World Is Not Enough, The: Special Edition (James Bond) (UK)

First of all I`m a fan of 007 and this film is one of the better bond films. Pierce Brosnan excels himself in this role, with the usual charm and wit you expect from a bond film. Sadly this is the last film with `Q` (Desmond Llewelyn) before he died, there is a fitting tribute included on this disc. The picture quality is excellent as is the sound on Dolby Digital 5.1. The extras are excellent, this is one of the best region 2 discs for extras I`ve seen. Including 2 extras not included on region 1 version which is nice to see that we get something extra in the U.K. The one extra is the making of the excellent opening sequence called "Bond Down River" the other is called "Bond Cocktail" which tells why Bond is still popular. My verdict is if your a bond fan get this now! I also read that this film has not been cut unlike the last two. With Bond and Denise Richards on this disc need I say more.

For a Bond movie, TWINE is fairly average. It`s not a duffer, but it lacks in plot and excitement over the better Bond movies, and it`s not gadget crazy either, so ends up being rather average.

The picture on the movie is fine, but a touch noisy in places, with the mearest hint of posterisation on flat background areas. In one or two high action scenes, you can see the quality dip slightly, but not too bad.

The major problem with the picture comes with the extras. They look to have been mastered on BetaSP, and show bad chroma noise on some of the saturated red graphics, and it has all been compressed too heavily leaving a heavily pixelated sub VHS quality image for most of the time and quite unwatchable. This is a pity as the actual content of the extras is quite nice.

The soundtrack of the movie is ok, but lacks the last word in dynamics and bass.

The menuing system on the disc is a little quirky in places and it can be hard to see where to go to find some of the extras.

If you`re going to buy this, buy it for the movie, and just listen to the extras. Watching them may give you a a headache.

Bond movies are always something special, and The World Is Not Enough meets these expectations. In my opinion, this is the best out of the lot of the Bond movies (being a teenager no doubt I prefer the more up to date movies). TWINE also exceeds in providing a good cast with Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Denise Richards, Robert Carlyle, Robbie Coltrane and the introduction of Qs assistant R, John Cleese who looks like he will replace Desmond Llewelyn as time got the better of him. Very fitting the way he was introduced and the way Q leaves? A MGM conspiracy perhaps?..

I won`t say much about the plot, because as with every Bond movie, you know the plot by now :) However, I think this movie shows the emotional side of Bond.

Gadgets as always are evident throughout. Particuarly tasty is the BMW Z8 (Sadly we won`t see any BMWs in future Bonds, due to the mishandling of Rover), however the Z8 can`t exceed the BMW in the Tomorrow Never Dies, with remote control via mobile phone, which in my opinion is one of the best Bond gadgets of all time. Other gadgets include Dr. Christmas Jones (Denise Richards) PDA running Windows CE (what else) and of course, from the opening sequence, Qs retirement present, his fishing boat.

Jokes. TWINE exceeds any previous Bond movies with many great one liners, especially at the start of the movie with the Swiss bankers and of course the inevitable sexual inuendo with MoneyPenny, Elektra (Sophie Marceau) and Dr. Jones (Denise Richards). The best line in the film appears right at the end, but I won`t spoil it for you.

Anyway, I guess its time I started discussing the actual DVD, because I`ve seemed to of waffled on a bit. Picture quality is superb as it should be with such a big budget release. The soundtrack is very effective, directed by Dave Arnold and some of the extra features mention how this compliments the movie.

Well Features, MGM have not let you down here. Cramming in as much as possible, and of course the shock of it all, some features don`t appear on the Region 1 version. Although I find this very pleasing, I can`t help feeling it is a clever marketing ploy by MGM to make you buy the Region 2 version and thus probably gaining them a bigger profit.

Most of the features are excellent, especially Bond Cocktail and "James Bond Down The River". Also included is directors commentary, original theatrical trailer, Garbage music video, a fitting tribute to Desmond Llewelyn and the worst feature of the lot, the secrets of james bond which is just excerpts from the movie coupled with pictures of the storyboard.

I read Graeme Ns review of TWINE and he complained about the picture quality of the extras, however it certainly was OK for me, maybe he expects too much :P

Anyway, to wrap up, this is without doubt one of the best DVDs you will come across, with plenty of features and a nice menu system and of course containing one of the best Bond movies ever produced. I bought my copy from Dixons for £15.99 which is a great bargain.

Roll on Bond number 20...

An entertaining 29th film in the 007 series but not one of the best. Sadly it is the last for Q. I was not impressed with his successor R (John Cleese).

Some nice shots of the London Docklands area, the new MI6 building and the dreaded Dome. The new BMW Z8 was disappointing. Story line was average. Denise Richards was excellent as Dr Christmas.

As someone else has already said, the picture quality of the extras was very poor though the content was interesting (would rate Features video quality as a 2 but the content as a 5 thereby giving an overall 3 in this category).

Right well i have a few things to say after reading these other reviews. I don`t believe this is the best bond film of the lot but it is above average (to me anyway) it has a better storyline and villan than The World IS Not Enough but i think that giving Bond emotions is a bad move and the killing of Mr Coltrane i blasphemous in my opnion (even though the commentraies state this may not be so) Denise Richards, I feel would have been better than Sophie Marceu as the naive oil heiress because she does have a more innocent look than the world-wewary looking Sophie. The extras do haave a disatrous look but if we arfe talking about the content of them....easily an 8 the commentaries are fantastic, the in depth look into the boat chase and the bond cocktail are excellent but The Makingf Of... featurette is by far one of the worst making of programs i have ever seen, it seems forced and the presenter was appaling.

For starters I thought the extra stuff was the most impressive part of the DVD. I have no idea what some of you are saying about the picture quality being unwatchable in the extras. I didnt even notice that the picture was even slightly iffy, and I wouldnt have cared if I had. You know some of us dont even have DVD players in this cruel world so you should just accept what you get and shut up, damn you.

The rest of the film was fine, although I am a bit concerned about the casting of another scots person playing a very un scots person. It was bad enough in goldeneye with Alan Cumming and Robbie Coltrane, but Bobby Carlyle aswell? Do the people that make this films think we cant tell a scots accent from a russian one? Mad as mad can be, madly.

Um , yes that was it, this film is alright in my book.

Bond aficionadoes maul this picture regularly, but as the latest entry in the Bond canon, TWINE is one of the better efforts. From the pre-title chase on the Thames to the showdown in Istanbul, the movie chugs along at a great rate with plenty of action and 007 getting his biggest emotional mauling since OHMSS.

Of note is the wonderful "Farewell to Merlin" exit of Demond Llewellyn, putting in his last appearance as Q.

Robert Carlyle makes an unusually sympathetic villain, played, as is 007, like a violin at a sap`s convention by the real villain of the piece.

The DVD, as one of the first of the Special Edition releases, sets a high standard for the other disks in the collection. The extras on the disk are outstanding and you can spend more time watching them than watching the movie itself.

Noting Graeme N`s comments on the extras - I only noticed a little pixellation on one aerial shot of the Thames on the "Down The River" doco. As the picture quality of the movie is excellent, methinks he doth complain too much.

this is the bond film i have been waiting for.one that keeps you guessing.great performance a witty script.and for once a good story told very well.brosnan is at the top with this one.this walks all over mission impossible 2.the extra features add to a superb package.and the movie ends with a big chuckle.excellent

Better than Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies this is one of the best Bond movies and not just in recent years.
There are plenty of extras to back it up most notably in my opinion the secrets of 007 which have been copied on quite a few more recent discs (ex. M-I:2) as an effective way of showing how an scene was put together.
Sadly no deleted scenes. Press screenings ran at about 160 Minutes!
Another great thing about this movies is the score which is as good as if not better than the Tomorrow Never Dies score. Also by David Arnold.

Third time round for Brosnan, this time the plot and situations really lack the brains to bring it off..

CONTENT: This is my favourite of Brosnan’s Bonds... although I have to admit that I’m a big bond fan full stop. And to be honest I’ll forgive a film an awful lot just because it’s a bond film. Things that I cannot forgive however would be
1) Denise Richards’ criminal performance (I can hardly bring myself to use the word “acting” in the same sentence when describing her performance, and
2) The last line…. all I can say to that is… oh dear god, what were you thinking?!?

These two minor gripes aside, and this has all the makings of one the best bonds in the series. Performances (from all bar Miss Richards) are excellent, and suitably over the top, as they should be in a Bond film. Judi Dench as M and Robbie Coltrane steal every scene they are in. And of course, Desmond Llewelyn as Q is brilliant as always. Oh, and Brosnan’s pretty good too!

THE DISC: The picture is pretty much perfect, the soundtrack courtesy of David Arnold is outstanding, and the extras are pretty good too! We get an interesting and insightful commentary from the director Michael Apted and a second commentary from the Production Designer, Second Unit Director Vic Armstrong and Composer David Arnold, which I haven’t listened to yet.
The Making of The World Is Not Enough documentary. We also get 2 documentaries "Bond Cocktail" and "Bond Down River" as well as a wonderful tribute to Desmond Llewelyn. There is also a PlayStation game trailer, which is actually rather amusing! There is also a Music Video By Garbage, the Original Theatrical Trailer and an insightful Booklet.

This was the first Bond DVD to be released and it really set the tone for the future 007 releases, which have all been given top-notch treatment on DVD – nice one MGM!!!

Altogether, an excellent Bond and an excellent disc. If you like Bond – you’ll love this…. and if you don’t like Bond, get the hell out – you don’t deserve to cast your evil eyes on the wonderful DVD!

p.s. My first minor gripe about Miss Richards’ acting can be easily forgiven by the fact that it is Miss Richards…. dribble… dribble…

Another great Bond movie. Brosnan at his best. 10/10

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