce Brosnan

Latest news on Bond 20, no name yet, but here is the cast list

JAMES BOND - Pierce Brosnan
Gala Brand - Rosamund Pike
Jinx - Halle Berry
Jack Wade - Joe Don Baker
Miss Moneypenny - Samantha Bond
M - Dame Judi Dench
Q - John Cleese
Tanner - Michael Kitchen
Nurse Warmflash - Serena Scott Thomas
Robinson - Colin Salmon
Admiral Roebuck - Geoffrey Palmer

Some of the cast does not have confirmed roles

Produced by Michael G Wilson & Barbara Broccoli
Music by David Arnold
Production Designer Peter Lamont
SFX supervisor Chris Corbould
Action Unit Director Vic Armstrong
Executive Producer Anthony Waye
Costumes By Lindy Hemming
Directed By Lee Tamahori

Currently being made by EON productions, at Pinewood Studios in London
Will be released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer & United Artists
Christmas 2002

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: The 19th Bond Film in the series
Review: This is the 19'th Bond film in the series, Starring Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, it is a good movie, not in the top 5 but in the top ten,

Latest news on Bond 20, no name yet, but here is the cast list

JAMES BOND - Pierce Brosnan
Gala Brand - Rosamund Pike
Jinx - Halle Berry
Jack Wade - Joe Don Baker
Miss Moneypenny - Samantha Bond
M - Dame Judi Dench
Q - John Cleese
Tanner - Michael Kitchen
Nurse Warmflash - Serena Scott Thomas
Robinson - Colin Salmon
Admiral Roebuck - Geoffrey Palmer

Some of the cast does not have confirmed roles

Produced by Michael G Wilson & Barbara Broccoli
Music by David Arnold
Production Designer Peter Lamont
SFX supervisor Chris Corbould
Action Unit Director Vic Armstrong
Executive Producer Anthony Waye
Costumes By Lindy Hemming
Directed By Lee Tamahori

Currently being made by EON productions, at Pinewood Studios in London
Will be released by Metro Goldwyn Mayer & United Artists
Christmas 2002

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: "One of the worst films of the series..."
Review: Bond must protect beautiful oil heiress (Sophie Marceau) from terrorist who feels no pain (Carlyle). One of the worst films of the series, TWINE features a mediocre script and dreadfully average direction. Denise Richards is downright laughable and the worst Bond girl ever, but Sophie Marceau is delicious as Elektra, without whom this would fail miserably. The film allows M to look silly, and Brosnan's performance is his weakest to date. Carlyle's part is underwritten, and the action scenes are pointless.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Worst Bond!
Review: I'm only giving this film 4 stars because I love Bond films. I can't believe they killed Valentin! He was so funny! I hope they recreate him or something Alec Trevalayan (Sean Bean- starred in GoldenEye) was a good villian and he's hott. To bad he died for sure in GoldenEye because he really made GoldenEye a good film. Judi Dench is a wonderful actress and I enjoyed her very much in this film!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Worst Bond!
Review: I'm only giving this film 4 stars because I love Bond films. I can't believe they killed Valentin! He was so funny! I hope they recreate him or something Alec Trevalayan was a good villian and he's hott. To bad he died for sure in GoldenEye because he really made GoldenEye a good film. Judi Dench is a wonderful actress and I enjoyed her very much in this film!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Viva Bond. Can't say the same for Denise Richards.
Review: Has any series been released on the home video format more than the James Bond films? The business of rereleasing the Bond movies for home viewing is an industry in itself. Though there is no way forsee what incarnation the series will take next fans can be sure the the Special Edition 007 DVDs are the cream of the Bond crop.
I could not be any more pleased with THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. For my bucks Brosnan is the best Bond since Connery. He's all that a Bond should be. Combined with Apted's fine directing THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH ranks as one of the best post-Connery Bond films. The scenery is gorgeous, the action is intense, Brosnan is smooth, and Marceau may be one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen.

Kudos aside THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH does have it's faults, namely Denise Richards and one-liners. All the acting is great....EXCEPT Denise Richards. Thankfully, she was only given a few lines (all terrible). The film practically stops when she speaks. She could have easily derailed the entire picture had her scenes not been so short. Richards' role is all the more insulting when she reveals in "The Making Of..." that she was not familiar with the Bond series nor was she very excited about the role until she found out what a big deal it was.

Will there ever be a day when cinema rids itself of the cancer known as one-liners?. I can only imagine how such an excellent actor as Carlyle cringed at having to say "Welcome to my nuclear family". Just awful! Someone owes him an apology.

The DVD is loaded with extras. Apted's commentary is informative and a pleasure to listen to. A most welcome extra is a music video for the theme song performed by GARBAGE (one of the best in the series). The singer, Shirley Manson, plays a cyborg who kills her live self with a kiss then an audience via a bomb located in her body. Also included is a worthless "Making Of..." It's just another short feature where we learn less about the film and more about the art of (...)-kissing Hollywood style. The "Secrets of 007" feature allows the viewer to watch behind the scenes footage of certain selected scenes. One can watch the footage on its own or while watching the film.
Oh, I don't want to forget the "Collectible Booklet". I loathe insulting advertising. It's a booklet, nothing more.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: No premium bond!
Review: This film for me simply doesnt work as a Bond film!It lacks the sauave and sophistication of the Connery/Moore era and the gritty realism of the Dalton era.Brosnan makes an ok bond,but this is far from an ok bond film!The plot is wafer thin,coming very close to being as bad as that of tomorrow never dies!The action sequences are few and far between,and those you do get are unrealistic and shoddy!As for the Bond car,it is on screen for mere seconds before being sliced in half!
This is a film that won't live up to expectations,lets just hope Bond 20 is better than this poor effort!Avoid this,buy Living daylights or the man with the golden gun instead.But if you must have a Brosnan film,go for Goldeneye,probably Brosnans best effort!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: A Movie for the Playstation Generation!
Review: For me the only 'True' bond films belong to the sixties (note: I was born in 1973). My favourite of the lot is 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'. Moore and the 70's/80's were a disaster for the series. Dalton was fine but the time was wrong (the 80's).

Now we have Brosnan. Brosnan cuts a good figure as Bond, while still leaning a bit too much to Moore for my liking. The last 3 films (espically 'The World is Not Enough) with Brosnan remind me not of a film designed for adults but marketed with a view to the ensuing video game. The film structure is basically that of a Playstation game. We have a opening action sequence which is ideal for the first round of the game. Fast forward to helicopters with saw blades (very inefficent way to kill but great action potential). Level 3 requires you to pick of the bad guys in a old Caviour factory (fogive the spelling) and finally we have the showdown on the nuclear vessel (wow).

Not Bond but a game.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Shay
Review: Classic bond movie.
Has some really bad 1 liners.
Denise Richards needs to go back to acting school.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Bond shakes the shackles
Review: In outing number 19 and Brosnan's third attempt at James Bond, The World is Not Enough recaptures the essence of From Russia With Love - perhaps the most espionage-oriented (least action theme) of all the Bond movies. Of Brosnan's efforts this is clearly his best, for he has now settled comfortably into the role, has fun with it, yet at the same time manages to give Bond a darker, grittier side which contrasts with the Playboy demeanour Moore gave the character. For Brosnan acting as playboy is merely a means to an end, and the grittier aspect Brosnan portrays is acknowledgement of this.

The realism in The World is not Enough leaves Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies in the boy's league, while it strongly marches into a more muscular league. This film was billed as the movie where Bond grows up, and it certainly lives up to it.

Denise Richards is perhaps the biggest drawback of the film, not truly suitable for playing a cerebral character. Carlyle, while adequately portraying the villian Renard, just lacked enough on-screen presence to truly make him menacing. Also, the movie tries to cash in on the Oscar successes of Dame Judi Dench by giving her more screen time, and while her acting is flawless, the way she is written further into the story is somewhat contrite. This is easily tolerable since she is such a wonderful actor to watch.

The movie relies moreso on character interaction and not over-the-top action sequences or typical Bond glib remarks. All one-liners are quickly dealt with in time for the movie to settle into a neat political game of cat-and-mouse.

Certainly one of the better movies in the Bond franchise for some time!


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