Synopsis:
When a powerful Russian satellite weapon falls into the hands of a former ally-turned-enemy, 007 must spring in to action to foil his evil plans.

1. Roger Moore hadn’t made a decent Bond since 1977’s “The Spy Who Loved Me”. The story lines of the 4 films that followed “Spy” were shit, and Mr. Moore was starting to look too old (the Mofo was starting to remind me of my Grandfather) for the part.

2. The Timothy Dalton films, in my opinion, blew big time. Dalton just wasn’t convincing in the title role. Aside from having really bad hair, he just didn’t seem to have the right style to fill 007’s shoes.

That said, Pierce Brosnan is perfect for the role. He’s got the right look (and he’s the right age), and the right style, it’s almost as if he was born to play 007.

Goldeneye (which marks Brosnan’s first appearance as Bond) has a nice tight script, a good pace, and great stunts. Its 2 hour and 10 minute running time seems to fly by.

Now a lot of people razz Goldeneye because of it’s opening sequence (you know when Bond free falls into the open plane door), but I like it. What you have to bear in mind while watching this scene is that this is the first time that the actual actor playing Bond was inserted into the final stunt (albeit by S/FX). Take ‘The Spy Who Loved Me” intro for instance, when the Bond ski’s off the cliff and opens that really cool Union Jack parachute, you know that’s not really Roger Moore doing that stunt. Now I’m not saying that I actually thought that Brosnan did that free fall stunt, but that shot does personalize the stunt, which I thought was a cool idea. That’s all I’m saying.

Goldeneye is a great. I would recommend DVD just for the movie alone (but I’m a fan, so you’ll have to take that with a grain of salt).

Oh yeah, just a side note, don’t you think Goldeneye would make a great video game? Some kind of “Quake” type game based on the films story line would probably work best. And you could add some kind of multi-player mode or something. Just a thought...

The commentary track featuring the Director & Producer is somewhat standard. Both gentlemen have a lot to say, and seem very happy to share their insights about all aspects of the production with the listener.

‘The Goldeneye Video Journal” contained a lot of behind the scene’s interviews with the cast and segments about some of the stunts. It was well worth watching. The Promotional featurette on the other hand was not as it contained only interview clips from the Video Journal.

“The World of 007” documentary was cool. This documentary focused on every aspect of 007: from Dr. No up to Goldeneye. All the cars, the stunts, the villains, the babe’s, and of course all the men that have played the man himself. I would recommend watching it (for those of you unfamiliar with James early work), it very informative.

Also included on this disk are the 2 theatrical trailers and 12 TV spots. The trailers are fine, but the TV spots get a little boring to watch after about the 3rd one.

The Tina Turner music video for the title song was just that. Who cares?

This disk also contains (as does every DVD in this set) a Tomorrow Never Dies PlaysStation game trailer. Although I didn’t have a problem with, I don’t think it should be included on all of these DVD’s. It should have only appeared on the Tomorrow Never Dies disk.

The video transfer on Goldeneye is top notch. You can tell that a lot of work was put into making sure that this DVD would be perfect. And the Dolby 5.1 sound will ensure that you hear the rapport of every round ammunition.

“Oh, please, James. Spare me the Freud. I might as well ask you if all the vodka martinis ever silenced the screams of all the men that you’ve killed. Or if you find forgiveness in the arms of all those willing women, for all the dead ones you failed to protect." - Trevelyan

-Nicky Eyes