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Enough (Ws)


Starring:Jennifer Lopez, Bill Campbell, Tessa Allen, Juliette Lewis, Dan Futterman, Noah Wyle, Fred Ward, Janet Carroll, Christopher Maher, Bill Cobbs, Bruce A. Young, Bruce French, Ruben Madera, Dan Martin (II), Jeff Kober, Brent Sexton, Michael P. Byrne, Leif Riddell, David Brokhim, Regan Forman
Director: Michael Apted
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Ridiculous, manipulative, and utterly irresistible, this push-button thriller instantly qualifies as a guilty pleasure, even when you know it's just a B-movie potboiler with moxie to spare. Taking a savvy clue from Ashley Judd's Double Jeopardy and any number of endangered-female melodramas from Hollywood's golden age, Jennifer Lopez stars as a blue-collar beauty who marries the really wrong guy (Billy Campbell). Eventually, of course, she discovers his philandering and spends the rest of the movie in nomadic flight from his hot-tempered brutality. Bankrolled by her estranged father (Fred Ward), she protects her young daughter, but knowing she must face the inevitable showdown with Campbell, she buffs up with Krav Maga self-defense courses and... well, we won't spoil the "surprise." With Campbell doing everything but twirl his mustache, this shameless provocation is beneath the talents of director Michael Apted, but with J. Lo in charge, it's a revenge fantasy that's guaranteed to please. --Jeff Shannon
James Bond Ultimate Edition - Vol. 1 (The Man with the Golden Gun / Goldfinger / The World Is Not Enough / Diamonds Are Forever / The Living Daylights)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Fabulous Restoration Makes Bond Collection a Must!
  • James Bond Vol. 1
  • Thank goodness for these sets
  • Finally, sets that do the Bond legacy justice
  • I Was VERY Skeptical Of This Collection But...
James Bond Ultimate Edition - Vol. 1 (The Man with the Golden Gun / Goldfinger / The World Is Not Enough / Diamonds Are Forever / The Living Daylights)
Starring: Roger Moore , Christopher Lee , Britt Ekland , Maud Adams , and Hervé Villechaize
Director: Guy Hamilton , and Michael Apted
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
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ASIN: B00000BLFI
Release Date: 2006-11-07

Description

Disc 1: *Goldfinger (1964) THE COMPLETE SPECIAL FEATURES LIBRARY: MISSION DOSSIER Audio Commentary Featuring Guy Hamilton Audio Commentary Featuring Cast and Crew

Disc 2: **Goldfinger Bonus Disc DECLASSIFIED: MI6 VAULT Sean Connery From the Set of Goldfinger Screen Tests On Tour With the Aston Martin DB-5 Honor Blackman Open-Ended Interview 007 MISSION CONTROL Interactive Guide Into the World of Goldfinger The Making of Goldfinger The Goldfinger Phenomenon Original Publicity Featurette MINISTRY OF PROPAGANDA Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery & Radio Communications

Disc 3: *The World Is Not Enough (1999) THE COMPLETE SPECIAL FEATURES LIBRARY: MISSION DOSSIER Audio Commentary Featuring Director Michael Apted Audio Commentary Featuring Peter Lamont, David Arnold and Vic Armstrong

Disc 4: **The World Is Not Enough Bonus Disc DECLASSIFIED: MI6 VAULT Deleted Scenes and Alternate Angles With Introductions by Director Michael Apted Alternate Angle, Expanded Angle Scene: The Thames Boat Chase James Bond Down River - Original 1999 Featurette Creating an Icon: Making the Teaser Trailer Hong Kong Press Conference 007 MISSION CONTROL Interactive Guide Into the World of The World Is Not Enough The Making of The World Is Not Enough Bond Cocktail Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn Garbage 'The World Is Not Enough' Music Video The Secrets of 007 MINISTRY OF PROPAGANDA Original Trailer & Photo Gallery

Disc 5: *Diamonds Are Forever (1971) THE COMPLETE SPECIAL FEATURES LIBRARY: MISSION DOSSIER Audio Commentary Featuring Director Guy Hamilton and Members of the Cast and Crew

Disc 6: **Diamonds Are Forever Bonus Disc DECLASSIFIED: MI6 VAULT Deleted Scenes Sean Connery 1971: The BBC Interview Lesson # 007: Close Quarter Combat Deleted Footage - Oil Rig Attack Satellite & Explosions Test Reel Alternate & Expanded Angles 007 007 MISSION CONTROL Interactive Guide Into the World of Diamonds Are Forever Inside Diamonds Are Forever Cubby Broccoli - The Man Behind Bond MINISTRY OF PROPAGANDA Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery & Radio Communications

Disc 7: *The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) **The Man With The Golden Gun Bonus Disc Newly Recorded Audio Commentary Featuring Sir Roger Moore THE COMPLETE SPECIAL FEATURES LIBRARY: MISSION DOSSIER Audio Commentary Featuring Director Guy Hamilton and Members of the Cast and Crew

Disc 8: DECLASSIFIED: MI6 VAULT Roger Moore and HervÃ(c) Villechaize - The Russell Harty Show On Location With The Man With the Golden Gun Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks Girls Fighting American Thrill Show Stunt Film The Road to Bond: Stunt Coordinator W.J. Millian Jr. 007 MISSION CONTROL Interactive Guide Into the World of The Man With the Golden Gun Inside The Man With the Golden Gun An Original Documentary Double-O Stuntmen: A Look at the Greatest Stunts and Stunt Performers in the Bond Films MINISTRY OF PROPAGANDA Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery & Radio Communications

Disc 9: *The Living Daylights (1987) THE COMPLETE SPECIAL FEATURES LIBRARY: MISSION DOSSIER Audio Commentary Featuring Director John Glen and Members of the Cast and Crew

Disc 10: **The Living Daylights Bonus Disc DECLASSIFIED: MI6 VAULT Deleted Scenes With Introduction by John Glen Happy Anniversary, 007 Silver Anniversary Featurettes Timothy Dalton: The New James Bond/Vienna Press Conference Timothy Dalton: On Acting Dalton and d'Abo Interviews The Ice Chase Outtakes - Deleted Footage With Director John Glen Narration 007 MISSION CONTROL Interactive Guide Into the World of The Living Daylights Inside The Living Daylights Ian Fleming: 007's Creator a-ha 'The Living Daylights' Music Video The Making of 'The Living Daylights' Music Video MINISTRY OF PROPAGANDA Original Trailers, TV Spots, Photo Gallery & Radio Communications

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Fabulous Restoration Makes Bond Collection a Must!.......2007-06-09

Although 'Deluxe' Bond editions have appeared, in recent years, the new 'frame-by-frame' restorations make "James Bond Ultimate Edition - Vol. 1" ESSENTIAL, if you are a fan of the 007 films!

The title selections may be head scratchers, but the pristine quality of each film offers a look and sound that is breathtaking!

"The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974), Roger Moore's second outing as 007, suffers from the decline into campiness that would plague many of his films; targeted by hit man Christopher Lee, Bond journeys to Asia to track him down, aided by annoying Britt Ekland and ridiculous redneck sheriff Clifton James. While Maud Adams is lovely, and Thailand, breathtaking, Hervé Villechaize is silly, and the attempt to incorporate the kung fu craze, while amusing, turns 007 into a joke. Add an awful theme song, and you have a major disappointment! (2 stars out of 5)

"Goldfinger" (1964), for many fans, the 'perfect' Bond film, kicked off the 60's worldwide 007 craze; piggy meglamaniac Gert Frobe plans to nuke Fort Knox, and it's up to 007 Sean Connery, at his sexiest, to stop him. Fabulous women (Honor Blackman and Shirley Eaton), a superhuman henchman (Harold Sakata), an unforgettable theme song (sung by Shirley Bassey), and spectacular action makes this one solid gold. (5 stars out of 5).

"The World Is Not Enough" (1999), Pierce Brosnan's third 007 outing, is, arguably, his best; assigned to protecting sexy oil heiress Sophie Marceau from terrorist Robert Carlyle, Bond discovers nothing is as it seems! Offering Judi Dench's finest performance as M, and more plot twists than usual, one can almost forgive buxom Denise Richards' one-note portrayal, and the series' decline into derivativeness. (4 stars out of 5).

"Diamonds Are Forever" (1971), best-known as Sean Connery's 'comeback' as 007 after a one-film hiatus (and his final Eon Bond film), the film marks the beginning of the 'comic' Bond films of the '70s. Villain Charles Gray, as a sly, droll Blofeld, launches a diamond-powered laser satellite to blackmail the world. Shot largely in Las Vegas, Connery is graying and paunchy, Jill St. John, sexy, but ditzy, and one-liners and brainless action dominates the plot. Funny, but quite a letdown from "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". (3 1/2 stars out of 5)

"The Living Daylights" (1987), Timothy Dalton's debut as 007, is best remembered, today, as the film Pierce Brosnan would have starred in, had NBC not renewed "Remington Steele". The silliness of Moore's Bond is gone, as a more serious Dalton falls for cellist/would-be assassin (Maryam d'Abo), and uncovers an arms plot involving three villains (Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker, and Andreas Wisniewski). An Afghan/Soviet war subplot 'dates' the story, and the film, released in the same year as "Lethal Weapon" and "Batman", would not be a hit, but time has proven it to be a superior 007 outing. (4 stars out of 5).

Even if you've seen these films, I recommend this new collection; Bond films have never 'looked' better!

5 out of 5 stars James Bond Vol. 1.......2007-05-19

The first James Bond movie that I saw was "Goldfinger". It was great. I wanted to see them all. Now I can with these great box sets. A lot of people don't like them because they're not in order. I like them that way. It gives you a good mixture. Let's get on to the reviews for all the movies in Vol. 1.

Goldfinger- This is the first James Bond movie that I saw. It is great. Sean Connery IS James Bond. If you've never seen a James Bond movie, watch this one first. 5 stars

Diamonds Are Forever- This one is great. It returns Sean Connery as James Bond. 5 stars

The Man with the Golden Gun- This one is pretty good. It stars Roger Moore as James Bond. I've always wanted to see this one. Now that I have, I am very happy. 5 stars

The Living Daylights- This has a weird title, but it is still good. It is the first James Bond movie with Timothy Dalton playing Bond. He is pretty good. 5 stars.

The World is Not Enough- This one is really good. I always like Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. He is excellent in his second to last movie as James Bond. 5 stars.

Overall, this recieves 5 stars.

5 out of 5 stars Thank goodness for these sets.......2007-05-15

These four JB sets are the perfect way to get your Bond fix in enormous doses. The special features are great and the quality of the picture is unbeatable. My only small quibble is that the setup of the DVD menus is sort of obnoxious, but that seems to be the way of DVDs these days. If you are a Bond fan, or if you have a Bond fan in your home and want to give him an amazing gift (I did), these aren't to be missed.

5 out of 5 stars Finally, sets that do the Bond legacy justice.......2007-03-31

James Bond Ultimate Collection.

INTRODUCTION:
When it comes to film franchises, very few measure up to Ian Fleming's legendary secret agent, James Bond. For decades this series has never failed to entertain. With girls, guns, gadgets, and everything in between, the series rarely fails to please. The franchise has been through many highs and lows in its several-decade history, and numerous collections of the films have been released over the years. In 2006, MGM released four Ultimate Collections.

OVERVIEW:
The James Bond Ultimate Collection consists of four box sets, each including ten discs - five films and a bonus disc for each. The boxes' content are as follows:
-Volume One (Gold): Goldfinger (1963), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), The Man With The Golden Gun (1974), The World Is Not Enough (1999)
-Volume Two (Blue): Thunderball (1965), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), A View To A Kill (1985), Licence To Kill (1989), Die Another Day (2002)
-Volume Three (Red): From Russia With Love (1963), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), Live and Let Die (1973), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Goldeneye (1995)
-Volume Four (Silver): Dr. No (1962), You Only Live Twice (1967), Moonraker (1979), Octopussy (1983), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Note that these are sets of the official EON productions films. As such, non-EON productions such as the David Niven/Peter Sellers version of Casino Royale and Thunderball remake Never Say Never Again are not included.

REVIEW:
I'm not going to go through and review each individual film (that's what the movies' individual Amazon pages are for), I'm just gonna focus on the box sets and their execution here. Here is a list of the pros and cons for every set.

-THE GOOD-
-ALL TWENTY FILMS READILY AVAILABLE ON DVD AGAIN. It's been a long time since we've been able to get the movies on DVD, and it's about time they got reissued. Finally, this shortage has reached its end.
-A QUICK AND EASY WAY TO COMPLETE YOUR BOND COLLECTION. You could hunt down each individual film, and spend a lot more money and do a lot more searching. Or you could just get these four sets. Much quicker and easier.
-A BONUS DISC OF MATERIAL FOR EVERY MOVIE! If you're a Bond fanatic, you're going to get a kick out of all the extra material MGM gives you in these sets. Deleted scenes, trailers, interviews with cast and crew, these bonus discs are pure gold for you if you're a Bond die hard like me.
-REMASTERED. VERY WELL. Normally I don't mention remastering of movies in my reviews, as it's usually a rather shoddy job that does little to improve the picture quality. NOT THIS TIME. MGM has given us the films with FRAME BY FRAME RESTORATION. If you thought earlier issues of Bond films on DVD had crappy picture quality, MGM redeems themselves here. This is, hands down, THE GREATEST FILM REMASTERING JOB I HAVE EVER SEEN. Even Dr. No, the first Bond film, has stunningly beautiful picture quality! My hat goes off to MGM here. This is reason alone to buy the sets, even if you own the older boxes.
-SUPERIOR TO THE OLD DVD BOXES OF THE SERIES. Everything they did, these sets do better. Picture, extras, you name it, this set does it better.

-THE BAD-
-STILL NOT IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. This has been under hot debate from Bond fans as long as boxes of the films have been on the market. MGM clearly wants to make a few bucks. Let's face it, if all of the Connery films were in one set, everyone would buy that set and no others. Rather than getting the films in chronological order, we get uneven and scattershot mixes. For instance, the fourth box set features Dr. No and You Only Live Twice, two of the masterpieces of the series. But the set is dragged down by two of the major stinkers in the series, Moonraker and Octopussy. With every set it's this same "balancing act" phenomenon, with great films and weak ones alike. I must admit, a rather ingenious marketing strategy on MGM's part, but not what fans want (of course, you can do like I did and buy all the sets and make your own box and put them in order.) Fortunately, this is the ONLY major flaw of these sets.

OVERALL:
When it comes to the Bond films on DVD, "Nobody Does It Better" than MGM with these box sets. Beautiful picture and sound, extras galore, and all twenty films readily available again, there's no reason not to own these if you're a Bond fan. Even if you already have a few films on DVD or some of the older sets, these are still worth getting for the picture quality and bonus features alone.

EDITION NOTES:
These sets are all readily available. Any major DVD retailer should have them available.

5 out of 5 stars I Was VERY Skeptical Of This Collection But..........2007-03-15

Before buying this collection, I was very skeptical. Being a long time James Bond fan, I invested plenty of money in the best VHS version of all these films. When DVD came out, I re-bought about half of the collection again. I must admit that the DVD releases of these films are some of the most disappointing DVDs in my collection.

My major complaints about the ORIGINAL DVD RELEASES were:
1.) Audio Mix -- The first release of the Bond DVDs featured only the original 2 channel audio mixes. The result was a disaster. The spoken dialog was BURIED under the soundtrack... resulting in me having to dive for the remote every five minutes. On top of the poor dialog / score mixing, the audio lacked definition and served as a constant distraction from watching the movie. There were no distinct lows, or distinct highs, just a lot of bland sounding audio.

2.) Picture Quality -- I suppose I couldn't complain too too much about this one. Given the age of many of these movies, I accepted the washed-out, often grainy image as nothing more than a symptom of the era the movie was made.

All in all, poor audio and poor picture makes for a pretty crappy experience. After having been disappointed by the first couple Bond DVDs I bought, I gave up on the collection. It was with this in mind that the announcement of the newly remastered series left me very skeptical.

The major criticism of this DVD set is that it is another ploy by MGM/UA to drain more money from every Bond fan's wallet. In the past, I had avoided these pathetic attempts at getting me to constantly upgrade versions of things I already owned.

However, let me tell you, this collection DOES NOT DISAPPOINT. The talk about the upgraded audio and video is NOT hype. Painstaking efforts were taken to re-scan the original prints of each film frame-by-frame. Once scanned, the image was digitally enhanced from the original prints. I was amazed at the richness and depth of color this process produced. During most parts, these movies look like they could have been filmed last year. Different color pigments are more noticeable, skin color and tone looks more lifelike, and the special effects look sharper. All in all, one couldn't ask for anything more from the picture quality of these versions. I have yet to a scene where I felt it could have been retouched better.

If the image quality isn't enough to make this collection worth buying, the new 5.1 DTS mixes seal the deal. Gone are the days of me fidgeting with volume during every other scene! The balance between dialog, ambient sounds, and score is perfect. I never would have imagined that movies made in the 60's and 70's could sound so good. Unlike the previous DVDs, these Ultimate Edition DVDs utilize my home theater to its maximum potential. Explosions rumble through my sub and the dialog comes clearly through my center channel; every word is audible. I own other DVDs from films made over the last couple of years that wish they could sound this good! Utilizing the DTS is a MUST!

Finally, while I consider myself fairly discriminating when it comes to audio and video clarity, I am by no means an audio or videophile. So, I don't think you need a $25,000 home theater setup to enjoy the enhancements these DVDs offer. I wrote this review based off of the following hardware:
32" Winbook 720p LCD HDTV
Up-converting Samsung DVD Player (connected via DVI)
Sony 7.1 (7x100w) Surround Receiver
Matching 5.1 MTX Surround Sound Speaker System

Hopefully, this will help clear up some confusion or doubt as to the value this collection offers.
The World Is Not Enough
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • One of Brosnan's better Bond films
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  • "M" is kidnapped!
The World Is Not Enough
Starring: Pierce Brosnan , Sophie Marceau , Robert Carlyle , Denise Richards , and Robbie Coltrane
Director: Michael Apted
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Release Date: 2007-05-22

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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:

4 out of 5 stars 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.

1 out of 5 stars 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 out of 5 stars 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.

5 out of 5 stars 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.

5 out of 5 stars "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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ASIN: B00006HAWN
Release Date: 2002-10-08

Amazon.com

Ridiculous, manipulative, and utterly irresistible, this push-button thriller instantly qualifies as a guilty pleasure, even when you know it's just a B-movie potboiler with moxie to spare. Taking a savvy clue from Ashley Judd's Double Jeopardy and any number of endangered-female melodramas from Hollywood's golden age, Jennifer Lopez stars as a blue-collar beauty who marries the really wrong guy (Billy Campbell). Eventually, of course, she discovers his philandering and spends the rest of the movie in nomadic flight from his hot-tempered brutality. Bankrolled by her estranged father (Fred Ward), she protects her young daughter, but knowing she must face the inevitable showdown with Campbell, she buffs up with Krav Maga self-defense courses and... well, we won't spoil the "surprise." With Campbell doing everything but twirl his mustache, this shameless provocation is beneath the talents of director Michael Apted, but with J. Lo in charge, it's a revenge fantasy that's guaranteed to please. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars You're so vain, Jennifer Lopez.......2007-06-04

This is just as vain and self-stroking a vehicle as the Julia Roberts' project about the abused wife with the attractive but alas violent hubby that I suspect this movie was based on. Apart from Out of Sight, Jennifer Lopez picks movies that she feels creates an image of her that ingratiates her with the public and strokes all the class insecure hyper-ambitions of a true sellout. I'm seductive because I'm hot yet vulnerable. If you want that kind of hot, Rosanna Arquette in Desperately Seeking Susan still holds the crown and she didn't have to get on a soapbox about being from the barrio but I'm a princess on the inside or I'm so hot that my husband can't forget me because ultimately its not about the spousal abuse, oh no, its about being the most unforgettable gal in the world. This movie, Maid in Manhattan along with Julia Roberts' Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts' abused wife swims away from Patrick Bergen movie and yes, definitelym Erin Brockovich are just reasons for calling out Janeanne Garaofalo because I didn't take any feminist studies classes but I know the bull when I see it. Sic 'em, Janey, sic' em.

So nevermind if female secretaries, nurses and interns just want to go home to their families at the end of the day - what these kinds of movies say about you is that you want your bosses. It doesn't matter if there's no boss luring explicit in the story. This is about how she wants you to know that she is good enough and she wants you to see it and do something about it. Nasty stuff.

p.s. I don't completely hate Jennifer Lopez. I did like her all too brief but lovely appearance in Mi Familia and wished that I would see more of this authentic beauty. She just ran off the integrity rails, made a lot of money and is of no interest to me whatsoever now. I just don't want to see anything she is in. If her character is commendable in any way, it just makes me think granted harshly how uncommendable her career choices have been and the effect that has had on impressionable young girls if only to add to the current lexicon of what qualifies as acceptable conduct by girls and how they can be judged at the outset.

5 out of 5 stars Slim is Tough.......2007-04-11

Slims husband becomes trouble some, and takes things her own hands.

5 out of 5 stars I Love This Movie!.......2007-01-29

Course I love Jennifer Lopez. I think she did an excellent job in this film and I thought the film was great! She was not about to let this man take over her life and take her child and that was just awesome. I remember watching this movie intently and enjoying every bit of it. Great movie to watch with your girls and feel strong. Good job J-Lo, plus the little girl is adorable. :)

1 out of 5 stars Nails on a chalkboard........2007-01-18

Let's face it. Nothing anyone says can sway a particular fragment of this movie's viewing audience one way or the other. Those who love J.Lo will declare the greathess of this movie, in a variety of ways. Those who hate J.Lo will counter their every point in describing how bad it is. And those who love quality film won't waste too much time even recognizing that this movie even exists. Guilty pleasure, indeed! One thing you have to admit about J.Lo, she's consistent. She sings bad, acts bad, and is merely eye candy, for thoe who find her appealing. And this movie is full of all of the above, plus awful, cliche ridden, emotionally pleading writing that should be an inspiration to anyone with Hollywood writing aspirations, since this movie demonstrates how little talent it takes. At least it's had it's short, but sill way too long presence on the premium movie channels, cause for a while this piece of garbage was ubiquitous, just like the lead starlett. Maniupulative only begins to describe this drek. But that said, it's more than enough time wasted on this movie. I merely felt compelled to warn folks. Don't waste your time. It stinks.

5 out of 5 stars JLo's best performance since Selena.......................2007-01-01

JLO finds out that she cant run forever from her abusive husband. So she learns Krav Maga and gives him a a*s kicking to remember.
Tough Enough
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    ASIN: B000GIXCB0
    Release Date: 2006-11-07

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    Dennis Quaid stars as Art Long, a Fort Worth tree trimmer by day and struggling Country singer by night. But when he enters a local Toughman Contest, he discovers that he may have a knack for knockouts. Now with the help of his street-smart corner man (Stan Shaw of SNAKE EYES) and a crafty promoter (Warren Oates in his final film role), Art is headed to the National Finals in Detroit where all he'll have to do is beat up five guys in one night on national television to win $100,000, a recording contract, and the title of Toughest Man In America. Even if Art is crazy enough to try, will he be tough enough to win it all? Pam Grier and Wilford Brimley co-star in this wild action-comedy directed by Oscar® winner Richard Fleischer (TORA! TORA! TORA!, CONAN THE DESTROYER) and featuring songs by T.G. Sheppard, Mickey Gilley and Dennis Quaid.

    DVD Features: Original Production Art,Theatrical Trailer
    Vocals: Learn to Sing!
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • So basic, it hurts. If you want a real thing - look elsewhere!
    • Learn all the basics of singing from this great set.
    Vocals: Learn to Sing!

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    5. Vocal Technique: Developing Your Voice for Perform

    ASIN: B0000897BV
    Release Date: 2003-04-15

    Customer Reviews:

    2 out of 5 stars So basic, it hurts. If you want a real thing - look elsewhere!.......2006-12-27

    I am studying singing, and so far I have had quite a success. My mentor is Jamie Vendera, and I study mostly by his books/CDs. However, I also wanted to see what else is out there as far as singing tutorials go. I picked up quite a few different books, CDs, DVDs. Some of them were quite interesting and challenging. However, this set is far from being really useful, in my opinion. It is so basic that it hurts that I paid for it. It is not taught by any professional singers, rather, by kids! And, those kids don't sound that well either (some of them were just okay, some were just so-so). So, if you'd like to get some useful material to study and learn how to sing properly I would suggest to look elsewhere. My personal recommendations: all books by Jamie Vendera, Hard Rock Academy Performance Vocals DVD, Singing for the Stars: A Complete Program for Training Your Voice (Book & 2 CD's) by Seth Riggs.

    5 out of 5 stars Learn all the basics of singing from this great set........2004-01-03

    I purchased this set because I wanted to audition for a musical. And, sure enough, I won a role! This set teaches you all the basics of singing - from posture and breath control to how to sing different types of music (rap, country, rock, etcetera). You can even learn how to start your own band. There is a metronome on the CD-ROM to help you with timing and a pitch device - you sing into the microphone and your computer tells you whether or not you're on pitch. It's really fun! I highly recommend this set to anyone who wants to learn the basics of singing.
    Enough - Special Edition (Widescreen)
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • You're so vain, Jennifer Lopez
    • Slim is Tough
    • I Love This Movie!
    • Nails on a chalkboard.
    • JLo's best performance since Selena................
    Enough - Special Edition (Widescreen)
    Starring: Jennifer Lopez , Bill Campbell , Tessa Allen , Juliette Lewis , and Dan Futterman
    Director: Michael Apted
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    Release Date: 2003-09-16

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    Ridiculous, manipulative, and utterly irresistible, this push-button thriller instantly qualifies as a guilty pleasure, even when you know it's just a B-movie potboiler with moxie to spare. Taking a savvy clue from Ashley Judd's Double Jeopardy and any number of endangered-female melodramas from Hollywood's golden age, Jennifer Lopez stars as a blue-collar beauty who marries the really wrong guy (Billy Campbell). Eventually, of course, she discovers his philandering and spends the rest of the movie in nomadic flight from his hot-tempered brutality. Bankrolled by her estranged father (Fred Ward), she protects her young daughter, but knowing she must face the inevitable showdown with Campbell, she buffs up with Krav Maga self-defense courses and... well, we won't spoil the "surprise." With Campbell doing everything but twirl his mustache, this shameless provocation is beneath the talents of director Michael Apted, but with J. Lo in charge, it's a revenge fantasy that's guaranteed to please. --Jeff Shannon

    Customer Reviews:

    1 out of 5 stars You're so vain, Jennifer Lopez.......2007-06-04

    This is just as vain and self-stroking a vehicle as the Julia Roberts' project about the abused wife with the attractive but alas violent hubby that I suspect this movie was based on. Apart from Out of Sight, Jennifer Lopez picks movies that she feels creates an image of her that ingratiates her with the public and strokes all the class insecure hyper-ambitions of a true sellout. I'm seductive because I'm hot yet vulnerable. If you want that kind of hot, Rosanna Arquette in Desperately Seeking Susan still holds the crown and she didn't have to get on a soapbox about being from the barrio but I'm a princess on the inside or I'm so hot that my husband can't forget me because ultimately its not about the spousal abuse, oh no, its about being the most unforgettable gal in the world. This movie, Maid in Manhattan along with Julia Roberts' Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts' abused wife swims away from Patrick Bergen movie and yes, definitelym Erin Brockovich are just reasons for calling out Janeanne Garaofalo because I didn't take any feminist studies classes but I know the bull when I see it. Sic 'em, Janey, sic' em.

    So nevermind if female secretaries, nurses and interns just want to go home to their families at the end of the day - what these kinds of movies say about you is that you want your bosses. It doesn't matter if there's no boss luring explicit in the story. This is about how she wants you to know that she is good enough and she wants you to see it and do something about it. Nasty stuff.

    p.s. I don't completely hate Jennifer Lopez. I did like her all too brief but lovely appearance in Mi Familia and wished that I would see more of this authentic beauty. She just ran off the integrity rails, made a lot of money and is of no interest to me whatsoever now. I just don't want to see anything she is in. If her character is commendable in any way, it just makes me think granted harshly how uncommendable her career choices have been and the effect that has had on impressionable young girls if only to add to the current lexicon of what qualifies as acceptable conduct by girls and how they can be judged at the outset.

    5 out of 5 stars Slim is Tough.......2007-04-11

    Slims husband becomes trouble some, and takes things her own hands.

    5 out of 5 stars I Love This Movie!.......2007-01-29

    Course I love Jennifer Lopez. I think she did an excellent job in this film and I thought the film was great! She was not about to let this man take over her life and take her child and that was just awesome. I remember watching this movie intently and enjoying every bit of it. Great movie to watch with your girls and feel strong. Good job J-Lo, plus the little girl is adorable. :)

    1 out of 5 stars Nails on a chalkboard........2007-01-18

    Let's face it. Nothing anyone says can sway a particular fragment of this movie's viewing audience one way or the other. Those who love J.Lo will declare the greathess of this movie, in a variety of ways. Those who hate J.Lo will counter their every point in describing how bad it is. And those who love quality film won't waste too much time even recognizing that this movie even exists. Guilty pleasure, indeed! One thing you have to admit about J.Lo, she's consistent. She sings bad, acts bad, and is merely eye candy, for thoe who find her appealing. And this movie is full of all of the above, plus awful, cliche ridden, emotionally pleading writing that should be an inspiration to anyone with Hollywood writing aspirations, since this movie demonstrates how little talent it takes. At least it's had it's short, but sill way too long presence on the premium movie channels, cause for a while this piece of garbage was ubiquitous, just like the lead starlett. Maniupulative only begins to describe this drek. But that said, it's more than enough time wasted on this movie. I merely felt compelled to warn folks. Don't waste your time. It stinks.

    5 out of 5 stars JLo's best performance since Selena.......................2007-01-01

    JLO finds out that she cant run forever from her abusive husband. So she learns Krav Maga and gives him a a*s kicking to remember.
    The James Bond Collection, Vol. 2 (Special Edition)
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Good Set, but Wow $$$$
    • 3 Repeats in This Series!!!
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    • Holy be-jesus...
    • JB Ultimate Edit... mi6.co.uk
    The James Bond Collection, Vol. 2 (Special Edition)
    Starring: Sean Connery
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    ASIN: B0000BYRO7
    Release Date: 2003-11-18

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    Sean Connery casts a long shadow over the James Bond legacy. He created the movie persona and starred in six of the first seven features, all but establishing the cool cold warrior as the world's most suave secret agent. The second Bond collection celebrates the Connery Bond with three of his classics, including From Russia with Love, 007's second and perhaps finest outing. A blond, buff Robert Shaw plays Bond's most ruthless nemesis, and Lotte Lenya and the great Pedro Armindáriz costar in this sleek, high-energy trip through the Iron Curtain. Connery travels to the Far East in You Only Live Twice, which introduces the international criminal conspiracy SPECTRE and its cat-loving mastermind, Blofeld (Donald Pleasence). After a brief retirement, Connery returned for Diamonds Are Forever, his final "official" appearance in the Bond series (15 years later he played Bond for a rival studio's Never Say Never Again). This more tongue-in-cheek adventure takes 007 to Las Vegas, where he battles Blofeld (this time played by Charles Gray) and his minions--namely, a pair of fey, sardonic henchmen and a team of bikini-clad karate killers.

    Roger Moore took over the role and his fourth effort was Moonraker, a misguided sci-fi entry that takes Bond to space for a physically impressive but dramatically lackluster adventure with Richard Kiel's steel-dentured Jaws. After that brief digression, For Your Eyes Only returned Bond to globetrotting high adventure and teamed him with his most endearing ally (Topol as a gregarious smuggler). The torch was passed to Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights, an attempt to clear away the camp elements of Moore's portrayal and return to a lean, hard-edged spy thriller for the post-cold war era. It lacks the larger-than-life characters and spectacle of previous Bond pictures, but Dalton was a tough, ruthless 007 and a worthy inheritor of the legacy, which was then passed on to Pierce Brosnan. In The World Is Not Enough, Bond takes on post-Soviet geopolitics, with Robert Carlyle as the villainous Renard and Sophie Marceau and Denise Richards as love objects.

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    Includes From Russia with Love, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, The Living Daylights, and The World Is Not Enough.

    Customer Reviews:

    2 out of 5 stars Good Set, but Wow $$$$.......2006-11-29

    Let me start off by saying that this collection has some good points. Those good points are From Russia with Love, a great Sean Connery movie, For Your Eyes Only which a pretty good Roger Moore film, and (many may disagree with me on this one) my favorite Brosnan Bond, The World is Not Enough. The other films in this collection are ok, but I don't think there is any film in the Bond series that I really dislike. Now that being said, DON'T PURCHASE THIS SET. I don't know who the people are that are reviewing this with 5 stars and saying great low price, but I wonder if they are the ones trying to sell them. My problems with this set is the picture and sound quality. They are what you would expect on a movie from the era each film was produced. The older Connery Bond movies look like your watching them on 1960's film. The other problem I have with these sets are the prices. To purchase this set used will cost you about $170, the price new is over $200. There is no reason to pay that much for this set. I would recommend if you are looking for the Bond collection to purchase the Ultimate Editions (UEs). The movies have been restored so picture quality is great. The UEs are also set in 5.1 surround sound, and the special features are great. Also the price of the UE compared to this set is a lot better, when you consider that you can purchase all 4 of the UE for about the same price this Vol 2 will cost you. In sort if you want the Bond movies, buy the Ultimate Editions.

    3 out of 5 stars 3 Repeats in This Series!!!.......2006-09-04

    I just bought James Bond Collection, Vol. 2 for my brother and much to my surprise found that THREE of the titles were also in Vol. 1 of the series (which he has). What a rip-off! Paid over $100.00 for 3 new discs. Very disappointing.

    5 out of 5 stars A great mix of Bond movies.......2006-08-19

    This is my favorite of the 3 Special Edition boxsets. For one thing, it's got 3 great Connery movies: "From Russia With Love" (007 tries to get a Russian decoding machine while surviving a SPECTRE trap); "You Only Live Twice" (007 in Japan must take on SPECTRE, which has been kidnapping spaceships to start war between the USSR and the USA); and "Diamonds Are Forever" (classic Connery 007, in Las Vegas tracking a diamond smuggling trail that leads to Blofeld). I find all those Connery ones entertaining, and YOLT and DAF are two of my personnal favorites, both very entertaining and with great settings. Next, there are two Roger Moore flicks: "Moonraker" (007 goes onto a space station to stop a madman from destroying the world); and "For Your Eyes Only" (007 must recover a stolen piece of technology). "Moonraker" is a bit silly, but I'll admit I find it to be entertaining and I enjoy it more than most Moore films. And "FYEO" is my favorite Moore film, the most hard edged and realistic. There's also a Timothy Dalton film, "The Living Daylights" (007 must stop a group of Soviet renegades from smuggling heroin). It's Dalton's first film, and he's my second favorite, next to Connery. Dalton's Bond is more dark and serious, yet "TLD" is still a good thriller. Finally, there's Pierce Brosnan's third outing, "The World Is Not Enough" (007 tries to stop a nuclear sub exploding and destroying much of the world's oil supply). "TWINE" is one of Brosnan's best, certainly better than his first two. Overall this boxset contains some of the lightest Bond movies, and some of the darkest, offering a good variety of styles and a good variety of Bonds.

    1 out of 5 stars Holy be-jesus..........2005-11-19

    For all the positive reviews, am I the only one who noticed that the cheapest you can get one of this box set for amounts to over $25 a movie? Maybe its just because it the holiday season and due to the amount of shopping impressed upon me at this time of year, but it occurs to me that this is rather outrageous.

    5 out of 5 stars JB Ultimate Edit... mi6.co.uk.......2005-09-21

    For any James Bond fan. If this superb collection of James Bond DVDs weren't enough for you; there is good news coming your way. SONY and MGM are planning to re-release all twenty(20) of the James Bond Movies to DVD in (what they're calling) The James Bond Ultimate Edition DVD Collection. Straight official article from mi6.co.uk Here is the link:

    http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/dvd_ultimate_editions.php3?=&s=

    These new Ultimate Edition DVDS are due in Q32006 coinciding with the release of Casino Royale (21st James Bond Film). These DVD releases are gonna be one of the top DVD projects of 2006!

    Picture Quality? They are using Imagica Machines; which are ultra-sophisticated digital film-scanners. One frame every four seconds, which is how long it takes Imagica to scan across the frame 4,000 times. The Imagica they are using creates digital replicas of the frame consisting 4,000 horizontal lines of data. The process is called 4K scanning. It's gonna look sharper than ever; believe it.

    Sound Quality? The Company Mi Casa has chosen the brand new Bryston SP 1.7 multichannel preamplifirer/processors for to use in the James Bond remastering project. Although you'll be able to switch back to the original traditional mono sound track if you desire.

    Extra special features? Brand New Documentaries and new special bonus material; plus cast and crew intervies from the past 42 years. Including rare and previously seen footage from the productions. Also newly added, Roger Moore has just recorded his commentary tracks for his seven bond films.

    I just can't wait. Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan (my favorite Bond) coming back to DVD in the best action spy adventures; the best collection yet.

    So they're out next year in 2006. Probably October, with the release of Casino Royale who'll once again being directed by Martin Campbell (GoldenEye). Theatrical Release Date October 19th, 2006.
    Just Can't Get Enough: The True Story of the Chippendales' Murders
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    • Wow. Sexy, accurately historical, moving, get-up-and-dance, all in one!
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    Just Can't Get Enough: The True Story of the Chippendales' Murders
    Starring: Jonathan Aube , Sandra Gale Bettin , Paul Clark (XV) , Norman Cole , and Kevin Dailey
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    Release Date: 2003-04-01

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    Smart and sardonic, Just Can't Get Enough begins with a cheeky, freeze-frame interruption of a major character's murder, accompanied by wistful narration about the end of Chippendales' glory days. You can tell that this sorry story about the infamous male strip club is going to be just sharp enough to keep it from drowning in soft-core froth.

    Based on fact, the film stars Jonathan Aube as hunky naif Chad Patterson, fresh from graduate school but lured by big money and sleazy opportunities afforded by Chippendales, where the lust of women is big business and seething grudges between the owner (Shelley Malil) and an untrustworthy choreographer (Peter Nevargic) spill over into homicidal conspiracies. Too much of the film plays like a poor man's Boogie Nights, with beefcake morons wasting away as temptation takes its toll. But the key performances of Malil and Nevargic are crisp and interesting, and the dance-floor action never stalls. --Tom Keogh

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    JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH starts off with a bang-literally-when choreographer/promoter Nick Denoia (Peter Nevargic) is shot in his office. Was it his former boss Steve Banerjee (Shelley Malil), who founded Chippendales? Or one of the dozens of other people he has crossed to get ahead? Spanning the decadent techno-dance era of the 80's, a sexy drama that chronicles the rise and fall of the legendary Chippendales nightclub. After a casting session for prospective male dancers, handsome Chad Patterson impresses nightclub owner Steve Banerjee and becomes the club's host. After Banerjee hires choreographer Nick Denoia, Chippendales becomes a sensation. However, success comes at a high price, involving sex, drugs and money. When DeNoia produces a successful touring revue, using the Chippendales name, Banerjee plots to kill him. In the end, lust and greed lead to murder and suicide, and no one is left unscathed. An intriguing look at the excess of the 80's, exposing the bizarre truth about Chippendales and the end of an era. The world-famous Chippendales male stripper nightclubs- the days of screaming women with big hair stuffing dollar bills into the thin g-strings of smooth-skinned male erotic dancers.

    DVD Features include Full-Frame Presentation, Director's Commentary and more.

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    4 out of 5 stars Wow. Sexy, accurately historical, moving, get-up-and-dance, all in one!.......2006-01-07

    The original Chippendale dancers absolutely made history, and Just Can't
    Get Enough tells us the story in one of the sexiest, more historically
    factual, and well-made movies about the time. It is so much fun to watch
    that you will a)wish you were part of the Chippendale team, and b)want to
    go out and dance. Think Boogie Nights, Saturday Night Fever, and Studio
    54, only less Hollywood, more the true story of a particular place, and a
    particular group of dancers -- one that would most certainly go down in
    history.

    Following the original gang that started the club, and the name
    Chippendale, the movie shows us what happened from the beginning, when
    nobody knew what they were doing, and everyone just had a dream....a dream
    to make a lot of money using their bodies. It was really quite simple. We
    see how this plan affected the dancers' personal lives, how the money, and
    the fame, started to take over their lives. Next we go through the years
    when the club was thriving, when the money was rolling in, and the sex and
    drugs were at everyone's disposal. Then, when gay men wanted to come
    through the doors to drool over the sexy pecs and big you-know-whats,
    things started to go down hill. Corruption took over, people ordered other
    people killed, and eventually, the Chippendales were essentially murdered
    to the ground. The Chippendale dancers are a part of history -- a part of
    sex work history, of gay history, of LA history....of history.

    Just Can't Get Enough does a wonderful job telling their story. The acting
    is great, the story is historically correct, the message very powerful.
    Get this movie and learn how, for the Chippendale dancers, they just
    couldn't get enough. (And it's definitely sexy enough that you won't be
    able to get enough either!)

    3 out of 5 stars Worth watching once...maybe twice..........2004-06-11

    For the hot guys only.

    Sadly the film doesn't stand up to much critical scrutiny. The acting is uneven with some performances being good and others laughable. The script is also uneven, laden with cliches. The costuming and make-up is far worse. I know that this is a period piece set in the early 80's, but the wigs look atrocious -- exactly how they shouldn't -- like wigs!

    Yeah, the guys are hot enough and there is even some (but not enough) full frontal male nudity, so it might be worth a second look, but overall the production qualities leave much to be desired.

    4 out of 5 stars Doing It The American Way.......2004-01-02

    Given the subject matter, you expect this independent film by director/writer David Payne to be full of naked bodies gyrating to the beat of club music--certainly not a serious movie with plenty of bite. But JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH scores in both directions, and in spite of the abundance of skin on display it is the story rather than the bodies that linger in mind after the movie ends.

    As seen through the eyes of club worker Chad (Johnathan Abue, playing a role loosely based on real-life Dan Peterson), JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH is surprisingly dark and surprisingly factual. Steve Banerjee (Shelley Malil) is just another club owner until he stumbles into the idea of male strippers playing to a women-only audience, and the ringing cash register attracts ambitious and obnoxious choreographer Nick Denoia (Peter Nevargic). Once Denoia gets wise to Banerjee's shady dealings he quickly blackmails the club owner into signing away the touring rights to the show. But when it comes to underhanded manipulations, Banerjee proves Denoia's equal and then some: the sex, drugs, and rock and roll atmosphere of the club quickly gives way to a headlong rush into murder, and the ride is straight down all the way.

    Payne's script isn't as tight as it might be, and it sometimes goes off on tangents that add little to the overall impact of the film, but the actors are first rate all the way and increasingly convoluted nature of the conspiracies and counter-conspiracies make for a fascinating ride. And to up the ante, Payne endows the entire film with an unexpectedly dark humor and sense of irony that rings true even in the movie's weaker moments.

    Yes, there are plenty of naked bodies (both male and female) on display, but ultimately JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH is less about sex than it is about an extremely unsavory and seldom acknowledged side of the American dream, a drive for success that flattens every moral obstacle it meets. In one particularly memorable scene, Banerjee snarls that Joe Kennedy built his fortune on illegal bootleg liquor and even sitting President Reagan lied to congress to finance a secret war; bending the law is the American way. But not every one can get away with it--and even for those who do there is a price. In this instance the price ranges from emotional deadness to drug addiction to accidental incest to blood. And every one has to pay.

    GFT, Amazon Reviewer

    4 out of 5 stars Amazing Soundtrack.......2003-10-17

    There's something charming about this movie. It's scrappy, rough around the edges, and fun. I wasn't sure what to think with the lame o box, but it's full of surprises. For one, the music. Who knew this movie was packed with wall to wall 80s gems like Wall of Vodoo and Flock of Seagulls? And also, the humor. You couldn't tell by the cover, but this is a really funny story, especially if you appreciate odd human behavior. The marketing guys should be slapped silly, because I passed by the movie a dozen times before finally deciding to purchase it, and I'm glad I did.

    1 out of 5 stars really, really bad.......2003-09-26

    Wow, what a piece of work - this movie is even worse than "The Chippendales Murders" on USA. The guys aren't that hot, and the film just drags on and on. A rental might provide some amusement, but this is most definitely not a purchase-worthy DVD.
    The World Is Not Enough - 2-Disc Ultimate Edition
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    Two Disc Collector's Edition

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Brosnans Best .......2007-06-07

    This was my fist 007 film I got to see in the theaters, so needless to say I do have a little soft spot for it. Ever since that first viewing in 1999 I have loved it. The action scenes, the story, the acting, and the score are all just perfect. This has the most action of any other Bond film yet. Its packed and feels like it would never stop. Those scenes of action are done well and look very good. I loved the twists and turns with the story and the chemistry between Bond and Elektra. It keeps the film more dramatic and less like just another Bond film. Pierce was very comfortable in the role by this time. This is his best work as James Bond. Like noted, the music in the film is also top notch. David Arnolds best work as well. The title song by Garbage is my favorite title song in a 007 film yet. Like I said, I have a soft spot for this one. There is so much I love about it and very little I dont. In many ways its an underrated film, but I do see it get credit a lot. It deserves it. A great James Bond 007 film.

    4 out of 5 stars Running on Cruise Control.......2007-03-13

    Pierce Brosnan returned in 1999 for his third appearance as James Bond in the 19th official Bond film. Brosnan was excellent as Bond in "Tomorrow Never Dies," and he was pretty good in this movie, but it seemed to me that churning out three movies in less than six years was causing a little fraying around the edges. This movie is just not as good as "Tomorrow Never Dies" and perhaps not even as good as "Goldeneye."

    This Bond film begins just as Bond films always do, with Bond attempting to save someone. This time he has become involved in trying to rescue Elektra King (the stunningly beautiful Sophie Marceau). While Bond does not rescue Elektra (who soon after frees herself), Bond does recover the ransom money. It probably would have been better if Bond had not rescued the ransom money because it makes a big hole in MI-6's headquarters. An assassin nearly kills Bond, who then goes chasing the assassin about in Q's nicely appointed fishing boat. When I say nicely appointed, I mean rocket boost, torpedoes, a submarine mode, and a computer that has a cool mapping feature.

    Once Bond stops chasing the assassin he learns that Elektra King is being threatened by a terrorist, along with her family's oil pipeline. At least, that is what appears to be the situation. Bond soon encounters danger as he tries to protect Elektra from terrorists. Bond encounters even more danger when he discovers that the terrorists plan to steal a nuclear weapon from Russia. While in Russia, Bond meets Christmas Jones (played by Denise Richards - their meeting generates one of the best jokes in the movie). The nuclear bomb soon shows up in the King pipeline. But wait, there's more! Some of the nuclear material is missing from the bomb (I will let the viewer discover how Bond learns that little tidbit). Bond is forced to learn what happened to the remaining nuclear material. During Bond's search for the remaining material he encounters one of the most nefarious weapons yet seen in a Bond film, a helicopter with a series of cutting blades that is supposed to be used for trimming trees.

    The plot thickens and builds until a final encounter with terrorist Renard (Robert Carlyle) aboard a Russian submarine that is well on its way to going kaboom, which will ultimately contaminate a goodly portion of the Mediterranean.

    This special edition two disk DVD includes a wealth of extras, a couple of audio tracks, multiple features and documentaries. The audio commentary by Michael Apted was somewhat lackluster, but the audio commentary by Peter Lamont (production designer), Vic Armstrong (second unit director) and David Arnold (composer) was good.

    This Bond movie is not one of my favorites. While there are portions that I think are outstanding (specifically, the opening boat chase, the chase scene in the mountains, the helicopters with the tree trimming blades, and the scenes involving Q and John Cleese as R), this movie seems to have much less creativity overall than the previous few Bond movies. I am unable to fault Pierce Brosnan, who does very well. Perhaps after churning out two Bond movies in the previous four years the level of creativity was running low. I have to balance my comments a little by the six awards this movie won and the eight awards this movie was nominated for. However, one award and one nomination were for Razzie awards for Worst Supporting Actress (Denise Richards, who won) and Worst Screen Couple (Brosnan and Richards, but no winner this time).

    In spite of the weakness of this movie, it did well in the box office, setting a new record for the opening weekend of a Bond film, and grossing more than any previous Bond movie. The main reason is that there is no such thing as a bad Bond film. There may be weak Bond films, but they are all watchable. The only question is how often you would like to watch them again.

    This film does mark the passing of an era. Desmond Llewelyn passed away shortly after this film was released in the United States. We will forever miss Desmond and his explanations of his gadgets. While it is said that anyone can be replaced, the question that is usually not asked is how well they can be replaced. There was only one Desmond Llewelyn and while someone may take his function in the movies, they will not replace Desmond in our hearts.

    I have this Bond film because it is a Bond film. Admittedly weaker than average, it remains one of the series and I have watched this one several times, and I will watch it again. Sometimes having all the movies in a series is more important than just having the best.

    Enjoy!

    2 out of 5 stars If you see only one Bond movie, DON'T see this one.......2007-02-05

    I'm a fan of both the novels by Ian Fleming and the movies, and have been for decades. This movie in my opinion ranks 21st out of 21. It is just bad. The writers/producers by this time had finally run out of Fleming's stories and the other scraps of his works they'd managed to scrape together to form other movies, and the ideas they did come up with are not thrilling, not funny, not believable, and not good. It's as though they knew that the movie would bring in the money (which it did), and therefore no one really had to try at all. Especially Brosnan. He clearly makes that assumption, along with his added assumption that HE is why the movie will make money. Maybe he was partly right, but it's sad.

    Good luck thinking of Denise Richards as having a doctorate in nuclear physics and being fluent in Russian without laughing yourself to tears. She can barely speak the lines, so she makes it hard to believe she can read, let alone any of the rest. There are many beautiful actresses who could have pulled this off, but Richards was apparently flavor of the month, or cheaper than the rest, or something.

    Robert Carlyle has been good in other movies I have seen. He gets a break as a "Bond villain," and turns in a very poor performance. Performance? No, if someone shows up, stands where they are told, speaks when they are told and wears the costume they're given, I suppose you can say they "appear" in the movie. "Performing" means being more than a cardboard cut-out. I suppose an "appearance" was cheaper too.

    If you are familiar at all with the rest of the Bond movies, particularly the good ones, or any good movie at all for that matter, you will find this one completely sub-par, and somewhat insulting to your intelligence and good taste.

    5 out of 5 stars Bond Character Reexamined .......2007-01-05

    Occasionally in an action film series, one of its entries attempts to deal with the persona of its hero with equal intensity as it handles its central storyline. Such is the case with THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. Director Michael Apted attempted to show James Bond's obsession for a woman, Sophie Marceau, for whom he had become intrigued with. Mishandled and mistreated by British Intelligence, Bond becomes enamored with her plight and tries to rectify it out of his attraction for her. Unfortunately this idea never came satisfactorily across upon this film's initial release. The change of pace to the Bond formula and Brosnan's desire to expand the depth of the James Bond character never seemed to come to fruition at the time. Somehow I think some of the action elements essential to this plotline got in the way. For instance, the opening sequence in Patrick Malahide's office demonstrates Bonds skills instantly take control a situation and an intensity to avenge the fate of a fellow operative. This is a great action scene and his driven emotional energy. In contradiction, the pipeline scene with Brosnan and Denise Richards is perfunctory and mundane and does not advance any of the complexities of Bond's character or plot of the film for that matter. Reexamining the film, I also see a complex relation between villain Robert Carlyle and Sophie Marceau and even Judi Dench as M and Sophie Marceau. This film abounds with complexities that were somehow overshadowed by the hype that surrounded it. It is another good Bond film. All that being said, Pierce Brosnan really has the part of James Bond down to an art and science in a rather ethereal fashion.
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