I always wished Pierce got a better roll of the dice during his tenure. Goldeneye was so promising. Pierce and that movie are still one of my very favorites in the entire franchise.
You sleep on a bed made of ice but with a wooden frame. It’s covered in animal skins which are supposed to create some insulation (not much). The whole hotel is kept at a temperature of -3C so it doesn’t melt. They give you cold weather sleeping bags to cocoon yourself in. It’s recommended you use the hot tub and then run back to your room so you can jump into bed warm. The idea of stripping off soaking wet in the cold didn’t seem like a great idea to us so we skipped that part. You’re supposed to sleep with your face sticking out so as not to dampen the sleeping bag with your breath, but my face was freezing so I alternated between covering it and not.
Same. I think die another day is way ahead of time. Ppl aren't ready to accept translucent cars and gene therapy could be mainstream . . When it does, they'll come back and say - actually this wasn't that bad
I think die another day is way ahead of time. Ppl aren't ready to accept translucent cars and gene therapy could be mainstream . . When it does, they'll come back and say - actually this wasn't that bad
I get why everyone hates Die Another Day, but I myself love it. It’s over the top and definitely ridiculous, but I can’t stop enjoying it every time I see it.
I think die another day is way ahead of time. Ppl aren't ready to accept translucent cars and gene therapy could be mainstream . . When it does, they'll come back and say - actually this wasn't that bad
It certainly not boring . And there are some Bond films that I can not say that about. (View to a Kill and Diamonds are Forever come to mind) . It not perfect but it does not deserve the hate .
FUN FACT: The opening hovercraft scene was filmed about half a mile from my family home in Aldershot, Hampshire on some military ground. We were all so excited as my town doesn't have a great reputation. However, if you watch the BTS on the DVD, Pierce Brosnan basically slags off my town, saying of all the places he could be filming "Aldershot, bloody Aldershot!" Ironically I now live about 80km from Cadiz, Spain, which is where all the "Cuba" beach scenes were filmed.
The film did start strong, but then it goes downhill really fast when he just walks out of that prison hospital thing he was in, goes into a hotel and is given a room and just gets right back onto his feet again.
I love this movie. Its bad, really bad....but its enjoyable to watch. The pre title sequence is amazing and the Gustave sword fight is the perfect blend of action and ridiculousness
What a trainwreck. It starts off so promising, but it goes downhill when Halle Berry (beautiful bikini clad body) is introduced. I wasn’t in denial when I saw this on opening day, my friend tried to remain optimistic, but I was angry and disappointed, so much so that I told the queueing line to don’t bother and to save their time and money.
I know right. I would have liked it if they focused on Bond living through the PTSD after months of been tortured in a North Korean prison camp. That could have opened up a lot of new possibilities. But instead they ditched it for one of the goofiest storylines in a Bond film.
@@barbiquearea they seemed to try that in Skyfall, but to see Brosnan in that type of film would have been amazing- start as the film did, then go backwards, as he relives how he got captured, double crossed, or whatever, leading to his revenge. Brilliant...
One positive I will give this film is give Rosamund Pike a chance to breakout into the mainstream. Back then she was a little known actress and this movie was her breakout role.
Rosamund Pike is hands down my favorite thing about this outing. If you enjoy her villainy, please check out “Gone Girl” and “I Care A Lot.” She’s so great at drawing an audience into an unsettling mystique.
Pretty much everything up through the trip to Cuba is good, and I loved the VR training scene. It showed Bond in his office which we rarely ever see, and watching him go through the halls and give hand signs to his co-workers was just a great scene and side of Bond we almost never see. When they finally revealed it was VR it was a little disappointing but it was still a really cool scene. Berry was atrocious. One of the worst Bond girls they've ever had.
I..LOVE..these James Bond entries. Used to watch every one of them with my Dad. So fun to hear someone talk about what they experienced when they came out.
After a plot setup involving believing a Chinese character without a clean English would seemingly die, likely be recovering from injury for a few months, get a rare DNA change operation that even the movie says recovery takes a long time, meaning a few more months of recovery, coming out of it with a perfect English and accent, and somehow becoming a famous multimillionaire celebrity known across the globe in the span of like two months (considering Bond was in prison for about a year) who somehow also had time to build a satellite weapon, ice hotel, and entire persona in that time, by the time the plane scene happened I was thinking "sure- this might as well happen too...".
But a rocket in a Japanese volcano, or a space army with laser beams, or a Shuttle launch base in the Amazon or a huge tanker swallowing submarines wasn’t a WTF moment??
But, it has the best quote ever that seems particularly apt these days, well for my life anyway. "Just surviving, Mr Cheng, just surviving" I have this as my one of my notifications on Windows and it gives me perspective on life.
This was only the second Bond movie I saw in theaters and I remember really liking it. It was the first time I followed anything online with any thoroughness and knowing that there would be references to past movies made me watch like an Easter egg hunt. I'll admit it doesn't hold up to repeat viewing but I still have more fun watching than I do watching any of the unofficial movies.
Would love more of these even the connery films! Die another day is a gulity pleasure for me. It was the first Bond movie I saw in theaters. Now I see the flaws in it but I still have a soft spot for it.
9:55 We have an Ice Hotel in northern Sweden rebuilt differently each year in which you can stay over night. You sleep in pelts on beds of ice just like the bar and everything else. It's incredibly beautiful and not at all that cold when tucked in of course. No shrinkage occurred ;)
I was in a packed theather on opening weekend, and people just started laughing at how stupid that was...of course, after laughing, a lot of people just walked out. People often forgets just how bad this movie was.
I feel like this movie was trying to target a younger audience, and just like Batman and Robin may have been filmed more for the sake of the studio cashing in on the merchandising such as selling toys to kids than to craft a good 007 film.
This movie was rated R like all the previous film, so I doubt that was the case...they wanted to retain the Bond audience that was watching other films by following the treads of the time...sadly, this is something they will keep doing in the future (Skyfall is a TDK rip-off, and Spectre is basically a Marvel movie)
@@Jose-se9pu Really? It didn't feel like an R rated film, maybe PG-15 at best. The ratings system must have been a lot stricter two decades ago if this would would be the standard for an R rating.
Very good film review sir,I completely agree with your entire review.Haven't watched any of the Pierce Brosnan's Bond films in years,will have another go at them tho,have to find the dvds on the cheap.Does anyone know when the latest Bond film is being released????
The first 30 mins or so when Bond is captured is totally brilliant. Right up to and including the scene where he's shaving in a hotel room, this movie was brilliant. Some of the best moments of any Bond film period. Bond captured and disavowed was something I'd been wanting to see for as long as I've seen any incarnation of Bond. This part of the movie was awesome. Fight me. :) I also really loved the "Q" stuff. I've said elsewhere that for a decade or so before they used Cleese, I said Cleese would make a great Q if Desmond ever stepped down. Then they finally did it. he was goofy as "R" in TWINE, but in DAD, he was great. Then they rebooted things and lost the character, that sucked. But the VR thing was fun as hell - I can easily see Q using a VR simulation as training at this point in time. It also explained the "Bullet Time" remark you made. I didn't see a problem with that use at all, as it was exiting the simulation. Also, that simulation was only the second time we saw Bond's actual office at MI6 - the other being OHMSS. BUT, a couple of things I loved here were all the references scattered throughout to all the other Bond films - most are small easter eggs (Octopussy plane), but some are in your face (Halle's Andress bikini thing). Those were fun. It was also the first Bond movie to advance the plot in the titles. One of the most fun scenes was towards the end when Moneypenny was busted in the VR unit fantasizing about having sex with Bond in there. On first view, I thought "What are you guys doing? You can't ACTUALLY do that with Moneypenny and Bond", and then the VR simulator angle of that made me laugh big time. As for this being the worst of the franchise - I can't agree with that. Moonraker takes that title. Although the two share the "top of the peak for Bond swinging to the silly side of things" for sure. Is it great? Heck no. But there's a lot in this I liked - I do enjoy DAD more than most.
I loved this movie as a kid and still love it even though I see the campy aspects now. The lowest point in the bond franchise is easily quantum of solace.
No DAD is clearly in the same boat as View to a Kill as the shiite at the bottom of a garbage can. At least QOS can be redeemed so long as you go into it with the mindset that it's a continuation of what happens right after Casino Royale. Just one long extended action sequence.
Halle Berry was actually pretty good in the role...except for the absolute terrible lines she spoke (not her fault). I can totally see her in this movie and saying "she is perfect to play Catwoman".
If Die Another Day wasn't attached to the 007 franchise, if it was just a Bond Parody existing as its own thing, I think it would be pretty well remembered as a campy 2000s action comedy.
I’m an inner city high school history teacher and I LOVE this series. It’s a great example of public history: constructing narratives that get the non-academic public involved in the historical process. In my final project for the year, students construct a narrative for the public on any topic they want. I model the process by picking my own topic and constructing my own exhibit. I picked James Bond this year in honor of “No Time To Die.” For the midpoint in which students have to argue either the high point (golden age), low point (worse point) or turning point (an event in which two of the Politics, Economics, Religious factors, Social factors, Innovation and Art (PERSIA) factors changed their trends) I argued that while “Die Another Day” is bad, “Man With The Golden Gun” is even worse. “Die Another Day” at least had a good box office return and Berry and Pike play strong female characters. On the other hand, “Man With The Golden Gun” had a dismal return coupled with an unimaginative storyline involving solar panels and insulting portrayals of women such as Mary Goodnight. I picked economics, gender norms and artistic trends as my three PERSIA factors. Therefore, as a fellow film historian, I submit that “Die Another Day” is the second worst canonical Bond film because based on my thesis, “Die Another Day” has between one to two of its three PERSIA factors at an all time low. “Man With The Golden Gun” has all three factors at their worst. Anyhow, I thought you’d be interested in my interpretation. I LOVE your series. I’m looking into teaching my students how to submit their narratives and research on CZcams for next year.
If it didn't have Rosamund Pike and Halle Berry in it there would be no reason to ever see this. And, as much as I like Halle Berry, she's upstaged by the amazingly gorgeous Rosamund Pike, who, even years later, can get away with wearing almost no makeup. Yeah, I think Halle Berry is a better actor, I just can't get over how amazing Rosamund is even without a filter of movie magic.
I realize I’m in the minority, here, but this is my second favorite Brosnan Bond film. Reminds me of a throwback to the Moore era. If anything, I thought Jinx was the low point. Great video, as always!
Oh gods, I clearly remember my when this movie came out. My laid back, funny, comic book geek uncle lost it over this movie. Little did I know (at the time) he was also a HUGE James Bond fan. We rented this film when we visited for Thanksgiving, and his reaction afterwards was priceless. I will never forget the look of disappointed disgust on his face. It became, "the movie that shall not be named." 😂
Fun fact: My friend briefly worked on the Ice Palace set and made one of the ice chairs out of resin. Apparently he did a shoddy job and it wasn't very stable.
Brosnan said at the James Bond Bafta tribute that they had asked him to another & he had said 'yes'. Read he was later told over the phone he would not be returning.
That multi screen, camera combination surface on a car has fired up a lot of Engineers imaginations & to me was the highlight of the film. The New invisible Man movie was just like that but in prototype form.
unpopular take, I liked Moonraker. Maybe because it was one of the first ones I ever saw so the nostalgia over wins out, but I just rewatched it and still dig it
I'd add a few things to the good list, mostly from earlier in the movie. The opening theme is off but I remember being impressed by the fire and ice dancers in the opening credits (one context in which effects can be lacking in realism). Also, the way M relates to Bond when he comes back (saying he should have taken his suicide pill) is super cold. Indeed, the fact that Bond got caught was a huge shock at the time, and the grittiness of it presaged things to come in future movies.
16:37 As a James Bond nerd, I never noticed this scar on Bond's back before. Potentially from his FYEO when Bond is injured while being dragged across a coral reef???
I'm gonna be honest, I really enjoyed the movie (and still do). Sure, it's it's really bad in places and it can make you cringe at times, but it's also over-the-top and a lot of fun to watch too. So if you're looking for a Bond movie that doesn't take itself too serious and something you can poke fun at in the process, this is your best bet IMO.
Pierce really should of started his career with The Living Daylights. Just imagine him in a License to Kill type movie, which I think is the direction they were going in the first half of the film, which admittedly is pretty good
DIE ANOTHER DAY was the 1st JAMES BOND movie I ever saw on DVD and the 1st I ever bought and led me to buy TOMORROW NEVER DIES & THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
In the behind the scenes, Barbara Brocoli was told by her father to not mess up the franchise. Probably why they put the series on hold until Casino Royale to fix things up.
Pierce Brosnan was never the problem in his movies. The biggest issues were at the script level. But everything Madonna, bad CGI, a lame villian, and invisible cars are the most memorable. I did like Bond getting caught and tortured. It mixed things up. If an angry Bond quit and went on a mission of revenge against his captors it could have been something different, memorable, unique & interesting. Even if that's a bad idea, almost anything would have been better than this movie.
I always wished Pierce got a better roll of the dice during his tenure. Goldeneye was so promising. Pierce and that movie are still one of my very favorites in the entire franchise.
Pierce had the best era
At least he had a good video game role with Everything or Nothing
Brosnan could return based on this- czcams.com/video/kkZcauh0sBc/video.html
@@strikerbowls791 not really xD
He took the role too late.
the first half was decent, mostly the first 25 minutes. but when bond gets to iceland it goes COMPLETELY downhill
You got it
Brosnan could return based on this- czcams.com/video/kkZcauh0sBc/video.html
Die another day is Guilty Pleasure of mine. I have a fun time watching it.
Me too. It really was not that bad
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I certainly prefer it to world is not enough
@@nathanhold4755 Me too
@@petebotGSD Yeah I also like it better than TWINE. It's a boring movie. Die another day is not
They ditched Brosnan but kept the writers - that's really adding insult to injury, I feel
I agree. But at least they wrote casino royale
True, but the writers do not appear on-screen (an 'origin story' of a far younger Bond would by definition be unsuitable for Pierce).
I would love to see Brosnan come back as old man Bond in a Dark Knight Returns style story.
Maybe Doctor Strange could bring all the Bonds together?
@@RoverIAC he is playing Dr fate
Someday! If michael keaton is back as batman....dont loose hope!
So you want a bloated recycling of two other movies ?
That would be cool... especially if he kicks Craig's ass
As someone who actually did sleep at the ice hotel in Quebec, let me say you are 1000% right. Worst sleep of my life - and definitely no sex!
How does sleeping there even work out?
@@JoJoJoker same way folks sleep in igloos.
If you pee the bed it melts.
@@excessmaterial no, it just turns into yellow ice.
You sleep on a bed made of ice but with a wooden frame. It’s covered in animal skins which are supposed to create some insulation (not much). The whole hotel is kept at a temperature of -3C so it doesn’t melt. They give you cold weather sleeping bags to cocoon yourself in. It’s recommended you use the hot tub and then run back to your room so you can jump into bed warm. The idea of stripping off soaking wet in the cold didn’t seem like a great idea to us so we skipped that part. You’re supposed to sleep with your face sticking out so as not to dampen the sleeping bag with your breath, but my face was freezing so I alternated between covering it and not.
3:35 “He was a young guy…”
Cue picture of the guy looking like the mummy
This one will always a special place in my heart since it was the first Bond movie I ever saw in the theater.
Same.
I think die another day is way ahead of time. Ppl aren't ready to accept translucent cars and gene therapy could be mainstream . . When it does, they'll come back and say - actually this wasn't that bad
Poor bugger lol
Even as a noob, I knew Die Another Day was dumb.
It was the first one I ever watched so I like it more than other people
@@randomhuman97 I hope you are being sarcastic
Madonna techno, invisible car, surfing the big wave... throwing the kitchen sink was an understatement.
Surfing the big wave of incredibly bad CGI. Priceless.
I think die another day is way ahead of time. Ppl aren't ready to accept translucent cars and gene therapy could be mainstream . . When it does, they'll come back and say - actually this wasn't that bad
@@randomhuman97 we aren't shitting on the idea. Just shitting on the execution
Madonna has an uncredited cameo in this movie
@@astrosleep9625 agree on that actually. Bad execution was definitely there in the movie
"Batman & Robin of the Bond franchise" hits the nail on the head.
So the Invisible Car is on par with the Bat-Credit Card?
I prefer B & R (and Batgirl) to the trainwreck that is DAD anytime 😎
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What about any number of the Roger Moore outings? 🤷♂️
Is Batman and Robin one of the better Batman movies that gets unfairly hated on by fans?
I've always liked this movie. Infact, I think I'll watch it again.
Think twice, Mr Bond...
Me too 💿💿
I get why everyone hates Die Another Day, but I myself love it. It’s over the top and definitely ridiculous, but I can’t stop enjoying it every time I see it.
It'll always be my first (bond movie) lol
I think die another day is way ahead of time. Ppl aren't ready to accept translucent cars and gene therapy could be mainstream . . When it does, they'll come back and say - actually this wasn't that bad
Berry and Pike are easy on the eyes. That's enough for me to not hate the movie.
It certainly not boring . And there are some Bond films that I can not say that about. (View to a Kill and Diamonds are Forever come to mind) .
It not perfect but it does not deserve the hate .
Still better than Specter was the worst Bond film by far.
I think that the opening story in Korea, then HK was actually fairly good...then it went downhill
The first time i saw this movie i thought: "wow. I love Pierce Brosnan. And the studio let him down at every level."
Same here. 1st bond movie I saw. . Enjoyedit
1st one In theatres was skyfall
Some of the lines they gave him, WOW
Pierce is the weakest Bond in my book but there is no doubt that he wasn't given much to work with.
@@ricardocantoral7672 Goldeneye his performance was great. Cant say the same for the rest
FUN FACT: The opening hovercraft scene was filmed about half a mile from my family home in Aldershot, Hampshire on some military ground. We were all so excited as my town doesn't have a great reputation. However, if you watch the BTS on the DVD, Pierce Brosnan basically slags off my town, saying of all the places he could be filming "Aldershot, bloody Aldershot!" Ironically I now live about 80km from Cadiz, Spain, which is where all the "Cuba" beach scenes were filmed.
I'd love an Old Man Bond style movie after NTTD either with Dalton or Brosnan.
The film did start strong, but then it goes downhill really fast when he just walks out of that prison hospital thing he was in, goes into a hotel and is given a room and just gets right back onto his feet again.
I love this movie. Its bad, really bad....but its enjoyable to watch. The pre title sequence is amazing and the Gustave sword fight is the perfect blend of action and ridiculousness
What a trainwreck. It starts off so promising, but it goes downhill when Halle Berry (beautiful bikini clad body) is introduced. I wasn’t in denial when I saw this on opening day, my friend tried to remain optimistic, but I was angry and disappointed, so much so that I told the queueing line to don’t bother and to save their time and money.
I know right. I would have liked it if they focused on Bond living through the PTSD after months of been tortured in a North Korean prison camp. That could have opened up a lot of new possibilities. But instead they ditched it for one of the goofiest storylines in a Bond film.
I so agree... the beginning of this film should have been the entirety of this film....
@@barbiquearea they seemed to try that in Skyfall, but to see Brosnan in that type of film would have been amazing- start as the film did, then go backwards, as he relives how he got captured, double crossed, or whatever, leading to his revenge. Brilliant...
Excellent first half hour or so and then falls apart at the plastic surgery island and beyond lol
It starts pretty good, and I liked that actor as the villain...it all goes to shit once Bond escapes.
One positive I will give this film is give Rosamund Pike a chance to breakout into the mainstream. Back then she was a little known actress and this movie was her breakout role.
She really demonstrates that rare kind of star power that demands the viewer's attention.
I love this movie in the "so bad it's good" way. I also love the car chase scene on ice.
YES! Was hoping you would mention The Matador. Such a fun an underrated, fun movie where Brosnan shows a lot of charisma and a really different side.
Rosamund Pike is hands down my favorite thing about this outing. If you enjoy her villainy, please check out “Gone Girl” and “I Care A Lot.” She’s so great at drawing an audience into an unsettling mystique.
Pretty much everything up through the trip to Cuba is good, and I loved the VR training scene. It showed Bond in his office which we rarely ever see, and watching him go through the halls and give hand signs to his co-workers was just a great scene and side of Bond we almost never see. When they finally revealed it was VR it was a little disappointing but it was still a really cool scene.
Berry was atrocious. One of the worst Bond girls they've ever had.
We knew this analysis was coming; we knew it needed to be done. It was not as painful as I thought. When all is said and done, blame Madonna.
James Bond Revisited is great series!
I..LOVE..these James Bond entries. Used to watch every one of them with my Dad. So fun to hear someone talk about what they experienced when they came out.
Plane flying through a laser beam was my really, WTF? moment...
After a plot setup involving believing a Chinese character without a clean English would seemingly die, likely be recovering from injury for a few months, get a rare DNA change operation that even the movie says recovery takes a long time, meaning a few more months of recovery, coming out of it with a perfect English and accent, and somehow becoming a famous multimillionaire celebrity known across the globe in the span of like two months (considering Bond was in prison for about a year) who somehow also had time to build a satellite weapon, ice hotel, and entire persona in that time, by the time the plane scene happened I was thinking "sure- this might as well happen too...".
That's what you should expect in a Bond movie
But a rocket in a Japanese volcano, or a space army with laser beams, or a Shuttle launch base in the Amazon or a huge tanker swallowing submarines wasn’t a WTF moment??
lmao the big lebowski reaction shot is all of us. bravo ^_^
I'd like to know what you think about Pierce's actual final performance as James Bond in the video game, James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing.
Better than Die Another Day lol
But, it has the best quote ever that seems particularly apt these days, well for my life anyway. "Just surviving, Mr Cheng, just surviving" I have this as my one of my notifications on Windows and it gives me perspective on life.
This was when she started phoning in her performances
Anything after Monsters Ball she isn't even trying
True, she did better in BAPS...
@@rcrxjlb she got that Oscar and just started showing up for the cheques
Seriously loving these episodes! Keep up the good work.
I had been looking for an in depth video on this movie that delved into Brosnan's place in Bond mythology. Thank you so much for delivering the goods.
I've only watched this once. That was enough. Pierce is my second favourite Bond after Sean, on the strength of Goldeneye alone.
This was only the second Bond movie I saw in theaters and I remember really liking it. It was the first time I followed anything online with any thoroughness and knowing that there would be references to past movies made me watch like an Easter egg hunt. I'll admit it doesn't hold up to repeat viewing but I still have more fun watching than I do watching any of the unofficial movies.
This was the last bond film my friend Tommy saw before he passed away, he was so excited for it. Then he saw it and wasn't so excited.
no disrespect to Tommy but that almost sounds like the plot to Fan Boys.
thanks for the chuckles great review 📽🎞
Very nice soundtrack you have for the youtube video that plays throughout the video and during the last 20 seconds of the youtube video.
Would love more of these even the connery films! Die another day is a gulity pleasure for me. It was the first Bond movie I saw in theaters. Now I see the flaws in it but I still have a soft spot for it.
9:55 We have an Ice Hotel in northern Sweden rebuilt differently each year in which you can stay over night. You sleep in pelts on beds of ice just like the bar and everything else. It's incredibly beautiful and not at all that cold when tucked in of course. No shrinkage occurred ;)
"Why's it so bad?"
Well, the surf scene CGI answers that
I was in a packed theather on opening weekend, and people just started laughing at how stupid that was...of course, after laughing, a lot of people just walked out.
People often forgets just how bad this movie was.
So 1 minute of poor CGI screws up a the other 132 minutes......alrighty then.
@@stevent9665 It's more like it's indicative of all that's wrong with the movie. Plus, everything else didn't really feel like a Bond movie.
Tf? They were the best special effects available at the time, that's not a valid reason for a movie being bad
Theres a clip from the 007 documentary "Everything or Nothing" where Pierce cracks up about the tsunami kite surfing. It's quite funny.
I feel like this movie was trying to target a younger audience, and just like Batman and Robin may have been filmed more for the sake of the studio cashing in on the merchandising such as selling toys to kids than to craft a good 007 film.
There were no toys for the movie......
This movie was rated R like all the previous film, so I doubt that was the case...they wanted to retain the Bond audience that was watching other films by following the treads of the time...sadly, this is something they will keep doing in the future (Skyfall is a TDK rip-off, and Spectre is basically a Marvel movie)
@@Jose-se9pu Really? It didn't feel like an R rated film, maybe PG-15 at best. The ratings system must have been a lot stricter two decades ago if this would would be the standard for an R rating.
@@lutherheggs451 Actually there were action figures and the Jaguar car came in a toy that was advertised a lot.
@@Jose-se9pu Rated R why? there is no hardcore violence, sex or language in this film
I'm loving this series, hilarious! Very informative too. Die Another Day is my guilty pleasure.
Very good film review sir,I completely agree with your entire review.Haven't watched any of the Pierce Brosnan's Bond films in years,will have another go at them tho,have to find the dvds on the cheap.Does anyone know when the latest Bond film is being released????
The first 30 mins or so when Bond is captured is totally brilliant. Right up to and including the scene where he's shaving in a hotel room, this movie was brilliant. Some of the best moments of any Bond film period. Bond captured and disavowed was something I'd been wanting to see for as long as I've seen any incarnation of Bond. This part of the movie was awesome. Fight me. :)
I also really loved the "Q" stuff. I've said elsewhere that for a decade or so before they used Cleese, I said Cleese would make a great Q if Desmond ever stepped down. Then they finally did it. he was goofy as "R" in TWINE, but in DAD, he was great. Then they rebooted things and lost the character, that sucked. But the VR thing was fun as hell - I can easily see Q using a VR simulation as training at this point in time. It also explained the "Bullet Time" remark you made. I didn't see a problem with that use at all, as it was exiting the simulation. Also, that simulation was only the second time we saw Bond's actual office at MI6 - the other being OHMSS.
BUT, a couple of things I loved here were all the references scattered throughout to all the other Bond films - most are small easter eggs (Octopussy plane), but some are in your face (Halle's Andress bikini thing). Those were fun.
It was also the first Bond movie to advance the plot in the titles.
One of the most fun scenes was towards the end when Moneypenny was busted in the VR unit fantasizing about having sex with Bond in there. On first view, I thought "What are you guys doing? You can't ACTUALLY do that with Moneypenny and Bond", and then the VR simulator angle of that made me laugh big time.
As for this being the worst of the franchise - I can't agree with that. Moonraker takes that title. Although the two share the "top of the peak for Bond swinging to the silly side of things" for sure. Is it great? Heck no. But there's a lot in this I liked - I do enjoy DAD more than most.
Man, I started with A View to a Kill, and now I'm here 3 hours later......damn you JoBlo !!!
Let's face it - this is the video we were all waiting for!
I loved this movie as a kid and still love it even though I see the campy aspects now. The lowest point in the bond franchise is easily quantum of solace.
QOS is leagues above Die Another Day
Q of S and D another D are _co-'winners'_ . There, I said it!
You mean Spectre.
@@ngultrum1 no quantum of solace was one of the worst movies made and surely the worst bond movie ever made. I liked spectre
No DAD is clearly in the same boat as View to a Kill as the shiite at the bottom of a garbage can. At least QOS can be redeemed so long as you go into it with the mindset that it's a continuation of what happens right after Casino Royale. Just one long extended action sequence.
My girlfriend and I literally walked out of the theater halfway through this turkey. And we were drunk!
Says that at 19 he enjoyed the film and the top two reasons was the Bond girls and their respective actresses. Checks out.
Halle Berry was actually pretty good in the role...except for the absolute terrible lines she spoke (not her fault).
I can totally see her in this movie and saying "she is perfect to play Catwoman".
If Die Another Day wasn't attached to the 007 franchise, if it was just a Bond Parody existing as its own thing, I think it would be pretty well remembered as a campy 2000s action comedy.
Admittedly I haven't watched this in a while, but I remember really enjoying Die Another Day. Really had no idea there was so much hate on it!
My 1st movie even I enjoyed it. The plot will become a documentary in 25 years time .
I’m an inner city high school history teacher and I LOVE this series. It’s a great example of public history: constructing narratives that get the non-academic public involved in the historical process.
In my final project for the year, students construct a narrative for the public on any topic they want. I model the process by picking my own topic and constructing my own exhibit. I picked James Bond this year in honor of “No Time To Die.”
For the midpoint in which students have to argue either the high point (golden age), low point (worse point) or turning point (an event in which two of the Politics, Economics, Religious factors, Social factors, Innovation and Art (PERSIA) factors changed their trends) I argued that while “Die Another Day” is bad, “Man With The Golden Gun” is even worse.
“Die Another Day” at least had a good box office return and Berry and Pike play strong female characters.
On the other hand, “Man With The Golden Gun” had a dismal return coupled with an unimaginative storyline involving solar panels and insulting portrayals of women such as Mary Goodnight. I picked economics, gender norms and artistic trends as my three PERSIA factors.
Therefore, as a fellow film historian, I submit that “Die Another Day” is the second worst canonical Bond film because based on my thesis, “Die Another Day” has between one to two of its three PERSIA factors at an all time low. “Man With The Golden Gun” has all three factors at their worst.
Anyhow, I thought you’d be interested in my interpretation.
I LOVE your series. I’m looking into teaching my students how to submit their narratives and research on CZcams for next year.
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I love Pierce as James Bond 👍👍 When you have fun watching and time fly, than its a good movie 🎬
If it didn't have Rosamund Pike and Halle Berry in it there would be no reason to ever see this. And, as much as I like Halle Berry, she's upstaged by the amazingly gorgeous Rosamund Pike, who, even years later, can get away with wearing almost no makeup. Yeah, I think Halle Berry is a better actor, I just can't get over how amazing Rosamund is even without a filter of movie magic.
Yay, new vid 😍😍
at that point it became a parody of itself... thank god they realised that.
no it as the Bourne Identity that came out the same year that made them course correct.
"Even the worst James Bond movies are still kinda good when you get down to it." Spoken like a true Bond fan 🙂
True actually. My worst was diamonds, except that, I can watch all even view to a kill
Except this one.
This movie is the exception to the rule...well, this and maybe Spectre.
Not Quantum of Solace or SPECTRE.
As a Bond fan let me just say, I've really enjoyed these vids. Looking forward to ur thoughts on the Craig films
Best Bond Analysis. Drop some of the PC shit & we're gold.
Thanks for making me look up and learn the word "NADIR".
I actually love that movie, that was my introduction to the James Bond franchise
This movie is my ultimate so-bad-it's-amazing guilty pleasure.
I will admit one thing I love about this film was that someone had the balls to actually try to adapt the novel Moonraker.
This one is the first James Bond film I have ever watched!!! I just remembered 🤣
I realize I’m in the minority, here, but this is my second favorite Brosnan Bond film. Reminds me of a throwback to the Moore era. If anything, I thought Jinx was the low point. Great video, as always!
I was waiting for this
Really looking forward to your take on Casino Royal 😃
Great video series!
Oh gods, I clearly remember my when this movie came out. My laid back, funny, comic book geek uncle lost it over this movie. Little did I know (at the time) he was also a HUGE James Bond fan. We rented this film when we visited for Thanksgiving, and his reaction afterwards was priceless. I will never forget the look of disappointed disgust on his face. It became, "the movie that shall not be named." 😂
Bond at his smoothest. 🍸
Funny thing... Toby Stevens is actually a very good Bond. I regularly listen to Bond radio dramas as ambience and he's fantastic as 007
I didn't know this existed, I'm going to have fun listening to them all now 😁
I wish these videos would be an hour long🥰🥰
Fun fact: My friend briefly worked on the Ice Palace set and made one of the ice chairs out of resin. Apparently he did a shoddy job and it wasn't very stable.
Brosnan said at the James Bond Bafta tribute that they had asked him to another & he had said 'yes'.
Read he was later told over the phone he would not be returning.
I was twelve when I first saw this. And I used to love it
That multi screen, camera combination surface on a car has fired up a lot of Engineers imaginations & to me was the highlight of the film. The New invisible Man movie was just like that but in prototype form.
unpopular take, I liked Moonraker. Maybe because it was one of the first ones I ever saw so the nostalgia over wins out, but I just rewatched it and still dig it
One of the weaker Bond films but I can still enjoy it unlike Quantum or SPECTRE.
Great video, as always... But Tamahori wasn't the first non-british Bond director, Martin Campbell was also from New Zealand.
just a remake of diamonds are forever
The opening scene is great with the hovercrafts!
Never wanted to like a movie so much 🍿but never quite got there 🎰
Do you know how I remember this movie?
That when ice door opens before the henchman pass thru the magnetic card....
I always thought that because it was number 20 the makers just thought they'd throw a party and go nuts.
I'd add a few things to the good list, mostly from earlier in the movie. The opening theme is off but I remember being impressed by the fire and ice dancers in the opening credits (one context in which effects can be lacking in realism). Also, the way M relates to Bond when he comes back (saying he should have taken his suicide pill) is super cold. Indeed, the fact that Bond got caught was a huge shock at the time, and the grittiness of it presaged things to come in future movies.
One of the best Bond movies
16:37 As a James Bond nerd, I never noticed this scar on Bond's back before. Potentially from his FYEO when Bond is injured while being dragged across a coral reef???
I'm gonna be honest, I really enjoyed the movie (and still do). Sure, it's it's really bad in places and it can make you cringe at times, but it's also over-the-top and a lot of fun to watch too.
So if you're looking for a Bond movie that doesn't take itself too serious and something you can poke fun at in the process, this is your best bet IMO.
Always liked the over the top vibe of the movie. And I also love the car duel.
Take a shot every time he says "this / the movie".
So sorry Pierce had to go out this way Even the delicious Halle Berry couldn't save this turkey
Pierce really should of started his career with The Living Daylights. Just imagine him in a License to Kill type movie, which I think is the direction they were going in the first half of the film, which admittedly is pretty good
Toby Stephens
knew exactly what kind of movie he was in.
DIE ANOTHER DAY
was the
1st JAMES BOND movie
I ever saw on DVD
and the 1st I ever bought
and led me to buy
TOMORROW NEVER DIES
&
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
In the behind the scenes, Barbara Brocoli was told by her father to not mess up the franchise. Probably why they put the series on hold until Casino Royale to fix things up.
Pierce Brosnan was never the problem in his movies. The biggest issues were at the script level. But everything Madonna, bad CGI, a lame villian, and invisible cars are the most memorable. I did like Bond getting caught and tortured. It mixed things up. If an angry Bond quit and went on a mission of revenge against his captors it could have been something different, memorable, unique & interesting. Even if that's a bad idea, almost anything would have been better than this movie.
I watched this as a kid and lovds it. The movie completed it's purpose, to entertain. Don't think I'd watch it again as an adult.