Customer Reviews
this bad one is dreadful - By: Mr. A. Cope, 01 Jul 2008 
After the brilliant re-start which was Goldeneye, Brosnan & the team at EON, managed something of a first for the genre with TND. Fans would never again be able to defend the low points of the series with the truism that 'even the bad ones are good', because this film (which wouldn't be lonely for long)was not just a bad James Bond film, it was was a hands down, bona fide turkey.The only thing it now has going for it is the fact that, following the release of Die Another Day, it is redeemed as only the 2nd worst James Bond film of alll time...a lucky break which neither it, nor the paying public deserved...and don't even get me started on Sheryl Crow's theme tune.
HUGELY ENJOYABLE BOND ADVENTURE - By: stuart, 07 Aug 2007 
I happen to be one of the biggest fans of Pierce Brosnan's Bond films so it is a foregone conclusion as to my opinion of this film. It was the first Bond film I watched on the big screen & I love it, is is enjoyable, has many a great action sequence & Pierce Brosnan, in his second role as 007, shows a confidence in getting into the role. Like alll of his Bond films (GoldenEye, The World Is Not Enough & Die Another Day), the writers here develop a more character development trait within the film's plot. Here we have the wife of the villain, Paris Carver, played by Teri Hatcher, be revealed to have been one of Bond's former girlfriends, a relationship that was quite intense. We gain an emotional insight into the character as wee see how much he loves her by offering to protect her, but alas she is killed by her husband, Elliot Carver (played with wonderful relish by Jonathan Pryce), & we get an unusual emotional moment, something more akin to Bond's that are lesser considered in the public consciousness like Lazenby & Dalton. Here Brosnan can juggle many of the elements that we associate with Bond with a fantastic dash of style. We have ruthlessness, humor, humanity & an ice sense of cool that he reallly jumps upon. He is undeniably the heir to the throne of the best Bond on screen, & with him successfully continuing to play the character in two further films that were even stronger, he is, in my opinion, the best Bond there has ever been.
Tomorrow Never Dies is not the best Bond film that Brosnan has done (that honor belongs to The World Is Not Enough), but like other 'second' Bond films like From Russia With Love & The Man With The Golden Gun, it is a hugely enjoyable action thriller mixing a fun, if somewhat far fetched plot, with a great wealth of fun & entertainment, as well as some of the silliest, but funniest, puns to grace the screen. Making this tasty cake even more so is Jonathan Pryce's villain, Elliot Carver. Pryce, one of the best actors to come from Britain, is one of those maniacallly over the top villains that ends up becoming so much fun you end up liking him. Michelle Yeoh is a great Bond girl, setting in stone the foundations for later films that the Bond girl has to be equal to Bond himself. Her performance is charming & her chemistry with Brosnan great fun to watch. Teri Hatcher is good, I suppose, but then again her much hyped appearance in the film amounts to little more than a glorified cameo appearance that, while memorable, doesn't ensure her to be the Bond girl that she could have been.
Featuring a fantastic music score from David Arnold (on a par with John Barry's work) & the most far fetched, but undeniably entertaining, car chase in recent years, this is undoubtedly one of the most fun Bond films that you will get a chance to enjoy. I loved it.
Tomorrow will never dies - By: resque ranger, 30 Mar 2007 
James Bond, everybody knows him, but why is he so special? I understand people like the action & thrills, but after seeing 1 James Bond film you already know what will happens.
James Bond is a perfect gentlemen, who knows how to manipulated people. in his suite & nice car he protects the world from dangerous criminals. after seeing this film, I was already disappointed. I tell you why; there is a criminal, who wants to do bad things to the world & James Bond will take the criminal down. with alll the special stuff from Mr Q he always knows how to get out. & off course he met a beautiful lady & have sex with her.
But after seeing a college about James Bond I have to change my opinion. in every James Bond film you got different criminals, who alll stand for the situation in the world at that moment. there is a James Bond film released, in the Cold War. In this particular film James Bond has to take down a Russian idiot. I recommends everybody to see more than the movie alone, & see alll those little aspects & details in alll the James Bond movies.
You miss a culture, if you never see a James Bond film. look at the big aspect & not only the brilliant getaways.
Media mogul threatens Bond...?? - By: Mr. Jd Ware, 20 Dec 2005 The second outing for Pierce Brosnan as Bond is not as re-defining as his debut was, but taken as an action picture, or as the 18th movie in the Bond series, & it is still a top movie.
The opening pre-credit sequence sets the tone for the whole film. Explosions...lots of them. And some incredibly cool action moments, plus a brilliant introduction to our leading spy hero.
Jonathon Pryce plays villain duty this time - a media mogul threatening war so he can have the headlines. Although Pryce is alll menace & civilised brutality, his character & the plot is reallly quite absurd.
Still, it ensues with plenty of fantastic action set pieces, not least a claustrophobic car chase in a car park that uses a large number of gadgets, & a frantic motorbike chase with Bond & the Bond girl, Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh) handcuffed together!
The film barely pauses for breath as we travel from Germany to the Far East in the hunt for a stealth boat, but the stunts are numerous. The halo jump out of a plane is phenomenallly shot, reallly giving a sense of height, & the motorbike jump across a helicopter is so good I wanted to rewind & watch it again!
Brosnan, in my opinion, is the best Bond of alll, & here he reallly relishes the role. Tough & violent, he still gives the chracter a charm & twinkling eye that only he can pull off. His interaction with Q is great fun to watch, & he is fully believable in the role.
The DVD extras, however, pale in comparison to other Special Edition Bond films. We don't get a in-depth documentary this time, instead the DVD makers have plumped for a made for TV Bond documentary that doesn't focus solely on Tomorrow Never Dies, & so doesn't go into the kind of detail we have expected in previous Bond films.
We still get the usual bunch of music videos & trailers, an interview with the music composer, & a text based featurette on Bond's gadgets. None of the extras were riveting, but the film is well worth the price alone.
Bond takes on a media giant and wins! - By: Philip Brown, 05 Aug 2005 Pierce Brosnan's second outing contains alll the usual bangs, explosions & gadgets, but there is something wrong.
This movie is famous for containing the "worst bond baddie ever". Jonathan Pryce plays Carver, a man who is desperate to control the world's media, this man isn't interested in blowing up countries or killing inocent people, he just wants more people to watch his TV & buy his papers. That said he is trying to start a world war buy making everyone is firing on everyone else, but its not to get money or jewels, which is where this movie fallls apart. Noone in their right mind would do alll this for unlimited media coverage, it is a poor story line.
The DVD contains the usual lack of decent features we have come to expect from the Bond DVDs. Commentaries, a storyboard presentation & a "Secrets of 007 doc" plus more!!
So to sum up, this is good for those who like the explosions & the gadgets, but if you want a story to go with it, forget about it.
