I just saw the new Bond move Die Another Day, and it kicked ass. It had everything one expects from a good movie: gunfights, explosions, cool cars, neat gadgets, hot women, and humorous one liners when a bad guy is killed. This time Bond fights the evil North Koreans just like we’re going to do in real life, but, in the movie, they have a super space laser. Of course, that’s too much for some Brit to take on by himself, so he teams up with an American NSA agent played by Halle Berry. By the end of the movie, all the bad people are dead, so it’s a very happy ending. It’s not up to par with Goldfinger (then again, what is) but definitely one of the better Bond movies.
I also just saw Enemy at the Gates on DVD. It was really cool with snipers putting bullets through each other’s eyes while everything is getting bombed around them. The only problem is that the movie was about the Nazis and Commies fighting over Stalingrad, so who the hell are you going to root for? That’s like having to choose between evil and eviler. To really get into a move, I had to have a side I liked, instead I was supposed to sympathize with the Commie sniper over the Nazi sniper. What could have made the movie much better, is, right after the Commie sniper, after losing many friends and nearly his own life, finally defeats the well trained Nazi sniper who was out to kill him, you suddenly hear a second gun shot and he falls dead. The camera then pans over to show Patton was standing right behind him with a pistol. He exclaims, “Take that, you goddamn Commie!” and then American troops swarm the area killing both sides. That would be so cool. Note to Hollywood: I am available for rewrites in the future.
Yeah, yeah, I can see the fat hollywood producer sitting behind his big desk, you know the one he uses to test the starlets out, saying “That’s it JB, I like it!!, get me Scott for the cameo.”
I had the same problem with “Enemy”, I thought Harris was pretty cool, but he was a NAZI!! for crip’s sake and that Commie quickie was a little too grimy for me.
So the NSA is getting into ops? Didn’t know that (like you, I learn everything via movies).
The time you spent watching both films could have been better spent watching “Patton” (clocks in at just under three hours). That movie has everything. Explosions and dead fascists (both kinds). Plus Patton prays for good battle weather, slaps a coward and insults the commies. The feel-good comedy of 1970, if you ask me.
Bond is everything you want in a film.. unless you want a fricken SPY FILM.
As for Enemy, I saw that load of dung in the theaters and was annoyed that not only did I have to choose between a Commie and a Nazi but also, there was a major love story in it. Uhhh… since when do Commies and Nazis feel emotions?
Also, there is no way Hollywood would allow that Patton rewrite.. they support Commies and Nazis…
Enemy was based on the book “Der Raten Krieg” (war of the rats). I understand that it is now available in English. Trust me, the book is far better than the movie. The sniper isnt a commie; he’s just a guy.
you ARE f***ed up