a bond to save the franchise

Rating: 9/10 (20 November 2006)

I lost interest in bond films a long time ago, after the overblown series of moore films a line of inadequate pretenders with the exception of lazenby have come and gone, i didn't even bother to see them at the cinema just watched them when they came on TV, i wasn't missing much, gadgets and set piece battles with explosions to finish off became boringly predictable, the sort of fare you watch with Christmas dinnner.This latest bond is the first to motivate me to go to the cinema and i am glad i did, a genuinely good film much closer to ian flemings original character, i grew up with the connery and moore bonds so my favorite naturally has been connery, but craig is superior even to connery, more depth to his character and more menace as a believable man of violence, as flemings character was. Thankfully a tight script and good casting is preferred to gadgets, great entertainment with a real edge, most important craig portrays a bond you wouldn't want to mess with who can say that of moore, dalton,or brosnan? well worth an 8.