World and Time Enough

Starring:Jennifer Jordan Campbell, Kraig Swartz, Adam Mikelson, Matt Guidry, Kathleen Fuller, John Patrick Marin, Bernadette Sullivan, Peter Macon, Gregory Giles
Director: Eric Mueller
Studio: Strand Releasing
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
Mark`s a radical artist-activist, Joey`s a garbage collector. Together, they sift through the detritus of family obligations, HIV status, temp jobs, and the unavoidable, inexplicable fact that, in spite of everything, they`re a happy couple.

A clever and bittersweet comedy, Eric Mueller`s WORLD AND TIME ENOUGH tracks the deceptively modest aspirations of a twenty-something couple as they grapple with love and morality. Narrated by David, an affably nelly friend, Mueller`s feature debut follows the obsessive Mark, who`s HIV-positive, as he progresses from neo-Christo sculpture-making to full-scale cathedral construction. More low-key, Mark`s terminally cute boyfriend, Joey hesitantly embarks on a quest to find his biological parents after an ugly coming-out scene with his adoptive parents.

Description

Mark`s a radical artist-activist, Joey`s a garbage collector. Together, they sift through the detritus of family obligations, HIV status, temp jobs, and the unavoidable, inexplicable fact that, in spite of everything, they`re a happy couple.

Heartfelt and always lively, Mueller`s film offers a witty glimpse into a side of gay coupledom rarely seen: young, Midwestern, more grunge than chic.

Customer Reviews:

an incredibly beautiful film - buy it.......2004-07-15

i first saw this film in 1996 and it helped me come out. i saw it again this year and it's still as beautiful.

the reason why i say buy this film is because it is one of the few times you will see a gay couple portrayed honestly, with dignity and without any of the scene frippery that seems to have to accompany most gay films.

i won't tell you anything about the story line but will say that this is a rare portrait showing that men can love one another fiercely, tenderly and beautifully. by concentrating on the issues the two men are facing rather than their relationship together we get a truthful portrayal of our love and any political points are reserved for the wonderful political art made by one of the characters.

i can't recommend this film strongly enough. it gave me something tangible to realise that men can love men beautifully before i came out and continues to sustain me now.

truthfully, the warmest, most truthful gay film i have ever seen

heartfelt and honest.......2002-04-21

This magical and mystical little Minneapolis-based film is basically about two cute (but not 'Hollywood perfect'), quirky guys who fall in love at first sight (much to the pretend annoyance of their friend, the catty narrator who propels the story). They struggle with all the problems of life: living together; the death of parents; coming out; homophobia from family, peers, and workplace; their future. Matt Guidry and Gregory G. Giles could not be more perfect, and loving, in their portrayals and Mark (an HIV+ artist) and Joey (a garbage collector who sees art and beauty in what is 'junk' to others). Mark's cynicism softens in the light of Joey's loving, giving nature and they complement one another perfectly. But their story is far from maudlin. It is gritty and real, and they both have demons. But Mark and Joey also have each other, and their sweet story is just about as lovely, intelligent (with homages to Gregg Araki's The Living End and Hamlet), and warm as any on screen. A bright, shining little gem.

After one viewing ..........2002-01-01

I'm writing this after having seen the film only once, so please take that into consideration. For some reason I had a very different idea of what the story was going to be about. Maybe because every review mentions that one of the characters is HIV+.

The film was clearly made on a meager budget but it's a small story and isn't necessarily hurt by that. And the two leads are talented enough and attractive enough to be enjoyable to watch on their own.

The problem for me was that the director-writer seemed to have no very clear idea of what he wanted to communicate. I had the impression that some of the events of this story were probably taken from real life because he seemed to think they would be emotionally resonant on their own. Maybe they were for him but they meant nothing to me. He leaps from one event to the next without accumulating much to the narrative, so it adds up to not very much.

The main pleasure remains the two main characters and their love for each other. That they love each other is never really in doubt and never really in danger. But at least the director leaves it alone for the most part and so they hold you pleasantly engaged while he wanders all over the landscape.

Flawed but worthwhile.......2001-10-26

This is a believeable, well-acted romantic drama. There's nothing as grand and all-encompassing as the title, just the story of two young men deeply in love, coping with money and family problems while working to stay together. That's about all, but it's enough. The two leads (Mark Gruindy and Gregory Giles) are appealing and believeable, and the low budget actually helps the film. The only significant flaw is the REALLY annoying narrator. He's only a minor player in the story, so why have him introduce the story? But other criticisms of the film are trivial. It's true that the Mark Gruindy character is exasperating in his self-richeous, I'm-A-Victim attitude. But there are a lot of professional activists im the community like him. Gregory Giles's character is too good to be true, but that's typical of movie romances. As for the characters being too handsome, so what? If you want to see a heartfelt, realistic romance and cheer on a couple to stay together, this may be worth your while.

Moved me to tears.......2001-06-08

An amazing movie about a sculpture who builds a model gothic cathedral to get over the death of his father. Totally believable unique real gay men.

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One of Brosnan's better Bond films
Most Embarrassing Bond Movie Ever
3.5, it was the best of Bond it was the worst of Bond
Great Movie!
"M" is kidnapped!

The World Is Not Enough
Starring: Pierce Brosnan , Sophie Marceau , Robert Carlyle , Denise Richards , and Robbie Coltrane
Director: Michael Apted
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: 6305784922
Release Date: 2000-05-16

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In his 19th screen outing, Ian Fleming's superspy is once again caught in the crosshairs of a self-created dilemma: as the longest-running feature-film franchise, James Bond is an annuity his producers want to protect, yet the series' consciously formulaic approach frustrates any real element of surprise beyond the rote application of plot twists or jump cuts to shake up the audience. This time out, credit 007's caretakers for making some visible attempts to invest their principal characters with darker motives--and blame them for squandering The World Is Not Enough's initial promise by the final reel.

By now, Bond pictures are as elegantly formal as a Bach chorale, and this one opens on an unusually powerful note. A stunning pre-title sequence reaches beyond mere pyrotechnics to introduce key plot elements as the action leaps from Bilbao to London. Bond 5.0, Pierce Brosnan, undercuts his usually suave persona with a darker, more brutal edge largely absent since Sean Connery departed. Equally tantalizing are our initial glimpses of Bond's nemesis du jour, Renard (Robert Carlyle), and imminent love interest, Elektra King (Sophie Marceau), both atypically complex characters cast with seemingly shrewd choices, and directed by the capable Michael Apted. The story's focus on post-Soviet geopolitics likewise starts off on a savvy note, before being overtaken by increasingly Byzantine plot twists, hidden motives, and reversals of loyalty superheated by relentless (if intermittently perfunctory) action sequences.

Indeed, the procession of perils plays like a greatest hits medley, save for a nifty sequence involving airborne buzz saws that's as enjoyable as it is preposterous. Bond's grimmer demeanor, while preferable to the smirk that eventually swallowed Roger Moore whole, proves wearying, unrelieved by any true wit. The underlying psychoses that propel Renard and Elektra eventually unravel into unconvincing melodrama, while Bond is supplied with a secondary love object, Denise Richards, who's even more improbable as a nuclear physicist. Ultimately, this World is not enough despite its better intentions. --Sam Sutherland

Customer Reviews:

One of Brosnan's better Bond films.......2006-11-26

Pierce Brosnan is back and has to save the world from a mad man once again. Robert Carlyle is really good as that mad man and is one of the best Bond villians in my book. You also have Sophie Marceau and Denise Richards as two sexy Bond girls. Most Bond fans just mostly picked on the film due to Denise Richards acting abilities. Which are limited. I never had much of a problem with her, I guess I was too busy looking at her and not watching her acting abilities as closely as other Bond fans lol.

I do think Brosnan's Bond films did try too hard in casting Bond women though. I mean most of them were too recognizeabke and just casted on looks basically. I think Goldeneye had the best casting though of any of his films. I mean I don't even know what else that Bond girl was in after Goldeneye or before it for that matter and she could act too. I do like the casting of Sophie Marceau here more than the Denise Richards casting though. Not only because she's a better actor but because she doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. I mean I just know her from a bad David Spade film.

Anyway I think The World is Not Enough is one of Brosnan's better outings as Bond. It's surely better than Tomorrow Never Dies. Plus I think Robert Carlyle is as memorable as a Bond villian as Sean Bean in GoldenEye. I don't know why people talk about the villian in Die Another Day like he was the best of the Brosnan films, he did nothing for me really. Brosnan doesn't shine here as much as he does in GoldenEye but I do find his line at the end both crude and funny and he delivers it well. Denise Richards' name is Christmas and he says somthing like "Christmas doesn't come once a year"....lol.

Most Embarrassing Bond Movie Ever.......2006-11-18

This is simply the worst Bond movie ever, also included, the worst Bond Girl ever - that being Denise Richards. Denise was not glamorous or smart as past Bond girls, essentially if she were left out of the story no one would have noticed. She looked like some chick Bond picked up from the mall, denim jacket included, who just provided unnecessary commentary. The story was disjointed and hopes that it would go anywhere and went no where. M is kidnapped, yeah, that had nothing nor any relevance to the story. This movie seemed rushed to produce and you can tell.

3.5, it was the best of Bond it was the worst of Bond.......2006-11-14

Bond films seem very critic proof since they're not meant to move you to tears and they're not meant to be laugh riots or creep into your skin. They're action movies pure and simple and arguably no one does it better. But seeing as how we're already on Bond 19 and while it's not that the series has completely run out of ideas, there is a sameness and familiarity to it all that prevents it from being the best Bond it can be. Doesn't mean that the filmmakers don't try really hard though.

After the killing of oil tycoon Robert King, 007 James Bond is hired to protect his daughter, beautiful Elektra. The main villain orchestrating everything is Renard, a man who was shot in the head and affecting his brain so that he can't actually feel pain, although the bullet will eventually kill him. Bond has to team with nuclear physicist Christmas Jones (Bond girls have had pretty strange names but this is just stupid) in order to avert a world-threatening plan (natch).

First, the casting: Sophie Marceau personally is my choice for the hottest Bond girl but acting-wise it's very extreme from one end to the next without any in-betweens. And Denise Richards is arguably the biggest miscast I've seen in a film. As for Pierce Brosnan, well this is #3 for him so he's still as suave and Bond-esque with the action hero coming into play whenever he needs to. As for the villain, Robert Carlyle is one of those Bond baddies where the premise is there but he's just not as compelling, in fact he seems kind of wimpy.

The Bond series lately has been going for that bigger is badder approach but there's a couple of goodies: the opening with a big boat chase is one of my favorite openers in the series but then we have a kind of meh ski escape as well as Bond versus a helicopter with sawblades attached which is as exciting as it is preposterous. But that's what's expected with any Bond film so I don't even mind anymore but there's almost a too over-the-topness to it as if the films tried to eclipse Bond wannabe films of late.

Is it the best Bond? No. The best Brosnan film? No. But it's a solid if very faulty Bond. I'd recommend it anyway though.

Great Movie!.......2006-05-31

This is a pretty exciting movie. I have to say Pierce Bronsan makes the best James Bond, even better than Sean Connery in older James Bond movies. Some of the top action scenes include the Boat Chase, James Bond and Electra King(a very beautiful woman) getting chased while skiing and the helicopter scene. The basic story is that James Bond is sent to protect an oil heiress, whom unknown forces are trying to kill.

Bond thinks it is because they don't want competition from her Oil pipeline. However, the story takes a surprise twist that most won't see coming. For that reason I give this movie 5 stars; for this unusual twist that is not there in other Bond movies.

"M" is kidnapped!.......2006-05-10

This is the 19th "Official" James Bond film and the third for Pierce Brosnan. Returning: Judi Dench as "M", Samantha Bond as "Miss Moneypenny", Desmond Llewellyn as "Q", Colin Salmon as "Charles Robinson", Michael Kitchen as "Tanner" and Robbie Coltrane returns as "Valentin Zukovsky". Michael G. Wilson plays a man in the casino.
At the MI6 Headquarters in London, England, an old friend of "M" (Judi Dench), Robert King (David Calder) who she used to study law with, is building a new pipeline and believes terrorists may be trying to destroy it. When Mr. King leaves, Bond sits down to have a cordial drink with "M". After the ice in his drink begins to fizz, Bond suddenly gets the notion to run to the safe to stop Mr. King. As King gets near the billetes of money, the special pin on King's lapel sets off a bomb in the bulk of money. It kills Robert King instantly.
Later at the funeral, Bond is briefed about Robert King's daughter, Elektra (Sophie Marceau). When the MI6 returns to the Headquarters in Scotland, Bond is briefed on his next mission. "M" had sent an agent to kill Renard (Robert Carlyle) who is a terrorist. The agent shot him in the head, but Renard still lives with the bullet still inside. The bullet is moving and killing his senses. He feels no pain. Eventually the bullet will kill him. Renard gets stronger everyday and Bond must find him. Bond will have some help by Christmas Jones (Denise Richards), but the plot thickens when Bond realizes Elektra isn't as innocent as everyone thinks and "M" is kidnapped and held hostage.
After 36 years of playing "Q" (1963-1999), Desmond Llewelyn makes his exit after introducing "R" (John Cleese), his new assistant.
Desmond Llewelyn passed away December 19, 1999, just weeks after the film's premiere.
This VHS also includes the music video of "The World Is Not Enough" before the film begins and a special montage tribute to Desmond Llewelyn.

James Bond returns in DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002).

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