Watched SPECTRE on Blu-Ray at a friend's house last week and was bored witless. My pal fell asleep through it, which surely says a lot about the state of the JAMES BOND movies these days. I still can't quite make up my mind about DANIEL CRAIG. He's good in the fight scenes, but lacks the suaveness and sophistication that SEAN CONNERY, ROGER MOORE, and PIERCE BROSNAN brought to the role. He's also clearly not tall enough to play 007, which means he'd certainly never have got the part if CUBBY BROCCOLI had still been alive. Cubby had a thing about the actor physically embodying the role, so they had to be around 6' 1", 6' 2".
And what's with the cocky walk and the standing with his legs four feet apart that Craig does? His predecessors had a confident stride, whereas Craig swaggers like a playground bully. And why in blazes he was wearing a suit that looked at least two sizes too small in Spectre I'll never know. He was given short shrift when it was first annouced he'd been awarded the part of Bond, due to the fact he wore a life-jacket on a trip up the Thames. "What a wimp," cried his critics, "James Bond would never wear a life-jacket!" Funny that the group of Royal Marines who were with him and also wearing life-jackets escaped such comments. Or maybe not - after all, who's going to call a Royal Marine a wimp? (Outside of someone with a death-wish or who likes hospital food I mean.)
However, it must be admitted that Craig's three Bond movies after CASINO ROYALE failed to live up to it. SKYFALL was a hit because of the sense of expectation for Bond's 50th year, but after its action-packed pre-credits sequence, it was a bit of a yawn, let's be honest. The fans deserve better.
So is it time for a new actor to play 007? Someone who's tall, handsome, sophisticated and who doesn't look out of place in a tux? Well, modesty prevents me from recommending myself for the part, but Craig's time may well be coming to an end. Who do you think should be the next Bond... James Bond? You know where the comments section is, Criv-ites chums.
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| This guy'd make a great Bond - even with his invisible Walther PPK (or PPK/S) |
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| "Bond... Kid Bond." (Probably more a case of "Bond? Who are you trying to kid?") |