Movie no 20
Die Another Day
2002 - imdb
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James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean
terrorist and a diamond mogul who is funding the development of an
international space weapon.
Cast
James Bond - Pierce Brosnan
Villains - Gustav Graves - Toby Stephens
- Colonel Moon - Will Yun Lee
Henchmen - Zao - Rick Yune
- Mr Kil - Lawrence Makoare
- Colonel Moon - Will Yun Lee
Henchmen - Zao - Rick Yune
- Mr Kil - Lawrence Makoare
Bondgirls - Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson - Halle Berry
- Miranda Frost - Rosamund Pike
M - Judi Dench
Moneypenny - Samantha Bond
Q - John Cleese
Charles Robinson - Colin Salmon
Q - John Cleese
Charles Robinson - Colin Salmon
Damian Falco - Michael Madsen
Director - Lee Tamahori
Writers - Neal Purvis & Robert WadeDirector - Lee Tamahori
Theme - "Die Another Day" -Madonna
"He looks nothing like the man we were expecting"
ReplyDelete"You fool. Look, he's wearing the same jacket and sunglasses"
"Isn't he a bit shorter?"
Delete"Oh, only by 6 inches or so."
The Koreans obviously bought a job lot of massive hats off the Russians.
ReplyDeleteI remember sitting in the cinema during this opening sequence and the torture scenes through the credits and thinking "man, this is going to be fantastic". So young, so naive.
ReplyDeleteLoving the jumping landmines though.
ReplyDeleteAt least try to look sorry!
ReplyDeleteI've just realised that my acceptance of this song stretches as far as the Sigmund Freud line. Up to that point I'm still thinking 'it's not THAT bad'
ReplyDeleteI'm considering self harm as a distraction.
Delete"We will trade today!"
ReplyDelete"No, it's a bit sunny; we need a nice foggy day."
"Liver not too good"
ReplyDelete"Definitely him then"
"Yep; he's loaded with STDs"
This cost $142m.
ReplyDelete'Dr No' cost $1.1m
I'm over the short brown hair fetish
ReplyDeleteScientists in the future will one day prove that the growing infertility of men started at the exact moment Halle Berry and Pierce Brosnan filmed that ornothology based 'seduction' scene.
ReplyDeleteHahahaha
DeleteTHERE!!! MADONNA'S IN A ROOM FULL OF SHARP OBJECTS!!! SOMEONE DO IT, FOR CHRIST SAKE!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis CGI old man in the fencing club is the worst special effect in the movie
ReplyDeleteThis is of course Thunderball, for everyone that doesn't know.
ReplyDelete'Blades' was M's bridge club that Drax (now Graves) was cheating at.
Stroke of luck that broadsword fighting is covered in MI6 training.
ReplyDeleteCGI shooting range and invisible car. We're done here.
ReplyDeleteHalle Berry was due to get her own film using the Jinx character. When they couldn't get the financing together they adapted the script slightly and made Hostel.
ReplyDeleteJust waiting for that minigun to slice the top of his head.
ReplyDeleteAnd just as I was thinking that they'd finally worked out that cars don't make that screeching tyre noise on ice.
ReplyDeleteThe realism has gone right out the window.
DeleteMichael Madsen is in a different film to everyone else.
ReplyDelete"Screw this, get me a chair, a knife and some petrol!"
DeleteYet more practical clothing for a fight.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, she could have pointed that plane in any direction...
ReplyDeleteI'd have preferred if they'd dispensed with the slow motion sequences and made a shorter film.
ReplyDeleteI was kind of hoping Frost was going to win that one.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm...I pretty sure if I smash the TV remote the telly will stay on, so chucking the satellite remote in a plane engine was a risky move. Jammy sod...it could have been stuck turned on.
ReplyDelete"I could just go back to the cockpit and land this thing but I might never get a chance to use this 'going down together' line again. I'd best just sit here and wait for Bond. I'm sure he's doing alright taking out the room full of armed guards and psycho with the electric shock suit all on his own and will be here sometime soon"
ReplyDeleteShut up. Please shut up.
ReplyDeleteWell, that was unpleasant.
ReplyDeleteA better use of the budget for that film would have been to send it to Africa, for starving children to use as toilet paper.
ReplyDeleteJust been to the bathroom before starting the next film. The support crew we have here has done well to hide the bleach to stop me from taking my own life.
ReplyDeleteNo changes (shocker)...
Favourites so far...
Film: Live and Let Die
Song: Goldfinger (Shirley Bassey)
Hottest Bond girl: Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress)
Best Bond girl: Pam Bouvier (Carey Lowell) (Licence to Kill)
Villain: Max Zorin (Christopher Walken)
Henchman: Xenia Onatopp (GoldenEye)
Fight: Bond Vs Grant on the train (From Russia With Love)
Stunt: The Croc Run (Live and Let Die)
Pre Title Sequence: GoldenEye
Pun: “I think he’s attempting re-entry Sir” (Moonraker)
Locations: For Your Eyes Only
Gadget: Magnet Watch (Live and Let Die)