The World Is Not Enough (1999)

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  TheMovieDiorama

  6 / 10

  REVISED REVIEW:
  A lesser Bond flick that many dismiss for its thinly oiled plot. We all had a childhood favourite, that one film that we never really understood but kept watching because of specific scenes. That's this for me. I fondly remember fast-forwarding to the Thames boat chase, the pipe line bomb rollercoaster ride and the formidable nuclear submarine that conveniently could be climbed sideways. It was my childhood, and for that reason I could never dismiss this as being a bad Bond flick, because it's not. It has all the right ingredients. Voluptuous Bond women, a grapple hook watch, a somewhat realistic terrorist plan (minus the proposed nuclear attack) and a motto that I should abide by more often. "There's no point in living, if you can't feel alive". Think about it, that's a heavy philosophy right there. Alas, there are a few minor flaws that bring the film down as I watch it with older experienced eyes. Some of the action sequences (mountain "parahawk" chase and helicopter tree saw battle) seemed out of place and felt unnatural, as if the sequences had to be in there just to showcase explosions. These scenes do not progress the story, which consequently makes the whole ordeal rather clunky. Marceau occasionally looked awkward and stooped to overacting, but the biggest criticism (and I hate singling out actors) is Richards. Denise Richards is a nuclear physicist. Dr Christmas Jones. Christmas. She just can't act, at all. Monotonous, dull and frustratingly tedious. Annoyingly convenient for the plot, and nothing more. Brosnan, Carlyle and Coltrane were good though, and that's exactly how I view this film. Good. From the theme tune to the Stockholm syndrome perspective. It's just good old Bond fun.

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