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Only the James Bond movies with Daniel Craig left. His James Bond movies are unique in the franchise, because we have a clear confirmation that they are a reboot for the character and that each of the 5 movies are a chapter of a arc story to Daniel Craig's James Bond.
@@e.d.2096 Eric, great to see your comment here, I missed you on Wayne's World 2. I really like the Austin Powers films too, and also the '60s Casino Royale.
As a lifelong Bond fan, I really appreciate that you took the time to watch the first 20 Bond films. Most UA-cam reactors are starting with Casino Royale, but you’ll have so much more appreciation of what makes the Craig films so good and so special having seen all the pre-reboot ones.
There's an HBO documentary on the Bond franchise, and in it Brosnan is in tears talking about this movie. He can't stop laughing at how ridiculous it was.
The only thing I remember from that is him saying something along the lines of "what is it today? surfing while para-gliding? oookaaay." and then he burst out laughing 😂😂😂
Fun fact: When Fleming was searching for a name for the protagonist in his spy novels, he wanted an 'ordinary' unassuming name. When in Jamaica, he saw the name of the author to a book entitled 'A Field Guide to Birds'. His name was James Bond. The rest is history.
….And, just in case anyone missed it, that very “Field guide to Birds” book is the same one that Bond is shown holding (with his finger “randomly” covering the author’s name on the cover) in Havana while he’s under cover as an ornithologist.
While we're at it, Q's name is Boothroyd which is the name of an arms expert who wrote to Fleming suggesting that OO7 would be better off using a Walther instead of a Beretta. Fleming adapted it into Dr No and now I'm wondering if he really created these stories or just wrote down his dreams...
@@wolfiebassache4146 …and, just to get even deeper into the woods, in the Dr. No movie, we see a character identified as “Boothroyd” (played by some random actor) give Bond his Walther PPK, but then from Russia With Love on we have Desmond Llewelyn playing a Character identified only as “Q” giving Bond his gadgets. It’s not until The Spy Who Loved Me when Barbara Bach greets Q as “Major Boothroyd!” That we finally get onscreen confirmation that in the movie Bond Universe Q and Dr. No’s Boothroyd are indeed supposed to be the same person.
This movie may have some flaws but it’s a fun one to watch, also the virtual simulation scene is the closest Jen will get to see James and Money Penny together lol
Miss Jen, what makes you so unique is your amazing ability to make everything fun. Your sunshine makes everything better and worth watching. There's no bad movie with the Bright Angel of Reaction videos. Your wit and ability to observe with an open mind is the highest form of intelligence. You make us all laugh and smile.
It's goofier than _Moonraker_ & hasn't aged well, but released months after 9/11, _DAD_ was precisely the escapist fantasy audiences needed it to be in 2002. That's why it was Broz's highest gro$$ing outing. In the end, Broz didn't fail the franchise, the franchise failed Broz - and he deserves every respect for bringing Bond back to life from uncertainty & irrelevancy in 1995. More Brosnan, watch: _The Matador_ (2005) - amazing, hilarious movie, might be Broz's best non-Bond performance.
If you wanna know a really fun fact, Toby Stephens, the actor who plays Graves, has actually played James Bond in multiple BBC audio adaptations of Bond novels.
Toby Stephens, who plays Gustav Graves, later actually got to play James Bond in a series of BBC radio plays directly adapting the original novels.Well worth a listen.
I say this a lot but I love how Jen embraces the tropes and the fun of whatever movie she's watching and this one had a lot of crazy stuff to get into. Space laser, invisible car, ice palace, C4, diamonds, Bollinger! And I laughed SO hard at Jen's suggestion to use flamethrowers during the fencing match. :D
I'm so glad you took the time to watch all the movies leading up to this, and thereby recognized the callbacks to older movies in the franchise. I've seen a few UA-camrs do reactions to the James Bond series and far too many of them can't be bothered to put the homework in so they'll only watch one or two movies from each Bond era or not even watch some of the older movies and it means that, when they get to this point in the series, easter eggs go over their heads. Keep up the good work, Jen.
In the DVD Special Features the Ice Palace is discussed. It was inspired by a ice hotel in Sweden that has to be rebuilt every year. The hotel is much smaller due to the need to maintain a constant temperature during its use. Set designer Peter Lamont stayed there and it gave him the model for the Ice Palace.
This movie pays homage to the old movies, as you noticed. At the Subway station you can spot several gadgets, including the AcroJet from Octopussy’s opening scene. The plot itself is inspired in the diamond’s laser weapon from Diamonds Are Forever. And the escape from the Super Cargo at the end came straight from The Living Daylights (only there using a car instead of a helicopter). It’s the end of the larger than life characters and fantasy toned plots. Now the franchise will be rooted on reality. Casino Royale is the best of the following entries. A boring Q and a charmless Moneypenny are included. And Mr. Brosnam never disguised his disapointment to be released out of the series, that was suposed to give him a last movie to do. Bárbara Broccolli, daughter of the legendary original 007 franchise producer Albert Broccoli, said goodbye to Pierce by the phone. As he said in one interview, he was “booted out” of the role. As I said before, he was the last of the classy Bonds.
I totally agree. The Daniel Craig James Bonds are like waching a Bourne Identity movie series and says he is James Bond instead. I own a bluray boxset of all of them. And even with Connery and Moore..I still always go back to the Pierce Brosnan James Bonds over and over.
@@robertsmith3883 While rebooting bond might not have been a bad idéa in principle. The original bond series, specially the first couple of movies is a bit messy, the way it was done with Craig wasn´t it. They pretend to make it smarter, while actually making it dumber.
I would like to have seen another Brosnan Bonld or two. He was the only person in history born to be Bond. Not sure that makes him best, but he is fun. The problems in this film had nothing to do with Brosnan. On the other hand, I do love the Daniel Craig films as a trilogy on their own. Good choice on Craig to wrap them up.
I felt this space laser was a combo of Diamonds Are Forever and The Man With The Golden Gun. Face-changing baddie might also have been a call-back to Blofeld's makeover in Diamonds and Bond's visit to the spa in Thunderball. And of course Jinx's laser scene was Goldfinger with a new skin
The best thing about this reaction is easily your reaction to thinking Moneypenny was dead, the look of absolute shock and disbelief on your face, but your look of satisfaction when you thought Moneypenny and James were finally gonna get busy was priceless lol. You're the best Jenny Penny and I cannot wait for you to watch Daniel Craig. Keep up the Bond-Tastic reactions and we'll keep coming back for more. #TeamJen
10:16 When Ian Fleming was ready to write his first book about an MI6 secret agent, but he still needed a name. That book was on his coffee table. The author's name is scratched out in this shot, but it was written by fellow named James Bond. Ian liked the name and well as they say they rest is history.
The opening minutes had almost everything Jen needed - lots of C4, lots of big explosions, lots of diamonds...all that was missing was huge wads of cash and a countdown timer 😃
I really liked that one. It was funny that it had TWO English cars in it, the Jaguar and Aston Martin, the reason for this was that the fans at the time went crazy when Bond drove a German car in the previous movie (the BMW) as Bond has ALWAYS driven British cars. So they answered the fans with the double British car, car chase. 😀
Great stuff, when it comes to Die Another Day I feel a lot of Bonds fans come full circle. Love it as a kid, grow to resent it as 'cheesy cringe' when they get older and are trying to be oh so grown up and mature then in their later years just learn to embrace the goofiness. If I had to put my finger on the main issue I think people have with the film is the tonal whiplash. The opening of the film, with Bond getting tortured for 14-months and M throwing him to the dogs took James to a very dark place and for a moment you think this finial film of Brosnan will dive into a real character study, a real look at who Bond is and building on some of those darker moments we saw in the previous films but instead as you yourself recognised, he gets cleaned up and he's back to smoove Bond again as though none of the opening had even happened and you find yourself feeling you've been messed around with and let down. Going forward I highly approve of your list, when it comes to Austin Powers the first film be sure to watch the UK version of the film rather than the US one if you can as it had extra scenes including my fav Bond parody joke of the movie that I won't spoil here of course. ;) One last thing, AFTER you have finished all the Craig Bond movies I strongly recommend you check out the Johnny English spy parody films staring Rowan Atkinson. The first film in the trilogy is just 'okay' in my opinion but the second film in the series, Johnny English: Reborn, that came out in 2011, is very much a loving parody of the modern Craig Bond era and I think it's both funnier and has a genuine good and gripping story in it's own right than the Austin Powers films.
Hit the nail on the head. I feel robbed watching this movie because the first act is phenomenal. Then its just back to business as usual. Its like the writers wanted to subvert the Bond tropes while simultaneously being 100% guilty of them. I'd be happy to watch the first act as part of a different film, and the second and third act as part of a different film. But put them together and it's such a let down. I enjoy the movie now because I know what's coming, but the first time I was like. What? We're just dropping all this brilliant set up?
After seeing Dalton's Bond ride a wheelie with a Semi-truck, I don't think any of the Bond movies could ever surprise me by being too over the top with stunts and gadgets.
the 2 truck stunts were real the 1 side up DUKES of HAZZARD style was performed once because of insurance reasons the wheelie truck they removed the frame center supports and they increased the truck's torque so it would lift up the behind the scenes are insane
This movie is actually rather good for the first 2/3 but then gets really silly for the final third with Invisible cars, space lasers and Bond surfing a very badly done CGI sunami. The next film Casino Royal they get everything right with a very realistic story and action scenes. Once again love your channel and your reviews.
Fun fact here Pierce Brosnan is the lightest bond to ever play 007 I believe 160lb in Goldeneye the heaviest blond to ever play 007 but she was over 200 lb in this movie
Looking forward to Casino Royal from 67, as well as Craig's Casino Royal. At this point in the Bond franchise, you will have a much better appreciation for the Austin Powers films!
I just love how giddy you get watching these movies, Jen. You're the only reactor I've watched reacting to a movie I've never seen. I never saw this movie. The Craig movies are good, though. When you're done with Bond, you should watch Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, based on a childrens book by Ian Flemming, creator of James Bond. Then, watch Johnny English, for a different take on British spy movies, with Rowan Atkinson (picture Mr. Bean as James Bond).
Halle is stunningly gorgeous, but Ursula Andress in Dr No gets the slight nod over Ms Berry getting out of the ocean 🤷🏻♂️. However, Jinx probably deserved a spin off movie
The man who plays Gustav Graves, Toby Stephens, is phenomenal as Captain Flint in the massively underrated show Black Sails, a show about pirates and prequel to the book Treasure Island. If you're ever looking for a new series to watch I hope you'd consider it. It has plenty of the things you like, scheming, double crossing, stacks and stacks of cash, fighting, and a few explosions along the way too.
You nailed it with the Moonraker comparison. That’s how I enjoy Die Another Day as well. It's completely over the top with no limits on the fantasy. After Moonraker, Bond was brought back to earth in a story much more grounded in reality. The producers also went back to Bond's roots with several scenes in For Your Eyes Only being lifted directly from Ian Fleming's work. Something similar happened after Die Another Day as well. The producers finally acquired the rights to the first Fleming book, and the time was right to hit the reset button with a faithful film adaptation of Casino Royale.
I always felt that this movie was written by two people with very different view on bond. The writer from License could have written the whole capture and torture plot and the writer from moonraker did the rest. It's a very inconsistent movie.
@@Kasino80 It does seem like that. The interesting thing is that the Bond films have had the same screenwriting team (Neal Purvis and Robert Wade) since The World Is Not Enough. However, each of those seven installments have had at least one additional writer.... except for Die Another Day.
@@Kasino80completely agree. The first 20 minutes are actually quite good (although Bond gets over his 14 months of torture in about 5 minutes). The rest of the film is terrible.
The first half of this movie is so good and promising. It doesn't go off the rails until the last third in Iceland. Some of Brosnan's best as Bond is in this movie.
Yay Jennypenny! 😍 Bollinger can run about $6000 a bottle. With one exception, even low tier Bond movies have their fun. The highlights for me are Rosamund Pike and the car chase on the ice.
I love the fact that Jen can watch pretty much anything, take it for what it is and enjoy it. Which makes this channel so much more fun than most others who seem to feel they have to find something wrong with anything they watch. Go Jen! See ya on the next one!
Hey Jen, this movie caused Pierce Brosnan to demand script approval on his next Bond film because he felt they were starting to get ridiculous (he was right). A representative from EON Productions called some time after midnight, waking Brosnan up, and told him he was fired.
Die Another Day(2002) is a guilty pleasure at its guiltiest. This was the first James Bond movie my nephew saw in a movie theater. He died in a fatal car accident in 2018. This was Pierce Brosnan's last 007 film. Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson hit the reset button with Casino Royale(2006).
When you watch a couple of the Bond parodies like Austin Powers you should also check out "Johnny English" with Rowan Atkinson who is primarily known for being Mr Bean.
40th anniversary was the reason for the nods to previous movies. Loved the wtf reaction to the training scene when you thought Penny had been killed. You caught on by the kissing scene later on 😀 Not one of my favourites but it’s great you got a kick out of it. That’s what’s great about Bond. Something for everybody. On to DC now Jen. Time to get serious.🔫🍸
There is a reference to every bond movie before this, the trick is to catch them all. When I first saw this in the theater, they had mentioned all the homages, so I think I spent most of the movie looking for them.
@10:16 When Ian Fleming was living in Jamaica and was about to write a novel about a British secret agent, he needed a name for him. On his shelf was, "A Field Guide to Birds: West Indies. It was written by a man named James Bond. Ian Fleming thought it sounded right for his spy and this moment in the film is a reference to those in the know. P.S. Years later, Ian Fleming met with James Bond who told him he was honored to share a name with the most famous spy in fiction.
Fun fact: This one was meant to be an adaptation of the Bond novel 'Colonel Sun', but after learning about the high royalty payments they'd have to make, the filmmakers had to change most of the script to only include references to it.
Your reaction to all these Bonds have dawned a new perspective on me. The entire Brosnan era is a parody, or to be more accurate, a commentary on all previous Bonds mixed in one. Lady M and Money Penny just being sick and tired of his "misogynistic ways" is that clear commentary. I probably wouldn't have noticed without you saying things like "this Bond has more quips than Moore." It really made me think about every aspect from the intro music to the dialogue. All the Brosnan films have this layer of cheese laced throughout that I couldn't quite put my finger on. Even the intro music is over the top. I think this Madonna song was the last contemporary song used since License to Kill. All Bond music is contemporary of it's time from Connery to Dalton until Golden Eye when it started to sound like "classic Bond" music from the Connery era. It's all been throwback music since Brosnan because they were kinda making fun of it. The Daniel Craig era leans hard into it being throwback music when it's not supposed to be. Can't wait for Casino Royale. It's the best in the Craig movies imo. Number one is still License to Kill but Casino Royale comes a split hair second.
An underrated movie worth checking out now that you've finished Pierce Brosnan's Bond run is "The Thomas Crown Affair," a very sexy heist movie where he's a wealthy playboy who conspires to steal an immensely valuable painting basically because he's bored; it's a remake with the original starring the legendary Steve McQueen whom you saw in "The Towering Inferno."
Go with the classic Steve McQueen version. The chemistry between him and Faye Dunaway is electric. It's also much edgier than the watered down Brosnan version. The OG "Boston Movie."
Watching along with these has really brought me back to my childhood, every winter watching the Bond Season on TV. Jen, you're awesome...you're reactions are always fun!
Fun review as always! DAD is very divisive among 007 fans, but it still stands as a fun popcorn movie in the end. Pierce is awesome and Halle is smart, sassy & sexy! Thank you for presenting the movie in its original Panavision aspect ratio. On to the Daniel Craig 007 movies!
10:20 - GUIDE TO BIRDS - Ian Fleming took the name for his character from that of the American ornithologist James Bond, a Caribbean bird expert and author of the definitive field guide Birds of the West Indies. Pay close atttention to this outing, Agent Murray, there are many 'callbacks' to previous movies in the series.
My problem with this movie, is that it sets up this really heavy sequence of him being tortured. A really poignant scene, that sets an expectation for the movie that it completely abandons the rest of the way.
Honestly, this one was always one of my favorite bond movies. It definitely uses more weapons and gadgets than any other bond movie which was probably too much for some people, but I always enjoyed uses of cool technology in movies. Brosnan is an amazing Bond as always and just like in "Tomorrow never dies" the bond girl is actually doing cool and relevant things instead of just looking nice and falling in love with Bond. I also like the title theme, but you are definitely right when you say that this feels less like a bond theme than any other before. This is not just a feeling, it's true, because there are a few elements in the melody of james bond themes that are used in all bond songs, except for this one. Even if the other bond songs can sound quite different, they all have this common main theme that this song hasn't. And finally, keep in mind that the bond movies with Daniel Craig are basically a restart of the entire bond story. This means, while Brosnan bond still has to deal with the death of his wife, Craig bond hasn't because the older bond movies are not part of his past.
Things I enjoy about Die Another Day - Brosnan is great as always, I love a hench with a gimmick 💎, the sword fight is fun, the 'Vanish', and Rosamund Pike and Halle Berry are extra pretty 😍 Other than that, it's very silly 😅 Craig's era is... rocky, but I know you will find something to enjoy in each, MoneyJenny 😉
@@QuantumFlux_22 Casino is one of the best but it's all downhill from there with Spectre and No Time to Die basically spitting in the face of Ian Fleming for what they did to the character
This is a fun Bond film. The cringiest part to me was the inclusion of Madonna for the title song and in the movie. The title song was trying to be "hip" too much. As for the plot, I think it's good, although there are some cheesey parts to it. The action was good as well.
It's rumoured that Sophie Ellis Bexter was originally intended to provide the theme song, but that plan was dropped when Madonna approached the producers, and declared that she wanted to write and perfrom the theme. And she wanted a cameo role in the film. But she insisted her character be a lesbian, so Bond would have no 'sexual power' over her... Amazingly, instead of saying "Thanks Madge, don't call us, we'll call you," the producers got all starstruck and caved in to all her demands. The result was one of the worst Bond themes ever (in my humble opinion) and a cameo that - when I saw this film at the cinema back in 2002 - caused most the audience to laugh out loud.
Fun fact, the Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies shown at 10:16 was written by James Bond and is where Ian Fleming got the "most boring name" for his spy/assassin.
This was technically the first Bond movie in theaters I saw. The movie my sister and I were seeing finished earlier than this so my parents brought us in right around when Graves goes into the engine. It has its moments like the opening, Bond’s sword fight in London and John Cleese’s Q scene. Overall it’s a letdown overall with a number of issues, my biggest being the Bond Girls. Despite everyone saying how great Jinx is I don’t really see the appeal as unlike Wai Lin she never felt like Bond’s equal (ie needing him to frequently save her) and the dialogue they gave Halle Berry was pretty bad. As for Frost although she’s my favorite villainous Bond Girl and Rosamund Pike does a good job with her first big movie role (thankfully her career survived this) in hindsight her motivations for turning traitor are weak, it kind of was obvious she was going to be a bad guy and after the reveal it seems her only role is set up and fight in a cat fight.
There's a few Easter eggs in this one. The Book of Birds of The West Indies, 10:16 notice the author is scratched out. The name is James Bond. It's from this book where Ian Fleming got the name from. Also the air stewardess who gives Bond a drink on the plane was Deborah Moore, Roger Moore's daughter. There may be more but I can't remember as it's been a long time since I've watched this. But it's a fun film, and it's all down hill from here on in, the Graig Bond films are awful.
Good find, however while I understand Daniel Craig's Bond isn't for everyone, I disagree because the best ones that Craig did are Casino Royale, Skyfall, and No Time to Die. I thought Spectre was an okay movie, but the only shitty one is Quantum of Solace. To each their own, though. And you misspelled Craig, there.
@@XavierXSims Sorry, but Casino Royale is complete garbage. Graig is an awful Bond. And I thought Skyfall was laughably bad. Not just one of the worst Bond films, but one of the worst films I've ever seen. They're boring, badly acted, terrible lines, and badly directed. They're just so bad.
@@tomdid1 Hmm. Guess I misunderstood the purposefully misspell, then? Graig means garbage, gross, whatever it seems. lol But that's fine, again I know not everybody loves him. I accepted his Bond later on after being on the hate train for a while back then.
you can find a reference to every single Bond movie as it was the 40th anniversary of the franchise (from the objects behind Q in the lab (the Octopussy crocodile, the acrostar jet, the case and shoe from Russia w Love), to the studded tires from Living Daylights, the laser from Diamonds are forever, etc. Although the song is a bop it doesnt fit the movie's tone as it plays over Bond's torture scene. It is definitely the darkest pre-title sequence ever w Bond getting captured and tortured for over 1yr. He's never been that banged up, nor worn a beard, nor had an actual sex scene before, illustrating a less glamourous/suave hookup. This is the in-world explanation of how Bond was out of action during 9/11. Explaining why although it sets up serious/dark stories beats, it gets outlandish in the 2nd half as escapism for the collective grief of the real world at the time. Hence why its aged so poorly without context. Although a fun popcorn movie at the time, I wished they had instead followed through w the innovative storylines they set up at the beginning (e.g. Bond questioning if he's lost it, having to prove he's not paranoid, dealing w shifting geopolitics he's not in-line with)
Wow, you're doing Never Say Never Again? Hard core! I predict you will miss the Bond theme song, though (this one was made by a different studio). Still, looking forward to your reaction - always love your enthusiasm!
So many references in this one: Bond was being recorded the same way as in From Russia..., the Jinx Bikini same as in Dr No, the Title of the book was the actual writer named James Bond, the gadgets were obvious references (the alligator from Octopussy, the shoe, etc), the parachute was the same as The spy..., the laser from goldfinger... and maybe there are a couple more I'm too lazy to recall... 😅 Maybe that was the best of this movie: the references and the nostalgia. Edit: ohhh yeah and the bad guy uses the sun just like in the man with the golden gun, and the henchmen were sucked out of the plane the same way Goldfinger was, Jinx and Bond final escape was very similar to the one on The livingDL...
Jennypenny, your reactions to these are SO much fun.At the time we were averaging a Bond movie every two years so the 20th Bond movie was also the 40th Anniversary, hence all the callbacks.
The book that Brosnan held"Birds of The West Indies" was a homage to the origin of 007's name-it was authored by a real life James Bond. Welcome to the Craig era-you are in for a treat with "Casino Royale'.
The villain Gustav Graves was played by Toby Stephens, the son of Dame Maggie Smith, Professor Minerva McGonigle in Harry Potter, and the late Robert Stephens, a Shakespeare and film actor who played Sherlock Holmes. Toby has done a lot of great film and TV roles...'Black Sails' (series), 'Jane Eyre', 'Twelfth Night', and 'Mangal Pandey: The Rising' are all good Toby Stephens projects. Miranda Frost was played by Rosamund Pike, who got a lot of raves for her role in 'Gone Girl' with Ben Affleck. She was also wonderful in 'Pride and Prejudice' with Keira Knightley, playing the eldest Bennet sister. Currently, she is playing Moiraine Damodred and executive producing the Amazon Prime series 'The Wheel of Time' based on the Robert Jordan fantasy novels. She plays an Aes Sedai sorceress helping the young heroes prepare for a coming battle against darkness. Hands down...this has the worst Bond Theme song inside the official EON Productions films...although 'Quantum of Solace' is a very close second! On to one of the best Bond films ever...'Casino Royale'....and I love that you're gonna do 'Austin Powers'!!!
Your wrap ups are always so good. Perfect overview once again. I love that you’re making us wait for the Craig films… It will be a little agonizing… but all the more exciting when we finally get there. The first Casino is seriously bonkers… and the “Jimmy Bond” scenes are side splitting 😂😂😂 Much appreciation!!!
That's it, I'm gonna make you some mini Jen-Batch C4 fridge magnets 😂😂😂 I'm glad you're adding some of those other flicks before getting to the Craig era, but I reeeally hope you add Man From UNCLE to that list, I know you'll love it so much.
Brosnan killed it as Jams Bond! Along with Sir Roger Moore they are my definitive 007's. This will never ever happen, but I would love it if they would bring Brosnan back to make a film about an older 007. I think my favorite Brosnan film is Goldeneye but I really do love them all!
Toby Stephens, who plays the main villain in this film, plays in a very good TV series about pirates as Captain James Flint. If you liked him, and you like pirates, you should check out Black Sails, it's a TV series that is really well done. You may not recognise him at first with his beard. As for this film, I agree with you that it's an enjoyable film to watch with some very good scenery, especially the ice palace. I loved Halle Berry in this film and hoped that they would make a spin off with her character Jinx. They were actually going to make it but unfortunately the deal fell through, it's a pity. Ian Fleming searched for a normal everyday name for his hero and picked up a book about birds which was written by James Bond, that's where he got the name from. It's supposed to be the book on birds that Bond picks up in the film. The Bond films started a 'spy' craze which other films and TV shows followed. The TV show The Man From Uncle was created following this craze. Ian Fleming wrote about a spy called 'Solo' and gave the name to the main character in The Man From Uncle. If you like spy films, you should check out the Harry Palmer series (three films) The Ipcress File (music also by John Barry) was the first, followed by Funeral In Berlin, then The Billion Dollar Brain. Harry Palmer is supposed to be a 'Cockney' spy, so not the same as James Bond. Some other spy films following the James Bond trend were The Quiller Memorandum (music also by John Barry) it's one of my favourite films, and the Bullfog Drummond series (two films) Deadlier Than The Male, followed by Some Girls Do. Then there was the film called Modesty Blaise (Modesty is a female Bond type heroine). Modesty is played by an Italian actress named Monica Vitti.This film is kind of tongue in cheek but it's definitely worth seeing, I personally love it and the theme song is very good. They did, years later, make another Modesty Blaise film, but it was completely different and with another actress and was not so good. James Coburn also did an American 'Bond' take off about a spy called Flint (two films, good music) Our Man Flint, followed by In Like Flint, they were fun but kind of spoofy, the same thing with Dean Martin's Matt Helm series (four films) the first, and in my opinion the best, was the film called The Silencers (good theme song). I hope you can find the time to see some of these, the first ones I mentioned were very good. Maybe you could rate them next to the James Bond series. I hope this interests you. Take care!
James Bond films are always a mixture of camp and action/adventure. And definitely for the 20th film in the franchise they threw in a lot of Easter Eggs that hint back at older films, like Jinx's bathing suit and the jetpack from Thunderball.
So glad you picked up on all the throwbacks to previous Bond films, Jen! But then again you are now an official Bond-phile. I think you will enjoy Connery's last stand in Never Say Never Again, but are you prepared for Casino Royale with Woody Allen in a Bond film? Maybe you ought to have that Bollinger handy just in case!! 🍾
Something to add, Pierce Brosnan has made some good films, if you'd like to see him in some others you can check out No Escape (he is almost like a James Bond character in this), The Thomas Crown Affair (which is a remake of the film of the same name with Steve McQueen), The Fourth Protocol, The November Man, After The Sunset and Nomads (Nomads is a strange film but interesting) People also like Dante's Peak, the film called I.T. and The Matador. I'm sure people would name other films of his too but I really like these ones, especially No Escape.
Actually one of my favorite Bond movies . Return to form with cool henchmen, action +gadgets + great score. Loved Pyke as an acting breakout (You should do Gone Girl!!)
Fun fact: a couple of the opening sequence film locations were just down the road from me, the hovercraft chase and Korean DMZ bridge. Had a lot of local press coverage at the time.
The club that the sword fight takes place in is called "Blades", which is a Gentleman's Club that Bond spends time in and M is a member of in the Bond novels. It also features heavily in the novel version of Moonraker which this movie draws some inspiration from.
Too many dour mopey Daniel Craig movies have me longing for the Brosnan era fun. You missed the bird book, thats where the author got the name for his character.
The stewardess who speaks to Bond on his way back to England was Roger Moore's daughter. Many nods to the old films. Even when he picks a grape after going through the clinic window is a nod to Connery in Thunderball. It was very successful, but felt over the top in retrospect. You're right, many people dislike the theme song. Brosnan was supposed to return but the producers obtained the rights to Ian Flemings first novel, Casino Royale, so they needed a younger Bond. I liked the first couple Craig films, but the last couple really turned me on his whole run. I miss the Brosnan type films.
Hm, well, a 1961 Bollinger costs around $1,630 today, per Google. I enjoyed Pierce Brosnan since the 80's when he starred in a TV series called Remington Steele. As usual, a fun movie reaction.
Hi Jan , A Field Guide to Birds was written by James Bond its where Ian Fleming got the name from .. PS Another funfact there are 9 James Bond plays for Radio📻(2008-20) Based on the Original novels & the Voice of James Bond🍸 in them is Toby (Gustav Graves) Stephens himself , not bad from Bond Villain to playing Bond himself 😃😁
Yep, I’m gonna say it. Jen’s my favourite Bond girl. It seems so many film critics these days go in with intent to dislike the film, only taking note of the drawbacks and ignoring the merits. No wonder her infectious joy is so refreshing.
i have SO been loving your bond reaction videos - the other poster was right about you looking for the positive in each movie, it's like a breath of fresh air! can't wait to see your reactions to the daniel craig movies!!
It's funny how time can change your perspective on even the smallest things. When this movie came out I didn't care for it at all. I thought the plot was something more suited to the Moore era, and didn't fit Brosnan well. I didn't care for the villain at all, and the bad CGI shots, even by 2002 standards always made me laugh. Now, its still far from my favorite, but I can appreciate Die Another Day for what it is. A goofy and campy love letter to to all things Bond to celebrate 20 movies. I'm eager to see what Jen thinks of Daniel Craig and Casino Royale.
It is the most Fast and Furious movie of the Bond saga, but there is no denying that it is a lot of fun, all kinds of crazy things happen, we have invisible cars, ice castles, giant laser, giant airplane and even surfing in the north pole, there is everything for entertainment.
What's your fav Brosnan?
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Jen love the Bonds! But honestly I really can't wait for Austin Powers! 😊
Only the James Bond movies with Daniel Craig left. His James Bond movies are unique in the franchise, because we have a clear confirmation that they are a reboot for the character and that each of the 5 movies are a chapter of a arc story to Daniel Craig's James Bond.
My Brosnan rankings go in order, so Goldeneye sits on top but only by a slight margin.
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@@e.d.2096 Eric, great to see your comment here, I missed you on Wayne's World 2.
I really like the Austin Powers films too, and also the '60s Casino Royale.
"No ladies for 14 months? That must've been the ACTUAL torture" :) Love it!!!
As a lifelong Bond fan, I really appreciate that you took the time to watch the first 20 Bond films. Most UA-cam reactors are starting with Casino Royale, but you’ll have so much more appreciation of what makes the Craig films so good and so special having seen all the pre-reboot ones.
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Jen does it RIGHT
There's an HBO documentary on the Bond franchise, and in it Brosnan is in tears talking about this movie. He can't stop laughing at how ridiculous it was.
They're all pretty ridiculous.
What's the name of thst docu?
The only thing I remember from that is him saying something along the lines of "what is it today? surfing while para-gliding? oookaaay." and then he burst out laughing 😂😂😂
Almost all the dialog him with Halle Berry are so cringe and stupid it's absolute crazy 😅🤣 And many more stupid things too 😂😂😂😂
@@akyhne It's called Everything or Nothing. It's actually not HBO I was mistaken. Awesome documentary though.
Fun fact: When Fleming was searching for a name for the protagonist in his spy novels, he wanted an 'ordinary' unassuming name. When in Jamaica, he saw the name of the author to a book entitled 'A Field Guide to Birds'. His name was James Bond. The rest is history.
….And, just in case anyone missed it, that very “Field guide to Birds” book is the same one that Bond is shown holding (with his finger “randomly” covering the author’s name on the cover) in Havana while he’s under cover as an ornithologist.
Also the 007 number was taken from the number of the bus Fleming used to take to work
While we're at it, Q's name is Boothroyd which is the name of an arms expert who wrote to Fleming suggesting that OO7 would be better off using a Walther instead of a Beretta. Fleming adapted it into Dr No and now I'm wondering if he really created these stories or just wrote down his dreams...
@@wolfiebassache4146 …and, just to get even deeper into the woods, in the Dr. No movie, we see a character identified as “Boothroyd” (played by some random actor) give Bond his Walther PPK, but then from Russia With Love on we have Desmond Llewelyn playing a Character identified only as “Q” giving Bond his gadgets. It’s not until The Spy Who Loved Me when Barbara Bach greets Q as “Major Boothroyd!” That we finally get onscreen confirmation that in the movie Bond Universe Q and Dr. No’s Boothroyd are indeed supposed to be the same person.
Yes it was Birds of the West Indies by James Bond
This movie may have some flaws but it’s a fun one to watch, also the virtual simulation scene is the closest Jen will get to see James and Money Penny together lol
100% dylan turn your mind off and enjoy
I'm sure there's some fan fiction out there somewhere.
@@asterix7842 In my headcanon, Brosnan retires with Samantha Bond's Moneypenny
@@LordVolkov Well yes, but it also turned out that he gotten a US expat on the a island in Greece pregnant prior to the first the 1995 movie.
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Miss Jen, what makes you so unique is your amazing ability to make everything fun. Your sunshine makes everything better and worth watching. There's no bad movie with the Bright Angel of Reaction videos. Your wit and ability to observe with an open mind is the highest form of intelligence. You make us all laugh and smile.
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It's goofier than _Moonraker_ & hasn't aged well, but released months after 9/11, _DAD_ was precisely the escapist fantasy audiences needed it to be in 2002. That's why it was Broz's highest gro$$ing outing. In the end, Broz didn't fail the franchise, the franchise failed Broz - and he deserves every respect for bringing Bond back to life from uncertainty & irrelevancy in 1995. More Brosnan, watch: _The Matador_ (2005) - amazing, hilarious movie, might be Broz's best non-Bond performance.
Jen I LOVE how you always look for the positive in everything! I'm so glad you had fun! Your reaction was fantastic!!!
Thanks! ☺️👍🔥
@Jen Murray I agree with you not as bad as some say lots of reminders of 20 years, the next one is the best Bond ever. 😉
If you wanna know a really fun fact, Toby Stephens, the actor who plays Graves, has actually played James Bond in multiple BBC audio adaptations of Bond novels.
Luv him in Black Sails & Vexed also.
Toby Stephens, who plays Gustav Graves, later actually got to play James Bond in a series of BBC radio plays directly adapting the original novels.Well worth a listen.
I say this a lot but I love how Jen embraces the tropes and the fun of whatever movie she's watching and this one had a lot of crazy stuff to get into. Space laser, invisible car, ice palace, C4, diamonds, Bollinger! And I laughed SO hard at Jen's suggestion to use flamethrowers during the fencing match. :D
Sooo Jen.
“Oooo bigger swords! Flamethrowers!” Lmao this woman is a national treasure and needs to be protected at all costs.
I'm so glad you took the time to watch all the movies leading up to this, and thereby recognized the callbacks to older movies in the franchise. I've seen a few UA-camrs do reactions to the James Bond series and far too many of them can't be bothered to put the homework in so they'll only watch one or two movies from each Bond era or not even watch some of the older movies and it means that, when they get to this point in the series, easter eggs go over their heads. Keep up the good work, Jen.
If they are not interested they would miss the details anyway.
Plus there are a million other movies to watch.
Exactly, that's so annoying.
In the DVD Special Features the Ice Palace is discussed. It was inspired by a ice hotel in Sweden that has to be rebuilt every year. The hotel is much smaller due to the need to maintain a constant temperature during its use. Set designer Peter Lamont stayed there and it gave him the model for the Ice Palace.
I thought the ice hotel was in Quebec that inspired the one in this movie?
Check the Special Features DVD
@@coastiecpo huh look at that there’s an Ice Hotel in Sweden also. I read that the Quebec one also was an inspiration.
In a future Bond movie they should use the actual ice hotel and also have the mines in northern Sweden as a set piece.
This movie pays homage to the old movies, as you noticed. At the Subway station you can spot several gadgets, including the AcroJet from Octopussy’s opening scene. The plot itself is inspired in the diamond’s laser weapon from Diamonds Are Forever. And the escape from the Super Cargo at the end came straight from The Living Daylights (only there using a car instead of a helicopter). It’s the end of the larger than life characters and fantasy toned plots. Now the franchise will be rooted on reality. Casino Royale is the best of the following entries. A boring Q and a charmless Moneypenny are included. And Mr. Brosnam never disguised his disapointment to be released out of the series, that was suposed to give him a last movie to do. Bárbara Broccolli, daughter of the legendary original 007 franchise producer Albert Broccoli, said goodbye to Pierce by the phone. As he said in one interview, he was “booted out” of the role. As I said before, he was the last of the classy Bonds.
I totally agree. The Daniel Craig James Bonds are like waching a Bourne Identity movie series and says he is James Bond instead. I own a bluray boxset of all of them. And even with Connery and Moore..I still always go back to the Pierce Brosnan James Bonds over and over.
@@robertsmith3883 While rebooting bond might not have been a bad idéa in principle. The original bond series, specially the first couple of movies is a bit messy, the way it was done with Craig wasn´t it. They pretend to make it smarter, while actually making it dumber.
I would like to have seen another Brosnan Bonld or two. He was the only person in history born to be Bond. Not sure that makes him best, but he is fun. The problems in this film had nothing to do with Brosnan. On the other hand, I do love the Daniel Craig films as a trilogy on their own. Good choice on Craig to wrap them up.
@@EdwardGregoryNYC There are five Bond films with Daniel Craig, not three. "Trilogy" means three.😅.
I felt this space laser was a combo of Diamonds Are Forever and The Man With The Golden Gun. Face-changing baddie might also have been a call-back to Blofeld's makeover in Diamonds and Bond's visit to the spa in Thunderball. And of course Jinx's laser scene was Goldfinger with a new skin
The best thing about this reaction is easily your reaction to thinking Moneypenny was dead, the look of absolute shock and disbelief on your face, but your look of satisfaction when you thought Moneypenny and James were finally gonna get busy was priceless lol. You're the best Jenny Penny and I cannot wait for you to watch Daniel Craig. Keep up the Bond-Tastic reactions and we'll keep coming back for more. #TeamJen
10:16 When Ian Fleming was ready to write his first book about an MI6 secret agent, but he still needed a name. That book was on his coffee table. The author's name is scratched out in this shot, but it was written by fellow named James Bond. Ian liked the name and well as they say they rest is history.
The bird- watching book early in the movie is an inside joke-- Ian Fleming got the name "James Bond" from the author of a guide to British birds.
You are the absolute best movie reactor!!! You pick the best movies and make the funniest comments! I just love your channel!!❤
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The opening minutes had almost everything Jen needed - lots of C4, lots of big explosions, lots of diamonds...all that was missing was huge wads of cash and a countdown timer 😃
I really liked that one. It was funny that it had TWO English cars in it, the Jaguar and Aston Martin, the reason for this was that the fans at the time went crazy when Bond drove a German car in the previous movie (the BMW) as Bond has ALWAYS driven British cars. So they answered the fans with the double British car, car chase. 😀
Great stuff, when it comes to Die Another Day I feel a lot of Bonds fans come full circle. Love it as a kid, grow to resent it as 'cheesy cringe' when they get older and are trying to be oh so grown up and mature then in their later years just learn to embrace the goofiness.
If I had to put my finger on the main issue I think people have with the film is the tonal whiplash. The opening of the film, with Bond getting tortured for 14-months and M throwing him to the dogs took James to a very dark place and for a moment you think this finial film of Brosnan will dive into a real character study, a real look at who Bond is and building on some of those darker moments we saw in the previous films but instead as you yourself recognised, he gets cleaned up and he's back to smoove Bond again as though none of the opening had even happened and you find yourself feeling you've been messed around with and let down.
Going forward I highly approve of your list, when it comes to Austin Powers the first film be sure to watch the UK version of the film rather than the US one if you can as it had extra scenes including my fav Bond parody joke of the movie that I won't spoil here of course. ;)
One last thing, AFTER you have finished all the Craig Bond movies I strongly recommend you check out the Johnny English spy parody films staring Rowan Atkinson. The first film in the trilogy is just 'okay' in my opinion but the second film in the series, Johnny English: Reborn, that came out in 2011, is very much a loving parody of the modern Craig Bond era and I think it's both funnier and has a genuine good and gripping story in it's own right than the Austin Powers films.
Hit the nail on the head. I feel robbed watching this movie because the first act is phenomenal. Then its just back to business as usual. Its like the writers wanted to subvert the Bond tropes while simultaneously being 100% guilty of them. I'd be happy to watch the first act as part of a different film, and the second and third act as part of a different film. But put them together and it's such a let down. I enjoy the movie now because I know what's coming, but the first time I was like. What? We're just dropping all this brilliant set up?
After seeing Dalton's Bond ride a wheelie with a Semi-truck, I don't think any of the Bond movies could ever surprise me by being too over the top with stunts and gadgets.
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This one is a guilty pleasure of mine.
This movie is actually rather good for the first 2/3 but then gets really silly for the final third with Invisible cars, space lasers and Bond surfing a very badly done CGI sunami.
The next film Casino Royal they get everything right with a very realistic story and action scenes.
Once again love your channel and your reviews.
Fun fact here Pierce Brosnan is the lightest bond to ever play 007 I believe 160lb in Goldeneye the heaviest blond to ever play 007 but she was over 200 lb in this movie
Looking forward to Casino Royal from 67, as well as Craig's Casino Royal. At this point in the Bond franchise, you will have a much better appreciation for the Austin Powers films!
I just love how giddy you get watching these movies, Jen. You're the only reactor I've watched reacting to a movie I've never seen. I never saw this movie. The Craig movies are good, though.
When you're done with Bond, you should watch Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, based on a childrens book by Ian Flemming, creator of James Bond. Then, watch Johnny English, for a different take on British spy movies, with Rowan Atkinson (picture Mr. Bean as James Bond).
Halle is stunningly gorgeous, but Ursula Andress in Dr No gets the slight nod over Ms Berry getting out of the ocean 🤷🏻♂️. However, Jinx probably deserved a spin off movie
The man who plays Gustav Graves, Toby Stephens, is phenomenal as Captain Flint in the massively underrated show Black Sails, a show about pirates and prequel to the book Treasure Island. If you're ever looking for a new series to watch I hope you'd consider it. It has plenty of the things you like, scheming, double crossing, stacks and stacks of cash, fighting, and a few explosions along the way too.
He's also played Bond in audio dramas.
He’s also quite good in the Netflix “Lost in Space” series. He’s ALSO the son of Maggie Smith, Professor McGonagall, herself.
It's good until the last season, which to put it mildly, totally sucks
You nailed it with the Moonraker comparison. That’s how I enjoy Die Another Day as well. It's completely over the top with no limits on the fantasy. After Moonraker, Bond was brought back to earth in a story much more grounded in reality. The producers also went back to Bond's roots with several scenes in For Your Eyes Only being lifted directly from Ian Fleming's work. Something similar happened after Die Another Day as well. The producers finally acquired the rights to the first Fleming book, and the time was right to hit the reset button with a faithful film adaptation of Casino Royale.
I always felt that this movie was written by two people with very different view on bond. The writer from License could have written the whole capture and torture plot and the writer from moonraker did the rest. It's a very inconsistent movie.
@@Kasino80 It does seem like that. The interesting thing is that the Bond films have had the same screenwriting team (Neal Purvis and Robert Wade) since The World Is Not Enough. However, each of those seven installments have had at least one additional writer.... except for Die Another Day.
@@Kasino80completely agree. The first 20 minutes are actually quite good (although Bond gets over his 14 months of torture in about 5 minutes). The rest of the film is terrible.
The first half of this movie is so good and promising. It doesn't go off the rails until the last third in Iceland. Some of Brosnan's best as Bond is in this movie.
Yay Jennypenny! 😍 Bollinger can run about $6000 a bottle.
With one exception, even low tier Bond movies have their fun. The highlights for me are Rosamund Pike and the car chase on the ice.
I love the fact that Jen can watch pretty much anything, take it for what it is and enjoy it. Which makes this channel so much more fun than most others who seem to feel they have to find something wrong with anything they watch. Go Jen! See ya on the next one!
Hey Jen, this movie caused Pierce Brosnan to demand script approval on his next Bond film because he felt they were starting to get ridiculous (he was right). A representative from EON Productions called some time after midnight, waking Brosnan up, and told him he was fired.
Die Another Day(2002) is a guilty pleasure at its guiltiest. This was the first James Bond movie my nephew saw in a movie theater. He died in a fatal car accident in 2018. This was Pierce Brosnan's last 007 film. Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson hit the reset button with Casino Royale(2006).
When you watch a couple of the Bond parodies like Austin Powers you should also check out "Johnny English" with Rowan Atkinson who is primarily known for being Mr Bean.
Oh, I would LOVE watching Jen react to Mr Bean!
I think this is his best one he made,and Jen she's not a 00
40th anniversary was the reason for the nods to previous movies. Loved the wtf reaction to the training scene when you thought Penny had been killed. You caught on by the kissing scene later on 😀 Not one of my favourites but it’s great you got a kick out of it. That’s what’s great about Bond. Something for everybody. On to DC now Jen. Time to get serious.🔫🍸
SO looking forward to 60's Casino Royale - a real favorite from childhood! Thank you Jen!!!
Absolutely. It's a real trip - in more ways than one! Great music, though.
Fun fact: Toby Stephens, who plays the villain Gustav Graves, plays James Bond in the BBC radio drama adaptations of the original Ian Fleming novels.
Since Jinx is a secret agent, her name should have been Onda Case.
There is a reference to every bond movie before this, the trick is to catch them all. When I first saw this in the theater, they had mentioned all the homages, so I think I spent most of the movie looking for them.
@10:16 When Ian Fleming was living in Jamaica and was about to write a novel about a British secret agent, he needed a name for him. On his shelf was, "A Field Guide to Birds: West Indies. It was written by a man named James Bond. Ian Fleming thought it sounded right for his spy and this moment in the film is a reference to those in the know.
P.S. Years later, Ian Fleming met with James Bond who told him he was honored to share a name with the most famous spy in fiction.
Fun fact: This one was meant to be an adaptation of the Bond novel 'Colonel Sun', but after learning about the high royalty payments they'd have to make, the filmmakers had to change most of the script to only include references to it.
Despite being the worst James Bond movie in the franchise, it was good to see Pierce Brosnan as 007 back in action one last time.
Your reaction to all these Bonds have dawned a new perspective on me. The entire Brosnan era is a parody, or to be more accurate, a commentary on all previous Bonds mixed in one. Lady M and Money Penny just being sick and tired of his "misogynistic ways" is that clear commentary. I probably wouldn't have noticed without you saying things like "this Bond has more quips than Moore." It really made me think about every aspect from the intro music to the dialogue. All the Brosnan films have this layer of cheese laced throughout that I couldn't quite put my finger on. Even the intro music is over the top. I think this Madonna song was the last contemporary song used since License to Kill. All Bond music is contemporary of it's time from Connery to Dalton until Golden Eye when it started to sound like "classic Bond" music from the Connery era. It's all been throwback music since Brosnan because they were kinda making fun of it. The Daniel Craig era leans hard into it being throwback music when it's not supposed to be. Can't wait for Casino Royale. It's the best in the Craig movies imo. Number one is still License to Kill but Casino Royale comes a split hair second.
An underrated movie worth checking out now that you've finished Pierce Brosnan's Bond run is "The Thomas Crown Affair," a very sexy heist movie where he's a wealthy playboy who conspires to steal an immensely valuable painting basically because he's bored; it's a remake with the original starring the legendary Steve McQueen whom you saw in "The Towering Inferno."
Go with the classic Steve McQueen version. The chemistry between him and Faye Dunaway is electric. It's also much edgier than the watered down Brosnan version. The OG "Boston Movie."
Watching along with these has really brought me back to my childhood, every winter watching the Bond Season on TV. Jen, you're awesome...you're reactions are always fun!
Fun review as always! DAD is very divisive among 007 fans, but it still stands as a fun popcorn movie in the end. Pierce is awesome and Halle is smart, sassy & sexy! Thank you for presenting the movie in its original Panavision aspect ratio. On to the Daniel Craig 007 movies!
10:20 - GUIDE TO BIRDS - Ian Fleming took the name for his character from that of the American ornithologist James Bond, a Caribbean bird expert and author of the definitive field guide Birds of the West Indies.
Pay close atttention to this outing, Agent Murray, there are many 'callbacks' to previous movies in the series.
My problem with this movie, is that it sets up this really heavy sequence of him being tortured. A really poignant scene, that sets an expectation for the movie that it completely abandons the rest of the way.
Honestly, this one was always one of my favorite bond movies. It definitely uses more weapons and gadgets than any other bond movie which was probably too much for some people, but I always enjoyed uses of cool technology in movies. Brosnan is an amazing Bond as always and just like in "Tomorrow never dies" the bond girl is actually doing cool and relevant things instead of just looking nice and falling in love with Bond.
I also like the title theme, but you are definitely right when you say that this feels less like a bond theme than any other before. This is not just a feeling, it's true, because there are a few elements in the melody of james bond themes that are used in all bond songs, except for this one. Even if the other bond songs can sound quite different, they all have this common main theme that this song hasn't.
And finally, keep in mind that the bond movies with Daniel Craig are basically a restart of the entire bond story. This means, while Brosnan bond still has to deal with the death of his wife, Craig bond hasn't because the older bond movies are not part of his past.
Moneypenny using the glasses in the end kills me 😭😂
So glad you watched all 20 movies so far, most reactors skip a lot of em.... I love all of them except the very last one.....
Rosamund Pike as Miranda Frost is definitely one of the best parts of this one 😏
Things I enjoy about Die Another Day - Brosnan is great as always, I love a hench with a gimmick 💎, the sword fight is fun, the 'Vanish', and Rosamund Pike and Halle Berry are extra pretty 😍
Other than that, it's very silly 😅
Craig's era is... rocky, but I know you will find something to enjoy in each, MoneyJenny 😉
lol rocky? it has 2 of the best Bond films ever made. You calling Craig's era rocky is the vast minority of opinions. Most people love it as a whole.
I love the Craig era, I think it has only one poor movie (Spectre). Casino Royale and No Time to Die are two of the absolute best in the series.
@@QuantumFlux_22 Casino is one of the best but it's all downhill from there with Spectre and No Time to Die basically spitting in the face of Ian Fleming for what they did to the character
@@QuantumFlux_22 Yeah, it's rocky. 2 bangers out of 5 is a mediocre run at best.
@@LordVolkov Thats a far better ratio than any of the other Bond eras LOL. By a mile.
FUN FACT: The whole movie is full of Easter eggs, most notably during the Q briefing
This is a fun Bond film. The cringiest part to me was the inclusion of Madonna for the title song and in the movie. The title song was trying to be "hip" too much. As for the plot, I think it's good, although there are some cheesey parts to it. The action was good as well.
It's rumoured that Sophie Ellis Bexter was originally intended to provide the theme song, but that plan was dropped when Madonna approached the producers, and declared that she wanted to write and perfrom the theme. And she wanted a cameo role in the film. But she insisted her character be a lesbian, so Bond would have no 'sexual power' over her... Amazingly, instead of saying "Thanks Madge, don't call us, we'll call you," the producers got all starstruck and caved in to all her demands. The result was one of the worst Bond themes ever (in my humble opinion) and a cameo that - when I saw this film at the cinema back in 2002 - caused most the audience to laugh out loud.
Fun fact, the Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies shown at 10:16 was written by James Bond and is where Ian Fleming got the "most boring name" for his spy/assassin.
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This was technically the first Bond movie in theaters I saw. The movie my sister and I were seeing finished earlier than this so my parents brought us in right around when Graves goes into the engine.
It has its moments like the opening, Bond’s sword fight in London and John Cleese’s Q scene. Overall it’s a letdown overall with a number of issues, my biggest being the Bond Girls.
Despite everyone saying how great Jinx is I don’t really see the appeal as unlike Wai Lin she never felt like Bond’s equal (ie needing him to frequently save her) and the dialogue they gave Halle Berry was pretty bad. As for Frost although she’s my favorite villainous Bond Girl and Rosamund Pike does a good job with her first big movie role (thankfully her career survived this) in hindsight her motivations for turning traitor are weak, it kind of was obvious she was going to be a bad guy and after the reveal it seems her only role is set up and fight in a cat fight.
32:54 "That car is good. I need a car like that ! ...ok... when I am a secret agent "
There's a few Easter eggs in this one. The Book of Birds of The West Indies, 10:16 notice the author is scratched out. The name is James Bond. It's from this book where Ian Fleming got the name from. Also the air stewardess who gives Bond a drink on the plane was Deborah Moore, Roger Moore's daughter. There may be more but I can't remember as it's been a long time since I've watched this. But it's a fun film, and it's all down hill from here on in, the Graig Bond films are awful.
Good find, however while I understand Daniel Craig's Bond isn't for everyone, I disagree because the best ones that Craig did are Casino Royale, Skyfall, and No Time to Die. I thought Spectre was an okay movie, but the only shitty one is Quantum of Solace. To each their own, though. And you misspelled Craig, there.
@@XavierXSims Sorry, but Casino Royale is complete garbage. Graig is an awful Bond. And I thought Skyfall was laughably bad. Not just one of the worst Bond films, but one of the worst films I've ever seen. They're boring, badly acted, terrible lines, and badly directed. They're just so bad.
@@tomdid1 Hmm. Guess I misunderstood the purposefully misspell, then? Graig means garbage, gross, whatever it seems. lol But that's fine, again I know not everybody loves him. I accepted his Bond later on after being on the hate train for a while back then.
I know that Pierce Brosnan will always be the best Bond to me, though.
you can find a reference to every single Bond movie as it was the 40th anniversary of the franchise (from the objects behind Q in the lab (the Octopussy crocodile, the acrostar jet, the case and shoe from Russia w Love), to the studded tires from Living Daylights, the laser from Diamonds are forever, etc. Although the song is a bop it doesnt fit the movie's tone as it plays over Bond's torture scene. It is definitely the darkest pre-title sequence ever w Bond getting captured and tortured for over 1yr. He's never been that banged up, nor worn a beard, nor had an actual sex scene before, illustrating a less glamourous/suave hookup. This is the in-world explanation of how Bond was out of action during 9/11. Explaining why although it sets up serious/dark stories beats, it gets outlandish in the 2nd half as escapism for the collective grief of the real world at the time. Hence why its aged so poorly without context. Although a fun popcorn movie at the time, I wished they had instead followed through w the innovative storylines they set up at the beginning (e.g. Bond questioning if he's lost it, having to prove he's not paranoid, dealing w shifting geopolitics he's not in-line with)
Wow, you're doing Never Say Never Again? Hard core! I predict you will miss the Bond theme song, though (this one was made by a different studio). Still, looking forward to your reaction - always love your enthusiasm!
So many references in this one: Bond was being recorded the same way as in From Russia..., the Jinx Bikini same as in Dr No, the Title of the book was the actual writer named James Bond, the gadgets were obvious references (the alligator from Octopussy, the shoe, etc), the parachute was the same as The spy..., the laser from goldfinger... and maybe there are a couple more I'm too lazy to recall... 😅 Maybe that was the best of this movie: the references and the nostalgia. Edit: ohhh yeah and the bad guy uses the sun just like in the man with the golden gun, and the henchmen were sucked out of the plane the same way Goldfinger was, Jinx and Bond final escape was very similar to the one on The livingDL...
And the air hostess on Bond's flight into London is played by Deborah Moore, Roger Moore's daughter.
Jennypenny, your reactions to these are SO much fun.At the time we were averaging a Bond movie every two years so the 20th Bond movie was also the 40th Anniversary, hence all the callbacks.
The book that Brosnan held"Birds of The West Indies" was a homage to the origin of 007's name-it was authored by a real life James Bond.
Welcome to the Craig era-you are in for a treat with "Casino Royale'.
The stewardess who served 007 a drink was Roger Moore's daughter,Deborah.
1:21 When you find a woman who gets even more excited about C-4 than she does about diamonds, she's THE ONE.
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The villain Gustav Graves was played by Toby Stephens, the son of Dame Maggie Smith, Professor Minerva McGonigle in Harry Potter, and the late Robert Stephens, a Shakespeare and film actor who played Sherlock Holmes. Toby has done a lot of great film and TV roles...'Black Sails' (series), 'Jane Eyre', 'Twelfth Night', and 'Mangal Pandey: The Rising' are all good Toby Stephens projects.
Miranda Frost was played by Rosamund Pike, who got a lot of raves for her role in 'Gone Girl' with Ben Affleck. She was also wonderful in 'Pride and Prejudice' with Keira Knightley, playing the eldest Bennet sister. Currently, she is playing Moiraine Damodred and executive producing the Amazon Prime series 'The Wheel of Time' based on the Robert Jordan fantasy novels. She plays an Aes Sedai sorceress helping the young heroes prepare for a coming battle against darkness.
Hands down...this has the worst Bond Theme song inside the official EON Productions films...although 'Quantum of Solace' is a very close second!
On to one of the best Bond films ever...'Casino Royale'....and I love that you're gonna do 'Austin Powers'!!!
Your wrap ups are always so good. Perfect overview once again. I love that you’re making us wait for the Craig films… It will be a little agonizing… but all the more exciting when we finally get there. The first Casino is seriously bonkers… and the “Jimmy Bond” scenes are side splitting 😂😂😂
Much appreciation!!!
20th! You can consider yourself a proper Bond fan now, not many people made it this far.
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That's it, I'm gonna make you some mini Jen-Batch C4 fridge magnets 😂😂😂
I'm glad you're adding some of those other flicks before getting to the Craig era, but I reeeally hope you add Man From UNCLE to that list, I know you'll love it so much.
“See you later, henchman”. Great one, Jen.
Brosnan killed it as Jams Bond! Along with Sir Roger Moore they are my definitive 007's. This will never ever happen, but I would love it if they would bring Brosnan back to make a film about an older 007. I think my favorite Brosnan film is Goldeneye but I really do love them all!
Toby Stephens, who plays the main villain in this film, plays in a very good TV series about pirates as Captain James Flint. If you liked him, and you like pirates, you should check out Black Sails, it's a TV series that is really well done. You may not recognise him at first with his beard. As for this film, I agree with you that it's an enjoyable film to watch with some very good scenery, especially the ice palace. I loved Halle Berry in this film and hoped that they would make a spin off with her character Jinx. They were actually going to make it but unfortunately the deal fell through, it's a pity. Ian Fleming searched for a normal everyday name for his hero and picked up a book about birds which was written by James Bond, that's where he got the name from. It's supposed to be the book on birds that Bond picks up in the film. The Bond films started a 'spy' craze which other films and TV shows followed. The TV show The Man From Uncle was created following this craze. Ian Fleming wrote about a spy called 'Solo' and gave the name to the main character in The Man From Uncle. If you like spy films, you should check out the Harry Palmer series (three films) The Ipcress File (music also by John Barry) was the first, followed by Funeral In Berlin, then The Billion Dollar Brain. Harry Palmer is supposed to be a 'Cockney' spy, so not the same as James Bond. Some other spy films following the James Bond trend were The Quiller Memorandum (music also by John Barry) it's one of my favourite films, and the Bullfog Drummond series (two films) Deadlier Than The Male, followed by Some Girls Do. Then there was the film called Modesty Blaise (Modesty is a female Bond type heroine). Modesty is played by an Italian actress named Monica Vitti.This film is kind of tongue in cheek but it's definitely worth seeing, I personally love it and the theme song is very good. They did, years later, make another Modesty Blaise film, but it was completely different and with another actress and was not so good. James Coburn also did an American 'Bond' take off about a spy called Flint (two films, good music) Our Man Flint, followed by In Like Flint, they were fun but kind of spoofy, the same thing with Dean Martin's Matt Helm series (four films) the first, and in my opinion the best, was the film called The Silencers (good theme song). I hope you can find the time to see some of these, the first ones I mentioned were very good. Maybe you could rate them next to the James Bond series. I hope this interests you. Take care!
James Bond films are always a mixture of camp and action/adventure. And definitely for the 20th film in the franchise they threw in a lot of Easter Eggs that hint back at older films, like Jinx's bathing suit and the jetpack from Thunderball.
for a LONG time they were talking about doing a spinoff with Halle Berry's character but thankfully it never got off the ground.
So glad you picked up on all the throwbacks to previous Bond films, Jen! But then again you are now an official Bond-phile. I think you will enjoy Connery's last stand in Never Say Never Again, but are you prepared for Casino Royale with Woody Allen in a Bond film? Maybe you ought to have that Bollinger handy just in case!! 🍾
I never saw it but seeing how much fun you have with the movie, makes me appreciate it more.
Brosnan's Best
Something to add, Pierce Brosnan has made some good films, if you'd like to see him in some others you can check out No Escape (he is almost like a James Bond character in this), The Thomas Crown Affair (which is a remake of the film of the same name with Steve McQueen), The Fourth Protocol, The November Man, After The Sunset and Nomads (Nomads is a strange film but interesting) People also like Dante's Peak, the film called I.T. and The Matador. I'm sure people would name other films of his too but I really like these ones, especially No Escape.
Actually one of my favorite Bond movies . Return to form with cool henchmen, action +gadgets + great score. Loved Pyke as an acting breakout (You should do Gone Girl!!)
Fun fact: a couple of the opening sequence film locations were just down the road from me, the hovercraft chase and Korean DMZ bridge. Had a lot of local press coverage at the time.
The club that the sword fight takes place in is called "Blades", which is a Gentleman's Club that Bond spends time in and M is a member of in the Bond novels. It also features heavily in the novel version of Moonraker which this movie draws some inspiration from.
Too many dour mopey Daniel Craig movies have me longing for the Brosnan era fun.
You missed the bird book, thats where the author got the name for his character.
The stewardess who speaks to Bond on his way back to England was Roger Moore's daughter. Many nods to the old films. Even when he picks a grape after going through the clinic window is a nod to Connery in Thunderball. It was very successful, but felt over the top in retrospect. You're right, many people dislike the theme song. Brosnan was supposed to return but the producers obtained the rights to Ian Flemings first novel, Casino Royale, so they needed a younger Bond. I liked the first couple Craig films, but the last couple really turned me on his whole run. I miss the Brosnan type films.
Hm, well, a 1961 Bollinger costs around $1,630 today, per Google. I enjoyed Pierce Brosnan since the 80's when he starred in a TV series called Remington Steele. As usual, a fun movie reaction.
i love the name drop of the inspiration of the name James Bond by mentioning the Ornithologist of the same name
Well, it's 01:45 am over here now but who cares? It's Jen time!!! 🙂❤
Classic jen really true back in the early 00's
I adore the Brosnan bond movies.
Hi Jan , A Field Guide to Birds was written by James Bond its where Ian Fleming got the name from ..
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Another funfact there are 9 James Bond plays for Radio📻(2008-20) Based on the Original novels & the Voice of James Bond🍸 in them is Toby (Gustav Graves) Stephens himself , not bad from Bond Villain to playing Bond himself 😃😁
Yep, I’m gonna say it. Jen’s my favourite Bond girl. It seems so many film critics these days go in with intent to dislike the film, only taking note of the drawbacks and ignoring the merits. No wonder her infectious joy is so refreshing.
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Gustav: Self-electrocuting button, not one of my better ideas. (as he gets sucked in) *HEEEELP!*
i have SO been loving your bond reaction videos - the other poster was right about you looking for the positive in each movie, it's like a breath of fresh air! can't wait to see your reactions to the daniel craig movies!!
It's funny how time can change your perspective on even the smallest things. When this movie came out I didn't care for it at all. I thought the plot was something more suited to the Moore era, and didn't fit Brosnan well. I didn't care for the villain at all, and the bad CGI shots, even by 2002 standards always made me laugh. Now, its still far from my favorite, but I can appreciate Die Another Day for what it is. A goofy and campy love letter to to all things Bond to celebrate 20 movies. I'm eager to see what Jen thinks of Daniel Craig and Casino Royale.
It is the most Fast and Furious movie of the Bond saga, but there is no denying that it is a lot of fun, all kinds of crazy things happen, we have invisible cars, ice castles, giant laser, giant airplane and even surfing in the north pole, there is everything for entertainment.