Plot: Xenia Onatopp steals a Eurocopter Tiger - which is designed to stand an electromagnetic pulse - and uses it to escape when she and General Arkady Ourumov use it to escape when they kill the staff of a bunker in Severnaya and steal the control disc to the Goldeneye satellite weapons. So the new M has sent Bond to stop them with the help of the only survivor from the bunker, Natalya Simonova.
This movie easily puts Pierce Brosnan at a good start with his Bond. While Brosnan is no Connery anymore then the rest of the other Bonds, he fit the bill a lot closer then his predecessors. He was more action packed, he was more charming, and most noticeable to me, had a more younger look too James Bond then most of the other Bonds. Also Judi Dench turns out to become the new M for the franchise and she's starting off to a very strong start too. She's stronger, more strict, and isn't afraid to tell Bond how little tolerance she takes over who he really is. The action to this movie is also great as per usual, though where was an unique, amusing moment where Bond is chasing the bad guys with a tank. And it does have some gadgets to show us while there isn't an awful lot...though why the heck did they introduce the car with Q and actually never really use any of its features? The Bond girls were good for the most part - Natalya did start off as something of a damsel in distress, but she did get better as she was actually helping Bond. Xenia was...weird. Because the unique characteristic about her is that she gets sexual satisfaction from killing and torturing people. Again, that is a unique characteristic to her credit and makes her more memorable as a Bond girl, but...sheesh that woman was nuts. The villains for the most part were not completely memorable except for Sean Bean who I'm starting to wonder why he seems to be a villain in almost everything I've seen of him outside of The Lord of the Rings. Anyway, while his backstory wasn't done too incredibly well, it was something different from most of the other bond films, which is naturally something I often appreciate when it comes to a lot of the villains. Finally, while I don't talk about the title sequences to these films an awful lot, this particular one was awesome! the sang, the visuals, it was just really entertaining.
And that's my review for Goldeneye. It had great action, a great new M, a Bond that's off to a fairly good start, two very good Bond girl even if one is particularly memorable for a very weird reason in my opinion, and it was an enjoyable film altogether
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