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Summary: Is Brosnan too serious to be Bond?
Review: I've read the mixed reviews...some hate it, some love, but "The World is Not Enough" is still all "Bond." While some reviews commented that the "Bond Girls" were the sexiest yet, I disagree. Denise Richards seems to be reading her lines. And neither her nor Sophie Marceau have the star quality of past Bond girls, such as Ursulla Andress or Jill St. John, just to name a few. After all, these Bond girls were stars in their own right before joining Bond. The bodies and faces were incomparable, not the plain-jane lookalikes of today's Bond girls. While some reviews claim Brosnan is developing the ruthlessness of Connery or Lazenby, Connery was much more flippant (though not as much as Moore) than Brosnan was in this movie. Brosnan got too serious. Come on...Bond isn't supposed to be serious. This is tongue-in-cheek adventure. Let's not try to make a serious show out of it...we'll all be disappointed. However, the lack of really good looking and good actresses for the Bond girls, and Brosnans successful attempt at a more serious Bond aside, this was not a disappointing film at all. It had all the usual Bond stunts and gadgets. It's lacking something in the screenplay that the old Connery movies had, but then this is the 21st century. Everything changes. This was the usual visually exciting Bond film. No disappointment. See it.
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Summary: The World Is Almost Enough
Review: This flick has almost everything a true Bond fan would die for. Great locations, wonderful special effects, spare-no-expense stunts, beautiful women, and of course Pierce Brosnan. The plot's pretty good, too, as it finds a way to involve The Russians in a plausible Post-Cold War scenario that is just real enough to be scary.What bothered me about the movie was its formulaic feel. The action scenes came at too regular intervals. There was a major action scene before the title credits; then we're into the film. A few minutes later of course, another action scene. Then they come at regular intervals. It gets to the point where anyone who has seen these movies before can predict when something is going to happen and usually who's going to be behind it. I'm not saying I had the whole movie figured out from the beginning, but there was an element of shock and surprise missing from the film; it was just too conservative in the way it played out. This is still a good film, but don't let Bond get boring!
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Summary: When IS It Enough?
Review: The first time I saw this film (in the theater) I walked out because I was so bored. I must have just been restless because I gave it another chance when it was released on video and, boy, I'm glad I did! The film was pretty good. The speedboat chase scene is among my favorite action sequences ever and the Bond Girls are beautiful. The only complaint I have, though, is a pretty big one. Some of the inventions and plot details are just way too unrealistic for me. Call it futuristic if you want, but some of the stuff is just plain stupid. They look real (of course) with the great special effects, but make you say, "Yeah Right." Sensational entertainment for Bond fanatics, but just "ok" for everyone else...
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Summary: Classic Bond... Sorta
Review: "The World Is Not Enough" will go down in the annals of Bond as one of the best in the series, but not just for the action sequences (though they are appropriately spectacular), and not just for the "Bond girls" (though both Marceau and Richards are gorgeous, and INTELLIGENT), and not just for Brosnan's Bond (although he's continuing the perfect tone for Bond that he strived for in "GoldenEye" and set in "Tomorrow Never Dies"--as one Amazon.com reviewer put it, "Connery's vicious edge, Moore's amusing wit, and Dalton's brutality"). No, this movie will be a classic because it actually tries for a meaningful plot and three-dimensional characters. Not only do you have the stock "Bond-vs-vicious-villain-out-to-destroy-a-portion-of-the-planet" theme (done realistically for a change), but you also have some subtleties of plot and characterization that we haven't seen the likes of since "From Russia With Love." Bond actually gets hurt in the opening action bonanza, and for the rest of the film, his shoulder causes him pain--making him the perfect counterpoint to the villain who can on longer feel any physical pain at all. Though this might seem like a "comic book"-ish villain trait at first, it works well here, since Renard is racked with and ruled by an all-too-human emotional pain, while Bond steels himself to do his job by shutting off his emotions altogether. Seriously, this may sound like so much "movie critic" babble, but watch the movie and you'll see what I mean. Buy it, and maybe they'll keep making more excellent Brosnan Bond flicks like this one.
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Summary: The World is Enough, and then some
Review: In the nineteenth James Bond film, we find 007(Pierce Brosnan) acting as bodyguard to an oil tycoon's daughter(Sophie Marceau) after her father is killed by madman, Renald(Robert Carlyle), in an act of revenge after a botched kidnapping and extortion of Marceau. What follows is a web of deceit, lies, and madness which will test the very limits of both James' and MI6's, especially M's, mettle. This has all the usual trademarks of a typical Bond flick, with impressive gadgets(check out Bonds sunglasses), beautiful women, top action seqences, and of course all of Bond's little one liners we've all come to expect. But this time around, a little bit is borrowed from older Bond flicks, such as the classic M interrupting James and Moneypenny conversation via the intercom sequence, which hasn't seen the light of day since the days of Connery and Moore. As well as the ending which reminded me of Moonraker and The Spy who loved me(if you've seen those movies, then I won't go into details). The story is quite impressive. Characters are given more life and a bit of depth, both emotionally and mentally. Not to mention characters which were only brief in showing in previous outings, such as M(Judi Dench), are given more screen time and add to the story immensley. Saddly this was Desmond Llewelyn's(Q) last movie, but John Cleese looks to be a good replacement. An excellent addition to an already memorable series.
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Summary: It's not supposed to be plausible.
Review: Movies are fantasies. OF COURSE the whole concept of James Bond is farfetched, and the implementation is even more ridiculous. So what? James Bond movies, for almost 40 years, have been some of the best escapist fantasy cinema has to offer. "The World Is Not Enough" is in the top half of Bond films in terms of overall quality, with some fantastically staged action scenes (even if a couple are nicked from other Bond films). Pierce Brosnan continues to stake out his place as the second best Bond, after Connery. He's got style, charm, a dry sense of humor, and a sense that this is all a bit daft, which helps immeasurably. The villain Renard is poorly written, but Robert Carlyle does his best with the part. Sophie Marceau is an anti-Bond Girl type who thinks a lot like Bond. Very sexy and convincing, but with a girl-gone-bad attitude that is a great foil for Brosnan. Denise Richards is one of the worst Bond girls ever (and yes, her role -- a twenty-something NUCLEAR PHYSICIST working in Azerbaijan -- is preposterous), but fortunately, Marceau gets far more screen time. TWINE is different as well in that M (a dignified Judi Dench) gets caught up in the intrigue and action to a far greater extent than any other Bond film. So overall, even with the awful double-double-entendres at the end of the film that had the entire theater groaning when I first saw it, "The World Is Not Enough" is a more-than-worthy addition to the Bond canon. It at least justifies James Bond's continued existence.
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Summary: Whatever Happenned to the old James Bond movies
Review: You know what I mean, the ones with truly memorable villians, and truly interesting sidekicks. TWINE really doesn't have either. I was never really in fear for Bond's life, or anyone else's for that matter. This was a strictly by the numbers Bond movie. And while that's not all bad, it definitely is not a good thing either. I mean I was wishing for _Goldeneye_. Still it's a decent flick for what it is, so I will give it three stars.
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Summary: I sorta think this one was a DUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: The reason I say this is because it didn't seem to have something that all the others did. Number 1, it didn't have as much commady as the other ones (take note not all the other ones I like either.) Like the commady in Tommorow Never Dies. I couldn't really care less about the villian that I think his codision is a physical impossobility. And that I think it didn't really have much plot. But hey... you might like it. And if you don't believe me go out and get it. It wont be a tottal waist of money.
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Summary: Features - what features?
Review: Was anyone else expecting more special features like the tribute to Desmond (Q) Llewylyn, the teaser trailer, the bond down river doco? Not a bad disk, but should of been like the English one - more features.
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Summary: plug and chug formula
Review: Bronsan could be the best Bond yet - or at least equal to Connery. He brings a certain edge back to the series. Unfortunately, I think this movie follows a typical "use what works and don't take risk" attitude. Sophie Marceau stands out Electra King. Denise Richards is very sexy, but not very believable as a nuclear scientist. Not a bad movie, but not great. Guess I'm always expecting more.
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