Daniel Craig: Blame 'Austin Powers' For the Super Serious James Bond Movies

Yahoo ^ | December 3, 2014 | Jordan Zakarin

[1Old Pro]

The real Bond, as Fleming wrote him, had feelings and emotions; Craig strikes me as a self-obsessed psychopath.

In Casino Royale Bond falls in love, never saw that in another series.

[minnesota_bound]

Daniel Craig looks like he is sucking lemons. A sourpuss.

[dfwgator]

Dr. Evil: All right guard, begin the unnecessarily slow-moving dipping mechanism.
[guard starts dipping mechanism]
Dr. Evil: Close the tank!
Scott Evil: Wait, aren’t you even going to watch them? They could get away!
Dr. Evil: No no no, I’m going to leave them alone and not actually witness them dying, I’m just gonna assume it all went to plan. What?
Scott Evil: I have a gun, in my room, you give me five seconds, I’ll get it, I’ll come back down here, BOOM, I’ll blow their brains out!
Dr. Evil: Scott, you just don’t get it, do ya? You don’t.

[truth_seeker]

There is a four episode series on Netflix, titled “Fleming,” which is worth watching.

[Sam Gamgee]

I actually enjoyed the serious take on Casino Royale, being the first bond book I read. The serious bond is actually closer to the character of the books. The 60s and 70s ruined bond by adding the cheesy flavor of the time.

[karnage]

Excellent post. Craig has no fun - is no fun - and so Bond is no fun anymore. There are good moments, but the stone face gets old. Fast.

[Oztrich Boy]

Nonsense. There were countless spy spoofs showing right along with the original Bond series. In fact every single schtick in Meyer’s films was ripped off from Matt Helm, Flint, etc...

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[Neidermeyer]

[Mastador1]

Two thumbs up to a perfect picture of Moore’s Bond, though at least he was not quite the anti gun maroon that Craig is.

[mrsmith]

ou might enjoy the first Casino Royale. Performed live in 1954 on the American TV show Climax!.
http://free-classic-tv-shows.com/Drama/Climax!/1954-10-21-s1-ep3-Casino-Royale/index.php

Kinescope copy but true to the book (except Bond is CIA and Leiter is MI6 LOL!)