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I saw The World Is Not Enough again. No I'm not smoking bananas. You see, I initially saw The World Is Not Enough with someone who I was not supposed to see the movie with. And so when I went with Ball And Chain and co., I had to pretend I haven't seen it yet and fake my enthusiasm. Not that I'm not used to faking things with Ball And Chain already. *rimshot*
Anyway, the film wasn't as bad as I initially thought it was. But it was still bad nonetheless. What I really don't understand is how the hell that movie made so much fucking money this weekend. Apparently there was a LOT of other people who wanted to see this movie besides me. Usually the first weekend is mostly Bond fans. I totally expected James Bond to get his ass whipped by a buncha Pokemon. And I would've felt he deserved it too.
What's even more interesting is that I managed to piss off the President of the Sophie Marceau fan club.
Instead of basically re-writing my opinion of my second viewing, I'll just post a portion of some email I sent out regarding the Bond matter.
ok, i saw The World Is Not Enough for a second time, and personally i found it a helluva lot better. although that still isn't saying much...
first, as far as plot goes. when it comes to a bond film, the absolute last thing i'm concerned with is the plot, which is why i was utterly flabbergasted to find the makers of this film paying SO MUCH attention to it. it's a fucking james bond movie, just get on with it and quit trying to explain useless shit.
second, this i'll name the sophie factor. i'm not a huge sophie marceau fan. frankly, i think her face is too long, she's a bit too pouty, and she always seems to have this look like "my english not so good. please repeat again." i'm not 100% sure she's "all there" either. (something about her opening speech for this year's cannes film festival and going, "film is merde." okaaaaaay... thank you, sophie.) anyway, after viewing the film a second time, i'll take back blaming her entirely for ruining the middle portion of the movie. BUT, she played a large part. the poor woman can't talk. maybe in her native language, she's meryl fucking streep, but it really sounds like she's got a buncha gummi-bears in her mouth. granted, when she turns evil, everything is almost terrific. she just really seemed to not want to participate in this movie.
and don't go ripping on my ass with that bad actress/so what? excuse. I'M the one that's backing up Denise Richards, and she's almost as gloriously lousy as tanya roberts in A View To A Kill. it's just that she's the only one who seemed to know she was in a bond movie.
i could never understand the sophie factor. she just ain't my fucking type. (although she does have a nice hip.) then again, i'm the only person i know who wasn't too keen on braveheart. then then, there was this "comedy" with david spade in which sophie played a cello player with a dog who falls in love with him. right there you know something's rotten in france...
don't get me wrong. she's attractive and [all], and when i found out she was in a bond movie, and especially after seeing the previews, i had seriously high hopes.
Okay, there. Hopefully I will not have alienated the Sophie contingent. But for the record, Aaron's Movie Reviews 2 is not anti-Sophie! We are sorry for the misconception and we did not want to give the impression that she was single-handedly responsible for ruining history's most successful film franchise.
Thank you for your support.
I also heard from Michael Chow. Of course, he sent me an article regarding the BMW in The World Is Not Enough. I should've seen that one coming.
But yes, if anything, the second viewing re-iterated my first impression. The car really sucked. I'll even go so far as to say, if there is a next movie, don't bother gadgeting the car already. Just make it normal and have it take Bond from A to B with no action-sequence incident, kinda like Goldeneye and the Aston Martin. The Pierce Brosnan era has taken the gadget-ed automobile as far as it will go already.
Michael was right in the beginning though. We should have killed the director, Michael Apted. I mean, shoot me. I was the optimist. I thought maybe, just maybe... Let's just disregard Nell and Gorillas In The Mist and fuck-if-I-care whatever else he made... I should've really seen it coming when, in an interview, Apted said something to the effect of, "I'm not worried about the action scenes. Second unit's gonna take care of that for me..." What a fucking asshole. He should be tied up in a room with Sophie Marceau, minus a translator.
What totally boggles my mind is how much Ball And Chain and friends enjoyed this movie. Ball And Chain?! This chick was bored shitless in Dogma!!! I totally can't believe that. She HATED Tomorrow Never Dies and Goldeneye. I think she's only doing this on purpose.
9:27 pm
It's strange now that I spend a lot of nights at home. People seem to just drop by these days. I thought stuff like this only happens on sitcoms. Tonight someone's knocking at the door and it turns out to be Bookworm. "Hey let's go for a ride."
"Umm, okay."
Kinda like being at Kahala Mall. I wanna stay home just to see who'll show up. Ball And Chain should work nights more often. I'm seeing more people these days without even having to leave the house. I should get a doorman with ID bracelets for those under the age of 21.
Wednesday, November 24, 1999, 12:37 am
I gotta stay home a helluva lot more often. You just never know who's gonna show up. Tonight I got to ride around Honolulu with Kitsune. Don't you just love people who revel in that new-car-daze? It's like that new car smell gives them a new lease on life. (Shouldn't they bottle it? The REAL new car smell that is. It would probably save society millions in therapy bills.) Although I gotta admit, it totally matches him, and it's pretty darn cool too.
Last night Bookworm came over AGAIN after he got off of work, heated up a Hot Pocket, and we proceeded to play Regis Philbin-Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Trivial Pursuit. "Take your time. Is that your final answer? Would you like to use one of your lifelines?"
Later on last night I went outside and saw the moon. The moon's been pretty funky lately. Last night was really cool. There was cloud cover and it was really bright so it made a huge circle of light in the sky. Bookworm claims that it's called the corona. He's also claimed that the tiny spec of round moon in the middle of the reflective corona looks like a fertilized egg in an ovary.
No we weren't drunk.
I always had a slight problem with Tim Burton movies. I know it's cliche, but yes, they look real good and that's about it. I mean, I liked Ed Wood a lot, but like Batman and Batman Returns, Sleepy Hollow just seriously proved that Tim Burton has a problem with action sequences. Hell, he has a hard time with interesting storylines period. Am I the only idiot on the planet who didn't like Beetlejuice and Pee-Wee's Big Adventure?
