Goldeneye

Was the James Bond flick, Goldeneye, a good movie or is our perception of that film skewed by the fact that it spawned one of the greatest video games of our youth and possibly all-time?  The incredible Nintendo 64 game was the staple of my and a lot of people's youth and was basically the first mainstream game that allowed you to run around and shoot your friend in the face (unless someone cheated and played as Oddjob, that little bastard was impossible to hit).  That game wasted a lot of afternoons that could have been spent outside running around getting fresh air, but we didn't care, it was too much fun to play on "Golden Gun Mode" and kill your buddy while laughing your ass off.

However, has anyone watched the movie recently?  I saw it when it came out and probably liked it, but when the game came out, I'm fairly sure playing that game somehow made the movie even greater in my mind.  The reality is that that movie is actually pretty average.  While it was a definite improvement from the previous Timothy Dalton flick and certainly better than any of the other Pierce Bronson flicks, it still wasn't that good.  It certainly had a good villain in 006 and Famke Janssen's character was sexy awesome, but it still lacked compared to any of Sean Connery's movies.  Go back and watch it and tell me if you are not somewhat disappointed especially compared to the new Daniel Craig movies, or at least compared to Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace was pretty stupid.

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