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Summary: I guess it could have been worse
Review: Some of the things that make a Bond movie great were incorporated into this film. It is hard to make a franchise where every film is basically a rehashing of every other film appear new and interesting, and a few of the inside jokes in this one were amusing. However I can't see why they thought making Halle Berry a Bond Girl was a good idea, I have yet to see a film in which she added more to the film than a mannequin would. Her delivery is awful, and it almost appears that they write dialogue specifically for her to sound terrible reciting. The stunts and action were good, although some of the blue screens were glaringly obvious. The dialogue throughout was sub par. However I do have to say at least it wasn't tomorrow never dies. Brosnan is good, as is the main bad guy, but if you want a truly good recent bond, go back and watch Goldeneye.
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Summary: Hated it
Review: I really didn't like this flick. Poooor story, actually really dumb story, not appropriate for family viewing. Shame the movie industry cannot take a character like Bond and make something interesting, and god forbid intelligent. Brosnan is good but utterly wasted. Special effects are unbelievable. Dumb, dumb, dumb.....
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Summary: blah and ultimately empty
Review: This is the 20th James Bond film. I have watched very few of the Bond series, mostly the last three. Compared to Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, and The World is Not Enough...this movie is gold. I thought the previous three movies were not very good at all, and this is a big step in the right direction. Pierce Brosnan is believable as James Bond and he is the image of who I think Bond is. The addition of Oscar Winner Halle Berry (Monster's Ball) adds a little bit of class to the movie. Considering that this is an improvement over the past three films, and some of the quality actors working in the movie, I was disappointed. Die Another Day has all the gadgets and action that we have come to expect from the James Bond series...yet it seems to lack some sort of emotional core. I know that James Bond is the hero and that I should care what happens to him, but I just couldn't. The movie was kind of interesting, but it just felt empty. The movie opens with Bond doing a spy mission in North Korea. His cover is blown and though he attempts to escape, he is ultimately captured and tortured. He is held for 14 months. Because of the length of time he was a prisoner and some of the political situations in the world, M (Judi Dench) was reluctant to trade for Bond. She does, but rescinds Bond's 00 status. Bond escapes the hospital wing of Her Majesty's Secret Service and takes on a personal mission to kill whomever blew his cover. This takes James from Hong Kong to Cuba to England to a secret base and during this hunt he meets a woman named Jinx (Halle Berry), who happens to be an American NSA agent. Together, Jinx and Bond team up to fight a genetically changed North Korean who has found a way to harness the power of the sun into a weapon. Some action sequences were fairly impressive as were the gadgets that Bond gets to use (his car is really, really nice), but I have to fall back on the thought that I just didn't care what was going on and the movie just felt empty. There was more to it than the last few Bond movies, but it still failed as a movie. If Die Another Day was just an action/spy movie and not related to the James Bond series, it wouldn't even be worth mentioning.
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Summary: Bond will never Die
Review: Pierce Brosnan has made James Bond his own.
Die Another Day is the 20th 007 movie. There are many action parts like the surf seen, laser fight, car chase, hover car chase and lot of things go BOOM. from jgosset James Bond's newest mission begins with a spectacular high-speed hovercraft chase through a minefield in the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea - and the action doesn't let up until the credits roll. From Hong Kong to Cuba to London, Bond circles the world in his quest to unmask a traitor and prevent a war of catastrophic proportions. On his way he crosses paths with Jinx (Oscar®-winner Halle Berry) and Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike), who will play vital roles in his latest adventure. Hot on the trail of deadly megalomaniac Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens) and his ruthless right-hand man Zao (Rick Yune), Bond travels to Iceland into the villain's lair: a palace built entirely of ice. There he experiences firsthand the power of a new hi-tech weapon. Ultimately it all leads to an explosive confrontation - and an unforgettable conclusion - back in Korea where it all started...
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Summary: Middling Bond adventure
Review: The James Bond film series has entered its fifth decade, making it by far the longest running franchise in film history. Kids who went to see "Die Another Day" were sitting alongside grandparents who saw the original movies ["Goldfinger", Dr. No", etc.] when they themselves were kids. This newest installment is unlikely to be on many people's list of the best Bond movie ever made. It lies somewhere in the middle. What it may best remembered for is its sometimes ridiculous attempts to align Bond with today's teenagers' cinematic tastes. The car chases, the explosions and the special effects in general tend to overwhelm the witty dialog that has always been one of the movies' trademarks. The result is a film that tries too hard to be all things to all people. It isn't that it isn't fun; it's that it isn't as much fun as many of the earlier efforts. This isn't to say that the franchise is dead. It may well outlive all of us. Any series this long-lived goes through periods when it has to evolve. This has happened to Bond before and will happen to Bond again. The plot of "Die Another Day" concerns the evil son [Toby Stephens] of a North Korean leader. Thanks to the wonder of DNA surgery [whatever that is}, the guy has transformed himself into an evil European who has made a fortune in the diamond trade. He has used his money to launch a satellite that has a powerful laser beam capable of mass destruction. It is up to 007, aided by CIA agent Jinx Jordon [Halle Berry] to stop this madman's plan for world domination. Pierce Brosnan gives his usual competent performance as Bond, and Halle Berry is lovely to look at. Stephens almost steals the show as the bad guy, but Bond movies are famous for their memorable villains. There's not much going on in this movie - no subtext, no hidden meaning. It's pure escapist entertainment. There's nothing to think about. It's a ride you either enjoy or you don't.
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Summary: Bond really losing its appeal
Review: Unbelievably bad. Maybe I've become jaded, but has anyone seen a poorer excuse for a plot recently? There's barely enough time between things blowing up and unnecessary "bullet time" effects to tell a coherent five minute story. Clearly, the producers of this film do not realize that spending even half as much money and attention on the story would have saved them about $50 million in special effects. What happened to character development? 500 extra explosions is not a substitute for good dialogue, suspense or purposeful action. Even Goldeneye (with a remarkably similar superweapon) had more believable characters. And The Thomas Crown Affair was far sexier with great plot twists and momentum. The lack of chemistry between Brosnan and Berry is stunning. They're both likable actors, but have nothing to work with here. This series is turning into a very long commercial for Jaguar, Aston Martin, Omega watches, etc. Very disappointing from a big Ian Fleming buff.
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Summary: Bond Series On The Decline
Review: While I generally enjoyed the film, I've noticed that the special effects are getting more and more ridiculous in these last few Bond movies. For example, near the end of this film, a car falls out of an airplane. A few moments later, the car is shown sticking up out of the ground is nearly perfect condition, other than the first couple of feet are stuck in the ground. As if falling 5,000 or so feet would cause no damage! The gadgets are cool, and there is a certain amount of "believability" to most of the film, but completely unrealistic and nonsensical effects like this one leave a bad taste in my mouth. And they've been getting worse since Pierce Brosnan has taken on the role. Maybe they changed directors/producers/special effects teams at the same time?
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Summary: James Bond gets to live another day
Review: Whether or not this movie is the best out of the James Bond series is up to debate, but it is still up there, and just the fact that after 40 years, it still manages to pull people in is a success in itself, of course having the most beautiful actress' over the years, from Honor Blackman to Dianna Rigg to Jane Seymour to Tanya Roberts to Teri Hatcher and now adding to the list of Bond girls Halle Berry & Rosamund Pike. The movie starts out in the typical manner, with the mini-mission before the main movie starts, a top secret mission to North Korea to impeed a Colonel's son from obtaining rare diamonds for a project. Only this time there is no narrow escape for James Bond when he is betrayed by someone inside MI6. No free rides on a moving plane, no hidden parachutes, and no fast cars are within his reach. He is captures and tortured for 14 long months. Almost as if by a miracle, he is finally traded for a prisoner that the American/Brittish agencies managed to get ahold of, a soldier who was caught in the explosion when the cache case of diamonds exploded, leaving several diamonds permanantly embedded in his face. He is expelled from active duty by M, but he finds that it only frees him up to act indepentently, where he joins up with a beautiful woman named Jinx (Halle Berry), but will she jinx his entire mission, or bring him the greatest luck he's had to date? And what of the new female agent at MI6 called Miranda Frost(Rosamund Pike), will she warm up to James Bond's charms or give him the cold shoulder? Along with the widescreen feature, there is also a Audio Commentary with Pierce Brosnan (Bond) & Rosamund Pike (Frost); a Trivia Game; the music video of "Die Another Day" by Madonna; a Documentary on the making of DAD; and so much more.
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Summary: Hot and cold movie with chills and spills.
Review: 4 stars 15th of 23. After some thought and after seeing it 3 times, I decided to rank this 15th of the 23 bond movies made so far. It was different. Bond is actually captured and tortured following a traitor on the inside setting him up. The action and sets are spectacular. The story was a little rough to follow and the characters not as developed as a typical bond movie. At this time, I'm leaving this one as 15th, which puts it ranked between Moonraker (14) and The Spy Who Loved Me (16). This would also leave it ranked as my least favorite of the 4 brosnan films. This is still a tremendous action movie, it is just that i like 14 bond movies more.
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Summary: Not up to Bond par.
Review: Save your money, buy a previous Bond flick. This is one of the worst in the series. Yes, there is action and romance, but it's all somewhat flat overall. The effects are about 10 years substandard. The acting campy.
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