A Bond for the new century!

Rating: 9/10 (29 May 2007)

Well being almost 40, I've seen a lot of Bond films. I've grown up with the Bond franchise. My dad was a fan, and introduced me to the films at a young age. I remember going to see On Her Majesty's Secret Service at a theatre in England. I was born there. This latest Bond film not only is a great movie, it breathes new life into a series that has become campy and cheesy. Daniel Craig absolutely rocks! He's gritty and hardcore! I absolutely can imagine that if Sean Connery was his age and had played this character in today's age that he would've played Bond the exact same way. I found myself absolutely loving this movie, giggling with excitement at the character. Don't get me wrong, the old movies have their charm, but we are talking about a British secret service agent, a man with a license to kill. This guy is no comedian, he is an assassin. I can't remember whether he is former SAS or Royal Navy, but he is a bad-ass! Daniel Craig plays him that way! Kudos to the writers for giving him the script to do it! I can only imagine how he would play the other Bond movies! Think about it, remakes of the bond movies but in the gritty, hardcore style that has been introduced in this film. With the special effects that are possible nowadays, and the stories that Ian Flemming penned, those films could be the absolute in action movies! I'm not badmouthing the originals, I loved Sean Connery and Roger Moore. Those movies are classics. Long live one of THE BEST movie heroes of all time!