No Time to Die 007 - Time to Go Broke

Them offing Bond is obviously going to be their way of "bringing him into the 21st century" when they do reboot the series. It doesn't matter who the new one will be, the days of women dripping when they see him are well over. Get used to him asking for explicit consent instead of him seducing them.
 
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I always liked Craig Bond bc he played it like 007 enjoyed using the license to kill. The only one who had that "dark" side would be Connery IMO.

Some played it like killing was a job requirement they wanted to avoid (Moore) or they only relished it if they had a reason "For England James? No for me".

I'll miss him.
 
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Rome's rightful successor said:
Daniel Craig's James Bond always seemed more of a reboot rather than a continuation of the old character so I'm fine with them completely destroying everything with the Craig Bond.
As for continuing Bond, I would be ok if there were no more Bond Movies if that means our current year world doesn't touch James Bond.
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The weirdest thing about Craig's movies is that he starts off in Casino Royale as the hot new thing who earns his 00 in the legendary opening sequence, then Quantum of Solace starts literally the same day after Casino Royale as the bad guys are chasing Bond after he kidnapped Mr. White. Somehow in the very next movie, which was the best of the five strangely enough, Bond is already washed up. Like, what the fuck happened? I know Bond failed on the train sequence, but it was such an abrupt whiplash from "hot new Bond" to "old and washed up" between the second and third movies.
 
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Salubrious said:
The weirdest thing about Craig's movies is that he starts off in Casino Royale as the hot new thing who earns his 00 in the legendary opening sequence, then Quantum of Solace starts literally the same day after Casino Royale as the bad guys are chasing Bond after he kidnapped Mr. White. Somehow in the very next movie, which was the best of the five strangely enough, Bond is already washed up. Like, what the fuck happened? I know Bond failed on the train sequence, but it was such an abrupt whiplash from "hot new Bond" to "old and washed up" between the second and third movies.
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Yeah, like I could get a complacent Bond in SkyFall, but he is just washed up.
 
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Salubrious said:
The weirdest thing about Craig's movies is that he starts off in Casino Royale as the hot new thing who earns his 00 in the legendary opening sequence, then Quantum of Solace starts literally the same day after Casino Royale as the bad guys are chasing Bond after he kidnapped Mr. White. Somehow in the very next movie, which was the best of the five strangely enough, Bond is already washed up. Like, what the fuck happened? I know Bond failed on the train sequence, but it was such an abrupt whiplash from "hot new Bond" to "old and washed up" between the second and third movies.
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It's funny that he only failed because dumbass Moneypenny accidentally shot him, then M gives her a promotion.

I'm not sure what they were trying to do with washed-up Bond. Did they think Craig wasn't coming back? They don't even stick with it. He digs the shrapnel out of his shoulder then suddenly he's a badass again.
 
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I will actually offer a solution to this problem

Bond jumps off the island and lives, but with the knowledge that he can't see his family again. He realises that no matter how much he saves the world, it was all for nothing personally. He resigns and spends his life looking out for his family from afar.

Bittersweet so suits Craig.
 
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CWCissey said:
I will actually offer a solution to this problem

Bond jumps off the island and lives, but with the knowledge that he can't see his family again. He realises that no matter how much he saves the world, it was all for nothing personally. He resigns and spends his life looking out for his family from afar.

Bittersweet so suits Craig.
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I assumed that’s what they were going to do. It’s how these stories always do this kind of thing.

Was legit surprised they did not.
 
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I'm okish (really split 50/50) with the spoilers. This was going to be Craig's last one outright anyways and I'm sure they wanted to give some finality to it.

I could see a spinoff series with the new 007 if this film makes money, but we'll see a new James Bond eventually. Yeah, I see some of modern day wokeness in this one (that is going to date it horribly), but it kinda does work in a standalone film sense about an old Bond at the end. IMO Craig aged fast and they had to go for an older Bond too quickly in this era. Skyfall really should have been his last movie.

The big issue will be who they get as the next Bond and what they do with that. They'll need to recognize the next young actor they cast will need to have that classic Bond edge to them. (One of the things that made Craig's Casino Royale so enjoyable.) They might actually want to cast a mid to late 20 something next go around. Just make sure they can pull off the suave attitude without looking like a baby. If they gut the character, the franchise will either die or go through a dark age again.
 
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WULULULULU said:
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It's already that fucking high on scores.
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As a Bond film, it's very easy to hate, sure, the worst thing being that if it was a straight up action film with The Rock, or Liam Neeson or Matt Damon or something, it would actually be a very good film.

They were clever with this regime change.
 
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