Best James Bond movie in recent history.

Rating: 10/10 (21 November 2006)

I am a huge James Bond fan and was, I admit, a little skeptical of the Bond producers (Barbra Broccolli and Micheal G. Wilson) choice of Daniel Craig as James Bond. I knew he was a good actor, but would he be a good Bond. After seeing the film all my fears were put to rest. He is, in mt humble opinion the best Bond since the early days of Sean Connery. I know a sweeping statement, but I stand by it 100%. First of all, he was the first Bond, since Connery, to actually look like he could do some of the stunts preformed by Bond in the film. HIs perfect portrayal of James Bond helped me overlook the fact that his blond hair wasn't dyed. He portrayed the two Bond mentalities of the film (cold-blooded assassin and witty gentleman) very well. From the beginning the Bond producers said they were making Bond more serious and "real" in light of the fact that Bond had become a slightly silly caricature like character as opposed to Bond, the man from the original Ian Flemming novels. This idea rose another fear of mine. What if they went and tried to make it too serious and took out all the wit a humor and tried to make it more like a drama, because everyone knows Bond is an action movie. Also Bond is and always will be a completely fictitious character. All you can do is put him in real situations, which I think is very necessary for a successful Bond film. But the character itself is meant to be a fantasy. Yet again my fears were put to rest after viewing the film. Just a something I enjoyed, but the title song "You Know My Name" by Chris Cornell was superb. Much better than Madonna's sad example of a Bond title song for "Die Another Day". I definitely give this film 10 out of 10. Remember though I am a BOnd fan and that's 10 out of 10 on a Bond scale. Probably 7 or 8 out of ten compared to all other movies.