TOMORROW NEVER DIES: Pierce Brosnan - James Bond Revisited
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- After GOLDENEYE turned out to be a smash hit in the fall of 1995, EON Productions and United Artists worked overtime to make sure another James Bond 007 movie was out within two years, resulting in the rushed but action-packed TOMORROW NEVER DIES. Co-starring Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Pryce and Teri Hatcher, this James Bond instalment would open on the very same day as James Cameron's TITANIC and end-up kind of a footnote in the 007 canon. How does it hold up twenty-four years later? Join us as we revisit perhaps one of the most fraught with conflict James Bond productions ever on James Bond Revisited.
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Götz Otto, who plays one of the henchmen, had one of the greatest auditions ever. When he came to casting they told him that he had only 3 minutes to convince them, to which he replied: "I only need 3 seconds: I'm big, I'm bad, I'm German!" - The rest is history
So pretty much Necros 2.0 from The Living Daylights
He also plays an excellent role in Iron Sky
they should have a henchman ranking in these videos because he was really good.
He's the best in this, I fucking love cartoon villains. 😁
I read he was given 20 seconds and did it in 5 but regardless it's still dope
Interesting fact: Elliot Carver is actually based on Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine Maxwell's father, rather than Rupert Murdoch.
Correct....
Ooooof
It's even worse when M faked Carver's death as a drowning off the side of his yacht. As Maxwell was a suspected agent for MI6.
Another question: Did Steve Jobs base his look on Carver or was it the other way around? :D
Yeah, I don't remember when Rupert Murdoch did anything like Elliot Carver did in this movie (unless you believe the garbage printed by HuffPost... in that case Rupert Murdoch is more aligned with Satan than Elliot Carver)
bond remote controlling the car was my favorite thing from the entire franchise as a kid
They preserved one, it's occasionally on display and belongs to BMW's historic collection in Munich
It was truly badass!
I consider it one of the best action sequences in all Bond movies
20 years later in 2017 BMW introduced 7 series with remote control parking
The expression on Brosnan's face and his hand gesture when the BMW is flying through the air into the Avis store is fantastic. It gets me every time I see it. Truly priceless
I'm in the minority here but this is my favorite Brosnan's Bond film. The action scenes were quite excellent, especially that car chase in the parking garage. Also, I used to have an Ericsson cell phone that looked very similar to the one Bond used in the film.
Goldeneye is the better film, but this is more entertaining.
Reading the commentaries, i don't think we are a minority. Tomorrow Never Dies is one of my favorite Bond movies of all times too. Very underrated movie.
Same here. Yeah it was silly & over the top. However those things also made it a ton of fun. Also Jonathan Price was an awesome megalomaniacal villain. Also it’s premise was surprisingly prescient.
This film seems to have a rather generic feel (facsimile galore), with the premise similar to YOLT, and elements drawn from TMWTGG (Asia, martial arts) and A View to a Kill (monopoly, this time of a fledgling service).
Seriously, Monica Bellucci should have been cast as Paris, though the substance of the entry would not have been greatly improved even with the future, 50-ish Bond woman in this. (Hatcher has subsequently expressed regret being in this film, though she did rebound with a darker tv comedy called Desperate Housewives.)
The train wreck known as Die Another Day is about the only thing that helps bolster the standing of this nondescript (Titanic or Not!) entry.
The moment I saw this movie in the theatres, I LOVED it. And I loved it for years afterwards.
Actually my favorite of the Brosnan era.
I completely disagree with the analysis of the video. For me this is the quintessential Bond film, like all Brosnan Bond films. I thought it was awesome.
Bond films are suppose to be over the top and campy with satire. With crazy cartoon gadgets, and crazy over the top villians taking over the world. These films are fun as hell.
Compare these to Daniel Craig bond films which are horribly boring, and bland, and take themselves too serious. I cannot stand the new films, basically Jason Bourne rip offs.
Stamper was actually a decent henchman in this movie, sadly no mention of him in this video.
Dollar Tree Dolph Lundgren... Nah, just kidding, he was cool.
I always loved how he went after Bond for revenge after the deaths of Carver and his crew. It was a really nice touch for the character.
Stamper has a crush on Carver
"I believe I owe you an unpleasant death Mr. Bond"
@@L1ntaur I prefer when in Goldfinger the villain says : I expect you to DIE Mr. Bond!
This film is more relevant today than initially perceived. Manipulation of news media, information, and the public at large.
The car chase was in Hamburg was one of the best of any Bond films.
I think Brosnan was one of the best actors to play Bond and the producers failed him.
Exactly! That's why I rate it higher than Goldeneye....it might actually be the most authentic of the franchise...and the Brosnan era is strongly criticized for lacking that when the gadgets were getting out of control....what you see in that movie isn't far off the mark in terms of what we see today....Elliot Carver was based on Murdoch....
This is my favorite Brosnan movie. The most action-packed of all Bond movies. And I think it aged way better than on release. The critics said that the threat of world domination by fake news was too weak compared to previous Bond bad guys but honestly nowadays that's how world domination is.
Yep. Best one with Brosnan. Characters and story are decent. The pretitle scene, the pacing, action, humor, and music are all top-tier Bond.
Still maintain the scene with Vincent Schavelli is one of the best Bond baddie scenes in the series. He is both menacing and funny.
"Believe me Mr.Bond, I could shoot from Stuttgart and make it look like a suicide!"
*Bond:* "It won't look like a suicide if you shoot me from over there."
*Kaufman:* "I have a doctorate in forensic medicine. Believe me, Mr. Bond, I could shoot you from Stuttgart, unt still create ze proper effect."
I wish they built up to his appearance. He was a tad too goofy to suddenly appear in the film.
Elliot Carver Is the most realistic villain in Bond history. His actual plan it's to replaced the China goverment and get His media group in to the asian gigant
Kinda a Dr No, without the hand
Yeah, if anything, I think the fact that he wasn't too imposing was kind of the point. Carver didn't NEED to be impressive on his own, because the media machine he'd created was so powerful. Plus, I genuinely adore Jonathan Pryce and he's clearly having so much fun hamming it up throughout the movie. :-)
Wanting too much realism in Bond movies is why the franchise is in the state it's in today.
Well, a lot of critics called him silly. . . But in the 20s, a media tycoon influencing the minds of millions of people isn't that silly anymore
Carver is a good Bond villain. He doesn't need to be physically tough or trying to take over the world. His wealth and entitlement/arrogance make him dangerous.
Funnily enough, when I rewatched the Bond series, this was surprised me in that it was far smarter, tonally consistent, and more fun than I remembered. David Arnold's incredible score also elevates this one tremendously and I prefer his orchestral sound faaarrrr more than Serra's GoldenEye
Yes. The music in the final 3 minutes of this film is absolute-peak David Arnold ("All In A Day's Work").
Tomorrow Never Dies is more relevant today than it was in 1997.
Media gaslighting ala CNN.
I would say it was relevant then and continues to be relevant now.
David Arnold/propellerheads OHMSS theme is SO BADASS
Bond shot an "unarmed" villain? You mean the one that just tried to murder him in cold blood? WTF did you expect him to do? Call the police? Give him a stern talking to? Post something mean in his Facebook page?
And Dr. Kaufman also just murdered Paris. Bond has killed for far less.
Oh, great, now I've got this image of Bond posting that meme of Leonardo Di Caprio with the champagne glass with some nasty comment on Kaufman's page...
Call me crazy but out of all the bond movies this is my #1 bond movie ever. Tons of action love the music and Pierce's like a one-man Rambo
It was for me as well for a very long time. It was also the first one that I watched and the PS1 game was one of the first PS games we owned. So this movie definitely influenced me as a kid.
@@Skyfox94 that game was atrocious
@@spaceodds1985 It was! Nonetheless it I loved it. The second skiing level and the one were you play as Wai Lin took me ages to complete
Thank you! I'm not the only one!
The Ericsson JB988 is my favorite gadget of the entire Bond franchise
This is actually my favorite of the Brosnan Bond movies. Yeah, the plot is pretty silly, but the action is incredible (especially both chase scenes), the script is witty and fun and Michelle Yeoh is fantastic as Wai Lin. I love it.
Ironically, Tomorrow Never Dies is probably my favorite Bond film. A great blend of the new and old style of film Bonds.
My too. Thats what im talking about.
That’s one of the things I love about the Bond franchise... each one of the films is someone’s favorite.
Love that so many of them are so different, I never get bored rewatching them all
Could not agree more and before you ask, Dalton is my favourite Bond and Brosnan is my worst
@@GallantSector Exactly, there is a film for each mood.
@@spaceodds1985 well for me brosnan is my first and Sean Connery is my worse
This is probably my favorite of the Brosnan Era. It was just a lot of fun.
the remote controlled BMW chase scene was the biggest highlight of this JB installment
While I adored Goldeneye, this is my favorite of the Brosnan Bond movies. I like Jonathan Pryce as the villain because his type of villainy seems more current than the last throes of the Cold War in Goldeneye. I also thought the final song should have been the theme.
Having KD Lang, an open lesbian, singing the Bond theme would also have been another sign of James Bond moving with the times, just like having a female M. It was a missed opportunity.
I've always thought TND was a bit underrated, and it's easily my 2nd fave of the Brosnan Bonds. It's just pure fun. Although I agree that it's travesty that kd lang's "Surrender" wasn't the main title track, especially considering that the song's melody was a primary theme throughout the movie. From what I remember at the time, it was simply a matter of the studio thinking kd lang wasn't a big enough name, and bringing in Sheryl Crow at the last minute. At least the rest of David Arnold's score is fantastic.
Totally agree
Its IMD is 6.5/10 I gave it easily a 7.5/10 maybe just under an 8 so ye it is hugely underrated I preferred it to Skyfall so I dont know what they says.
Waited for this entry for a long time. Thank you for deep-diving into my favorite Bond movie from childhood. Objectively, i know it's a 6/10, but in my heart it's only behind Goldfinger and Spy Who Loved Me. And as a Bond Mega Fan for 30 years, i am again humbled to learn *new* things about 007. I knew the movie was rushed into development, i knew Pierce wanted Monica Bellucci cast, but was shocked to learn the director was reviled and Donald Westlake's script was novelized! Thank you for your kind words for this movie. GoldenEye is (objectively) superior, but GoldenEye wasted it's Q-car and TND had the best Q-car scene since Living Daylights.
First DVD movie I ever bought back in 98!! Awesome!!
Same!
@@brianmaxim NICE!!!👍
I thought the villain plot to start a war by spoofing the GPS network was very clever. Though ironically if Carver had "won", his empire probably would have been crushed by the internet anyway.
What was his endgame though? If he had succeeded in starting a war between the world's biggest nuclear and military superpowers what would his goal be afterwards, to corner the media market in an uninhabitable nuclear wasteland? If he had some plan laid out to hide underground and seize control of whatever society emerges afterwards his plan would make more sense to me.
@@johnallen3033 Umm.... the point is if he can start a war he can also end them too.
Wouldn't the internet just expand his empire? He clearly wants to control every medium.
Well if you think about it.... lots of media these days have been gaslighting conflict, granted on a milder and mostly domestic scale.
@@johnallen3033 I believe the General he was scheming with was going to take control after the heads of government were killed. He would sue for peace and be the leader of China while being seen as an international hero for ending a war.
One of most underrated James Bond movies . Theme song is also underrated.
The weight brosnan put on was clean and achieved naturally through diet and working with a personal trainer 5 days a week to give him a more imposing figure to that of goldeneye which many considered to be too thin, myself included. His hair was also taken in at the sides purely to give a more sharp appearance. Nothing was a result of simply 'letting himself go' or aging as you imply. In my opinion he looked at his best physically in this.
Great video as always. Thanks 👊
I loved his wavy hair - haha.
Great action great David Arnold score Michell Yeoh kicking ass love it!
I feel like this Bond movie is a special one for me for the childhood memories and sheer awe factor I got from it. My dad and I had a tradition of seeing every new Bond movie from the Bronson era in theatres and we both absolutely LOVED this one at the time and I gotta disagree about the bad guy because i think Eliot Carver is one of my top Bond villains for sure, he's as over the top as they come but somehow still believable, like it's something that could have potentially happened to a corrupt media mogul. Overall I'd put this one in my top 5 bond films EASILY.
This was my favorite Brosnan one growing up. David Arnold's score is amazing and Jonathan Pryce made a fun villain. Good henchmen too. Loved the scene with Dr. Kaufman and the remote controlled car chase. That helicopter jump is epic too
I didn't like TND the first time I saw it, but it's grown on my since then and repeat viewings have been rewarding. Thank you for continuing this series, I can't wait for the next one.
This movies slaps! My favorite Bond (also the first one I saw in theaters). A perfect blend of Roger Moore's campiness with Brosnan's 90s action style, and some of the most creative stunt set pieces in the franchise (the remote controlled car and the motorcycle chase). I will forever fight for this movie to be taken seriously as a top 5 Bond film!
Probably my favorite Bond film. Very underrated. Solid plot, great Bond villain, best bond girl ever (Yeoh).
I will return when JoBlo returns in The World is not enough.... Great as usual!! Thanx!!!
I'm in the minority maybe, but I honestly love this film. Almost as much as Goldeneye. I think it's plot has aged better than almost any Bond plot, it's more relevant now than when it came out lol. The action is some of my favorite on the franchise, in particular the parking garage chase, and motorbike chase with them handcuffed together was fantastic
Yeah I agree. I’ll be honest with you, I actually like Tomorrow Never Dies more than GoldenEye.
I still have this on VHS.
I'm 31 years old, watched this film countless times in my teens, only just realised the 'cunning linguist' double entendre when you drew attention to it...wow.
I'm a bit of a Bond geek and a huge fan of David Arnold. I totally agree that KD Lang's Surrender should have been the opening title music. A few years ago, I actually edited the titles together with Surrender to see if it works and it does! It's in my videos if you want to see it. It's worth watching.
Am I the only one who really love this movie
No. This is my #1 bond movie of all time.
@@thedarkknightman6150 for me it's definitly an underrated Bond movie. I would put it at Nr.4 or Nr.5 with Goldeneye
@@ralleracingtv0210 my top 5 best Bond movies number one Tomorrow Never Dies number 2 Quantum of Solace and number three Never Say Never Again number for license to Kill number five Octopussy
@@thedarkknightman6150 Quantum Of Solace at Nr.2 very interresting.
My Top 5 are:
1/2. Casino Royale/Skyfall
3. Licence To Kill
4/5. Tomorrow Never Dies/GoldenEye
Yes
My first Bond and the Ps1 game was gold.
This was always my favourite Bond movie as a kid, and maybe I"m viewing it through rose-tinted glasses but I always thought that this had a great variety of unique and memorable action scenes, cool gadgets, villains that are chewing the scenery, and a freaking stealth boat! I really liked Michelle Yeoh's character as she was one of the first Bond girls in my viewing experience that could hold her own and wasn't strictly defined by her sexual chemistry with Bond = plus, she had a bunch of cool gadgets too!
One of the most historically important firearms manufacturer, Walther, sponsored the movie and introduced their new P99 automatic pistol to replace the traditional PPK that was the favorite Bond pistol since the Sean Connery era. There was a special edition of the P99 with serial numbers beginning with 007, around 500 pistols or so.
My favourite Brosnan Bond movie! I think the villain is probably one of the most realistic, especially compared to what is happening in the world today.
Media mogul influencing the world?
Where have we heard that before? ?
That's total crap . . . Such things don't exist. Believe the "fact checkers" everyone and "trust the experts"
Growing up from Hong Kong, Michelle Yeoh was one of the female action star since the 1980s, and she was beautiful. I was so glad she play a big part in Bond film.
My personal choice she ranks 4th best bond girl, after Vesper Lynd, Tracy Bond, and Pussy Galore.
Michelle Yeoh really did steal this movie! She's fantastic in everything she appears in, I've always been a big fan.
To me this movie and Golden-Eye both were my favorite Pierce Brodmans James Bond films during his time as 007 back in the day
TND set DVD sales records. This was the film that killed VHS.
Fantastic video, as always.
I am loving this series! I’ve been rebuilding my Bond collection on Google Movies since you started this about 7 months ago. We seem to agree on all films so far, and you’ve even reminded me how much I love some forgotten favourites. Keep up the good work!
don't forget that fucking Google can and will pull the movies eventually. these digital libraries are not forever
Looking back, this was the darkest Pierce Brosnan-era Bond movie... especially that final showdown.
"Number one rule of journalism, Elliot: Always give people what they want!"
Cinematography is also outstanding!
I really enjoy these James Bond reviews. They take me back.
One of my favorite theme tunes from the franchise.
Chris, I was surprised you didn't mention the beloved British TV Show called As Time Goes By. Check IMDB if you've never heard of it. I think you'll like what you find.
A Michelle Yeoh-led Bond spin-off? I am retroactively very bitter that we didn’t get that.
Right? Michelle Yeoh is such a badass. This was my first introduction to her, then Crouching Tiger. 😍
Glad to see many others here consider this to be their favorite Bond film. The combination of Michelle Yeoh, David Arnold, the villain's insane plan, the two awesome vehicle chases, etc... really made the movie flow smoothly for me. The only thing I'd change is the opening song, which should've been "Surrender".
Watched this at the cinema tonight, you nailed it with this awesome review.
Trivia: Supposedly Paris Carver was originally supposed to have been Natalya Carver... yep Natalya from Goldeneye was supposed to have returned... shame she didn’t
No I would have hated natalya to die like that :(
@@MLdoktor Same... but at least it would have made sense on why Bond cares for Paris/Natalya so much
Have to disagree. Natalya was far too strong a person to have ended up as a Carver's wife. Although it could have worked if a few details had been switched around.
@@danielyeshe Yeah, and if the in-universe timeframe between movies was the same as the out-of-universe one...it's a bit of a stretch to think Natalya had some kind of relationship with Bond, was dumped by him for "getting too close", met Carver, married him, and was disillusioned by him in only two years. (Besides, you're right...Natalya was a smart and capable person with skills in her own right and no one's arm candy. Elliott's ego would have been threatened by anyone like that, so he'd never have gone for her in the first place.)
Glad to see there are some Natalya fans here.
I really like Tomorrow Never Dies. Highly underrated.
I'll always have a soft spot for TND as it was the first 007 film I ever saw and made me a super fan.
Hands down my favourite of the Brosnan Movies
Roger Spottiswoode made a great movie in the 80’s called Shoot To Kill with Sydney Poitier. Check that one out.
With Kirstie Alley, Tom Berenger and the drill instructor Zim from Starship Troopers.
Watched this today and MAN this holds up. Also my first James Bond movie I saw in 1997 on my first DVD
This movie had arguably the best 007 opening imo.
Perhaps one of the best opening scenes in a bond film hell ever, and rather watch tomorrow never dies on repeat than world is not enough and die another die
It’s kinda ironic that out of all of Brosnan’s bond films, this one has aged the best. I freaking love this movie!
This is my favorite bond
I really liked this movie. For one thing, it was the first Bond I saw on the big screen as a kid. And secondly, it’s pretty prophetic now and felt prophetic then, due to the rise of cable news in the 90’s with CNN, which ended up being the most propagandistic news channel in less than 20 years after this movie’s release.
Roger Spottiswoode's direction was very impressive. Great inventive action sequences. Coolest gadgets. The villian is amongst the franchise's most pertinent. Michelle Yoah is maybe the most formidable Bond Girl. Awesomely creepy henchman. And the way Teri Hatcher drops that skirt - eww woo woo wee! Robert Elswit's anamorphic cinematography is classy and sleek. And David Arnold's music score is revelatory. Tomorrow Never Dies is a winner all the way around.
Saw this in theaters and was blown away by the car chase in the garage! Wow that was so much fun for a 15 year old boy!!!
TND is one of the best in the series! Brosnan is at his best here as Bond, Jonathan Pryce is one of the best villains in the series and the return of the formula introducing stamper and Kaufman as fantastic henchman really helps! The score is great, the mixture of humour and action is fantastic! But most of all I love the story, such a different way to go but I think its fantastic! I have been a die hard fan of the series for over 25yrs and this is a great addition to the franchise!
This film is a blast for me
Roger Spottiswoode made some great movies but pretty crazy the studio was like: Let's get the guy who did Stop! Or my Mom Will Shoot to do a Bond film.
Definitely has the best film score of Brosnan's tenure. David Arnold's best Bond score.
Another marvelous video!
Thank you! Cheers!
This has always been my favorite Pierce Brosnan James Bond movie. It's got a lot of problems but I just think it's a ton of fun and the action is great if not outlandish haha. And how out of place yet funny is the scene where Bond has to kill Dr. Kaufman in the hotel after Paris's death? It's from another movie haha. Plus Michelle Yeoh was terrific.
Absolutely love TMD - it's the BMW 750iL that gets my juices flowing. Wanted one since 1997 XD
My first Bond film.
I love this one despite all of the flaws - as is covered in the vid: great action scenes, I actually like the way Brosnan played Bond as almost the American action movie version of himself (I'm able to like it because it wasn't permanent), and Michelle Yeoh absolutely kills it. Probably my favorite Bond girl.
I went to the world premiere and when seeing how that director credit was placed and hearing how production went, thought exactly the same thing!
I think it is on par with Goldeneye. It holds up. I love it! It is a bit scary to watch these days...hits close to home.
Media Mogul wanting world domination is still relevant story arc today, if anything this movie holds up quite well.
haha thought this morning when does the next James Bond revisited comes out..
I never read Carver as Rupert Murdoch. I read him as Steve Jobs with Rupert Murdoch's gig.
Michelle Yeoh is definitely is definitely a top 5 Bond girl and the most kick ass of all of them.
Although not a bad film by any means, I think this one is the first to show the issues with Brosnan era films; still, quite entertaining.
I will say I actually really enjoy this film. For one, I think the plot has aged quite well given the more open exposure of media bias and I also think it was pretty interesting that they changed 007 a bit by taking away his signature Walther PPK, and replacing it with the new high tech Walther P99. I think the series should fully replace the PPK and have Bond go back to using the P99. For one the PPK is so small is can disappear in the hands of even smaller actors and has remained pretty much unchanged since 1931. The P99 is still one of the most high tech pistols in production, and Bond who uses a lot of high tech gadgets should likely use a high tech weapon
Love this movie. Awesome action flick, amazing score, Brosnan looks better, and Michelle Yeoh is fab. Plus Teri Hatcher was my 90s crush and is gorgeous.
Haha, I'd never noticed the Ed Winchester cameo before. 😉
This is my favorite bond movie yes
Elliot Carver actually looks like Steve Jobs. 2007 Steve Jobs.
Ever since I saw this movie in the theater, it's bugged me that they gave Bond the wrong one-liner. It should have been "What's black and white and red all over?"
I still think it should've been "If it bleeds, it leads." (A saying in the journalistic world about the tendency of gruesome/tragic news stories to make headlines.)
My favourite Bond theme song though
2 scenes, when Michelle Yeoh arrives at the party in Germany, and when her and Pierce come out of the water near Vietnam. Full sunlight, most likely no makeup, hair slicked back. She has never looked better!!
There's some massive Steve Jobs parallels with Elliot Carver too
TND is Brosnan's 2nd best Bond film behind The World is Not Enough. You've already telegraphed you're going to trash the TWINE so I'll tell you why it's Brosnan's best.
1. It's first where he does any real acting and showing of emotion beyond being action. This one has pathos. He's much more wooden in his other films.
2. The action scenes. The boat chase, the snow chase, and the helicopter chainsaw are all top notch. The rest aren't shabby either.
3. The villain. The villain makes it personal. That makes the stakes higher emotionally. The villain is also the Bond girl.
4. M gets more to do. Ties in with #3. In some ways this does Skyfall before Skyfall.
All those combine to make this Brosnan's best bond and the good definitely overshadow the main criticism of Denise Richard's whom some can't see past.
Agreed that TWINE has some great elements. The main problem with it is its split personality. At the time, the powers-that-be behind the Bond movies weren't confident enough to go completely serious with Bond, so we got, as you said, many of the elements we'd see in the Craig era (more personal involvement, more emotional shadings for Bond himself)...but they couldn't resist throwing in some of the sillier stuff as well, and just HAD to give us Christmas Jones for the sole purpose of having an "Oh, James" ending. How much more impactful would it have been to have Electra be the only Bond girl, and to have it end with Bond and M reflecting on her betrayal? That's the kind of ending a Craig movie would have had (you'll notice that none of Craig's first three movies had "Oh, James" endings). And Brosnan always did pull off the more emotional moments beautifully (I guess his own experiences with loss feed into that).
@@jenniferschillig3768 True, but for me, the good outweighs the bad. Skyfall is more consistent, but TWINE still has Brosnan's best performance. I do agree no other Bond girl would've been even better than replacing Denise Richards with someone better. But, Bond films had a trend of two Bond girls per film.
So, as a kid i used to really dislike The World Is Not Enough. Over the years iv come around to it tho. Sadly overlooked by too many. It's proof the series was looking to go down a darker and more serious path...years before the influence of Nolans Batman and the Bourne films.
Unpopular opinion: tomorrow never dies > goldeneye
I agree with you. I don’t know why but I’ve always found GoldenEye to be slightly overrated. I know that TND has flaws but I think it’s a more fun movie than GoldenEye. To GoldenEye’s credit, I think the action sequences are better in that that film than in TND, but overall I feel like TND is better in just about every other way. Everything from the music to the title song to the Bond girls and main villain I just like more.
If you don’t mind me asking why do you think TND is better than GoldenEye?
@@cooperwolfe5478 less darker and more underappreciated moments
@@yudhabagaskara98 Yeah I agree. Now don’t get me wrong I like when Bond movies get serious at times, heck my favorite Bond of all time is Timothy Dalton, but Brosnan’s Bond I couldn’t buy a super serious Bond. Same with Moore, Moore was great at what he did, but when they tried to make him a dark gritty spy in The Man with the Golden Gun, it didn’t work.
Yes. Tomorrow Never Dies is better
One of the best bond movies for sure.
I honestly feel that this film is better than Goldeneye. There are too many explosions and shoot-outs but the underlying substance of the film is pure genius. A media baron aiming to start a war for ratings sadly reflects the reality of major media delivering big government's pro-jingonist narrative. This film is relevant in '97 and, unlike Goldeneye, still seems fresh today.
James Mangold “stole” the motorcycle chase for ‘Knight and Day’