BBest BBond

Rating: 10/10 (9 December 2006)

This is Bond as written. I have read the books. I worked at a cinema that had Bond Fests. This is superb. Of course, Judy Dunch is her usual superlative self, we expect nothing less. Daniel Craig, coming off the imminently watchable 'Layer Cake', is the personification of James, James Bond as written. Vesper Lynd gets all the best lines tho'. Her accent is a real worry. It is all over the park. Perfect English, but not a native speaker, a yank trying too hard to sound British? A touch of French? Who is she? Craig gets the accent just right, someone coming up in the world from an ordinary background. Mads Mikkelson is a find. A believable villain, and he just wants money! Not world domination. I like it! The story is simplistic, but clearly set out. This Bond is a keeper. But we will have to see to it that he gets a few 'other' roles in order to keep him happy as Bond.