We go back underwater with Bond in
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, in which Bond must figure out who the bad guy (girl?) really is and stop a plot relating to a gas pipeline in some way or something
Okay so he's not spending a TON of time underwater here - but a good chunk culminating in a nice fight on a giant submarine which makes a nice set piece. Brosnan continues his mostly inoffensive portrayal of Bond, while still gunning down just TONS of people, so much more gunplay in this era of Bond. Strongest parts of this film are the dynamic between Bond and Elektra - even though she's a little obvious as a femme fatale from the start - seeing her go from Bond Girl to Bond Villain is a fun twist. Renard is a gimmicky little henchmen who I felt could have been more interesting.
Overall the movie held my attention a little better than Tomorrow Never Dies - but still thoroughly in the slightly-above-average realm.
Observations
- They redeem the slide-whistle corkscrew car jump from the Moore era with a really nicely executed corkscrew boat jump in the cold open
- I suddenly have a theory that any Bond movie with a scene in a casino is immediately a couple points better than any that don't. This is something to analyze more on the next watch-through.
- Strong choice to have M captured / in danger. That was a fun dynamic - although I wish we could have gotten her into some kind of action beat or something.
- Also nice to see Russian Hagrid again - good to bring a Bond ally back - and he really makes the key sacrifice play in the closing minutes
- I'm fascinated by these tree-trimming helicopter contraptions. Are these real things? I'm fascinated.
- Last appearance by Desmond Llewelyn as Q - pour one out for this legend of the franchise. 17 appearances over 36 years - a true lynchpin of the series.
- Definitely three bonks with three different women here - our total is up to 55 bonks with 44 women
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