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Summary: Something old, something new
Review: Now celebrating its 40th anniversary, the James Bond series has become something like a vintage Jaguar that is carefully preserved in storage. It's largely frozen in time. Give it a tune-up now and then, touch up the paint, maybe take it out for a little spin once in a while; you know what the ride will be like. So it's disorienting at the beginning of "Die Another Day" to see Bond (Pierce Brosnan in his fourth appearance as 007) surf, slug and swing his way through a North Korean military outpost, only to be captured and tortured in a semi-hallucinogenic sequence set to Madonna's jumpy/sinuous title song. Bond in bondage? Clearly, screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade have some unusual ideas for this installment. Well, perhaps and perhaps not. The startling first 45 minutes of "Die" give way to a much more conventional Bond adventure that weaves together some worthwhile elements as well as some silly stuff that might have been more effective in the series' early days. Purvis and Wade have definitely studied all the other Bonds, as they prove in a scene in which gadget guru Q (John Cleese) displays a collection of antique spyware, including the jet-pack from "Thunderball" and the switchblade shoe from "From Russia With Love." That's not the only nod to old-school Bond in "Die." When Halle Berry's Jinx ("I was born on Friday the 13th," she notes) emerges glistening from the Havana surf in a scene destined to be replayed in fantasies for years to come, it's an affectionate flashback to Ursula Andress' almost identical entrance in "Dr. No." The resplendent ice palace where shady diamond dealer Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens) entertains guests looks a bit like the underwater hideout in "The Spy Who Loved Me." Even the villain's secret weapon, a satellite that can be used to project a devastating beam of sunlight, recalls a similar creation in "Diamonds are Forever." While "Die" is hardly in a class with the best Bond blockbusters, it's a substantial improvement on the thoroughly mediocre 1999 installment "The World is Not Enough," which was also penned by Purvis and Wade. Director Lee Tamahori handles the numerous action sequences in "Die" skillfully, particularly a show-stopping sword battle between Bond and Graves that's easily one of the finest moments in the post-Sean Connery 007 films. Only in the movie's drawn-out finale, which piles cliche on top of cliche, does Tamahori lose his grip. "Die" builds to a suitably noisy climax, then insists on going further, making the film 20 minutes longer and not much more entertaining than it would have been if it had settled on the original ending. After 40 years, you'd think James Bond would have learned that bigger isn't always better, especially not in the world of espionage.
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Summary: Bond is Back At 40 Years Old
Review: The longest movie franchise ever is at its 40th movie in the series and Die Another Day is yet another fun and action packed Bond. I am a huge Bond fan, and I really enjoyed this movie. I think this movie is just under Goldeneye and the Spy Who Loved Me as how it compares with the rest of the Bond movies, From Russia With Love and Goldfinger is my favorite in the series. The only thing this movie suffers from is some CGI effects and the plot shift from Bond looking for the traitor in MI6 to the villian and the Icarus satellite. Other than that though this is a great Bond movie.
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Summary: Die another day
Review: Die another day was a spectacular action movie great acting by the chracters in the movie great plot I would say the movie should get TWO THUMBS WAY UP.
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Summary: James Bond's Missing Role
Review: Most of the other reviews touched upon positives and negatives of the film. If reviewing the film for strictly aesthetics action, dialogue, characters I would give the movie 4 - 5 stars. It's a James Bond movie ...need I say more. My one gripe with this film was regarding the storyline more than anything else. James Bond films have always had a degree of traditionalism. Strong male roles in which the hero falls, gets up, gets the girl, and saves the day. This is the appeal of the James Bond series; a feel good, Martini sipping, action packed movie. I was disappointed that the storyline has shifted to a more mainstream approach to action. Women in greater roles, standing up for themselves, and taking more of an agressive approach in the movie. If I wanted to see strong women I would've watched G.I. Jane, Thelma & Louise, etc....all of which I have no problem with. However, when I'm watching my favorite spy chase down villains, drive cars, and romance women, I am not looking for a woman to stand up for herself. I hope the next Bond movie returns to its' roots, becomes not so 'PC' and shows a hero once again.
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Summary: INSULTING BOND MOVIE
Review: Well, I honestly thought Brosnan would bring in a new swing to the bond franchise. Goldeneye was witty, action-packed, well scripted and actually quite dark too, but in a good way! However, things have totally gone to pot here. We have villains with david bowie make-up and glowing masks, enough digital mockery to shake a stick at, (then make it spin round in slo-mo then zoom towards the camera), and just generally ludicrous ideas - invisible cars for goodness-sake! Who on earth on the bond team thought, "YEH! and his car can, like, totally disappear". This film is like a computer game, when I saw Brosnan surfing a 10,004 foot wave I had to check my hands to see if I was holding an x-box control pad! ...
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Summary: 'Die' Today!
Review: For those of you who didn't like "Die Another Day," calm down, it's just a movie. You're missing something, I think it's called a life. The 20th installment in the MGM series is truly awesome. James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) tries to save the world from a super North Korean villain (Rick Yune) who wants to use lasers to bring destruction. Jinx (Halle Berry) is the best Bond girl ever (tied with Famke Janssen's Xenia Onatopp, yes!) and she kicks more booty than Foxy Brown and Foxy Cleopatra combined. The beach scene is pure hotness! Who cares about the other girl, she's bad. I saw that part coming galaxies ago. Even Madonna is worthy of being called an "actress" now. Yes! You know 007 will live for another 007 gazillion years because he's almost godlike.
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Summary: Bond For The Next Generation
Review: Die Another Day unites our favorite 007 spy, James Bond (played by Pierce Brosnan) with his equal, a sexy spy named Jinx (played by Halle Berry) who's just as rough and tough as he is. James Bond has swept many women off of their feet, but not too often has he been swept off of his. This is the theme of the 20th installment of James Bond. This isn't your dad's (or even grandfather's) old Bond. James has moved with the times and he's on top of his game in this excellant flick. The movie plays like a rollercoaster with enough F/X to keep your mouth hanging open for well over two hours. With such memorable scenes as the stunning opening sequence, the car chase on ice and the fight with Jinx and the blonde lady in a crashing helicopter, be prepared to anticipate a 21st installment.
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Summary: Bond has returned!
Review: As an avid fan of 007, I did enjoy his latest outing, but I was quite disturbed with a few points. First of all, as most Bond fans know, it is virtually impossible to capture 007 and keep him for an extened period of time. Second, Jinx is absolutely pointless to the plot line. All her presence is there for is to have Bond save her on a regular basis. (As a side note, there is no way she deserves her own spinoff series!) Brosnan was great yet again, and the sword fight is fantastic. As for directing, they should go back to basics and leave the "Mission Impossible" type directing out of it. If you enjoy 007, then yes, get this DVD, but if you are new to the series, I highly reccommend starting with Dr. No or Goldfinger.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: It's surprising to me how polarized the reaction has been to this movie. For every person who loves it, there's another like me, who believes it's true that "Die Another Day" is quite a disappointing low point for the Bond series. While it easily represents Pierce Brosnan's best performance in the role, it is also a story that is full of needlessly extraneous complexities and gimmicks that are outrageous even for a 007 movie (the ice mansion takes the cake, for sure). But one of the most alarming trends in these movies of late (for me, anyway) has been the casting of the supporting roles; namely, the Bond Women. Over the past few movies, we've seen actresses such as Teri Hatcher, Denise Richards (ouch!!), and now Halle Berry taking greatly taking away from the exotic elements that have always made Bond's women so appealing, mysterious, and sexy, and providing us instead with run-of-the-mill American characters who diminish greatly from James Bond's starring role. Now, he shares these movies with other actors... he co-stars in them. And that's just not the way it's supposed to be. I appreciate the mentality of trying to keep things fresh, especially after 40 years' worth of movies, but since Cubby Broccoli died, the Bond franchise has taken a very noticeable turn toward the ordinary, and with every movie that gets made, I find myself hoping that this trend will reverse itself. It hasn't. But--to add insult to injury--the most alarming trend of all makes its most significant mark in "Die Another Day": Blue-screened and digital effects and stunts. FAKE STUNTS! One of the great trademarks of the Bond movies used to be the way that stuntmen were required to continually push the envelope in spectacularly death-defying ways that no other sane filmmakers could even dream of. I would go so far as to say that this was the heart and soul of the Bond movies, until Broccoli died. Now we have actors in front of obviously fake blue screens, and digital exploding airplanes on the agonizing caliber of the laughable plane crash in "Air Force One." This is intolerable, and I TRULY hope that the next Bond movie will 1) invest a little more money and effort in executing these things properly, and 2) hiring a director OTHER than Lee Tamahori who understands the proper execution of action scenes by making them sleek and stylized (in true 007 fashion), not gritty and unfocused with completely random, "Matrix"-like slow-downs. In the end, I give this movie 2 stars because it does have some very entertaining moments, but "Die Another Day" is ultimately unsatisfying because it amounts to far less than the sum of its parts. Personally, I expected more from the 20th Bond film. Better luck next time, 007.
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Summary: Good action film, bad Bond movie.
Review: If you watch this I recommend not applying anything you know about Bond films. Throw it all out, ignore it. The film is good for modern day, but lacks the feeling that something like Bourne Identity gives, true espionage! The days of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, etc are gone and will never return. High tech special effects and sci-fi gagetry are the norm for the new Bond films but that is what sells for the masses. The story is lacking and beyond believablity. Past Bond films were way out there too but still had a small amount of reality to them - with the exception of Moonraker. Its a good action movie and the homage it plays to all the previous films is fun to catch hidden through out the film. But still lacks the true feel of international espionage. As the cold war ended so did the good Bond films.
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