GOLDENEYE
A film review by Paul
Copyright 1995 paul@discordia.org
It's been ages since I last saw a Bond film. I think the last one I saw was Dalton's first Bond film. Pierce Brosnan is a major improvement over Dalton. Dalton was cold, angst ridden, and serious. While this personality is probably closer to reality, Bond films have never been very realistic. They are in fact, very silly, with megalomaniac villains who wants to take over/destroy the world. Bond is constantly being placed into "escape-proof" death traps which he eventually escapes. The appeal of Bond is his bad boy image. Brosnan restore some of that fun image to the character that Dalton had wore away.
Plot-wise, the film is unoriginal. Bond must save the world once again from a doomsday device, the Goldeneye, a weapon that can destroy all electronics. But people don't see Bond film for their plot, they see Bond films for familar things like beautiful women, fast cars, megalomania villains, and shopping trips at Q's. Even if the plot is rather predictable, there's enough action in the film to keep you from falling asleep.
The villain this time is 006, played by Sean Bean, who also act as an angst generator because he was once Bond's best friend. Rounding out the villains list is Femke Janssen, who played a villainess who likes to squeeze men to death between her legs (no, I am not kidding).
What's interesting about the movie is that while bond has changed
very little (he still sleeps around, and drink Martini shaken but not
stirred), the world around him have changed considerably. The women
are more assertive, and independent. Bond's boss is now a woman who
tells Bond that he is a sexist relic of the cold war. His female
co-star is constantly criticizing him about his "boys with toy"
attitude. Moneypenny has
Bond fans will not want to miss this movie. For others, it's worth a look if you're looking for a fun movie that you can watch with half of your brain disconnected.
-- Paul paul@discordia.org
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