"Beg your pardon, forgot to knock." GoldenEye will always remain one of my favorite Bond movies. It is special to me because it was the first Bond film I ever saw as a kid and the videogame on the N64 that came along with it was one me and my friends played the shit out of. So many fun memories! Pierce Brosnan's first outing as James Bond still stands the test of time for me and throw in Sean Bean as a bad guy and it can't go wrong. I love the scene with the tank and Izabella Scorupco as Natalya is still one of my favorite Bond girls. Rewatching GoldenEye was another fun ride and a great way to start a free saturday!

“GoldenEye” is a 1995 film based on the James Bond series. It features Pierce Brosnan, who plays the fictional MI6 character for the first time. Ah, “GoldenEye”... This film has a very special place in my heart, as Pierce Brosnan is personally my favorite actor to play Bond. I believe I watched “GoldenEye” and the majority of Bond films before when I was a lot younger, but this most recent rewatch is the first time I’ve watched it from start to finish. Brosnan as Bond was, simply, a great match. His wit, charm, and charisma made the film so fun and enjoyable to watch. Izabella Scorupco, the actress who plays the female lead, was... alright? I don’t really have much to say about her other than that it felt like she was made a “Bond Girl” out of pure convenience. I also don’t have much of an opinion on Sean Bean, the actor who plays the main antagonist. I think the true star of the film was Famke Janssen, the actress who plays Xenia Onatopp, the henchwoman. Onatopp is honestly iconic (name included!). I’m pretty sure that it wasn’t intended to so, but the sheer absurdity of Onatopp’s... passionate way of killing always made me laugh. I think what impressed me the most was how well and how much Janssen committed to the role. I truly loved her character. I can’t say the same for the plot though. It was forgettable, but made somewhat interesting to watch by the action scenes. No music stood out to me this time either. I think I’d rewatch this film solely for how well Brosnan and Janssen did, and nothing more.

Pretty good, the action's really well done. It's got a drifting tank, what else could you wish for? And Famke Janssen's really good in it, she nails her one character trait of being extremely horny all the time. The plot itself is all right, it can be a little silly sometimes.

So much to like here... but nothing is ever near-perfect in Bond-land. The casting first of all. Brosnan is the face I see when I imagine Bond. He has the roughness of Connery, is the perfect age, is a very good actor. He sells himself as Bond in the first few moments and you find yourself asking "Moore? Lazenby? Dalton.... who?" The plot is an interesting one. It's clearly a film left over from the Dalton days that has had the recent computer craze added in to it. It works on the whole but that is more for the use of 006 and the fiery Famke Janssen than anything else. The Alan Cummings character is an enjoyable comedic foil that owes a ot to the Moore years but it just about works. The downsides... The music - awful electronic stuff that makes a Cold War looking film sound like it is in the wrong era. The budget feels smaller as the whole thing looks a little cheap - some dodgy use of stock footage doesn't help there. (I'm sure something was going on with MGM in the 6 years between films that contributed to that penny-pinching) What I will say though is that this film offers up Pierce Brosnan as the heir apparent to Sean Connery and promises that he has the skills and talents to be the best Bond ever... If they give him the films. What a refreshing surprise and a fantastic debut from Brosnan. 7.75/10