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Summary: One of the best Bond movies ever!
Review: Pierce Brosnan was supposed to be in the Living Daylights but due to his Remington Steel contract it wasn't gonna happen.But if you ask me I think it was meant to happen.Brosnan portrayed the suave secret agent perfect.No other could have been better for Pierce to star in.The story is captivating which is about 006 betraying his country and a duel with James in cuba's fun to watch.I just wished there could've been more scenes involing Xenya and 006,or Xenya and 007.Oh well.The cast was perfect.Evan the music was a work of art which evan gave me goosebumps (literally).It was my #1 movie,but no it stands as a tie with Die another Day.Another brilliant Bond movie.What I like about these movies is that they're fun to watch.To me Pierce is the perfect Bond.
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Summary: The first winner for Brosnan!
Review: This is Brosnan's first appearance as James Bond, and it was a good one. Unlike Roger Moore's cartoonish first effort, "Live and Let Die", there is no bad guy blowing up, (done rather shabbily, too...it was an obvious dummy!) and like the venerable Connery, who, unfortunately, hit his peak as 007 with "Goldfinger", Brosnan hit a winner right out of the box with this exciting, well shot action film with good characters, (Alan Cumming's "Boris" and Famke Janssen's "Xenia Onatopp",) and a techno subplot very reminiscent of "Diamonds Are Forever" and "You Only Live Twice". Famke Janssen plays a maniacal villainess who admires Bond in her own sick way, but the fascinating thing about this character is her slavish pleasure in destruction and killing. She actually takes a lurid GLEE in shooting and blowing up people, actually giggling girlishly as she does it! Her other specialty is squeezing the life out of male lovers with her thighs. No wonder she's a single girl, eh? Alan Cummings plays a self-absorbed computer geek working in Russia in a satellite station monitoring the Goldeneye non-ballistic weapon. This is a weapon that, instead of exploding with any nuclear or explosive force, shorts out connected electrical systems for miles around, ensuring no retaliation from the enemy. Onatopp and her "boss" spur the startup of this device, which Cumming's creepy Boris has allowed to happen through internal weakening of security at the base. One of his coworkers, a rather good looking young woman named Natalia, played by Izabella Scorupco, is caught in the station when Goldeneye targets IT first. This is one of the tensest scenes in the film. Boris, of course, survives this blast, along with Natalia. Onatopp and her boss escape via helicopter. M, played by Judy Dench, watches all this go down via war room maps at MI6, one blanking out completely after Goldeneye parboils the circuits at the Russian base. She sends Bond to look into it, and possibily save the day, but after berating him for being a "Cold War dinosaur", tells him to "come back alive". What follows is a decent tale of excitement, intrigue, betrayal and edgy close calls. The movie doesn't end when you think it will! Everybody's acting in it is pretty good for this type of movie and the cinematography and stunt work make Moore's movies look positively amateurish by comparison... Why, oh WHY did they waste 13 years on Roger Moore and his awful, jumbled, Matt Helm-like rehashes of Connery's old Bond films, whose plots went nowhere?
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Summary: 3.5 out of 5
Review: In 1995, action fans rejoiced. James Bond was back and just as fun as ever in GOLDENEYE. This time around, 007, played by Pierce Brosnan, is filled with shame over the death of his counterpart 006 (Sean Bean), believing he was responsible for 006's demise. Suddenly Bond is wisked into a war involving a stolen Russian missile launcher named Goldeneye, meanwhile being pitted once again against the Russian general (Gottfried John) that killed 006. Brosnan is arguably the greatest thing to happen to Bond since Roger Moore; he's every Bond in one, combining Sean Connery's strategy with Roger Moore's humor, George Lazenby's human side with Timothy Dalton's dark side. Brosnan is truly what the Bond franchise was looking for. The film also features a very nice score by Eric Serra; adventurous directing by Martin Campbell; and an action-packed script by Jeffrey Caine & Bruce Feirsten which also features plenty of humor. GOLDENEYE goes beyond the standard Bond flick, and ranks highly among the most entertaining well through it's 130 minutes; action/Bond fans will not be disappointed! END TITLE: May not be gold, but action fans won't want to miss it
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Summary: Affter Six Years, We Should Have Gotten Something Better
Review: The problem with "Goldeneye" isn't so much that it's a weak film--though it isn't all that strong, either--it's that after waiting six years for the next installment in the Bond series, it's rather uneven and unremarkable. With a plot centered around the comic book and Friday night TV cliche of your old friend being your new enemy, this first Brosnan outing feels more like a slightly-better-produced cable production in both story and execution than a lavish Bond. Like the razor-sharp Timothy Dalton's final Bond adventure, this film's story tries to be a bit edgier than those of the Moore era, but unlike Dalton, Brosnan seems to struggle to find what Bond he wants to play--quietly determined, spiritedly cocky, or wryly humorous. (It doesn't help that he essentially makes his first appearance dangling upside down in a lavatory with a seated Russian soldier--we've certainly travelled a bizarre road since Connery was introduced at the gambling table.) With his longish hair, wiry frame, and ordinary clothes, he also seems out of his league as 007--more like Remington Steele on a budget and with a hangover--though he is quite excellent in some scenes, including his bathhouse confrontation with Xenia Onatopp (the statuesque but rather dead looking Famke Jannsen). On the plus side are the beautiful and charming Izabella Scorupco as a double-cross survivor, Sean Bean as the duplicitous 006, a fun tank chase (though a bit too campy, considering the tone of the rest of the film), the return of the DB5, and Tina Turner's title song. On the negative are some truly awful special effects (Bond's ridiculous bluescreen glide to catch a falling airplane), Eric Serra's "banging random notes on a keyboard" instrumental score, an "M" who can't decide if she's made of bricks or straw, a Moneypenny who's suddenly become a petulant spokesperson for NOW, a completely irritating nerd in the form of Alan Cumming, and an overall production that just feels "lite," despite the story going on about 15 minutes too long. The result is a film that claims to be a James Bond adventure, but doesn't quite look or act like it.
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Summary: Tastes rather like strawberries.
Review: Rank 9 of 23. 4.5 stars. My wife and I were excited to learn that the new bond was going to be Pierce Brosnan. We went to the opening here in florida filled with nervous excitement and were blown away. Brosnan and the Goldeneye movie was fantastic! One memorable line is: Boris says: I AM INVINCIBLE!. Another is: the bad guy says, "why don't you be a good boy and just die." bond replys -"You First". Goldeneye, named for the Jamacian estate, is an EM pulse delivered from space. The russians have it and plan to use it. Bond goes to Russia to stop them. This is set in Russia after the fall of the Soviet union. As is typical for most Bond movies, the sex is subtle, the language OK and no nudity. Bond has succeeded with good writing, direction, action, a love interest, humor and a real good bad guy. Because this the first Bond movie under new manage, a female M has through out a feminist line in the beginning. The new manager has gotten over this need in future films. For example, she accomplishes the same thing in a better way in Die Another Day, by simply having the writers create better female characters. And they did a great job in that movie. This is still an excellent Bond movie, with only 8 movies ranked better, and a great action movie period, ranked with 4.5 stars.
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Summary: Bringing Bond back in a big way!
Review: It had been the longest wait for a Bond movie, 6 years. But in 1995, Pierce Brosnan delivered! Goldeneye is always a fan favorite for it's gripping story, a brand new 007, a new M, exciting villains, beautiful girls, gadgets galore and the sophisticated class of it all.
The story begins in 1986, with 007 and Alec Terevelyan,(006) working together to destory a chemical factory in the Soviet Union. The movie begins with a thrilling ski dive from Bond. The plot to destory the factory goes awry when they are caught by General Ourumov and the Russian soldiers. Trevelyan is captured and killed, (or so it appears to be.) Bond is enraged and makes a daring escape via a motorcycle, driving right off a cliff to catch a moving plane. He does this while being fired at by the Soviets. Bond finally catches the plane and we are sweeped into one of the best main title sequences in years! The movie resumes in 1995, with Bond driving the famous Aston Martin, and meeting the daunting Xenia Onatopp. He meets her again at a local casino, and the two exchange the usual Bond glib remarks. We then discover through a certain scene that Xenia is not what she seems to be and that she kills an officer to take his pass to a helicoptor demonstration the next day. Xenia and Ouromov steal a highly protective helicoptor and take it to northern Russia. They steal a secret space weapon called Goldeneye, that is able to destroy anything with an electronic circuit. They fire it on Severnaya and escape with a computer whiz called Boris. While this is going on, Bond is being briefed by M to get the Goldeneye back. Bond meets a CIA agent called Jack Wade and an old enemy-turned-ally called Valentin Zukovsky. They help him track down the mysterious Janus, who was responsible for the theft of the Goldeneye. Bond finally meets him and discovers him to be Alec Trevelyan, who is angry at Britain for the deaths of his parents. Bond meets Natayla, a beautiful survivor of the Goldeney attack, and they escape from capture to hunt down Alec, Xenia and Ourumov. Ourumov is killed on the train/fight sequence. There is also a stunning tank escape. Bond and Natayla go to Cuba, where Alec has another Goldeneye satellite, and plans to steal the money from the bank of England, and then destroy London. Bond kills Xenia and is then caught by Alec. There is a terrific fight between the two, with a deadly cat and mouse hunt. Bond and Alec eventually end up on the actual satellite, and Alec falls to his death. The satellite is destroyed and Bond and Natalya fly off to enjoy some peace.
Goldeneye features a riveting title song by Tina Turner, and the music video is included. A Bond movie documentary and a audio commentary is also present. A behind the scenes feature and theatre previews are also included on the DVD.
Goldeneye is one of the best Bond movies and all 007 fans will enjoy it!
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Summary: Were you expecting someone else?
Review: After a six-year hiatus from the silver screen, James Bond returned fresher than ever in the 1995 Bond flick, Goldeneye. Bond also returned with a fresh face in Irish-born Pierce Brosnan of Remington Steele fame, who is the perfect cross between the consummate professional no-nonsense approach of Connery and the debonair, over-the-top playboy superspy persona of Moore. Discontinuing the trend of the gritty throwbacks of Dalton, the storyline is a lot more involved, swerving back into the scheme of global domination, only with a smarter, reasonable, post-Cold War story. The movie begins at the peak of the Cold War, serving as a background story within a story. Bond raids a top-secret Soviet chemical weapons facility, along with his partner and close friend, Alec Trevelyan, a.k.a. Agent 006. Despite losing his best friend, 007 is dedicated to the mission and in a death-defying escape, Bond is successful in destroying the weapons facility. Nine years later, Bond is on the trail of an ex-Soviet fighter pilot, Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen), who works for the Janus crime syndicate and eventually hijacks the Tiger Helicopter, an aircraft which could withstand electromagnetic pulses. It turns out a Russian defector, General Ouroumov (Gottfried John) of whom also "killed" Trevelyan nine years prior, is also a frontman for Janus and he tags along with Onatopp as they snatch a top-secret space satellite device dubbed Goldeneye, destroy the facility in Severnaya home to the Goldeneye, and utilize the Tiger Helicopter as a getaway chopper. Bond is led to St. Petersburg, where the Tiger was last sighted, to take down Janus and his minions. The task gets a lot harder for Bond as he finds out Janus, his worst enemy is his best friend, Alec Trevelyan. To seek revenge on the British for betraying his people, the Cossack Russians in the Second World War, Trevelyan plans to use the Goldeneye to liquidate the British banks and to efface London. Bond and his lady friend, a Severnaya technician, Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco) are off to Cuba to thwart Trevelyan. Brosnan's debut as Bond does not disappoint, as he displays the ruthlessness of Connery and the charm of Moore very well. Bean portrays Janus/Trevelyan masterfully, a worthy adversary to Bond. The Bond ladies are worthy additions to the bevy of Bond series, and are solid actresses. The supporting cast, in particular, Ouroumov, a general with an honorable track record and a tarnished reputation, and Boris Grishenko, the comical computer nerd, is excellent. The storyline is perfectly executed, urgent but not over-the-top and the action sequences are also first-rate, with Bond's St. Petersburg chase in a military tank and the Bond/Janus fight as the primary highlights. Overall, Goldeneye is a worthy contender to the title of best Bond film ever.
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Summary: Hottest Bond girl in bestest Bond movie....007 wins again
Review: This movie is the best of the bond sega, regardless of who is playing 007. This is a serious movie with wisecrack remarks coming from Bonds is kept in check unlike Moonraker, the worse Bond movie ever. Hatcher as the main girl is sexy playing a russian level 2 programmer, whatever that means. The main villians happens to be a traitor among the agents of her majesty service, the queen. This led to possibly the best fighting scene in the end. I love the tank chase scene too, which edge out 'Live or Let Die' boat chase scene by a tick or two. The part with Bond holding Q's sandwich, which Q then says 'Don't touch that, its my lunch' is a classic. We will all miss Q, becuase it won't be the same again after seeing 'Live Another Day'. Halli Berry is hot but can't hold a candle to superboy's girlfiend. If your a 007 diehard fan or not, i highly recommend this viewing. I seen it more than any other Bond movie and once you see it, you will know why.
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Summary: GoldenEye is on of the best Bond films ever!!!!!!!
Review: GoldenEye is a classic Bond film! If you love Bond, then you gotta see this! The DVD has cool special features too! GoldenEye rocks!
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Summary: 'Great flick
Review: I really liked this movie, to be honest. I think Pierce Brosnan does an excellent performance as James Bond. I've seen all his James Bond films up into the latest, 'Die Another Day, which I really enjoyed too. I saw that in theaters. The dvd has really great special features too, Original Theatrical Trailers and TV Spots! Documentary, The World of 007! Music Video "Goldeneye" by Tina Turner. It was a really great Bond Movie! Spectacular! I loved it.
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