Article: In Defense of Die Another Day

[drfanshawe]

An interesting article on Die Another Day

http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/11/10/james ... other-day/

In defense of 'Die Another Day': Thirteen reasons why Pierce Brosnan's last Bond film is better, weirder, and more wonderful than you remember..

[Omega]

Be interested to read it but tapatalk won't open the link


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[Goldeneye]

In defense of 'Die Another Day': Thirteen reasons why Pierce Brosnan's last Bond film is better, weirder, and more wonderful than you remember

Ten years after Pierce Brosnan’s final turn as 007, the reputation of his whole James Bond era has suffered considerably. Conventional wisdom holds that Brosnan came out the gate strongly (Goldeneye, Xenia Onatopp, “For England, James?”) but then went off the rails. His films trended silly (Tomorrow Never Dies, Evil Rupert Murdoch, “You always were a cunning linguist”) and sillier (The World Is Not Enough, the guy from Full Monty playing an invincible Russian, “I thought Christmas only comes once a year.”) When Casino Royale hit theaters in 2006, it was praised for its realism, its serious tone, its resolute unwillingness to fall victim to Bond cliché. It was a complete refutation of what had come before. And what it was refuting, nominally, was Die Another Day. An exercise in pure blockbuster decadence, Die Another Day has become synonymous with a certain kind of overstuffed travesty. It features an invisible car, an ice palace, a sun laser, and a cameo from Madonna; it’s hard to know which of those things is more ridiculous.

But I don’t think Die Another Day deserves its toxic reputation. Viewed today, it looks almost ancient in some ways; and yet, in other ways, it seems to anticipate a whole host of action movie tropes that would come to define the ensuing decade. In hindsight, it looks a little bit like the franchise’s attempt at a superhero movie, in the same sense that Moonraker was an attempt at science-fiction and Licence to Kill was a stealth Miami Vice adaptation. It is an insane, helplessly silly movie; and yet, in its own way, it forms an essential companion piece to this weekend’s Skyfall. Forthwith, some important points to consider when we talk about Die Another Day:................................................

[Dr. No]

", in a weird way, Jinx seems to be in a completely different movie: A parallel spin-off, where she has her own adventures and occasionally overlaps with Bond."
Interesting point

[Kristatos]

", in a weird way, Jinx seems to be in a completely different movie: A parallel spin-off, where she has her own adventures and occasionally overlaps with Bond."
Interesting point

She was supposed to have her own spin-off movie at one point, to be directed by Stephen Frears.

[Jamesdude]

Out of curiosity, am I the only Bond fan here that liked Die Another Day's theme song? Because all ive heard is negative commets about it.

[FormerBondFan]

Out of curiosity, am I the only Bond fan here that liked Die Another Day's theme song? Because all ive heard is negative commets about it.

No, you're not alone.

[Omega]

Out of curiosity, am I the only Bond fan here that liked Die Another Day's theme song? Because all ive heard is negative commets about it.

No, you're not alone.

it was better than the cr & qos themes


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[FormerBondFan]

As far as Brosnan era theme songs are concerned, I prefer TND.

[Daltonite Toothpaste]

Defending Die Another Day takes some serious skill. Though to be fair, in amongst Brosnan looking well past his Bond prime (he looks surprisingly rotund for a man who has spend 14 months in a North Korean prison) and the crass humour, there are some good scenes, such as the Hovercraft chase and Bond meeting Raoul.

[jorgealarcon]

He was an fine james bond until the last one he was on

[FormerBondFan]

He was an fine james bond until the last one he was on

You can't blame him. It's all Babs The B1tch.

[bjamesobrad]

I liked DAD
its better than what we have now

Great popcorn flick
I thought all Brosnan's Bonds were good. Then again all Bond movies were good until CR

[Daltonite Toothpaste]

He was an fine james bond until the last one he was on

He brought nothing new to the role, and was a place holder until a better actor came along (i'm still waiting). He's only marginally better better than Craig. The 90's Bonds would have been greatly improved with Dalton, especially GoldenEye.

[John P. Drake]

Well, GoldenEye wasn't written with Dalton in mind. The script for his proposed third film was something totally different, it involved robots and stuff as I've read it. But, then again, Dalton should've done B17 in 1991 and B18 in 1993, then should've passed the torch to Brosnan.