[Series Completion Project] "007 No. 20: Die Another Day"

Let's put this "Death Another Day" aside and set the time back to June 8, 1994. On this day on the famous Mary-Leeburn Road in London, a new generation of "James Bond" appeared in the witness of more than 350 reporters, thus opening the 007 era at the turn of the century. The Brockley family, who holds the copyright of the Bond series, uniquely selected the lesser-known Brosnan in the candidate lineups such as Liam Neeson, Hugh Grant, and Mel Gibson, not only because he was in The temperament, performance and popularity in "Legend of Teal" are, to a certain extent, to make up for the regret that he had passed this role eight years ago. From "Golden Eye" to "Death Another Day", although Pierce Brosnan has only appeared in four 007 movies, for the generation born in the 1980s, it is the best and deepest Bond in my memory.

"Advancing with the times" is a major feature of 007 movies, which often hit the mainstream of the times, such as the Cold War, the energy crisis, and some high-tech products. In this film, the Korean Peninsula issue became the focus of 007 for the first time. Colonel Meng, a North Korean war fanatic, tried in vain to use the high-tech satellite "Icarus" to concentrate the sun's beams to open up the 38th parallel and achieve the goal of unifying the Korean peninsula by force. Bond moved to North Korea, Cuba, Britain, and Iceland, and frustrated Colonel Meng's conspiracy with American beauty agents.


When filming "Death Another Day", Brosnan was already fifty years old. Compared with "Golden Eye" and "Empire of Tomorrow", his old attitude was obvious. However, the director used substitutes and reduced fighting scenes to cover this well. a little. Nevertheless, the action scene where Bond and the villain (incarnation of the wealthy Gustav Colonel Meng) fought in the fencing club is still commendable. The highlight of this film is Bond's invisible car Aston Martin, which fights with another jaguar, and the chase from the snowy field to the ice palace is also a classic part of the 007 movie. Although the film is not new and has been criticized by some critics for too many special effects, it should be said that it is still a high-quality pipeline work. Looking at it from another perspective, "special effects" is also a part of film art that keeps pace with the times. The turn of the century was an era when special effects technology was advancing by leaps and bounds. There was always a process for the masses to adapt to the large-scale application of computer CG, so they were criticized. It's normal.

In addition, Brosnan's luck is not so good. Except for "Golden Eye", the Bond girls who acted with him in the last three movies are all beautiful women out of a million. Michelle Yeoh, Sophie Marceau, and Halle Berry are all actresses at the level of actresses, and they have a yellow skin, a white skin, and a dark skin. They can kiss the beauties of all kinds of people. How can they not be called Fangze People admire jealousy! Among the three, Halle Berry personally loves Halle Berry the most. His beautiful appearance and attractive figure are enough to make our hearts sway. It is said that after learning that Halle Berry will be the Bond girl in Die Another Day, Brosnan voluntarily asked MGM to write the sex scene with Halle into his filming contract. This shows the attractiveness of "Black Pearl". How big it is.


Speaking of Bond girls, I have to mention another Bond girl in this film, Pei Chunhua, but the actor who became famous in recent years for "The Lost Lover" was still named Rosamund Pike. In fact, "Death Another Day" is Pei Chunhua’s debut on the big screen. For the 21-year-old, it is really rare for her to be able to act on the same stage with famous characters like Brosnan and Berry by crying on her first try. Experience. Of course, Pei Chunhua did not disappoint, completely propped up the aura of Miranda, a double agent, and won the title of best newcomer at the Empire Magazine Award that year, and became famous in one fell swoop.

Up to "Death Another Day", the 007 series has gone through forty years, and a total of 20 movies have been born. With Pierce Brosnan's withdrawal, my plan for the completion of the series has also come to an end, and subsequent film reviews for the sequel will be published separately. At this moment when I seem to want to summarize something, I suddenly want to say: Bond seems to be suave and merciful, and each episode can experience a different tenderness, but if he is in his identity and position, he lives with a knife. With blood licking and precarious life, most people will live more unscrupulously and unscrupulously than ordinary people. What's more, for every Bond girl, Bond also paid his sincerity at least at the time, and would risk his life to rescue him in times of crisis, which is very similar to Duan Zhengchun in "The Eight Parts of the Dragon". Perhaps behind every short period of dew love, this is still worthy of appreciation and affirmation.

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