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Summary: The World is Not Enough
Review: Bond number 19 is a solid, if sometimes unspectacular entry into the franchise, brought to the screen by director Michael Apted (Extreme Measures, Enigma).Bond is indeed back, and Pierce Brosnan proves to once again be the best, and fits better in the role making his performance more controlled than in Goldeneye. Along for the ride are Denise Richards (Wild Things), and Sophie Marceau, who provide ample eye candy... The story for the film is the biggest problem. Over-complicated and contrived, it at least provides some good action scenes. However, apart from the excellent pre-credits opening scene the action and stunts feel laboured and sometimes un-involving. But it's a good addition and certainly an improvement on the lacklustre Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). The DVD, like all the Bond releases is fantastic, with great picture and sound quality and tons of extras. With Brosnan, the series is assured to be more popular than ever. And with the next film "Die another Day" planned for a December release, the Bond series will surely live on.
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Summary: "James Bond, A Classic"
Review: The name's Bond, James Bond. He has the license to kill and in this 19th item of the James Bond Movie Collection, was saying in two words- A classic! This is a show (movie) you do not want to miss, and in this movie, they show intense, Bond scenes from the shooting arena. James Bond is smart, really smart! He can do the impossible, think the unthinkable, and do what no one would dare to do! He was called an agent for quite a while now. The Basics: 1.Endurance- Holds, in your hands, 1 of Bond's greatest
mission in his Agent life.
2.Value- Are you kidding me? [$] is like, cheap! In [video store], renting it wouldd cost [$]!!! You got to get this! Overall- This is a classic 5 star movie and you won't forget this time of your life!!!
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Summary: Forty years of Bond are not enough
Review: Bond. James Bond. Those three words are known around the globe. They conjure up more than a series of movies dating back to 1962. They make us feel at home. Once again we are invited to spend a couple of hours with an old friend whom many of us have known all of our lives. Naturally, all meetings with a friend are not equally memorable, and The World is not Enough is not the greatest of our visits with agent 007. Still, it is better than a lot of them, and it's always nice to see Mr. Bond. Perhaps he can by now be viewed as the ultimate Peter Pan, and if that is true, then certainly he is also the most charming. The world has changed in the nearly forty years Bond has been around. The Cold War is long over, so the creative team behind The World is not Enough brought back two of the movies' longest running villains - the mad anarchist and the insanely greedy capitalist. In a fairly ingenious twist, they have managed to make these two diametrically opposed forces allies through, of all things, love. I won't say more about this for fear of spoiling the plot. This element does give the movie more interesting plot twists than the last couple of Bond efforts. There is also, for once, an attempt to keep the audience guessing about one character's true intentions. There are several things that are givens in any 007 movie. James will have lots of new toys to play with. There will be a beautiful and forceful woman whom Bond will conquer, yet there will be lingering doubts at the end as to who conquered who. Q will never laugh at one of his jokes. M will never acknowledge to him that he is the best spy in the world. James will always beat the bad guys because none of them can shoot straight even though their lives depend on it. I personally like Pierce Brosnan as 007, although he wins in my eyes by default, since no one will ever top the original Bond, Sean Connery. Judi Dench as M and Desmond as Q are more than satisfactory. John Cleese plays a new character called R, who is Q's future replacement, and this addition provides for several comic moments. There are also great performances by two excellent actors, Robert Carlyle and Sophie Marceau. Carlyle, a star in his native Great Britain, is the dreaded terrorist Renaud, who is more than happy to wipe out a major city with an atomic bomb just to prove a point. Marceau is Elektra King, the daughter of a billionaire oil tycoon. Electra was once held for ransom by Renaud, and when her father is assassinated by a terrorist group, she turns to the British secret service for help. Naturally, Renaud is the group's leader. There is one fly in the acting ointment. Denise Richards turns in a dreadful performance as a nuclear scientist named Dr. Christmas Jones. Ms. Richards was very good in a thriller called Wild Things, and her career survived her being cast in the abysmal Starship Troopers. Whether it can survive this role remains to be seen. Rated PG-13. Not much here that will harm the kids. I should point out that 007 is not quite the gentleman he was 30 to 40 years ago. Back then he would never have shot an unarmed assailant, no matter how dastardly the person was. The modern Bond has become rather pragmatic about these things.
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Summary: WONDERFULL A MUST SEE
Review: I have seen all the Bond movies and have heard all the Bond songs. But this song is great and I love the fact that they put the video of the song on the video with the movie. Like I said I have seen all the movies and this one will no doubt be a classic. I was not liking the new "M" for the first two movies that she appeared but she grows on you. I really like her and the fact that she actually gets involved in the story was great... Pierce is doing a great job as Bond, James Bond. I loved Connery but Pierce is now running almost neck and neck with Sean. I believed that after 19 movies number 20 would start becoming stale but it was wonderful and interesting and just plain great. I hope they let "M" stay in with the stories. She adds something to the mix. I LOVE BOND, JAMES BOND!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Stupid but fun
Review: Actually, I think that nearly every James Bond movie could be called "stupid but fun," but this one has more fun than any other in quite a few years. If you're looking for a thoughtful plot and well-drawn characters, well, what are you doing looking at a James Bond film? But if you want James Bond doing what he does (blowing stuff up, drinking martinis), well, this movie is as good as most of the others. I'm surprised to be saying this, because I agree with most of the criticisms leveled at the movie. Yes, the villian Renard is a non-entity, and by the end of the movie, he's more pitiable than threatening. And Pierce Brosnan still hasn't quite recaptured that wounded, cynical flavor that made Goldeneye such an exceptional movie. And you probably didn't notice the outcry when Denise Richards was passed over for an Oscar (the award for Most Inappropriately Dressed Nuclear Physicist having been eliminated the year before). But the good far outweighs the bad. Let's face it -- when you go to see a James Bond movie, you're looking for excessive explosions and gunplay. Here, you get excessive explosions and gunplay. You also get solid acting by Sophie Marceau and Judi Dench. And even the most ardent detractor must admit that Pierce Brosnan at 75%, as he is here, is about 20 times as good as Roger Moore at 100%. All this is to say, leave your thinking cap at the door and enjoy the beautiful sight of stuff blowing up. You'll feel much better.
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Summary: Bond is not enough
Review: This movie is my favorite of the all 19. I hope the new on comes out soon
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Summary: This Bond Is Not Enough . . . .
Review: I've heard a *lot* of criticism of this Bond film and I have to say that I agree with most of it. It *did* have the potential to be a great addition to the series, but ended up being far too long and greatly lacking any good characterization. My biggest problem with *World* is the villain--Renard. The beginning of the film sets him up to be an enormous challenge for Bond--a man who feels no pain, who can push himself stronger and harder than any ordinary man. However, there is absolutely no sign of this later in the film. Aside from two early scenes that display his imperviousness to pain, he might as well *be* an ordinary man. Another serious problem I have is with the characterization of *all* the women in the movie. As pointed out by several other reviewers, Denise Richards is--at best--comical as Dr. Christmas Jones, the shorts-clad nuclear scientist who ends up as Bond's main crush. On the other hand, Sophie Marceau is ridiculously dramatic as villainess Electra King who pouts childishly throughout the entire film, despite everyone's insistence of her strength in overcoming her "kidnapping." I regret to say that even though I adore Judi Dench and Samantha Bond as "M" and Moneypenny, respectively, I have an incredibly hard time accepting that the former *would* walk into a trap like the one set for her. Similarly, I believe that Moneypenny has tradionally shown herself to be above the petty jealousy she seems to display toward Dr. Molly Warmflash (what a ridiculous name!) early in the movie. Finally, (and this would likely take care of the film's seemingly endless length) there seem to be a lot of unnecessary sweeping views of vast Eastern European landscapes, which could be shortened or done without entirely. All this said, I *do* think that there are some wonderful fight and chase scenes in the movie (and superb music to go along with them)--namely the awesome boat chase at the beginning, the parahawk chase through the French Alps and the fight scene at the banker's office in the opening sequence. The attack at Zukovsky's factory was also quite entertaining, despite the fact that Bond's awesome BMW was destroyed almost before he could use it! I *do* wish that these few positive notes could erase all the bad factors in the film, as, like I said earlier, I believe it had real promise to develop some highly complex characters. However, aside from some traditionally great Bond special effects and fight sequences, this can really only ever be, in my opinion, a second-rate Bond film.
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Summary: The newest Bond classic since Goldfinger
Review: The names Bond, James Bond.In this Pierce Brosnan gives another episode of agent 007 once again in tighter situiations topped of with more stunning girls and great gadgets.Our british agent goes to investigate the murder of an MI6 agent who had a classified report from a russian energy department.While there he demands the name of the asilant with no sucsess.Middleman banker Lachaise is threatened by Bond only to be shot by 'Cigar Girl'.Following is a intense scene over the Thames finished by a fall from the milenium dome,an escape from a helicopter with two saws below it and a nuclear bomb.Almost perfect but it lacks that little something and the plot may make you a little confused.Overall it still is a must see and worthy of being called a James Bond film.
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Summary: This isn't enough
Review: Brosnan continues his streak of merely average Bond performances with " The World is not Enough. " His voice is generally unassertive, his performance undistinctive and he looks physically meek for the action sequences. This movie just isn't enough.
The Bond franchise was dealt a serious blow when Timothy Dalton was lost. Hopefully the 21st Bond film (the one after the next release) will have a different and better actor at the helm. I wouldn't mind seeing Dalton reprise his role for one more run. He was the best Bond of all.
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Summary: MAJOR IMPROVEMENT!!
Review: Tommorrow Never Dies almost took me off off of Bond, but this movie got me back on. Pierce is best in this one,but all around Goldeneye is the best Bond film( I haven't seen Goldfinger). Highly recommended.
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