GoldenEye

I really like the precredits. It's the first time we have seen 007 on a motorcycle. Won't be the last.

The music is by Eric Serra who also did La Femme Nikita. I think he did a good job. He didn't screw it up. That a positive.

The title sequence is by Daniel Kleinman. Wow. He did the almost impossible of of making it look like something Maurice Binder would do without going over the top with it.

This is the first time since Thunderball that we have seen the DB5. That was nice.

Now you know what it's like to be me. No, I don't get into races with women in Ferraris, I get knocked over on my bike.

A mime is a terrible thing to waste. Sorry.

If you have to go there are worse ways to go than being squeezed to death by Xenia Onatopp. We've seen most of them in Bond films.

The sport coat and trousers is a very Roger Moore look, not that there is anything wrong with that.

And she can pilot a helicopter.

I thought that guns were only phallic symbols for men.

Samantha Bond is great as Moneypenny.

Did I ever tell you that I like women in short skirts and tall boots? I miss the Nineties sometimes.

I like a lady who drinks bourbon. Sometimes. The next morning can be a bit tricky.

It's nice to see Q laugh.

It could have been worse, Wade could have been driving a Trabant.

I really like Zukovsky. He has one of my favorite quotes.

Hey look, it's Minnie Driver!

It's good to know that Bond is ambidextrous.

This is the first time in the films that it is mentioned that Bond is an orphan.

Every time I am on an aircraft there is someone behind me screaming. Make of that what you will.

That's using you head 007. It is nice to see him get ejected for a change.

The tank chase is a very good idea. I wonder why they never thought of it before.

Very stylish wingtips, Bond.

Another Bond film, another train. Oddly enough this one looks a bit like Sam the Eagle.

I like the Omega but the laser not so much. It's not that I'm anti-gadget it's just that I kind of like them to make sense.

Boris isn't quite as smooth as Iceman with the pen.

And then we come to the Z3. Is it the worst 007 car ever? It is a bit of a German Miata.

I've never been to New Zealand either.

That's a big dish. Do you think that they can get the Sheffield United match on it?

It's good to know that the emergency exits are bilingual.

You would think that they would learn not to put flashing lights and beepers on explosives.

It always ends in a field surrounded by Marines. Maybe that's just me.


I think that Pierce Brosnan was a great Bond. He was young enough to do action and fight scenes without it seeming a bit silly. He's also very charming. He's definitely more of a Roger Moore, but that is just fine. I think they went a little too far the other way with Timothy Dalton.

Brosnan played him just right. He can still be cold and distant but he's a bit less angry if that's the right word/emotion. Dalton seemed harder and a bit shut off. He was almost always on the verge of something. It's like waiting for a bomb to go off. Brosnan uses charm and humor to deflect the pain.

I thought that it was a very good film. I wish that Dalton could have had a script this good. It was very clever to make 006 the ememy. This is one of my favorites. It's not up there with the best of the best but it is very good.