For one film I don't mind Pepper but he adds (to an extent) to the downfall of TMWTGG.
Pepper was the reason Bond had to make the car jump. First he asks Bond to make a left and then step on it only to see that they are on a different road ) .... So Pepper had a role to play in building up the car jump sequence
"Hostile takeovers. Shall we?"
New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
Bond actors to be re-ranked later
Cons:
-Limited chemistry between Brosnan and Yeoh.
-There's something slightly underwhelming about Stamper, apart from the fact that he's a Grant clone.
Here's how much I love TND:
I LIKE the chemistry between Brosnan & Yeoh, and Stamper was fine for me, especially in the final fight scene!!
The ONLY con for me at all in the movie is that Bond seemed to be having a little too much fun during the escape from the parking garage... but then he *does* live in the moment, I guess.
Maybe chris, Firemass, or myself could open a thread for TND lovers.
"Hostile takeovers. Shall we?"
New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
Bond actors to be re-ranked later
The ONLY con for me at all in the movie is that Bond seemed to be having a little too much fun during the escape from the parking garage... but then he *does* live in the moment, I guess.
I love that. Especially after he inflates the tyres.
In reality you wouldn't want to be Fleming's Bond. But Brosnan's portrayal in TND is his coolest of his 4 films...particularly the way he moves from the Hamburg break-in to the end of the car chase
GE - Solid performance but a bit nervous
TND - Cool
TWINE - Soap opera
DAD - Confident
I'll have to conclude TND and DAD are the best performances.
The ONLY con for me at all in the movie is that Bond seemed to be having a little too much fun during the escape from the parking garage... but then he *does* live in the moment, I guess.
I love that. Especially after he inflates the tyres.
In reality you wouldn't want to be Fleming's Bond. But Brosnan's portrayal in TND is his coolest of his 4 films...particularly the way he moves from the Hamburg break-in to the end of the car chase
GE - Solid performance but a bit nervous
TND - Cool
TWINE - Soap opera
DAD - Confident
I'll have to conclude TND and DAD are the best performances.
No they are not. I think he went to sleep during DAD
1. For Your Eyes Only 2. The Living Daylights 3 From Russia with Love 4. Casino Royale 5. OHMSS 6. Skyfall
The ONLY con for me at all in the movie is that Bond seemed to be having a little too much fun during the escape from the parking garage... but then he *does* live in the moment, I guess.
I love that. Especially after he inflates the tyres.
In reality you wouldn't want to be Fleming's Bond. But Brosnan's portrayal in TND is his coolest of his 4 films...particularly the way he moves from the Hamburg break-in to the end of the car chase
GE - Solid performance but a bit nervous
TND - Cool
TWINE - Soap opera
DAD - Confident
I'll have to conclude TND and DAD are the best performances.
Nice to see that there's someone else who likes Brosnan's DAD performance.
"Hostile takeovers. Shall we?"
New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
Bond actors to be re-ranked later
The ONLY con for me at all in the movie is that Bond seemed to be having a little too much fun during the escape from the parking garage... but then he *does* live in the moment, I guess.
I love that. Especially after he inflates the tyres.
In reality you wouldn't want to be Fleming's Bond. But Brosnan's portrayal in TND is his coolest of his 4 films...particularly the way he moves from the Hamburg break-in to the end of the car chase
GE - Solid performance but a bit nervous
TND - Cool
TWINE - Soap opera
DAD - Confident
I'll have to conclude TND and DAD are the best performances.
Nice to see that there's someone else who likes Brosnan's DAD performance.
Only seen this twice before and last time was many years ago - I remember thinking that it was probably PB's best effort.
Pros:
PTS - Titles -Music
HMS Devonshire sinking
Q briefing
Carver satellite launch party sequence
HALO jump
Bond/Wai Lin Saigon escape and motorbike chase
Stealth boat climax
Carver - Stamper - Wai Lin - Dr Kaufman - Gupta - M
Cons:
Title song
Fact that Bond had had a relationship with Carver's wife
Remote control BMW
Jack Wade
Conclusion:
PB puts in a great performance here even though the delivery of some of his quips is suspect (again as in GE mainly due to them being lame). The film is particularly well cast. Carver harks back to the good old days of megalomaniac villains. Wai Lin is a great ally and has great chemistry with Bond. Stamper is a good henchman. The fact that Bond has had a previous relationship with Carver's wife is so coincidental it is ludicrous and a serious minus point in the film. Dr Kaufman is brilliant and steals the film. The return of Jack Wade is irritating as Joe Don Baker can still not act. It's the first time I have ever actually considered that PB is playing Bond and I am happy to retract my previous statement from GE as this time he does look like a Bond - I think he has taken a lot of notice of SC performances and added them into his act. I also think that Judi Dench has grown into her role as M and I like the performance. Definitely a very likeable Bond entry.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
- PTS
- Hamburg location
- Pryce's acting as Carver - completely OTT
- M and the rest of the British power group
- Plot is interesting, fun
- Stamper
- Running time is short
- Action sequences are all very well done
- Much bigger budget, feels and looks very well done
- THE 90s Bond film
- British elements / navy etc.
- BMW 750 and bike
Cons:
- Title song - Sheryl Crow cannot sing
- Title credits - looks like a Spice Girls music video
- Wai Lin, lack of chemistry
- While he's great in the action, PB's acting is pretty bad here
- One liners are quite weak, the script feels rushed
- While it is fun - there's too much action
- Some props look fake, like the saw machine and the underwater laser
- Karate noises from Wai Lin when she shoots the engine control
- Some quintessential 90s elements in the film date it.
BluRay:
Looks alright, quite grainy. Still very clear though.
Overall:
It's fun and an enjoyable watch, I actually enjoyed it more than GE this time around. I do switch my brain off to enjoy this film which is good and bad.
- Title song - Sheryl Crow cannot sing
- Title credits - looks like a Spice Girls music video
- Wai Lin, lack of chemistry
- While he's great in the action, PB's acting is pretty bad here
- One liners are quite weak, the script feels rushed
- While it is fun - there's too much action
- Some props look fake, like the saw machine and the underwater laser
- Karate noises from Wai Lin when she shoots the engine control
- Some quintessential 90s elements in the film date it.
I disagree on PB's acting in TND, but then again he's my fave Bond.
I love that TND has a lot of action, makes it fun for me.
I do agree that the chemistry between Brosnan and Yeoh isn't that great.
I think Sheryl Crow is a good singer, it's just that for the TSS she doesn't really impress.
The TS does suck, right now it's my least fave of the ones Kleinman has done.
I love the one-liners in TND.
Oh well, we can't all agree. Each to their own.
"Hostile takeovers. Shall we?"
New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
Bond actors to be re-ranked later
It's nice to be missed. I'd say it's a case of not being able to see the forest for the trees. I agree that there's not major or minor faults, because basically the whole movie is a two hour fault. It's nice to be back, by the way
It's nice to be missed. I'd say it's a case of not being able to see the forest for the trees. I agree that there's not major or minor faults, because basically the whole movie is a two hour fault. It's nice to be back, by the way
It is more fun to watch than the relatively boring GE so that it self is a positive for a film from 90s
^ I think TND is a good action film, but a poor Bond film and a poor Brosnan film. It's his worst effort at acting IMO - perhaps not his fault but overall I find his performance weak.
The jump between his acting in TND and TWINE is MASSIVE!!
Yeah chris, I guess we won't agree with hmd regarding Brozzer's performance in TND.
And he prob doesn't love the stealth boat battle as much as we do.
"Hostile takeovers. Shall we?"
New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
Bond actors to be re-ranked later
It's his worst effort at acting IMO - perhaps not his fault but overall I find his performance weak.
The jump between his acting in TND and TWINE is MASSIVE!!
It's his worst effort at acting IMO - perhaps not his fault but overall I find his performance weak.
The jump between his acting in TND and TWINE is MASSIVE!!
Not Brosnan's fault.
I suspect they were trying to get the script finished. I suspect Brosnan was left to his own devices
1. For Your Eyes Only 2. The Living Daylights 3 From Russia with Love 4. Casino Royale 5. OHMSS 6. Skyfall
Ok as my Bond marathon continues next up was Tomorrow Never Dies. My brand new Blu Ray had just arrived so I watched it for the very first time, and before watching the film itself I viewed the deleted scenes.
What surprised me was Ricky Jay who played Henry Gupta, was in real life a magician of many years and his speciality was card throwing. Apparently he can throw them and they stick doors, walls etc. Scenes of his card throwing were filmed but never used which was a pity they looked good. Hopefully a Directors cut of this film may be released down the line.
Anyway I enjoyed the film overall. You have to remember this was the era of media moguls, Rupert Murdocks empire and also Robert Maxwell, who "disappeared on his luxury yacht" and I thought it was great how they managed to incorporate that into the film. So the whole global news backdrop was a topic of current affairs back then.
Jonothan Price as the villain is a bit cartoony however he is a tremendous actor and his portrayal of the "Sparrow" in the Game Of Thrones TV Series is wonderful.
I actually think these fantastic actors are instructed to play their characters in a certain way by the Producers. The same happened to Charles Grey in DAF, he could and would have been the best Bond villian if he had been allowed to play Blofeld like he played "Mocata" in the Devil Rides Out. That film gave me nightmares when I was younger and Grey was fantastic.
Anyway back to TND. I loved the briefing with M in the back of the Limo travelling at high speed. The innuendo between Money Penny and Bond is weak. "Cunning Linguist", "You'll have to pump her for information"
I won't even go into the diving aspects of the film as I have already outlined how wrong they are in previous Bond movies, see my review of Thunderball/FYEO. However the one aspect of diving they did get right, is that it is possible on single breath of gas to undertake a controlled ascent from depth to the surface. I have done this from 50 metres, it's quite scary but when you become a master of your craft it can be done.
So what else the motorbike chase is good although I'm not sure a helicopter pilot would undertake what the helicopter does in that sequence. When you watch the behind the scenes you find out the blades were all cgi.
Overall I enjoyed this film more than Goldeneye, I think Brosnan looks cool as Bond, he was certainly a handsome guy and I'm sure he didn't have any problems asking women out thats for sure.
Comments
Pepper was the reason Bond had to make the car jump. First he asks Bond to make a left and then step on it only to see that they are on a different road
Don't tell that to Virgil. :v
New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
Bond actors to be re-ranked later
I LIKE the chemistry between Brosnan & Yeoh, and Stamper was fine for me, especially in the final fight scene!!
The ONLY con for me at all in the movie is that Bond seemed to be having a little too much fun during the escape from the parking garage... but then he *does* live in the moment, I guess.
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
Or me!
"Better make that two."
I couldn't resist....
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
I will have the popcorn and beers at the ready!
"Better make that two."
New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
Bond actors to be re-ranked later
I love that. Especially after he inflates the tyres.
In reality you wouldn't want to be Fleming's Bond. But Brosnan's portrayal in TND is his coolest of his 4 films...particularly the way he moves from the Hamburg break-in to the end of the car chase
GE - Solid performance but a bit nervous
TND - Cool
TWINE - Soap opera
DAD - Confident
I'll have to conclude TND and DAD are the best performances.
No they are not. I think he went to sleep during DAD
Nice to see that there's someone else who likes Brosnan's DAD performance.
New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
Bond actors to be re-ranked later
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
Pros:
PTS - Titles -Music
HMS Devonshire sinking
Q briefing
Carver satellite launch party sequence
HALO jump
Bond/Wai Lin Saigon escape and motorbike chase
Stealth boat climax
Carver - Stamper - Wai Lin - Dr Kaufman - Gupta - M
Cons:
Title song
Fact that Bond had had a relationship with Carver's wife
Remote control BMW
Jack Wade
Conclusion:
PB puts in a great performance here even though the delivery of some of his quips is suspect (again as in GE mainly due to them being lame). The film is particularly well cast. Carver harks back to the good old days of megalomaniac villains. Wai Lin is a great ally and has great chemistry with Bond. Stamper is a good henchman. The fact that Bond has had a previous relationship with Carver's wife is so coincidental it is ludicrous and a serious minus point in the film. Dr Kaufman is brilliant and steals the film. The return of Jack Wade is irritating as Joe Don Baker can still not act. It's the first time I have ever actually considered that PB is playing Bond and I am happy to retract my previous statement from GE as this time he does look like a Bond - I think he has taken a lot of notice of SC performances and added them into his act. I also think that Judi Dench has grown into her role as M and I like the performance. Definitely a very likeable Bond entry.
Pros:
- PTS
- Hamburg location
- Pryce's acting as Carver - completely OTT
- M and the rest of the British power group
- Plot is interesting, fun
- Stamper
- Running time is short
- Action sequences are all very well done
- Much bigger budget, feels and looks very well done
- THE 90s Bond film
- British elements / navy etc.
- BMW 750 and bike
Cons:
- Title song - Sheryl Crow cannot sing
- Title credits - looks like a Spice Girls music video
- Wai Lin, lack of chemistry
- While he's great in the action, PB's acting is pretty bad here
- One liners are quite weak, the script feels rushed
- While it is fun - there's too much action
- Some props look fake, like the saw machine and the underwater laser
- Karate noises from Wai Lin when she shoots the engine control
- Some quintessential 90s elements in the film date it.
BluRay:
Looks alright, quite grainy. Still very clear though.
Overall:
It's fun and an enjoyable watch, I actually enjoyed it more than GE this time around. I do switch my brain off to enjoy this film which is good and bad.
"Better make that two."
I disagree on PB's acting in TND, but then again he's my fave Bond.
I love that TND has a lot of action, makes it fun for me.
I do agree that the chemistry between Brosnan and Yeoh isn't that great.
I think Sheryl Crow is a good singer, it's just that for the TSS she doesn't really impress.
The TS does suck, right now it's my least fave of the ones Kleinman has done.
I love the one-liners in TND.
Oh well, we can't all agree. Each to their own.
New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
Bond actors to be re-ranked later
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
It's nice to be missed. I'd say it's a case of not being able to see the forest for the trees. I agree that there's not major or minor faults, because basically the whole movie is a two hour fault. It's nice to be back, by the way
Too many cooks?
"Better make that two."
Couldn't show him even a half finished script.
It is more fun to watch than the relatively boring GE so that it self is a positive for a film from 90s
Agent "OK Pierce, we've got a Bond film for you..."
Piers "Can I see the script..."
Agent "ummm...er...umm...not really..."
The jump between his acting in TND and TWINE is MASSIVE!!
"Better make that two."
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
And he prob doesn't love the stealth boat battle as much as we do.
New 2020 ranking (for now DAF and FYEO keep their previous placements)
1. TLD 2. TND 3. GF 4. TSWLM 5. TWINE 6. OHMSS 7. LtK 8. TMWTGG 9. L&LD 10. YOLT 11. DAD 12. QoS 13. DN 14. GE 15. SF 16. OP 17. MR 18. AVTAK 19. TB 20. FRWL 21. CR 22. FYEO 23. DAF (SP to be included later)
Bond actors to be re-ranked later
#1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
Not Brosnan's fault.
I suspect they were trying to get the script finished. I suspect Brosnan was left to his own devices
What surprised me was Ricky Jay who played Henry Gupta, was in real life a magician of many years and his speciality was card throwing. Apparently he can throw them and they stick doors, walls etc. Scenes of his card throwing were filmed but never used which was a pity they looked good. Hopefully a Directors cut of this film may be released down the line.
Anyway I enjoyed the film overall. You have to remember this was the era of media moguls, Rupert Murdocks empire and also Robert Maxwell, who "disappeared on his luxury yacht" and I thought it was great how they managed to incorporate that into the film. So the whole global news backdrop was a topic of current affairs back then.
Jonothan Price as the villain is a bit cartoony however he is a tremendous actor and his portrayal of the "Sparrow" in the Game Of Thrones TV Series is wonderful.
I actually think these fantastic actors are instructed to play their characters in a certain way by the Producers. The same happened to Charles Grey in DAF, he could and would have been the best Bond villian if he had been allowed to play Blofeld like he played "Mocata" in the Devil Rides Out. That film gave me nightmares when I was younger and Grey was fantastic.
Anyway back to TND. I loved the briefing with M in the back of the Limo travelling at high speed. The innuendo between Money Penny and Bond is weak. "Cunning Linguist", "You'll have to pump her for information"
I won't even go into the diving aspects of the film as I have already outlined how wrong they are in previous Bond movies, see my review of Thunderball/FYEO. However the one aspect of diving they did get right, is that it is possible on single breath of gas to undertake a controlled ascent from depth to the surface. I have done this from 50 metres, it's quite scary but when you become a master of your craft it can be done.
So what else the motorbike chase is good although I'm not sure a helicopter pilot would undertake what the helicopter does in that sequence. When you watch the behind the scenes you find out the blades were all cgi.
Overall I enjoyed this film more than Goldeneye, I think Brosnan looks cool as Bond, he was certainly a handsome guy and I'm sure he didn't have any problems asking women out thats for sure.
Next up TWINE.
"Do you expect me to talk? "No Mister Bond I expect you to die"