Comments on: Movie Notes: Die Another Day http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/ Entertainment and Tech Digest Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:18:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Quantum Of Solace Prep: James Bond Review » Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/comment-page-1/#comment-28563 Quantum Of Solace Prep: James Bond Review » Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:05:27 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/#comment-28563 [...] and Brosnan started off strong but got no help from progressively stupider plots and ended up battling a shaved Korean in an ice palace, set to the worst song Madonna ever recorded. But amazingly, Daniel Craig seems to have [...] […] and Brosnan started off strong but got no help from progressively stupider plots and ended up battling a shaved Korean in an ice palace, set to the worst song Madonna ever recorded. But amazingly, Daniel Craig seems to have […]

]]> By: Movie Notes: Casino Royale » Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/comment-page-1/#comment-28545 Movie Notes: Casino Royale » Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:05:36 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/#comment-28545 [...] Next “Bonus” Bond Movie: Never Say Never Again Previous Bond Movie: Die Another Day [...] […] Next “Bonus” Bond Movie: Never Say Never Again Previous Bond Movie: Die Another Day […]

]]> By: Movie Notes: The World Is Not Enough » Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/comment-page-1/#comment-28541 Movie Notes: The World Is Not Enough » Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:01:42 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/#comment-28541 [...] Bond Movie: Die Another Day Previous Bond Movie: Tomorrow Never [...] […] Bond Movie: Die Another Day Previous Bond Movie: Tomorrow Never […]

]]> By: Slammerworm http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/comment-page-1/#comment-20113 Slammerworm Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:56:34 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/#comment-20113 Yep, this is definitely one of those 'love it or hate it' things. It was pretty fantastic, the most po-mo Bond and indeed a good place to reboot from. On the other hand, throwing a few curveballs at the conventions was a long overdue move and Brosnan was great with it. These things are so subjective, and this one has such a notoriously terrible reputation that I expected another View To A Kill. Instead it was more like a throwback to one of the more OTT 1960s ones on a huge budget. Plus I'm a sucker for a gross-looking villain. Yep, this is definitely one of those ‘love it or hate it’ things. It was pretty fantastic, the most po-mo Bond and indeed a good place to reboot from. On the other hand, throwing a few curveballs at the conventions was a long overdue move and Brosnan was great with it. These things are so subjective, and this one has such a notoriously terrible reputation that I expected another View To A Kill. Instead it was more like a throwback to one of the more OTT 1960s ones on a huge budget. Plus I’m a sucker for a gross-looking villain.

]]> By: Slammerworm http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/comment-page-1/#comment-26336 Slammerworm Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:56:34 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/#comment-26336 Yep, this is definitely one of those 'love it or hate it' things. It was pretty fantastic, the most po-mo Bond and indeed a good place to reboot from. On the other hand, throwing a few curveballs at the conventions was a long overdue move and Brosnan was great with it. These things are so subjective, and this one has such a notoriously terrible reputation that I expected another View To A Kill. Instead it was more like a throwback to one of the more OTT 1960s ones on a huge budget. Plus I'm a sucker for a gross-looking villain. Yep, this is definitely one of those ‘love it or hate it’ things. It was pretty fantastic, the most po-mo Bond and indeed a good place to reboot from. On the other hand, throwing a few curveballs at the conventions was a long overdue move and Brosnan was great with it. These things are so subjective, and this one has such a notoriously terrible reputation that I expected another View To A Kill. Instead it was more like a throwback to one of the more OTT 1960s ones on a huge budget. Plus I’m a sucker for a gross-looking villain.

]]> By: webomatica http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/comment-page-1/#comment-20098 webomatica Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:44:31 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/#comment-20098 Oh man.... slammerworm I was generally with you until this one... I really had a hard time with this flick. Especially the shaved korean clone guy... The invisible car made me scratch my head in confusion as well. This flick obviously inspired the total reboot that was Casino Royale, and I think for good reason. :| Oh man.… slammerworm I was generally with you until this one… I really had a hard time with this flick. Especially the shaved korean clone guy… The invisible car made me scratch my head in confusion as well. This flick obviously inspired the total reboot that was Casino Royale, and I think for good reason. :|

]]> By: Slammerworm http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/comment-page-1/#comment-20097 Slammerworm Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:17:22 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/#comment-20097 AKA ‘The One With Madonna’. We Kiwis are understandably a little embarrassed by director and occasional ersatz good-time ‘gal’ Lee Tamahori for a couple of reasons, not least of which was turning in what many allege to be one of the all-time worst Bond movies (but then Martin Campbell did ‘Goldeneye’ and the 2006 ‘Casino Royale’, so hopefully that kind of cancels out the deficit). It was a shock to find that ‘DAD’ was actually one of the good ones. Okay, there are things wrong with it; it’s at least 20 minutes too long, the invisible car is indefensible, as is much of the obvious CG work (but then haven’t we seen everyone from Sean Connery onward teetering in front of filmed snow?), and the use of the Clash song was a bit jarring. Everything electronic makes a noise when working, the villain’s electrical ‘Robocop’ suit was a completely unnecessary plot additive, and despite the common knowledge that sound doesn’t travel in space, things still explode noisily up there just like they did back in Moonraker. Yep, Madonna’s in it, but only for a minute or so and she’s actually fine, very Pussy Galore. If you don’t like her though, that’s another deficit. And Halle Berry isn’t very good. Having said that, pretty much everything else adds up to not only the best Brosnan Bond movie, but one of the franchise’s best, full stop. The plot had some nice post-modern twists; who’d have thought we’d ever see a James Bond who resembled heavy-alcohol-period Jim Morrison (irony; George Lazenby was taken off the OHMSS US publicity tour for looking just like that). John Cleese was far better than in TWINE, there was a good Bond Girl/Bad Girl (Rosamund Pike as Miranda Frost), and an excellent grotesque villain in Zao. The script was slyly witty throughout, but the scene when the other, non-grotesque villain Gustav Graves explains that he based his obnoxious new personality on James Bond was priceless. Not unlike initially cocky and confident Wile E. Coyote firing up the ACME jet-pack, Brosnan’s tenure began reasonably well with the frenetic ‘Goldeneye’. Then a slew of bad writing, substandard direction and poor casting rapidly sent ‘Brosnan Bond’ hurtling furiously out of control. With this controversial final installment, he was written a role which allowed him ample room to do some real acting, which he did. A pleasant surprise and a keeper for sure. AKA ‘The One With Madonna’. We Kiwis are understandably a little embarrassed by director and occasional ersatz good-time ‘gal’ Lee Tamahori for a couple of reasons, not least of which was turning in what many allege to be one of the all-time worst Bond movies (but then Martin Campbell did ‘Goldeneye’ and the 2006 ‘Casino Royale’, so hopefully that kind of cancels out the deficit). It was a shock to find that ‘DAD’ was actually one of the good ones.
Okay, there are things wrong with it; it’s at least 20 minutes too long, the invisible car is indefensible, as is much of the obvious CG work (but then haven’t we seen everyone from Sean Connery onward teetering in front of filmed snow?), and the use of the Clash song was a bit jarring. Everything electronic makes a noise when working, the villain’s electrical ‘Robocop’ suit was a completely unnecessary plot additive, and despite the common knowledge that sound doesn’t travel in space, things still explode noisily up there just like they did back in Moonraker. Yep, Madonna’s in it, but only for a minute or so and she’s actually fine, very Pussy Galore. If you don’t like her though, that’s another deficit. And Halle Berry isn’t very good.
Having said that, pretty much everything else adds up to not only the best Brosnan Bond movie, but one of the franchise’s best, full stop. The plot had some nice post-modern twists; who’d have thought we’d ever see a James Bond who resembled heavy-alcohol-period Jim Morrison (irony; George Lazenby was taken off the OHMSS US publicity tour for looking just like that). John Cleese was far better than in TWINE, there was a good Bond Girl/Bad Girl (Rosamund Pike as Miranda Frost), and an excellent grotesque villain in Zao. The script was slyly witty throughout, but the scene when the other, non-grotesque villain Gustav Graves explains that he based his obnoxious new personality on James Bond was priceless.
Not unlike initially cocky and confident Wile E. Coyote firing up the ACME jet-pack, Brosnan’s tenure began reasonably well with the frenetic ‘Goldeneye’. Then a slew of bad writing, substandard direction and poor casting rapidly sent ‘Brosnan Bond’ hurtling furiously out of control. With this controversial final installment, he was written a role which allowed him ample room to do some real acting, which he did. A pleasant surprise and a keeper for sure.

]]> By: Celebrity News » Halle Berry February 7, 2007 3:45 am http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2412 Celebrity News » Halle Berry February 7, 2007 3:45 am Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:07:21 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/#comment-2412 [...] Movie Notes: Die Another Day Starring Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Rosamund Pike Directed by Lee Tamahori. The fourth (and final) James Bond film to star Pierce Brosnan, sadly, is probably his worst. Die Another Day reminded me of another truly cringe-worthy … [...] […] Movie Notes: Die Another Day Starring Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Rosamund Pike Directed by Lee Tamahori. The fourth (and final) James Bond film to star Pierce Brosnan, sadly, is probably his worst. Die Another Day reminded me of another truly cringe-worthy … […]

]]> By: webomatica http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2402 webomatica Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:17:06 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/#comment-2402 Hey. Yeah... Battlefield earth was so bad it was funny. I should watch that one again. This one was close to being that bad, but fell a bit short of the mark. You might get some good laughs out of Batman and Robin. One really bad part of that film is there are too many characters (Robin, Batgirl, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy), plus George Clooney as Batman. The only thing good I can say about it, is it makes one appreciate Batman Begins that much more...! Hey. Yeah… Battlefield earth was so bad it was funny. I should watch that one again. This one was close to being that bad, but fell a bit short of the mark.

You might get some good laughs out of Batman and Robin. One really bad part of that film is there are too many characters (Robin, Batgirl, Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy), plus George Clooney as Batman. The only thing good I can say about it, is it makes one appreciate Batman Begins that much more…!

]]> By: Dave http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2401 Dave Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:49:25 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/02/06/movie-notes-die-another-day/#comment-2401 Sadly I think I've seen too many bad movies with you. I think we saw this one together as well as Battlefield Earth and *possibly* Tango & Cash (was that the film with the "HARV" assault vehicle?) Fortunately I do enjoy bad films :-) Unfortunately, your review reminded about that horrific ice palace finale... Oh well. At least I missed Batman and Robin... Sadly I think I’ve seen too many bad movies with you. I think we saw this one together as well as Battlefield Earth and *possibly* Tango & Cash (was that the film with the “HARV” assault vehicle?)

Fortunately I do enjoy bad films :-)

Unfortunately, your review reminded about that horrific ice palace finale…

Oh well. At least I missed Batman and Robin…

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