Die Another Day (2002)

20260412:
I'm not sure. I feel this movie was underwhelming. Perhaps I had bigger expectations, but maybe I have a bad memory of the James Bond franchise. I feel the movie likely hit all the key reasons people watch James Bond movies, at least pre-Daniel Craig. I think I'd much prefer the Daniel Craig versions.
Rating: 3.8/5

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Instant Comments:
1a: Wow. Those waves are huge. But what exactly are they doing. What would be the point of surfing.
1a: I see. The boards also have gear
1a: hehe find me a new anger therapist
1a: "Saved by the Bell."
1a: huh... that guy fell but not necessarily would die from that, right? I mean I guess impact could be death but also could be alive
1a: I like this James Bond theme song, it's Madonna, right? [yes]
1a: 14 months!?! That's crazy. What a life as an agent
1a: hehe. diamonds embedded in the body. would it realistically have been better to keep it in than remove it?
1a: hehe liver.
1a: dang. he was able to slow his heart to simulate cardiac arrest?
1a: hmm... James needed info...
1a: oh I like that shot. He kicked the fencing sword away and it went towards the camera.
1a: That was a fun fight to watch. Very intense. Like despite the idea to be a slice on the torso, they seemed they were fighting to the death.
1a: Why would the guy holder her hostage not shoot her when confronted with the enemy threatening to shoot?
1a: I had to watch it again to get the joke. Q asked him to read the book, says it might be able to shoot through it in a few hours. But then Bond had it shot by the car and jokes it just took a few seconds.
1a: hmm... falling asleep @ 1h17min mark; was thinking to stop watching but kept going.
1a: I feel like Miranda could be bad. So sending Jinx to go get her would not be good.
1a: "So you live to die another day."
1a: chuckle. "Hey boss. He beat your time."
1a: lol. too fake. unfortunate. would have been cool. keeps switching between far out and close up.
1a: pause at 1h40min mark
1b: whoa. diamond chandelier
1b: wow. he asks if he would dare kill his own son, but then conversely he would dare kill his own father
1b: even without a guy... she could... steer the plane to knock her off her feet and then fight... but maybe risky.
1b: interesting... she's setting the autopilot to the beam. earlier I was thinking she was going to intentionally fly into it as a bluff for the villain to then turn it off
1b: am I to believe a world's best fencer is going to lose this fight?
1b: oh I see. she's arrogant ("I can read your every move.")
1b: hahaha. "Read this. Bitch."
1b: terrible line: "Time to face gravity."
1b: is it possible for helicopter to do this [it seems not: https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-freefalling-helicopter-start-its-engine-or-otherwise-save-itself/655850]
1b: hehe. "at least we're gonna die rich"
1b: what is the general relationship between James and Moneypenny?
1b: oh wow. they kiss
1b: oh. haha! ("I was, um, just testing it out.")
1a=20260409, 1b=20260412

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Seen bits and pieces before.
Watched 20260409, 20260412 (Netflix, Instant) (Last day to watch 20260420)
Die Another Day (2002) Lee Tamahori. 133 min

Relevant Links:
Die Another Day (IMDb.com)
Die Another Day (RottenTomatoes.com)
Die Another Day (Wikipedia.org)

Vivo (2021)

20260401:
Simple, and over quick, but likable.

Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

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Instant Comments:
(Vivo singing) is this Lin Manuel? [yes]
When Vivo woke up and opened the window. I sensed it. And said "Oh no."
she's clearly something else (asking Vivo to enter her backpack
this song is fun ("My Own Drum")
hehe this plot moves fast. The girl finds the letter and understands what's what
ha. the wipes.
hahaha. they shame Mr. Hernandez for driving
hehe she said they're going to jump it. I said "what?" And he said "what?" Cause like. jumping such a gap seems not practical for a kid
(as they approach) Ada says there's a lot of alligators in there (the Everglades)
the bird will come save him
I think if everyone made noise. Perhaps that would annoy this snake to death