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Sign in to vote. Elloit Carver Jonathan Pryce is a megalomaniac and selfish media baron.
Carver has the power to reach every person on the planet through his Carver Media Group Network- except for the People's Republic of Chinese who refuse his presence in their nation. The mogul is tied to the disappearance of a British battleship in the South China Sea. James Bond Pierce Brosnan heads to stop the media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage and whose tentacles reach around the world.
Carver, whose spouse Teri Hatcher was a former flame of , is supported by a computer genius Ricky Jay and a nasty hunk man Gotz Otto. Along the way Bond join forces with a Chinese secret agent Michelle Yeoh , expert on martial arts. But not counting the regular characters of Bond, Q, M and Moneypenny, this is the first Bond movie to contain absolutely no Ian Fleming references.
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Likable Pierce Brosnan in an amazing adventure set on wonderful outdoors located mostly on Vietnam , being actually shot in Thailand. This is a Bond's good outing in which faces dangerous adventures around the globe. Brosnan's outing with overwhelming action and spectacular scenarios , the film teams Bond with Michelle Yeoh as endearing ally in an effort to stop a technological communication mogul.
The picture starts with an overblown opening and following other impressive action set pieces. This solid , slick thriller with magic mix of action-packed , dazzling stunts, gadgetry, and romance provided by sexy company as Teri Hatcher and Michelle Yeoh. Pierce Brosnan as James Bond is fine , he does remarkably well , he earns in irony, humor ,suavity and sympathy, however also has coldness ,cunning , intelligence and toughness. Here Bond is an efficient , relentless agent trying to chase obstinately the criminals , traveling around the world as always , as this globe-trotting story is set in Pucket, Bangkok, Thailand Saigon, Vietnam , Hamburg , London and many other places.
Because the second half of the film is set in Vietnam, the production negotiated for some time for permission to film there ; although it appeared close, the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture and Information eventually refused to allow it , the production decided to use Thailand as Vietnam, with Bangkok substituting for Saigon.
Bond to achieve his aims , along the way uses violent means even pulling off brutal killings against enemies who wreak all sorts of havoc. The stealth ship is not a fictional invention , Lockheed secretly constructed and demonstrated one in the early s, but the US Navy finally decided they didn't want any ; the prototype, called the Sea Shadow, was feet long.
The picture contains comic-strip adventure , sensational pursuits , silly set pieces , great stunts , tongue-in check humor, automovile chase, frantic unstopped action , a breathtaking tour around the world , amazing gimmicks and stimulating images like are the happenings on the spectacular pursuits on the motorcycle and helicopter. As is like a roller-coaster , as is fast-paced , light , excitement, funny and entertaining ; it's a winner for oo7 fans and non-fans alike.
The chase and suspense formula wears strong in this entry. The film made particularly heavy use of gadgetry because some fans thought there was too little of it in GoldenEye. Enjoyable title song by Sheryl Crow and stirring musical score fitting to action by David Arnold , following the John Barry's classic style. Riveting and fancy main titles , furthermore eye-popping production design by Allan Cameron. It's brimming with colorful and fascinating cinematography by cameraman Robert Elswit. The motion picture produced by habitual producers, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson and dedicated to the memory of long-time Bond-film producer Albert R.
Robert keeps this moving at an incredibly fast pace and this story about every's favorite super-spy facing off dangerous mogul. The film will appeal to James Bond series's buffs but good for fans only ; because this one goes on far too long and has provoked so much debate among followers.
Rating : 6'5 , well worth watching. Sylviastel 24 September Samantha Bond played Ms. Teri Hatcher and Michelle Yeoh played his love interest. It's the same routine with exotic stunts; a romance; and adventure around the world. A typical James Bond film. JamesHitchcock 15 September One of the standard received ideas of film criticism is to say that sequels are almost never as good as the original film. There are also a few standard exceptions to this rule, such as 'The Godfather Part 2' and the second and third parts of the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy.
Subject to these exceptions, however, there seems to be a law of diminishing returns to the effect that the more sequels a franchise spawns, the worse they become. The Bond films, however, seem to me to provide the most striking exception to this principle. Despite this, one can watch the latest offerings with as much pleasure as the original Sean Connery films from the sixties and seventies. The Bond films are highly formulaic.
They typically start with an action sequence before the opening credits that has little or nothing to do with the film that is to follow. The main story will involve Bond thwarting a dastardly plot by some megalomaniac bent on world domination. It will always involve at least one extended chase sequence, and possibly two or more. The main character, apart from Bond and the villain, will always be a beautiful young woman who helps Bond in his quest and who will end up by falling for him.
There will always be at least one other beautiful girl, either as a secondary heroine or as a villainess.
The villain will always have a small army of henchmen ready to do battle on his behalf. The story will always end with a shoot-out, normally in the villain's headquarters, in which Bond manages to avert the threatened disaster at the last minute. It is, nevertheless, in my view one of the better entries in the Bond canon, for a number of reasons beyond the fact that Pierce Brosnan is the best Bond since Connery. These can be summarised as follows:- 1.
The Villain. Jonathan Pryce plays Elliott Carver, a newspaper and media tycoon intent on whipping up a war between Britain and China.
The reason is to facilitate the accession to power of his ally, a renegade Chinese general who has promised to give his organisation exclusive broadcasting rights in China. Bond villains have always provided scope for some splendidly over-the-top displays of acting, going back to Lotte Lenya's Rosa Klebb and Gert Frobe's Goldfinger. Although Pryce's Carver is more restrained than some, it falls within this tradition. At first sight the silver-haired bespectacled Carver seems mild-mannered and soft spoken, but soon reveals the raving megalomania which is the hallmark of the Bond villain.
Particularly noteworthy is the speech where Carver states his ambitions as being 'power' and 'world domination'. Although he puts a liberal, metaphorical interpretation on these two concepts, the audience is left in no doubt that he means what he says quite literally. The Girl. Michelle Yeoh, however, is superb as the main female lead, the Chinese secret agent Wai Lin. That's how it's spelled, although the pronunciation used in the film suggests that the name should actually be transliterated as Wei Lin. Apart from Michelle's striking looks, she is also an accomplished martial arts performer, and her skills are put to good use in this film.
Part of a trend of giving Bond girls a more active role, in contrast to the earlier films in the series where they were required to do little other than look decorative. The Chase Sequence. The main one, in which Bond and Wai Lin escape on a motorbike through the streets of Hanoi from the villains in a helicopter, is excellent. The Opening Sequence. As usual, this has little to do with the main plot line. It does, however, fit in with a growing tendency in the Bond films, that of mocking or undermining the militaristic, macho values which the series was once accused of promoting.
This film introduces a new comic character, the gung-ho, blustering Admiral Roebuck, a sort of naval equivalent of Colonel Blimp, who clashes with the more liberal 'M', the female chief of the British Secret Service. I was interested to learn that the actors who play them, Geoffrey Palmer and Judi Dench, are husband and wife in real life. In the opening sequence, Bond narrowly prevents Roebuck's blundering attempt to bomb a gathering of international terrorists from setting off a nuclear explosion.
The more active roles for female characters are also part of the trend towards a politically correct Bond, as is, perhaps, his remark that smoking is a 'filthy habit'. The earlier films were often criticised for glamorising the habit by making Bond himself a smoker. As with all the Bond films, one can probably pull holes in the plot of 'Tomorrow Never Dies'. The scene where Carver sinks a British warship by cutting a hole in the side with what looks like a giant chainsaw struck me as particularly implausible.
What's wrong with a torpedo? Nevertheless, the Bond films are not meant to be works of social realism and unlike, say, the novels of John Le Carre, have never purported to give an accurate picture of life in the British Secret Service. The story: Bond Pierce Brosnan has the save the world from a megalomaniac again, but this time, the threat is Elliot Carver Jonathan Pryce, clearly having the time of his life , a worldwide media baron who wants to start a war in order to get higher ratings.
All the Bond regulars are here: Q Desmond Llewelyn , who gives Bond a new BMW complete with rocket launchers, machine guns, and a remote control there's a fun chase sequence in a high-rise garage where Bond sits in the backseat and drives the car by remote ; M Judi Dench , still frosty and unamused with some of Bond's Lin and Bond team up in the last part of the film, and their chemistry is impeccable. Lin also gets to kick some butt, which is always fun to see. Overall, if you're looking for some good IL' action and adventure, you can't go wrong with James Bond. This film isn't quite as good as "Goldeneye", but it still another fun addition to the series.
She does a lot of karate and steals the show as much as Brosnan. Elliot Carver, played by Jonathan Pryce, is a pretty decent villain. He is nowhere near as intimidating as some of the best Bond villains, but he is certainly passable. His goals were a little more realistic than most Bond villains. His henchmen is just another Red Grant clone.
The story, while not the deepest, has a lot of intriguing elements with Carver writing disasters in his newspaper and making them happen. The media angles makes a lot of sense these days. The locations work, especially Thailand. This film is up there with "Moonraker" as one of the most relentlessly action-packed entries in the series. We get a spectacular opening sequence, a chase in a parking garage with Bond using his remote-control BMW, a wicked motorcycle chase, and so much more.
This is a very solid if slightly by-the-numbers entry in the series. There is rarely a dull moment, and there is enough action for several movies. Another fun Bond film. For some reason, Bond loyalists and sometimes Bond fans didn't rate this installment. However, I believe it was one of the best Bond's ever made. The villain Pryce was terrific, even though the nature of his character was a bit overdone. The women were both stunning and were not denied some character development of their own as is the case in many other Bonds.
The gadgets delivered by Q and the gadgets in Lin's secret office in China were extremely impressive - including that magnificent 7-series BMW.