Gritty. Dirty. Grimy. Bloody. Dark. None of those words have ever been used to describe James Bond before, but then again this is not you typical James Bond. In addition to getting a new Bond, the franchise has gone in a whole direction and man is it something to behold. Right off the bat we know we are not watching the usual Bond flick because James is getting physical by killing someone up close and in a full out beatdown. From that moment on, just about everything is brand new.
Daniel Craig is blonde haired and blue eyed. Very blue eyed. He is smug without being overly pretty. He is cold, calculating but still oozing all of that James Bond charm. He has that Bond swagger but gives his Bond an edge. He is hiding his soul behind those baby blues. The series had become mired in gadgetry, bad writing and even worse acting and this movie is a pimp slap to every Peirce Brosnon Bond film. Don't worry though, the cars and the girls are gorgeous as ever. In fact, an argument could be made that the cars are actually more gorgeous than the girls and that is not a knock on the girls because Eva Green is a straight up knock out!
This new Bond gets hurt, a lot. The new Bond is not afraid to throw punches and run down crazy bad guys through elaborate set pieces. There is an on foot chase towards the beginning that is almost as exhausting for us as it is for the characters, but you never wanted it to end. Bond does not care how you make his martini and he desperately wants to fall in love. So it stands to reason as the franchise gets a makeover that the movie focuses less on the big bangs and more on the character of Bond. So, if you are looking for hi-tech tricks and big explosions, I suggest you just stay home because you won't find those here. You will be missing out though because, in my opinion, this is the very best Bond, ever.
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