Better For Craigs Standard, But Still Lacking Bond-ness

Rating: 6/10 (27 October 2012)

I went to see this film on opening night and had medium to a slightly expectation for this film after sparkling reviews from many critics. But having a dislike for Daniel Craig's James Bond he had a lot to prove in my eyes. To explain my position I loved Sean Connery in the role, disliked Roger Moore and was very satisfied with Pierce Brosnan's performance as the suave assassin. Daniel Craig on the other hand does not come across as a cold killer neither does he uphold the suave intelligent nature of a Brosnan or Connery. He is clumsy and spent most of the movie missing people when firing his gun. There are many features to Craig's appearance that suggest he should not have been given this part. He looks tired, old and gaunt, he is too stocky to play the elegance of Bond, he walks in a clumsy non killer fashion and his one liners are terrible (maybe the way they are written or more the way he delivers a line). Well this movie, Skyfall is without a doubt Craig's best outing as Bond, Mendes tried is utmost to recreate a Connery feel to this latest outing, the DB5, the (attempted) light hearted comedy, the old characters. But something was still missing and I think that's Craig himself, he isn't James Bond, he will NEVER be James Bond in my opinion he is a terrible choice and he is dragging a franchise of this quality in this day and age where it should never go. The Skyfall story was hollow and lacked what Bond villains always yearn for i.e. world domination. A personal vendetta is a totally new one on me!! This is NOT a Bourne film this is meant to be James Bond he is meant to be the world's top assassin, license to kill, sleep with any women. Craig is portrayed as useless and unfortunately how much he tries he simply is useless in this part. Looking at the possibility of a further two outings for Craig with the Walther PPK could be detrimental to those who are die hard Bond fans, like myself. I don't want the Bond name to be poisoned as some blithering idiot, who is too useless to hit anything. This isn't Johnny English!!! But back to Skyfall, I liked the use of the music which was almost banished from his other two films (WHY?!?!? I have to say about that effort from the last two directors), the introduction of original characters (who I won't name for people who haven't seen the film) and I liked the change of M, into what looks to be a far better more dominant replacement bring back the days of Bernard Lee, which were the glory days of Bond. Was unsure on Q but he could grow on you, an older wiser Q may have been a better for the film, the story lost itself after the Railway/Court scene, no real gadgets at all...again. Skyfall is a completely different Bond movie than usual, but I'm not sure if it's for the better. Watching Daniel Craig makes me wonder why he is guaranteed 5 Bond films and Brosnan only received 4. He even now still looks younger than Craig does. This film is better, feels a bit more Bond like but it's still not really there. I just think Craig can't pull this one off and it's a shame because he is trying to get there. And one other thing this is NOT the 'best Bond film ever' whoever says these things hasn't obviously witnessed THE real James Bond (Sean Connery)... silly comments!!