I quit watching James Bond films after the “Die Another Day” one. It’s just not the same without either Roger Moore or Sean Connery.
It’s pretty good now. Should give it a try.
Me neither...
I’ve been liking Daniel Craig in the role.
No one can be Connery, but I think he comes closer to fitting the role than anyone else has, even Moore, IMHO.
I think the new “M” (assuming the same actor comes back from Skyfall) is going to work well in that role and the previous one did a believable job. I’m not sold on the new “Q” yet. The backstory on Moneypenny they wrote into Skyfall was certainly interesting.
They could have ( and have) done, a lot worse with the franchise in the past than Craig.
Roger Moore was horrible.
I grew up on the Roger Moore version of Bond, but between him and Timothy Dalton (I liked The Living Daylights), Bond was getting too cheesy with special effects.
I enjoyed Pierce Brosnan's version quite a bit.
I had never read the books until about two years ago.
Bond is a dark, gritty person. In the books, when I read scenes with him interacting with quick wit, or with the women, Sean Connery is who I picture, but when it's violence to get the job done, I picture Craig. Craig's dark and violent Bond actually fits the books better than just about any other Bond, save the original, and even then, Connery wasn't cold and brutal enough, even though for everything else, he fit perfectly.
Craig most personifies the true character in the books. Just to give you a measure of my judgment, “To Russia with Love” IMO is the best. I think all the Pierce Bronson movies sucked. Even the bad guys sucked.
Definitely not the same. Much better now.