News article:
... Daniel Craig Is the Best James Bond — It’s Not Even Close
Excerpts:
"An appreciation of how the ‘No Time to Die’ star revitalized a decades-old franchise — and gave us the strongest, most vital interpretation of 007 of them all"
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"He was blonde, for starters — that was enough to throw some purists into a tizzy. Stockier, too, with a pugilist’s build, and muscles that looked earned rather than sculpted in a gym. Handsome, but not in a pretty way, with that barroom brawler’s mug of his. Those blue eyes were less suggestive of matinee-idol seductiveness than a subzero temperature, chilling everything right beneath the surface. Unlike many of the previous Agent 007s, his vibe was way more East End than Eton, and the confidence of his movements only emphasized that he was a coil perpetually on the edge of springing. Still, he could do everything that was required for the role: handle a gun, throw a punch, trot the globe, quaff a martini, drive sports cars at high speeds, look good while blowing up an island lair, look great in a tuxedo, convince you he could bed numerous women in a single night and kill a man with his bare hands. There was nothing that suggested that, given the right circumstances and a halfway decent villain to go up against, Daniel Craig couldn’t make for a perfectly capable James Bond."
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"Craig’s flesh-and-bone interpretation not only kept Casino Royale from feeling like a generic action movie coasting on pedigree; it would lay the groundwork for the next four Bond films that came after. The screenwriters, notably series veterans Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, began to tread into territory where the sins of mothers and fathers would keep weighing on sons and daughters. Bond was often a man with an long kill sheet, an endless supply of innunendos and no real past; that would change drastically, and now seems impossible to imagine without Craig gifting 007 with a heart and soul to match the physique. (There are a lot of cracks about Bond’s age in these movies, but Craig is the only Bond who shows up in more states of undress than his female costars, and, regardless of your sexual preferences, it’s extremely easy to see why.)"
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"Now that we can see how his run ends, the achievement is even more impressive. Fleming’s Bond is in there, with his love of queen and country and specifically made martinis and sharp lapels and expensive watches. But by this swan song’s final fade-out, you’re seeing Craig’s Bond up there. He owns him now. With all due respect to Connery, Moore, and everyone who’s had the privilege to be licensed to kill, nobody’s done Bond — the larger-than-life archetype and the man — better."
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Svar från AlienFanatic
den 14 februari 2022 vid 11:25 AM
It's Rolling Stone. Does anyone trust that rag for anything other than a birdcage liner?
Also, it's just one person's opinion. As with most film, it's highly-informed by the age of the reviewer and their life experiences. What's relevant to David Fear isn't necessarily relevant to anyone else. I prefer the cheesier Bond movies that leave the realism and brutality behind, but it's pretty clear from the box office numbers that just as many or more prefer Craig's version. Adjusted for inflation, the Craig movies compete with the Connery films for the top five grossing Bond flix.
Neither camp is right or wrong.
Svar från bratface
den 14 februari 2022 vid 3:02 PM
I much preferred Craig. Grew up with the Connery ones, didn't like any of the Bond movies until Dalton. They were too cheesy/campy for me.
Svar från movie_nazi
den 14 februari 2022 vid 3:40 PM
Although I really have no opinion here nor there I have to say Craig at least physically looks the part. The dude is pretty diesel and looks like he can kick some ass. The absolutely worst in this department was either Pierce Brosnan who looked like a stiff wind could knock him over or Roger Moore who started off looking rather old for the part. For the record I grew up during the Roger Moore era.
Svar från bratface
den 14 februari 2022 vid 3:42 PM
I've always thought Brosnan was too prissy.
Svar från movie_nazi
den 14 februari 2022 vid 3:48 PM
I see that as well but the dude had no muscle tone whatsoever.
Svar från Midi-chlorian_Count
den 14 februari 2022 vid 4:23 PM
Ironic given that this film was basically attempting to copy the Bourne film, which thus served as the prototype of Craig's "Bond" films.
Destroyed an established franchise, with it's formulaic template firmly established but nonetheless giving fans something to look forward to in terms of how the next film would serve up it's classic tropes each time.
And it's creative failure summed up beautifully with its final entry - having to set up it's emotional pay off within the SAME film because nothing had built up to it before and having to kill off your hero because you have nowhere original to take the character bar throwing in some "shock" value.
Exactly the ending Craig's run of films deserved...
Svar från bratface
den 14 februari 2022 vid 4:39 PM
Jason Bourne is a HUGE BORE!
Svar från DRDMovieMusings
den 15 februari 2022 vid 3:03 PM
Bravo!
Svar från bratface
den 15 februari 2022 vid 3:04 PM
HEY!
Svar från DRDMovieMusings
den 15 februari 2022 vid 3:15 PM
I like the witty smarm and charm of an agent who knows a) he's got a licence to kill b) he's essentially dead anyway, so who GAF? c) balances the tension of the intelligence community, creative action, and being a playboy. It's serious and not serious all in one.
As such, to me:
And, hey, my ranking could change if I actually sat down to watch through the Moore years again (though I'm not hopeful: when I was a kid in the mid-late 70s, Bond movies had seemed to descend to the level of made-for-tv movies, I don't remember anyone ever saying they were going to a movie theatre to watch a Bond movie in the time of Jaws and Rocky and Star Wars and Close Encounters, and Kramer vs. Kramer...)
Svar från Adam
den 15 februari 2022 vid 4:13 PM
The Moore campy criticism is absolutely hilarious and I can assure you it doesn't get less brain numbing the more it's repeated. He was funny and had a sense of humour seriously what I so difficult about that to comprehend. And starting off every Bond film even Daniel's with an overdramatic song is already camp.
Svar från Adam
den 15 februari 2022 vid 4:14 PM
The Moore campy criticism is absolutely hilarious and I can assure you it doesn't get less brain numbing the more it's repeated. He was funny and had a sense of humour seriously what is so difficult about that to comprehend? And starting off every Bond film even Daniel's with an overdramatic song is already camp.
Svar från DRDMovieMusings
den 15 februari 2022 vid 4:17 PM
Okay, so, you liked Moore's Bond. Terrific. Enjoy!
Edit: On second thought, let's not pretend the same is often said of Dalton or Craig. There are reasons why it's so oft said of Moore, and NEVER said of the two I just mentioned. You think people were just out to get Moore, the guy who racked up the highest number of titles in the franchise? And, having said that, hey, maybe he was the most popular hence they couldn't keep him around long enough. Wouldn't bother me at all. As I said, it's not impossible that I'd sit through a few of his and come away thinking "wow, that was better than I thought." I'd be okay with that.
Svar från Adam
den 15 februari 2022 vid 4:33 PM
Connery fought and was almost bested in a fight with an elderly woman in a heavy knife shoe, Dalton lost to a petite female ninja and Craig pretended to have had sex with men to act tough in front of Silva in Skyfall so the answer to question is yes the Bonds you mentioned were in zany yarns without Rogers's help.
Svar från DRDMovieMusings
den 15 februari 2022 vid 5:01 PM
When you're on point, you're on point, and I've no problem so saying. Never have.
Bravo!