I said exactly the same thing to an angry punter when my boss at the time (a woman!) was being given a hard time. Shut him up completely. Then lo and behold, M says the same thing as me!
Every opening was awesome! It's a shame the only one that could follow the great opening was golden eye, but atleast for the other three the intros were great
The amount of chaos, confusion and destruction Bond creates in this scene is off the charts. This would be the climax of a regular movie, but this is only the opening of one of my absolute favorite Bond films.
I love the “climax of a different mission” thing they do at the beginning of Bond films to indicate Bond does these crazy escapades ALL the time, not just when we are watching him during the movie’s mission.
@@GreatWestern175 You can actually see M trying not to be TOO smug about her competent agents as opposed to the ham-handed and short-sighted actions of their naval officer which almost set off a nuclear disaster. This is why gathering intelligence should always be done by the best.
When M says "His job!", there is some great acting being done there. She's conveying her frustration at the botched job her agent was sent on, her respect for Bond and anger over the danger he is now in having to save everyone. She's hard but she does give a damn.
@@bizzyizzy9526 Well, isn't there a transmission failure? So it seems the ship's transmitter has some damage it seems (strange that the regular radio works, but hey what do I know, maybe weapons has their own dedicated transmitter for missiles control and that is out?) ps: Sadly this would fit the readiness of current British forces! I mean they had what? Two failures to fire a Trident-Missile (so their nuclear deterrent is in question!) in a row!
@@Vikingr4Jesus5919 A radar guided weapon system uses its radar differently between war and peace setting. Fighter planes with war settings have secret boosting of its capabilities when you switch to war.
@@ghostviggen Ah, that's interesting additional info. But I was actually just joshing haha. The difference between war and peace is often one trigger pull. I mean, that's technically how WWI started, if my history serves me well.
also, telling the missile to auto-destroy cannot be done as it is out of range of its ship, yet they got a live feed to the missile's somehow existing frontal camera lmao
Well, James hadn't quite grokked that there's someone back home who's too trigger-happy to let him *finish his job* before blowing the place to hell. JB: "Ask the Admiral exactly *where* he'd like his bombs delivered." SUBTEXT: (M, if you so desire it, your favorite son will shove them up his ass.)
From what I understand it's sort of like a psychological label. When you switch to WAR it's meant to make you think if even for a split second before firing such a large weapon.
I read somewhere that the Swedish JAS Gripen fighter jet had a similar type of switch, the exact function of which is supposedly classified but which unlocks certain features of the aircraft that might be better not being available to use accidentally in situations where people aren't out to kill you.
@@nevillefatbottom2927There's a full power switch in the F-15 that gives the engine 3% more power but requires a complete rebuild afterwards. The pilot also probably gets a dressing down afterwards.
The very first scene of the very first DVD I've watched, back in 1999. Suddenly, there was a whole new universe for home cinema. No more butchered, dirty VHS image with forced dubbed voices. Now an extraordinarily clean, beautiful visual with wonderful sound, language choices, chaptering and so much more. A instant revolution.
Couldn't agree more. Not necessarily the best movie overall, but definitely the best opening or at the very least one of the best openings in the series. Still a great movie overall!
Me too, although I like the “Shocking... Positively shocking” intro to Goldfinger as well. These days... Bond has lost it. Other action franchises do this sort of thing so much better.
@@jamespruitt6718 It shows that Bond isn't the average stereotype of spy, and more on the lines of the british "commando" tradition, specifically the intelligence operations of the SAS.
I'm pretty sure when he ejected the "backseat driver", his head would have been severed as he still had the chord around his neck. And I'm pretty sure he would have already lost consciousness given the time he already been choked.
The most likely answer to the 1st part of that is that the guy that was strangling Bond was so surprised that he let go of the cord The most likely answer to the 2nd part of that is that Bond has been given enough training to ensure that if he's been choked he will be able to stay consciousness for several minutes loner then most people
This opening scene is one of the reasons Tomorrow Never Dies is one of my top 5 favorite Bond movies of all time. And it's one of the few Bond openings where something isn't going horribly wrong and really shows just not only how good an agent Bond is, but how M is confident in Bond when Bond tries to get the bombs away from the missile.
Kind of did go horribly wrong though, he was supposed to just take pictures then leave, but he had to risk his life to avert a disaster. It’s James Bond though, so it was ez for him lol
Bond isn't introduced immediately, we the audience see what the agency sees until the action. Best Bond movie period I love the grainy spy camera perspective.
Admiral: "What the hell is he doing?" M: "His job!" Best "Sit your ass down and shut the hell up" line in all of film history....Judy Dench is a god damn national treasure!
@@lindildeev5721 which is made even better because one of the first things she ever said to Bond when she first met him was "I think you're a sexist, misogynist dinosaur."
I like when she was told she didn't have the balls for the job she replied at least she had the advantage of not having to think with them. Or something along those lines. I forget which movie.
The Gun barrel sequence, that walk and the shot, the pose. Followed by a peace to war sequence, having that one line and lastly followed by a n opening song that have the perfect Bond theme. You know it it's a Bond theme with that kind of music. All of these is makes Tomorrow Never Dies a good movie, (including the story). Such nostalgic. Brings back my memories and childhood experience
Brosnan has some super openings: Goldeneye.....Absolutely iconic, arguably the most memorable of the whole franchise. Tomorrow Never Dies....action, rip-roaring fun and a sassy Judi Dench The World is Not Enough....slower pace, classy action and some great one liners. Die Another Day....best bit of an absolutely appalling film.
+Joan Ruiz Jacob I agree. It was ridiculous, but in a good way; a good finale. After that, realism took the driver's seat and Craig became the new Bond.
Dudes still acting his ass off he was cast as Dr fate in the dceu and he killed that role also plays Liam hennesay in the forgeiner alongside Jackie chan which his character is based off Martin mcginess and gerry Adams ( both ex ira terrorists)
David Arnold's time with the franchise's soundtracks is ridiculously underrated. The scores from this, The World Is Not Enough, and Casino Royale are among the most memorable in the series.
Me too! I saw this at 9 years old in 1999, Golden Eye was the one that made me fall in love with the 007 franchise though, I ended up seeing that a year later when I rented it on VHS from our neighborhood library lol
I'm with you, it was my first Bond film and that, Pierce Brosnan was my favorite actor. He had that typical James Bond vibe. He had that charisma. My Childhood movie
One of the best James Bond opening sequences. Brosnan truly embodies a typical Bond - smooth, sleek and makes a kill to save the world before bed time.
My favorite Bond intro. "His job!" - my favorite line in a Bond film. :-) Love seeing the two main stars of "As Time Goes By" pitted against each other. :-)
That missile looks so outdated, and the explosion of the other ones on the mountain also definitely not 2020 quality; it shows it's from the 90s still-not-there special effects.
This is why Brosnan's movies are MOSTLY my favourites (You know what I'm talking about). Haven't watched all of the other ones, but to me they hit the right spot between the silly Moore movies and the serious Craig ones. To put it in a nutshell, it's silly work cleverly made, with a right balance of over the top action-packed scenes and comedic tone mixed with actual suspense, nice plot and appealing characters.
It's a really great opening to display that the world and warfare was changing to a rely on new advanced tech and the agent on the ground was becoming more and more irrelevant. But those that rely entirely on their technology and don't take into account human intuition and rational thinking would make mistakes. A concept that would be boring to explain with dialogue. The director and writers did a great job with this.
Which we would get if they would just go with Nomi, Bond's replacement as 007 in No Time to Die. She was fun and she had some of that Brosnan and Moore style along with her own.
They’ve made some mistakes in the film but still tomorrow never dies is the best anyone can do. Should be in Greatest number 5 until Daniel Craig arrived.
@@FEARoperative agree to disagree. Yeltsyn indeed started removing political opponents pretty early in his reign, albeit not right away. Still, THERE WERE independent parties, THERE WERE different powers at play - not just one like it is now. And last but not the least, there was an independent journalism in the country. If you think now is any better, you’re either misinformed or too young to remember.
@@Badchi I literally said the elections back then were more legit than today. People will go out of their way to misunderstand and get offended these days.
@@FEARoperative You have to phrase your responses better next time. Your “in the 90s it was” seemed to have been directed at my “it’s a circus not election”.
The takeoff's a bit of a reference to Goldeneye, as in that film 007 takes the plane down the cliff first. In this one, he taxis down to the bottom before doubling back for takeoff.
I’d say the actual reference was a massive explosion after he got the plane in the air in both films, cos in Goldeneye he had to ride a motorbike off the cliff and sky dive to the plane before it crashed
When I was a kid, I don't think I realized how much chaos and confusion Bond was DELIBERATELY causing in order to steal the jet. I thought he was just blowing shit up for fun!!
The Brosnan era really had top notch opening sequences. The pre-credits moments in Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, and Die Another Day are all perfectly good mini-movies in their own right (The World Is Not Enough being the only one that's kind of lacking).
The World Is Not Enough, though the longest of all the cold openings (save maybe one of the more recent Craig ones), has grown on me. It's Brosnan at his most ruthless (hell, it was probably one of the coldest Bonds next to Quantum--from the way he took down the heavies in the bank all the way to when he executed an unarmed woman point-blank and in cold-blood) and that boat chase sequence was awesome!
Almost all 1962-2002 bond movies are master piece. Except a few ones Whats made me mad is the new producer from daniel craig era. That decided to transform bond into a generic action movie that looks more like jason bourne then james bond Their argument was that bond was too lucky, too handsome, too funny and smooth, too much skilled, too much helped by fancy gadget, too much of a flirt guy. Which according to them made bond movie not realistic Result: bond popularity collapsed ever since they did that 😂 never change a recipe that works and give sucess. Bond movies since 2006 are now just a action movie among many others. Its no longer a must watch
Lol I don’t think anyone thinks SPECTRE has a good opening. A very slow boring single shot, a fake looking explosion, and then a helicopter flying around for a bit? Yawn.
You have a few dozen men with some of the most lethal weapons in mankind's arsenal, and none of them can hit a virtually stationary plane 25 meters away.
This is my favourite James Bond movie as Pierce Brosnan second outing as 007 James Bond in Tomorrow Never Dies I am dedicating this movie DVD to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester from Billyxxx
Tomorrow Never Dies may not be my favorite Bond film (though still a good Bond film) but I think it may have one of my favorite cold opens, if not THE favorite.
I'm 27 and this was the first James Bond movie I saw when I was 12. I remember seeing Goldfinger for a little bit, but not completely like Tomorrow Never Dies. I did however play Goldeneye 64 before watching the films.
What I love about Tomorrow Never Dies is that it's one of the movies people thought at the time was really outlandish and mental, but over time has actually proven itself to be among the more realistic and frightening scenarios, where media barons shape narratives that actually cause serious rifts and possibly even lead to wars between peoples and countries. Elliot Carver is therefore one of the most sinister Bond villains, because he really exists!
I appreciate scenes like this for a number of reasons, not least of which that they are a reminder that (movie) Bond's origins are actually as a British Naval officer (and thus why he knows how to pilot a plane).
@@Seriona1 Entire movie of him going Rogue just to kill the fuck who hurt Felix and killed his Wife. And then some further massive asskicking after Felix was killed in one of the Craig films. To quote Bond: "I had a brother. His name was Felix Leiter."