Die Another Day

While not the finest of the Pierce Brosnan James Bond movies, Die Another Day did have its high points (most of them involving Toby Stephens chewing on scenery). What it did not have was good CGI, especially in the opening “surfing” sequence that has Bond and pursuers pulling a lot of ridiculous stunts, some of them in front of obviously CGI’d waves. James Bond films often have bad effects – lest we forget the skiing sequences in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – but the surfing scene here was particularly dreadful. No amount of Halle Berry rising from the sea could erase that from my memory.