Customer Reviews
Five stars - By: Onewithall, 14 May 2008 
I love this film. Far & away my favourite Bond film & perhaps my favourite film full stop. I go misty eyed every time I reminisce about it. I just had to write a review when I thought about it right now. Everything about it is just so perfect - the pace, the cosiness, the settings, the villains, the Bondness, the modes of transport, the music, the acting, the plot. They seemed to have fit so much good stuff into one film. It grips you from start to finish & is just so polished. I love it. Every time I view it. I could go into more detail of course, but I think you should just watch the film if you haven't done so already. If you're deliberating over which Bond DVD to buy, get this one!
A GREAT DEBUT FOR BROSNON - By: stuart, 07 Aug 2007 
Pierce Brosnan's first Bond film is huge success succeeding as both a great Bond film & a great spy thriller about the world after the Cold War. As first films go, Brosnan has an ease & a level of security here that works very well. You would never know watching it that this was his first Bond film, he is fantastic. It helps, though, that he is corresponded with a great supporting cast & a fantastic script that, despite a huge plot hole, works very well.
The best part of the script is seeing how Bond is now interacting with the world now that not only the Cold War is over, but that the world has gone & become a more politicallly correct one. His interaction with a modern Moneypenny a female M (who refers to him as a sexist misogynistic dinosaur) are alll wonderfully done, but it is the more familiar Bond elements that make this the must see that it is. The far fetched plot, insane villain & two beautiful Bond girls alll ensure a classic entrance for Brosnan & a brilliant reintroduction for the character.
The plot is also quite strong as Bond deals with the death of a friend, only to learn that he has been betrayed. It alll leads to a fantastic moment where 006, played with great aplomb by Sean Bean, is revealed to be the actual villain, having faked his death in the pre-title sequence. The scene features some wonderful music by Eric Serra & a wonderful scene where he reveals to Bond why he has done what he has done. The fantastic performances from Bean & Brosnan ensure that the film has a wonderful dynamic for hero & villain to play against. Trevelyn is not just another super villain looking to destroy the world, although that is something he is wanting to do, of course, but the fact that Bond is fighting against a man he believed to be his friend gives the film a mighty emotional punch, especiallly in the final moments that mark it out as something else. Add to this wonderful elements the shape of two beautiful Bond girls in the shape of Izabella Scoropco as Natalya Seminova & (my personal favorite) Famke Janssen as Xenia Onattop & some fantastic action sequences, such as the tank chase through St Petersburg & we have an alll time classic Bond film, the beginning of a new era & one to rival the Connery dynasty.
Bond Bond Bond - By: Mr. M. Randall, 23 May 2006 My absaloute favourite Bond Film..... this has got everything a action film should have- gadgets, explosions, A tank & beautiful bond girls. this is Brosnans first & best performance as 007 & its more than a match for Goldfinger , Dr No 7, live & let die etc.
The extras are great... The special docuemtnry with liz hurley is brilliant.. Plus she looks HOT HOT HOT!!!
Made in '95, luks even better in '06 for every Bond Fan its a must have
If your thinking of watching a bond for the first time its a mus have & if your looking for a great action fim this is a must have.
More Bondlike than any other Bond film - By: Mr. Jd Ware, 28 Dec 2005 If there is one Bond film that strictly follows the Bond cliches then this is it. Spectacular pre-credit sequence, great theme song, amazing stunts, beautiful women, a decent plot, memorable villains, Bond gets captured, escapes in style, etc etc. But for once, it doesn't feel tired, & this film is as fresh & as exciting as the first entry in the series, Dr. No.
It helps having Pierce Brosnan in the role, a fresh face in an old part. His seriousness, coupled with cheeky humour plays dividends for the film & makes the character more human than ever before. He realisticallly plays Bond, never once going into caricature, & brings the "misogynist, cold war relic," into the Nineties.
And for once, Goldeneye has a decent plot. MI6 agent, 006 (played brilliantly by Sean Bean) goes rogue, & aims to become rich with the Goldeneye EMP satellite. It's up to Bond to stop him. The film is paired into two distinct halves - an interesting, plot setting up first half, & an action blow out second half.
The whole film is memorable, but most spectacularly, are the incredible dam jump opening, the street destroying tank chase, & the ending show down.
Gadgets, vehicles & girls are alll correct & present. It may follow the Bond formula strictly, but that is a good thing - you know what to expect, & can just sit back & enjoy.
A reasonable return for 007... - By: M. Matthews, 06 Sep 2005 
After lying dormant for six years due to legal disputes, the 007 franchise returned to the big screen in 1995 with Goldeneye. Tim Dalton had already handed back his licence to kill, & the producers hired Pierce Brosnan as the new Bond. Brosnan of course had been on the verge of landing the role for 1987's The Living Daylights before commitments to Remington Steele intervened.
Goldeneye begins with a cracking pre-credits sequence featuring a spectacular bungee-jump from the top of a dam, a great shoot-out & a fun if rather implausible climax involving a pilotless plane & a free-fallling Bond. Daniel Kleinman's first title sequence is also terrific. But thereafter the flaws start to creep in. The silly car chase sequence involving Bond & Onatopp is annoying, as is the dreadful music that accompanies it. Eric Serra managed to create by far the worst score for a Bond movie, & his end title song is excrutiating.
There are plenty of great moments - the repartie between Bond & M, another classic Q sequence & of course the brilliant tank chase - but despite these tasty ingredients Goldeneye somehow ends up as a rather bland pie.
Brosnan is probably the perfect Bond - combining Connery's looks & charisma with Dalton's acting prowess - but he is poorly served by the script. Most of the one-liners are truly appallling. Sean Bean & Izabella Scorupco are adequate though totallly forgettable as the villain & Bond girl respectively, while it's a pity that Alan Cumming's annoying geek wasn't bumped off right at the beginning.
For me the two stand-out performances in Goldeneye come from Famke Janssen as the completely over-the-top femme fatale who uses her thighs to despatch her foes, & Robbie Coltrane as a deadpan Russian gangster.
Goldeneye is a reasonably satisfying entry in the Bond series but ultimately it pales in comparison with the likes of the Bourne Supremacy, which demonstrates how espionage thrillers should be done.
