Watched it years ago, and all I really remember at this point is the end. You know the scene.

Emmett and I have been working through the James Bond ouevre and after watching all the Sean Connerys in order I decided to jump around a bit and got the best (in my opinion) of the Moore and Brosnan Bonds.

It's easy to pick up old VHS copies at Amoeba for $2 so I grabbed The Spy Who Loved Me and Goldeneye. I thought I'd ease Emmett back to the goofiness of the Roger Moore era slowly, so we watched Pierce Brosnan first.

Goldeneye has a lot going for it. Great opening stunt (the bungee jump off the dam), kickass antagonist (Sean Bean), one of the all time great Bond villains (Xenia Onatop! God, I love Famke), a competent, active, credible, helpful Bond girl, old school Q, new school M (Judi). And most importantly for Emmett's entertainment: James Bond driving a tank over cars and through bridges on city streets.

It was fun to watch his reaction unfold, from Emmett urging Bond to "just take the tank" to his "Whoa! Yeah!" when the tank burst through the brick wall.

Also, the villainous plot was to use an EMP to wipe out the financial records in London causing a "global financial crisis."

I turned to Emmett and said, "We had one of those just last year and we didn't need an Electro Magnetic Impulse or a dominatrix villain with evil powered thighs."

You know, I'm tempted to buy an old Mercedes diesel. Just because it'd be cool to have a car that's immune to the effects of an EMP.

I think that Goldeneye was the first thing I'd ever seen Alan Cumming in--he was excellent as the weaselly computer geek.

You should give The Living Daylights another try. At the very least, it makes a nice palate-cleaner after final few really horrible Roger Moore films.

Hec, We used to have Burritos and Bond as a Sunday tradition for a while.

I think that Goldeneye was the first thing I'd ever seen Alan Cumming in

Ha! I forgot that was the other thing about watching the movie with Emmett.

Emmett: [seeing Alan Cumming] "Hey, that's Floop!" [from Spy Kids]

The rest of the movie was me going: "That's the guy who plays Hagrid. That's Boromir."

I do this a lot when I'm flipping through the channels, translating actors into his viewing experience.

Very funny when watching old Merchant Ivory movies. "That's McGonnigle, and that's Bellatrix." "What? That's Bellatrix?" "Yeah, and that's Trelawney back when she was married to Gilderoy Lockhart." "Huh." "Okay, and that woman was married to the guy who was Batman's mentor and was also Qi Gon in Phantom Menance. But she died. Very sad."

Blow Dry has been running on the cable movie channels and I can't wait to say, "That's Snape."

You should give The Living Daylights another try.

Will do.

Hec, We used to have Burritos and Bond as a Sunday tradition for a while.

When I moved to Boston in the mid-80s the Harvard Rep Cinema used to have Bond double features regularly on their schedule. This was back in the pre-VCR days (well, they existed but weren't that widespread yet), and they always had packed houses. It was a blast.

I loved Sean Bean in GoldenEye. It's one of my favourites of his roles.