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My thoughts are keep your political views to yourself. I don't need to know about your hatred towards the right or conservative media. We had an entire summer of burning churches, violent riots, killings. Meanwhile the mainstream media lying headlines read "peaceful protests" as a building was literally burning and looters were robbing stores. So keep your politics to yourself.
A bit cartoonish for my liking. The supposedly redeeming feminist character was reduced to a cart-wheel spinning anime character incapable of original thought. Glad things moved on really.
I actually like this one just a tad better than Goldeneye. The actress was awesome, and in my oponion the bad guy plot was very real world chilling. Very underrated.
The villain plan itself is very suited for today's political and social landscape, but the movie itself has aged poorly. It looks cheap and very generic.
Wonderful video essay. Tomorrow Never Dies was so ahead of its time, especially when you look at the global news and social media in present day. The film has aged like a fine wine and even beat Mission: Impossible Fallout to the punch with Halo jumping and a remotely operated BMW.
YES! Thank you. Always loved TND and never get tired of rewatching it. I can never understand why so many ranking lists place this one so low. The opening sequence is fantastic, the final battle thrilling and Arnold's score is brilliant.
IT has everything a good Bond movie is supposed to have Great pre credit action sequence Great title sequence A villain trying to pit two world powers to start WW3 Acting like the UK is a superpower Cool gadgets A cool car TWO cool car chases, each one the equal of anything in any other Bond film. An awesome villain's lair A memorable henchman (Dr Kauffman, he's in the film for 4 minutes, and I remember him 25 year later).
After I saw this movie, I could never forget it. Especially after Bond killed the villain while uttering some very important words, "You forgot the first rule of mass media: give the people what they want!"
M's reporting of Carver's death is a call back to the (then recent) death of real British media mogul Robert Maxwell, who apparently committed suicide on his own yacht
@@EBR1 “Well, I haven't been in show business as long as you have, Killian. But I'm a quick learner. So I'm going to give the audience what *I* think they want.” “You b*stard. Drop dead!” *”I don’t do requests.”* Pure Arnie perfection.
Watched this last night for the first time in yeeeears and I gotta say, this might be the most underrated film in the series. The action is massive and top notch. It’s got one of the best Bond Women of all time. A great villain with a distinct goal. Sick gadgets, and a really fun henchman in that old German assassin scene. It baffles me why so many fans diss this film. Loved this essay too!
For the longest time, this was my favorite Brosnan Bond film. That later changed to GoldenEye, but I see Tomorrow Never Dies as a solid follow up. Also, I think its aged the best within his 4 movies. The plot is actually pretty plausible in this age of consent news, ever changing technology, and idealistic / brash businessmen.
For me it's still is the best Brosnan's Bond. I liked GE the least (out of Brosnan's) when I first saw it. Since then it grew on me, and I understand why majority of Bond fans love it. But also understood one of its major flaws for me: GE's score of Serra is a lacklustre and detracts from film's atmosphere, while Arnold was fantastic as Bond composer and TND is one of his better works.
This was the first DVD I ever owned, first James Bond movie I ever saw and I for the life of me never understood the hate. It is the Bond movie that has held up the most and truly has a realistic plot. It’s a modern day The Spy Who Loved Me.
The best thing about this movie is the one-liner when Bond kills Carver. "You forgot the first rule of mass media, Elliot... give the people WHAT THEY WANT!!!"
Tomorrow Never Dies is honestly one my favorite Bond movies. As you said, a perfect execution of the Bond formula. It nails the formula and improves upon it. Seriously underrated Bond movie.
Despite being a Bond fan since the first time I laid eyes on License To Kill, this was the first Bond movie I saw in theaters. My parents wanted to see Titanic, and thank god this was also playing at the same time. Always felt it was a great entry and classic James Bond.
These videos are the type that want me to make a RUclips channel just talking about movies that I love and trying to convince everyone else why they're great.
Thank you! This film deserves so much more credit than it gets. I remember after leaving the theater with my friends. I said I think Bond is actually ahead of his time, story wise and action sequences. They were all like no just another Bond film. I said do you see the way the world is changing. Maybe it was just me. In my Jr. and Sr. year of H.S. I spent half the day working on computers. This is going to age me but I don't care. I graduated in 1987. I was the top student two years in a row on those ancient machines. It came with perks though. If the teacher left the class everyone knew I was in charge. It also came with a recommendation to work at the IRS on the weekends while still going to school. I digress, I love this movie and wish more people would appreciate it what it accomplished. Peace
I think that Tomorrow Never Dies is the one Bond-film out of the Brosnan-era that comes closest to replicating the feeling of the Connery/early Moore-era films.
i dont know why pierce brosnan gets so much hate as james bond.. as per looks he is easily one of the best.. even his movies including die another day has some good takeaways.. especially the Iceland setting...
@@FilmSpeak I grew on Brosnan films. He was THE Bond for me, followed by Moore in my childhood, I didn't understood Dalton for example, and Connery's looked dated. Since then my tastes have shifted completely, Dalton and Connery are the Bonds for me now, so are their film tenures I consider the best (add OHMSS, CR and scenes from other Craig's for perfect cocktail). Still, the sentimentals is still there. Brosnan surely looks the part. And his films are FUN. For kid me, DAD was great, and I was later surprised by the amount of hate it gets. For kid me, Brosnan films were the best. Also, 90s ACTION in the same cocktail with Mooresque quips. Great.
This is a GREAT analysis. Thank you for putting into words just how enjoyable and truly clever this film is. Perhaps the amount of fun that Brosnan seems to be having in the car chase directly following Paris’s death might have contributed to the audience forgetting about her so quickly. But who could blame him? The action is terrific!
I oddly think this movie is a lot of fun. i remember the one hand each motorcycle scene being kinda cool as a kid. As well as them jumping down building while the banner rips. It’s just cool. I also imagine despite it not being as good as goldeneye making a lot of money. Kinda the same way TDKR made more than TDK simply because of the latter being so beloved.
I’m always undecided as to whether I prefer goldeneye or tomorrow never dies; GE has a fantastic central connection between bond and trevelyan that’s very unique to the film, so I feel it’s more engaging dramatically, but I also never get bored for a single second in TND. Great video!
Tomorrow Never Dies is my favourite Brosnan Bond film, even Goldeneye. Michelle Yeoh was a great addition to the series and I feel it is Brosnan's best performance in the role.
I always liked TND precisely because even back then you could see where the whole '24 hour news' business model was heading; even good ole Aunty Beeb got sucked into it. It has created monsters; not Elliot Carver's (yet?) but it lead to 'fake news', alternative truth' and rampant egotism in the media mainly from one source: Murdoch.
Michelle yeoh is 1st asian actress to star on bond.. nd she started the asian action woman trend with lucy liu following the next year with charlies angels nd zoe with the transporter. . she opened the gates for asian woman in action.
@@josephpizzo1250 read the comment properly.. i said asian female legacy is followed up next year by lucy liu in Charlie's angels.. i never said michelle yeoh got famous by Charliea angels
@@josephpizzo1250 I think you misunderstood the paragraph. The person was referring Lucy Liu in Charlie Angel, not Michelle yeoh. We all know Michelle yeoh is star in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. It just mention that Michelle yeoh is the first Asian actress that opening up the floodgate for female asian actress in the US market.
@@Wawa5150 Cheng Pei Pei and Angela Mayo were from the 70's way before Michell Yeoh, your just too young to know that ....and they. were tha baddest women in cinema kung fu!
It’s a great Bond film, very underrated! Would you do a similar video for World is not enough? Also this film absolutely should have been called tomorrow never LIES, it makes so much more sense to me
Another fantastic video essay! So I’ve only seen Dr. No and all the Craig films but I plan on watching all of them and this definitely got me more excited! Great job!
Elliot Carver was a great villain. Often a campy one, but that actually made him more frightening. And yes - it did portent the power / potential of 21stC media promulgation of propaganda.
I like your videos. I really do. And I feel much the same way. But the way you highlight Fox News while glossing over Jeff Zucker and CNN and how they manufacture narrative better than anyone kind of highlights the effectiveness of Eliot Carver’s character.
I love this movie. Arguably the best pre-credit sequence. Having M and the others watch adds a level of enjoyment. Especially when M gets the opportunity to gloat when Bond saves the day. Great gadget car. A big improvement after the BMW Z4 didn't do anything in the last movie (don't show me them loading missiles in the car if they don't use them). The plot is less convoluted than most Bond movies. It's pretty much A to B. But the action is great. The title sucks though. It should have been Tomorrow Never Lies.
Glad this vid was made. This is my fave of all the Brosnan Bond era. That remote control car chase with literal back-seat driving is *chefs kiss* & it's villain's goal was ahead of its time
For me, Tomorrow Never Dies is tied at #4 with the 3 Lewis Gilbert films it was trying to ape. This film is, along with the underrated Octopussy, the most action packed film of the series. The biggest downside IMO is there isn't enough of an action breather before the climax, but at the same time I love the svelte runtime. Also, Crow theme song > Surrender.
Wo! John Berry is Bond soundtrack! That was the one problem in Goldemeye is his presence is missed. Craig movies brought back soundtrack of Berry’s soundtrack. One of the rasons Quantum Of Solace such a great movie!
I loved the film. Pierce Brosnen's Bond is my favorite. He has lots of personality. I think the manipulative media story line predicted well what we have with CNN and the like these days. Although that kind of doing hit pieces on people with false or incomplete information goes back long before the Covington kids. There's a long history of the media turning the public on people and inciting violence going back before the film was made.
Seeing previews on tv for this movie was my introduction to James Bond as a kid. That moment when he’s in bed with the woman and answers the phone “Bond here.”, and the shot of them riding the motorcycle along the collapsing deck were the first real images I remember having of a James Bond movie. I was too young to go see the movie, but we got an N64 and started playing the GoldenEye game soon after that, so I did play a video game before I ever saw any of the movies. Then started watching them, starting with renting GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies when it came out on video. I think the remote controlled car in TND was my favourite part of both films. Brosnan was my inception for Bond, so he is kinda still the most quintessential image of Bond for me, even though Craig has easily overtaken him as my favourite Bond. GoldenEye, TND and Die Another Day (which is MY personal choice for the most underrated Bond film, IMO) will always have a special place in my heart. I don’t really enjoy World Is Not Enough unfortunately, though I think the pre-title sequence is one of the better ones. Certainly one of the longest ones (No Time To Die just blew it out of the water for THE longest, though.) I also think Carver has one of the most iconic Bond villain lines for me: “Let the mayhem begin!”
This video inspired me to watch the Brosnan films for the first time, I’d give Goldeneye an 8 and Tommorow Never Dies a 7. Great video Griffin, very well made and I love how passionate you are and it shows.
This is my sisters favorite Bond film. At the end of video she immediately cited her fav parts; Bond’s reaction to being able to re- inflate the tires during the parking building sequence; and during the motorcycle sequence the reactions of a woman apparently making love to an unseen partner, after she sees them race through her dwelling, she seems to return to HER activities with gusto.(we call this woman Ms. Kinky). And my sister most definitely dis-agrees with you about the ending; she sees it as a natural result of what they went through. And we leave you with our thoughts on this final ‘debriefing’ scene: First come ‘de-briefs’,then comes ‘de-BRA’.
Excellent Tube, Griffin. I really like your take on this film and Quantum, both of which are way better than fanboys say. I'd like to share three thoughts -- 1. Many people seem to miss a major flaw of this movie which is also, oddly, its strength: it's a remake of one of the best films in the franchise, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. The beginning and endings are identical, and the entire foreign agent angle. 2. When speaking of the score I'm amazed you didn't spend more time on the parking garage sequence. The music and visuals are INTENSE. 3. I'm indifferent to Sheryl Crow's music but this song really REALLY grabs you. "Darling I'm killed... I'm in puddle on the floor... waiting... for you... to return." It's a flash forward into the story of Paris being murdered and James nowhere to be found. A missing scene of foreshadown. It's a WOW. 4. I enjoyed Bond and Yeoh becoming a couple. Kinda breaks down the 'must be a white lady' thing rather well.
Let's think a moment. "GoldenEye" and "Casino Royale" : Well recieved, first installments of a new Bond. "Tomorrow Never Dies" and "Quantum of Solace" : Underappreciated, second installments of a new Bond.
This was my second favorite Bond movie growing up and I got all the nuance the first go round so I didn’t need this video to justify how underrated this entry is. But I watched the review and while I’m fine with you comparing Carver to Murdoch, I couldn’t help but think you only view Fox Media as an entity to portray as villains, as if somehow the likes of CNN & MSNBC aren’t culpable in the chaos that ensued in 2020 BEFORE the ”insurrection”. And I won’t act like the guy who got elected isn’t responsible for the current wealth of problems like high gas prices, millions of people quitting their jobs, undocumented citizens trying to get benefits, and a pandemic that shows no signs of going away despite more people than not adhering to the FORCED mandates.
This is my best Brosnan's and top-7 Bond movie ever. While I have love-hate relationships with Bond formula, this film is extremely formulaic to the t (there's almost nothing but formula the whole film), but executes it so great you really feel those Arnold's fanfares in your soul. This is cheerful spectacle, Bond at its prime, unlike Craig's art. Everything is there. That's why I love this this film ever since my childhood.
I adore Tommorow Never Dies but if I could make one change its that the Paris Carver character should have been a previous Bond girl. I would choose either Nataliya or Pam Bouvier
Man I feel like I say this every time I check out one of your videos, but this might be my favourite one! I love how you explored the impact this film had on Brosnan’s run and the franchise as a whole. It’s true that Tomorrow Never Dies did have a different more modern feel than GoldenEye in many ways. I of course agree GoldenEye is the best of the Brosnan run (and just the best of the pre-Craig films overall imo), but I think Tomorrow Never Dies and his following two films are all very underrated. This film in particular I think probably did have just the absolute best action of the franchise overall until the Craig films, and it really holds up. I did not know that Izabella Scorupco was ever considered to return as Natalya Simonova in this film in what ended up being Teri Hatcher/Paris Carver’s role… but like you said I’m not sure I would want her to go out like that since she is one of the all time great Bond girls imo. Amazing video!
It's crazy to think that the only thing that separates Carver from real life media moguls and business owners is the use of shady mercenaries.(or atleast getting caught using them) The scary thing is that if you would take just that one thing away from him Carver would still remain a really bad person who would have a huge negative influence on the world and would in all sence still be countable as a Bond villain, except legally:D
Love TND. Along with Octopussy, I see it as the most underrated Bond film. It's breakneck action from start to finish. The one-liners work very well and Yeoh is one of the best Bond girls of the entire series.
Pierce Brosnan Bond is the best mix of Sean and Roger and it's the last of the FUN in the Bond era, after that, it went all down heal with the Blond that is basically a generic movie with no redeeming qualities. Just Violence and no Fun.
I know this is like a month later but I recently checked out the movie and I thought it was good. Nothing amazing, but certainly not bad. I enjoyed this video a lot. Definitely helped soften me on this movie.
It was certainly the last 'fun' Bond film. After that The World is Not Enough tried (I'd say unsuccessfully) to explore themes of revenge, trauma, trust etc. Even Die Another Day attempted this. It worked much better in the Craig era. This was a more straightforward 'romp' in that sense. Not the best Bond film, but I really enjoy watching it.
@@putinscat1208 The opening's cool. I actually think there's some good parts in Die Another Day. The scenes when Bond goes to Cuba, meets with the guy and first meets Jinx are especially well written, acted and shot, and Bronsnan generally looks relaxed and Bondian. Then the plastic surgery subplot happens (seriously, they literally just took the basic plot of Diamonds are Forever) and then Bond drives an invisible car, rides a CGI wave and the villain wears wears a robot suit and shoots lasers from his fingers...
@@jhjhjhjhjhjhify Yep, it was the worse one ever at that point. If you discount all that, he drove what I believe was a convertible thru a thick wall of ice. I think the amount of violated physics in this one movie is what created Casino Royale.
Brosnan started out so strong end ended so weak that his two films in between often get overlooked. But TND is a great Bond film, and in several ways it is more "Bond-esque" than GoldenEye. One of the big improvements between GE and TND is the score. Eric Serra was not a good fit for Bond - David Arnold was PERFECT. About the only flaw in the TND score is the theme song which was apparently changed somewhat late in the game. Sheryl Crow's "Tomorrow Never Dies" is a decent tune - probably in the top half of my best Bond themes list, but KD Lang's "Surrender" is the best "rejected" Bond theme of all time. I can see why the change was made - Crow had more star power at the time - but neither of these songs had any potential to be a hit single outside of the film, and the fact that cues from "Surrender" appear throughout the rest of the score make it a better fit. No Bond film is perfect - and TND suffers from something that was common in the Brosnan films: A great idea that only gets lip service - often just abandoned. In DAD Bond gets captured and tortured - and it is all completely forgotten by the second act. In TWINE a man can feel no pain due to a bullet that will eventually kill him, and not only is there no payoff from that concept, but the man appears to actually feel pain in the final fight.... and in TND we have a former lover returning on the arm of the villain...but she is killed and never thought of again. This timidity to stray too far outside the proven formula strapped the Brosnan films and prevented them from reaching their full potential. This is something that was clearly remedied in the Craig films, but in my opinion they may have strayed too far and forgotten how Bond films are supposed to be fun. Brosnan had the right mix of Connery's toughness and Moore's charm, he could deliver the one-liners while still exploring deeper aspects of the character. He was held back by the scripts. Now that they have proven that you can step outside the comfort zones and still make a great Bond film, I hope they can find a more balanced tone for the next person to take on the roll.
36:43 This makes him a brutal killer. The attempted execution of Renard in TWINE almost made him a cold blooded murderer. Killing Elektra King in TWINE, did make him a cold blooded murderer. So, anybody that says Brosnan's Bond wasn't dark like Dalton or Craig..take a gander at these three scenes, plus, the way he kills Onatopp in Goldeneye.
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My thoughts are keep your political views to yourself. I don't need to know about your hatred towards the right or conservative media. We had an entire summer of burning churches, violent riots, killings. Meanwhile the mainstream media lying headlines read "peaceful protests" as a building was literally burning and looters were robbing stores. So keep your politics to yourself.
I think Tomorrow never dies has got better over time, perhaps overshadowed by Goldeneye which is superior than it.
Totally agree. It's criminally underrated, especially nowadays. It's one of the most fun Bond movies, for me at least
A bit cartoonish for my liking. The supposedly redeeming feminist character was reduced to a cart-wheel spinning anime character incapable of original thought. Glad things moved on really.
I actually like this one just a tad better than Goldeneye. The actress was awesome, and in my oponion the bad guy plot was very real world chilling. Very underrated.
This film aged wonderfully. Replace Elliot Carver with the head of a social media company and the movie would play straight today.
On point
Jeff Zucker
Yep. Swap in Zuckerberg or Dorsey.
THIS !!! Be it Zucc, Dorsey, Musk, Bezos, they all fit the part in a horrifyingly accurate way.
The villain plan itself is very suited for today's political and social landscape, but the movie itself has aged poorly. It looks cheap and very generic.
Wonderful video essay. Tomorrow Never Dies was so ahead of its time, especially when you look at the global news and social media in present day. The film has aged like a fine wine and even beat Mission: Impossible Fallout to the punch with Halo jumping and a remotely operated BMW.
Thank you so much! Yeah McQ REALLY must’ve loved TND because it basically was the precursor to his M:I movies!
MIF was actually scenes for a whole lot of different Bonds pressed together.
Lol come on. Brosnan didn't actually do the HALO jump himself and it wasn't done in one take
Tomorrow never dies was my first bond film.
TND is a fantastic film.
Pretty obvious the news now, is pushing for a conflict with China. It's scarily accurate.
YES! Thank you. Always loved TND and never get tired of rewatching it. I can never understand why so many ranking lists place this one so low. The opening sequence is fantastic, the final battle thrilling and Arnold's score is brilliant.
This is real talk!
IT has everything a good Bond movie is supposed to have
Great pre credit action sequence
Great title sequence
A villain trying to pit two world powers to start WW3
Acting like the UK is a superpower
Cool gadgets
A cool car
TWO cool car chases, each one the equal of anything in any other Bond film.
An awesome villain's lair
A memorable henchman (Dr Kauffman, he's in the film for 4 minutes, and I remember him 25 year later).
After I saw this movie, I could never forget it. Especially after Bond killed the villain while uttering some very important words, "You forgot the first rule of mass media: give the people what they want!"
A similar line was spoken by Arnold in one of the final scenes of "The running man".
M's reporting of Carver's death is a call back to the (then recent) death of real British media mogul Robert Maxwell, who apparently committed suicide on his own yacht
@@EBR1 “Well, I haven't been in show business as long as you have, Killian. But I'm a quick learner. So I'm going to give the audience what *I* think they want.”
“You b*stard. Drop dead!”
*”I don’t do requests.”*
Pure Arnie perfection.
Watched this last night for the first time in yeeeears and I gotta say, this might be the most underrated film in the series. The action is massive and top notch. It’s got one of the best Bond Women of all time. A great villain with a distinct goal. Sick gadgets, and a really fun henchman in that old German assassin scene. It baffles me why so many fans diss this film. Loved this essay too!
David Arnold's score for this film is a masterpiece. A great film and one of the best Bond scores of all time.
If you want masterpiece then maybe listen to the scores by John Barry. No one comes close to him.
For the longest time, this was my favorite Brosnan Bond film. That later changed to GoldenEye, but I see Tomorrow Never Dies as a solid follow up. Also, I think its aged the best within his 4 movies. The plot is actually pretty plausible in this age of consent news, ever changing technology, and idealistic / brash businessmen.
100% man I def agree. It’s just such a ripper and agreed the fact that it’s aged so well has only made it better.
Goldeneye is still my favourite Brosnan turn as Bond but this one quite good because of Michelle Yeoh involvement particularly for her stunts work.
For me it's still is the best Brosnan's Bond. I liked GE the least (out of Brosnan's) when I first saw it. Since then it grew on me, and I understand why majority of Bond fans love it. But also understood one of its major flaws for me: GE's score of Serra is a lacklustre and detracts from film's atmosphere, while Arnold was fantastic as Bond composer and TND is one of his better works.
Tomorrow Never dies should still be your favorite
As wonderful as Anthony Hopkins always is, I can't imagine him Jonathan Price's character. It would have been a very different villain.
This is the first Bond movie I saw in theaters... even though Living Daylights, License to Kill, and GoldenEye came out when I was around...
I love that!
Me too! It was a perfect storm. I played the n64 game all the time and saw this in theatres lol
This was the first DVD I ever owned, first James Bond movie I ever saw and I for the life of me never understood the hate. It is the Bond movie that has held up the most and truly has a realistic plot. It’s a modern day The Spy Who Loved Me.
Every Bond release they say, "this time we have a strong woman" lol
True 😁😉
The bond girl in this film was definitely stronger than the past ones though.
So true that there's this trend to down play the accomplishments of the past and try to pretend their the first with a lot of film makers.
Great video essay. I never thought of Tomorrow Never Dies the same way despite me finding it underrated. Definitely wanna revisit it now
Thank you so much! That's exactly the kind of response I was hoping to get out of people so I'm glad the video was effective haha
The best thing about this movie is the one-liner when Bond kills Carver.
"You forgot the first rule of mass media, Elliot... give the people WHAT THEY WANT!!!"
or '' they print everything these days''
Also,
“Please Mr. Bond…I’m just a professional doing a job!”
“…me too”
BANG!
"I may have some breaking news for you, Elliot." xD
or
"I would have thought watching your TV shows was torture enough."
Bloody brilliant!
Tomorrow Never Dies is honestly one my favorite Bond movies. As you said, a perfect execution of the Bond formula. It nails the formula and improves upon it. Seriously underrated Bond movie.
Despite being a Bond fan since the first time I laid eyes on License To Kill, this was the first Bond movie I saw in theaters.
My parents wanted to see Titanic, and thank god this was also playing at the same time.
Always felt it was a great entry and classic James Bond.
These videos are the type that want me to make a RUclips channel just talking about movies that I love and trying to convince everyone else why they're great.
Thank you! This film deserves so much more credit than it gets. I remember after leaving the theater with my friends. I said I think Bond is actually ahead of his time, story wise and action sequences. They were all like no just another Bond film. I said do you see the way the world is changing. Maybe it was just me. In my Jr. and Sr. year of H.S. I spent half the day working on computers. This is going to age me but I don't care. I graduated in 1987. I was the top student two years in a row on those ancient machines. It came with perks though. If the teacher left the class everyone knew I was in charge. It also came with a recommendation to work at the IRS on the weekends while still going to school. I digress, I love this movie and wish more people would appreciate it what it accomplished. Peace
I think that Tomorrow Never Dies is the one Bond-film out of the Brosnan-era that comes closest to replicating the feeling of the Connery/early Moore-era films.
i dont know why pierce brosnan gets so much hate as james bond.. as per looks he is easily one of the best.. even his movies including die another day has some good takeaways.. especially the Iceland setting...
Brosnan’s entire tenure doesn’t get the credit it deserves. All of his movies are fun and action packed and he’s one hell of a Bond.
hes my fav
I never seen anyone hating on Brosnan's Bond.
I always thought Brosnan had the best combination of Moore’s suaveness, and Connery’s toughness
@@FilmSpeak I grew on Brosnan films. He was THE Bond for me, followed by Moore in my childhood, I didn't understood Dalton for example, and Connery's looked dated. Since then my tastes have shifted completely, Dalton and Connery are the Bonds for me now, so are their film tenures I consider the best (add OHMSS, CR and scenes from other Craig's for perfect cocktail). Still, the sentimentals is still there. Brosnan surely looks the part. And his films are FUN. For kid me, DAD was great, and I was later surprised by the amount of hate it gets. For kid me, Brosnan films were the best. Also, 90s ACTION in the same cocktail with Mooresque quips. Great.
This is a GREAT analysis. Thank you for putting into words just how enjoyable and truly clever this film is. Perhaps the amount of fun that Brosnan seems to be having in the car chase directly following Paris’s death might have contributed to the audience forgetting about her so quickly. But who could blame him? The action is terrific!
The love for this movie seems bigger now than it ever has. It's just great ! Classic !
Yes! Pierce is the best!! Tomorrow Never Dies is my #2 fav. Spy Who Loved Me has that awesome 70's touch that will always make it my #1.
Tomorrow Never Dies was the first Bond I saw in theaters, and it also introduced me to Michelle Yeoh, so I kind of have a soft spot for it.
I love that you name dropped the end credits song in your script. It’s truly a shame that k.d. lang’s banger never made it to the title sequence.
Agreed. So much better than Sheryl Crow's effort
My first Bond movie I ever saw as a kid, I still love it. Brosnan was great, so was Yeoh.
I oddly think this movie is a lot of fun. i remember the one hand each motorcycle scene being kinda cool as a kid. As well as them jumping down building while the banner rips. It’s just cool. I also imagine despite it not being as good as goldeneye making a lot of money. Kinda the same way TDKR made more than TDK simply because of the latter being so beloved.
Very underrated in my opinion. One of my favorite Bond movies and definitely my favorite BrosnanBond movie.
I’m always undecided as to whether I prefer goldeneye or tomorrow never dies; GE has a fantastic central connection between bond and trevelyan that’s very unique to the film, so I feel it’s more engaging dramatically, but I also never get bored for a single second in TND. Great video!
Tomorrow Never Dies is my favourite Brosnan Bond film, even Goldeneye. Michelle Yeoh was a great addition to the series and I feel it is Brosnan's best performance in the role.
I always liked TND precisely because even back then you could see where the whole '24 hour news' business model was heading; even good ole Aunty Beeb got sucked into it. It has created monsters; not Elliot Carver's (yet?) but it lead to 'fake news', alternative truth' and rampant egotism in the media mainly from one source: Murdoch.
Michelle yeoh is 1st asian actress to star on bond.. nd she started the asian action woman trend with lucy liu following the next year with charlies angels nd zoe with the transporter. . she opened the gates for asian woman in action.
Excellent point!
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Made her a star not charlies angels for christ sake
@@josephpizzo1250 read the comment properly.. i said asian female legacy is followed up next year by lucy liu in Charlie's angels.. i never said michelle yeoh got famous by Charliea angels
@@josephpizzo1250 I think you misunderstood the paragraph. The person was referring Lucy Liu in Charlie Angel, not Michelle yeoh. We all know Michelle yeoh is star in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. It just mention that Michelle yeoh is the first Asian actress that opening up the floodgate for female asian actress in the US market.
@@Wawa5150 Cheng Pei Pei and Angela Mayo were from the 70's way before Michell Yeoh, your just too young to know that ....and they. were tha baddest women in cinema kung fu!
Pierce Brosnan IS James Bond..
Nobody can replace him..
he both looks and feels like Bond.
Nobody does it better.
Tomorrow Never Dies and The World is Not Enough are forgotten greats in the bond franchise that deserve more attention.
Great action, great villians, great Bond girl, great Bond.
It’s a great Bond film, very underrated! Would you do a similar video for World is not enough?
Also this film absolutely should have been called tomorrow never LIES, it makes so much more sense to me
"Forgot"? Not me. My favorite of the 4 Pierce Brosnan made. And such a great music
Great action great David Arnold score. Michelle Yeoh kicking ass love it!
Another fantastic video essay! So I’ve only seen Dr. No and all the Craig films but I plan on watching all of them and this definitely got me more excited! Great job!
Michelle Yeoh still is the best Bond Girl. They tried one similar with Jynx in Die Another Day but Yeoh kicks way more ass in TND
Tomorrow Never Dies plot has aged like fine wine.
I found this easily the best of the brosnan era
Could you do an essay about licence to kill. I think it has the most underrated villain in the series.
Elliot Carver was a great villain. Often a campy one, but that actually made him more frightening. And yes - it did portent the power / potential of 21stC media promulgation of propaganda.
One of the best Bonds...ever.
I was literally thinking of this movie today and I randomly see this vid.
This is actually my favorite bond movie
I like your videos. I really do. And I feel much the same way. But the way you highlight Fox News while glossing over Jeff Zucker and CNN and how they manufacture narrative better than anyone kind of highlights the effectiveness of Eliot Carver’s character.
FINALLY, someone who agrees that the Sheryll Crow song is good!!! One of the best Bond songs, in my opinion.
The funny thing is Rupert Murdoch, the real-life version of the Bond Villain, Elliot Carver, is FAR MORE DANGEROUS and DESTRUCTIVE than Fiction.
I have always liked tomorrow never dies and its my favorite among pierce' series. Fake news is more relevant today vs 1997
I think Tomorrow Never Dies has the best bond song
I love this movie. Arguably the best pre-credit sequence. Having M and the others watch adds a level of enjoyment. Especially when M gets the opportunity to gloat when Bond saves the day. Great gadget car. A big improvement after the BMW Z4 didn't do anything in the last movie (don't show me them loading missiles in the car if they don't use them). The plot is less convoluted than most Bond movies. It's pretty much A to B. But the action is great. The title sucks though. It should have been Tomorrow Never Lies.
I find the movie one of the most rewatchable 007 movies
Glad this vid was made. This is my fave of all the Brosnan Bond era. That remote control car chase with literal back-seat driving is *chefs kiss* & it's villain's goal was ahead of its time
I’m thrilled you loved it and absolutely agree!
A forgotten film???, really? This is one of my favorite Bond films, lots of fun, good story, action, etc. Forgotten? Not by me.
Excellent video, I've been saying this for a long time. The best bond movie of that era of James bond
this is The Bond film i've watched the most. jeg Such good fun.
Just watched this and it was great.
Forgot it? I was such a huge fan that I went out and got *my* Brosnan pierced!
For me, Tomorrow Never Dies is tied at #4 with the 3 Lewis Gilbert films it was trying to ape. This film is, along with the underrated Octopussy, the most action packed film of the series. The biggest downside IMO is there isn't enough of an action breather before the climax, but at the same time I love the svelte runtime. Also, Crow theme song > Surrender.
Wo! John Berry is Bond soundtrack! That was the one problem in Goldemeye is his presence is missed. Craig movies brought back soundtrack of Berry’s soundtrack. One of the rasons Quantum Of Solace such a great movie!
Tomorrow never dies is my favorite Bond movie lmao
I loved the film. Pierce Brosnen's Bond is my favorite. He has lots of personality. I think the manipulative media story line predicted well what we have with CNN and the like these days. Although that kind of doing hit pieces on people with false or incomplete information goes back long before the Covington kids. There's a long history of the media turning the public on people and inciting violence going back before the film was made.
Thanks for this comment. The creator is, understandably, critical of Fox News, but fails to mention CNN, MSNBC, or other garbage media outlets.
@@tboyd5150 Yup
This is my favorite bond film. Saw it in theaters when I was 8.
Seeing that young Keanu getting hyped warms my heart
Seeing previews on tv for this movie was my introduction to James Bond as a kid. That moment when he’s in bed with the woman and answers the phone “Bond here.”, and the shot of them riding the motorcycle along the collapsing deck were the first real images I remember having of a James Bond movie. I was too young to go see the movie, but we got an N64 and started playing the GoldenEye game soon after that, so I did play a video game before I ever saw any of the movies. Then started watching them, starting with renting GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies when it came out on video. I think the remote controlled car in TND was my favourite part of both films.
Brosnan was my inception for Bond, so he is kinda still the most quintessential image of Bond for me, even though Craig has easily overtaken him as my favourite Bond. GoldenEye, TND and Die Another Day (which is MY personal choice for the most underrated Bond film, IMO) will always have a special place in my heart. I don’t really enjoy World Is Not Enough unfortunately, though I think the pre-title sequence is one of the better ones. Certainly one of the longest ones (No Time To Die just blew it out of the water for THE longest, though.)
I also think Carver has one of the most iconic Bond villain lines for me: “Let the mayhem begin!”
pb is perfect as james bond
This video inspired me to watch the Brosnan films for the first time, I’d give Goldeneye an 8 and Tommorow Never Dies a 7. Great video Griffin, very well made and I love how passionate you are and it shows.
This is my sisters favorite Bond film. At the end of video she immediately cited her fav parts; Bond’s reaction to being able to re- inflate the tires during the parking building sequence; and during the motorcycle sequence the reactions of a woman apparently making love to an unseen partner, after she sees them race through her dwelling, she seems to return to HER activities with gusto.(we call this woman Ms. Kinky). And my sister most definitely dis-agrees with you about the ending; she sees it as a natural result of what they went through. And we leave you with our thoughts on this final ‘debriefing’ scene: First come ‘de-briefs’,then comes ‘de-BRA’.
& PS. Before there was Rupert Murdoch, the was William Randolph Hearst. Rudy is nothing new..
Excellent Tube, Griffin. I really like your take on this film and Quantum, both of which are way better than fanboys say.
I'd like to share three thoughts --
1. Many people seem to miss a major flaw of this movie which is also, oddly, its strength: it's a remake of one of the best films in the franchise, THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. The beginning and endings are identical, and the entire foreign agent angle.
2. When speaking of the score I'm amazed you didn't spend more time on the parking garage sequence. The music and visuals are INTENSE.
3. I'm indifferent to Sheryl Crow's music but this song really REALLY grabs you. "Darling I'm killed... I'm in puddle on the floor... waiting... for you... to return." It's a flash forward into the story of Paris being murdered and James nowhere to be found. A missing scene of foreshadown. It's a WOW.
4. I enjoyed Bond and Yeoh becoming a couple. Kinda breaks down the 'must be a white lady' thing rather well.
Jonathan Pryce didn’t make a threatening lead villain, that’s why it’s a bit forgotten
Well, it's underrated for a reason...
My favourite brosnan bond! Such an amazing popcorn film. Wish I could have seen this in cinemas.
Let's think a moment.
"GoldenEye" and "Casino Royale" : Well recieved, first installments of a new Bond.
"Tomorrow Never Dies" and "Quantum of Solace" : Underappreciated, second installments of a new Bond.
This was my second favorite Bond movie growing up and I got all the nuance the first go round so I didn’t need this video to justify how underrated this entry is. But I watched the review and while I’m fine with you comparing Carver to Murdoch, I couldn’t help but think you only view Fox Media as an entity to portray as villains, as if somehow the likes of CNN & MSNBC aren’t culpable in the chaos that ensued in 2020 BEFORE the ”insurrection”. And I won’t act like the guy who got elected isn’t responsible for the current wealth of problems like high gas prices, millions of people quitting their jobs, undocumented citizens trying to get benefits, and a pandemic that shows no signs of going away despite more people than not adhering to the FORCED mandates.
This is my best Brosnan's and top-7 Bond movie ever. While I have love-hate relationships with Bond formula, this film is extremely formulaic to the t (there's almost nothing but formula the whole film), but executes it so great you really feel those Arnold's fanfares in your soul. This is cheerful spectacle, Bond at its prime, unlike Craig's art. Everything is there. That's why I love this this film ever since my childhood.
Amazing video, my first Bond film
I only forgot the Craig Movies.
I think I’ve seen all the other 20 movies more than 50 times
I adore Tommorow Never Dies but if I could make one change its that the Paris Carver character should have been a previous Bond girl. I would choose either Nataliya or Pam Bouvier
Man I feel like I say this every time I check out one of your videos, but this might be my favourite one! I love how you explored the impact this film had on Brosnan’s run and the franchise as a whole.
It’s true that Tomorrow Never Dies did have a different more modern feel than GoldenEye in many ways. I of course agree GoldenEye is the best of the Brosnan run (and just the best of the pre-Craig films overall imo), but I think Tomorrow Never Dies and his following two films are all very underrated. This film in particular I think probably did have just the absolute best action of the franchise overall until the Craig films, and it really holds up.
I did not know that Izabella Scorupco was ever considered to return as Natalya Simonova in this film in what ended up being Teri Hatcher/Paris Carver’s role… but like you said I’m not sure I would want her to go out like that since she is one of the all time great Bond girls imo.
Amazing video!
It wasn’t forgotten, it’s just overshadowed by much better films.
Thanks for the great content. I love these longer videos
I think you just made me like this movie even more than I did...thank you
Weirdly, I always preferred Tomorrow Never Dies to GoldenEye. Probably because I felt that Brosnan didn't seem to fit as well in GoldenEye.
I wasn`t a Brosnan fan,but IMO of the four he did,TND was his best.The plot got back to old Bond formula.A mix of YOLT an TSWLM.
It's crazy to think that the only thing that separates Carver from real life media moguls and business owners is the use of shady mercenaries.(or atleast getting caught using them) The scary thing is that if you would take just that one thing away from him Carver would still remain a really bad person who would have a huge negative influence on the world and would in all sence still be countable as a Bond villain, except legally:D
Love TND. Along with Octopussy, I see it as the most underrated Bond film. It's breakneck action from start to finish. The one-liners work very well and Yeoh is one of the best Bond girls of the entire series.
Pierce Brosnan Bond is the best mix of Sean and Roger and it's the last of the FUN in the Bond era, after that, it went all down heal with the Blond that is basically a generic movie with no redeeming qualities. Just Violence and no Fun.
Can anyone pls tell me the name of the font in the thumbnail... It's life or death for me.
"Tomorrow.." is my favourite Brosnan Bond movie
I know this is like a month later but I recently checked out the movie and I thought it was good. Nothing amazing, but certainly not bad. I enjoyed this video a lot. Definitely helped soften me on this movie.
It was certainly the last 'fun' Bond film. After that The World is Not Enough tried (I'd say unsuccessfully) to explore themes of revenge, trauma, trust etc. Even Die Another Day attempted this. It worked much better in the Craig era. This was a more straightforward 'romp' in that sense. Not the best Bond film, but I really enjoy watching it.
Die Another Day was insane. I mean the opening with his getting tortured and the scorpions.
@@putinscat1208 The opening's cool. I actually think there's some good parts in Die Another Day. The scenes when Bond goes to Cuba, meets with the guy and first meets Jinx are especially well written, acted and shot, and Bronsnan generally looks relaxed and Bondian. Then the plastic surgery subplot happens (seriously, they literally just took the basic plot of Diamonds are Forever) and then Bond drives an invisible car, rides a CGI wave and the villain wears wears a robot suit and shoots lasers from his fingers...
@@jhjhjhjhjhjhify Yep, it was the worse one ever at that point. If you discount all that, he drove what I believe was a convertible thru a thick wall of ice. I think the amount of violated physics in this one movie is what created Casino Royale.
Everything has to be Legendary in this times
Brosnan started out so strong end ended so weak that his two films in between often get overlooked. But TND is a great Bond film, and in several ways it is more "Bond-esque" than GoldenEye. One of the big improvements between GE and TND is the score. Eric Serra was not a good fit for Bond - David Arnold was PERFECT. About the only flaw in the TND score is the theme song which was apparently changed somewhat late in the game. Sheryl Crow's "Tomorrow Never Dies" is a decent tune - probably in the top half of my best Bond themes list, but KD Lang's "Surrender" is the best "rejected" Bond theme of all time. I can see why the change was made - Crow had more star power at the time - but neither of these songs had any potential to be a hit single outside of the film, and the fact that cues from "Surrender" appear throughout the rest of the score make it a better fit.
No Bond film is perfect - and TND suffers from something that was common in the Brosnan films: A great idea that only gets lip service - often just abandoned. In DAD Bond gets captured and tortured - and it is all completely forgotten by the second act. In TWINE a man can feel no pain due to a bullet that will eventually kill him, and not only is there no payoff from that concept, but the man appears to actually feel pain in the final fight.... and in TND we have a former lover returning on the arm of the villain...but she is killed and never thought of again.
This timidity to stray too far outside the proven formula strapped the Brosnan films and prevented them from reaching their full potential. This is something that was clearly remedied in the Craig films, but in my opinion they may have strayed too far and forgotten how Bond films are supposed to be fun. Brosnan had the right mix of Connery's toughness and Moore's charm, he could deliver the one-liners while still exploring deeper aspects of the character. He was held back by the scripts. Now that they have proven that you can step outside the comfort zones and still make a great Bond film, I hope they can find a more balanced tone for the next person to take on the roll.
10x better than any Daniel Craig Bonds
Tomorrow never dies the game has incredible sound!
I think is one of most amused Bond films
I would pay to read this
36:43 This makes him a brutal killer. The attempted execution of Renard in TWINE almost made him a cold blooded murderer. Killing Elektra King in TWINE, did make him a cold blooded murderer.
So, anybody that says Brosnan's Bond wasn't dark like Dalton or Craig..take a gander at these three scenes, plus, the way he kills Onatopp in Goldeneye.