Die Another Day (James Bond) [Blu-ray]

Die Another Day (James Bond) [Blu-ray]
by Lee Tamahori

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Actor: Halle Berry, Pierce Brosnan
Director: Lee Tamahori
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); German (Original Language); Icelandic (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); Korean (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 127 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-10-21
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Fox/MGM

DVD Reviews of Die Another Day (James Bond) [Blu-ray]

DVD Review: Die Another Day - Blu-ray Info
Summary: 4 Stars

Version: U.S.A / Region A
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 2:12:34
Movie size: 27,11 GB
Disc size: 39,61 GB
Total bit rate: 27.27 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 21.94 Mbps
Number of chapters: 32

DTS-HD Master Audio English 2335 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 2419kbps (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 1536kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio French 448 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 448kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 224 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 224kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 224 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 224kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 224 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 224kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbps

Subtitles: English SDH / French / Spanish

#"The Complete Special Features Library: Mission Dossier" - Audio Commentary Featuring Director Lee Tamahori and Producer Michael G. Wilson
#Audio Commentary Featuring Pierce Brosnan and Rosamund Pike
#"Declassified: M16 Vault" - From Script to Screen
#Shaken and Stirred on Ice
#Just Another Day
#The British Touch: Bond Arrives in London
#On Location With Peter Lamont
#"007 Mission Control" Interactive Guide Into the World of Die Another Day
#MI6 DataStream
#Additional DVD-ROM Features Available!
#Madonna's "Die Another Day" Music Video
#"Ministry of Propaganda" Photo gallery

DVD Review: For people curious about the BLURAY version
Summary: 2 Stars

First off I had to do a firmware upgrade just to play the movie.
Two stars given because the movie is so good.
I would give it one for the bluray disc.
There isnt one scene minus the opening titles that stands out clearity.
I had high hopes for this bluray.
MGM usually has a fantastic bluray disc. Just look at "FROM HELL".
This IS NOT a crystal clear picture.
This looks as good as any other dvd copy.
There is black static throughout. You can notice it in the background. Its the actual copy of the film. This wasnt remastered for bluray.
I am a huge supporter of blu but when a movie comes out and its a waste of your money I will review, I.E. The Italian Job remake. HORRIBLE.
Like I said. No need to spend money on this double dip. It is not a crystal clear version.

DVD Review: Spy Thriller
Summary: 4 Stars

A real treat for James Bond Fans. Pierce Brosnan portrays a very
believeable international santioned assain whose top secret mission
is sabatoged and he is stripped of his 00 status. The story line unfolds
with typical Flemming plot line; a must see film.

DVD Review: Earliest DVD Editions of this Film? Forget 'em.
Summary: 3 Stars

I try and be as positive and optomistic as I can, so I start on to the good news, and then on to the bad.

THE GOOD: I loved the Christ/Resurrection sub-themes of "D.A.D." intensely. The title itself hints at this broadly. In the prisoner exchange, and for the next 15-odd minutes, Bond's "second life" is quite revealing: the long hair and beard; his tortured body, looking as if he'd been scourged--quite literally, too; the Christ-like dignity of Bond's bearing--heading for even greater sacrifices for the Free World's sins; resurrection/back to life, after a meditation-induced heart attack; and occasionally Pierce holding his body in cruciform poses.

And the spy-bosses acting in (false) judgement, just like Grand Rabbi/Priest Caiaphas and Procurator Pilate. Those would be "M", Falco, and old General Moon.

There are even (Anti-)Christ resurrections amongst the bad guys. Zao and young Moon possibly died, albeit temporarily and then their bodies gutted by DNA therapy, to come back (resurrect), in new identities.

And even a Judas, too, in Ms. Frost.

These sub-theme elements, and other sub-theme elements of increasing sophistication--most notably from Brosnan onwards--is precisely what injects new life into The Bond Franchise, just when I'd thought that the franchise, HAD "died another day"!!

THE BAD: I know it's not my DVD players, but the Comprehensive Audio Track for my particlar (early?) edition was poorly mastered. Dialogue drop-offs; Music Track obscuring dialogue and Sound FX Track at times; Music Track dropping off for Dialogue; Sound FX Track going quiet for the Music Track; and the great bark of Bond's new souped-up Walther sounding more like a 0.22 or pellet pistol! This reason alone, is why I only rate this Three Stars. The Sound Mastering on all the other 19 Bond Title DVD's is perfect, as far as I know. I trust that the Comprehensive Audio Track has been comprehensively Remastered for subsequent DVD and Blu-Ray Editions of "D.A.D.".

DVD Review: A clipshow
Summary: 5 Stars

Die Another Day consists of a reworking of plot elements and ideas from most, if not all, of the previous 19 Bond films. Where something appears which is new to Bond, it is certainly not new to the action genre of the last 10 years. In short, the producers and writers were out of ideas and the best they could do is string together a number of climaxes with a Bond-shaped piece of string. It is also a movie of two halves, and halftime is the point where Bond returns to England. Up until that point, the narrative and the action are reasonable enough (for a join-the-dots adventure story). Then we move into the theatre of the absurd, commencing with the parachute arrival of our main villain. It is a measure of how convincing this character was that I was instantly calling him "Lord Flashheart" when he appeared. Most of the story is downhill from there, from the "invisible" car to the absurd way Miranda Frost jumps into bed with Pierce Brosnan to protect their cover to the shenanigans aboard the plane at the movie's (eventual) climax of climaxes.

Description of Die Another Day (James Bond) [Blu-ray]

When his top-secret mission is sabotaged, James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) finds himself captured by theenemy, abandoned by MI6 and stripped of his 00-license. Determined to get revenge, Bond goes head-to-head with a sultry spy (Oscar?(r) winner* Halle Berry), a frosty agent (Rosamund Pike) anda shadowy billionaire (Toby Stephens) whose business is diamonds but whose secret is a diabolical weapon that could bring the world to its knees! Bristling with excitement and bursting with explosivespecial effects, Die Another Day is an adrenaline-pumping thrill-ride with "stunts and non-stop action [that] will astonish you" (Jeffrey Lyons, WNBC-TV)! *2001: Actress, Monster'sBall

The 20th James Bond adventure, Die Another Day succeeds on three important fronts: it avoids comparison to Austin Powers by keeping its cheesy humor in check, allows Halle Berry to be sexy and worthy of a spinoff franchise, and keeps pace with the technical wizardry that modern action films demand. Pierce Brosnan's got style and staying power as James Bond, now bearing little resemblance to Ian Fleming's original British super-spy, but able to hold his own at the box office. He's paired with American agent Jinx (Berry) in chasing a genetically altered North Korean villain (Rick Yune) armed with a satellite capable of destroying just about anything. John Cleese and Judi Dench reprise their recurring roles (as "Q" and "M," respectively); they're accompanied by weapons-laden sports cars, a hokey cameo by Madonna (who sings the techno-pulsed theme song), and enough double-entendres to keep Bond-philes adequately shaken and stirred. With clever nods to 007's cinematic legacy, Die Another Day makes you welcome the familiar end-credits promise: James Bond will return. --Jeff Shannon

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