1999
This movie allowed me to
explain the concept of a Chekov’s Gun to my daughter.
And then because the
geek is strong in my family, explain it had nothing to do with Star Trek.
She was thrilled to see
a sniper, because she thought, “The Cellist” came back.
Brosnan plays an older, wearier
Bond in this one. He’s more ruthless, and as a result the stunts are crazier as
he pushes himself. He’s still up for
Jamesbonding the doctor, to which my daughter replied, “I’d have kicked and
slapped him!”
YAY!
She also yelled at him
later for using the X-ray tech for looking at women.
YAY Again!
The titles lost all pretense
of subtlety this time around, causing her to switch from “Naked Watch” to
“Naked Count.”
Not to mention trying to
figure out the concept of a “Naked Oil Well.”
We all shed a tear at
Q’s final scene, after agreeing that the automatic fire bagpipes were awesome.
Have seen a few dull
skiing scenes in previous adventures, she was a bit leery…
Until the flying heavily
armed snowmobiles showed up.
That’s my girl!
She figured out Elektra
was evil.
Partially it was because
there were two Bond women, meaning one was either bad or going to die.
(Does she get bonus
points for it being both?)
At first she was quite
impressed with 007 apparent maturity when Elektra was the first woman she’d seen him say no to
Jamesbonding since For Your Eyes Only. At least for a while.
She astutely pointed
out:
“Third time’s a charm I
guess.”
The biggest clue to Elektra’s
leaning was the, and I quote:
“The ’I’m evil and no
one knows it’ look.”
Translation- She never
looked scared or worried when she should have.
The kid’s getting
perceptive.
Renard was scary enough
to keep her from guessing Elektra was the main villain this time around, not
just his moll or victim.
There was a fantastic
juxtaposition of acting skills in this movie.
Judy Dench has one of
her most active turns as M.
My daughter cheered out
loud when she slapped Elektra.
M’s resolve, strength
and ingenuity in the jail cell led her to decide:
“M must stand for
Magnificent.”
On the other
hand…Christmas Jones.
Her first comment about
her was:
“Wait…SHE’S a
physicist?!?!?”
And it went downhill from
there.
“Christmas seems to be
going through an emotional state of some kind.
But I have no idea what
it is.”
All the way until she
was concentrating on a life or death task:
“Is she pooping?”
The amazing reliance on
practical effects stood out once more. My
daughter originally thought the crazy helicopter carried buzz saw was CGI, and
was duly impressed to learn:
“They made that? WHOAH!”
Similar reactions
happened for the car’s gadgets as well, leading to great sadness at its
expected demise.”
“Awwwww…it’s always the
car.”
The effects gang may
have gotten a little too excited in this one though:
“What are things made
of? Everything goes BOOM!”
Overall this is a very
well made, but darker entry into the franchise. The end is bit overlong,
because once Bond shoots Elektra, it feels like the end.
Then more explodey stuff
happens.
My daughter was just
relived he didn’t kiss a dead person for the second time.
Then again, the final
Jamesbonding scenes with Christmas may have qualified.
“She just stares…
Into…
Oblivion…”
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