Easily the best Brosnan entry, with superb late-analog setpieces (courtesy 2nd unit master Vic Armstrong), some welcome goofball jokes and, despite repeated half-assed attempts over the years, one of the few to lend Bond some genuine personal stakes (his pre-credits wounding, the contentious relationship with M, and the terrorist with a grudge against her all prefigure SKYFALL, another example in a long line of this franchise recycling and refining story ideas). It also directly addresses the series' intrinsic misogyny if you're into that sort of thing, especially in a terrific scene where 007 mansplains Elektra's own sexual trauma to her and she responds by shaming him for basically recapitulating her assault for his own purposes (of course, in unpleasantly tantalizing…

Though it has never been on the receiving end of a lot of love, "The World is Not Enough" is definitely deserving. Featuring Pierce Brosnan at his most urbane and, for better or worse, memorable supporting characters, Michael Apted's entry in the venerable James Bond franchise easily thrills and entertains. It is a sleek and raucous action film with no shortage of fun.

The story is standard issue Bond: the Commander is charged with protecting an heiress, deterring terrorists, and, once again, saving the Empire. Allying himself with old friends and new distractions, Bond embarks on a series of adventures that find him coming face-to-face with his own, and others,' mortality. Bond, himself, runs into a fair amount of peril…

”There's no point living if you can't feel alive.

Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist who is working in the middle of Kazakhstan?! Can you even imagine something more idiotic than that? Worst Bond girl ever if you ask me.

Michael Apted takes control of the Bond franchise and delivers an action-packed yet somewhat mentally disabled movie which seems to be moving back and forth between smartness and stupidity. It has a pretty decent plot, the love/hate relationship between Bond and his “lady friend” offers enough complexity, tension and emotional distress, like any other Bond film it has some very good and convincing action scenes and Pierce Brosnan does his best to portray a complex Bond who has so many…

The Journey to Skyfall continues with the 19th James Bond film, The World is Not Enough.

God I hate this one. Not because it's bad. In fact, in many areas, it's a strong James Bond film. But there's just so much wasted potential here. Here we have a story that could very well lend itself to something great. There's always a fantastic story involved when Bond lets his guard down for a woman just as damaged and closed off as he is.

And for the first hour of the film, The World is Not Enough IS a pretty great movie. It has fantastic pacing, and a great setup to a great finale in what should be a very emotional journey…

Now before I begin I just want to clarify this:
This is strictly my own opinion. If you disagree with me, more power to you. Just keep the comments civil and respectful.

NOVEMBOND! #19

Here's a bit of a life story:
When I was a little boy, my older brother had a PlayStation and one of the games he owned was The World Is Not Enough which, believe it or not, was the first time I ever heard of James Bond.
The rest, as they say, is history as I soon learn more and more about the franchise the older I get and during the early years of the 2010's is when I finally decided to give a few entries…

Siempre he pensado que el Bond de Brosnan nunca tuvo demasiado claro qué punto coger y, aparte de envejecer fatal, acabó evidenciando la falta de vista de sus responsables a la hora de encajar a la franquicia con los tiempos que corrían. Después de una más que competente Goldeneye vino Tomorrow Never Dies con una historia más bien churrigueresca hasta para los estándares de Bond que al menos estaba dirigida con gracia, y antes del descalabro de Die Another Day tuvimos esta, que al contrario de TND presenta una historia más canónica pero con una dirección tan conservadora y plomiza que acaba dejando menos poso del que se esperaba. Un ejemplo de esto son las set pieces, que sobre el…

Ich will es größer, größer GRÖßER!!!! So ungefähr muß die Herangehensweise der Produzenten gewesen sein als sie dieses Bond Abenteuer angegangen sind. Und es funktioniert. In gut 2 Stunden bringen sie ihren Helden in mehr gewaltige Actionszenarien als drei andere Filme zu bieten haben, eines immenser als das andere und eines beeindruckender als das andere. Dazu bietet diese Bond Mission den Helden mal von einer neuen, tiefer gehenden Seite indem er ihn in einem Gewissenskonflikt und durchaus auch mal mit Skrupeln zeigt bei dem was er treibt. Die beiden Bon Girls Denise Richards und Sophie Marceau gehören zu den powervollsten Frauen der Serie und mit „Ganz oder garnicht“ Stripper Robert Carlyle hat der Film auch einen der fiesesten Schurken der…