A Bond film with a few sparks of innovation, must mostly the same-ol, same-ol.
A ★★★ review of The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Pierce Brosnan played Bond longer than I usually remember, probably because his later films tend toward feeling very conventional. Despite the attempt to make Bond a bit more edgy, there’s still the more-than-occasional excessive absurdity and Bond bon mots that make the movie feel far less serious than it could be otherwise. There are some intriguing elements to the movie — the key villain is, herself, one of the Bond girls (a first), and Bond’…
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There was one after that? With Brosnan? o.O
Tomorrow Never Dies?
"Die Another Day". North Korea. Halle Berry. I honestly don't recall much about it beyond that. But we'll get to that next.
Wow. You can tell his tenure, as Bond, was up when I didn't even know that movie existed.
Looking forward to the next read. You're like my MST3K, sitting through all the awful movies I dare not watch, myself. I salute you, brave man.
I confess that when we started (in our rewatch) the Brosnan era, I really thought it was three movies. It's actually four. (Brosnan wanted to do a fifth, but negotiations broke down, leading to a 4-year interval to Casino Royale.)
I'd like to think I've watched a few good movies. And TWiNE wasn't exactly bad — it just wasn't very good.
Just watched Rubber, the other week.
There are barely words. Worth watching for a laugh at the absurdity.
It was an okay Bond movie, more retread and going thru the motions than anything else.
Good intro song.