The James Bond Rewatch: Current Movie - SPECTRE

[drbunnig]

On to the Brosnan era with Goldeneye now. This is going to get a 7 from me.

This was the first Bond I can actually remember being released in my lifetime (LtK came out when I was about a year old). My introduction to it, of course, was the immense N64 game, which hogged many hours of my childhood. It was sort of weird coming to the film after the game, knowing how the plot worked and seeing where Rare embellished and expanded upon the movie.

Anyway, I've always liked Brosnan as Bond, and this has long been one of my favourites, but it's not striking the same chord this time round. It's got all the right ingredients, with some good stunts, locations and characters, plus a serviceable enough plot, but it doesn't quite come together as I remembered. The music is very hit and miss too. That said, I think the way Bond and Natalya are tied together to the entourage of villains is well done, and there's some interesting dynamics going on.

Although it doesn't quite live up to my memories of it, Goldeneye will always have a special place in my heart.