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@CommanderRoss, I agree with everything you say, sir.
<font color=tomato size=4><b>THESIS 320</b></font>
<font color=blue size=7><b>Bond was never more clever a spy than in CR (2006).</b></font>
He and Carter (Carter's fault, of course) get made by Mollaka leading to the parkour chase.
Fails to obtain the package being transferred between Dimitrios and Carlos.
He gets made by Carlos in the airport (sunglasses mirror).
Bond successfully reveals information to Le Chiffre regarding his recklessness (Vesper was right, in the discussion before they [she] gets on the elevator).
Le Chiffre successfully tricks Bond with regards to his bluff through Vesper; Bond thinks its Mathis.
Finally, Quantum successfully uses Vesper to obtain the money (Mr. White walking away with the case at the end of the film).
IMO, Operation Casino Royale was a disaster :)) I'm sure there will be many who disagree, and point out my mistakes!
He did a couple of things right, of course, such as:
Getting Mollaka's phone
Getting Vesper to love him a bunch, leading her to give him clues regarding Mr. White
I think one of the points of this movie was to prove that everyone around Bond was correct; he's reckless and not terribly fantastic at his job; he's young, and thinks he's invincible; it's not until he realizes he's betrayed by Vesper that he grows up and becomes the Bond we all (and MI6) know and love, which we begin to see at the very end of the film with his interaction with White.
Alright, come at me, everyone!
The way you put it out makes me agree with your post, and this point of view of CR makes me appreciate the movie even more.
I should say that, of course, I think CR is a brilliant movie, and one hugely important victory is made here, above all other objectives:
This mission turns James Bond from a reckless individual with a huge (if, unused, here) talent for espionage into the lean and deadly spy machine that is about dismantle SPECTRE.
Great point here. However, was there truly no other company computer he could have used to accomplish this? Why M's?
Also, agree with QoS; identifying the members of Quantum at the opera was pretty brilliant.
I guess breaking in to her house was easier then going to the office when he was most likely detained there for shooting up an embassy. I'm not quite sure if that's a good reason though. Agree with the above, and anyway, I think he was pretty clever in DN, FRWL, TB....etc. etc.
Personally though I DISAGREE. Bond gets tricked several times and makes mistakes.
Bond is at his cleverest in GF. He figures out the grand scheme in a few seconds, calculates difficult maths easily and talks his way out of certain death.
Agree with @DaltonCraig007. Bond was at his best in terms of cleverness in LTK.
^^^^^^^^
this, is my impression of Craigs 007 and he does it quite well. But in all three movies his 007 was never the smartest card in the deck but mostly a character that kept coming and did wear his opponents down.
O:-)
<font color=blue size=7><b>SPECTRE will tie SF in with CR/QOS.</b></font>
Agree, the four films are all linked whether you like it or not?
After seeing the SP trailer, I hereby reverse my analogy of the thesis.
I'm against @Thunderfinger, so I'll just say yes as well.
Idit: Ediot! ;)
<font color=blue size=7><b>Craig looks younger in (the) SPECTRE (teaser) than he did in SF.</b></font>
Damn, now that I think of it, Craig has been bond longer than Brosnan, and has aged far better.
As long as he looks younger than Connery or Moore at the end of his run, I'm fine with his appearance.
I Agree, and credit to him for being able to achieve this!