I just recently watched Pierce Brosnan’s detik outing as James Bond in this 1997 movie that co-stars Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Pryce and Teri Hatcher.
"TOMORROW NEVER DIES" (1997) Review
I wish I could say that my opinion of the movie has improved over the years . . . but I would be lying. Mind you, "TOMORROW NEVER DIES" did have some highlights, but unfortunately, it possessed lebih negative traits than positive ones. I think it would be best if I daftar both the good and the bad about this movie:
Positive
*Michelle Yeoh
*Bond’s romantic scene with Danish linguist was rather sexy
*Foreign locations – Hamburg and Thailand (as Vietnam) never looked lovelier
*Bond and Wai-Lin’s escape from Caver building in Vietnam - great stunt
*Motorcycle chase – well done
*Pierce Brosnan – seemed natural . . . when he was akting in scenes with Yeoh
*Vincent Shirerpelli as Dr. Hamburg – oddly enough, I had rather liked him. He was a lot lebih interesting than Mr. Stamper. And his death was even lebih interesting, as well.
*Mr. Gupta – seemed like a pretty sharp and cool guy.
Negative
*Pierce Brosnan – his angsty scenes with Teri Hatcher seemed stiff and unnatural. And his voice tend to sound odd, when he's giving the impression of suppressing his emotions. Why did the director, Roger Spottiswode, have him shooting machine guns two at a time during the final confrontation on Carver’s boat? He looked like a walking action movie cliché.
*Jonathan Pryce – one of the most overbearing and annoying villains in the Bond franchise. Only Sophie Marceau in the latter half of THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH surpassed him.
*Plot – Is it just me atau is the plot of this Bond movie seemed like an extended rip-off of a LOIS AND CLARK episode from its first season? Perhaps learning of Teri Hatcher’s casting must have diberikan the screenwriters the idea.
*Moneypenny’s Little Sexual Joke – why is it that nearly every sentence directed oleh Moneypenny to Bond sounded like some kind of sly sexual joke? It got very annoying.
*Bond and Q’s Meeting in Hamburg – All Q was doing was handing over a car to Bond, and the director turned it into a hammy production number. What a bore and a waste of time!
*Mr. Stamper – a second-rate version of Red Grant. Where are Robert Shaw atau Andreas Wisnewski when anda need them?
*Car Chase Inside Hamburg Parking Structure - Bond uses a remote control . . . ah, never mind! The whole scene was a bore. Even worse, it happened after the marvelous Bond/Kaufman scene. What a waste of my time.
*Final Confrontation on Carver’s perahu – Despite all of the gunfire exchanged and the other action, I found it to be too long . . . and boring.
*Wade – I did not need to see him again. Joe Don Baker was wasted in this film.
*Bond’s Cover as a Banker – I am beginning to suspect that Bond makes a lousy undercover agent. oleh opening his mouth and hinting at Carver’s boat, he ended up exposing himself. What an idiot!
*Teri Hatcher – She was wasted in this film. And she and Brosnan do not do emotional angst together, very well.
Also, "TOMORROW NEVER DIES" did managed to produce a few favorit lines of mine:
Favorite Lines
“Believe me, Mr. Bond. I can shoot anda from Stugartt and still create the proper effect.” – Dr. Kaufman to Bond
BOND: “You were pretty good with that hook.”
WAI-LIN: “That’s from growing up in a rough neighborhood. anda were pretty good on the bike.”
BOND: “Well, that comes from not growing up at all.”
“No lebih absurd than starting a war for ratings.” – Bond to Carver
KAUFMAN: "Wait! I am just a professional doing a job!"
BOND: "So am I." (Then kills Kaufman)
Despite some of its virtues, "TOMORROW NEVER DIES" is not a favorit movie of mine. In fact, it is my least favorit Brosnan movie. It is lebih atau less a generic burdened oleh an unoriginal plot and one of the hammiest villains in the franchise's history.
"TOMORROW NEVER DIES" (1997) Review
I wish I could say that my opinion of the movie has improved over the years . . . but I would be lying. Mind you, "TOMORROW NEVER DIES" did have some highlights, but unfortunately, it possessed lebih negative traits than positive ones. I think it would be best if I daftar both the good and the bad about this movie:
Positive
*Michelle Yeoh
*Bond’s romantic scene with Danish linguist was rather sexy
*Foreign locations – Hamburg and Thailand (as Vietnam) never looked lovelier
*Bond and Wai-Lin’s escape from Caver building in Vietnam - great stunt
*Motorcycle chase – well done
*Pierce Brosnan – seemed natural . . . when he was akting in scenes with Yeoh
*Vincent Shirerpelli as Dr. Hamburg – oddly enough, I had rather liked him. He was a lot lebih interesting than Mr. Stamper. And his death was even lebih interesting, as well.
*Mr. Gupta – seemed like a pretty sharp and cool guy.
Negative
*Pierce Brosnan – his angsty scenes with Teri Hatcher seemed stiff and unnatural. And his voice tend to sound odd, when he's giving the impression of suppressing his emotions. Why did the director, Roger Spottiswode, have him shooting machine guns two at a time during the final confrontation on Carver’s boat? He looked like a walking action movie cliché.
*Jonathan Pryce – one of the most overbearing and annoying villains in the Bond franchise. Only Sophie Marceau in the latter half of THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH surpassed him.
*Plot – Is it just me atau is the plot of this Bond movie seemed like an extended rip-off of a LOIS AND CLARK episode from its first season? Perhaps learning of Teri Hatcher’s casting must have diberikan the screenwriters the idea.
*Moneypenny’s Little Sexual Joke – why is it that nearly every sentence directed oleh Moneypenny to Bond sounded like some kind of sly sexual joke? It got very annoying.
*Bond and Q’s Meeting in Hamburg – All Q was doing was handing over a car to Bond, and the director turned it into a hammy production number. What a bore and a waste of time!
*Mr. Stamper – a second-rate version of Red Grant. Where are Robert Shaw atau Andreas Wisnewski when anda need them?
*Car Chase Inside Hamburg Parking Structure - Bond uses a remote control . . . ah, never mind! The whole scene was a bore. Even worse, it happened after the marvelous Bond/Kaufman scene. What a waste of my time.
*Final Confrontation on Carver’s perahu – Despite all of the gunfire exchanged and the other action, I found it to be too long . . . and boring.
*Wade – I did not need to see him again. Joe Don Baker was wasted in this film.
*Bond’s Cover as a Banker – I am beginning to suspect that Bond makes a lousy undercover agent. oleh opening his mouth and hinting at Carver’s boat, he ended up exposing himself. What an idiot!
*Teri Hatcher – She was wasted in this film. And she and Brosnan do not do emotional angst together, very well.
Also, "TOMORROW NEVER DIES" did managed to produce a few favorit lines of mine:
Favorite Lines
“Believe me, Mr. Bond. I can shoot anda from Stugartt and still create the proper effect.” – Dr. Kaufman to Bond
BOND: “You were pretty good with that hook.”
WAI-LIN: “That’s from growing up in a rough neighborhood. anda were pretty good on the bike.”
BOND: “Well, that comes from not growing up at all.”
“No lebih absurd than starting a war for ratings.” – Bond to Carver
KAUFMAN: "Wait! I am just a professional doing a job!"
BOND: "So am I." (Then kills Kaufman)
Despite some of its virtues, "TOMORROW NEVER DIES" is not a favorit movie of mine. In fact, it is my least favorit Brosnan movie. It is lebih atau less a generic burdened oleh an unoriginal plot and one of the hammiest villains in the franchise's history.