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The World Is Not Enough appreciation thread
if there's already a thread buried somewhere then please direct me to it.
a few days ago, I watched the world is not enough. up until then it had been 9th on my ranking, nothing special.
but when I watched it afew days ago I really enjoyed it, infact, I decided it was one of the best bond films ever.
it has shot up to my top 5 and brosnan has tied connery at no 2 on my list of the best bonds/
This film has everything, a cool villian who can't die, exotic locations, a hot villianess, cool car, skii chase, great PTS and theme, I could go on.
of course, like every bond film it has its flaws (cough, denise richards, cough), but it was still awesome.
please post what you like about the film here
a few days ago, I watched the world is not enough. up until then it had been 9th on my ranking, nothing special.
but when I watched it afew days ago I really enjoyed it, infact, I decided it was one of the best bond films ever.
it has shot up to my top 5 and brosnan has tied connery at no 2 on my list of the best bonds/
This film has everything, a cool villian who can't die, exotic locations, a hot villianess, cool car, skii chase, great PTS and theme, I could go on.
of course, like every bond film it has its flaws (cough, denise richards, cough), but it was still awesome.
please post what you like about the film here
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- Extended PTS. This is one of my favourites.
- How Bond drops from the balloon and lands in the title sequence.
- the title sequence oil effects and colours.
- The fact that half of the gadgets are a surprise. We don't know they're coming (explosive gun, watch rappel wire).
- The line "I came prepared for a cold reception", just before they hit the slopes.
- Something we haven't seen for a while- a good chase through the snow.
- Brosnan now feels most comfortable as Bond. Some of his acting in Baku is top notch.
- The return of Valentin!
- The whole pipeline scene.
- Getting M involved in the story.
- The part with Brosnan swimming underwater next to the sub.
Oh, and everything else about the film!
Let that sink in.
Otherwhise, Rob Carlyle is awesome, and Sophie Marceau stunning :)
xxx
And of course, the last appearance of the great Q, on screen and in life. Truly tragic loss.
And of course, the last appearance of the great Q, on screen and in life. Truly tragic loss.
It was a good romp - take the skiing scene out of it - and I think it might be PB's finest moment then again you have the first 30 mins of DAD and that was good.
and yes its really sad about the original Q, nobody could ever fill his shoes (although john cleese wasn't bad)
If the original script, playing up the mystery behind who was ultimately responsible for the plot was filmed (instead of the rewrites by Michael Apted's wife, which focused on Bond's relationship with Elektra), then I think TWINE would have been a much, much stronger film.
If anything, Elektra's death under the hands of Bond was one of the better scenes in the series. Great acting by Brosnan there.
Often WRONGLY called out as "crap" or "not very good" or "Brosnans worst",
it is infact classic Bond from start to finish including the terribly good Christmas joke!
Richards as a nuclear scientist is no more unbelievable than a woman called Pussy, or Brit Ekland as an agent, its fantasy folks, and Fleming would have loved it. This is Bond you know.....and this film doesn`t let you forget it.
The PTS remains one of the best ever, and for those who think it too long, stick with your video games, and get out of this thread.
Brosnans killing of Elektra remains one of his best moments.
There is so much to like.....
PTS, Q, Cleese, skiing, submarines, nuclear bombs, Denise Richards bombs (!), cool suits, martinis, cool theme tune, shall I go on? And I loved the gadgets in this film.
The only negative was we didn`t get to see the z8 in action.
And, well, too much M. I would have rather had Bernard Lee in the "rescue M" role.
I love the story of this film. It's very good with the execution but the action scenes let it down. Very middle of the road.
They will undoubtely revert to a male M in the near future, and then there will be complains about him as well.
TWINE is probably my favorite Brosnan movie, it is fun and adventurious which is necessary for an 007 movie. If I want to see dark espionage I will watch Spooks on BBC.
Great cast and indeed a great scene for Q.
The ladies where excellently cast, sure an older actress for the role of Christmas Jones would have been nice but Richards did okay.
I'm not saying I hate the whole film. I loved the chase on the Thames (probably my favorite chase in the franchise), I loved R's introduction and Q's exit (it was very respectful) and every scene with Valentin is pure gold; but I just didn't like the main plot of the film.
TND is the worst PB movie - even worse that DAD - and that's saying something. TWINE is his best.
Carlyle has done better work before this and after, wasn't really intimidating as Renard, the 'impervious to pain' angle seemed a bit out of place, he was playing a Bond villain not the Terminator or anything such, the submarine in a Turkish harbor finale was a bit dull, you don';t get to see much apart from Brosnan swimming around and getting saturated, the Richards character was at times belligerent, and the nuclear physicist role was too far fetched, she looked at times as if she'd have a job getting out of a wet paper bag never mind the job she was supposed to do but a slight improvement on some girls that came before her and even thereafter
Probably the best bond teaser ever, at least in terms of duration, one issue I had was Bond rolling off the Millenium Dome to an awful drum roll as the credits approached as up to then it was a good opening, also the last appearance of the long standing Llewellyn actor which was a pity but everybody realized he couldn't go on forever, he and Brosnan seemed to have developed some level of camaraderie in their times on screen together