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Die Another Day (2002)
The worst ever
This is the best evidence of the death of the James Bond movies. D.A.D is nothing more than a over-hyped showoff of stupid effects, hopeless dialogue and a story without substance whatsoever. Over the last years, the Bond team have tried to make increasingly "modern" movies, using more and more advanced effects etc, in order to match 007 with today's world society. Certainly not a bad idea itself. Unfortunately, Brosnan's Bond has, with the exception of Goldeneye, suffered dramatically. Compared to the earlier movies, James Bond is now nothing but action, computer-generated effects, and more action, combined with silly dialogue lacking the style and charisma we're used to from earlier (in particular Sean Connery). Barbara Broccoli and co. seems to be in desperate need of a good story, as D.A.D is nothing more than a fancy bowl with nothing in it. The Bond saga has turned into a money-making monster designed to please as many action-lovers as possible. Unfortunately, this is what the films do, and therefore, I'm afraid, the future Bonds will be of the same caliber as this one; an awful money-making action film with the potential to annoy, not to entertain. Please, let someone finish him off, or even turn back time. The future will kill 007, let him instead ressurect in the 60's. Now that is a good idea.
Detektor (2000)
Don't believe the hype!
Sure, I had high hopes for this film, having seen lots of mediocre norwegian ones over the years. This one was referred to as a superb example of a new and better norwegian film era, based upon a story by the well-known and very popular domestic novelist; Erlend Loe. Unfortunately, it is the final product that really matters, not its promotion and hype. This must really be one of the most over-rated movies in norway. In addition, it is based on a story by THE most over-rated writer this country has ever seen. Putting in a comedy-character like Harald Eia doesn't make things any better. It seems like Eia is one of the main reasons why lots of people actually wanted to watch it. And, believe me; Eia is not an actor, he is a real-life character. He doesn't play a fictious role, he's just being himself. Therefore you can't take him seriously. The regular viewer wants to see Harald Eia, and that's what he or she actually gets to see. Detektor is surely an OK movie, but nothing more. It's just another one of those "good to be Norwegian-films".