Matt
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I don't think Denise is anymore annoying than half of Moore's Bond girls and far less so than Halle Berry. But yeah, she is a terrible actress.
That movie has a good villain in Renard, Brosnan's best performance and an actually good plot that utilizes Judi Dench's M the best to date and is the only one where in a surprise twist, the main Bond villain turns out to really be the Bond girl. All the scenes between Bond and Sophie Marceau were good. When Bond executes her, it is Brosnan's best Bond moment in the series, I think. The action sequence at the beginning in Spain and then at MI6/the Thames River and the nuclear silo were pretty good too.
I know the skiing scene and the buzz saw chopper scene were both poorly shot/edited, but I will never get why that isn't considered one of the better Bond movies by fans. Richards is no worse of an actress than half of the other Bond girls. Take out two poorly done chase scenes (something there is more than one of in QOS) and it is much better.
I think the main problem with Richards is not that she is a bad actress (as history proves, a bad actress can make a decent Bond girl). The problem is she is entirely wrong for the role. It is impossible to take her seriously as a nuclear physicist. And since that is such a large aspect of the movie, it makes it very difficult to watch. But I agree, it is underrated. It hardly deserves its rank as 3rd worst and 5th worst Bond movie of all time as listed by MSN and IGN, respectively.
I think TWINE is much underrated. A good improvement on TND, the return of Robbie Coltrane was most welcome, and Sophie Marceau was great. Just bought it on DVD, looking forward to seeing it soon!
Unfortunately though, they turn Coltrane into comic relief instead of the bad ass ex-KBG turned Russian mob boss of Goldeneye.
I'm sorry, but could you please put spoilers in spoiler tags? Thank you.
Umm, the movie is ten years old and outdates this site. I think the statute of limitations on spoilers are expired.