It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
^ Back to Top
The MI6 Community is unofficial and in no way associated or linked with EON Productions, MGM, Sony Pictures, Activision or Ian Fleming Publications. Any views expressed on this website are of the individual members and do not necessarily reflect those of the Community owners. Any video or images displayed in topics on MI6 Community are embedded by users from third party sites and as such MI6 Community and its owners take no responsibility for this material.
James Bond News • James Bond Articles • James Bond Magazine
Comments
When I first saw DAD in theaters I immediately thought it was Brosnan's best, but the more I watch it the worse it becomes. Honestly, if a lot of things were removed it would be a great film. The unnecessary CGI really killed the film, and the remarkable thing is that most of the CGI scenes could be removed without negatively affecting the plot one bit (especially the completely pointless rocket sled scene, which is probably the worst of all of Brosnan's action sequences). Halle Berry was a poor choice for a Bond girl and didn't handle the role well at all.
The unnecessary fluff meant to draw mainstream audiences (well it definitely was successful) really hurt the movie in a big way.
Vic Armstrong did not like it either and the stunt work in DAD is really good !
It's not very good but the first half saves it from being awful and also puts it above QOS imo.
Best post of the day and possibly the week right here. The entire Brosnan tenure was an insult to Lois and the class she brought to the role. It's a shame, Brosnan and Bond had great chemistry but someone obviously decided that Moneypenny's usual repartee needed to be updated from a woman who flirted with class, to spout lines straight out of a porn film in TND, and later come off like a jealous little twit in TWINE with Dr. Warmflash. That's not Moneypenny. The desk scene is just the icing on a cake that was already plenty distasteful. It's just not what the character was ever supposed to be and after this, I'm in no rush to have the character back if this is what they have in mind.
You mean the one who talked about Bond putting a wedding ring on her finger shortly after his wife was killed ;)
to spout lines straight out of a porn film in TND
I always smile at that line - she delivers it well :( It's probably just my immature taste in humour.
With TWINE, the film never achieved what it tried to be. There were good elements but bad acting, poor direction, and a listless, dreary tone really sank it. I rewatched it a few months back and like when it first came out, I appreciated what the filmmakers *tried* to do. But they couldn't do that type of film well. Even the para-hawks action scene, which should have been a slam dunk, was terrible. And let's not not start on the "confronting Elektra" scene.
Now, is DAD my favourite type of Bond film? Oh god no, in fact it's the opposite. I'm much more partial to TWINE's style. So it's not that I *like* DAD more than TWINE, it's that I think they gave us the type of film that they tried to - an over-the-top, groaning and laughing giant piece of eye-candy that you'll forget about the next day.
He's stronger and impervious to pain, but still can die with a round to the noggin.
He's stronger and impervious to pain, but still can die with a round to the noggin. [/quote]
Wasn't there glass there or something? I really can't remember.
Wasn't there glass there or something? I really can't remember.[/quote]
Yes, He got in the elevator that was protected by bullet proof glass.
The World is Not Enough is flawed (especially in the final act) but overall pretty solid, and I'll never understand the hatred people put towards it. It's nowhere near the bottom, for me anyway.
http://www.metro.co.uk/film/915607-skyfall-director-sam-mendes-wasnt-interested-in-james-bond
TWINE is strong from the beggining to its ending. But i think that if the Bond women were inverted - Denise as villain and Sophie as the Good one - it would have been even greater.
I always thought TND was unpopular on the internet.
But Denise Richards doesn't have the acting skills to play Elektra. She barely has the acting skills to play Christmas Jones. And Sophie Marceau would be wasted in the Christmas role, which amounts to very little.
Bond should have DIED in this one. Ughhh, it's so....so......I cannot find the words.
TND is, relatively speaking, a classic, compared to Brozza's other outings.
I like TND. I prefer GE and TWINE, but TND is a fun popcorn film that I really enjoy. My one problem is when it goes into action overload in the 2nd half.
NOT if it results in the awful Halle Berry character being killed off..
Sadly Mr Kil, became Mr Incompetent, and so Ms Berry survived and we had to live with it for the rest of that years release..
Is this thread still going on incidentally ?
I'll make it easy for everyone - "The World Is Not Enough is a far better movie than Die Another Day"
It was then, it is now, and will be, until the end of Mankind
Pretty simple math
TWINE, while it's not terrific, tries to maintain a level of intelligence through it's plot.. Brosnan gives (IMO) his best performance as Bond, and Sophie Marceau gives just as good of a performance as Elektra... the glaring faults of TWINE is in it's execution - it's a film thats caught in between identities - does it want to be traditional Bond?, or does it want to be a melodrama, and take risks in exploring new territories with the characters?... it's a film that seems like it will deliver both, but in the end it falls flat.... oh yeah - it has Denise Richards as well....
but that still can't trump the awesome debauchery that is DAD.... its just sad that Brosnan got handed these two as his last 2 Bond films... sad.... but dems da dice...
It felt that with TWINE the producers gave Brosnan the 'character' driven vehicle he wanted. However, he was not very good in it and the producers realized that with Brosnan they would always be reliant on Action and cheap one liners. Hence the next movie was DAD.
I actually had high hopes for TWINE when it came out but was very disappointed by the movie. Having hated GE, TND was a big improvement in my eyes and at the time I thought that TWINE would mark a return to true form. But it turned out to be just as bad, may be worse than GE. It was then that I realized there was no saving Brosnan's Bond - he was doomed to be mediocre (and that's being generous). DAD was no surprise to me at all. It was the logical conclusion to the worst casting mistake that EON ever made - PB.