Ian Fleming would be proud

Rating: 10/10 (30 May 2007)

After a long dry spell Ian Fleming's Bond is back. Like Sean Connery before him Daniel Craig is James Bond. As far as I am concerned it has been 40 years since the greatest super spy ever created has appeared on film. Casino Royale, although used to make a comedy spoof in '67, has always been ripe for a true Bond movie. This is Bond as Fleming created him: a combination of incredible luck, brains and bar brawling brawn that takes you for an adventure you will never forget. I had given up on the big screen versions of Bond. There were only 5 true Fleming Bond movies. The first was Dr No in '64 and the last was You only live twice in '67. In fact after seeing Connery portray Bond in the early sixties Fleming introduced the character as half Scottish in later novels. Bond was never meant to be a ballroom dancing pretty boy, and he never gave a damn if his martini was shaken or stirred. Daniel Craig gives us the true Bond as Fleming, the master of adventure, created him.