007: Goldeneye (1995) Reaction & Review! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

[@paavampatti]

Absolute respect for Martin Campbell for reviving Bond TWICE! Golden Eye and Casino Royale are my 2 favourite Bond films.

[@zacharylewis2802]

There’s already rumors that he’s coming back for Bond 26.

[@jp3813]

He also revived Zorro, but then made a bad sequel.

[@chrisashley5206]

Goldeneye is the best and Isabelle is by far the prettiest bond girl

[@McPh1741]

Growing up in the 80’s, I remember Pierce from a TV show called “Remington Steele”. This came out when I was in high school and It was cool to see him as James Bond. Sean Bean is great as usual.

[@MicksKicks-]

Sean's always great before he gets killed 😁😁

[@BobBilheimer]

Same here. I was excited about seeing him play James Bond. Didn’t turn out as great as I’d like, but it wasn’t bad.

[@DurkMcGerk]

This might be apocryphal but I had heard that Remington Steele was the reason he didn't play bond earlier and why Dalton was cast instead. The RS producers wouldn't let Brosnan out of his contract to play Bond.

[@3DJapan]

Remington Steele was cool too.

[@civlwrbuf]

When he was on Inside the Actors Studio, he said he was approached for Bond for The Living Daylights after Steele ending. (I had a big crush on Steele's Stephanie Zimbalist, btw). He felt he wasn't ready and a little fearful of it . But by 94, he felt he was ready. Remember going back and forth between Tv and film was not done in those days. You were either a tv star or a movie star.

[@yamikage8826]

Joe Don Baker who plays Jack Wade (the CIA Officer) also played Brad Whitaker in The Living Daylights (1987). Natalya Simonova is played by the swedish actress Izabella Scorupco.

[@Captain_McClutch]

The satellite was actually the Arecibo observatory, it has actually recently collapsed irl! I always love seeing people find out the twist in these movies, I watched them as a kid and have seen them so much I can't even remember what my first reaction was.

[@zmarko]

There is video of the collapse on KZbin if Shan is interested in seeing it. It's quite sad, really.

[@matta5498]

The biggest thing I didn't like about this movie was the Arecibo explosion. What were they storing in that thing, fuel?, explosives?

[@danger2bananas]

Also seen in contact

[@MikeWilsonBarrett]

It's been temp closed. Plans to rebuild are in the works.

[@ajivins1]

I blame Mulder and Scully!

[@yotornadoyo]

Got the N64 game when I was 8. Played multiplayer with my friends for years, sometimes the whole neighbourhood was at my house to play. Then a couple of years later I saw the movie in a video store and bought the VHS. Was fascinated that they had made a movie about the game and had included so many levels from the game. 8)

[@robertmolton6761]

I did the same with my friends growing up. I think almost everyone played this at one time or another, the game is iconic. Also, I think everyone remembers the unwritten rule, Oddjob is forbidden.

[@mokane86]

@@robertmolton6761 also where the crime of "screen watching" really took off as a thing. Jaws is a good choice against Oddjob since your natural center aim will be close to his head level while theirs will be into your crotch basically. 😂

[@robertmolton6761]

@@mokane86 I always kicked ass with Boris because he was skinny and hard to hit. I would always piss people off by killing them and exclaiming "I am Invincible!" 😆

[@3DJapan]

I've never actually played the game. Never had an N64. I was all Sony and Sega at the time.

LOL.

[@Lambofgod2316]

When the tank busts through the wall with the bond theme, my favorite part of the movie and any bond movie.

[@trevf3517]

Great reaction Shan!!! Izabella Scorupco wasn't really mentioned much, she was one of the better Bond Girls IMO, also that scene of her walking up the beach to Bond with the Sunset is just beyond beauty, had a crush on her ever since!

[@oak8194]

And you’ve just entered my personal best Bond era! XD I love Pierce as Bond so much. He really has the looks and the charisma as well as the playboy side befitting a super spy! Also, Goldeneye has one of the best intro ever!

[@leslauner5062]

The flaming train hitting the tank was actually done in miniature by the late, great Derrek Meddings(This was his last film). He did miniature special effect on nearly all the James Bond films....and also did the Krypton city in "Superman The Movie."

[@Texy88]

Derek also did work on Gerry Anderson’s SuperMarionation TV programmes such as “Thunderbirds”, “Stingray” and “Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons”.

[@agentintellect1861]

"It's not like you didn't see her coming." Holy crap, that was a double entendre for the ages.

[@raviamodernepic]

My first Bond movie ❤ nostalgia will always make this my favorite

[@rew_mate]

Me too! What a great movie to introduce us to the franchise!

[@XavierXSims]

Honestly, this was my first James Bond and Pierce Brosnan killed it. Total bada$$ and a great way to be introduced to the actor (aside from playing one of the later 007 games at the time and watching him in Mrs. Doubtfire). As for GoldenEye, it's another one of my favorite Bond films of all time. It also introduced me further to the composer behind the film, Eric Serra who I would later say that he heavily inspired me to get into doing film scores of my own and would reference his work quite often. I am a huge fan of his work, especially his collaborations with Luc Besson, but his work on GoldenEye (regardless of what some people say otherwise about the soundtrack) is the pinnacle of his work to me or the triumph of his work, and I love it.

[@michaelceraso1977]

yea this is one fun BOND and Isabella Scorupco is a gorgeous lady, Shes from Polnd but model in Sweden, she didnt do many films but this and one with Chris O'Donell called Vertical Limit is a great thriller in the high MOuntains

[@bondrafabaond]

I found it back on 1995, after 6 years waiting 007´s return, a very dissapointed film tht it didn´t live up my expectation. Some actions scenes are so over the top tha it break my suspension of disbilief, like Bond catching the falling plane(Made with a very cheesey special effects) that it does not resist comparition withe the dan scene(Tha it didn´t need cheessey special effects because it was REAL). Things like casting Sean Bean who was an looked a man on his mid 30´s playin on 1995 playing a character who were a child at the end of World War II or the soviet chemical plant changing its location from the botton of a dan to the top of a mountain range proves that the creator of this film were so unconcerned about coherency and raccord as Ed Wood when he filmed his terrible movies.

[@civlwrbuf]

The video game adaptation has also become renown, so I've heard.

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

It's a real radio telescope they modeled the miniature after. Hence you can tell when its actual footage of course. The telescope was the only last year (maybe two years ago?) that finally snapped and fell. I believe it was called Arecibo.

[@bjgandalf69]

You are correct. It was located in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 and Shan should remember seeing it in the film "Contact" that starred Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey and Tom Skerritt based on Carl Sagan's book.

[@Blackflame24]

Yep. The Arecibo Radar Telescope in Puerto Rico. Finally collapsed a couple years ago

[@RichO1701e]

@@Blackflame24 December 2020

[@chrisfofficial]

Martin Campbell is one of the great Bond directors. He revitalised Bond with GoldenEye introducing Pierce Brosnan and later outdid himself doing the same with Casino Royale introducing Daniel Craig. Bravo! 👏 He's also directed some other very enjoyable movies, do check'em out!

[@christhornycroft3686]

I'm surprised they didn't do what they'd done in previous Bond films - sign the director on for more than one movie. The problem with changing directors constantly is that you get wildly different tones. Campbell had the perfect tone for a Brosnan Bond film. Every film since then just got way too carried away with silliness.

[@willfieldsend]

Defo my favourite Bond film. (The N64 game may have been a big influence on my decision). Can’t wait to see what you think!

[@matsv201]

Well.. its my favorite to and I never played it

[@CaioH.]

*7:29** Shan's reaction that makes the scene funniest 🤣😂. This film is timeless.*

[@Paul_1971]

I actually went to the test screening of this, filling out a comment card at the end - was very interesting with temp soundtrack (including the Fugitive & Terminator!), extended scenes & seeing the green screen in a lot of the effects shots (including Sean Bean's death scene, going backwards lying on a glorified skateboard) !

[@BondFreek]

2:30 this is a world record bungee jump. This is the highest bungee jump done from a solid platform. It held the world record for over a decade.

[@johnw8578]

As a fan of Remington Steele (with Brosnan), I was stoked when I FINALLY got to see him as Bond. He was offered it before Dalton but was locked into the contract with Remington Steele (which was then cancelled). I always wondered how the other movies would have been with him in them.

[@victorsos100]

Roger Moore is my favorite Bond but Pierce is 2nd favorite!! Goldeneye N64 was AWESOME!!

[@michaeltunnicliffe4935]

Can't decide if this is my favourite bon film because it is such a good one, or just because it was my first. Either way, this film is iconic and it had THE best Nintendo 64 game to go with it. Between the game and this film, it dominated much of my childhood.

[@CrownlessKing88]

I want to say the giant satellite dish was an actual location. It’s the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. And it’s actually a type of Telescope used to observe celestial bodies. Sadly the structure hanging above it ACTUALLY collapsed a couple of years ago, destroying it.

[@davidmeir9348]

In 1995, the James Bond Franchise was clinically dead. The last Moore film was a decade before (and even then he was clearly too old for the role), and the 2 Timothy Dalton film, while good (especially Licensed to kill) didn't really connect with the audience as they felt he lacked the charm of either Moore or Connery and was too dark. So after he made those 2 films, many Bond fans thought that with the 90's coming and post Die Hard who had changed the face of action films, there was no place for James Bond anymore. And then, came the man who saved the franchise, TWICE, Martin Campbell. Pierce Brosnan was already the choice to replace Moore but he had to refuse because of his ongoing detective serie Remington Steele. This time he was free and accepted the role and and Campbell wisely adapted the character to the 90's, this can also be seen in the action scenes which are more visceral and raw as it was expected post Die Hard. But Brosnan had the suave presence and the charm which most fan expected of the character and in his first movie the role immediately fitted him like a glove. Sadly, the other movies while not too bad (Tomorrow never dies is pretty entertaining) started to get increasingly more over the top until there was a need for another reboot and Campbell came to the rescue again with hands down the best post Connery James Bond movie Casino Royale. A special word for Famke Jansen, Xenia Onatop was an awesome character.

[@kingscorpion7346]

this was the movie that introduced me to Sean Bean. and being familiar with Pierce Brosnan, I always had a feeling he would make a great James Bond, but this was years before it actually happened!

[@sherigrow6480]

Just pointing out that Sean Bean did not die in The Martian. He's also a great antagonist in Patriot Games, with Harrison Ford, if you haven't gotten to that movie yet.

[@Haldurson]

This is actually one of my favorites of all of the Pierce Brosnan Bonds. Speaking as a former IT person, It does have a kind of fantastical/laughable display of hacking, but it is kind of the cliched view of the time. Still, very fun, and a great opening song. And in this, Bond women are no longer simply helpless sex objects.

[@matsv201]

Well they also pit Isabella scorupco as a female programer.. so what can you say

[@dennisanderson8663]

Their hacking was still better than the movie Hackers.

[@garryiglesias4074]

@@dennisanderson8663 Although they had some "informed" references in hackers (the books they talk about are genuine "cult references books" in computer science)...

[@timcliffsmith]

I was 20 when I saw this in the cinema, and since it had been six years, that felt like a long time at that age. At the beginning, when he followed the plane off the edge with the motorbike, the audience cheered.

[@lawrencewestby9229]

If I remember correctly, Pierce Brosnan's name was bandied about as the next Bond near the end of Moore's run but his commitment to the TV show "Remington Steele" kept him from taking the role at the time. Brosnan's late wife, Cassandra Harris, had a role in "For Your Eyes Only" as Lisl, the fake Countess. She passed away a few years prior to "Goldeneye". Goldeneye was the name of Ian Fleming's on Jamaica.

[@spddracer]

I was a huge Bond fan as a kid, so when this came out my Mom took me to see it. My Dad me to see it, I didn't tell my Dad I had already seen it, because I wanted to see it again. He was a bit annoyed, but understood. I think it may have been the last time I was in a theater with my Dad.

[@andychow5509]

That "massive satellite" was actually a radio telescope in Puerto Rico. Unfortunately it broke down rather recently (in 2020 a cable broke and later it partially then completely collapsed). It was built on top of a natural sink-hole, which is why it could be that massive.

[@bryanking1428]

Martin Campbell is a massively underrated director in my opinion.... his films are really pure entertainment. His Zorro films, Edge of Darkness and his other Bond film etc. Love Goldeneye and the theme is awesome too, great mix of memorable characters.

[@justinplayfair4638]

Excited to see you enter the Brosnan era Shan, with arguably his best film in the series! Not fond of the score, but the rest is pretty great. Goldeneye was unfortunately the last film in the series that effects whiz Derek Meddings worked on (he died during production). He joined the series back with Live and Let Die and supervised the miniature work from that film through to Goldeneye. He was also an Oscar winner for Superman The Movie, and also worked on Tim Burton's Batman. The Bond films would continue using sterling miniature effects up till today, but it really was Meddings who set an amazing standard!

[@balansboy]

Awesome. Love your 007 reactions

[@Mlock76]

Another terrific reaction video Shan. Mr. Brosnan was so close to being cast as Bond back in 1986 until NBC required him for one last season of Remington Steele. He first caught Mr. Broccoli's eye in 1981 when Pierce would visit his first wife on the set of For Your Eyes Only. Goldeneye was the name of Ian Fleming's estate in Jamaica where he did most of his writing.

[@KekeElBecko]

Your reactions are brilliant. Laughing at the humour, enjoying the explosions, fantastic observations and appreciation of the cinematography, production, personnel and history of the series 👍👍👍

[@mrbill21]

As always man, Love your Enthusiasm in your Reaction, you are legit real and engaging, Thanks so much!

[@bigneon_glitter]

_Goldeneye_ is pretty much *perfect.* It does everything right. And unique in the Broz run, it's a sharp Le Carre-esque Cold War thriller. Best bit: Bond takes a guy out with a towel and comfortably wipes his brow with it. In 1995, the Bond franchise was dead. No one knew _if_ it could be continued, much less if it could reach the popularity of the Connery/Moore years. It would take a miracle. Brosnan (who'd been fancasted as Bond for a decade) & co pulled it off. And ahead of it's time, the brutal hand-to-hand end fight with 006 is a precursor to the _Bourne_ standard to come.

[@AlterEgo756]

The reboot actually happened with Craig. This is still connected with previous Bonds, with M changing to Judi Dench as a natural progression of time, replacing previous bosses of MI6.

[@christopherleodaniels7203]

You’d mentioned Desmond Llewelyn, but he wasn’t the only Bond crew alum back for a final bow. The late, great model fx genius Derek Meddings gave us his final work - the “real train on fire”, the dish location AKA The Arecibo Observatory, as well as amazing work with the snowy base with the giant dish. Before his work in Moonraker, he’d given us the famous submarine swallowing supertanker in The Spy Who Loved Me. Goldeneye is dedicated to him in the credits.

[@potterj09]

This was one of those movies I remember seeing with my older brother when I was 13 or 14. We weren't super close then or even now, but I think we both remember films like this & catching a train into the city to spend the day hangout out, having lunch & watching a movie. Good memories :)

[@86leewis]

Its my favorite one. Saw it in the theatre but was too young too appreciate it. Played the game and it got me into the films. I started with dr no and went through them all

[@marcbloom7462]

The opening bungie jump and some parts of the jump for the airplane were done practically. They were even more mind blowing on a big screen.

[@ThePolishValsion]

Famke Jennsen was great as Xenia, but so was Izabella Scorupco as Natalia. As a Pole, it makes me happy to see an actress from my country in a Bond movie, and one of the better ones at that.

[@Texy88]

I loved Q’s line about the baguette: “Don’t touch that! That’s my lunch!” 😂

[@cartervandenberg4771]

I can't believe we're almost done the James Bond series! Feels like it wasn't that long ago that you were watching Sean Connery for the first time. Are you planning on watching the Daniel Craig movies too? I know you've already seen some of them but it would still be cool to see what you think of them in comparison to the classic series.

[@007JamesFaith]

"I would be dissapointed if Sean Bean will not die." Sean Bean died twice just to be sure to not being dissapointment.

[@eighthdoctor]

😂

[@david1731048]

I'm sure the trailers probably gave it away at the time, but they really should have taken Sean Bean's name out of the credits to hold the surprise. With his permission, of course.

[@slowerthinker]

IMHO this is easily the best Bond film made since the end of the 1960s. I saw this in the cinema and was grinning all the way through.

[@OuchmakerX]

18:58 Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico (and miniature models for the explosions and raising from under the water scenes). Built in 1963, was the largest single-aperture telescope until 2016. It was decommissioned in mid-2020 when some cables broke, and was in the news in late 2020 when the telescope partially collapsed before a controlled demolition.

[@matsv201]

"Decomisioned".. I think the did a reenacment of a bond movie

[@williamjackson6705]

Possibly My favorite of the Bond Films. I had seen Brosnan in Remington Steele. In the premiere episode as he makes first appearance on screen, my sister & I looked at each other & said " James Bond ". So glad that he finally got the role. This was supposed to be Timothy Dalton`s third Bond film but he resigned due to contract disputes.They wanted him to sign on for than one more film & Dalton didn`t want to. Glad you liked this.

[@ctmdarkonestm]

Some of the backgrounds for the tank chase were shot in St Petersburg, making it the first bond movie to have any filming done in Russia

[@ItsDoctorAmatic]

Really great coincidence you have the same watch! GoldenEye was the Bond movie of my childhood/youth and is to date my favorite.

[@matsv201]

The radio telescope in the end of the movie was destroyed in 2020, the intresting thing is that it was destroyed about the same way as it was in the movie... and not only that, there is video of it. Its called Arecibo Observatory..

[@renekauts8323]

I heard the scientists there were so tired... Searched for 50 years of extraterrestrial life and could not find it... So they blew the whole thing up...

[@SlyRy]

Nice reaction Shan. I love Goldeneye, top ten Bond for me. It re-energizes Bond and I really appreciate that it swings back to a more traditional formula after License to Kill's, eh, take. Goldeneye performed better at the box office too. It has that special blend and it works here even for a post-Cold War 90s era. I actually love Eric Serra’s weird and sometimes chilling score especially when Xenia (~"Zeen-ee-ya") hunts down Natalia in the kitchen it almost sounds like Terminator. Then later Campbell, Serra, and the cast stage one of the more intense moments in the series all because of Boris’ erratic pen clicking, lol. The hand to hand combat match with Alec while his plan is foiled is classic stuff. Brosnan is great here too but I don’t think he fully comes into his own until the next entry which for me is another top ten Bond movie. Looking forward to that reaction too.

[@XavierXSims]

I agree with you, SlyRy, on everything you said from top to bottom. Especially since Serra's soundtrack to me is what got me further into his work and revisiting at least one of the films he did with Luc Besson (The Fifth Element), and then find out later on that some of the same cues sound like one another. Leon The Professional is the prime example to this (even though that film came out the year before GoldenEye did), but also The Fifth Element is just as guilty of it as well but I'm sure some people found out about it already when listening to either soundtracks to those films.

[@garryiglesias4074]

@@XavierXSims Taberouaiche... Des fans d'Eric Serra tout excités... :)

[@Joe-gb3lu]

From your reactions, I would definitely say that was one of your top favorite Bond films. Such joy in your face so many times.

[@derworfnet]

Llewelyn wasn't quite the last vestige of classic Bond at this point. Production Designer Peter Lamont, who took over from Ken Adam with "For your eyes only" (and has been with the franchise in some fashion since "Goldfinger") would stick with Bond until his retirement in 2006. Michael G. Wilson is _still_ around as a Producer. Also, "Goldeneye" was the final movie for Special Effects Designer Derek Meddings who has previously worked on "The Spy who loved me" and "Moonraker" (being nomiated for an Academy Award for the latter). Maurice Binder sadly passed away in 1991. With the exception of "Quantum of Solace", every Title Sequence since 1995 has been designed by his successor Daniel Kleinman. And expect more "Bondian" Scores for the next movies. Although I'm one of the few who actually kind of likes Eric Serras' Score for this one. Overall, this Movie is among my top three Bond-Movies. Great debut for Brosnan and Dench, great Action Scenes and Stunts, a Great Villain with memorable Henchmen/women, one of the best Bondgirls. And like the best Bond-Movies, it strikes a happy middle ground between the fantastical and the realistic, the outlandish and the gritty.

[@andyastrand]

My favourite modern bond, great dialog, great sharp interplay between Bond, M and Moneypenny, some of the stunts were overly gimmicky and some of the scenes aren't quite right, but it is really good. Also has the best ever briefing, "find Goldeneye, find out who took it, what they plan to do with it, and stop it", really cements the double-O's as the fire and forget weapon of the intelligence community and how you use them like a carrier group.

[@Polymathically]

This was my first Bond movie. I watched it in a theater in Eugene, Oregon during Thanksgiving. 1995 doesn't feel that long ago...

[@kojiattwood]

Random watch fact, since you recognized the Seamaster; when Brosnan played Thomas Crown they had him wear a JLC Reverso, but had to blur out the name because he was still under contract with Omega.

[@biguy617]

I love this theme song. Tina Turner's Golden Eye is one of my favorite Bond songs. Tina is my favorite female singer from the 80s.

[@thewinner7382]

I find the score a bit underrated. It has some really strong parts. Love this movie, it's one of my favourites. Bean is a great villain and both bond girls are top banana.

[@curestarlight3023]

If I was going to introduce the Bond films to a friend, this is the film I'd go with. It has a solid introduction to Brosnan's Bond, threatening villains, really good action scenes, a capable Bond woman, fun gadgets & the over-the-top insanity I love in the Bond films. Plus the one-liners are pretty good.

[@urty24]

This is the best Bond movie of all time. Great humor, great action, and great gadgets all propped up by a great villain and a GREAT bond.

[@soranraina4391]

This introduced a lot of people to a new kind of music in bond films. Almost cybernetic and techno. And the one liners hit the comedy spot on. And subtle reference to older bond films Like Zukovsfky stating "i hear the new M is a Lady." Fun Fact:Goldeneye is the name of the island Ian Flemming owned during his spy years Her name is pronounced Famke (Fom-Kay)

[@StoryOfUsFinalDraft]

That opening scene and music to the next one is my personnel fave

[@pizzaisthebest1493]

Thanks for the great reaction! This is my 2nd favorite Bond film after "Casino Royale." Both films were directed by Martin Campbell.

[@javix2013]

Martin Campbell has become the reboot director of the new stages of Bond, Martin has directed Brosnan's first film and Craig's first with Casino Royale, both were very successful. I hope they call him again for the next Bond film with a new actor so the successful debut of each new stage is not cut short.

[@kylegacy]

Lovely reaction, Shan. I laughed when you said the music was an odd choice for a Bond movie. The story behind the soundtrack is quite an interesting one. You may notice that a lot of the synthy pads and samples sound like they were ripped from Léon: The Professional - that's because Eric Serra scored both films, and used a lot of leftover samples from Léon. The studio really didn't like Serra's synth-heavy score, yet still used quite a bit. Serra had a very frosty relationship with the producers and Campbell. The producers called John Altman literally a week before the film's release to rescore the tank chase scene and make it feel more like a Bond piece, as Serra's score was far too synth-driven, too eccentric. If the producers knew Altman was so quick at scoring, they would've had him rescore the entire film, alas.

[@JDoe-gf5oz]

The saddest part is Serra got Altman blacklisted. Dude was just doing his job.

[@thetechsite9619]

@@JDoe-gf5oz Can you elaborate on that story?

[@thetechsite9619]

I actively hate Serra's score here. It just sounds misplaced and cheap.

[@serpent6827]

This is by far my favorite Bond film of all time and Pierce Brosnan is personally my favorite bond, partly because it was my first introduction to the James Bond universe but I was actually introduced to the N64 game Goldeneye before finding out about the film. That game is considered the first major first person shooter game and is highly revered. The satellite at the end of the film was shot at The Arecibo observatory in Puerto Rico, which fairly recently collapsed. My parents got to go see that telescope and when they asked the tour guide about James Bond, they said they didn't allow the Pierce and Sean to actually fight on the telescope for obvious reasons. Alan Rickman was originally going to be cast as Alec Trevelyan but it ultimately went to Sean Bean because Rickman was tired of being cast as the bad guy.

[@Mortisg187]

We were super pumped about the BMW. I worked in the plant that made the headlamps for the BMW Z3.

[@raviamodernepic]

The z3 and z8 were my favorite cars growing up because of these movies lol

[@FranciscoMagdaraog]

Fun fact: Brosnan’s Bond contract prevented him from wearing a black tuxedo in other films. In The Thomas Crown Affair, he attends a black tie ball but his bow tie is undone, thus he is technically abiding by the contract.

[@larrybremer4930]

The Satellite dish was a real place. It was the Arecibo radio astronomy telescope in Puerto Rico. The location was also heavily showcased in the movie Contact. The telescope recently collapsed due to a structural failure.

[@StillRooneyStarcraft]

Returning to this one, I miss your reactions! Love your cerebral takes. Hope you're doing well!

[@DafyddBrooks]

Shan, this is the movie that started making the Bond movies big money again :)

[@christopheryochum3602]

Brosnan was good as Bond. He had the urbane quality that I liked, not so much the tough-guy mien. Shan, you gotta check out the model they built of the Arecibo dish. Couldn't believe how good it looked, so I had to track it down. An enormous prop, it was so big the water over top of it looked really good. Couldn't believe its size.

[@peadarruane6582]

Favourite product placement was for Perrier water during the tank chase :D

[@nikwalters1029]

This was the first Bond film I saw so it always has a place in my heart, especially since I was almost in middle school. I do remember Brosnan from Remington Steele but it was my first time seeing Bean. Also, I adore this Moneypenny

[@pyro380]

Love how much joy Shan takes in death and destruction. :D

[@EnigmaticPenguin]

This was my jam growing up in the 90's.

[@tropicalcatdetective]

5:20 IIRC the Goldeneye title designer, Daniel Kleinman, (who was actually a storyboard artist and illustrator) got the gig because he had created the motion graphics for Gladys Knight's music video of Licence to Kill. His visuals were very much an homage to Maurice Binder's work, and (arguably) better than what Binder ended up producing for the actual Licence to Kill film. When it came time to do Goldeneye it was kind of a no-brainer for EON to seek him out to see if he would be interested in taking on the title design for their new film. If you look at the LtK music video and then the Goldeneye titles you can see how it is the same guy behind it, with the same kind of compositing and framing arrangements, but still harking back to Binder's iconic work as well. Since then Kleinman has gone on to oversee the 007 title sequences for every film except Quantum of Solace where the director had MK12 handle it instead (since he had worked with them before on a prior movie.)

[@josephrocha3657]

Seeing Boris getting frozen, I figure that is one way for him to chill out

[@mohammedashian8094]

Pierce brosnan did mention that his inspirations for his take on bond are Sean Connery and roger Moore although more so Connery than Moore because when he gave his tribute to Sean at the AFI life achievement award he mentioned that his first movie that was in Technicolor was Goldfinger and that the actor was a Scotsman and the message that it gave him as young proud Irish Celtic kid was nothing short of beautiful and inspirational hence his great performance in goldeneye

[@redfivestandingbye3668]

I agree this film is an absolute blast and also among my top five Bond films. 1. The Spy Who Loved Me 2. On Her Majesties Secret Service 3. License to Kill 4. Goldeneye 5. Skyfall

[@gerardcote8391]

Sean Bean doesn't die in the Sharpe BBC TV series. If you like him as an actor check that series out, well acted great and interesting scripts.

[@nealsterling8151]

We're back to FUN bond movies! TO me Brosnan and Connery are by far the best Bond actors. Brosnan, Connery and Moores Movies are always fun to watch.

[@Angela-bm3lp]

I thought this was the beginning of the Sean Bean dying thing but I could be wrong. As a child of the late 80s and the 90s, this is my James Bond. I also played the N64 Goldenye game. It was my favorite for a long time. While I don't think any Bond movie ages well overall, the nostalgia makes me like all the Pierce Brosnan movies best.

[@Gavrev]

Back in the early eighties the late night show Remmington Steele gave me a glimpse of this guy and I thought to myself (in the midst of Roger Moore era) that he would make an excellent Bond. It took another fifteen years before it came to pass, but I did find out that back at the same time I'd thought on his suitability for Bond, that the producers too had thought this and wanted him for the part back then, but he was tied to the Remmington Steels contract at the time.

[@Panzer4F2]

Skydiving into a crashing aircraft at the beginning was quite a stunt.

[@redviper6805]

I keep losing count of how many clicks Boris made on that grenade pen. Three to arm and another three to disarm

[@JohnSmith-jn7nc]

It is always fun to watch your reactions to Bond films.

[@SirHilaryManfat]

Goldeneye is definitely in the top 5 of Bond movies. All the best tropes of James Bond movies are in this one, and done brilliantly. I like Craig's movies, but they're so far removed from what made Bond movies so great. I had to laugh at your comment at the beginning, "Does Sean Bean die in this one?" .... erm, yes and no!

[@richardvinsen2385]

Michael G Wilson is Cubby Broccoli’s stepson. He and Barbara Broccoli are co-producers on all the current Bond films.

[@bluebear1985]

Nice that they managed to get Pierce Brosnan for the 007 role at this point, although it was a bit later than was originally intended. When Roger Moore was on his way out from the franchise after "A View to a Kill", they wanted Brosnan back then, but the TV show he was starring in at the time, "Remington Steele", had just been renewed for another season, and NBC wasn't exactly eager to let him do any films like these. Thankfully, he did eventually commit, and he did a great job.

[@putinscat1208]

The conversation with him and the woman in the beginning is just weird, and the music sounds like giraffes humping. Then the way Moneypenny just tears into him is like, WTF?! Remember how all the other Bonds entered the series. Pierce enters upside-down in a stall with a guy taking a dump. Watching you laugh at, "she always enjoyed a good squeeze.", made me laugh too.

[@markplott4820]

SHAN - the Radio Telescope is REAL, it's the Aricebo Telescope in Puerto Rico, but a miniature was used for the raising scene. Aricebo is now Decommissioned.

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

The dish is / was Arecibo which was interestingly in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. It was for studying the universe. Sadly it was damaged by a hurricane and eventually simply fell apart.

[@MrWardonis]

This is the best james bond movie ever made

[@SonOfAlma]

there's a reason that GoldenEye is one of the most loved Bond films. it's so good!

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

I never realized it was Jean Grey before. Wow! Now I can't unsee her as Jean. Probably because she obviously didn't play Jean until later.

[@HM-bw7uk]

I like the Pierce brosnan Bond movies. But can you do more 90 s movies in general? They made the most fun movies in the 90s.