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Is James Bond dead of have the producers just ruined him?
First off, I love James Bond, and I don't dislike Pierce Brosnan, but this movie is beyond bad! I agree with so many of the other reviews here: Horrid script, no characterization, inane dialouge, bad direction... I could go on! Can we please have a well written script with an actual story that's well crafted and edited, containing real characters with dialogue of real human beings! I mean this is James Bond, so it doesn't have to be Shakespeare, but there was a time when this series was A-list escapist entertainment that everyone else tried to emulate. Please get new directors, stop hiring American actresses (all bad in these movies/and it used to be your edict not to hire them!), get new writers and a script editor, get rid of John Cleese and the "star cameos" (would Goldinger have been better if Peter Sellers was Q!) As long as John Barry's drawing breath why not use him, he's a genius... If not, get a new composer because the one you have now is nowhere in the realm of good. And maybe it is time to hire Hugh Jackman and have fresh blood and a young sex symbol play Bond... you haven't had an actor play him for the age he supposes to be (late thirties) according to his creator Ian Fleming, since Sean "the Bond" Connery. Maybe it's time the Producers, who are obviously weary, indecisive, fearful and bad creators to hand it all over to someone enthusiastic, purposeful, and talented? No? Well at least hire a creative team who can make great movies... (How about the director of X-men? How about the composer of Band of Brothers? How about foreign actresses who are beautiful, talented and over 25? How about special effects that make the action more vivid and thrilling and not more ridiculous and "spectcle" driven?) PLEASE! Someone help this beloved franchise! Everyone wants it to improve!!!

A Good Day To Die
The 20th Bond film, Die Another Day, marked the 40th anniversary of the venerable franchise. The movie has all of the usual touches that one might expect, and finds a way to top the last one a bit. Like all Bond flicks though, except for the flawless Goldfinger, some things work well here, while other components of the film fall flat.

On a secret mission to capture a North Korean Colonel's son (Rick Yune), Bond (Pierce Brosnan) is betrayed, captured, and stripped of his licence to kill. After months in captivity, Bond is released, in a prisoner exchange. On his own, he wants revenge, against the person who sold him out. His investigation leads him to an american spy, called Jinx (Halle Berry), and to an ecentric billionaire, Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens). He also learns there's a fellow agent (Rosamund Pike) charged with watching Graves, who is secretly developing a weapon, that could spell the end of world.

Directed by Lee Tamahori, Die Another Die, takes full advantage of the Bond anniversary. The film has a few extra touches. Halle Berry's entrance in the film, will remind longtime fans of a scene from Dr. No, the first film in the series. Bond's usual gadget scene with Q (John Cleese) is filled with nods to the past. There's also clever one liners peppered along the way as well. The action is well realized in the context of the story. Of course some of it is really over the top and seems more cartoonish than Bond should ever be, like the parachute stunt, ahead of some breaking ice. But the laser scene, high dives, and a great fencing duel are just some of the highlights. Berry adds some spark and spice with Jinx. She is an ideal "Bond girl" She's smart, sexy, and can hold her own with Brosnan. Two things bring the film down a notch for me though. A-Stephens could have been a bit more menacing and less of a cardboard cut out B-Madonna, not only singing perhaps the worst title songs in franchise history, but her dreadfull cameo in the film as well.

Die Another Day is the first 2 DVD set in the series. For the most part the extras are well produced, and cover all aspects of production The audio commentaries are the gems of the set. Disc two's many featurettes on the movie, are best when viewed as one big documentary, rather than in sections. There's also a Bond trivia track that can be utilized as you watch the film. Photo galleries, theatrical trailers, tv spots, the making of Madonna's music video featurette, the music video itself, and an inside look at the new Bond game called "007 Nightfire" top off the main extras. There's also some DVD-ROM content on both discs as well.

Die Another Day makes for a fine addition to the series, as well as, a solid 2 DVD set to anyone's collection

Die Another Day
The title of Bond's twentieth foray onto the screen comes not from Ian Fleming but rather from the last line of a Houseman poem.Lee Tamahori directs the hero through the usual paces but by now the franchise seems a little dated. Sure there is a lot of action here but the film is a little weak (read farfetched) when it comes to plot.

In this film Bond must save the world from a mad North Korean colonial who has perfected what is essentially a death ray. The colonial wants to use his death beam in order to move into South Korea and then into the west.

All the usual Bond special features are here. We have car chase on ice, exotic locales, beautiful women but something feels like its missing. Halle Berry tries hard in this movie as NSA agent Jinx but she remains little more than eye candy. If there is a Bond girl to watch in this outing it is Rosamund Pike who plays double agent Miranda Pike.

The real treat here is the two DVD set by Universal which offers two commentaries, a trivia track, a great documentary, photo galleries and Madonna's video of the title song.

All in all not one of the best Bond movies but certainly worth its two hour running time.

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