Sunday, March 7, 2010

Just be a good boy and die

Only James Bond.
Edit: I rewatched the beginning and it turns out he did not dive after a bi-plane. My bad.
Goldeneye (1995)
Directed by Martin Campbell
Produced by Albert R. Broccoli (uncredited), Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine, Bruce Feirstein
Starring Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Judi Dench

Goldeneye Trailer

Notes:
  • This movie had both Faramir AND Jean Grey!
  • Yknow, being killed by Evil Crotch Lady, probably not the worst way to die. Just sayin.
  • Sometimes I imagined Brosnan as being just a regular non-spy guy during his spying missions. He then appears very creepy.
  • That guy! Added a missile to the Bond car! And it was never used in this movie! What a tease!!
  • James Bond chases a car with a tank. I just thought that was worth mentioning.
What I learned from Goldeneye:
  • You don't have to sit down to drive a tank - one of the advantages it has over cars.
  • A quick way to a girl's heart isn't being nice or sexy or suave or handsome or awesome. You just have to save her from impending doom, and 10 seconds later you two will be smoochin' in the gravel.
  • Chain linked fences are a good cover from bullets flying at you, especially if you're running.
Recommended to:
  • Those who like Bond movies.
  • Those who like explosions.
  • Those who like Pierce Brosnan.
  • Those who want see lots of exciting stuff happening.
  • Those who want to see Jean Grey play an evil crotch lady.
Not recommended to:
  • Those who enjoy something a little more... thought provoking.
  • Bad guys.
Conclusion:

Yeah, the movie was pretty fun and exciting. But the problem with it is simply that it's a little past its prime. It has lots of explosions and nonsense action that, sure, was awesome in the 90's, but all that stuff became cliche about 10 years ago. I mean Bond was caught THREE TIMES in the movie, and not once did the bad guy shoot him, even after Bond killed like half of his henchmen! Instead, the baddy usually just trapped him in some place and put a time bomb next to him. This isn't a horrible movie, nor is it an amazing one.

The film didn't even bother with a love story. Here's how I think it went down in the writers room:

"Okay, well this is the next Bond girl. How can we show them falling in love?"

"Bond saves her. They fall in love."

"Well, uh... does he charm his way into her life? Is she, at first, reluctant of a relationship, but he keeps using his moves-"

"Nope. He saves her, they fall in love."

"Really? We aren't gonna build tension or..-"

"Have you been watching too much Remmington Steel?"

"Well uh..."

"Look. We have explosions. We have shoot outs. We have explosions amidst the shoot outs. We don't need to waste our time with developing a relationship between the characters. Everyone knows that in the next movie, he'll just be banging some other chick."

"So..."

"So?"

"So... he saves her... they fall in love."

"He saves her they fall in love!"

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