| StuOhQ said: Happy to be jumping in with Brosnan, but sad that I missed Dalton. I've been doing a bit of a rewatch of my own with #FromFebwLove on my film blog - http://undy-a-hundy.com/ |
Welcome aboard and I checked out your site, great concept for your review scores! If your joining us here for this you can always just give scores for the previous films rather than reviewing here.
Goldeneye
Good theme song by Bono/Edge sung by Tina Turner, I also really liked the credits with the fall of the USSR motifs. Brilliant opening sequence as well, the bungee jump, 006, the skydive. Has the feel of The Spy Who Loved Me.
Nice to see Moneypenny completely besting Bond. Samantha Bond is a better choice than her young blonde predecessor (The two actually were in school together but a couple years later now makes her more believable)
Dench straightway impresses as M. The lines she delivers were she calls Bond a dinosaur really brought Bond up to date in the mid 90’s.
I’d say Goldeneye has the very best Q scene, always loved the “Don’t touch that, that’s my lunch” line. Llewelyn works best with Brosnan, always seemed a genuine love and respect between the two.
The three villains are great, Trevelyan is unique in that he’s a real match for Bond’s skills, it's a bit of shame we couldn't have seen Bean before in other films to add more weight to the loss/betrayal. Onatopp has to be the best henchwoman in the series, I love the way Ourumov looks at her when she’s panting after shooting the scientists at Severnaya. Brilliant performance for Famke Jansen.
Gottfreid John also brings real depth to Ourumov, playing the Soviet general role that has often been one dimensional in pervious films.
Joe Don Baker gets to redeme himself after TLDL. That “Do you like gardening?” line is a bit weird though. I guess something got cut later?
The tank chase scene is impressive, so often its Bond being chased so it’s a good reversal. How does it end up ahead of the train though? Absolutely implausible.
Overall, great start for Brosnan, I think the film benefitted from the prolonged break due to the dispute. Allowing it to revaluate itself for a post-Cold War world. 8/10
