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[Athena007]

Interesting Review of TWINE on --> about.com <--

Roger Moore is back, metaphorically at least! With The World is Not Enough, the James Bond series has finally gotten back to the tongue-in-cheek attitude that the series hadn't quite nailed down since Moore left. No disrespect to Sean Connery, but Moore's Bond adventures always had the most humor and the most outlandish, thus the most creative action scenes.

Many Bond fans believe that each actor's third movie is his best. Brosnan is the third Bond actor to have a third Bond movie to his credit, and as the third third, The World is Not Enough follows through on that tradition.

As always, we start out with a kick-*** action teaser, after the Bond theme of course. In this opener, Bond chases an assassin in Q's gadget-loaded speedboat. Dissolve to the seductive title song by Garbage and animated graphics that suggest the psychedelic '70s. This is a good mood to set, as the film's mountain-top ski chase, underwater exploration and gold-toothed henchman suggest the best elements of The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).

Brosnan has always been a great Bond. You could see the humor sneaking through even in the seriousGoldeneye. Tomorrow Never Dies gave him even more humor to play, without losing the suave, tough guy aura that makes him James Bond. Now, the balance is perfect as he seduces every woman in sight, beats up the bad guys and cracks wise in the face of danger.

As M, Judi Dench plays a more integral part in this story than her character normally would, probably to appeal to her new popularity as an Oscar winner. As sketchy as it sounds though, it doesn't break the formula. She had a part in the backstory and stays around to settle it.

Robert Carlysle's villain is memorable for his unique condition and Sophie Marceau and Denise Richards provide a nice balance between European and American Bond Girls (it's supposed to be funny that Denise Richards plays a nuclear physicist!) Throw in some gambling, gratuitous sexual puns and a medieval torture device, and you've got all the elements of the bestBond films.

A few new changes include Desmond Llewelyn's Q making a graceful exit from the series, and his replacement (John Cleese) introduced with humor that will hopefully develop further in subsequent movies. Neither of these detract from the film's old school feel.

The only question is: Is it really okay to drop a rod of plutonium on the ground repeatedly? Perhaps once a man seduces enemies of the country, he can do anything.

[Qwerty]

Very interesting review Athena! Odd how they compare this one to Roger Moore's far superior The Spy Who Loved Me! (I'm just messing around. )

And yes, any man who sleeps with a woman nonly to be tortured by her later when she reveals herself to be the enemy can do anything.

[TheBritishEnd]

I've had people ask me what I saw in TWINE, and the best I had to offer was that it somehow reminded me of the Moore era.

[zencat]

I find this a very strange reveiw. Aside from the pre-titles sequence, I would say TWINE was about as far away from a "tounge in cheek" Roger Moore Bond as LTK. Perhapes this reviewer only stayed for the pretitles. Really, I think TWINE is closer to FRWL in tone than any Roger Bond.

[INTREPID]

Bond's hesitation before dealing with Elektra kind of disappointed me. And I never quite understood Zukovsky's death scene. But then I never have sat down to watch this one properly.

[Righty007]

The World is not Enough is my favorite Brosnan Bond film! I just watched it again on Thanksgiving and I still love it!

[Doubleshot]

It was interesting to sit down and watch The World is Not Enough play alongside the classic James Bond films during the SpikeTV Thanksgiving marathon. It struck me there that this film finally found its place in my heart after I had gone through mixed reactions to it, and the film finally stood out as a modern classic with the likes of Connery's and Moore's collective best. In my opinion, it is The World is Not Enough and GoldenEye that are Brosnan's classics, and hopefully the under-rated Die Another Day will follow in the same footsteps? One can hope.

[BondNumber7]

Originally posted by Doubleshot
and hopefully the under-rated Die Another Day will follow in the same footsteps? One can hope.

Even if others don't think of DAD as a classic, atleast you could speak for it and think of it as a classic. If you want so badly for DAD to be appreciated, then you call it a classic or label it as such.

[BONDFINESSE 007]

Originally posted by Righty007
The World is not Enough is my favorite Brosnan Bond film! I just watched it again on Thanksgiving and I still love it!

god bless you righty, this is my 2nd fav. bond film after avtak and i love everything about this film, i thought brosnans acting was better here then it was in dad, i felt he gave a 100% effort in this one and i cant say that about dad

[MrDraco]

The world is not enough? that movie sucked... i mean come on...lets get real here Wade and Pruvis should be be fired from screen writing and the person who flimed it did it was crap... they should have used whats his face from TND.. Wilson and Broccil really need to get it togather for bond 21.
sure its a classic i guess but DAD was way better,
maybe i'm just old school

[Athena007]

Originally posted by MrDraco
they should have used whats his face from TND...

Ack! TND... my least fave of Brosnan's films. That whole movie just seemed, I don't know... not "classic" material. But then again, we all have our own likes and dislikes as far as Bond is concerned.

[bondood007]

Hi.

I think TWINE is the best Brosnan film. GoldenEye is my second favorite but it is almost like they just tried to make a cookie cutter Bond film.

But I think all of the Bond films are great. :-)

Thanks.

[INTREPID]

Only problem with TND is that goofy Dr Kaufman... and he's dispatched in classic Bond style.

[007luvchild2]

On viewing the The World Is Not Enough, I thought it was fairly good. The cinematography is often the criticism that I encounter in other posts and so on. Too me, I think Brosnan's performance carried the film. The teaser where he was in the Banker's office, and there's shot where he gives a serious look into the camera - Cold Blue Steel.
I would have liked the film better, if:

Scenario 1#: If the teaser was cut at the banker's office. Renard was the main villain, rather than type of "martyr" for Elektra. The female assassin was the main henchemen or the villainous femme fatale, thus having a larger role. Christmas Jones never existed or was just a minor character in the film. Elektra wasn't the villain. Valentine was still alive.
In comparison to Tomorrow Never Dies, TWINE is rather atmospheric and elegant, but in Tomorrow Never Dies, you have a clear idea who was the main villain, and the main henchemen, whereas in TWINE people would say, Elektra was the villain, Renard was the henchemen, and others would disagree.
TWINE resembles the same scenario in For Your Eyes Only, a seemingly friendly ally who gets close to Bond and then reveals their betrayal by putting Bond in near death situations. TWINE just extended it a little further in Elektra's character relationship with Renard.
Even though, I don't consider this Brosnan best anymore, I will say this:
The main title theme song does kick the pants off of Madonna's Die Another Day.

[Ed King]

Originally posted by Doubleshot
It was interesting to sit down and watch The World is Not Enough play alongside the classic James Bond films during the SpikeTV Thanksgiving marathon. It struck me there that this film finally found its place in my heart after I had gone through mixed reactions to it, and the film finally stood out as a modern classic with the likes of Connery's and Moore's collective best. In my opinion, it is The World is Not Enough and GoldenEye that are Brosnan's classics, and hopefully the under-rated Die Another Day will follow in the same footsteps? One can hope.

Welcome to the club!

[BONDFINESSE 007]

i did think brosnan looked better in the world is not enough then in all his others, i dont really know what makes me think that but i do which is not to say he looked bad in the others but he had that "look" in twine