pierce brosnan would always be my bond.

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yeah i guess there are 2 mentalities to watching bond. the newer fans might want to go for realism but the original bond up until pierce brosnans last film is all about escapism, a mans fantasies of being a spy, not really about being a spy. i mean, what kind of spy would everyone villain in the world knows about, and gladly telling people his real name, "Bond, James Bond".
the success of the bourne series prompted the producers to go younger, more direct, and brutal with craig and the bruising action scenes and camerawork. while lifelong fans of bond had no real sense of escapism.
while Casino Royale is a very fine movie when judged by today action movies standard, comparing it with older bond movies since the times of Sean Roger and Pierce feels like an awkward shift. anyway i would still go watch Skyfall just out of sheer fandom of James Bond.

i agree since the producers needed Bond to fit in with this era like how every re-invention of Bond fitted in with their respective era.
How Roger Moore brings his quirky wit, charm and eyebrows and Safari suit to the 70's and 80's.
Pierce Brosnans sheer charisma to the 90's
and now Daniel Craigs over the top videogame action and brutality to todays violent fanboys so to speak.

What i slightly disliked is the fact that the sense of 'FUN' is gone ever since Craig enters. Maybe there's a little whim of it in Casino Royale, but in Quantum there is absolutely none. Hopefully Skyfall can be a bit more fun. theres a hint to it in the trailer where Bond jump for the train and fixes his cufflinks. we need more of that! haha

btw this is just too much fun
Bond vs Bond vs Bond

This post has been edited by thesaufi: Oct 30 2012, 02:11 PM

Saw that and as i said earlier, some people go to watch Bond to escape from real life, a sense that Bond is not really a movie about spies, it a movie of a man's (or woman's) fantasy of what spies shoud be like. if they want a serious spy movie they'll be better served with movies like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy or Micheal Caine's Harry Palmer series or John Le Carre's adapt. haha

This post has been edited by thesaufi: Oct 30 2012, 02:45 PM

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That was a good show. Very intelligent.