对007电影的评价英文

『壹』 如何评价电影《007：无暇赴死》

终于，在推迟了一年半后，距离《007：无暇赴死》的上映，进入到了倒计时。在这部电影正式和我们观众见面之前，一些影评人已经看到了这部电影。他们在网络上分享了他们的反应。有趣的是，许多影评人都认为，《007：无暇赴死》虽然有着自己不可避免的问题，但是这仍然是一部值得观看的电影。

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油门可以再加一点

说实话我觉着最符合邦德形象的是皮尔斯布鲁斯南

09-29 23:28

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德国の战车cbf

他太绅士太有风度了，老肖看着最完美

09-30 07:10

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新农民欧迈戈

老肖呢？

09-30 04:47

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毛娜娜GP

这哥们更像个打手，少了太多文艺气质

09-30 08:20

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沙加007_726b8

看看007原著小说就有标准了

10-01 01:39

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纪梵希JL

007没有标准…只存在个人认知形象而已…

09-30 17:57

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机器猫和虎妞

皇家赌场好看

10-01 15:14

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小希撩影视作者

娱乐领域创作者

女主角好看~

10-01 16:25

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庞太师

戏梦巴黎

10-06 14:35

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大皮肚力屋3a4257

我是冲着阿汤哥去的,我会说?

09-30 06:55

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张小凤2008

走错片场了

09-30 20:02

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德国の战车cbf

碟中谍片场出门右拐

09-30 07:11

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邹邹哥哥

007本应优雅绅士，还是最欣赏皮尔斯•布鲁斯南

09-30 09:21

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弓浩渺00T

看来你喜欢衣冠楚楚的假特工

10-29 16:50

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水提醇沉

这片子引进来票房也会凄惨，男主太丑了

09-30 08:14

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朝花夕拾xcq

你去演个试试

10-01 02:19

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牛与老孙

上一部幽灵党，真尬死了！最后摩托艇能追直升机，关键是还用手枪把直升机干下来了！

09-30 08:44

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旅行爱好摄影者

丹尼尔系列，我是没有一部喜欢，自从他演007后，我就放弃追该系列电影。但愿新角上来能让我回归。

10-01 01:08

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敏清晖03i

这家伙把007毁的淋漓尽致，还是罗杰摩尔 肖恩康纳 和布鲁斯的好看

10-31 18:05

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wwwsysysy

超喜欢硬汉洒脱的丹，布鲁斯南偏软了些

10-30 12:00

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弓浩渺00T

丹尼尔饰演的007是兼具铁汉柔情和青春热血的 真男人真实而有安全感

10-29 16:48

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雨枋洁6q

克雷格中校！

09-30 09:07

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老油条XL

应该改名为：厉害了我的007，我和007，你好007，007和罪犯们。抓贼记。票房绝对翻倍。

10-05 22:58

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木易日华1

结局007好像死掉了…

10-05 17:55

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淦飞双3Z

丹尼尔的007的确不同于布鲁斯南的风格，感觉更难演绎。

09-30 08:40

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没有更多啦

作者最执导《被诅咒的孩子》了

废话少说！克里斯汀·斯图尔特厌倦了关于《斯宾塞》的各种问题

摩西效应？巨石强森透露，为何还未制作《速度与激情》衍生剧续集

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007 詹姆斯·邦德带我们看过的各国风景，全世界都在眼下

『贰』 如何评价《007：无暇赴死》这部影片

我认为这部影片拍摄得非常成功。

作为007系列的最终篇，詹姆斯邦德的时代也落下了帷幕。在影片的结局，詹姆斯邦德死了，他并没有逃出生天，而是永远留在了那个岛上。他的情人以及女儿非常伤心，但也只能接受这样的结局。据了解，詹姆斯邦德的扮演者和公司的合约已经到期，此次的结局是在意料之中，以后都不会有相关的电影了，这意味着一个时代的结束，但对于影迷来说，不仅仅是一个时代的落幕。007系列的电影给我们带来了非常多的惊喜，詹姆斯邦德这一角色形象让很多影迷们都非常喜欢。系列的电影总是会有结束的那一天的，以这样的形式结束，影迷们比较容易接受，至少在合约到期之前，还拍摄了最后一部系列的电影。

1、该影片是成功的。

在中国大陆上映之后，收获了广泛的好评，这和主演人员的努力是分不开的。观众的期待比较大，然而导演也没有让大家失望，即使邦德离开了，但是他的007精神永远在我们的心中延续着。

你认为这部电影拍得怎么样？你去电影院观看这部电影了吗？你觉得和上一部相比，此次的电影有没有给你带来惊喜呢？

『叁』 如何评价电影《007:大破天幕杀机》(Skyfall)

被索尼拯救后的MGM在最恰当的时候为我们准备了邦德的归来。

为什么说最恰当的时候，原因有三点：
a- 今年是007系列电影诞生50周年
b- 今年英国的秋天是狗屎一样的天，除了电影院，基本没有其他娱乐项目
c-今年 蝙蝠侠退休了，蜘蛛侠才上幼儿大班，在小儿科吸血鬼当道的时候，该是让一个真正的男人出场的时候了。
果然，人生第一次看到早上9：30的电影出现满场，第一次鉴证电影完毕后群众起立鼓掌，索尼大喜，今晚岛国将有超过两百万的群众在电影院度周末。

如果按照皇家赌场与量子危机的套路，这可能不是一部你想象中的邦德片。因为站在邦德电影50年之际，这是一部在转折点上的邦德：”面对新时代的各种挑战，邦德应该何去何从？” - 电影用一种流畅的风格转变给了我们答案。

这种转变首先体现在人物塑造上，山姆门德斯用很山姆门德斯的方式告诉我们：邦德首先是个人，然后才是个特工；M首先是个人，然后才是一个老板；Silva 首先是个人，然后才是一个恶人；Q 博士首先是个人，然后才是一个天才。

随后山姆大叔又说：既然都是人，那他们的共同点就是：人都是有过去的，人都是有情感的，人都是会犯错误的。

在007系列电影诞生50周年之际，山姆为我们揭开了邦德神秘的童年，那个宁谧幽静的地方叫做SKYFALL， 那地方在苏格兰偏远的山地(Buachaille Etive Mor)，一片空谷幽冥的世界。冬天飘一场银雪，春天则是满山的树林传来揉叶子的声音，邦德的童年似乎在他成年的岁月里没有留下一点痕迹，但电影用很含蓄的方式告诉我们，邦德也是有过去的，他的父母葬在Skyfall 附近的礼拜堂，看门人还像当年对待小屁孩跟他亲昵，枪也是爸爸留下的，点的还是火柴。虽说邦德并不是传统意义上怀旧之人，岁月也可以渐渐把不愉快的过去撕去，但好的传统还是需要保留的。正如电影里重复的主题：Sometimes Old ways are the best! 果然邦德最后回到了小鬼当家的年代，连马丁车也是从康纳利那里借来的BMT216A 。

再说M，她才是这部影片真正的女主角，之前在GQ上攻势汹涌的邦德女郎，原来都是烟雾弹，法国香艳美女出场时间不到15分钟便冤死。而M呢，从始至终， 她才是真正的邦德女郎。她与Silva 的角色遥相呼应，显现出一种邦德与她的特殊关系：一个母权主义者，一个专横冷酷的女蜂王，一个让邦德心甘情愿的Sadist。一个母亲的角色，两个男孩，她都可以在关键时刻舍弃，不是吗？不同的是一个选择背叛，一个仍然坚持忠诚。最后，这个真正的邦德女郎流露出了她人性的一面，哪怕是一条臭着脸的狗，也多少是一种情感的暗示，那一种最隐秘晦涩的爱，一种英国人最能懂的迷雾重重的黑色幽默。我不懂山姆为什么最后让邦德流泪，他舍不得是母亲对他特殊的骄傲与信任还是母亲时代的结束？英国人本来就是一种特殊物种，腹黑的钱钟书一针见血：英国人承认顽固，丑陋，愚笨，肯把喇叭狗（bulldog)作为国徽，但这种坦白包含着袒护，是一种反面的骄傲。

至于Silva， 我觉得Javier Bardem 演得好极了。那种斯堪的纳维亚半岛的坏人扮相与充满西班牙风情的挑逗，一白一黑，形成了一种强烈而有趣的对比。他从五十米开外的电梯有节奏地走来，优雅地描述那段关于老鼠的故事的时候，他缓慢地解开邦德洁白的衬衫钮扣，用指尖轻轻触摸着他，在肌肤上划来划去，一大一小的鼻孔里出着轻气，秋波流转, 莺声燕语，嘴巴里的吐出的台词基情四射， 靠！观众在下面乐呵呵地闷笑，我在一旁感叹，这个强大的时代啊，强大到能把这个世界上最后一个纯爷们也感化成基佬了。这真邦德电影里是一种颠覆性的转折。在Silva 人物塑造上，门德斯再一次苦口婆心地告诉我们，这个Silva，他首先是一个人，然后才是一个恶人，他的动机就是他的过去，他需要弑母复仇才能解除他对M的恨，以背叛还背叛，这家伙虽说嘴皮子圆滑，但做事一点也不马虎，去哪里都带着训练有素的小分队，各种大规模武器装备，大飞机，大警车，手榴弹，机关枪，飞檐走壁的，附带法国boom boom boom 的俏皮配乐,最后死得时候还不忘表现一声狮吼，一张狰狞又滑稽的鬼脸，呜呼哀哉....
他若和小丑对决还不知道要怎样火星撞地球呢！肯定的是，今年的恶人排行榜，他铁定甩了Tom熊扮演毫无情趣的Bane几条马路了。但唯一不符逻辑的是，英国人是不可能找一个西班牙人当特工的吧。

最后再说说小试牛刀的Q， Ben Whishaw 向来是名好演员，他没有经过删选就直接上了剧组，可算是个门德斯的保送生。他出场的时候，我记得特别清楚，那是在 Trafalgar Square 的National Gallery 国家画廊，那幅画是Joseph William Turner 1839年的名画，一艘胜利归回的战船，象征着对凯旋英雄们的拜谒与敬意，同时隐喻着一个新的时代的到来：一个小青年穿着睡衣在家里进行间谍战的时代，显然邦德是不屑一顾的他说: Youth is no guarantee for innovation。果然， 小青年第一次荧幕任务就犯错误了，幸好他悔改得及时，没有让大叔在田野里白等。

其他元素的转变也同样精彩，Thomas Newman 接替了David Arnold成为新邦德的音乐人，他的灵感似乎被Han Zimmer 在The Dark Knight Rise在橄榄球场爆破场面的配乐激发，除了标志性的小号与圆号，鼓成为几段令人难以忘却打斗场面的配器：有一段是在上海高楼的蓝色霓虹里，还有一段是在苏格兰的冰湖下。可贵的是，无论怎样，新元素的融入并没有吞噬旧的经典。Adele 的歌声更是在典型邦德的调调里不露痕迹地流露出邦德阴霾的童年。

另外值得推荐是金像奖提名专业户Roger Deakins的灯光摄影效果，与近两部的007相比，显得迷离柔和许多：那007在游物体荧光里打斗的背影，与其说是在打斗不如说是在舞斗，那蓝色霓虹折射下的玻璃把镜像切成千百个碎片，让人头晕目眩。那千百盏灯笼照耀下流光飞舞的澳门湖面(其实不是澳门而是在英格兰叫Paddock Tank的摄影棚），那金色红光下007侧影跨过的龙头，美到至极。那苏格兰黑夜里火光染红的树林，朦胧惆怅，让人不得不怀疑摄影是不是张艺谋上身了。我本来觉得这在007片里显得很突兀而格格不入，一部纯爷们的片，需要这些吗？但细细一想，这何尝也不是一种新的转变，把主题衬托得恰到好处：一个老派的爷们，在新时代进逼之时，他该何去何从？从纯影像里我们就可以找到答案：他会以一种怀旧的方式来柔化新时代的棱角。

是的，这些苦心设计的转变中的元素，在不断地暗示着我们，时代在转变，世界在改变，像Looper所预示的那样未来应该在霓虹闪烁，高楼起伏的东方，那么老牌工业革命帝国应该怎么办，还要不要肉身特工，还搞不搞人肉情报?

门德斯用一种很007的方式告诉我们：许多辞旧迎新的东西要映衬的恰恰是一个怀旧的主题：车还是要开老的好，刀还是要比枪管用，特工也还是老的好，英国子民们请放心吧：时代在变，邦德却是万万不会变的，用最传统的方式面对新的未来或许也是一种革新。于是在片尾我们看到：未来的邦德回到了50年前的办公室，M 归回为男身，MoneyPenny 也从加勒比海的女妖穿越而来，克雷格哥也还有好些活要干。

或许再过50年，007系列电影100周年时，最受欢迎的邦德不再是肖恩康纳利而是克雷格大叔了。（注：英国Shortlist杂志最新的民意调查 Sean Connery 以45%荣居榜首，成为最佳邦德，Daniel Craig 27% 第二，可见英国人之念旧了）

『肆』 007英语介绍

When we last spied James Bond, at the end of the forceful if oddly-structured Casino Royale, he announced his name while pointing a submachine gun into the sky above Lake Como. The image said: he's back, and nothing if not well-endowed.

Quantum of Solace begins minutes later, with the elusive killer Mr White (Jesper Christensen) now in the boot of Bond's Aston Martin, and a breakneck pursuit in progress which makes claims of a different kind for this new Bond and his supersized franchise.

This film catches Ian Fleming's hero on the run, keeps him running, and zips along with a jolting, almost offensive velocity, catching its ragged breath in the rare opportunity for dialogue. Fans of the series who like to slow down and savour the scenery, enjoying a drip-feed of dodgy innuendo, may consider this a rude awakening - it's the shortest Bond movie to date, and easily the most terse.

But consider how many of the pictures, to include Casino Royale, run out of steam as they drag themselves across the two hour mark, if not long before. Quantum of Solace may hurtle through its own (sketchy) plot as if it's not quite the point - there have been more satisfying narrative pay-offs than we get here - but its best sequences bring you up short in the best way, adding up to the giddiest straight ride since The Living Daylights.

In a career filled with diligent but pedestrian Oscar-t (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland), it's a true surprise that director Marc Forster has come up with the goods as often as he does. Working with many of the action crew, among them editor Richard Pearson, who made the Bourne series so snappy and exhilarating, he closes in on the set pieces with refreshingly creative skill.

The starting point can be nonsense - when Mr White, murderer of Eva Green's Vesper Lynd, is sprung from captivity in a ngeon beneath Siena, it's too, too Bond that it happens to be on the day, hour and very minute of the Palio horse race.

The gambit of cross-cutting from bolting nags to scarpering baddies starts out strident and doesn't seem necessary. But Forster is biding his time with this skittish prelude: we emerge into the crowd for a chase on foot, across rooftops, and down some scaffolding in a church, and the ensuing scramble with ropes, swinging girders, and out-of-reach revolvers leaves you gasping with its constricted tension and vertigo.

It's briefly to London for some Paul Haggis-scripted soundbites about our changing planet, and then to Haiti, where we meet pouting Bolivian agent Camille (Olga Kurylenko) and villain jour Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a petulant eco-criminal busily finessing the oil and water reserves of South America for his own gain. Amalric, who with every goggle-eyed smirk cements his credentials to star in a Roman Polanski biopic, brings a wickedly childish spite to this role, certainly proving a more interesting foil to Bond than his latest foxy-but-cross female sidekick.

James, of course, is still hung up over the betrayal and demise of Vesper in the last instalment, motivating a morose six-martini binge while he's flying across the Atlantic, as well as his avoidance here of any serious entanglements, save those in stray lengths of rope dangling from the roofs of Tuscan churches. He isn't alone: Camille, having had her family raped and burnt alive by a deposed Bolivian dictator, also has her mind on other things. Instead, there's a just-for-fun fling with MI6 emissary Gemma Arterton, who pitches up looking like a John le Carré strippogram in a trenchcoat, and exits in a homage to Shirley Goldfinger Eaton which had me reaching for bad oil puns. Crude? Unrefined? It's not exactly slick.

What's clever, and slick, and even a little ingenious about the movie, though, is how it postpones Bond's Vesper vendetta by submerging it beneath his present tasks - he gets an angry kick out of scuttling this international cabal of utility profiteers, who in the barmiest conceit get to negotiate through earpieces while seated for a state-of-the-art proction of Tosca.

If there was any remaining doubt that the world is bartered and sold by people who can afford opera tickets, it's roundly dispelled, though how Amalric persuades his backers that Haiti, of all places, is some kind of model example for neocapitalist progress leaves us just a little foxed. "I don't give a s--- about the CIA," announces Judi Dench, inimitably, but it's not the best line in the movie: those are all the ones on Daniel Craig's face, particularly the deep vertical groove between his eyebrows when he's found yet another score to settle.

Quantum of Solace offers next to no solace, if we mean respite, but in plunging its hero into a revenge-displacement grudge mission, it has the compensation of a rock-solid dramatic idea, and the intelligence to run and run with it.

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Pleasurable and Satisfying

Be prepared for a few changes in this new entry of the Bond canon. James Bond is back, and this time it’s extremely personal. The rugged, harsh, and rough agent picks up exactly where he left off in another striking thriller that leaves you feeling exhausted, if not exhilarated.

Up to this time, the Bond canon entries have been a series, but Quantum of Solace is actually a sequel. Still raged by the death of Vesper Lynd in Siena, bereaved and blooded James Bond (Daniel Craig), goes after the shady international organization he holds responsible, even when M (Judi Dench) orders him to stand down. As promised at the end of Casino Royale, the film opens with a spectacular car chase before the revelation that Quantum, with agents in Her Majesty’s Government and the CIA, the organization that blackmailed Vesper, is far more labyrinthine and intricate, let alone momentous and far-ranging than anyone had imagined.

Forensic evidence of an MI6 traitor leads him to Haiti, where he meets Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who then helps him find ruthless businessman Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric) who is the chairman of Greene Planet, the legitimate cover for Quantum. His intention is to use his government contacts to help overthrow the current regime in Bolivia, and place the exiled General Medrano (Joaquin Cosio) as the head of state. In exchange, The General will give him a barren piece of land, which will actually give them total control of the nation’s water supply. Hazardously mixing revenge and ty, Bond promptly gets involved with Greene’s mistress, the beautiful yet mysterious Camille, when he saves her from an attempt on her life. However, Camille has a her own mission of vengeance so they team up to take down Greene and General Medrano while keeping one step ahead of both the CIA and MI6, which involves the action ripping across Austria, Italy, and South America. Meanwhile, Bond must try to keep his desire for retribution over Vesper Lynd’s death in check.

There’s still a sense at the end that Bond’s mission has scarcely begun and he’ll need a few more Bond canon entries to work his way up to annihilating the obviously indestructible Quantum organization. What makes Quantum of Solace captivating, compelling, and appealing is that this is the first of the 22 Bond movies where the plot flows in a natural and structural manner from the last installment, and this sequel looks a far stronger picture for this rare connected whole.

By far, there’s no better actor at bottling rage than Craig. He continues to be his own man as Bond, not just because he is a darker and more bare-knuckle Bond than any of previous Bonds. Having finally settled into the role of Bond, does Craig not only make it completely his own, but also brings a slightly softer side that his elegant predecessors have been deficient in. Never before have we seen him tenderly hugging a dying male comrade before disposing of his corpse in a mpster. Bond in this sequel is also human enough to start worrying about how regularly his girlfriends get killed. Moreover, viewers get to question his motives for pursuing a crusade. Is he being ultimately altruistic to helping drought-deteriorated Bolivian peasants? Or is he totally selfish to get his own back on the one directly accountable for Vesper’s predicament? Keep in mind that this is Bond at the beginning of his journey. Predictably, Craig will become the most popular 007 with the younger generation.

Stealthy and sensuous Kurylenko is superb as stunning Camille and her inexorable and determined quest for vendetta leads to one of the best scenes where Bond advises her on professionally assassinating the extremely unpleasant would-be dictator who slaughtered her family. She wants to bring to a bloody conclusion, with or without the hero’s help. She is in fact so fixed on murdering her enemy that she practically should not be counted as a Bond girl. Though given awfully little screen time, Arterton is equally good as effortlessly foxy Agent Fields who appeals to the better side of the wounded anti-romantic. There’s also decisively excellent work from Dench as witheringly unimpressed boss M and strong support from Wright and Giannini. All memorable Bond adversaries are amply endowed with unconventional and peculiar behaviors and Greene is no exception. As Greene, he is a suitably repulsive character and Amalric exemplifies a wonderfully humble conceitedness as the hypocritically earnest environmentalist.

In spite of its minor flaws, Quantum of Solace, a visually imaginative follow-up to the series relaunch, to much the same level of quality as Casino Royale, remains overall pleasurable and satisfying with strong performances, a realistically uncompromising script, and intense Bourne-modeled action sequences. It continues Craig’s authentic and conceivable reinvention of the character and throws him into an all scenario of concrete plausibility against an indistinct, deeply secret organization that bypasses politics and democracy to control economies, governments and necessary resources. And, as usual, no one but 007 can stop them.

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Starring Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini and Jeffrey Wright. Directed by Martin Campbell. 144 minutes. At major theatres. PG

You have to wait for it. And that's hardly surprising because so much of the glorious Casino Royale is a departure from past 007 movies.

But when newcomer Daniel Craig finally identifies himself as "Bond. James Bond" late in the picture, you might well find yourself sharing his satisfied smile.

By this point he's more than proven himself worthy of the name, vanquishing not just innumerable foes but also doubts about his suitability for the role. In the Internet age, everybody's spitball has a global reach.

It is one of the curiosities of moviedom that even though we know James Bond to be a fictional character, the most storied of British spies, we have grown to think of him as a real person. We act as if the reassigning of 007's licence to kill should require Parliament's approval, or a least a wave from the Queen.

And yet each age gets the James Bond it needs, regardless of welcome. Sean Connery launched the series in 1962 and defined the Swinging Sixties style of heroism and hedonism. Roger Moore went for the tongue-in-cheek swagger that typified the 1970s and early 1980s. Pierce Brosnan sought to bring a serious actor's gravity to more recent times — at least until the sex puns got the better of him. (Let's leave aside the brief interregnums of George Lazenby and Timothy Dalton, which matter not.)

Now comes Craig, the first real 007 of the post-9/11 era. The debate will continue as to who constitutes the best Bond, but there's no question that he is the right Bond for these times.

It's a world where shadowy terrorists no longer live elsewhere, where wars are fought for murky reasons and where even a humble pop bottle represents potential airborne disaster, doomsday visions are no longer confined to the movie screen and nationhood, and patriotism, seek new definitions.

This is something author Ian Fleming realized with uncanny prescience back in 1953 when he launched the legacy with the publication of Casino Royale, introcing Bond as a man of strength and style, but also possessed of self-awareness. A man astute enough to observe that, "History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts."

The rough-hewn Craig is the most credible incarnation to date of Fleming's flawed sleuth. His Bond stalks and kills like the "blunt instrument," as Judi Dench's spy boss M describes him, yet he is human enough to bleed from both the body and the heart. Craig isn't pretty — he "impersonates the ugly," as was once said of rocker Rod Stewart — but intelligence and depth reside behind those cold, blue eyes.

He meshes beautifully with the other players and elements of Casino Royale, which returning director Martin Campbell (GoldenEye) directs with a maximum of intensity and a minimum of pretense, aided by an uncommonly smart screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, who pay e tribute to Fleming.

Gone or reshaped are most of the conceits that have made Bond movies seem like an exercise in parody and nostalgia.

There is no kitten-stroking villain in an island lair, plotting to blow up the world or to claim the sun, the moon and the stars as his own. Instead we get Mads Mikkelsen's suavely chilling Le Chiffre, an obsessive gambler who brokers financial deals with terrorists to fund his adventures at the poker table. Le Chiffre's main quirk, apart from a penchant for torture, is a tear ct that involuntarily bleeds. "Nothing sinister," he assures us.

The femmes are not quite as fatale as in Bonds past. Eva Green's spy accountant Vesper Lynd and Caterina Murino's flirtatious foil Solange are every bit as beautiful as Bond girls go, but they aren't out to prove their own killer instincts. Yet they are more intriguing and alluring than ever before.

And, for the most part, they have to keep those bikinis unfilled and those bedroom eyes wide open, because this Bond isn't wasting time making idle love. Craig's 007 is undeniably virile, but he's paradoxically the least sex-crazed of Bonds since David Niven's satirical elder incarnation was embarrassing the franchise with the rogue Casino Royale movie romp of 1967. (Freudian analysts will have a field day parsing a torture scene where 007's manhood is more than just shaken and stirred.)

Craig's Bond sprints faster — gasp at an early chase scene with parkour (free running) champ Sébastien Foucan as a fleet-footed bomb-maker — and fights harder than any of his predecessors. He loves harder, too, being the first Bond since Lazenby's cerebral spy of On Her Majesty's Secret Service to make a serious commitment to a woman.

The gadgets this time are modest and realistic, just enough to fill the glove compartment of Bond's trusty Aston Martin, which is nowhere near as tricked-out as usual. There is no hapless Q (farewell, John Cleese) to admonish Bond for being reckless with government property.

There is still M, played by Judi Dench as she has since GoldenEye, and finally given a script worthy of her talents. She is much more involved in Bond's training and development, having promoted him to "00" status despite misgivings about his judgment and his apparent inability to rein in his ego.

The above may make Casino Royale sound like serious dramatic fare. It is indeed, and all the better for it.

But director Campbell retains the exotic locales, zipping from Madagascar to Miami to Montenegro, to relieve the potential claustrophobia of the gaming tables that consume much of the story.

There is also humour to savour, although none of the sniggering sex talk that for too long has made Bond seem like a Playboy cartoon character. The wit is often visual: check out the age of the man in M's bed, when she is rudely roused from her slumber, and watch the reaction of the rich oaf who arrogantly mistakes Bond for a parking valet.

Follow the raised eyebrows of Jeffrey Wright's CIA mole Felix Leiter and Giancarlo Giannini's MI6 undercover man Mathis, as they try to figure out exactly what Bond is up to. They are standouts amongst an excellent supporting cast.

『伍』 谁能给个007系列电影的英文介绍

Use field 007 to code for the physical characteristics of an item. You can also use 007 to code for the physical characteristics of the parts of an item such as accompanying material. (007 is valid in all formats for this purpose.) OCLC has implemented the following 007 fields: Electronic Resource
Globe
Map
Microform
Motion Picture
Nonprojected Graphic
Projected Graphic
Remote-sensing Image Sound Recording
Tactile Material
Video Recording

Guidelines Use an appropriate 007 field if you are cataloging microforms, motion pictures, nonprojected graphics, projected graphics, videorecordings, etc., that are published separately. In addition, use field 007 for electronic resources, globes, maps, microforms, motion pictures, nonprojected graphics, projected graphics, remote-sensing images, sound recordings, tactile materials and videorecordings that are components of kits.
Nonmicroform reproctions If you are cataloging a nonmicroform reproction of existing graphic material, use an 007 field for the type of material of the reproction (e.g., use the 007 field for Videorecording for a video ).

Locally made changes to the physical form of the item The physical description in the master record should reflect the condition or form in which you received the item. For example, if you regularly cut filmstrips and mount the indivial frames as slides and you want the local cataloging to reflect the local form (slides), use the following instructions:

Input a master record for the item as published.
Edit the record for local use.
If a record already exists, edit the record for local use.

Motion pictures and videorecordings If you are cataloging several versions or variations of a work in separate records, use one field 007 in each record to describe that version or variation. However, if you are cataloging versions or variations in the same record (i.e., if the same TMat code applies), use multiple 007 fields to describe the multiple versions or variations.

Projected and nonprojected graphics Use one 007 field to represent multiple items with identical characteristics. For example, a set of 46 slides requires one 007 field if the slides share the same physical characteristics.

However, use multiple 007 fields to represent physical characteristics that differ between items in the same set. For example, if you are cataloging a set of ten filmstrips and six have accompanying sound, use two 007 fields, one for the sound filmstrips and one for the silent filmstrips.

Sound recordings accompanying projected graphics Sound recordings that accompany filmstrips or slide sets and provide a sound track for the filmstrips or slide sets are an integral part of the item. Do not use separate 007 fields for the sound recording. However, use a separate 007 field for sound recordings if it is an independent component of a kit.

Primary and secondary support materials for graphics Provide codes in field 007 for primary and secondary support materials of the item. Primary support material and secondary support material are the base on which graphic items are mounted, drawn, printed, etc.

For example, the primary support for a slide is the film that bears the image. The secondary support is the slide mount, which is usually cardboard or plastic. For art prints, the primary support is usually paper. If the print is in a frame, the frame is the secondary support. If the print is dry mounted and matted, the mounting and mat board are secondary supports.

You may not be able to determine the composition of primary and secondary support materials. If in doubt, do not enter codes for support material in the 007 field

Kits Kits are items containing two or more categories of material, no one of which is predominate. Kits may also be single-medium packages of textual materials (e.g., lab kits). Use visual materials format (Type code o) if you are cataloging a kit. Apply the same rules and definitions to 007 fields used in kit records as you would to 007 fields used indivially in other records.

『陆』 如何评价电影《007:幽灵党》

如果非要用一句话评价这一部“007幽灵党”，我大概会首先称赞其炒得一手好冷饭。导演萨姆·门德斯甚至应该凭借此片获封“超级间谍片超级老梗王”荣誉称号。

摸着良心说，这绝对是对此片的称赞而非嘲讽，毕竟对于007邦德这样已有足足50多年历史的系列电影来说，如何炒好冷饭，把老梗炒出新鲜炒出滋味炒出爽片应有的格调，理应是头等重要的技术活。

甚至可以说，这对所有商业类型片来说都是一样，对传统的重复和对新鲜噱头的挖掘，二者对类型片的市场生命力来说永远缺一不可。

那么在此片中又有哪些老梗获得了逆袭和颠覆重生的机会呢？

1. “幽灵党”？“魔鬼党”？

此部007续篇的英文名叫SPECTRE，中文将其译为幽灵党，从字面的意思来说这翻译并无大碍。但由于我所查得的几部60年代及70年代初的邦德电影里，普遍都将SPECTRE译作了“魔鬼党”，（虽然豆友”马耳他之鹰“在评论里提醒我说80、90年代出版的007小说里有将SPECTRE译作”幽灵“ ）所以这个翻译上的差异就显得十分有趣。

是的，即使幽灵党听起来蛮文艺又很新鲜，但SPECTRE在邦德系列中显然不是个什么新被发现的反派组织。即使在71年的“007之金刚钻”之后几乎没再出现过，在伊恩·弗莱明的原著小说中和几乎所有60年代的邦德片中，SPECTRE也一直是那个幕后终极大BOSS，基本上世界上所有坏事儿到最后都会追溯到它那儿去 - 类似福尔摩斯里Moriarty领头的组织， 也类似复联里的Hydra。

有意思的是，SPECTRE这个组织并不能算是完全虚构。很多人都乐意把前苏联的特务机构SMERSH当做SPECTRE的原型。不仅因为斯大林一手创立的这个特务机构跟幽灵党/魔鬼党的名字特别像，更因为弗莱明写作和电影邦德系列伊始时的历史背景：

彼时正值冷战期间，国际基本格局就是西方诸国和前苏联的对立。那么英国特工的眼中钉自然是前苏联特工，那么SMERSH被文学加工妖魔化成终极大boss SPECTRE似乎也很说得通。

但是对于SPECTRE的解读依然还有另一种截然相反的观点：弗莱明在邦德系列中虚构的这样一个邪恶得纯粹的机构，恰恰缓和了冷战时西方与前苏联对立的紧张情绪。为什么这么说呢？

因为通过阴谋论世界上有这么一个神秘组织，它是一切恶事的罪魁祸首，那么现实中原本错综复杂，难辨是非的政治格局就得以简化为简单的善恶对立。在007系列的第二部“俄罗斯之恋”里，即使是前苏联的特务们也同样深受魔鬼党SPECTRE这个幕后大boss的陷害。SPECTRE因此也变成了使邦德和他的俄国邦女郎共同的敌人。

那么就终于要说到在这最新一部的“007：幽灵党”中，SPECTRE这个老油条到底经历了怎样的重新包装。显然，现在的世界格局跟冷战时期已经大不一样了：所以这部电影把SPECTRE跟全球化联系在了一起。

好吧，其实这显然是一个巨大的槽点。大家都知，全球化早已经是一个老掉牙的议题了，即使这电影讲的是信息和安全系统全球化，那也只在20年前算是新鲜。 再退一万步说，你说这电影是把大boss定位为全球联网的监视系统。。。Excuse me? 。。美国队长2里Hydra不是早已经承包了这档子事了吗，更不提还有美剧POI疑犯追踪里的机器呢。总之，把SPECTRE总部重新包装为一个大型网管基地，明显不是一个很新鲜的尝试。

相比之下，这部电影对Christopher Waltz演的SPECTRE头头的重新塑造就要有趣多了。在弗莱明原著及60年代的007电影中，SPECTRE的头头叫Blofeld，大多数时候观众都看不到他的正脸，一般他不是背影出镜，就是镜头对准他坐着的下半身（不好意思听起来污），然后他抱着膝盖上的一只白猫一直挠它毛。白猫这个梗在这一部新007电影中也出现了，只是这回它跳上了James Bond的膝盖。

而导演和编剧显然也好好地玩儿了一把“大boss正脸一般人看不到”这个间谍片老梗: Christopher Waltz作为SPECTRE头头出场的时候，很有逼格的坐在逆光中，讲话也磨磨唧唧地通过他身边的保镖传达，看起来十分神秘。但就在观众大概都以为不能见到其庐山真面目的时候，他轻易的就从逆光中转脸过来，大喇喇对着邦德say了个hello。

大boss这个超出007预期的行为，显然也颠覆了大部分观众的预期。在这个信息“透明”，视觉超载的大时代，连大boss也不屑掩藏自己的脸了。

片中还有一处明显向1967年的"007之你只能活两回”的致敬：“你只能活两回”中的SPECTRE头头露了正脸，那时候他就是一个半边脸有伤疤的男子。

只不过弗莱明的解释是Blofeld作为反派大BOSS的自我修养就是应该像怪盗基德那样时刻伪装自己，即使作整容手术也在所不辞，所以60年代电影里脸上的伤疤大概只是此BOSS的私人美学。

而在新007中，Christopher Waltz的左脸上在后半段也出现了长长的伤疤，有趣的是，这次倒不再是因为伪装，而是真的受伤了。

2. 我是谁？我为什么是我？

整部电影想要表达的内涵其实可以简要地用M对他的上司C说的一句话来概括：特工被赋予的杀人的权力，同时也是不杀人的权力 （the license to kill is also the license not to kill)。 所以最后邦德选择不杀大BOSS，既是在回应M说的中心句，也是在同时点明主题：真是十分标准的高考高分作文格式。

更具体一点说，如果说天塌揭露了隐藏在一个被神话的“超级特工”形象背后，邦德作为“人”的童年和过去；那么幽灵党就是在强调超级特工的“人性”有怎样的力量。如果冰冷无情的远程监视机器对应的是极权，那么007作为一个有血有肉的人，对应的就是民主和对个人独立意志的尊崇。

与现代科技战争中无差别残暴的远程杀戮武器相比，他能亲历现场，切实的感受暴力；他有判断复杂情境，而非只懂非黑即白的思维能力；他不是冷血的杀人机器，他有“温情”和“人性”。这种"实地侦查”（ground work) 相对远程监视的优越, 也在剧情中得以体现，无论是在这部电影里复制了一遍复联局长Nick Fury遁地大法的M，还是money penny和Q酱，都不再枯坐在办公室里，只盼着007去出生入死。

这部电影尝试回答一个略严肃的问题：特工这个行业到底有什么社会意义？

这某种程度上是隔空回应了谍影重重1(Bourn Identity)里所体现的特工身份危机。作为超级间谍类型片历史中颠覆传统之作，谍影重重系列总是用晃到观众吐的手持摄像和深切的左派怀疑主义，专注给007系列插刀。失忆的杰森波恩不断找寻自己是谁的过程，其实也是在不断地理解特工/杀手存在的意义：作为特工，听从指挥不断杀戮的意义到底是什么？真的永远是代表正义消灭邪恶么？怎么确定那个不断给出专断指令的上司和特工机构就一定是正义的，而不是腐败而残暴的？

007这部新片，给出了一个相当乐观和理想主义的回答：即使你所在的机构腐败了，你还有爱你的耿直上司（M），爱你的同事（moneypenny和Q酱），你还有头脑清晰的你自己。所以不管那个上级权力机构怎么编排你，特工拥有自己独立的意志，有自己判断和决定到底杀还是不杀的权力。

至于 “沐浴在爱的教育下的特工一定能反抗权威，做出正确的判断”，到底是不是过于理想化，大概也就看众影迷愿不愿意把007永远当做值得信任的英雄了。

3. 邦女郎和女权主义之间的虐恋情深

这仅仅是我猜测，稍微有点女权主义倾向的观众在看此片片头的时候，心情大概都犹如哔了dog：即使朱迪丹奇这个强女人版“M”已经不幸领便当，我也是冲着蕾雅赛杜那张帅T脸来的，你就给我看这个？

是的，虽然片头曲里骚姆的假音销魂入骨听得我跪了，但不可否认，这个片头真的无比的复古无比的老梗：女郎们裸露的，柔软的手臂像章鱼的触须一样在丹尼尔克雷格同样裸露的壮硕肩头上起舞，再加上一些五毛火焰特效，气氛堪比夜总会。

特别是，导演（像被漫威传染了一样）在片头特意加入了皇家赌场中的女神Eva Green柔弱地坠落这一虐心镜头；那位看不清脸的新邦女郎，在跟邦德的剪影琼瑶式缠缠绵绵时，似乎也身姿绰约小鸟依人。

这一切无不让我惊恐地想起了观看几部最早期邦德电影里女性角色的尴尬回忆：比如在1964年票房大卖的“007之金手指”，里面名叫Pussy的金发邦女郎几乎总是摇晃着丰腴的身姿等待着邦德的解救。

不可否认，我们欣赏邦女郎的时候肯定期待她有美丽的身体和脸蛋，但我相信即便不是所谓的女权主义者，现在的大众影迷对总是等着被解救的，无脑花瓶式女主的忍耐度也已经十分有限了。

我们期待看到性感的邦女郎同样有性感的大脑，最好还能有点儿能打的武力值。所以，之后的剧情中，当邦德答应邦女郎的父亲会“保护”他的女儿，当邦德告诉蕾雅赛杜她父亲的死讯，面部线条硬朗的法国姑娘甚至还面露脆弱差点儿梨花带雨，讲真我的内心确实是有点儿崩溃的。

但大概因为蕾雅赛杜刚在电影”龙虾”中扮演了烧死异性恋的酷炫FFF团团长，不知是好事还是坏事，她的脸还是让人无法相信她可以是一个柔弱无骨，始终被保护的花瓶。果然，关于她人设的反转终于在她和邦德在火车上的一段对话中降临了：

邦德给了她一把枪。

她说：我讨厌枪支。

邦德皱眉，似乎一副“拿你这个圣母心的柔弱小女子没办法”的样子，接着耐心教她枪的构造，和开枪时不要闭眼。

她又重复了一遍：我讨厌枪支。

但随后，邦德无奈地劝她一定开一枪试试，蕾雅赛杜却帅气地挑挑眉，熟练地卸下弹夹和枪膛里的两颗子弹，对着天花板放了一记空枪。

当邦德露出刮目相看的表情，并戏谑道“你其实并不需要别人教你用枪对不对”的时候，我也正式地对此片导演刮目相看了：他其实也并不需要被按头科普直男癌的危害。他之前一系列对蕾雅赛杜柔弱，需要保护的一面的塑造，明显不是在复辟花瓶邦女郎的老传统。

相反，他恰恰是在通过重演和反转的模式，来调戏，讽刺，最终颠覆这种传统。

这样的反转在临近结尾的时候又出现了一次：

当邦德需要离开蕾雅赛杜去执行最终任务的时候，蕾雅赛杜为难地小声说道：我不能... (I can't) 。这时候，相信大多数观众都会像电影里的邦德一样，第一时间误解她是在说她不敢一个人呆着的：就像出现在电影前半段，在交欢后恳求邦德不要离开的寡妇（莫妮卡贝鲁奇）一样，她是在惊惶地请求邦德的陪伴。

然而当邦德结巴着安抚她，建议她留在这儿之后，他的大男子主义保护欲瞬间就被打脸了：因为随后邦女郎立刻表示她完全不是在求他留下，而是在提出永远的分手。那么这次，邦女郎的经典台词“我不能”，暗示的不是依赖，而是独立。

当然，再之后的剧情还是沿袭了传统的发展，邦女郎还是需要被仿佛阿汤哥附体的丹尼尔克雷格以完成mission impossible的方式解救：唯一值得庆幸的是，在几乎是邦德和邦女郎的标配“船戏”中（起码“俄罗斯之恋”和”皇家赌场“里都有邦德和美女一起乘船的桥段），蕾雅赛杜起码是站着而非躺着的，看上去还能让人有点儿她在跟邦德并肩作战的幻觉。

最后的最后，当她和邦德坐上那辆007标志性的战斗车，似乎开往幸福的新生活的时候：我认为其实这也是在致敬007系列中的一个经典老梗。

『柒』 007英语语段翻译

"007," is all the rage of a series of spy films, 007 is not only the name of the film, but also the hero agent James Bond in the code. James Bond is the leading role of a series of novels and movies name. Novel, the author is British author and former MI6 agent Ian Fleming. In the story, Bond is the British intelligence agency mi6 agent, code-named 007, was awarded to remove any obstruction of the power of the action.
Cold but affectionate, his wit and brave, and always in the most distress LLC, also can always encounter a romantic love. Successive 007 is big handsome boy, coupled with the sexy and beautiful bond girl, as well as engaging storyline, let the film until today will still be people to love. In 007, the first 007 film was broadcast on October 5, 007 film series is popular all over the world, until today, after more than 50 years of rability.

『捌』 看英国电影《007》的观后感

《007：大破量子危机》观后感

2008年11月5日10：30，参加了晚报组织的《007：大破量子危机》电影评审团，免费观看了《007：大破量子危机》（35元一张电影票）。
故事讲述的是：恋人维斯帕的死，在詹姆斯·邦德（丹尼尔·克雷格）心中萦绕不去。为了穷究真相，揪出幕后黑手，替维斯帕报仇雪恨，邦德和老上级M女士（朱迪·丹奇）联手审讯险些逃脱的怀特，却由此得知敌手网络遍及四处，远比想象中更为复杂阴险！
一张银行支票、一桩暗杀和鉴证部门的调查，将英国军情六处的目光引向了加勒比海岸。据情报，某神秘犯罪组织在海地银行开设帐户，其中诡异甚至牵涉到军情六处中的内鬼。已初现大将之风的邦德，被派前往海地。然而，在带走死者留下的手提箱时，007却险些阴沟里翻船，成为美女卡米耶（欧嘉·柯瑞兰寇）的枪下冤魂。不过这次险情并没有白费，通过卡米耶，邦德认识了一个叫多米尼克·格瑞（马修·阿马里克）的神秘商人，案件终于有了些眉目。
辗转奥地利、意大利和南美，邦德逐渐摸清了对手的底细。格瑞不但是个谨慎冷血的财团巨鳄，还暗地操纵英美情报内部的隐线，串通中东产油国的反叛组织首领，以支持对方夺权作为交换，全面控制该国的土地和自然资源。
为复仇穷追猛打不择手段的邦德，很快便招致美国中情局不满，惹起外交风波，军情六处女特工菲尔德（杰玛·阿特登）因此受命护送他返英。然而一夜风流之后，菲尔德却被害惨死，邦德备受打击。前有罪恶财团垄断阴谋，后有中情局蓄意挡路，就连上级命令也成了绊脚石，一心复仇的邦德只得和神秘的卡米耶联手，赶在各方势力插手之前，用非常手段粉碎格瑞的阴谋，为惨死爱人雪恨……
在一个半小时的影片观看中，飞刀看到了不亚于成龙影片的打斗场面，新版007演员不苟言笑的酷样、壮硕的肌肉，令人屏住呼吸的山路飙车，激烈的海上赛艇，枪林弹雨中的穿梭厮杀，惊心动魄的飞檐走壁，令人目眩的空中追逐，火光漫天、爆炸四起中的格斗与营救……一幕比一幕精彩、刺激！
影片甫一开场，映入眼帘的就是疯狂的轿车追逐，在窄小而过往车辆众多的隧道里，几辆轿车疾驰着紧紧跟着007的坐驾，并且频频开枪射击。撞车冒出的火花，扣人心弦的超车场面，让人惊心动魄的撞车场景，动感的冲锋枪扫射的立体音响。让观众一开始就把心提到嗓子眼儿了，眼球紧紧盯着刺激骇人的追逐枪战画面。事后飞刀通过网上查询得知，为了这场追逐枪战戏，两个替身演员在车祸中受伤，其中一名还是重伤。007和对手高空蹦跳、飞檐走壁以及脚手架打斗的场面丝毫不亚于功夫巨星成龙。跳跃的惊险动作一个接一个，在高楼间急速飞奔。脚手架上的拼打更是紧扣观众心弦，危险动作迭出，而且相当逼真，让观众不禁为演员这么卖命的演出担心。事后，飞刀通过网络查询得知，007的饰演者丹尼尔-克雷格以5000万美元（约3.7亿人民币）接下《007：量子危机》等余下3部007新片，身价暴涨5倍以上，成为“身价飙升最快的邦德”。不过他赚的全是血汗钱，片中亲自跳楼、飞车、飙船，每次拍片都弄得全身是伤，目前他还吊着受伤的手臂到处宣传新片，相当卖命。 为了《皇家赌场》和《量子危机》，克雷格与健身教练连续对掐了三年，这种可怕训练还将继续持续下去，据说他为了让肌肉扩散式飙长，曾一度只吃蛋白质粉，每天器械练习4小时。尼尔-克雷格在拍《皇家赌场》时受伤严重，折断过肋骨，扭伤过脚。这次拍《量子危机》，他先是被一名演员踢到了脸，到医院缝了8针；然后是拍一场动作戏时从高空落下跌伤了手臂，幸运的是那是全片最后几场戏，当时他忍痛拍完了所有的戏，然后我到医院做了手术。
看完了以上介绍，我们知道片中的许多追逐打斗镜头都是真实的，而不是全靠电脑特技制作的。主演连拍3部007系列影片挣了3.7亿元人民币的高额收入，但也是以伤痕累累为代价换来的。
通观全部影片，《007：大破量子危机》给人更多的真实感，拳拳到肉的格斗，高空悬垂的厮打，尤其是隧道内外的飙车追逐枪战,都是惊险而逼真的场面，看的人如临其境。不愧007系列影片的最新之作。实在是一部富有激情和个性的动作惊悚影片。

『玖』 急求007黄金眼的英文影评

Much had changed for James Bond since Sean Connery first took the role in 1962. The series had taken a turn for the worse in the seventies, when five films were made but zero good ones were. Still, the public was willing to grant Bond limitless amnesty that decade, even as his escapades grew less and less exciting and more and more campy with each new film. The 70s came and went, ushering in the 80s, which kicked off well with 1981's "For Your Eyes Only." However, it went all downhill from there as the public finally stopped tolerating the bad movies and his popularity tanked in favor of superior competition. Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger became mega stars ring that time, and the emergence Indiana Jones was making Bond look ll and decrepit by comparison. Tim Burton's summer sweep of the cinemas with "Batman" in 1989 exacerbated Bond's woes, and when legal disputes arose between the proction company and the studio shortly thereafter, it appeared that Bond had finally died his horrible but well deserved death.

When the legal issues were finally put to rest in 1994, it was announced that another Bond film was going to be made, but not with erstwhile incumbent Timothy Dalton. Pierce Brosnan was given the role after being forced to reject it in the late eighties, and proction began. The success of the film was crucial. If it lacked spark or came across as campy, it was likely that Bond would be finished forever. With the stakes in mind, the Broccoli family (the Bond procers) hired an all-new creative team and set to work re-establishing 007 in a new era.

I knew none of that when I first saw the film in 1999. It was my introction to the world of James Bond, and was a truly an exceptional first handshake. Knowing what I know now, and seeing the Bond films I have seen now, I still find it as worthwhile as I did then, and I am forever thankful that it was made well enough to not only resuscitate Bond, but propel him into the nineties with the momentum of a blazing fastball.

The film opens in the eighties, ironically, with a scene depicting the Bond and Agent 006, real name Alec Trevelyan, being detected inside a Soviet chemical weapons factory. This section also introces the character of Ourumov (Gottfried John), who murders Alec seemingly on a whim.

Nine years later, Bond meets an appealing young lady (Famke Janssen) while driving...make that playfully racing, near Monte Carlo. Suspicious, he follows her to a nearby casino where he finds out that her name is Xenia Onatopp and she carries ties to the Janus crime syndicate in St. Petersburg. He chases Xenia when he suspects an imminent crime, but is not in time to avert her theft of the Tiger--a helicopter that is hardened to all forms of electronic interference.

Back at MI-6 headquarters, the Tiger is spotted via satellite at Russian satellite control facility, and it soon becomes obvious that the copter is merely part of a grander scheme to steal a scary satellite weapon called GoldenEye. What it does can be described with words, but not with as much clarity as seeing it in the movie (there are lapses in the visuals here, but the sight is so impressive that they hardly matter). Bond then departs for St. Petersburg to find the Janus head man (Sean Bean) and stop him from using GoldenEye on a more vulnerable target. Much mystery surrounds the identity of Janus, but it is in the trailer and I suspect most people know it by now.

There are several reasons that "GoldenEye" is the best Bond film made in many, many years. The first is the tone, which has ushered out all of the giddy goofiness of Roger Moore's films and assumed one reminiscent of the earliest Bond films. The sets, the camera work and the dialogue all come across as subtle, subconscious reminders of why Bond became so beloved to begin with.

I always felt there were two major problems with the Bonds of the seventies and eighties. The first is the inane tone (exception: "For Your Eyes Only,"), a point I am driving into the ground. With the same exception, they also featured uniformly unexciting (read it: bad) action plus horrendous acting. There are light moments in "GoldenEye," as there should be, but the correct tone is never compromised.

The only problem is that there is a little too much padding in the middle. The story is well told, although there is a meeting with Bond and Valentin Zukovsky (reprised by Robbie Coltrane in "The World is Not Enough") that has no significance to the advancement of the story. It is unnecessary and causes the film to drag some. After Bond meets Janus, though, prepare for the film to take off, as there will be little rest from there on out.

Just like in the early Bonds, the acting transcends the genre. Pierce Brosnan is the clear focal point, and is mostly successful. He seems too reserved at times, as if he is a little timid at acting his best for fear it might look bad. He does not lack charm, though, because there is something about Pierce that makes him the ultimate ladies man on screen and off.

More successful is Sean Bean as James's opponent. Bean brings cold, subtle intensity to the role that shows off the acting skills that got him cast in "The Fellowship of the Ring." General Ourumov, who is in bed with Janus, provides a second bad guy. Gottfried John portrays him as a demonstrative brute, and his style provides a fine foil to Bean's controlled anger. Alan Cumming plays an evil computer nerd who provides most the light moments I referred to earlier. Fellow X-Man Famke Janssen's character is downright demented, and will not be forgotten easily.

My friends, I have just explained why "GoldenEye" is a most superior Bond film that brought Agent 007 back from the dead and won over a new generation of fans. The best way I can think of to conclude this review is to comment on the film's conclusion. At one point it involves a brawl between Bond and Janus (who is referred to by his real name by that time) that buries just about every other one in the series. While it does quite not take the gold from the fistfight that opens "Thunderball," is does serve as a final reminder that Bond is indeed back, and that he is once again a force best not ignored.

Die Another Day (2002)