The World is Not Enough (1999)
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The World is Not Enough (1999)
BOND#19: He Feels Nothing,She Feels Too Much,We Feel...Enough
PIERCE BROSNAN as James Bond 007 in THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
SOPHIE MARCEAU as Elektra * ROBERT CARLYLE as Renard * DENISE RICHARDS as Xmas
ROBBIE COLTRANE as Valentin * DESMOND LLEWELYN as Q * JOHN CLEESE as R
SAMANTHA BOND as Moneypenny and JUDI DENCH as M * Directed by MICHAEL APTED
The credits are an eerie kaleidoscope of trippy color, as if we're back in the sixties, accompanied by a rather mournful title song by Garbage. The tone is somewhat dark throughout the film, with much of the plot and villains involving terrorism and the theme of betrayal. The main villain, Renard, has a bullet lodged in his brain and he doesn't feel sensation like the rest of us, but this isn't really played up, even in the final fight. Besides, Renard has to take a back seat to Elektra, who gives an entirely new and twisted meaning to the femme fatale term. She turns the tables on Bond, who has always been in control of such situations before, and proves to be that woman who Bond can't really handle.
On the downside, casting agents for the Bond film series aimed low yet again with the latest Bond girl: meet Christmas, nuclear physicist. The actress Richards was in her late twenties at the time, but comes across like a 19-year old. Coltrane, as Valentin, was a welcome return in the role he created in GoldenEye. There's also a unique weapon, foreshadowed in an earlier scene, a series of spinning blades deployed from a helicopter. The way in which Bond's newest set of wheels is dealt with is probably painful to watch for auto buffs. The climax with the sinking sub was kind of weak; I'd considered the story already ended 5 minutes earlier with Elektra's final scene. Bond would return in Die Another Day, Brosnan's finale.
______ DESMOND LLEWELYN > 1914 - 1999 ______
This was Llewelyn's final film; he had just finished his autobiography and had all his
affairs in order when his life was cut short in an auto accident on Dec. 19, 1999, at the
ripe old age of 85. He was already 50 years old when he began to play Q and outlasted
Connery, Moore and Dalton in the role, as well as the original M actor and Ms. Moneypenny.
BoG's Bond Scores: Bond:8 Villain:6 Femme Fatales:9 Henchmen:6 Fights:8 Stunts/Chases:8 Gadgets:7 Auto:8 Locations:7 Pace:7 overall:7.5This was Llewelyn's final film; he had just finished his autobiography and had all his
affairs in order when his life was cut short in an auto accident on Dec. 19, 1999, at the
ripe old age of 85. He was already 50 years old when he began to play Q and outlasted
Connery, Moore and Dalton in the role, as well as the original M actor and Ms. Moneypenny.
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