A Successful Bond Make-over

Rating: 8/10 (6 September 2009)

I really have to say I readily join in the chorus of praise for this movie. This is mainly because after a long wait Bond is back. I couldn't stand watching another Pierce Brosnan flick since the type of Bond that Brosnan stood for was simply becoming outdated and trite. From the moment Daniel Craig was introduced there has been a critical debate about whether he was a suitable candidate for playing the famous MI6 agent. Since he is blond and features a look unlike all previous actors playing Bond, many fans and movie experts were full of doubt if he could bring to the screen what everybody who loved the old movies would expect. Those who planned on pelting him with rotten tomatoes were soon hushed by his convincing performance of Bond. He revitalized what was about to gather dust. Along with the introduction of a new actor came a realignment of the entire Bond concept. Shaping a new Bond experience is a dangerous undertaking for conventions people have grown fond of over the years can only be altered or changed with good touch for what is needed and what could be omitted in order to preserve what is required to make it a Bond movie and not just another spy movie. In my opinion the move accomplishes this mission and has some more qualities on the credit side. A fresh plot that entertains until the end, far more realistic and comprehensible action sequences though they are still in a Bond-like fashion (which means there is no literal realism), and a Bond girl that cannot be seen as an ordinary beauty but as a woman with style and character.
It might be too early to proclaim a new golden era of Bond movies. But beyond a doubt Casino Royale has vivified what was becoming uninspiring and dull.