Patrick Willems on Why Craig’s Bond Was So Weird

If anyone is up for a bit of a long watch, but is also in the mood for some 007-related film analysis, you really should check this out. It’s the best bit of online analysis I’ve come across in quite some time, exploring Daniel Craig’s five Bond films, where they succeed, where they fail, and how they relate to the wider series. Broadly, the argument is, after the great success of Casino Royale in 2006, the problem was moving on from there and developing this exciting, newly-rebooted, deeper character. As usual I’m not going to try to give any kind of summary but let the guy talk for himself, as he clearly knows what he’s talking about; although there are a couple of weird bits involving a puppet which you might want to skip.

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