Movie no 19
The World is Not Enough
1999 - imdb
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James Bond uncovers a nuclear plot when he protects an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain.
James Bond uncovers a nuclear plot when he protects an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain.
James Bond - Pierce Brosnan
Villain - Victor Zokas (aka Renard) - Robert Carlyle
Henchmen - Gabor - John Seru
- Bullion - Goldie
- Cigar Girl - Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Henchmen - Gabor - John Seru
- Bullion - Goldie
- Cigar Girl - Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Bondgirl Villian(!) - Elektra King - Sophie Marceau
Bondgirls - Dr Christmas Jones - Denise Richards
- Dr Molly Warmflash - Serena Scott Thomas
M - Judi Dench
Moneypenny - Samantha Bond
Q - Desmond Llewelyn
R - John Cleese
Bill Tanner - Michael Kitchen
Charles Robinson - Colin Salmon
Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky - Robbie Coltrane
Q - Desmond Llewelyn
R - John Cleese
Bill Tanner - Michael Kitchen
Charles Robinson - Colin Salmon
Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky - Robbie Coltrane
Director - Michael Apted
Theme - "The World is Not Enough" - Garbage
All the gadgets in the world and apparently MI6 doesn't have a PA system.
ReplyDeleteSadly Madonna is going to let Garbage off the hook far too quickly for this song
ReplyDelete13 minutes and 45 seconds will surely forever hold the longest pre-title sequence record. Brosnan's worst though.
ReplyDeleteA great departure for Q.
ReplyDeleteI think the awkward eye contact between Q and Bond went on a bit longer than he'd planned there.
ReplyDeleteIt's taken a few films for me to mention this, but big fan of Michael Kitchen as an actor.
ReplyDeleteYet another brilliantly impractical henchmen attack plan.
ReplyDeleteThe light-up watch is good, I'll have one of them thanks.
ReplyDeleteThe avalanche protection jacket is the shark repelant spray of the Bond universe
ReplyDeleteAnd Goldie is the Jar Jar Binks
ReplyDelete"I've got a brilliant idea for a henchman...metal teeth! Am I a genius or what?"
DeleteHas Robbie Coltrane ever NOT made anything better?
ReplyDelete"Oi, don't snatch! Rude!"
ReplyDelete"I don't know any doctor jokes" is probably Brosnan's funniest line in all of his films.
ReplyDeleteWhere you stand appears to be in a hole M. Is Judi Dench shrinking?
ReplyDeleteWe're all thinking the same thing...massive circular saws hanging underneath a helicopter. How does it land?
ReplyDeleteI might have mis-judged Denise Richards. She's surprisingly acceptable.
ReplyDeleteBoth lucky and massively inconvenient, her turning up at that door.
ReplyDeleteI don't know who designed this submarine, but if I've learnt anything it's that there should be a huge red arrow with "Danger Level" written on it.
ReplyDelete*Audible groan throughout the cinema*
ReplyDelete"You see M, when a mummy and daddy love each other very much..."
ReplyDeleteWay better than I remember. I'd actually call it 'good'. Whole Turkey finale might be one of the best ones. Bit dismayed at why they would deliberately destroy all that good will with the Christmas joke at the end though.
ReplyDeleteFavourites 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)
How can the best pun not be "You always were a bit of a cunning linguist" ?
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It was definitely a contender! Q's delivery just gave him the edge for me.
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