007 – The World Is Not Enough Review

Before we find out just why the world is not

enough, I've got to send out another shout out

to Jason Jackson for donating the World is Not

Enough soundtrack to me to go under mine and

Dan's conversation. Thank you again, Jason. Very,

very awesome. Hope everyone's having a happy

holiday season. Merry Christmas, dammit! Anyway,

now on to James Bond. As the countdown begins

to the 21st century, it's good to know there

is still one number you can always count on.

Bond. Bond. Can't you just say hello like a normal

person? Reynard is behind this. He will die along

with everyone in the city. We do not negotiate

with terrorists. His only goal is chaos. I sent

009 to kill Reynard. He put a bullet in his head.

A bullet's still there. He feels no pain. He

can push himself harder, longer than any normal

man. No hard feelings, Mr. Bond. It appears that

you have been beaten. Stop! Don't make this personal.

I can't do that. I just got help thinking I'm

next. New model. The very latest in interception

countermeasures and six beverage cup holders.

I've always tried to teach you two things. First,

never let them see you bleed. And the second?

Always have an escape plan. For the world's greatest

secret agent. You used to choose tons of these,

right? When the stakes are high. Yeah, but they're

usually standing still. Life's full of small

challenges. And the danger hits too close to

home. He has M. By noon tomorrow, you'll feel

nothing at all. I thought it was your job to

protect me. It's not just professional. Someone's

tampered with the bomb. It's personal. I have

to get it back or somebody's gonna have my butt.

First things first. I'm gonna find him. Who's

afraid now, Mr. Bond? I will not miss. I never

miss. Do you want to put that in English to those

of us who don't speak spy? Why am I suddenly

worried I'm not carrying enough insurance? Your

time is up. The world is not enough. This is

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I am one of your hosts, Steve, Jim, and Mike,

and joining me as always is movie role Dan. Hello.

Hello. How are you? I am doing well. How are

you? That's good. I'm doing pretty good. Slowly

getting back into the swing of things and as

the bonds have gone daily between Vito a kill

and Skyfall It's one hell of a ride as far as

releasing them But today we're talking about

the third Brosnan film Which is we find out that

the world is not enough First of all Right off

the bat we have to say that this this episode

of movie we can review is dedicated to the memory

of Desmond Llewellyn this was his last Bond film

It's too hard for me to watch bond anymore the

old ones with him because it's just like No Yeah,

I mean, I guess the saving grace is the fact

that did give him kind of a send -off like many

Bond characters don't get that, and luckily enough,

they gave him the setup right in time. I mean,

I think they knew he was nearing the end. So

they did. He did. He kind of bowed out gracefully,

which is one way to look at it. It's kind of

bittersweet, and it's hard to... Well, the character

wasn't... I don't know why. Know for a fact the

producers and director and everything no one

is clairvoyant that someone's gonna get into

a car accident and die No one is that damn clairvoyant

and the character wasn't even set to really Go

away. I always thought like when I first saw

this before it was I just heard about him dying

When I first saw this in theaters, I was like,

oh, well, that's a nice little touch of saying

he's he's gonna retire etc etc etc and then James

says well you know you're not retiring anytime

soon are you and you know you have that whole

scene which you know people will hear later in

the in the episode here but it's just like going

back like license to kill nearly just just just

crushed my heart honestly it did because of what

Dalton says in them in that movie you know Yeah,

he, I mean, he's... You can argue, I guess he

wouldn't be more iconic than Sean Connery, but

if all the iconic people involved in the James

Bond franchise, he's right up there with everyone,

with all, you know, Em and Moneypenny, Desmond

Llewellyn has, he's synonymous with James Bond.

So it's definitely different after seeing him,

not in a Bond film. Especially when you will

die another day just having him not there. You

can just kind of tell there's kind of an emptiness

to it. So I Do have to say that you know when

we talk about dying of the day tomorrow that

It's I'm glad they didn't pull from that man

in Robin. I Always knew you'd find your way down

here my dear so I for you know, I I I made stuff

in your size, the holographic out. I'm glad they

did not do that in Die Another Day, because that

movie would be so, just so horrid, even more

horrid than a lot of people think it is, if they

had done something like that for Q. But I'm glad

that he had, Desmond's Q had a bittersweet send

off, and it just... I don't know. Yeah, I think

I know he passed away in the car accident I think

even if that didn't happen, this was gonna be

his last his last film I mean, I'm not sure how

old he was but he was he was near I think he

knew he was near the end either either Retirement

or just you know, he had to be close to his 80s

his late 80s because he started In his mid 40s

back in, you know, 1960s 1963 so he but uh, yeah,

it's definitely deserving Yeah, it is he was

at the time of his death in 99 and right after

twine opened up He would have been 85. Yeah,

so I Mean, obviously people live a lot longer

than that But I doubt he felt like he could go

on with that character and he seems like the

type of person that if he doesn't think he can

give us absolute bass He wouldn't want to be

a part of it. So that's probably why he decided

to kind of Pass a torch to John Cleese who's

another Bees synonymous with you know England

and with the money python and things like that

So he's a great person to replace that's been

a while with but it's still he is just always

gonna be No one's ever gonna replace. I mean,

they're just kind of fill this huge for a temporary

amount of time There's never gonna be another

queue. There's good, you know, well not yet.

There's there's four movies before that happens,

but It's one of those things where Again, even

if Desmond had not passed away, I just felt that

the whole scene was a giant joke. Up until the

end, and part of it when he makes his exit. The

whole scene with R. was a huge joke and it was

like oh you're retiring oh that's you know that

you can't retire your your your cue you've been

cues you know for 40 well 39 uh you know 39 years

etc etc etc and as i pointed out when we talked

about from russia with love because that was

his first appearance uh even then he looked not

old but It he didn't it wasn't like he was young

because I believe I said in the from Russia would

love episode that He was 49 in that movie around

that it's because that yeah Yeah, he was like

49 50 around that time. So, you know for him

to be going on, you know for 30 years as Q It's

just Yeah Stop it isn't ready yet So I know I

saw this one in theaters. I had to. November

has always been, November, December, whenever

the films come out, has always been, hey, it's

Bond Month. You know, whatever year they come

out and it's like, hey, you know, for the most

part, you got to go see this in theaters. With

the exception of a certain bored ass film that

we'll talk about in a couple days. But did you

see this one in theaters? No. Didn't really go

to theaters much as a kid. I've kind of made

up for that as an adult But uh, I kind of waited

to home media to watch this I think I actually

got it on VHS from blockbuster when those still

existed, but now I did not see it in theaters

No, I had to see this in theaters it was just

It's just so good. So let's go ahead and go to

JT with just the facts and we'll be back after

this. The movie begins with James Bond meeting

with a Swiss banker who's recovered some stolen

money for MI6. While finalizing the handoff,

Bond asks the banker if he knows who killed a

previous MI6 agent assigned to the case and the

banker turns on Bond having his goons hold him

at gunpoint. And at only two minutes into the

film we get our first one -liner from 007. Looking

at our present situation, strictly as a banker,

I would have to say that the numbers are not

on your side. Perhaps you fail to take into account

my hidden assets. Activating a flashbang hidden

in his gun, Bond disables the goons and holds

the banker at gunpoint demanding answers. Just

as the banker is about to answer Bond, he is

killed with a blade by the secretary who escapes

just as the police arrive. Bond locks the door

and quickly affects his escape by rappelling

down the side of the building as the police break

in. Back at MI6 in London, Bond turns in the

money and then meets with M and Sir Robert King,

a friend of M's who has asked her to help recover

the money. When Bond accepts a drink from him,

he notices foam on his fingers and quickly realizes

the money has been booby -trapped. 007 valiantly

races to rescue King, but a hidden chemical bomb

goes off, killing King and blowing a hole in

MI6 headquarters. When he reaches the site of

the explosion, Bond is fired on by the Secretary

Slass assassin from a yacht sitting in the Thames.

Bond gives chase, heading the Q -Labs, and takes

off in a small rocket -powered attack boat. Though

outclassed in firepower, Bond eventually destroys

the yacht, forcing the assassin to escape in

a hot air balloon near the Millennium Dome. Bond

climbs on board, trying to get her to surrender,

but the assassin suicides, shooting the gas tanks

on the balloon after telling Bond that she cannot

be protected from him. Bond lands hard on the

surface of the dome, injuring his collarbone,

and is later told by M that until he is cleared

by medical, he will not be involved in the case.

So, Bond does what he does best, and seduces

a clean bill of health from the doctor. Returning

to the meeting, Bond is told by M that the man

most likely responsible is a mercenary slash

terrorist named Bernard, who had previously been

responsible for kidnapping King's daughter, Elektra,

two years prior. Renard had been marked for death

by MI6 and has been shot by 009 but he wasn't

killed. He survived with a bullet lodged in his

brain which was slowly killing him but also causing

him to feel no pain allowing to push himself

further than other men. M believes Renard is

out for revenge and Bond agrees noting that the

money he received for King was the same amount

Renard demanded for Electra's return two years

ago. M then orders 007 to protect Electra but

not to let her know who is after her. Bond then

heads for the Caucasus region in Russia, where

Elektra is going to oversee the construction

of an oil pipeline her father's company is building.

Bond convinces Elektra to allow him to accompany

her on the inspection of the pipeline, during

which they are attacked by mercenaries in paragliding

snowmobiles. Bond makes short work of the mercenaries,

and he and Elektra are almost swallowed up by

an avalanche, but Bond saves them using a protective

balloon from a survival jacket. After making

sure Elektra is safe, Bond goes to a nearby casino

owned by Valentin Sakovsky to question the jovial

gangster about Renard. Sakovsky tells Bond that

Renard is former KGB -turned -mercenary, who

is most likely working for Elektra's competitors

in the oil business, who would profit greatly

if the King pipeline fails. And as they talk,

Elektra sweeps into the casino to the amazement

of Bond, who confronts her. Elektra says she

is not going to live in fear, and then enters

into a high card draw game with Sakovsky with

a million as the prize. Bond is kind of confused

when Elektra loses and easily signs over the

million to Valentin. And after they return to

the mansion, their passions get the better of

them and they make love to each other. And while

their merrymaking is going on, Elektra's security

chief Davidov meets with Renard, revealing he

is working with the villain as a mole. Renard

also meets with Arkhov, a nuclear specialist

who supplied the flying snowmobiles. Davidov

and Arkhov blame each other for the debacle,

and Renard solves the argument by killing Arkhov

and making Davidov take his place during the

next phase of the plan. Bon soon sneaks away

from Elektra and is searching Davidov's office

when the villain returns. Bon sneaks into the

jeep and hides, riding along to a small airfield

where he kills Davidov. off and then takes his

place. Bond boards a waiting plane with some

of Renard's men, and it flies to a decommissioned

Russian missile silo in Kazakhstan, where the

nuclear missiles are being dismantled under the

watch of Dr. Chris Jones. Bond, passing himself

off as Arkoff, meets with Jones and then heads

into the silo in search of Renard. He finds the

bad guy with some of his men removing the plutonium

from one of the missile's warheads. Bond holds

Renard at gunpoint, demanding answers, and Renard

plays along, even saying something that Electra

told Bond in private that makes the 00 suspicious.

Bond is interrupted when Dr. Jones and some soldiers

enter the chamber to capture Bond, whose cover

has been blown. Reunard and his men then make

their escape, opening fire, killing the soldiers,

and setting off a bomb that will cover their

tracks and kill Bond. However, Bond and Dr. Jones

quickly make their way up and out of the silo,

just barely missing the explosion. Jones says

they can track the stolen nuke, but Bond reveals

that Renard has removed the tracking module before

they left. Bond returns to Elektra's mansion

and angrily confronts her about what Renard said

in the silo, reasoning that she's involved with

the plot, but Elektra denies this. When M arrives

to deal with the debacle, M tells her his theory

that the inside man may be a woman and gives

her the tracking module from the nuke. However,

an alarm soon sounds, and it seems Renard has

put the warhead into the King pipeline and set

it hurdling towards a pumping station. Bond heads

off with Dr. Jones to stop the bomb, using a

service cart to slow the out of control bomb

down so they can get on board. When Dr. Jones

dismantles the bomb, she finds only half the

plutonium is there, and Bond deduces that the

Bond is merely a distraction for a larger plan.

He convinces Jones to let the bomb blow in order

to try and trip up Elektra, and they jump off

the runaway cart before the bomb explodes, destroying

a section of the pipeline. Back at the compound,

Elektra presents M with a gift, her father's

real pen, exposing herself as part of the plot.

It seems Elektra has thrown her lot in with Renard

as she blames M for her part, and her dad using

Elektra as part of bait for Renard. Elektra and

her men then kidnap M and take her hostage, killing

her guards at the same time. And as Dr. Jones

and 007 crawl of the wrecked pipeline, she wonders

why half the plutonium is missing. Bond thinks

he knows why and tricks Sikorsky into meeting

him at his caviar factory. Bond attempts to question

the Russian, but is interrupted by tree -cutting

helicopters sent by Elektra to kill them all.

Bond runs all over the docks and around the factory,

dodging the blades until he can get to his BMW

and uses the onboard missiles to destroy one

of the copters. Bond then takes out the other

one by opening a gas main right underneath it

and lighting it up with a flare gun. During the

whole mess, Sakoski has fallen into a pit of

caviar and almost drowns before Bond helps him

out. It turns out that Sakoski used the smuggle

equipment for Elektra, using his nephew who commands

a Russian nuclear sub, the million dollars being

a payoff for the deal. After agreeing to help

007, Sakoski climbs out of the caviar pit just

as his factory collapses. Bond, Sikovsky and

Dr. Jones head to a former KGB safe house in

Istanbul to figure out what Renard is up to.

It turns out that if the warhead's plutonium

is put into the reactor of the sub, it will cause

an irreversible meltdown. The resulting explosion

would destroy Istanbul and all the other oil

pipelines in the area except the King pipeline,

which Elektra has diverted away from the city.

The techs there discover the tracking module's

signal after M uses a clock battery to activate

it, and Tzachowski says the signal is coming

from the Maiden's Tower, a local lighthouse out

in the harbor. Bond then notices Mr. Bullion,

Tzachowski's henchmen, leave the room, and realizes

he's left the bomb. Bond shouts for everybody

to take cover just before it blows, and only

he and Dr. Jones are the only ones not knocked

out. They chase after Bullion, who's waiting

for them outside with a bunch of Renard's men.

The pair are taken to the maiden's tower where

Jones is taken on board the sub, while Elektra

is strapped Bond into a torture chair. Elektra

turns the wheel on the chair, causing it to slowly

cut off Bond's breathing as she taunts him, and

Bond realizes Elektra is the one using her sex

to control Renard, not the other way around.

But suddenly, shots are heard from outside, and

it's Sikovsky and his men who have arrived to

rescue Bond and take the revenge. Sikovsky bursts

into Elektra's room demanding to know where his

nephew is, and Elektra shoots him with a hidden

gun. Sikovsky is seemingly killed, but before

he passes out, he uses his gun cane to free Bond.

Bond chases after Electra, freeing Em along the

way and then confronts the crazed heiress who

taunts Bond one final time before telling Renard

to continue the plan. Bond dives off the tower

and into the water, making his way onto the sub.

After rescuing Dr. Jones and discovering that

the crew has been poisoned by Renard, Bond sabotages

the sub, causing it to sink to the bottom of

the bay. However, Renard is able to lock Bond

out of the reactor room while he inserts the

plutonium into the reactor. Bond then quickly

swims outside and then back in through a pressure

lock and attacks Renard, engaging in a slippery

fight to the finish. Bond becomes distracted

by Jones, who is in danger of drowning and Renard

locks him out of the reactor room. As Renard

pushes the plutonium into the reactor, Bond fixes

an airline and uses a control console to eject

the rod, impaling and finally killing Renard.

Bond then rescues Dr. Jones, but their victory

is short -lived as the reactor, though in no

danger of going nuclear is still going to explode.

Bond and Jones then make their way out through

a torpedo tube and are rescued by a passing tour

boat. The day is saved, Bond celebrates as only

he can, making love to Dr. Jones, but not before

making one final quip. The World Is Not Enough

opened on November 8, 1999 and was directed by

well -known documentary director Michael Aptit.

The film starred Pierce Brosnan in his third

appearance as James Bond, Sophie Marceau as Electric

King, Robert Carlyle as the villainous Renard,

Judy Dench as MI6 director M, Robbie Coltrane

with surprising his role of Valentin Sikovsky

and legendary funnyman John Cleese as the newest

member of Q Branch R. Reception was mixed for

the film, many citing the inept performance of

Denise Richards as Dr. Jones, and Entertainment

Weekly practically wrote off the film, saying

the plot was a bit too convoluted and the action

scenes were excessive even for a Bond film. Sweet

101 critic Nick Rogers had a similar opinion,

calling the film sluggish, sterile, and half

-heartedly suspenseful. But A Ray of Sunshine

arrived in the form of Roger Ebert, who gave

the film three and a half stars, saying it was

a great comic thriller that was exciting and

inventive. The title song of the film was performed

by Shirley Manson of the band Garbage, and was

co -written by David Black, who had also worked

on the songs for Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever,

The Man with the Golden Gun, and Tomorrow Never

Dies. And if you look carefully in the MI6 castle

scenes, you'll see a portrait of the original

M Bernard Lee hanging over Judi Dench's desk.

And the girly pictures on the wall in Sakowski's

KGB safe house? All former Bond girls. But sadly,

this film was the last to feature Desmond Llewellyn

as Major Boothroyd, aka Q, as he perished in

an auto accident shortly after the film opened.

The home video release was dedicated to his memory

and contains a short montage video of all his

appearances in the Bond film franchise. The World

Is Not Enough is a decent Bond film. Don't get

me wrong, it just kind of rubs me the wrong way.

And it's probably because you don't know if Sikosky

is dead or not. I really hate it when they do

that. But overall the film was well made, and

it wasn't as flashy as the previous outing, but

it was still a damn good Bond film. And they

had a sexy as hell Bond girl, Denise Richards,

even if she couldn't act her way out of a paper

bag in a rainstorm. Just saying. This has been

Just the Facts, for the world is not enough.

I'm GT from Saskatoon, sending it back to TFG1

Mike and MWIRE. I suppose we all have to pay

the piper sometime. Right, Q? Oh, pipe down,

007. Is it something I said? No. Something you

destroyed my fishing boat. From my retirement,

away from you. Now, I want to introduce you to

the young fellow I'm grooming to follow me. Ah.

Helps if you open the door. And you might be...

This is 007. If you're Q, does that make him

R? Ah, yes, the legendary 007 wit. Or at least

half of it. Now, I dare say, 007, that you've

met your match with this machine. Yeah. New model.

Improved specs. I thought you were on the inactive

roster, some kind of injury. Yes, well, we'll

see about that. So... As I was saying, the very

latest in intercepts and countermeasures, titanium

armour, a multitasking heads -up display, and

six beverage cup holders. All in all, rather

stocked. Fully loaded, I think, is the term.

I think? You're not here to think. You're here

to do what I tell you. Now, go and put on the

coat and demonstrate it for 007. But, of course.

Now, watch closely, please, 007. The right arm

goes in the right sleeve, thus, and the left

arm in the left sleeve, thus. Now, note closely,

please. Pockets, poppers, and zipper. Take the

lower part of the zipper and insert it into the

appropriate... Oh, pull the tag! What? You said...

He seems well suited for the job. You're not

retiring anytime soon. Are you? Now, pay attention,

007. I've always tried to teach you two things.

First, never let them see you bleed. And the

second? Always have an escape plan. Thank you

once again, JT, for providing us with all of

the just the facts. Let's go ahead and get into

the cast here a bit. Again, this is Pierce's

third outing as 007. I think... I don't know.

When I rewatched this, I enjoyed it more than

I remember. I've always enjoyed the film, but

I enjoyed... I enjoyed Brosnan as Bond in this,

not so much more than Goldeneye, but more definitely.

I enjoyed this as, you know, we talked about

last time with Tomorrow Never Dies where he's,

you know, he's settling into the role and here

he is completely, I mean, he owns that role.

He is 007. It's just, it's so well done on his

part. And this, by far, outside of GoldenEye,

is probably my favorite performance from him.

I agree, I think. Yeah, I agree. I think Pierce

Brosnan, even if the movie he's in isn't up to

snuff, he always gives his all, and I think he's

a part of it you can always enjoy. I don't think

there's ever been a time where he felt he's checked

out, or he's kind of gone longer than he should,

like with Roger Moore, or even Sean Connery with

Diamonds, or forever. And then you've got Robert

Carlyle as the main supposed bad guy is Renard.

This is a really interesting character. This

is another one of those. Technically he's a red

herring slash henchman, because of the way the

plot of the movie is, but he's made out to be

the main bad guy. I liked him, I thought it was

great. I would consider Bernard along the same

lines as Jaws and Odd Job and those types of

henchmen. It was a damn good performance. Yeah,

I think Robert Carlyle and Bernard works as a

henchman. I don't think he works as a main villain.

And I think it would have made the whole switcheroo,

the whole red herring thing more effective if

he was a charismatic villain to go along with

it. So during those moments, we kind of know

he has this bullet in his head so he can't feel

pain. It's almost like a superpower. It's interesting,

but I think they don't really do much with it.

He's still human, so it's not like he can have

him do stupid human things. He still has to maintain

his human body. It made the switcheroo of him

not being the main bad guy more evident because

you kind of realize, well, this guy really doesn't

have a huge motivation. He just kind of seems

to be going in the motions. There's nothing about

him that's all that appealing on a grand scale.

Yeah, so but as like I mentioned so as a henchman

fine. He's he does what a henchman does I just

think they could have made they could have done

more with him at times like they almost try to

make him a sympathetic character like how he

has this love for this this girl Electra and

he can't feel anything and how like that kind

of That dilemma that he wants to be facing. I

think they could have done more with him but

uh, I think Robert Carlyle his performance fits

the character. I just think they could have You

said a little bit better. Yeah. Of course, Robbie

Coltrane reprises as Valentine Zakofsky. Zakofsky

in this one is essentially replacing Jack Wade

and Felix Leiter. I mean, that's essentially

what that's the role he plays in this. Um, whereas

in Goldeneye when he was in that, uh, of course,

you know, Bond has, has come back, et cetera,

et cetera, et cetera. Um, now JT said at the

end of his Justifacts is like, one of the reasons

why he didn't like the movie is cause you're

not really sure if, if Zikowski died. Zikowski

died, dude. He did. I'm sorry to say he did.

Um, yeah, I, I was pretty sure he died. I never

thought that was a question, but, uh, I like

him in this more than actually GoldenEye. I think

this character was a lot more fun. Maybe he was

just seeing him again that I enjoyed it a little

bit more. I kind of like what they did with him

in this. I prefer him over Jack Waite. I guess

Jack Waite I just keep thinking back to the living

daylights and it just confuses me. So maybe that's

why. As much as I enjoyed The Living Daylights,

as far as that character that Joe Don Baker played

in that movie, I just ignore that character.

Yeah, you probably better off doing that. And

of course you got Judy Gench, you got Dame Judy

Gench back as Em. Very interesting how the two

of them, Bond and Em, have developed in three

films, because by this point, they're essentially

mother and son. Yeah, they're both. It's odd.

It's odd in a good way, not in a bad way. Right.

He definitely could not do that with the older

Ms. It was more of a military type of relationship,

but this is more personal in a way. There's this

respect there that you see that's deeper and

more emotional than the Ms of the past. You've

got you know, we already talked about Q and wait

if I talk about him anymore I'm gonna end up

bursting into tears. So you've got you know,

John Cleese as as are he's not officially are

it's just Bon says so if you're cute is that

make him are You know the whole alphabet thing

I Like John Cleese the only thing up to this

point I hate to say this. I know a lot of people

are gonna crucify me for this I was too young

to get Monty Python, you know, I just was. Going

back and seeing clips and stuff, I just, I don't

get the appeal. I understand it's humorous and

it's funny and all that, but I just don't. The

only thing I remember John Cleese from was as

a kid, and even now, I think it's still on Netflix

now, my mom and I used to watch Faulty Towers.

I loved him, Faulty Towers. It was just amazing.

But he plays R in this. Any thoughts on Cleese's

R? Obviously he's kind of overshadowed by the

Welland. And I think it's a tough role to put

in. It's like that sitcom where they get the

new characters that come in and try to boost

up ratings. And you're kind of like, well, who

is this kid coming in? And it's John Cleese,

and I love John Cleese. I love Monty Python,

like Brian, Holy Grail for us. And I think he's

fine. He doesn't really have much to do, but

I think he's affected by what he's given. Yeah,

not in this one. He has more to do in tomorrow's

episode of MWIRE. And again, Samantha Bond is

back as Ms. Moneypenny. Very interesting. We'll

get to this in our highlights and lowlights,

but very interesting where they took Moneypenny

this time around. You've got Serena Scott Thomas

as Dr. Molly Warmflash. Why couldn't Serena Scott

Thomas be a Bond girl? Come on, dammit. What

it means is maybe a little bit better just to...

If she, yeah, if she was in it a little bit more.

So let's talk about one of the two Bond girls,

one that I've, I purposefully went, I purposefully,

you know, skipped over them so we could talk

about them last. The main villain of the picture,

played by Sophie Marceau is electric king she

by far is probably one of the best and most tragically

sadistic bond villains i've ever seen yeah it

was this was the first time i mean the big thing

about this was there's never a bond girl that

turned on bond we've had agents well there have

been there like a girl had set up to be the main

character to turn on bond and it was a big deal

And like I mentioned, if they made Baby Renard

a more fleshed out character, that wouldn't be

as evident that there's more to her. But yeah,

it's kind of a sick story when you think about

it. This girl gets kidnapped, and then she wants

to get back at her dad because she feels like

the way they carried it out was unfair to her,

which she recently could not negotiate. It's

pretty sadistic, the whole Stockholm syndrome

at the time. And I think overall she's really

effective. And then you have Charlie Sheen's

ex Who can't act her way out of a paper bag as

JT said Denise Richards She is just here for

eye candy. She is also here to supposedly connect

The Bond franchise and the Indiana Jones franchise

fuck you Ferguson Wade. This is just so stupid

There were rumors when this get released that

the whole Christmas Jones thing was to link Indiana

Jones and James Bond franchise. She was either

a daughter or a granddaughter Something I don't

know what the hell it is. I'm not I'm not looking

at I'm not looking at any information on it or

anything like that, but I've heard that that

is what they were trying to go for here. And

no, you don't do that. It's interesting that

I've heard that before, that they were trying

to do that. Yeah, I don't know who ever thought

the deep research of being a nuclear physicist

was a good idea. Like, put those two and two

together. I mean, we've had Bond Girls in the

Bond franchise that are all locked in. But usually

they're nothing else and they're not, and they're

given a role that fits that. Like, Dr. Marshall

Andrews in Dr. No, she was just a girl that was

in a bikini looking to show. But here, they're

trying to make her explain molecular physics.

It's, it just, it doesn't work. I mean, Denise

Richards can't act, she never acts as well in

anything, every time. She's always just been

there because, like, she's a great model, but

when she tries to... I thought her acting was

alright in Starship Troopers, but then again

I had Starship Troopers for both sets. Yeah,

so Ruby like that, that's kind of satirical just

to begin with, and like, bad acting almost fits

with purpose. Yeah, she works, but for this,

she's trying to be serious. She's definitely

one of the worst bombs I've ever put her down

to. She's near the bottom. Especially just the

way the user would do, I don't know. Overall,

for what the story is in the movie, it's a good

group casting. I assume that... Mr. Bullion is

a loose attempt at another Jaws thing. It's kind

of stupid. It's kind of atomical. Because essentially,

he can't do it. It's not like Jaws where his

team are made of metal and he can chomp through

stuff. It's just, hey, if a guy was gold, all

gold, too. I don't know. It was probably a callback.

Yeah. Interesting on the production side of this,

and I did not know this. I think, uh, I think

Jason mentioned it in just the facts, uh, Joe

Dante and then Peter Jackson should offer the

opportunity to direct this, but... I... I'm gonna

have to go back and look at Peter Jackson's filmography,

because outside of, uh, Lord of the Rings, which

there's only one return, and that is of the Jedi,

uh, the King, goddammit. Um, outside of Lord

of the Rings, I had never heard of Peter Jackson

before. Uh, yeah, I mean, before this... Let

the brighteners come out. I don't know if they

came before or after this. I mean, Load of the

Rings is where he kind of became a huge name.

He was King Kong, a lovely film, which wasn't

as well received. King Kong, I think, was the

next. And then, of course, the series would help

it. But it would be interesting to see what Peter

Jackson would do with Bond films. But I'm kind

of glad he didn't interact with the movie. I

just don't know. I just sat through 13 hours

of it. I watched all the extended editions in

the theater for a marathon. Yeah, that's pretty

intense. You are nuts, dude. Just nuts. And the

other thing is because of him, because of Jackson

going ahead and doing Lord of the Rings and now

he's working on the Hobbit movies, I don't think

with the way his directing style from those films

would work with any Bond film because Bond films,

as we've said previously, are meant to tell once,

you know, obviously the pre -title sequence might

not tie into the main film like a mission happens

and then the pre -title, the title sequence comes

up and then you get to the actual bones of it.

But they're individual films and I think with

the way Peter Jackson has directed The Lord of

the Rings and now The Hobbits is he would want

to make a Bond serial like a Kind of like what

they did with the reboot with the first two parts

of the reboot with that wookie bitch You know,

so I just don't I'm so glad he was not attached

to this at all I don't think it would have worked.

It might have been the first three hour bond

movie Talk about the sinking of the Titanic.

All right, so Boy the god the music I love I

love this I love the score in this movie I Gotta

say though That's probably one of the worst Bond

themes ever Yeah, it is very nasally and groany.

It just I don't know it feels like a chore to

get through every time I listen to it not it's

done by garbage and i'm not i don't honestly

i've never really listened to garbage um and

this song doesn't make me want to listen to garbage

um but yeah it's rather it's rather nasally and

annoying and i just kind of usually fast forward

through the title sequence when i watch this

movie yeah i i like the visuals in the in the

title sequence but The only part of the song

that I actually like is the chorus when she's

singing, you know, the world is not enough. That's

really the only part of it that I actually like.

I actually think that in my own personal opinion,

even though Cheryl Crowe wasn't really a good

fit for a Bond theme, she did a hell of a lot

better with Tomorrow Never Dies than the garbage

lead singer did with this. I just don't care

for this at all. Yeah, I would say I like that

song. Better than this, but it's got I don't

really like not a huge fan it either. Um, but

yeah Yeah, I would I would definitely put this

near the bottom though Tomorrow we might get

to an even worse song. So Oh, yeah, yeah God

techno babble Scientific gobbledygook Starscream.

All right, so You know, you got the song, but

outside of the theme song for the film, the score

of it is so great. Between Goldeneye's score,

Tomorrow Never Dies' score, and this score, I

absolutely love the music that they're using

in these movies. It's just, it's so, so great.

All right, let's go ahead and get into our highlights.

I didn't know this and I actually listened back

to an old episode of Better in the Dark when

they were doing their Guilt Edge bonds when they

did their whole review series on the Bond films.

I did not notice this at first. The first, I

don't know, God, I've seen this film enough times

I should have figured it out, but not until this

viewing did I realize that the secretary was

the assassin. It's like, oh yeah, that's interesting.

The entire pre -title sequence is just so good.

I believe to this point in the franchise, it's

probably one of the longest, if not the longest

ones we've ever had. Yeah, and that wasn't by

choice to begin with. I don't know if you know

the story behind that, but when it was first

started, when they first designed the film, It

was going to end when Bond kind of goes down,

when he escapes the office and slides down the

side of the building. And then that was going

to go into title sequence. But it didn't test

well. So they made it longer, adding in the bow

chase. So that's why it's longer than most of

the opening title sequences or pre -title sequences.

But yeah, I'm completely. there with you with

the boat chase. It's freaking awesome. I love

the boat chase in Live and Let Die, but I think

this one's even better. The boat is pretty slick

and cool. It's very Batman -like, but I'm okay

with that. I thought it was really fun. I love

the fact it's taking place in England, not a

location where, even though it's James Bond,

a few action beats happen in that. location.

It's usually in another city or an exotic locale,

and this is actually happening in London, so

that was pretty cool. Yeah, it's happening on

the River Thames. I think this was the very first

time that anything was shot on the River Thames.

I could be wrong about that, but I think this

was one of the very first times that that ever

happened. I love the improvisation that Bon uses

to get out of the bank with the whole wire thing.

I thought that was great, tying it around the

guy's waist and essentially using the other guy

as a counterweight. I love that. That was so

cool. Yeah, that boat chase. the underwater tie

straightening oh my god that's why Brosnan is

so fucking cool he is by far the coolest he may

not be the best in most people's opinion but

at least in my opinion he's the coolest bond

because he can go underwater and still straighten

his tie and just and and again the music it fits

that that scene of it like the big themes kind

of stop and it kind of lowers itself and it adjusts

to what the scene's doing and I just I love that

so much. What I also like about that is there's

almost they add in a little bit of mystery because

he's leaving and there's that sniper and you

have no idea where that's coming from who does

it and we really don't find out till much later

in the movie so I kind of like that they added

a little bit of mystery there. and they didn't

answer it right away because often with pun they'll

have some sort of mystery and it won't last very

long but yeah the payoff comes too quick um serena

scott thomas this is probably one of the best

skiing scenes in a bond film because i'm sorry

in a view to a kill roger moore can't ski for

shit and i know it wasn't him doing the skiing

scenes in that movie but that whole ski scene

and plus it's that that's so wrong song for that

scene in a veto a kill but uh the skiing scene

in this those para hawks are awesome yeah that

looks like a lot of fun honestly i'm like i really

want one of those i don't know if they're actually

played the uh i played the video game with this

and um and it was it was an interesting i i believe

in the game that this scene is in there and it

was it was pretty damn interesting to play that

that was very cool Let's see I love Valentin's

exit because it's it's just kind of bittersweet

where and I don't care what anyone says and someone

will argue with me about this till they die.

Valentin did wink at Bond because obviously he

shot the cuff on the chair instead of actually

shooting James and as I said before Electra She's

one cold -hearted sick bitch. Oh my god What

do you got for highlights cuz this film for me

is just it's great But the whole thing with Elektra

and I'll get to this in my lowlights. It's very

predictable. Yeah With this movie overall, I'm

kind of indifferent towards there's nothing that

is eye rolling that I can't stand besides Denise

Richards that we talked about but there's something

I think that Besides that opening sequence that

really grabs my attention there, but there are

other highlights that I think are more worth

mentioning I like the idea of having a revenge

plot with Against M something we don't often

see having Judy Dench Who's a fine actress being

having a bigger role? I'm all for and I like

that idea and I liked how with Electra and how

she turned and how Bond was the one who had to

kill her and had to do it in cold blood. And

that moment was great, just to see that Bond

would go to that length. Because you can tell

that this is where having someone like Brosnan

really pays off because he sells it. And you

can see his confliction with that, having to

kill her. And he's partly angry about it and

satisfied, but it really hurts him. And I thought

that was a great moment for this movie. other

highlights. We talked about Q, of course. And

really, I mean, overall, that bow chase is great.

I liked how Bon actually has an injury in this.

That was pretty cool. I wish they did more with

it because after he kind of gets the clean bill

of health doesn't really come into play all that

much. But the fact that you actually see that

Bon is human and he gets like a separated shoulder

was pretty cool. Just that he's not invincible,

which I like. I like when they kind of humanize

the character a little bit. That's all I have

for highlights. Let's get into the lowlights.

I already mentioned how I don't like the Bond

theme for this one. How is Bond being insubordinate?

He wanted and had a right to know what the hell

happened because it was his ass on the line in

Bilbao. When she says, I will not tolerate insubordination

007, how is he being insubordinate? That makes

no sense to me whatsoever. I think just that

she's not listening exactly what she wants. They

just needed him to kind of go on his own, I think.

So they were just figuring the easiest way to

get him there. It's so easy. And again, this

goes back to something getting paid off very

quickly. It's so easy to tell that Electra is

the main villain, like 20 minutes after the film

starts. She keeps saying her mother's family

and essentially dissing her father. I mean, that's

so... And she's called Electra, who... in mythology

killed her father so kind of it's like they're

not trying to hide it i don't know if they were

trying to but if you know anything about that

you can kind of tell yeah well i was half half

expecting her to uh you know pop out with a couple

of sides and do some martial arts yeah you know

she doesn't have a blind boyfriend whoops yeah

no ben affleck in this movie christmas jones

really I already mentioned about Renard being

the red herring. I enjoy this movie for what

it is. I enjoy it for it being Q's last one.

I enjoy it for Brosnan's performance as Bond.

The plot overall honestly sucks. At least in

my opinion it does I mean, yeah, it's we mentioned

this with like at least I did with that license

to kill It was this long way to go for a basic

revenge plot and this does the same thing it's

a long way long way to go for a basic revenge

plot because they add in all this other stuff

with the pipeline and You know the nuclear bomb

and all that other things and a lot of that felt

like just filler and just reasoning to get to

an action scene And I think if it just focused

more on the relationship between Elektra and

Em, it would have been a stronger movie. But

I think they had to add in those other moments

and would also maybe not have Denise Richards

in it. It would have been so much better. But,

uh, so. Yeah, yeah, it just. I don't know. So

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Radio. Final thoughts on the world is not enough,

sir. This kind of goes down to me almost like

my feelings towards RG to a kill where I just

there is I didn't feel strongly either way almost

like there's a few moments that really engaged

me but besides that I was just kind of left numb

to it I was just waiting it for it to end just

because I wasn't I wasn't horrified because of

the horribleness that was taking place or was

I satisfied with what was happening I just kind

of just went with it. I don't think it's the

worst Bond movie. It's not Brosnan's worth but

worth Worst Bond movie. I think he's he Pierce

is a big reason to go back and watch this and

And if anything, I would watch the opening title

sequence and then stop there but I I almost wish

that Brosden He's such a great bond. I just wish

he was given better movies I think he could have

been one of the best if he just had stronger

scripts and better directors behind him Like

after really quick different writers. Yeah Yeah,

it's just it does if you feel bad. It's like

that You know, it's just watching everything

around him crumble and you have Brosnan and Judy

Dench who are just kind of standing there picking

up the pieces So yeah I will say I really really

enjoyed I didn't mention this earlier, but I

did you know kind of follow thoughts here I wish

it was used more. I think well. No it was used

more in the movie We'll talk about tomorrow,

but I wish Robinson had a slightly bigger role

Because you see him like once or twice in this

and then of course bond calls into him But I

really like Colin Sam and as Robinson. I you

know ever since you know tomorrow never dies

I've wanted to see more of him in that role and

Sadly, it it won't happen. I think we see him

maybe twice in the next film And once it didn't

you know, the one time didn't even really happen

because of magic glasses. Yes Yeah, we that we

should probably mention that with well near the

end where they Know that's not I'm sorry. Yeah

that yeah Yeah. But overall, The World Is Not

Enough, which is actually a line taken from the

book On Her Majesty's Secret Service. So I guess

you could essentially say this is tying into

the Bond fan theory. What would we go against

it? Because The World Is Not Enough is the Bond

family motto. Right. But what it says in the

Wikipedia, and again, it's Wikipedia, they're

also wrong. Sometimes it says in there that it's

it was a line from honor majesty secret service.

Yeah, it's in there It's um during the when he's

showing them the family crafts of the bond like

his symbol It's the the family motto is the world

was not enough. So it is mentioned there So I

think that the part of showing you it's not bond

is not just a code name. It's his actual name

Yeah We hope you enjoyed the Bond film review

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