Ⅰ 美國007系列電影
摘至網路
電影海報(10張)中文名稱：擇日再死
英文名稱：Die another day
別名：改天再死/誰與爭鋒/不日殺機/擇日而亡/不日而亡
版本：思路.WMV.1080P.DTS雙聲軌版[HDTV-RE]；007系列第20部電影
發行時間：2002年11月18日
電影導演：李·塔瑪霍利 Lee Tamahori
電影演員：
皮爾斯·布魯斯南Pierce Brosnan
麥當娜Madonna
邁克爾·麥德遜 Michael Madsen
哈利·貝瑞Halle Berry
羅莎蒙德·派克Rosamund Pike
朱迪·丹克Judi Dench
約翰克立斯John Cleese
曾江
Simón Andreu
Samantha Bond
地區：美國 英國 ( 拍攝地 )
語言：英語
上 映：2002年11月18日 ( 英國 )
對 白：英語 西班牙語 粵語 朝鮮語
顏 色：彩色
聲 音：SDDS Dolby EX 6.1 DTS-ES
時 長：133 分鍾
類 型：驚悚 冒險 動作
分 級：西班牙：13 阿根廷：13 德國：12 葡萄牙：M/12 澳大利亞：M 瑞典：11 美國：PG-13 英國：12
發行公司：米高梅
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演職員表
演員表
角色 演員
James Bond 皮爾斯·布魯斯南/Pierce Brosnan
Jinx 哈莉·貝瑞/Halle Berry
Miranda Frost 羅莎曼德·派克/Rosamund Pike
Gustav Graves 托比·斯蒂芬斯/Toby Stephens
Zao 尹成植
M 朱迪·丹奇/Judi Dench
Q 約翰·克立斯/John Cleese
Damian Falco 邁克爾·馬德森/Michael Madsen
Colonel Moon 威爾·尹·李/Will Yun Lee
General Moon 曾江
Korean Guard (uncredited) 何健民
Verity (uncredited) 麥當娜
Raoul 埃米利洛·艾切瓦利亞/Emilio Echevarría
Vlad (as Michael Gorevoy) Mikhail Gorevoy
Mr. Kil Lawrence Makoare
Charles Robinson 科林·薩爾蒙/Colin Salmon
Miss Moneypenny 薩曼莎·邦德/Samantha Bond
Snooty Desk Clerk Ben Wee
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職員表
製作人 芭芭拉·布洛柯里/Barbara Broccoli；Callum McDougall；安東尼·韋恩/Anthony Waye；邁克爾·G·威爾遜/Michael G. Wilson
導演 李·塔瑪霍瑞/Lee Tamahori
副導演（助理） James Armstrong；維克·阿姆斯特朗/Vic Armstrong；Ben Burt；Gerry Gavigan；José María González Sinde；Richard Goodwin
編劇 伊安·弗萊明/Ian Fleming；尼爾·珀維斯/Neal Purvis；羅伯特·維德/Robert Wade
攝影 大衛·塔特薩爾/David Tattersall
配樂 大衛·阿諾德/David Arnold
剪輯 Andrew MacRitchie；Christian Wagner
藝術指導 彼得·拉蒙特/Peter Lamont
美術設計 Ken Court；詹姆斯·漢姆比德吉/James Hambidge；Mark Harris；Fred Hole；Neil Lamont；Simon Lamont
服裝設計 林迪·海明/Lindy Hemming
視覺特效 Mara Bryan；Tom Debenham；Steve Murgatroyd；Pedro Sabrosa
布景師 Simon Wakefield
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劇情簡介
從香港到古巴，再到倫敦，邦德在全世界奔波，追蹤撕去偽裝的叛逆者，
《007之擇日而亡》劇照(20張)阻止一場災難性的戰爭。一路上，他與金克斯(Jinx，哈莉-貝瑞飾)和米蘭達-弗羅斯特(Miranda Frost，羅莎蒙德-派克飾，Rosamund Pike)不期而遇，這倆位邦德女郎在後來發揮了至關重要的作用。詹姆斯-邦德因為在韓國的豐富經歷而被派去阻止非洲鑽石走私商與朝鮮官員穆恩上校(Colonel Moon，李威尹飾，Will Yun Lee)之間的非法武器交易。邦德成功地完成了任務，殺死了穆恩上校。但是，他也付出了巨大的代價，邦德被朝鮮政府關進了監獄，而英國政府則矢口否認了一切關於他的情況。一年後在地球的另一端，一位孤兒成為了億萬富翁，他的知名度也迅速地擴大。這位孤兒的名字叫古斯塔夫-格雷夫斯(Gustav Graves，托比-斯蒂芬斯飾，Toby Stephens)，他在冰島的基地--「冰宮」經營著一座鑽石礦山。古斯塔夫-格雷夫斯還對環境和航天技術有著濃厚的興趣，後一個愛好使他製造了伊卡洛斯(Icarus)--天空中的第2個太陽，它能照亮地球的遠端。但是，這一切都不是表面上的那麼簡單，地球又再一次陷入了一場爭奪世界控制權的危機之中。
《007之擇日而亡》劇照(20張)
經典情節：
1.邦德與Colonel Moon有一場兩棲登陸艇大戰，007以一敵三，帥呆了。
2.伊卡魯斯（宛如第二顆太陽的衛星）在Gustav Graves的遙控下追殺邦德.它聚集太陽的能量，將其釋放出來，從萬米高空垂激發出光束，看起來很壯觀.
3.這部分場景可以算是電影史上的經典情節了.007開著阿斯頓馬丁與敵人在冰原上廝殺..雙方的車子簡直就是一個超級戰車.雷達，紅外成像儀，導彈，重機槍，迫擊炮，輪番上陣.算是史上最帥氣的飆車場面之一.
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背景
這是對007系列40周年的獻禮之作，投資巨大，達1億4200萬美元.轉戰英國，古巴，冰島多個國家拍攝.但片中極力抹黑朝鮮，在後來的六方會談中朝鮮前所未有強硬，外界猜測是擇日而亡惹惱了朝鮮軍方，但未經證實.
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花絮
·據報道，布魯斯南得知將由哈莉·貝瑞擔任邦德女郎後，曾主動要求米高梅公司將與哈莉的床戲寫入自己的拍片合同。
·製片方最初曾打算讓《明日帝國》中楊紫瓊扮演的林惠在香港協助007。
·片中的冰宮是從瑞典的基律納冰酒店獲得靈感。
·由於影片中出現了美國向韓國軍隊下達指令的情節，盡管影片在韓國上映首周票房名列第五，但很快票房急劇下滑，第二周便退出前十，而且漢城的一家影院停止上映，很多二輪影院都停止上映.
.片中007在冰宮中撞開了關Jinx的門，撞門之前可以看見雨刷，而後來雨刷不翼而飛（那麼好的車不應該出這種質量問題）
精彩對白
1.James Bond：Magnificent view.
詹姆斯·邦德：好壯麗的風景。
Jinx：It is,isn't it?Too bad it's lost on everybody else.
金克斯：可不是嗎？真可惜其他人都沒欣賞到。
2.James Bond：The predators usually appear at sunset. 詹姆斯·邦德：掠食者通常都在太陽西下時出現。
Jinx：And why is that?
金克斯：為什麼呢？
James Bond：It's when their prey comes out to drink.
詹姆斯·邦德：因為此時他們的獵物出來喝酒。
3.Jinx：So,what do predators do……when the sun goes down?
金克斯：那麼，掠食者……在太陽下山後做什麼呢？
James Bond：They feast……like there is no tomorrow.
詹姆斯·邦德：他們大吃大喝……就像沒有沒有明天一樣。
4.Gustav Graves：It's only by being the edge that we know who we really are.Under the skin.Take your Donald·Campbell.1967 the Bluebird.Water speed record.
古斯塔夫·格雷夫斯：只有在生與死的邊緣我們才能真正認清自己，撇下偽裝。拿唐諾貝爾1967年的「青鳥」為例，他創下了水上記錄。
James Bond：Campbell died on his return run.
詹姆斯·邦德：他死於回程。
Gustav Graves：But he died chasing a dream.Isn't that the way to go?
古斯塔夫·格雷夫斯：但他死於追尋夢想。不就是該這樣嗎？
James Bond：I'd rather not go at all.I see you don't chase dreams,you live them.
詹姆斯·邦德：我寧可不要去。我認為追尋夢想不如創造夢想。
Gustav Graves：A virtue of never sleeping,Mr Bond.I have to live my dreams.Besides,plenty of time to sleep when you're dead.
古斯塔夫·格雷夫斯：就是不睡覺的好處，邦德先生。我必須創造我的夢想。再說，死後想不睡都難。
後景
在此部影片中皮爾斯·布魯斯南已顯老態，因此之後米高梅便不再請他出演007，而改由丹尼爾·克雷格這位肌肉男擔任007.但由於皮爾斯·布魯斯南太過成功，紳士形象早已深入人心，因此丹尼爾·克雷格飽受爭議.這也算是皮爾斯·布魯斯南的「擇日而亡」吧.
電影主題曲《擇日而亡-007系列第20部movie》OP_Die Another Day
麥當娜（Madonna）的歌，歌名就叫DIE ANOTHER DAY，收錄於她2003年4月22日發行的的AMERICAN LIFE專集里。
歌名：Die Another Day - Madonna
歌手：麥當娜（Madonna）
專輯：AMERICAN LIFE （於2003年4月22日發行）
歌詞：
I'm gonna wake up, yes and no
I'm gonna kiss, some part of
I'm gonna keep this secret
I'm gonna close my body now
I guess I'll die another day
I guess I'll die another day
I guess I'll die another day
I guess I'll die another day
I guess I'll die another day, another day
I guess I'll die another day, another day
I guess I'll die another day, another day
I guess I'll die another day
Siegmund freud
Analyse this
Analyse this
Analyse this, this, this….
I'm gonna break the cycle
I'm gonna shake up the system
I'm gonna destroy my ego
I'm gonna close my body now *repeat my body now 5 times*
I think I'll find another way
There's so much more to know
I guess I'll die another day
It's not my time to go
For every sin, I'll have to pay
I've come to work, I've come to play
I think I'll find another way
It's not my time to go
I'm gonna avoid the cliché
I'm gonna suspend my senses
I'm gonna delay my pleasure
I'm gonna close my body now
I guess I'll die another day
I guess I'll die another day
I guess I'll die another day
I guess I'll die another day
I think I'll find another way
There's so much more to know
I guess I'll die another day
It's not my time to go
Another day
Another Day
Another Day
Another Day
(Laugh)I need to lay down.
全球禁播麥當娜禁播MTV《Die Another Day》007電影擇日而亡主題曲。
首支由夫婿蓋瑞奇所執導的麥當娜音樂錄影帶What It Feels Like for a Girl，由於內容過於血腥暴力，日前遭到MTV音樂頻道及其姊妹台VH1抵制，只在星期二晚上11點半完整播放一次。
麥當娜的代言人麗茲羅斯伯格日前告訴紐約時報，對於What It Feels Like for a GirlMTV遭禁播有些存疑，因為現在的音樂錄影帶內容多少都牽涉到暴力，而麥當娜的音樂錄影帶只是講述一位女人受到虐待，由於畫面過於強烈他了解大家都不願在睡前看到該畫面的意願，但是該MTV在麗茲的眼中是反暴力的，更該接受播放，發言人接著表示，他們可以了解VH1和MTV音樂頻道採取部分禁播的前提，而兩音樂頻道也是他們播MTV的首選，不過基於尺度因素，彼此無法取得共識，但該音樂錄影帶並不會被永久地擱置。
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精彩劇照
Ⅱ 電影中零零七的英文名字是什麼
中文名 詹姆斯·邦德
外文名 James Bond
007 是風靡全球的一系列諜戰電影，007不僅是影片的名稱，更是主人公特工詹姆斯·邦德的代號。詹姆斯·邦德（英語：James Bond）是一套小說和系列電影的主角名稱。小說原作者是英國作家、前MI6特工伊恩·弗萊明。在故事裡，邦德是英國情報機構軍情六處的間諜，代號007，被授予可以除去任何妨礙行動的人的權力。此外，詹姆斯·邦德總是有美女相伴，那些女士被稱為「邦女郎」。
他冷酷但多情，機智且勇敢，總能在最危難時化險為夷，也總能邂逅一段浪漫的愛情。歷任007都是大帥哥，再加上性感漂亮的邦女郎，以及扣人心弦的精彩劇情，讓這部影片直至今天仍被廣大影迷所熱愛。 第一部007電影於1962年10月5日公映後，007電影系列風靡全球，直到今天歷經五十餘年長盛不衰
Ⅲ 007電影簡介
In the late 1950s, EON Proctions guaranteed the film adaptation rights for every 007 novel except for Casino Royale. In 1962, the first adaptation was made with Dr. No, which starred Sean Connery as 007. Connery starred in 6 more films after his initial portrayal. George Lazenby replaced Connery before the latter's last EON film, after which the part was played by Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. As of 2008, there have been 22 films in the EON series. The 21st film, Casino Royale, with Daniel Craig as James Bond, premiered on 14 November 2006, with the film going on general release in Asia and the Middle East the following day. Notably, it is the first Bond film to be released in China. The second James Bond film to feature Daniel Craig is Quantum of Solace, which gets its title from a short story of the same name by Ian Fleming, but shares no similarities with the plot. Daniel Craig is expected to return as James Bond for a third movie in the as yet unnamed "Bond 23."
Ⅳ 007系列電影指什麼FBI又指什麼
007是英國軍情六局
軍情六局全稱英國陸軍情報六局（MI6=Military Intelligence 6），又稱秘密情報局，縮寫為SIS，代號為MI6。 軍情六處(英國負責海外諜報工作的部門)，對外又稱「政府電信局」或「英國外交部常務次官辦事處」。西方情報界把MI6看成是英國情報機關的「開山祖師」，從伊麗莎白的開創初期至今，它和它的前身都是嚴格保密的，也稱秘密情報處，原為英國情報機構海外諜報系統。
FBI是美國聯邦調查局
美國聯邦調查局，英文全稱Federal Bureau of Investigation，英文縮寫FBI。但「FBI」也不僅是局稱的縮寫，還代表著聯邦調查局堅持貫徹的信條——忠誠Fidelity，勇敢Bravery和正直Integrity，是聯邦警察。
Ⅳ 007系列電影介紹
007系列之01－諾博士
007系列之02－俄羅斯之戀
007系列之03－金手指
007系列之04－雷霆萬鈞
007系列之05－雷霆谷
007系列之06－女王密使
007系列之07－永遠的鑽石
007系列之08－生死關頭
007系列之09－金槍人
007系列之10－海底城
007系列之11－太空城
007系列之12－最高機密
007系列之13－八爪女
007系列之14－雷霆殺機
007系列之15－黎明生機
007系列之16－殺人執照
007系列之17－黃金眼
007系列之18－明日帝國
007系列之19－黑日危機
007系列之20－擇日而亡
007系列之21－皇家賭場
007系列之22—寬慰量子（2008年11月公映！！）
Ⅵ 007的全部電影系列,所有007電影的名字(中英)
第一部：肖恩·康納利，《諾博士》 （第一任007）
Dr. No，1962年
第二部： 肖恩·康納利，《來自俄羅斯的愛情》（第一任007）
From Russia with Love，1963年
第三部：肖恩·康納利，《金手指》（第一任007）
Goldfinger，1964年
第四部：肖恩·康納利，《雷電堡》（第一任007）
Thunderball，1965年
第五部：肖恩，康納利，《雷霆谷》（第一任007）
You Only Live Twice，1967年
第六部：喬治·拉贊貝，《女王密使》（第二任007）
On Her Majesty`s Secret Service，1969年
第七部：肖恩·康納利，《金剛鑽》（第一任007）
Diamonds are Forever，1971年
第八部：羅傑·摩爾，《生死關頭》 （第三任007）
Live and Let Die，1973年
第九部：羅傑·摩爾，《金槍人》 （第三任007）
The Man With The Golden Gun，1974年
第十部：羅傑·摩爾，《海底城》（第三任007）
The Spy Who Loved Me，1977年
第十一部：羅傑·摩爾，《太空城》（第三任007）
Moonraker，1979年
第十二部：羅傑·摩爾，《最高機密》（第三任007）
For Your Eyes Only，1981年
第十三部：羅傑·摩爾，《八爪女》（第三任007）
Octopussy，1983年
第十四部：羅傑·摩爾，《雷霆殺機》（第三任007）
A View To A Kill，1985年
第十五部：提摩西·達頓，《黎明生機》（第四任007）
The Living Daylights，1987年
第十六部：提摩西·達頓，《殺人執照》（第四任007）
Licence to Kill，1989年
第十七部：皮爾斯·布魯斯南，《黃金眼》（第五任007）
Goldeneye，1995年
第十八部：皮爾斯·布魯斯南，《明日帝國》（第五任007）
Tomorrow Never Dies，1997年
第十九部：皮爾斯·布魯斯南，《黑日危機》（第五任007）
The World Is Not Enough，2000年
第二十部：皮爾斯·布魯斯南，《擇日而亡》（第五任007）
Die Another Day，2002年
第十一部：丹尼爾·克雷格，《皇家賭場》（第六任007）（未上映）
Casino Royale，2006年
Ⅶ 007英語介紹
When we last spied James Bond, at the end of the forceful if oddly-structured Casino Royale, he announced his name while pointing a submachine gun into the sky above Lake Como. The image said: he's back, and nothing if not well-endowed.
Quantum of Solace begins minutes later, with the elusive killer Mr White (Jesper Christensen) now in the boot of Bond's Aston Martin, and a breakneck pursuit in progress which makes claims of a different kind for this new Bond and his supersized franchise.
This film catches Ian Fleming's hero on the run, keeps him running, and zips along with a jolting, almost offensive velocity, catching its ragged breath in the rare opportunity for dialogue. Fans of the series who like to slow down and savour the scenery, enjoying a drip-feed of dodgy innuendo, may consider this a rude awakening - it's the shortest Bond movie to date, and easily the most terse.
But consider how many of the pictures, to include Casino Royale, run out of steam as they drag themselves across the two hour mark, if not long before. Quantum of Solace may hurtle through its own (sketchy) plot as if it's not quite the point - there have been more satisfying narrative pay-offs than we get here - but its best sequences bring you up short in the best way, adding up to the giddiest straight ride since The Living Daylights.
In a career filled with diligent but pedestrian Oscar-t (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland), it's a true surprise that director Marc Forster has come up with the goods as often as he does. Working with many of the action crew, among them editor Richard Pearson, who made the Bourne series so snappy and exhilarating, he closes in on the set pieces with refreshingly creative skill.
The starting point can be nonsense - when Mr White, murderer of Eva Green's Vesper Lynd, is sprung from captivity in a ngeon beneath Siena, it's too, too Bond that it happens to be on the day, hour and very minute of the Palio horse race.
The gambit of cross-cutting from bolting nags to scarpering baddies starts out strident and doesn't seem necessary. But Forster is biding his time with this skittish prelude: we emerge into the crowd for a chase on foot, across rooftops, and down some scaffolding in a church, and the ensuing scramble with ropes, swinging girders, and out-of-reach revolvers leaves you gasping with its constricted tension and vertigo.
It's briefly to London for some Paul Haggis-scripted soundbites about our changing planet, and then to Haiti, where we meet pouting Bolivian agent Camille (Olga Kurylenko) and villain jour Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a petulant eco-criminal busily finessing the oil and water reserves of South America for his own gain. Amalric, who with every goggle-eyed smirk cements his credentials to star in a Roman Polanski biopic, brings a wickedly childish spite to this role, certainly proving a more interesting foil to Bond than his latest foxy-but-cross female sidekick.
James, of course, is still hung up over the betrayal and demise of Vesper in the last instalment, motivating a morose six-martini binge while he's flying across the Atlantic, as well as his avoidance here of any serious entanglements, save those in stray lengths of rope dangling from the roofs of Tuscan churches. He isn't alone: Camille, having had her family raped and burnt alive by a deposed Bolivian dictator, also has her mind on other things. Instead, there's a just-for-fun fling with MI6 emissary Gemma Arterton, who pitches up looking like a John le Carré strippogram in a trenchcoat, and exits in a homage to Shirley Goldfinger Eaton which had me reaching for bad oil puns. Crude? Unrefined? It's not exactly slick.
What's clever, and slick, and even a little ingenious about the movie, though, is how it postpones Bond's Vesper vendetta by submerging it beneath his present tasks - he gets an angry kick out of scuttling this international cabal of utility profiteers, who in the barmiest conceit get to negotiate through earpieces while seated for a state-of-the-art proction of Tosca.
If there was any remaining doubt that the world is bartered and sold by people who can afford opera tickets, it's roundly dispelled, though how Amalric persuades his backers that Haiti, of all places, is some kind of model example for neocapitalist progress leaves us just a little foxed. "I don't give a s--- about the CIA," announces Judi Dench, inimitably, but it's not the best line in the movie: those are all the ones on Daniel Craig's face, particularly the deep vertical groove between his eyebrows when he's found yet another score to settle.
Quantum of Solace offers next to no solace, if we mean respite, but in plunging its hero into a revenge-displacement grudge mission, it has the compensation of a rock-solid dramatic idea, and the intelligence to run and run with it.
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Pleasurable and Satisfying
Be prepared for a few changes in this new entry of the Bond canon. James Bond is back, and this time it』s extremely personal. The rugged, harsh, and rough agent picks up exactly where he left off in another striking thriller that leaves you feeling exhausted, if not exhilarated.
Up to this time, the Bond canon entries have been a series, but Quantum of Solace is actually a sequel. Still raged by the death of Vesper Lynd in Siena, bereaved and blooded James Bond (Daniel Craig), goes after the shady international organization he holds responsible, even when M (Judi Dench) orders him to stand down. As promised at the end of Casino Royale, the film opens with a spectacular car chase before the revelation that Quantum, with agents in Her Majesty』s Government and the CIA, the organization that blackmailed Vesper, is far more labyrinthine and intricate, let alone momentous and far-ranging than anyone had imagined.
Forensic evidence of an MI6 traitor leads him to Haiti, where he meets Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who then helps him find ruthless businessman Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric) who is the chairman of Greene Planet, the legitimate cover for Quantum. His intention is to use his government contacts to help overthrow the current regime in Bolivia, and place the exiled General Medrano (Joaquin Cosio) as the head of state. In exchange, The General will give him a barren piece of land, which will actually give them total control of the nation』s water supply. Hazardously mixing revenge and ty, Bond promptly gets involved with Greene』s mistress, the beautiful yet mysterious Camille, when he saves her from an attempt on her life. However, Camille has a her own mission of vengeance so they team up to take down Greene and General Medrano while keeping one step ahead of both the CIA and MI6, which involves the action ripping across Austria, Italy, and South America. Meanwhile, Bond must try to keep his desire for retribution over Vesper Lynd』s death in check.
There』s still a sense at the end that Bond』s mission has scarcely begun and he』ll need a few more Bond canon entries to work his way up to annihilating the obviously indestructible Quantum organization. What makes Quantum of Solace captivating, compelling, and appealing is that this is the first of the 22 Bond movies where the plot flows in a natural and structural manner from the last installment, and this sequel looks a far stronger picture for this rare connected whole.
By far, there』s no better actor at bottling rage than Craig. He continues to be his own man as Bond, not just because he is a darker and more bare-knuckle Bond than any of previous Bonds. Having finally settled into the role of Bond, does Craig not only make it completely his own, but also brings a slightly softer side that his elegant predecessors have been deficient in. Never before have we seen him tenderly hugging a dying male comrade before disposing of his corpse in a mpster. Bond in this sequel is also human enough to start worrying about how regularly his girlfriends get killed. Moreover, viewers get to question his motives for pursuing a crusade. Is he being ultimately altruistic to helping drought-deteriorated Bolivian peasants? Or is he totally selfish to get his own back on the one directly accountable for Vesper』s predicament? Keep in mind that this is Bond at the beginning of his journey. Predictably, Craig will become the most popular 007 with the younger generation.
Stealthy and sensuous Kurylenko is superb as stunning Camille and her inexorable and determined quest for vendetta leads to one of the best scenes where Bond advises her on professionally assassinating the extremely unpleasant would-be dictator who slaughtered her family. She wants to bring to a bloody conclusion, with or without the hero』s help. She is in fact so fixed on murdering her enemy that she practically should not be counted as a Bond girl. Though given awfully little screen time, Arterton is equally good as effortlessly foxy Agent Fields who appeals to the better side of the wounded anti-romantic. There』s also decisively excellent work from Dench as witheringly unimpressed boss M and strong support from Wright and Giannini. All memorable Bond adversaries are amply endowed with unconventional and peculiar behaviors and Greene is no exception. As Greene, he is a suitably repulsive character and Amalric exemplifies a wonderfully humble conceitedness as the hypocritically earnest environmentalist.
In spite of its minor flaws, Quantum of Solace, a visually imaginative follow-up to the series relaunch, to much the same level of quality as Casino Royale, remains overall pleasurable and satisfying with strong performances, a realistically uncompromising script, and intense Bourne-modeled action sequences. It continues Craig』s authentic and conceivable reinvention of the character and throws him into an all scenario of concrete plausibility against an indistinct, deeply secret organization that bypasses politics and democracy to control economies, governments and necessary resources. And, as usual, no one but 007 can stop them.
3
Starring Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini and Jeffrey Wright. Directed by Martin Campbell. 144 minutes. At major theatres. PG
You have to wait for it. And that's hardly surprising because so much of the glorious Casino Royale is a departure from past 007 movies.
But when newcomer Daniel Craig finally identifies himself as "Bond. James Bond" late in the picture, you might well find yourself sharing his satisfied smile.
By this point he's more than proven himself worthy of the name, vanquishing not just innumerable foes but also doubts about his suitability for the role. In the Internet age, everybody's spitball has a global reach.
It is one of the curiosities of moviedom that even though we know James Bond to be a fictional character, the most storied of British spies, we have grown to think of him as a real person. We act as if the reassigning of 007's licence to kill should require Parliament's approval, or a least a wave from the Queen.
And yet each age gets the James Bond it needs, regardless of welcome. Sean Connery launched the series in 1962 and defined the Swinging Sixties style of heroism and hedonism. Roger Moore went for the tongue-in-cheek swagger that typified the 1970s and early 1980s. Pierce Brosnan sought to bring a serious actor's gravity to more recent times — at least until the sex puns got the better of him. (Let's leave aside the brief interregnums of George Lazenby and Timothy Dalton, which matter not.)
Now comes Craig, the first real 007 of the post-9/11 era. The debate will continue as to who constitutes the best Bond, but there's no question that he is the right Bond for these times.
It's a world where shadowy terrorists no longer live elsewhere, where wars are fought for murky reasons and where even a humble pop bottle represents potential airborne disaster, doomsday visions are no longer confined to the movie screen and nationhood, and patriotism, seek new definitions.
This is something author Ian Fleming realized with uncanny prescience back in 1953 when he launched the legacy with the publication of Casino Royale, introcing Bond as a man of strength and style, but also possessed of self-awareness. A man astute enough to observe that, "History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts."
The rough-hewn Craig is the most credible incarnation to date of Fleming's flawed sleuth. His Bond stalks and kills like the "blunt instrument," as Judi Dench's spy boss M describes him, yet he is human enough to bleed from both the body and the heart. Craig isn't pretty — he "impersonates the ugly," as was once said of rocker Rod Stewart — but intelligence and depth reside behind those cold, blue eyes.
He meshes beautifully with the other players and elements of Casino Royale, which returning director Martin Campbell (GoldenEye) directs with a maximum of intensity and a minimum of pretense, aided by an uncommonly smart screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, who pay e tribute to Fleming.
Gone or reshaped are most of the conceits that have made Bond movies seem like an exercise in parody and nostalgia.
There is no kitten-stroking villain in an island lair, plotting to blow up the world or to claim the sun, the moon and the stars as his own. Instead we get Mads Mikkelsen's suavely chilling Le Chiffre, an obsessive gambler who brokers financial deals with terrorists to fund his adventures at the poker table. Le Chiffre's main quirk, apart from a penchant for torture, is a tear ct that involuntarily bleeds. "Nothing sinister," he assures us.
The femmes are not quite as fatale as in Bonds past. Eva Green's spy accountant Vesper Lynd and Caterina Murino's flirtatious foil Solange are every bit as beautiful as Bond girls go, but they aren't out to prove their own killer instincts. Yet they are more intriguing and alluring than ever before.
And, for the most part, they have to keep those bikinis unfilled and those bedroom eyes wide open, because this Bond isn't wasting time making idle love. Craig's 007 is undeniably virile, but he's paradoxically the least sex-crazed of Bonds since David Niven's satirical elder incarnation was embarrassing the franchise with the rogue Casino Royale movie romp of 1967. (Freudian analysts will have a field day parsing a torture scene where 007's manhood is more than just shaken and stirred.)
Craig's Bond sprints faster — gasp at an early chase scene with parkour (free running) champ Sébastien Foucan as a fleet-footed bomb-maker — and fights harder than any of his predecessors. He loves harder, too, being the first Bond since Lazenby's cerebral spy of On Her Majesty's Secret Service to make a serious commitment to a woman.
The gadgets this time are modest and realistic, just enough to fill the glove compartment of Bond's trusty Aston Martin, which is nowhere near as tricked-out as usual. There is no hapless Q (farewell, John Cleese) to admonish Bond for being reckless with government property.
There is still M, played by Judi Dench as she has since GoldenEye, and finally given a script worthy of her talents. She is much more involved in Bond's training and development, having promoted him to "00" status despite misgivings about his judgment and his apparent inability to rein in his ego.
The above may make Casino Royale sound like serious dramatic fare. It is indeed, and all the better for it.
But director Campbell retains the exotic locales, zipping from Madagascar to Miami to Montenegro, to relieve the potential claustrophobia of the gaming tables that consume much of the story.
There is also humour to savour, although none of the sniggering sex talk that for too long has made Bond seem like a Playboy cartoon character. The wit is often visual: check out the age of the man in M's bed, when she is rudely roused from her slumber, and watch the reaction of the rich oaf who arrogantly mistakes Bond for a parking valet.
Follow the raised eyebrows of Jeffrey Wright's CIA mole Felix Leiter and Giancarlo Giannini's MI6 undercover man Mathis, as they try to figure out exactly what Bond is up to. They are standouts amongst an excellent supporting cast.