The World Is Not Enough
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Movie Reviews of The World Is Not Enough
Movie Review: The low point of the Bond series
Summary: 1 Stars
If you loved the Sean Connery Bond movies, and the Roger Moore Bond movies, you'll be very disappointed with this one. The earlier Bond films, up to and including Licence to Kill, didn't just rely on special effects, explosions and lots of gunfire: they had plots, and they told a story clearly. (They also had attractive, sexy women.) Decay started with Goldeneye, perhaps because Albert Broccoli was no longer involved in production, and by the time we come to 'The World is Not Enough', the emphasis is clearly on explosions, flames, gunfire, and destruction. There is a story, which you can just about follow; but telling the story takes a back seat to filling the air with bullets, and surrounding Bond with the kind of flame-filled explosion popularized by the 1991 movie 'Backdraft'. Of course, in some of the earlier movies, Bond was occasionally near enough to explosions to be put out of action - he had some implausible escapes; but in 'The World is Not Enough' there is no attempt at realism. Every few minutes Bond walks, runs, or jumps out of explosions that would have reduced him to charred scraps.
Brosnan does his best, and he's a good actor, but good acting is wasted in a movie like this; he's literally outgunned; the real stars are the bangs, flames and gunfire. If that's what you like, you'll like this movie.
Bond's close encounters with the uniformly unattractive female characters aren't sexy, erotic, or romantic: they're just embarrassing. It's sad that a series that started with Ursula Andress and went on to Diana Rigg, Barbara Bach, Kristina Wayborn, etc should have come down to this level.
Movie Review: A Tom Clancy Soap Opera ?
Summary: 1 Stars
The 19th Bond film is one of the most pathetic. James Bond is a emotional wimp, M is a stupid grandmother, and the so called "world's dangerous terrorist" with the banal alias of "Renard" acts like a school boy with a crush. This appearantly is all the doing of one silly little girl named Elektra King who wants to regain control of her family's oil company and is obessed with letting the world know. King is appearantly is so evil she can make everyone turn into third rate soap opera stars gushing over their emotions instead of thinking logically. This film makes everything so personal to the point of being a joke. Everyone has something whine about or some regret. The World is Not Enough is far removed from Ian Fleming's books which were targeted for warm-blooded metrosexuals. Yes folks, Bond is a 90's man and he's not afraid to cry.
The action scenes are dull and sometimes badly executed and the plot is far too convoluted even for a Bond film. I will admit this film is actually pretty stylish in terms of clothes and set decor but the dreary cinematography hampers the film's image quite a bit. I would say the last major insult was the return of Goldeneye's Valentin Zukovsky who is now just a comical fop as opposed to be a ruthless Russian gangster with a sense of humor. No, they had throw in Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist. Not even Ed Wood could have bought something that stupid. Do yourself a favor and don't bother with this tripe.
Movie Review: The World is not Enough
Summary: 1 Stars
How can I possibly review the item when I never received it.
I had to cancel the order after not receiving it by June 26, 2009.
I ordered the item on June 1st.