well i'll try to write more but i'm clearly doing 39 hours a week of work at uni. *smirk*
well i'll try to write more but i'm clearly doing 39 hours a week of work at uni. *smirk*
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This will never go down as a James Bond classic, but in my opinion, it is easily one of the best. Pierce Brosnan confirmed his place after two films as the second best Bond behind Sean Connery.
This film is good, because it has pace, suspense, a good and even plausible storyline, and most importantly, great action.
The storyline is, media mogul Elliot Carver (Jonathan Price) tries to start a war between Britain and China by sinking a British ship in Chinese waters after sending it off course with the use of his satellites.
However, M (Judi Dench) trying to avoid the world war that the Admiral (Geoffrey Palmer) seems set on having, knows about this, and sends James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) to Hamburg to a party. At this party he meets an old girlfriend Paris Carver (Teri Hatcher) now married to the media mogul, in an interesting twist, and then proceeds to wreck the party.
There is then a fantastic car chase as he has a car which is remote controlled, and thus he drives it over the top of a car park with no driver, followed by an enemy car, and much to the displeasure of Q, who earlier in the film does a classic "Oh grow up 007!".
The action in the second half moves to Asia, or Vietnam to be precise, where we see a bit of Western propaganda. Some of it is set in "Saigon" but this city was actually renamed "Ho Chi Minh" by the communists after the Vietnam war. Did you know that????
There is a great chase in "Saigon" where Bond and Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh) who works for the Chinese government are chased through the streets by a helicopter.
It ends back on Carver's "stealth boat" in the South China Sea. This is invisible, but Bond and Wai Lin manage to make the boat explode, which makes it show up on radar. A final fight involving the good old British Navy ensues, and Carver and his evil henchman Stamper, a stereotype German, are both killed.
Its a great film well acted, good storyline, and there is very little wrong with it.
Judi Dench and Teri Hatcher add a certain bit of style to it I think.
And I love Sheryl Crowes music!
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Advantages: stunning action set pieces, stunning locations, stunning Michelle Yeoh, stunning music by David Arnold Disadvantages: Carver's henchman needs to have more character, more inhumanity in a comic book way
Advantages: stunning action set pieces, stunning locations, stunning Michelle Yeoh, stunning music by David Arnold Disadvantages: Carver's henchman needs to have more character, more inhumanity in a comic book way
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