Robert N EmersonJames Bond - Full Circle or Modernized?
October 30th 2008 09:05
James Bond is as much a stable of my childhood heroes as is Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Starbuck, and Thomas Magnum, his suave charm hide the brutal efficient of a spy with a license to kill. For Queen and Country, the whole mystique of the super spy genre, for me, begins and ends with James Bond and the restart of the series, with Daniel Craig as the new Bond, is something I was worried about, initially, but fully embrace.
Sean Connery is my favorite bond, although Roger Moore was my first Bond, but Daniel Craig is a close second, a position formerly held by Peirce Brosnan. If we follow Bond's grittiness via his actors we can look at his deadly efficiency under Connery, his suave charm under Moore, his cheeky lethality with Dalton, his good looks and lethal hands under Brosnan and his dark and gritty return under Daniel Craig. It's my opinion, that in many ways, Daniel Craig is the Bond that Connery was before he cleaned himself up a bit and the Bond that we often saw during Connery's run.
With Casino Royale we experience a reboot of the James Bond genre, a taking of its classic concepts and ideals and placing them upon a modern stage. Daniel Craig's portrayal of 007 owes as much to Sean Connery's Bond, as it does Matt Damon's Jason Bourne and Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer. With Craig's Bond we are seeing a mace reforged into a saber, a blunt ruthless killer being shown the subtleties of assassination and covert operations that look more accidental than shock and awe.
This revitalization and change to the series, as James Bond was slowly becoming dated, even though it is a classic piece of motion picture history and enjoyable for millions of fans. We are stepping on unfamiliar territory for the majority of Bond films, upon ground that was not covered by Ian Flemming, but inspired by the work he has done before and I, for one, think that Sir Ian would be pleased and impressed with what is to come.
Daniel Craig's Bond is one that Flemming hinted at, more than showed, and in now seeing the formation of Bond, not only are we seeing an interesting story, but the rejuvenation of a series that will be there for our generation and the next, as it was for us and the generation before us.
Sean Connery is my favorite bond, although Roger Moore was my first Bond, but Daniel Craig is a close second, a position formerly held by Peirce Brosnan. If we follow Bond's grittiness via his actors we can look at his deadly efficiency under Connery, his suave charm under Moore, his cheeky lethality with Dalton, his good looks and lethal hands under Brosnan and his dark and gritty return under Daniel Craig. It's my opinion, that in many ways, Daniel Craig is the Bond that Connery was before he cleaned himself up a bit and the Bond that we often saw during Connery's run.
With Casino Royale we experience a reboot of the James Bond genre, a taking of its classic concepts and ideals and placing them upon a modern stage. Daniel Craig's portrayal of 007 owes as much to Sean Connery's Bond, as it does Matt Damon's Jason Bourne and Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer. With Craig's Bond we are seeing a mace reforged into a saber, a blunt ruthless killer being shown the subtleties of assassination and covert operations that look more accidental than shock and awe.
This revitalization and change to the series, as James Bond was slowly becoming dated, even though it is a classic piece of motion picture history and enjoyable for millions of fans. We are stepping on unfamiliar territory for the majority of Bond films, upon ground that was not covered by Ian Flemming, but inspired by the work he has done before and I, for one, think that Sir Ian would be pleased and impressed with what is to come.
Daniel Craig's Bond is one that Flemming hinted at, more than showed, and in now seeing the formation of Bond, not only are we seeing an interesting story, but the rejuvenation of a series that will be there for our generation and the next, as it was for us and the generation before us.
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