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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jan 24, 2019 19:31:00 GMT
A bit underrated. Yes, Denise Richards cast as a bosomy nuclear scientist doesn't make sense but still looks great soaking wet in a nuclear sub. Still, it's an improvement over Tomorrow Never Dies. The pre-credits sequence is also one of the better in the series. Also, it's good to bring back Robbie Coltrane.
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Post by ck100 on Jan 24, 2019 19:32:07 GMT
"I thought Christmas only comes once a year."
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Post by mslo79 on Jan 24, 2019 19:37:29 GMT
I used to think the Brosnan Bond movies were among the better ones but I don't like a single one of them now as Brosnan is the only Bond actor where I don't like a single one of his Bond movies as the rest of the Bond actors I like at least some of their movies.
p.s. the only Brosnan movies in general worth mentioning are... 1)The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) (9/10) 2)The Matador (2005) (8/10) 3)Some Kind of Beautiful (2014-2015) (6.5-7/10) 4-5)The World's End (2013)/Seraphim Falls (2006) (6-6.5/10).
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Post by Vits on Jan 24, 2019 20:23:45 GMT
5/10
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Post by vegalyra on Jan 24, 2019 20:36:27 GMT
The Brosnan films are among my least favorite Bonds (not his fault), but this was one was okay (especially Sophie Marceau). I actually liked Tomorrow Never Dies better, mainly because of Jonathan Pryce, a great bad guy.
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Post by politicidal on Jan 24, 2019 20:42:34 GMT
I probably dislike it more than it deserves but it's just mediocre. Die Another Day is pretty bad but it goes above and beyond with it at least.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Jan 24, 2019 20:45:45 GMT
I liked it a lot when it came out, and I still do. I didn't really mind Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist, she really wasn't any worse than buying Lois Chiles as a NASA scientist (plus it was in her pre-Charlie Sheen days, when she was still a major hottie). I agree with Popeye, was glad to see Robbie Coltrane back and Sophie Marceau was sexy af. It's also one of my favorite Bond themes, but Garbage is one of my top five favorite bands, so I'm admittedly biased. I unapologetically enjoy all the Brosnan entries, though I will admit Die Another Day is near the bottom of the franchise.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jan 24, 2019 20:54:31 GMT
The Brosnan films are among my least favorite Bonds (not his fault), but this was one was okay (especially Sophie Marceau). I actually liked Tomorrow Never Dies better, mainly because of Jonathan Pryce, a great bad guy. Same. "The only good news...is bad news!"
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 24, 2019 22:25:39 GMT
But what does the title mean? Well, from ancient history we get the legend that Alexander The Great’s final words were, “Orbis non sufficit” – Latin for “The world is not enough.” Later in history, a real life person, Sir Thomas Bond (1620-1685) had the Latin phrase as the motto on his family crest.
Move now to the book and film of “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” where Bond poses as a genealogist to infiltrate Blofield’s mountain hide-out, Bond takes the motto as his own. Thus, the title has a long Bondian history.
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Post by maxwellperfect on Jan 24, 2019 23:08:35 GMT
I liked this one. The only Brosnan adventure I like aside from 'Goldeneye.'
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Post by Archelaus on Jan 24, 2019 23:25:13 GMT
That movie had so much potential to be one of the best Bond films ever made. The pre-titles sequence is one of the series' best. The title song by Garbage is good to listen. Pierce Brosnan probably gives his best performance as James Bond in the film skillfully balancing the debonair playboy with the cold-blooded assassin spy.
From the last time I watched it, I remember the direction being pretty stilted and unengaging and the film had some weak writing. And yeah, you can't take Denise Richards seriously as a nuclear physicist. I did like Sophie Marceau as Elecktra and Robert Carlyle as Renard. It was also Desmond Llewelyn's last appearance as Q, and while he didn't intend to retire, he did end up passing away shortly after the film was released. His last appearance carries more weight because of it.
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