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| One of the most highly awaited James Bond movies is
finally out. Tomorrow Never Dies hits the movie theaters in full blast leaving 007's martini overly shaken and not at all stirred. Apparently, however, even the public of the 1990's prefer the drink, as well as the movie the other way around. High Points: Well, the film is all action. There are great chase scenes, once again Pierce Brosnan does a lot of running--something the directors feel he does best. The gadgets are great, the BMW alone represents everything you could possibly want in a car. Q is back!!! The women are once again as beautiful as ever. M and Miss Moneypenny also return for the second film and their performance, especially M's, is a splendid. Low Points: Once again, the film is all action, too much action. The two hours that the film lasts is 75% action and 25% commercial. What the film lacks is the charm of the old Connery films. TND does not waste any time on the slow scenes, the scenes that develop the Bond's character. Instead the time is taken up by fifteen second commercial scenes; like 007 drinking Smirnoff vodka in a hotel room or him driving two BMW machines, crashing through a truck filled with Budweiser beer cases. Verdict: It's a Bond film and that alone forces all Bond fans to immediately love it, but truth be told TND is not the greatest 007 movie ever made, and yet it's not the worst. The film is meant to sell and not necessarily make 007 fans happy. The bottom line is that Tomorrow Never Dies is a Bond film for the 90's--like it or not--it should be accepted as such. |
