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Good until they go to Iceland - then it becomes a cheesy Marvel parody


The first half is not without problems…

-annoying Madonna song and 'hip' music

-invisible Bond car is too far fetched

-Bond going rouge again?

But it has surprises (Bond being captured & tortured), style and a good cast.

Especially the villain is very good.

The fencing duel between Bond and Graves is great - exciting, funny, bloody.

The film walks a fine line between a traditional Bond film and a parody of the same.


BUT THEN…It becomes "Captain Marvel & Catwoman in North Korea"

-Graves is a North Korean after 'DNA therapy' and plastic surgery?

-Graves looks like a Marvel baddie?

-cheesy F/X that look fake

-Jinx is an American NSA agent ?

-sword fights in planes ? Really?


Everything crashes to pieces because they tried to do Bond as a Marvel comic hero with a female sidekick...

Maybe the worst Bond film.

Certainly the most ridiculous.

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I agree. I remember thinking this back in 2002.

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And they could have done without the Madonna cameo...

It's just distracting.

I couldn't look away from her Botox-face.

Otherwise: A good first hour.

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exactly !!

anything that comes after the stupid invisible car is just ridiculous.

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