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Summary: 007 James Bond The World is Not Enough - A decent Bond film!
Review: For me, this was one of those films where first impressions weren't exactly the best ones as when this film was released there was a great deal of hype about it and I certainly remember being excited about it but the reality of it at the theater didn't ring true. My opinion of its theatrical release had even been so poor as to not even purchase the DVD when it was released. A recently rekindled interest in the Bond films brought me to the decision to give this film one more chance which also leads one to the market place sellers as the DVD is no longer in production unless you wish to buy one of the entire boxed sets to get this film.Upon viewing "The World is Not Enough" the second time I would definitely have to say that I was overly critical of its theatrical release. Taken as a whole, this third Bond film with Pierce Brosnan as James Bond is a pretty good film. The basic premise is a bit weaker than the other three Bond films starring Brosnan but of course, the films producers overcome that with some spectacular action sequences and scenery. Performance wise, Pierce Brosnan does Bond extraordinarily well in this, his third appearance. At this point in time, who else could play Bond, probably nobody as he's made the part entirely his and we, the fans, are the better for it. One of the greatest treats in this Bond film, as with all Bond films is some new Bond babes and as even more special treat this film stars the extraordinarily beautiful French actress Sophie Marceau who may be best known by American audiences for her role in "Braveheart." Her performance for this film is pretty much perfect to the role, which is "over the top," as she takes her character from one end of the extreme to the other. We're also treated to Denise Richards as a Bond babe in this film and she does a great job with her role although it isn't as quite as over the top as one would expect of her based on previous roles she's taken. "The World is Not Enough" is also quite unfortunately the last appearance by Desmond Llewelyn in role of Q prior to his passing. "Die Another Day" just didn't seem right without his appearance in the film. As the "show must go on," the producers brought in his replacement in John Cleese of "Monty Python" fame in the role of R which is Q's assistant and his character is different but an acceptable replacement. Director Michael Apted does a very good job with this film considering the script. He may be best known for films such as "Nell" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" but his contribution to Bond series is a respectable one. The Premise: Our erstwhile hero finds himself once again amidst a series of plot twists and action sequences as he's been assigned to protect Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) and at the same time discovers a post cold war disaster involving Russian equipment to include tactical nuclear weapons, all along the way in attempting to find Renard (Robert Carlyle) who was supposed to have been eliminated by another "00" agent but that agent only succeeded in making a stronger monster. What follows from there is a fairly decent Bond film that covers a majority of the spectrum that is normally covered in a Bond film as we find Pierce Brosnan's version of Bond becoming a bit darker and harsher... {ssintrepid} Special Features: -Audio Commentary with Director Michael Apted
-Audio Commentary with Production Designer Peter Lamont, Second Unit Director Vic Armstrong and Composer David Arnold
-"The Making of The World is Not Enough," Documentary
-The Secrets of 007: Featuring Alternate Video Options
-Music Video by Garbage
-Original Theatrical Trailer
-Collectible Booklet
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Summary: Brosnon - good Richards - Bad
Review: I think Brosnon is one of the best Bond's ever. He is what I envision when I think of what Bond should look like. My only real complaint with this movie is casting Denise Richards as the nuclear physicist. She looks like she just graduated from high school for crying out loud!
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST BONDS !
Review: This is one of my favorite Bond films, my only complaint has to do with the fact the pre-credit sequence is so very good, nothing in the rest of the movie comes close to matching it.
The Bond girls here are also two of the best. A lot of people have complained about Denisse Richards character but in my mind, this is exactly the way a nuclear scientists is supposed to look in a Bond film !
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Summary: One of the worst in a storied series
Review: There have been a lot of ups and downs in the storied Bond series, which is to be expected with so many different installments being made. That being said, this is definitley one of the valleys, right down there with Licence to Kill and Moonraker. The plot is terrible, Richards is much better on mute and Brosnan doesn't appear to be given anything to work with. Just because you can assemble a few attractive women, some tech. toys and a madman doesn't mean that you have a Bond film. While Brosnan's reign started strong with Goldeneye and only dipped a bit with Tomorrow Never Dies, it hit the toilet with this one. The best Bonds are more than simply an action film- it needs to be a moviegoing experience. Sadly the only experience this leaves the viewer with is the urge to turn the tv off.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: The World is Not Enough marks the 19th James Bond film and Pierce Brosnan's third installment in the role. Beginning with a slam bang action sequence (one of the best in the series) the film goes downhill from there as the plot gets more and more formulatic, even for James Bond standards. There are a few plot twists and turns that make for wholesome surprises, but in the end The World is Not Enough is one of the most disappointing films in the long running series. Robert Carlyle's (Trainspotting, Ravenous) Renard, a villian who is impervious to pain, is a nice touch, as is the beautiful Sophie Marceau (Braveheart) as the treacherous Elektra King, but the casting of Denise Richards as a nuclear physiscist (yes, you read that right) is one of many low points of the film (even though she looks severely hot in her short shorts and tight tank top ensemble). All in all, this is one of the more disappointing films in the series; the followup Die Another Day is much better.
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Summary: I hate BROSNAN and love DALTON , but marceau is HOT
Review: This time out, 007 is investigating the death of some guy named King, who was actually blown up inside Bond's M16 headquarters. Bond tries to kill a woman sniper that was firing at him,but she blows herself up too. The opening scene is too long and not good compared to the rest of them. Denise Richards is AWFUL as well as pretty much everybody else in this movie except Elektra King(Marceau)who is one of the best Bond girls since the 80's. I do not understand why we had to go from Timothy Dalton to Pierce Brosnan. I mean Pierce was good in the Lawnmower Man, but he just is not heading Bond in the right direction. When Dalton took the reigns from Roger Moore, there was a refreshing little bit of originality and seriousness. MGM cares more about money and box office popularity then they do about doing the GREAT IAN FLEMING'S original character justice.
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Summary: Shaken--Not Stirred
Review: Yet once more 007 toys with the gadgets and girls--and saves the world when nobody else can. >yawn< The greatest flaw in THIS Bond film is the way the screenwriters have tried to add "psychological complexity" to the villains. The result is that many intelligent viewers will have mixed feeling about their deaths at the hands of Bond. The male villain is given a heart (not of gold, but perhaps of silver) and has good motives for hating the British government. The female villain (the ever-adorable Sophie Marceau) is likewise given pretty good reasons to hate these people. Bond, as usual, is given the personal morality of a stray dog, but what makes him most disagreeable in THIS outing is the way the writers have him gratuitously gun down the e-a Mlle Marceau--who is both insane AND unarmed at the time! Ever hear of shooting to wound, Mr. Bond? Or just grabbing the phone from her hand? Roger Ebert thought this Bond film had a better plot than is usually the case, but I am convinced, given the "needs" of the plot to make the audience "care" about who wins and loses (even on a comedy-adventure level), that there is a fatal flaw in the design. THIS film, contrary to its intention, often has us perversely rooting for the so-called bad guys.
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Summary: A GREAT ONE!
Review: This Bond flick is amazing,the boat chase scence,the hot air baloon blows up,Bond goes t the bank and Cigar Girl shoots and kills Lachice,MI6 Fire Scene,Zukovsky falls in oil,Zukovsky's death,Renard takes off in a submarine and Elektra's death and Renard's death.This movie is like so great(even though I closed my eyes when nakey people were on the movie)and I recomend it to any James Bond fan.
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Summary: The best Brosnan Bond
Review: In "The Worls Is Not Enough", super agent James Bond 007 is assigned to Elektra King to protect her. A super killer (do they come any other way) named Renard is after her. But there is more to this Bond outing than usual. The plot is much more complicated than usual, it has more in common with Tom Clancy's conspirecy novels than Ian Fleming's pot boilers. That dose not mean that all the trade mark action sequences (the best being Bond racing to catch up to a bomb in an oil pipe) and sexist puns are missing. I think this is Pierce Brosnan's best James Bond performance; he's cool, suave, and more comfortable in the role now. He seems smarter than usual, also a shade less charming and more cold blooded. And Sophie Marceau is especially good as a Bond girl with more depth than usual. Judi Dench's M is given more to do, in fact she's a major player in the story. Robert Carlisle plays Renard, the usual supervillian with a hidden depth that's kind of suprisingly sad and pitiful (although being impervious to pain is rather silly). The weak link in the chain is Denise Richard's as Christmas Jones (they get a lot of milage out of Christmas jokes), a nuclur physist, which is to say the least just a little unlikely. I like the idea of having the best Bond girl with the worse. I think this is the best Bond movie in a long time. It's a shame that "Die Another Day" didn't try as hard.
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Summary: Dark, moody chapter in the Bond saga
Review: A series that has lasted as long and been as successful as the James Bond movie series could not have lasted this long without occasionally altering the formula. This approach has resulted in such disparate entries as 1979's James Bond-in-space adventure, "Moonraker", and 1989's deadly serious revenge mission, "Licence to Kill". Along those same lines, viewers who might have been turned off by the over-the-top spectacle that was 2003's "Die Another Day" are encouraged to check out its predecessor, 1999's "The World is Not Enough" (hereafter referred to as TWINE). Easily the most dark and morose of all of the Bond films, TWINE has been somewhat lost in the shuffle in the years since its release; it's most likely the least-known of all of Pierce Brosnan's adventures. Yet I feel it's the best likely candidate for an eventual cult following. While TWINE has the standard Bond action sequences, silly double entendres, and sexy "Bond girls", those aren't the movie's strongest asset. Rather, the movie becomes a worthy addition to the series due to the interaction and depth of the characters, as well as the movie's subtly touching upon and drawing on Bond's past adventures, most notably "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (not coincidentally, the Bond movie that has probably developed the biggest cult following after its disappointing turn at the box office).
After a wealthy businessman is assassinated following one of Bond's missions, Bond is sent in to protect the businessman's daughter, named Elektra, from the same fate. The man behind all of this is Renard, who can feel no pain after a failed shooting left him with a bullet in his brain. It becomes obvious very quickly that Bond feels a personal connection with Elektra, and a deep desire to protect her from Renard. Pierce Brosnan, in his best performance up to that point as 007, conveys this deep connection with great earnestness. I would say its the first time we've seen Bond care this deeply for someone since "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".
As good as the movie is, it does suffer on a few counts - one flaw comes with the casting of Denise Richards as the nuclear scientist Dr. Christmas Jones. Although nowhere near as bad as she was made out to be at the time the movie was released, her fluffy performance, combined with an undeveloped character, contrasts with the serious, thoughtful performances given by the other actors. And although Robert Carlyle does a fine job as Renard, the character never quite fulfills the promise that the premise of a "man who can feel no pain" holds.
TWINE is a worthy addition to the ever-growing James Bond series, and it makes itself stand out by making the characters, rather than the explosions, matter. It gives James Bond an added depth and reveals a new side to a character who has been in the public consciousness for over 40 years. Perhaps not the best place to start getting into the series, but a rich film that rewards patience and repeated viewings.
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