Review of GoldenEye (1995) by Thomas D — 31 Oct 2015

If the Timothy Dalton films weren't convincing enough, the tongue and.

Cheek tone is seemingly gone from the franchise, and that's probably.

For the best. But GoldenEye suffers at times because of it's lack of.

Fun at all. Pierce Brosnan finally gets his chance at playing 007 after.

Two separate close encounters previously. This was also the longest gap.

In between Bond films, 1989-1995, to date. GoldenEye attempts to.

Modernize and boost the stakes to the series after two very serious.

Films with Dalton.

Brosnan brings charm but surprisingly not a ton of charisma, or at.

Least not compared to Connery or Moore. But then again, not many do. We.

Also have performances from Famke Janssen, Sean Bean, and the newcomer.

To the series Judi Dench. Out of everyone, Dench is by far the most.

Notable in that she's the first 'M' to really put Bond in his place.

She's the only 'M' that I actually believed was his boss. You can't.

Pull one over on the dame herself. But although I like Janssen in most.

Roles, I was kind of annoyed by her for most of the film. She didn't.

Seem to fit in with the tone of the rest of the film so therefore not a.

Very good villain. Her killing technique is one of the strangest things.

I have ever seen. It's a shame because the potential was all there.

Sean Bean on the otherhand, is always fun to watch. His turn from being.

006 and Bond's friend to the leader of a nuclear space weapon seemed.

Both original and familiar. I liked that a villain came from somewhere.

Personal to Bond, but I also feel like it could have had more build up.

Within their friendship instead of hiding him for half the film. That.

Way, the gut punch will hurt more if we would have cared about these.

Two working together. Plus, how many times have we seen a nuclear.

Motivated villain in this series anyway? I also don't believe the 9.

Year time jump was in any way necessary. Considering that both of these.

Two are MI6 agents, I would have liked more than a few minutes of hand.

To hand combat.

This film is beloved by many people, but I hardly believe it's one of.

The best Bond films. It's action is marvelous though so unrealistic at.

Times i.e. the spectacular pre-credits sequence. The acting with.

Exception of Janssen is very good. There's just a few too many mishaps.

With the pacing and lack of interesting female characters (with the.

Exception of Dench of course) among other things. it's a formidable.

Spy film, it's just nothing special, especially among the greatness of.

This franchise.

+Dench brings needed gravitas.

+Bean is so fun to watch.

+Personal villain.

+Action.

-Janssen is out of place.

-Story never takes the next step into greatness.

-Some unbelievable moments.

6.1/10.