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There were bits that didn't work for me mainly Carver and the stunt casting. the whole thing seemed a step backwards after the Dalton years. But I enjoyed the music but thought Wai Lin was flat and uninteresting.
QoS I loved from the off. My kind of Bond film. A tight thriller set in South America with a powerhouse Bond.
I was never disapointed in QoS.
As I said in the "originals' reviews" thread, many younger fans don't realize just how happy we were to get ANY new Bond film at the time, as the series was almost over after LTK. The vague feeling of disappointment after watching TND was glossed over by thinking that at least they were still making Bond films. For me personally, after CR came out there was this interesting retroactive reaction to some of the previous films; thinking "Why did I put up with *that*?". Almost like when someone finally gets out of a bad relationship that they've gotten used to and starts dating someone better, and then thinking "I can't believe that I used to think that they were the best I could do!".
That's the great thing about the Bond films, there are films for every type of fan.
I think you sum up really well. I was EXTATIC when GE came out, then there were rumors of troubles during the production of TND that got me worried, so when it was released I LOVED it, almost as much as GE. In fact, during the Brosnan era I was ever disappointed only when DAD was released, which made me see things in a new light and I grew more critical of his whole tenure. Now I find it disappointing overall and I consider TND one of the weakest Bond films. Not weak as bad per se, but generic, unimaginative and by the number. It is more a 90s action movie than a Bond movie. QOS is flawed, but I much prefer it and for all its flaws I find it underrated. And it was bound to disappoint after CR.
Strange. For me the big step backwards after Dalton was GE. After I'd begun to come terms with the fact we had a blancmange in the lead role, I actually thought TND was a significant improvement. When I say 'significant', it's all relative of course, as I'd probably put TND fourth from bottom. However, I still regard TND as the closest Brozza ever came to a decent Bond movie. As others have noted, the first half is moderately well done and the film embraced a nice mid-90s slick aesthetic, as opposed to the tired 80s hangover feel of GE. Brosnan is at his 'best' in TND, playing it relatively straight. Michelle Yeoh, being of a similar age to Brosnan, actually seemed like a better Bond girl IMO, and Brozza seemed pretty relaxed around her. I thought the basic premise was entertaining enough (if predictable) and although it limps to a conclusion, it has some enjoyable moments. The PST is in my opinion one of the better ones from the past 25 years. Had KD Lang's Surrender been upfront I'd rank the film may be slightly higher.
Not correct. I did answer it (several posts back).
TND was thoroughly enjoyed by my group of friends and was a solid success. Google all you want, that doesn't change what happened in my world. Plus many others around the world enjoyed it, whether you want to see that or not.
Plenty wrong with the climax. Bond firing off multiple machine guns like ED209, throwing stars in the throat, stamping on people's heads. The violence wasn't classy enough for my Bond. Plus we have the obligatory Girl who is Bonds equal - a phrase which fills me with dread. Weak as piss puns ("maybe he'll take a cheque").
Probably looked better on paper and looked like a lightweight retread of several other films' climaxes.
TND was sliced and diced pretty well, as they all are. And personally it remains one of my favorite Bond films. This is SirHenry's ongoing thread; if of interest, please check it out. I for one enjoy lengthy, well thought out reviews.
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That's one huge step forward that has been made with Craig's Bond. I can't remember any scenes where he is wildly shooting a machine gun. It tends to be Up close snd lersonal, which strengthens the character.
It feels more mature and truer to the books, in my opinion.
Yes, and sign of the times, all she got in return is she was excluded from the biggest "paper" fan club...
I have not seen it since as it made me vomit all over the lounge but I seem to remember thinking that the baddie was rubbish. All that one-handed keyboard typing was irritating and I also thought that the asian Bond girl wasn't a very good actress. I remember it being very big on the action side of things and basically it didn't even feel like a Bond film.
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Having an actor the caliber of Pryce in a poor performance or insipid character didn't help things either. Once again, Sheryl Crow's theme intro is actually one of the best the franchise has to offer, so it wasn't all bad that year
It picked up well I thought, off the tone of GE. GE was a better film, but TND was a worthy follow-up. All the Broz films were very-big-or-go-home affairs. I find all 4 fairly similar in tone.
I watched TND last night. It looks great on blu-ray. What the Broz films did do well IMO, was manage to jam each film full of familiar Bond elements. By DAD though, the Broz era did seem a bit like big-Bond overkill, but still all 4 of his films are very colourful exciting big-budget Bond romps.
They all provide a very visceral Bond enjoyment experience.
Currently, I would probably say GE is a better film, but I still think Brosnan gave a better performance in TND.
And I wasn't at all disappointed in QoS.
It's not Brosnan's performance that year that gets me, it's just the film is so damn boring. As before, nothing worthwhile happens for a good half of it. The only redeeming features would be the superb pre credits sequence, Dr Kaufman discussion (I could shoot you from Stuttgart, and still have the desired effect), Sheryl Crow theme intro, Michelle Yeoh is a decent Bond girl, and there's really not much else. I think it's Brosnan's forgotten Bond release or odd man out of the four that he did. As You Only Live Twice was, with Sean Connery, as an equivalent