The lee berry jinx - Die Another Day Reviews

After Dr. No, all Bond sequels as of "From Russia With Love" to "The World Is Not Enough" have all lived up to the billing. They have always matched up with their tradition for around 40 years, but not this time. Die Another Day is a huge letdown to the Bond series. The movies starts off pretty well, until the horrible title song comes (again the worst bond song of all time), then it regains the momentum for some time for instance the scene when Bond is released is well executed. The hospital escape scene and Bond's entry to the hotel are highly admirable. Sadly, after that the movie completely disappoints. I even wonder if it is a Bond movie or a Jinx movie. This movie uses objects of all the previous movies as a tribute to other Bond movies - a good idea. Unfortunately, the movie itself isn?t substantial enough. The soft references from other movies are well implemented for e.g. Bond using a pen device for breathing from Thunderball, laser from Goldeneye, Q Lab showing all old gadgets are fantastic. However, Halle Berry?s entry completely ripped off from Dr. No is extremely disgraceful. It was a historic scene featuring U. Andress, which shouldn?t have been ripped off like this. Her character is given unnecessary importance in the movie, just because she?s an Oscar-award winner. The moment she enters the movie, Bond takes a backseat and the whole movie seems to be Jinx oriented. It doesn?t look like a Bond movie after that. James Bond becomes a second-fiddle in the movie. -Halle Berry is a highly overrated actress and in this movie and you can see why. She portrays the worst Bond girl ever. -Brosnan is good as Bond once again. Unfortunately the movie completely lets him down. -Rosamund Pike is okay, but she doesn?t get much scope, contrary to the significance to her role. Thanks to the other Bond girl who robs the entire spotlight. -Toby Stephens isn?t convincing at all. The same goes for his henchman. -Judi Dench is efficient as usual. The biggest setback is Lee Tamarohi?s direction. Despite of using the old references in the movie, the director wants to break away from the tradition, which is absolutely preposterous. Putting the entire limelight on Jinx ahead of Bond completely change the perception of the movie. Showing Bond smoking a cigarette in this period is absurd and needless. After the first 20 minutes, Tamarohi bungles up badly; hence, the film loses the grip. Action sequences good as usual, but in general, the movie is a total failure.