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Absolutely brilliant

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Most definitely the worst 'official' James Bond film I have ever seen (haven't seen 'The World Is Not Enough', 'Quantum of Solace' or 'Spectre' yet) but still has its moments, and like The Rolling Stones or Pink Floyd, even the bad stuff is better than 80% of the other stuff out there. Still I wish it wasn't Brosnan's last one--and though Craig was truly a refreshing change in his realistic tone that hearkened back to the great days of Connery, that too got old, even for the actor himself.This was very poorly planned and written. Madonna was awful but Halle Berry was one of the most memorable Bond girls since the series' glory days. Some of the special effects, especially near the end, were simply ghastly. As if the Broccolis had to pinch pennies...

Watching this movie again after several years made me realize it is better than I remembered it. From the action-packed beginning in a Korean war zone to the beach in Cuba, and from the spectacular ice building to the fights on a plane, there is a lot going on and it never becomes boring. The best fencing sequence in a Bond ever needs to be mentioned, too. There are several enjoyable references to the old Bond days, for example Halle Berry's costume refers to Ursula Andress in 'Dr No', and when Bond talks about ornithology, he casually picks up the book on the subject by a certain Mr Bond who inspired Ian Fleming for his hero's name, as many of you will know. So far, so good.What really spoilt 'Die Another Day' for me is that we don't get convincing gadgets like in the Connery days anymore, but fantasy inventions nobody did believe in (from the invisible car to the, um, cutting edge satellite) and obvious computer effects (the ride on the wave). The second and last time that John Cleese appeared in the series, it must have been too embarrassing to present this mumbo-jumbo. The credibility of the series was damaged, and I thought for the first time that the time had come to let Her Majesty's agent retire. Unfortunately, there was too much money at stake to do that.

This Bond flick is known as what Joel Schumacher is to "Batman & Robin". I really don't think this is that bad of a movie. But maybe I am going easy on it since it's not as bad as "Batman & Robin". As a matter of fact the first half of this movie is a okay Bond film with action combined with a passable story. Than it completely falls apart during the second half when it shows the ice palace and the orbiting satellite. Minus the Twisted Metal style battle scene. It just become too much after that, I think it might have been alright if this movie came out in the 70's or 80's. And I think that is one of the main reason why this movie got so much hate. The super campy, cheesy and ridiculous aspects of this installment just didn't fly so well in the 2000's. Halle Berry was like at her peak of stardom when this movie came out and it probably also did a lot of damage to her career as well. Or the "Catwoman" movie that came right after, but then again Halle just kept making poor decision after getting some credit for "Monster's Ball". She starts off like she is going to be a standout Bond girl, but that quickly fades when you just can't buy her as this tough badass. Mainly because of how she carries on with the action sequences, by the way she runs and holds her weapons. But yeah, the second half just because absurd and silly to the point I couldn't take the situation serious at all. It's kind of sad to see Pierce Brosnan make his final outing as Bond with this film. I do think he played a big part in making Bond relevant again. He just has the look, the charm and charisma to play Bond. Overall, I give this movie a 5/10 because the first half started out quite well.5/10

...considering this was the Bond film which partly forced Bond to 'reboot.' For what it's worth, I liked 'Die Another Day.' Okay, so it may never be up there with the best of the Bond movies, but it certainly doesn't deserve to be down there with the worst. I'll go as far as to say that it is a little effects-laden and the Madonna cameo just really shouldn't be in there, but it's still good fun (and isn't that what a Bond film should be?).This time Bond is captured by the North Koreans for a good year and a half near the beginning of the film (don't think that should be too much of a spoiler – as it's basically covered in the typically-weird opening credits montage) and tortured. When MI6 finally get him out, it's because he's being exchanged for a North Korean war criminal – in fact the very same war criminal he went to North Korea to assassinate.Anyway, MI6 don't really see much use for poor ol' Bondy and consign him to the scrap heap. Only Bond has other ideas and kind of 'goes rogue.' Well, slightly rogue. Not quite as 'rogue' as Licensed to Kill' but still rogue enough to be not on MI6's payroll. And those dastardly North Koreans better watch out and not try starting a war with the rest of the world.As I said, I quite liked it. It's topical (what with the North Koreans regularly scaring the world with their sabre-rattling) and rolls along reasonably well. Maybe I'm just nostalgic as I liked the old 'happy-go-lucky' Bond films (before the darker and more gritty Daniel Craig era) and this was the last of its kind. A lot of people hated it because of its awful use of 'green screen' special effects. Okay, you may expect to be able to tell the hero is up against a green screen in your average B-movie, but this is a high-budget Bond film – it really is pretty awful. And then you have the invisible car. Over the decades Bond has had more than his fair share of cool gadgets to get him out of trouble. It seemed that a car that completely disappears at will was suspending the disbelief a little too much.Overall, Die Another Day will never be a classic. There is a fair amount wrong with it. Halle Berry, although being a great actress, kind of suffered from the 'Bond girl curse' and didn't really live up to expectations (there was even talk of a spin-off film series based on her character – never going to happen now). Don't expect too much from this, but if you're still okay with the lighter side of Bond (even though this one does try to 'go dark' - or as dark as anything pre-Craig ever will) and fancy a load of dodgy special effects and Pierce Brosnan's smirk then there are worse films out there (there are also better Bond films out there, but you probably already know that).And I still like John Cleese better as 'Q' than the kid they currently have.