The Dark Side of the Moon (Kieran's Works)

Too bad Craig will always remain the worst Bond ever.

Oh well, it's not like we are watching it for the actor anyway. When I watch Bond movies, I only do it for explosions and the general silliness that is their depiction of secret agents' work.

Originally Posted by I3uster

Too bad Craig will always remain the worst Bond ever.

>George Lazenby

Originally Posted by I3uster

Too bad Craig will always remain the worst Bond ever.

Actually, he's apparently closest in portrayal to the actual James Bond - the one from Fleming's books. And I've never had a problem with Craig, myself.

Originally Posted by LeopardBear

>George Lazenby

I tend to put Roger Moore in that category, actually - at the very least, he stayed in the role for far too long. Of course, I rather liked Lazenby's film as a whole (since it has Diana Rigg, natch), so I may be being sentimental.

Originally Posted by Kieran

Actually, he's apparently closest in portrayal to the actual James Bond - the one from Fleming's books. And I've never had a problem with Craig, myself.

Well, yeah, he is kind of closer than the rest of the actors. Still, not many people have actually read the books (I only read five of his books and three of post-Fleming books, all that courtesy of a friend of mine who consistently gifted them to me because it was the only series of books in English he knew about that he could easily find there [with English not being the national language here and stuff], and he knew I like both reading and the whole "Bond" thing), so most people think that Bond shouldn't be "template-like" and ought to have a more defined character with more of his mannerisms, which are actually something that mostly appeared post-Fleming.

But, as I said, Bond movies are best watched for explosions and the general silliness. For the plot itself it's better to get the books, or go even further and get the "Bourne" series (books, that is - movies are kind of "meh" when it comes to that series).

Originally Posted by LeopardBear

>George Lazenby

Even Lazenby had charisma, Daniel Craig only looks like an actor when you put him next to Keanu Reeves/a cardboard cutout/a Sean Connery-shaped rock.

Originally Posted by Kieran

Actually, he's apparently closest in portrayal to the actual James Bond - the one from Fleming's books. And I've never had a problem with Craig, myself.

The thing is though, nobody cares about the books, and I don't mean that as any kind of insult to Fleming's work or the people who read it, but the cultural icon James Bond is shaped through the movies which deviated from the book plots more often than they actually stuck to them.

(So basically fuck the books)

Originally Posted by I3uster

Even Lazenby had charisma, Daniel Craig only looks like an actor when you put him next to Keanu Reeves/a cardboard cutout/a Sean Connery-shaped rock.

I'll have to disagree here. Other than Connery's Bond, he's the most believable of the Bonds. Daniel Craig looks - and acts - like someone who is a little crazy and who would have no qualms killing a room of people if he had to. Stuff that a spy like him would be like considering what being a 00 agent entails. Moore was laughable, I remember little of Lazenby, Dalton had a bit of an edge to him but his movies were bad, and Pierce Brosnan was way too nice to have a "License to Kill".

Also, "Skyfall" was not just a good Bond movie, it was a good movie all around. Best Bond movie in a very long time.