] "I expect a little goofy impossibility in a Bond movie. A ] little is corny and funny, and gives it an edge, but it ] needs to be used sparingly and mixed with some common ] sense to appear clever. Die Another Day uses the entire ] damn corn cob. the gimmicks reeks of lazy plot ] contrivances the way Madonna's career has the stench of ] the half-gnawed bones of trends and people she used n her ] way up. Brosnan escapes British custody and goes directly ] to his favorite hotel, where he checks into the suite ] under his own name. Yet the British can't find him. It ] takes Bond about 45 minutes longer than the audience to ] figure out that Icelandic diamonds %u201Cchemically ] identical%u201D to Sierra Leone diamonds might actually ] be smuggled from Africa. And the villain has bamboozled ] the world in only a few months with his %u201CIcelandic ] discovery%u201D and his incredibly speedy aerospace ] development program. Try as they might, British ] Intelligence can't find any dirt on him: uh, how about ] that he didn't exist last year?" Filthy rips Die Another Day. Now I definitely don't want to see it until it's rentable. |