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Yes because in order to have a personality one needs to be making schoolboy sex jokes all the time, pfft.
Hmm, that sounds all too familiar.
He's alright but I don't think his performance is THAT good in DAF. He gets some good lines that he delivers with ease but it's not a particularly big acting stretch for him. It doesn't help he's a porker in it either.
I don't see James Bond in that film in the way I did when watching DN, FRWL GF, TB and even YOLT. I do see an ageing Sean Connery however.
Go away.
A controversial opinion, but should have left out the personality bit as it turns the discussion away from your initial opinion. People will no longer care simply because of that.
You can't tell somebody to go away just because they don't like Daniel Craig. If @SMERSHed proves himself to be a troll, then we'll have a problem, but it's not heresy to dislike Craig.
Actually, I heard of a guy who got excommunicated for it.
I heard that Pope Francis takes a liberal stance on heritical remarks. ;)
That is fine, but when you want to say something about Brosnan do not sh%t on another Bond performer in exchange. It takes the discussion away from what you actually wanted to say.
Considering the character was in his conception a very serious, almost melancholic figure, it's no wonder Dan is revered. To me, that is one of the most essential things in creating a good Bond, and why I am such a big fan of the films Dan's era have delivered to us.
I get that Craig is trying to play Bond the way that Fleming wrote him. Obviously a lot of people really enjoy that. For me the same qualities that make a literary character great does not make a cinematic character great. If I want Fleming's Bond, I'll read the books. Not trying to troll. Just expressing a "controversial opinion."
So he's not your cup of tea, but why does that mean you have to completely slag the man off?
There is a difference between liking and finding something superior. TB is my favourite Bond, but I consider FRWL to be the best Bond.
I might have said it before here, I know I said it before in other places, but I find TB superior to GF in many, many ways. Not that GF is bad, but I consider TB the better film.
Oh and here is one controversial opinion: in TSWLM, Jaws is the main villain. A henchman, but the main villain nevertheless.
I like to defend Brosnan but Craig is the stronger actor of the two. Craig also has a physical edge that Broz didn't have.
Like you for a LONG time I preferred Broz over Craig. Then I rewatched CR and that changed my mind. I still enjoy Broz though.
Bond spends more time fitting him than he does Stromberg, yes, but it's Stromberg's plot, and Bond vs. Stromberg would hardly rival Bond vs. Grant.
I think Craig is a brilliant actor that we're very lucky to have (I was a fan of his before Bond), and he's bought a lot of depth to the character. I like his dry humour and I liked how tough and brutal he was in his first two films. He's also probably the closest to the books (he has a sense of vulnerability that Dalton, as much as I love him, didn't have as much).
But personally I prefer Brosnan's Bond, the cool, suave, charming flashy action hero. Nothing against Craig, I just enjoy watching Brosnan more.
I like Brosnan (and Moore for that matter) but I've concluded - objectively - that Craig is "better" than both for the reasons you give above.
Brosnan is entertaining though and, as I grew up with him and he brought me into the Bond universe, I'll always have a little bit of love for him - even if a lot of the Bond community no longer does.
Acting ability you can judge objectively. You can like one actor better than another while recognising that the other bloke is a better actor. Films you can judge objectively. You might enjoy (extreme example, far from my own opinion) DAD more than FRWL while recognising that objectively FRWL is a much better film.
But what kind of Bond you prefer is completely subjective. You can't really say that one version of the character is objectively better. Which Bond you think is best all comes down to personal preference. It all depends on how you see the character and if you prefer Fleming's version or the cinematic one.
@BAIN123 Good to hear from Brosnan fans!
What are you talking about? Brosnan bar Connery got more love than any other Bond actor and the man is today still adored by millions. You forget that we Bond fans who populate the forums are a minority of Bond's global fan base.
I forgot about Tamahori! well, I wouldn't him back either! :)
Agreed. I am speaking about the very vocal Craig-centric part of this fandom. I'm really speaking to the critical reception the Craig movies have received. I admit that they are really well made films but so were other critically ignored Bond films.
My whole original point was that had Brosnan received the quality scripts that Craig has, then he would be remembered more fondly by the fans and critics. Unfortunately, Brosnan was Bond at a time when the franchise was somewhat directionless.
I think Craig is giving him a run for his money in terms of popular appeal, if he hasn't already surpassed him. Skyfall is, of course, the highest-grossing Bond movie of all time, and elements of Casino Royale and Skyfall (the parkour chase, the knotted rope scene, Silva's introduction) look primed to permanently enter the public's perception of Bond. He's definitely surpassed Brosnan in critical reception and fan enthusiasm. I say this as an avowed fan of both Brosnan and Craig.
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Connery won't ever end up like them. He'll be the definitive Bond forevermore.