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Absolutely Brilliant!

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

The romance is the biggest label of the Bond films in the Pierce Brosnan's time. If this is the only standard, this one could be a leader among these entire Bond films that starring Pierce Brosnan. Some of the traditional imperfection of plot is still in this film; however, there are not too many unforgivable loopholes to interfere the story. In addition, the eastern style and female perspective that bring by Michelle Yeoh did have a positive effect, though the pattern has opened up a new round of conservative strategy for its sequels.

Tomorrow Never Dies sort of repeats the You Only Live Twice story line, though with some notable differences. Brosnan is more relaxed in the role, though he's still not great with quips (though the quips and one-liners he has got as Bond have been abysmal on the whole, so it's not really his fault). Michelle Yeoh is the most robust Bond Girl ever, and the only one who's almost a match for Bond. She's far more competent than Barbara Bach's agent XXX, for instance. Of course, Yeoh isn't a sex pot so the relationship is far less sexual than ever before. Teri Hatcher is forgettable as the other Bond love interest, and she's the one participating in the ongoing weakening of Bond which started with Brosnan's arrival: here, he was afraid when things got serious between them and ran away. Yeah, right. Luckily, there's no character arc where Bond has to overcome yet another psychological trauma this time. Jonathan Pryce is a brilliant actor, and throws himself in the part of evil media mogul Elliot Carver (who was based more on leftist/spy Robert Maxwell than on right-wing fiend Rupert Murdoch). However, Carver isn't really a strong enough opponent for Bond. Perhaps the movie would have worked even better if a Chinese general had been the main villain and Carver the secondary bad guy. Anyway, the action is top notch, with a great teaser, a fun back seat car chase filled with gadgets, a great motorcycle chase (gadget-free) in Vietnam, and a very lengthy and protracted final battle aboard Carver's stealth ship. I would have preferred Bond and Wai Lin to have had a squad of military support (a Bond movie should end like a war movie to be really successful), but they perform like a two-person army anyway. Brosnan kept getting better as Bond - unfortunately the movies got worse, with World Is Not Enough being a garbled mess and Die Another Day going so ridiculously over the top it became painful to watch.

This is more of an action film than a spy film. Lots of bullets will fly, motorcycles will rev up and the main characters will iconically rappel down a giant building tearing down the banner. It features some of Bond's best gadgets, including a remote controlled BMW stocked with plenty of features. Chases and other action scenes are quite thrilling. Pierce Brosnan's performance in this movie is slightly darker than Goldeneye but he still keeps his cool and charm.The plot is paper-thin, the villain is a bit cartoonish and his plan is far-fetched even for a madman's standards. A Bond film about yellow journalism is a definitely a unique direction, but I feel like the story was a wasted opportunity. At the end of the day, it's a fun action movie. Oh, and it has Dr. Kaufmann in it too.

What can be said about "Tomorrow never dies"? For sure one thing: it's one of the best movies ever made. Pierce Brosnan did a very good job. Also the villain (Elliot Carver) is brilliant, not to mention his sidekick Stamper, who plays the role as sidekick how it should be played. Also the two women in the film (Way Lin & Paris Carver) play an important role. Also the storyline is very well thought out. I especially like the way the mass media is used to try to conquer the world.Also Q plays an important role, as this film brings some great gadgets along with it (the best is of course the 7 series BMW). But also the gadgets in Lin's Chinese office deserve a mention.Also this film doesn't lose it's excitement, as it keeps the spectators on the edges of their seats from start to finish. Some other Bond movies (especially the older ones) tend to get a little boring because of their written out plot divergences, whereas this Bond film doesn't have a single boring period in it.That said, I think this film is the best one we've seen Pierce Brosnan in. One of the best Bond films and an all time Bond classic.