I Hate Silly Movies.
(Contains No Spoilers. As this movie is already spoiled, nothing I write here can further spoil it.)
This movie insults anyone's intelligence (even some of the more sophisticated domestic animals might feel insulted). If this were a stupid little agent thriller from the UK of the 1960s I wouldn't mind. But come on, this is a BOND MOVIE and it was made in 1999. Brosnan must really really have been in need of money very badly not to refuse such an idiotic script. Or maybe he just didn't read it Maybe no-one did. Sounds strangely plausible to me. Maybe it was written by a random generator. There is no definite prove, yet it is very likely that said random generator was also used to select cast and role-names.
Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist? Called CHRISTMAS Jones???
Former Monty Python comedian John Cleese as Q's sidekick? What, Q the sidekick has a sidekick? And John Cleese is in a Bond Movie??? That's like say, putting Mr. Bean into a Bond movie... Oh wait, he was in a Bond movie.
Elektra. Nice name, Mr. Random Generator.. guess there's simply no place for poor old Pussy Galore in todays politically correct US of A.
M, head of the Secret Service (MI6) PERSONALLY goes to Russia to look after Elektra whose life is threatened? THE HEAD OF THE SECRET SERVICE GOES THERE PERSONALLY???? Hello McFly!! Anyone home? Now I really wonder if she will be captured by the bad guys... Not.
Allow me to describe one sequence in detail. James bond opens a submarine hatch and dives around a nuclear submarine... 30 (?) meters under the water surface with no scuba gear. Then he opens another hatch, steps into the reactor room and prevents a nuclear meltdown by pushing the fuel rods back into the reactor. With his bare hands. Poor Mr. Random Generator, how could he possibly know that those rods are hot, very very hot and very very radioactive?
Did I mention that I hate silly movies?
The only thing that saves this movie from me giving it a 0 is that IMDB's rating system won't allow it. While I wouldn't go as far as saying that this movie proves that God doesn't exist, it comes close. Too close.
Next time, please let my dog write the script.
Oh the humanity.
This movie insults anyone's intelligence (even some of the more sophisticated domestic animals might feel insulted). If this were a stupid little agent thriller from the UK of the 1960s I wouldn't mind. But come on, this is a BOND MOVIE and it was made in 1999. Brosnan must really really have been in need of money very badly not to refuse such an idiotic script. Or maybe he just didn't read it Maybe no-one did. Sounds strangely plausible to me. Maybe it was written by a random generator. There is no definite prove, yet it is very likely that said random generator was also used to select cast and role-names.
Denise Richards as a nuclear physicist? Called CHRISTMAS Jones???
Former Monty Python comedian John Cleese as Q's sidekick? What, Q the sidekick has a sidekick? And John Cleese is in a Bond Movie??? That's like say, putting Mr. Bean into a Bond movie... Oh wait, he was in a Bond movie.
Elektra. Nice name, Mr. Random Generator.. guess there's simply no place for poor old Pussy Galore in todays politically correct US of A.
M, head of the Secret Service (MI6) PERSONALLY goes to Russia to look after Elektra whose life is threatened? THE HEAD OF THE SECRET SERVICE GOES THERE PERSONALLY???? Hello McFly!! Anyone home? Now I really wonder if she will be captured by the bad guys... Not.
Allow me to describe one sequence in detail. James bond opens a submarine hatch and dives around a nuclear submarine... 30 (?) meters under the water surface with no scuba gear. Then he opens another hatch, steps into the reactor room and prevents a nuclear meltdown by pushing the fuel rods back into the reactor. With his bare hands. Poor Mr. Random Generator, how could he possibly know that those rods are hot, very very hot and very very radioactive?
Did I mention that I hate silly movies?
The only thing that saves this movie from me giving it a 0 is that IMDB's rating system won't allow it. While I wouldn't go as far as saying that this movie proves that God doesn't exist, it comes close. Too close.
Next time, please let my dog write the script.
Oh the humanity.
- Cephyros
- Jul 27, 2002