| I am a HUGE James Bond fan. I
still remember discovering him for the first time...I was
visiting my friend Richard Huot in Ottawa and his dad brought
us to see The Spy Who Loved Me. WOW. I was so excited that
the next day I bought my very first Movie Soundtrack Album.
Through the years I bought all the VHS box sets, then the
Laserdiscs and now the entire DVD collection. So I was all
excited to see this new film.
Let me tell you now...SAVE YOUR MONEY. What a piece of PooPoo
this was. My friend Elie (who is a even bigger fan then I
am) both looked at each other half way through and said "God
this is BAD" This could be THE worst of all James Bond
movies...Ok, maybe not as bad as Timothy Dalton bond. But
Goldeneye and World is not Enough were much better Brosnan
Bonds.
The intro chase was long and boring, looked like they were
driving 15 mph and filled with so much BAD bluescreen work,
everything looked pasted. Not once were we on the edge of
our seats. What happened? Maybe it will get better after the
titles...EEEEEKKK !!!
What's up with that god awfull Madonna song? Now I love Madonna.
I have all her albums from the begining of her carreer, but
Madonna does not a Bond theme make. This is "MUSIC"
with new words. This has got to be THE worst song since A-HA.
When I think Bond themes, it's Shirley Bassey, Goldfinger,
Diamond are forever, Moonraker, Nobody does it better, For
your eyes only. Puts you in the Bond mood. NOT Madonna. Poor
Mr. Broccoli must be rolling in his grave. This is pure marketting
gimmick. I'm surprised they didn't ask Britney Spears or Christina.
And don't even get me started of seeing Madonna IN the movie.
What was that all about. Gimme a break.
After a really dissapointing credit sequence, the movie picks
up 2 years after Bond was captured. This movie seemed like
a mish mash of all old Bond stories. From Moonraker to Diamonds
are Forever and Star Wars (Emperor anyone?) You can really
tell that the stories don't come even close to Ian Flemming's
work. So many parts were laughable like when James shaves
his beard and conveniently raises his electric razor center
screen and rotates it like a Gilette commercial. Which in
a sense it was. Pure product placement. Why not put a subtitle
for the store and price while they were at it. :P
And the FX... we were in shock that such a major franchise
with loads of budget would turn out such fake scenes. Wait
till you see james Bond surfing. I have seen better in Playstation
games. YIKES. The entire audience burst out LAUGHING. Not
a good sign.
When the lights came up, I heard the guy behind me say "What
a piece of @^#%" then the girl left of me, and 2 rows
in front of me. So I guess I don't have that bad of judgement
- LOL. Elie and I went to supper to try and get that bad taste
out of our mouth :D and spent 30 minutes debating what went
wrong and god this was bad and man, the classic Sean and Roger
films were SO much better.
Paying $13.50 for this? I don't think so. I now know I will
NOT be adding this to my DVD collection in 6 months. NO repeat
value plus I think I gave enough of my hard earned money to
this movie thank you.
I fear that I agree with what many newspaper critics have
said...james Bond is Tired, Cliche and Overdue for retirement.
I would have given it a PooPoo but one scene at the very end
when Money Penny finally gets her man, made me laugh so hard,
I give it 1 Niubniub.
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