The Inconsistent Writer

Reevaluating the Brosnan Era (1995 - 2002) When we last left James Bond, he was hanging off the "cliffs of mediocrity," hoping to regain his footing... I had taken the time to reexamine Pierce Brosnan's last two entries in the Franchise, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day . As most things can often change over time, that is exactly what happened with me re-watching these two films. Both films suffered from severely biased opinions and I have now have altered my judgment on both by giving them a second chance. Will I still be able to hold my tongue through Brosnan's first two films? Can I hold off judgment until the end credits role? Will I be able to remove my rose-colored glasses with GoldenEye and give it a proper and just evaluation? We will see... TOMORROW NEVER DIES (1997) Directed by Roger Spottiswoode Written by Bruce Feirstein Running Time: 1 hour, 59 minutes Original Verdict: A much weaker plot involving a deranged media mogul arr

Reevaluating the Brosnan Era (1995 - 2002) A spark of an idea came to me over my week off from work when Lisa and I were scrolling through the large selection of movies available to watch on HBO GO. Searching A to Z, we weren't finding anything worth watching (the selection at the end of December -- at least in our opinion -- were slim pickings). As I came to the end of the list, I discovered that several James Bond films including some titles that I do not own (for reasons I would rather discuss in a different blog post). Of those Bond titles, three of them were from the Brosnan-era. When my cursor passed over The World Is Not Enough , I mumbled under my breath, "...of course they have one worst Bond movies available to stream, but where's GoldenEye ? Where's Brosnan's best Bond film? Nowhere to be found." It did seem odd that they only had available three of his four entries as James Bond. I didn't give it much thought after that. Instead, I starte