Die Another Day (Widescreen Special Edition)
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[3.0 Stars]
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Pub. 03-Jun-2003;
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The 20th James Bond adventure, Die Another Day succeeds on three important fronts: it avoids comparison to Austin Powers by keeping its cheesy humor in check, allows Halle Berry to be sexy and worthy of a spinoff franchise, and keeps pace with the technical wizardry that modern action films demand. Pierce Brosnan's got style and staying power as James Bond, now bearing little resemblance to Ian Fleming's original British super-spy, but able to hold his own at the box office. He's paired with American agent Jinx (Berry) in chasing a genetically altered North Korean villain (Rick Yune) armed with a satellite capable of destroying just about anything. John Cleese and Judi Dench reprise their recurring roles (as "Q" and "M," respectively); they're accompanied by weapons-laden sports cars, a hokey cameo by Madonna (who sings the techno-pulsed theme song), and enough double-entendres to keep Bond-philes adequately shaken and stirred. With clever nods to 007's cinematic legacy, Die Another Day makes you welcome the familiar end-credits promise: James Bond will return. --Jeff Shannon
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If you like Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry, here they are at their best. Brosnan is a master in fencing and Berry is just great in a bikini. A must for 007 fans. My favorite.;
[Rating: 5 Stars]
This was the best WRITTEN Bond that I have seen during the Brosnan reign. The storyline had twists and turns and a couple character surprises that re-engaged the viewer after the routine car/hover craft chases and overload of digital effects.
The players were all good excepting Halle Berry. She was hard to watch. One can just imagine a NASDAQ feed with her lines running across her forehead. Line reader - not actor. Also it seemed that she modeled either her body, or the clothes that she wore in every scene that she was in. Yawn. Clearly she never got a firm grasp, or any for that matter, on her part as Michelle Yeoh did in Tomorrow Never Dies.
Too bad (for the writers). In the 40th year of Bond most of the regulars seemed tired, leaving us with a disillusioned and drinking M. One can see why the producers went backwards in time and re-energized the franchise with a new Bond. It was time.;
[Rating: 4 Stars]
I have been a 007 fan for over 25 years and like every good fan out there, I purchased the 007 DVD collection (great purchase by the way). I absolutely love several of these films and have watched many of them repeatedly. I love most of the classic Connery films, "Goldfinger", "From Russia With Love", "Dr No" and I adore several of Roger Moore's lavish films most notably ""Live and Let Die", "The Spy Who Loved Me" and my absolute favorite "For Your Eyes Only". There is one film on this collection however that will not win any multiple viewings from me and I'm afraid "Die Another Day" is it.
Although "Moonraker" is often criticized and crowned by most fans as one of the worst, if not THE worst in the series (although I disagree and would cite "Diamonds are Forever" as the second worst after this one), I think "Moonraker" is vastly superior to the CGI infested cheese-fest that is "Die Another Day". Even for a Bond film this stretches all levels of believability and in my opinion, was lame beyond rational explanation. Although several people had problems with the plot (switching DNA?), that was the least of my worries since I do not watch a Bond film for realism. I expect an irrational, unbelievable, madcap story line. It's part of the fun. One of the problems I had with this entry was that several of the characters, Bond included, became too super human. The 2 good guys became unbelievable super heroes with the ability to do things that even Spiderman would have a hard time doing. The film is also riddled with too many let-downs and too many "you've got to be kidding me?" moments (almost as much as "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" if that is even possible). Let's go over them shall we? The film consists of too much CGI, a bad title song, too much CGI, Halle Berry (sorry but I am not a fan), a stiff cameo by none other than Madonna, TOO MUCH CGI and some laughably bad scenes involving a lame invisible car, a melting ice Castle in Iceland and featuring the ever invincible Bond traveling faster than light and then surfing through Icelandic tidal waves holding on to 2 parachutes. The film's climax is also ludicrous and just too unbelievable, even for a 007 picture. At least, "Moonraker" was a decent film the first 90 minutes (before Bond went to space) and most importantly, it didn't take itself seriously unlike this installment which takes itself way too seriously. This film escapes the dreaded 1 star rating because despite the ridiculousness of it all, I was still somewhat entertained by its over-blown spectacle and numbing CGI effects.
One of my favorite Bond films "For Your Eyes Only" followed "Moonraker" and breathed some much needed life and realism in to the series. Luckily for the franchise, "Casino Royale" did the same thing but it doesn't keep "Die Another Day" from being bottom of the barrel Bond.
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[Rating: 2 Stars]
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