GoldenEye
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Actor: Alan Cumming, Joe Don Baker, Pierce Brosnan, Robbie Coltrane, Sean BeanBrand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Harvey Harrison
Cinematographer: Phil Meheux
Cinematographer: Arthur Wooster
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), DTS 5.1; Russian (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 130 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-06
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of GoldenEye
Movie Review: Reflections on GOLDENEYE
Summary: 4 Stars
A post-Cold War James Bond might have seemed unthinkable to some. "Bondmania" was a by-product of the tense political and military stalemate that endured between the Soviet Bloc and the West for nearly four decades. Against all predictions, the Cold War ended (thankfully) with more of a whimper than a bang. As a country, we found ourselves shout cries of joy and heave a few sighs of relief, but if it seemed to some to be "the end of history," it also must have seemed like the end of a perfectly good storyline for filmmakers and pulp fiction writers throughout the Western World.
It took a few years, but by the mid-90s, there were new cultural anxieties to be addressed and a new James Bond to meet the challenge. GOLDENEYE's relatively complex plot reflects those emerging anxieties, ones that we should have seen coming in '89 and '90, but were too euphoric to see. A new Russia, in social and economic turmoil, and still in possession of thousands of WMD was never exactly a comforting thought. GOLDENEYE capitalizes on the great uncertainties of the post-Soviet reality and comes up with a complex, murky plot alluding to warring Russian factions, its Eastern Bloc version of a "Wild West" mentality, and the political and moral chaos in which the nation found itself. Throw in a British traitor (who, we learn, has his own axe to grind against Britain and the West) and you've got as nightmarish a political and military backdrop as the 60s era Bond flicks ever played against.
Pierce Brosnan waited almost a decade to play Bond. The famous REMINGTON STEELE imbroglio that kept him from accepting the role in the 80s may well have been the proverbial blessing in disguise. He himself has stated that, at age 33, he would likely have been still too boyish and callow for the role. He may have been being overly modest, since he pulled off his TV role pretty well. But he is correct that a good James Bond probably needs to be a bit older, wiser, more worldly and sophisticated--although still fit enough to not seem ridiculous in the stunt shots (whether he does his own or not).
In a post-Cold War World where political realities were both shaken and stirred, the new James Bond needed to possess a new kind of sophistication. He had to at least be aware of the changing status of women, and his scenes with the new "M" (Dame Judi Dench) play on this changing reality. Yes, by some standards, James Bond, once the coolest guy in ANY room, could be viewed as a dinosaur, and a SEXIST one at that. That he really comes to genuinely care for his "Bond girl"--no, make that Bond WOMAN, the beautiful Russian computer whiz Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco)--helps with the obligatory make-over. Does he transcend chauvinism? Hard to say, but with as savvy and capable a female counterpart (to say nothing of the savvy, capable and exceptionally vicious female VILLAIN played by Famke Janssen) on hand to counter his every sexist instinct, it almost doesn't matter if Bond is fully converted or not. He's headed in the right direction, at least.
And at least, he doesn't make any "Auntie M" jokes in Dame Judi's presence.
I've read that, despite their box office success, the Pierce Brosnan Bond films were the least profitable of the series. That probably gets into the kind of beancounting that M mocks herself for in the film. However, it does suggest that, worldwide in the '90s, not as many people were interested in a "new James Bond" or ANY James Bond. It's scarcely Brosnan's fault that the franchise was losing steam. In the new Millennium, well, there's hope that the Daniel Craig version will re-invigorate the enterprise.
But timing is everything. We were sorting out post-Cold War realities in the '90s, and it was difficult to see just what kind of hero we really wanted. Now, things are getting plenty scary again, and the time is once more ripe for a steely, urbane and invincible James Bond figure to emerge. If it can't be Sean Connery, well, Daniel Craig will certainly do. But, in his day, Pierce Brosnan was no slouch.
Summary of GoldenEye
Pierce Brosnan ignites the screen in his first adventure as the unstoppable James Bond. When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of a former ally-turned-enemy only 007 can save the world from an awesome space weapon that -- in one short pulse -- could destroy the earth!System Requirements:Running Time: 130 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating:?Unknown UPC:?027616066220 Manufacturer No:?M106622The 18th James Bond adventure was a runaway box-office success when released in 1995, thanks to the arrival of Pierce Brosnan as the fifth actor (following the departure of Timothy Dalton) to play the suave, danger-loving Agent 007. This James Bond is a bit more vulnerable and psychologically complex--and just a shade more politically correct--but he's still a formally attired playboy at heart, with a lovely Russian beauty (Izabella Scorupco) as his sexy ally against a cadre of renegade Russians bent on--what else?--global domination. There's also a seductive villainous with the suggestive name of Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen), and the great actress Judi Dench makes her first appearance as Bond's superior, M, who wisecracks about 007's "dinosaur" status as a globetrotting sexist. All in all, this action-packed Bond adventure provided a much-needed boost the long-running movie series, revitalizing the 007 franchise for the turn of the millennium. --Jeff Shannon
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