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Die Another Day (2002)
Worst Bond Ever
This is by far the worst Bond movie ever. I found Halle Berry's, Madonna's, John Cleese's, Judi Dench's, Rick Yune's, and Pierce Brosnan's acting to be dreadfully bad. The special effects were terrible, the CGI was bad, the invisible car was so absurd it was just totally ridiculous even for a Bond film.
Brosnan gave the worst performance of Bond I have ever seen. He was so wooden and so utterly dull and boring that I actually found myself wanting him to get shot in the film. The one liners and innuendos that Bond is so very famous for were at an all time low in Die Another Day. I haven't seen many films that were any dumber or any lamer, with dialogue and line delivery than this film.
In final review this is a B-movie of straight to video quality that had a total cost (production and marketing of $170 million) and made $425.5 million. Go figure huh? Well that's the power and legacy of Bond. Brosnan and the producers are doing there very best to destroy that legacy, and I belive that they succeeded with this entry. If the next film is as bad as this one is Bond is dead. The box office is already going to dip because of how bad Die Another Day is and another film like this would kill Bond.
Winter Break (2003)
A Winter Break for OO7
OO7 George Lazenby goes on a winter holiday. This is a surprisingly good film, and Lazenby (who acts very well in this film) adds a movie star presence that the film would have otherwise lacked. Not a bad entry for a straight to video B-movie. The film centers around a bunch of students on winter break.
On a side note, I read a production note about this film that stated that Lazenby had the highest salary of any actor in the film, despite only having a small role. Anyway, this one is worth a look if you see it listed on cable and have nothing else to do to pass the time or if you are trying to rent a new release and can't find anything decent at all.