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[danslittlefinger]

Came across this article from Nov 08. Quite an interesting read.
http://www.guardian....antum-of-solace

[Germanlady]

Nice to see, DC has caught up

[Double-Oh Agent]

I think Daniel Craig gave the best Bond debut performance ever in Casino Royale. However, I still don't think he's the best James Bond. So I approve, he's just not my favorite (#4 actually). Craig is great, but so are all the other 007s.

Quantum Of Solace didn't really do much for me, so my opinion of Craig hasn't changed from Casino Royale.

[Stephen Spotswood]

No more Bond movies for me until they relaunch the relaunch.

[PrinceKamalKhan]

I voted for

1)"Approve, if not the best James Bond."

I like Craig but Connery is still the best.

and

2)"My opinion of him has stayed the same.", even though I find QOS as a film inferior to CR, Craig was about equally excellent in the role both times. Slightly more on CR possibly since he something to prove.

[Stephen Spotswood]

I still prefer Sean Connery and Timothy Dalton.

Sean Connery was so feral, and his movies were in the height of the Cold War when such people were needed. But he lacked the complexity of the character in the book.

Timothy Dalton played a James Bond that didn't just play with glamorous items, he seemed to be inherently glamorous himself. Although Bond's background hadn't been filled in, you got the impression he was a privileged sort, hardened by experience, but still with a complex personality, sometimes at odds with itself.

Edited by Stephen Spotswood, 17 September 2009 - 05:14 PM.

[Conlazmoodalbrocra]

He's still my second favourite Bond behind Dalton. Only time will tell if he makes the jump up to Number One!

[Daddy Bond]

On Monday, Wednesday and Friday - Craig is my favorite Bond actor.
On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday - Dalton
On Sunday - Connery
When I'm watching "The Spy Who Loved Me" (my favorite all time Bond movie) - Moore

[elizabeth]

improved and worsened. i mean, when i first saw him in CR, my opinion of him was pretty high, but i think his performance in QoS, while he did amazingly well with the action scenes, was a teeny bit on the lackluster side. like, in QoS he didn't have the sex appeal that he had in CR.

[Major D.Smythe]

I think he's doing alright so far, but certainly not the best.

[B. Brown]

I don't mind Craig, but if Purvis, Wade, etc. can't write his character well, then there's no sense of him doing the job. In that case, Brosnan should just come back.

I'll agree with the Major: he's doing alright, but certainly not the best.

[Louis Armstrong]

Timothy Dalton played a James Bond that didn't just play with glamorous items, he seemed to be inherently glamorous himself. Although Bond's background hadn't been filled in, you got the impression he was a privileged sort, hardened by experience, but still with a complex personality, sometimes at odds with itself.

I like Craig, but they are wasting him. Until he gets a more mature character like Dalton's to play (as you've described), he won't rise above 3rd or 4th place. But he's easily the best thing about the 2 he's done so far. It's likely my opinion of his version of Bond will either soar or plummet, depending on the next film.

[Ambler]

T-1000 with a blue collar.

[Mr. Blofeld]

T-1000 with a blue collar.

Do you even know what a blue collar is?

I'm assuming you mean "white collar"; blue collar just makes me think of Larry the Cable Guy.

[Ambler]

T-1000 with a blue collar.

Do you even know what a blue collar is?

It a collar. A blue one.

[The Shark]

Like Ambler implied, the problem with Craig's Bond is the way he's written. I have little doubts in Craig's acting abilities, though I'm heavily sceptical of the presence of Babs, P&W and Arnold.

[CJB]

Craig's next Bond performance can be quite fine as long as they cut down on the Sonic jumping, the moody revenge crap, and the disdain for authority (my solution to that problem is to make M a minor character once more, cut the mothering crap...actually, cut the mother in general and bring in a male M).

Edited by CJB, 18 December 2009 - 12:16 AM.

[Double-O-Nine]

Craig's next Bond performance can be quite fine as long as they cut down on the Sonic jumping, the moody revenge crap, and the disdain for authority (my solution to that problem is to make M a minor character once more, cut the mothering crap...actually, cut the mother in general and bring in a male M).

Cloudn't agree more.

Edited by Double-O-Nine, 19 December 2009 - 07:59 AM.

[volante]

Take away the Colonialness of Connery, the campness of Moore, the depth of Dalton, and the explosive add ons from Brosnan.

I can see Graig, doing a superb re-make of any of the Fleming adaptations.

[chriso]

After I saw CR I knew that Craig would be one of my favorite Bonds and after QOS he still is because he plays the character of Bond a way better than other actors did.

[DominicGreene]

1st poll doesn't make sense, we either have to pick from him being the best Bond ever or the worst one?!

You should have included,

1. Good, but not my favorite Bond.

2. Meh, he's somewhere down my list.

[elizabeth]

Craig's next Bond performance can be quite fine as long as they cut down on the Sonic jumping, the moody revenge crap, and the disdain for authority (my solution to that problem is to make M a minor character once more, cut the mothering crap...actually, cut the mother in general and bring in a male M).

Cloudn't agree more.

Me too.

[AgentPB]

I think Craig has delivered one amazing movie (CR) and one perfectly watchable film (QoS). In doing so he has matched Brosnan who has the done the same within his four films. Craig still has a way to go before he matches the consistency of Connery. What will happen I don't know but I do know as long as his scripts are good Craig has at least two more Bond films in him before he will be a bit to old for the films.

[Daddy Bond]

I think Craig has delivered one amazing movie (CR) and one perfectly watchable film (QoS). In doing so he has matched Brosnan who has the done the same within his four films. Craig still has a way to go before he matches the consistency of Connery. What will happen I don't know but I do know as long as his scripts are good Craig has at least two more Bond films in him before he will be a bit to old for the films.

Well, IMHO, Craig far outshines Broz in his two then Broz did in his four. CR and QOS are both in my top three Bond films. TSWLM still sits at #1 (weird, I know). I also don't know if I'd say that Craig has a way to go before he matches Connery's consistency, since, IMHO, Connery started to seriously drift in the roll after his third outing as Bond. However much I like DN and FRWL and GF, I still prefer CR and QOS. I hope Craig's around for 2 to 3 more!

[jaguar007]

Well, IMHO, Craig far outshines Broz in his two then Broz did in his four.

I think Craig outshines Broz's four films in Casino Royale alone. I know that sounds like a diss to Brosnan but it is not, I enjoyed Brosnan as Bond. Craig and Casino Royale however rival FRWL as my favorite Bond movie.

[Skudor]

Seeing this thread makes me wonder if there is a 'fresh' 'favourite Bond actor' poll out here somewhere? What with Craig's two now being relatively mature maybe it's time for one?

[The Richmond Spy]

I just now voted in this for the first time. Craig is in the upper echelon of Bond. Though I'm not a huge QoS fan, Craig still delivered a solid effort and my opinion did not change.

[sharpshooter]

My opinion remains the same. Craig is the best Bond since Connery. And both of his films, especially Casino Royale, are the best since the 1960s.

[Stephen Spotswood]

I probably won't be seeing anymore Bond movies until they replace Craig.

This is just like I avoided Roger Moore after Moonraker, and Pierce Brosnan after Tomorrow Never Dies.

[Gothamite]

I just watched QoS the other night and was pleasantly surprised at how better it was than what I remember.

One thing that didn't change for me was the force of nature that is Daniel Craig. He takes everything that I loved about Connery (the rugged, tough, truck-driver type looks combined with a nuclear power plant of sex appeal and the best style of the franchise as well as the way he just...tosses things; has anyone ever noticed this? It's awesome), and Lazenby (the vulnerable human who is still tough as nails). He's doing a similar thing to Dalton, but I don't think he borrows any of his traits as directly as he seems to from the other two. I feel the same way about any similarities he may share with Brosnan and Moore.

Honestly, I still don't really consider him to be Fleming's Bond. I don't picture Craig's blond hair in Live and Let Die as he is having his finger broken by Mr Big and I don't picture him blazing through a packet of specially made three-ring cigarettes from Morlands of Grosvenor Street. But then again, I don't think he should be those things. Craig's Bond is supposed to be a farewell to arms. An acceptance that the hero Fleming wrote about cannot and should not exist in a world where the Cold War is long over and newer, greyer threats effect the world on a daily basis. Craig's Bond is the first real attempt at truly bringing Fleming's character (rather than just the Eon Superhero) into the modern day. And what a grand attempt it has been thus far.

Craig is a confident successful actor in his own right outside of this wonderful franchise and hopefully this unfortunate respite gives him the drive and the energy to tackle the role at least one more time in what's sure to be another epic outing for the world's greatest secret agent.