Highest grossing Bond movie at it's time (until Die Another Day). Was nominated for 12 awards. The only I've ever watched in the theater. So much doesn't work for me though. Oil pipeline macguffin, yawn. It's certainly not as interesting as any kind of generic world ending bomb, maybe more interesting than a newsmedia company (Tomorrow). A bad guy that can't feel pain, sounds good in theory, do they do anything interesting with it.. no. It actually might be Judi Dench's best bond movie, she certainly is given the most to do that isn't named Skyfall. I dislike everything about Sophie Marceau's character. There is like a 30 minute scene where Bond is getting choked for the entirety but there are no repercussions. Desmond Llewelyn's last outing as Q who actually died in a car crash after the movie came out. Denise Richards is gorgeous, but did win a Razzie for this role. I cringe at all the Christmas jokes. Replacing these women with Maria Grazia Cucinotta, or Tiffani Thiessen, Vera Farmiga and Sharon Stone would have been interesting, but I don't know if it makes the movie better. I don't actually know how to fix it honestly. I'm not familiar with director Michael Apted. I watched Enough, heard of Rome and Gorillas in the Mist, but haven't anything else. He had mostly done thrillers and dramas but was picked because the script was more cerebral. The almost 15 minute intro chase scene took seven weeks to shoot. So many ski chases in these Bond movies, but it doesn't stand out here. Pierce Brosnan didn't know how to ski and it looks apparent here. On Her Majesty's Secret Service did it better. Opened with Sleepy Hollow and both movies made $30M. So that Barbenheimer weekend title could have been 'Not Enough Sleepy' or 'Sleepy World', 'Hollow World', 'Not Enough Hollow'? Ultimately the thing is just boring.
| Movie | IMDB | Rot Tom | Rot Tom Aud | 2012 Rank | My Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21. The World Is Not Enough | 6.4 | 51% | 49% | 8 | 25 |
| 22. Never Say Never Again | 6.1 | 71% | 37% | 17 | 18 |
| 23. A View to Kill | 6.3 | 37% | 40% | 9 | 21 |
| 24. Tomorrow Never Dies | 6.5 | 57% | 53% | 20 | 22 |
| 25. Diamonds are Forever | 6.5 | 64% | 57% | 23 | 24 |
| 26. Die Another Day | 6.1 | 55% | 41% | 22 | 19 |
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