Post by stefancrosscoe on Apr 15, 2021 8:13:17 GMT
Have been meaning of finishing off the Bond movie project, which a few people on a norwegian movie board and I, started up with during winter 2019 and towards winter 2020. And where we went from From Russia With Love (1963), all the way up to Die Another Day (2002). But with the news of the upcoming Bond movie, to be put on ice, at least for some time, we somehow got a bit "stuck", and I might do a bit of re-watching, titles such as Dr. No, You Only Live Twice, The Spy Who Loved Me and a few of the later Daniel Craig ones.
The World Is Not Enough, I remember watching at the cinemas along with my dad, back in 1999, but over the years, I rarely re-watched it, and when I finally did back in winter of last year, I realized soon, why. It is probably not the worst from the franchise, but it was a very long shot away of the superior GoldenEye and the fast paced and fun Tomorrow Never Dies.
The generic and forgettable "action formula", lack of chemistry and interesting characters/villains, had sadly began to set in, and would end up with the even worse Bond movie, Die Another Day.
What really annoyed me, was how Pierce Brosnan locked so grumpy and uninteresed, for most the film, and where they took such a great scandinavian actor, as Ulrich Thomsen, and turned him into just another henchman, but I guess he was not seen as a big or famous enough name, for the producers. Thankfully, Michael Madsen got a much bigger part, later on.
Sophie Marceau were probably among the few positive reasons to why I did not downrate the film, even more.
Anyway, another big problem, not just with this one, but one kept having with these later Bond films, were not just what happened onscreen, but the music and sound, as the legacy of John Barry, surely were always gonna be a tough task to follow. But damn, if these late 90s and 00s scores by David Arnold, could not be more dull and lifeless. He constantly throws in the same recycled and overused Bond theme, all the time. Sometimes 10-12 times or more, and I guess it is no wonder, as his own stuff is so lame and forgettable, that, yeah, for someone who loves the older elegant, classic and huge sounding Barry soundtracks, it hurted my ears, and a real shame that Arnold got to fool around with making one crappy Bond score, after another, for such long.
There must have been far better or more suitable composers out there, who could give the lesser Brosnan films, a bit of an edge to them, but no, Arnold even managed to continue on, in the Daniel Craig films as well.
Anyway, I rated The World Is Not Enough with a 4/10, not awful, but a huge letdown, coming up after the former two Brosnan Bond titles.
Sadly, it would get way worse, 3 years later.
The World Is Not Enough, I remember watching at the cinemas along with my dad, back in 1999, but over the years, I rarely re-watched it, and when I finally did back in winter of last year, I realized soon, why. It is probably not the worst from the franchise, but it was a very long shot away of the superior GoldenEye and the fast paced and fun Tomorrow Never Dies.
The generic and forgettable "action formula", lack of chemistry and interesting characters/villains, had sadly began to set in, and would end up with the even worse Bond movie, Die Another Day.
What really annoyed me, was how Pierce Brosnan locked so grumpy and uninteresed, for most the film, and where they took such a great scandinavian actor, as Ulrich Thomsen, and turned him into just another henchman, but I guess he was not seen as a big or famous enough name, for the producers. Thankfully, Michael Madsen got a much bigger part, later on.
Sophie Marceau were probably among the few positive reasons to why I did not downrate the film, even more.
Anyway, another big problem, not just with this one, but one kept having with these later Bond films, were not just what happened onscreen, but the music and sound, as the legacy of John Barry, surely were always gonna be a tough task to follow. But damn, if these late 90s and 00s scores by David Arnold, could not be more dull and lifeless. He constantly throws in the same recycled and overused Bond theme, all the time. Sometimes 10-12 times or more, and I guess it is no wonder, as his own stuff is so lame and forgettable, that, yeah, for someone who loves the older elegant, classic and huge sounding Barry soundtracks, it hurted my ears, and a real shame that Arnold got to fool around with making one crappy Bond score, after another, for such long.
There must have been far better or more suitable composers out there, who could give the lesser Brosnan films, a bit of an edge to them, but no, Arnold even managed to continue on, in the Daniel Craig films as well.
Anyway, I rated The World Is Not Enough with a 4/10, not awful, but a huge letdown, coming up after the former two Brosnan Bond titles.
Sadly, it would get way worse, 3 years later.