Pierce Brosnan bows out of his role as James Bond in a decent Bond movie once again laden with chase scenes and bad guys and gorgeous ladies. He battles the North Koreans (the latest bad guys in American films) as the action pursues. I sort of liked this and the impressive cast. (Bosnan, Halle Berry, Rosamund Pike, John Cleese, etc.). It could have been better, though, especially with the plot, and maybe some more cool gadgets.** out of ****

01/26/2017In my opinion,007 has very many pieces and lots of sequels to its collection. I became a fan and viewer right in this chapter. As a growing child I I only knew of the video game on Nintendo 64. I played it with the nephews of my widowed mother's boyfriend at the time and always I enjoyed it. So I decided to watch the movie.After that exciting hour or so, I was thrilled enough to continue looking the sequels. I still to this day enjoy a good 007 flick. Sean Connery does a brilliant job in this role and brings a very soothing feel to the character 007. I feel he has a very delightful approach. He satisfies many of us watching him take on some of the most mysterious guys around town up to no good. A+Always accompanied by a well-equipped ally, Sean Connery, joined by the beautiful Halle Berry became even more interesting being that he had such a gorgeous apprentice. I often wonder what it would be like to be apart of the team. It always seemed like fun as I observed the interesting story line. The writer leaves so many possibilities for additional character injections. Very exciting.I rated this movie 10 stars because it has a very wonderful concept. It allows room for growth yet it also could be ended for good. Very mysterious. It makes the audience really pay attention. Even in the newer films of 007, the soundtracks are enough to bring an old audience back into the story-line if they ever were to be directed elsewhere for whatever reason. Adele made me come back with her phenomenal voice. I could not get used to the new 007, Daniel Craig. He is also a wonderful actor. However, this took some time. All in all, Great movie! 10 Stars!!!!With Kindest Regards,Inspiring Creative Entertainment Cecil Moore Founder/Performing Artist 1-877-933-7771 Ext:800 [email protected]

Directed by Lee Tamahori and produced by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, has script Robert Wade and is the twentieth film in the franchise. In this film, Pierce Brosnan plays 007 for the last time, next to Halle Berry, in the role of Jinkx, Rosamund Pike, in the role of Miranda Frost, Rick Yune, in the role of Zao, John Cleese, in the role of Q and Toby Stephens, in the role of Gustav Graves.In this film, James Bond returns to active after being captured and tortured in North Korea, where he remained abandoned by the country he served. He will try to pursue those responsible for his arrest, in particular the traitor who he suspects exist within MI6's ranks. For this, he will have to investigate a network of smuggling of blood diamonds and an eccentric millionaire who has a reputation for never sleeping.This is undoubtedly the worst film of Bond franchise, to date. If there is any Bond movie where everything went wrong, is this. Pierce Brosnan, who in this film says goodbye to 007, was never convincing as James Bond. He tried, did his best and that's positive, but he never truly fit in the role. And if his previous films had been saved by the excellent quality of the villains and other stuff like that, it doesn't happen in this movie. Toby Stephens works well as Graves, but his character proved to be an unlikely villain. The public simply don't believe in his character or the history around it. Rosamund Pike is a terrible choice for a Bond-girl, as her character tried to be, at some point. She is the antithesis of any bond-girl, but the script was able to make up for it in the end, when Miranda showed not be as friendly as she (ever) seemed. Finally, we have the worst participation of all: Hale Brest... ops, Berry! This actress simply has no talent. She has big breasts, only that. And if that is enough to be a good bond- girl, the world is lost. The script is another problem: despite giving focus to strong and relevant subjects such weapons and diamonds trafficking or the constant military tension in North Korea, the way the film deals with it is simply unacceptable, unlikely and far-fetched. We could accept that in the early films of the franchise, but now the public expects more and that was simply forgotten. Last but not least, the film continues to suffer from continuity errors, paradoxes and faults unworthy of cinema professionals, in addition to the massive advertising sponsors, showed in all sequences and almost every scene. Bond is a action character or a pretty face to sell things?! The opening theme of this film, sung by Madonna, was very trendy to be precisely Madonna's. But even that could have been better and more interesting.

...considering this was the Bond film which partly forced Bond to 'reboot.' For what it's worth, I liked 'Die Another Day.' Okay, so it may never be up there with the best of the Bond movies, but it certainly doesn't deserve to be down there with the worst. I'll go as far as to say that it is a little effects-laden and the Madonna cameo just really shouldn't be in there, but it's still good fun (and isn't that what a Bond film should be?).This time Bond is captured by the North Koreans for a good year and a half near the beginning of the film (don't think that should be too much of a spoiler – as it's basically covered in the typically-weird opening credits montage) and tortured. When MI6 finally get him out, it's because he's being exchanged for a North Korean war criminal – in fact the very same war criminal he went to North Korea to assassinate.Anyway, MI6 don't really see much use for poor ol' Bondy and consign him to the scrap heap. Only Bond has other ideas and kind of 'goes rogue.' Well, slightly rogue. Not quite as 'rogue' as Licensed to Kill' but still rogue enough to be not on MI6's payroll. And those dastardly North Koreans better watch out and not try starting a war with the rest of the world.As I said, I quite liked it. It's topical (what with the North Koreans regularly scaring the world with their sabre-rattling) and rolls along reasonably well. Maybe I'm just nostalgic as I liked the old 'happy-go-lucky' Bond films (before the darker and more gritty Daniel Craig era) and this was the last of its kind. A lot of people hated it because of its awful use of 'green screen' special effects. Okay, you may expect to be able to tell the hero is up against a green screen in your average B-movie, but this is a high-budget Bond film – it really is pretty awful. And then you have the invisible car. Over the decades Bond has had more than his fair share of cool gadgets to get him out of trouble. It seemed that a car that completely disappears at will was suspending the disbelief a little too much.Overall, Die Another Day will never be a classic. There is a fair amount wrong with it. Halle Berry, although being a great actress, kind of suffered from the 'Bond girl curse' and didn't really live up to expectations (there was even talk of a spin-off film series based on her character – never going to happen now). Don't expect too much from this, but if you're still okay with the lighter side of Bond (even though this one does try to 'go dark' - or as dark as anything pre-Craig ever will) and fancy a load of dodgy special effects and Pierce Brosnan's smirk then there are worse films out there (there are also better Bond films out there, but you probably already know that).And I still like John Cleese better as 'Q' than the kid they currently have.