Martin Campbell, 2006 (7*)
Daniel Craig’s first outing as James Bond is a high energy, pulse pounding action film, the way the series was meant to be. The novel was Ian Fleming’s first, and was devoid of gadgets and violence; this re-write makes up for it. Judi Dench is back again as his superior, Eva Green is this film’s “Bond woman”. Down one star for a loss of pacing after a fast start. Craig is going to be the best Bond since Connery, not hard to accomplish – anyone from Ewan McGregor to Colin Farrell to Viggo Mortensen would have been an improvement. (...apparently I was the only person to like Aussie George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
Note: This novel was filmed once before (not part of the Albert Broccoli film series) as a satire of the genre, when both David Niven and Woody Allen played James Bond; unfortunately the film was highly forgettable.
Daniel Craig’s first outing as James Bond is a high energy, pulse pounding action film, the way the series was meant to be. The novel was Ian Fleming’s first, and was devoid of gadgets and violence; this re-write makes up for it. Judi Dench is back again as his superior, Eva Green is this film’s “Bond woman”. Down one star for a loss of pacing after a fast start. Craig is going to be the best Bond since Connery, not hard to accomplish – anyone from Ewan McGregor to Colin Farrell to Viggo Mortensen would have been an improvement. (...apparently I was the only person to like Aussie George Lazenby in On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
Note: This novel was filmed once before (not part of the Albert Broccoli film series) as a satire of the genre, when both David Niven and Woody Allen played James Bond; unfortunately the film was highly forgettable.
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