Cassandra Harris (Liesl Von Schlepp) "For Your Eyes Only"

"THE PARADOX OF JINX JOHNSON"

When I had first ilitumwa maoni about the 2002 James Bond movie "DIE ANOTHER DAY" on message boards and forums, I found myself face to face with a surprise. Apparently, many mashabiki found Halle Berry’s performance as NSA Agent Giacinta “Jinx” Johnson unsatisfactory. And after perusing zaidi of the James Bond message boards, I also learned that Berry is regarded kwa many Bond mashabiki as ”the worst Bond girl” in the franchise’s history.

After recovering from this shocker, I began to read some of the reasons why Berry is now so reviled kwa the Bond fandom. Quite...

"THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH" (1999) Review


I must admit that when I first saw "THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH" in the theaters a little over seven years ago, I was not impressed. Well, to be honest, I did not like the movie at all. But after my hivi karibuni viewing, I could not help but wonder if I had allowed my mild dislike of the awali Bond entry, "TOMORROW NEVER DIES" to spill over in my view of the Bond franchise’s 19th entry.

Although the movie’s title comes from the Bond family’s motto, first revealed in the 1969 movie, "ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE", its story started with the murder of...

TIMOTHY DALTON AND THE JAMES BOND FRANCHISE

I am going to start out saying that EON Productions have been lucky in choosing the six actors who managed to bring their own sense of style to the role of James Bond . . . and I mean all of them. And all were smart enough to portray Bond in a way that suited them, instead of adhering to what the public au the producers wanted them to play Bond.

That said, I want to say a few things about Timothy Dalton. Even though I was a major shabiki of Roger Moore, I realized kwa the mid-80s that it was time for him to retire from the role. With great fondness, I said...

“MOONRAKER” (1979) Review

Well, I just watched “MOONRAKER”. Today, it is considered to be one of the worst Bond sinema of all times. It has been accused kwa mashabiki and critics alike of taking the Bond franchise into a realm of tasteless excess and fantasy. I will not deny there are aspects of “MOONRAKER” that turned me off – including Bond’s final confrontation with the villain aboard the latter’s space station. But after watching it . . . I cannot honestly orodha “MOONRAKER” as one of my least inayopendelewa Bond films, let alone as one of the worst. Trust me, I have seen a lot worst....