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The Bond franchise seems to have run out of steam. The character is constantly being made to look like a buffoon by the producers and filmmakers. Bond always had a certain class about him which the Brosnan films seem to lack. The character, as my sister pointed out, is constantly being beaten up and his famed method of getting his way with the ladies has become a caricature. The women in these latest incarnations of the Bond franchise seem to relish making barbed comments and make no bones of the fact that they are in control of "dishing" out the sexual favors. Bond, who used to be a capable, debonair agent, is now just a classless, punching bag.
I found the sound mix on the film to be extremely harsh sounding in the higher frequencies. I'm not a wuss when it comes to using the volume control, but the sound in this film was so loud that it started to become completely disconnected with the on-screen action. I found that I was constantly being pulled out of the film by the shrieking soundtrack.
I do not expect James Bond films to be paragons of continuity, but they should not become absolutely stupid.
I found it laughable that a weapon capable of slicing off a huge section of arctic ice shelf within seconds was suddenly incapable of instantly melting a puny ice hotel ten minutes later.
The sword fight scene
was one of the few redeeming features in the movie. The movie was a little better than "The World is Not Enough" but not by much.
For me, this film was worth :star: :star: 1/2 out four stars
I found the sound mix on the film to be extremely harsh sounding in the higher frequencies. I'm not a wuss when it comes to using the volume control, but the sound in this film was so loud that it started to become completely disconnected with the on-screen action. I found that I was constantly being pulled out of the film by the shrieking soundtrack.
I do not expect James Bond films to be paragons of continuity, but they should not become absolutely stupid.
I found it laughable that a weapon capable of slicing off a huge section of arctic ice shelf within seconds was suddenly incapable of instantly melting a puny ice hotel ten minutes later.
The sword fight scene
was one of the few redeeming features in the movie. The movie was a little better than "The World is Not Enough" but not by much.
For me, this film was worth :star: :star: 1/2 out four stars