Rating: Summary: A little disappointed......... Review: A little disappointed.........in this JB movie. But worth seeing if your a fan. I didn't like the scenero of James being a POW. I mean after all isn't he our best secret agent? And secret agents are not supposed to get caught. I felt Halley was in it for her looks. She really didn't have much to do but look good. But if you collect JB DVD's I suppose you should have this one.
Rating: Summary: Well, well, well... James Bond again, or is it Terminator? Review: Many have reviewed this movie and have praised it as being "the better Bond", some even went as far as to say it was "the best Bond ever".Let me tell you one thing. By today's standards - and they are low, very low indeed - it may figure as a discreet action, science fiction, fantasy, adventure movie. But buy "true" standards, it isn't worth a nickel. Too many rehashed cliches make this one, one of the many JB movies. Pierce Brosnan's efforts at dramatic acting are simply academic and by that I don't mean graduation courses, but rather the first year of drama school at best. Judi Dench is another matter and thank God for her, she is just in it for very brief moments. In the scenes in which she is paired with Brosnan, I could detect in her, a somewhat strong retainment from laughter. Admirable! The whole movie is more a bad excuse at involving North Korea, with its Nuclear threat, but even this is swiftly dealth with and instead we are treated with an "invisible" Aston Martin, a diamond studded satellite (ever seen it elsewhere? Hint: a mixture of Diamonds are Forever and Goldeneye. How imaginative can this become?), a lame attempt at bio-genetic restructuration (again, Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Diamonds are Forever, attempted the same thing), a very British sounding villain (who at the beginning of the movie sounded more American than anything) and "lethal girls" a gogo. Groovy Baby! And this should be a masterpiece? It lacks true imagination, true acting, true subplots and some old-fashioned flair, depicted here, just within a conventional sword-fight (perhaps the director had envisaged to film the Three Musketeers, all over again). To top it all off, we have a finale a la Flash Gordon. Welcome to virtual reality you all MTV boys... No, no, no,... no more foreplay, as Pierce Brosnan once stated. Unfortunately we notice the absence of "Cubby" Broccoli, of Harry Saltzman and far more, the influence of its creator, Mr. Ian Fleming himself. This has become a cartoon character, a farce of itself. Who needs Austin Powers, Johnny English and Casino Royale, with its multiple Bonds anymore? It makes fun of itself. Unluckily for us, this is not what we came to expect from 007, in its comfortable and luxurious world. Where is the elegance, the style, the flamboyant touch? Where are the "bigger than life" villains, who were still true men, like Goldfinger, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Odd-Job or even Jaws? Villains have become "rampant nerds" and this alone, as shown in the real world, is deviant from [dangerous]. Women have changed too. They have become men. Bravo! I personally would not at all feel attracted by a female "man", but rather by a true and full-blooded woman with a brain, a [weak] brain if need be, but simply a brain. Yet, seemingly no one seems to notice that today's 007 movies tend to glorify more brawns than brains. No wonder the CIA, the KGB (or whatever its name is nowadays), the FBI and other similar associations are ineffective in fighting terrorism. If it is true what is depicted in JB movies, then "Intelligence" may not be part of the CIA acronym anymore. A punch in the nose seldom solves the problems of the world, but in this testosterone-ruled world, it seems to have become normal just to punch, shove and kick people around, instead of talking to them. No. Bring back Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Thunderball and even The Man with the Golden Gun together with The Spy who Loved me anytime, but spare us these Bond platitudes, which only harm the franchise. And to those who have never, ever bothered watching previous Bond movies, I say, go and rent, buy or [borrow] a copy of the old movies (especially Diamonds are Forever, starring Sean Connery) and you will see what I mean. To the newcomers to the series I say, start at the beginning and work yourselves up. Pierce Brosnan is not Sean Connery and Sean Connery was not Roger Moore. Timothy Dalton certainly wasn't either and George Lazenby had only one gig, but what a gig! Today's Bond has become Terminator and while I like the Terminator movies, this is not the place nor the kind of time, in which to have a "lame duck" as a Robocop of the world...
Rating: Summary: Latest bond film is good enough to merit buying Review: The Die Another Day DVD is a 2 disc set with one disc devoted to special features. It has lots of interesting features to go along with a good movie. I'd recommend this too anybody who likes a good action movie.
Rating: Summary: Way 2 Cool Review: This movie has it all. The girls, the bad guys, the cars, the gadgets, and a much more hardcore Bond. The special effects are way over the top and the plot of the movies makes more sense than other Bond films you've seen. Since " Goldfinger" was the best Bond film I ever saw, I think " Die Another Day" was too. James Bond ( Pierce Brosnan) kicks major arse in this movie and once again like in the other movies, he is still wise and he still gets the girls!!! The new Bond Girl, Jynx ( played by none other than the hot and talented Halle Berry)also kicks butt. She can fight and she was born on Friday the 13th. So she proves that she is the best Bond Girl out of all the rest of the Bond Girls in the previous films. The villains in this one r very cool. Zao ( played by Rick Yune) shows no mercy and Gustav Graves(played by Toby Stephens) is reall cool as the main villain. SPOILERS: I never thought Miranda Frost ( Rosamund Pike) would be the one to set up James Bond in North Korea all along. It was very shocking when she turned the gun to James Bond. Very cool!Director Lee Tamahori gives us some good stuff to watch. He made this Bond movie his own and I gotta give hm props for that. My favorite scene in this movie was the laser part, where Jynx was tied up and Bond came to save her and I also liked the airplane scene. That was too much action for me. And the DVD is too much also. There is a lot of cool extras like: audio commentary from Pierce Brosnan and Rosamund Pike, Inside " Die Another Day" documentary, and the image database.I also like the song theme for the movie. Madonna sounds good in it and I liked her small role in the film.So I give this DVD 5 stars cause it has everything u want from a James Bond film!!!!
Rating: Summary: Come Again? Review: I'm a real Bond fan. Seen every one ever made and have all of them in my collection. I like Brosnan and the Bond Babes. But, yes but. This movie just seemed lame. The bad guys were really bad but not very believable. The special effects were special but not that special. An ice hotel? Dueling super cars? Trans-morphic DNA cloning? Bond getting caught? Give me a break. Never happen. The producers and director seem to be losing the magic formula and trying to make up for it with flash and glitz. I hate to say it but you can skip this one unless you are really bored.
Rating: Summary: 40th Anniversary and this is the best they can do? Review: 2002 was the 40th Anniversary of the Bond Franchise and they put out a dismal bore like "Die Another Day". Yeah, Yeah, we know not to expect too much substance in the writing, but a least some kind of plot that gels well!! I found the chemistry between Halle Berry and Pierce Brosnan flat. He had more chemistry with the bad girl-Miranda and even that was stretching it! Rick Yune was a great looking bad guy. Diamonds imbedded in the face-interesting. But the other villians- predictable. I agree with Elton John, the theme song was the worst of the franchise. No, sorry, you could also add Carly Simon's "Nobody does it better" as well. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is still the best Bond theme song! Madonna should have been left out of this movie all together! The best part of this movie is the car. The Aston Martin Vanquish!!! Awesome Car! That was the star of this movie! I guess I just expected something huge for the 40th Anniversary. Plus, I'm more bias to my two favorite Bonds-George Lazenby and Sean Connery. I love that old sixties spy genre. But kinda hard now with the Cold War over. See the movie and judge for yourself but I think Brosnan was better in Goldeneye.
Rating: Summary: I expected a little more_ _ _ Review: The graphics of this movie are quite good but it is not the best 007 movie i've ever seen.Brosnan's acting in this is okay but the story is predictable.So don't waste your money cause you'd rather prefer you would rather prefer Tnd(tommorow never dies)
Rating: Summary: Great Actioner Review: I must confess that it took me two viewings to even start to accept this movie. I was instantly put off the first time by the Gawdawful theme song by Madonna... who should just stick to haunting the pop charts with her bland musical(?) offerings and stay away from movie studios and film soundtracks. She even has a useless cameo role in the movie which further alienated me from the film. Pierce Brosnan, who I quite like, has never convinced me that he is 007 ...that will always be Sean Connery. They ran out of Ian Fleming's JB books to film a long time ago and seem to have forgotten that the Bond stories were never intended to be politically correct. I'm sure "M" was made a woman just to appease the feminists out there and to quieten the PC mind police. As good an actioner as DIE ANOTHER DAY is, it's not classic Bond. The four stars are for the dvd which is jam-packed with great extras and for a movie that is 2 hours of escapist nonsense that satisfies...if you can just ingore the Madonna element.
Rating: Summary: Deja Vu Review: Evil villian, check Satelite ray, check Diamonds, check Gadgets, check I may be wrong but the overall plot of this movie seems to be the same as Diamonds are forever. Movies started to go downhill after they ran out of fleming books. oh well she is hot.
Rating: Summary: Die another day Review: this movie has it all,action,adventure,and gadgets. what's not to like
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