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No he's not ,come on @Mendes4Lyfe....
I do agree though that Craig does seem more violent and "darker".
I think Craig strangling what's-his-name in the stairwell and letting Slade bleed out before he dies are probably the most brutal we've seen Bond.
I'm not an expert on the novels but I don't remember Fleming's Bond ever actually hitting a woman in the books.
But he got smacked himself.
... I opened it, they came.
You were expecting somebody else?
Exactly! Almost feels like we've stepped back to 1997 when Dalton bashing was the norm because Pierce was the series' savior. I love all the Bonds really. Sadly I feel Danny may get the bashing treatment when he turns in his PPK.
Personally i think Dalton gets an over-rated appreciation here....whilst Brosnan gets bitch-slapped all over the place...unfairly.
Pierce does take a lot of crap. I like them both but for different nostalgic reasons. Depends on my mood. If I'm in the mood for a Connery Bond, Tim or Pierce won't cut it.
Who is attacking Craig fans (as I was the one who mentioned Bourne, so i'll take this as aimed at me) I didn't mention Craig fans in my post.
And how is it any different to taking any opportunity to attack Dalton with the "not charming" or calling him a wet fart (that's more creative than the usual insult) card, or Maryam D'Abo(/Kara) with any card.
Yep,thats about right.
And i was reinforcing what @QuantumOrganisation said...so no,it wasnt personally at you.But that's your option to think that Major.
He punches out a guard at the end of TLD and punches out a thug in the barfight in QOS.Hes also the first and only Bond to date who ups the badassery to head butts...in both his films!
Craig in QOS is not dark Bond,its dark Bourne.
Same initials, government-trained weapons etc.
The main difference is that Bond is more sophisticated.
Thats the thing though isnt it? Craigs Bond is anything but sophisticated.
But both are essentially "blunt instruments".
Of course he is sophisticated ,have you not seen them ??..and Dalton WAS sophisticated ? he was a nervous wreck that i found damn hard to watch...
Maybe indulgent was a better word rather than sophisticated.
Great moment.
I'm going to be criticised for this but I wonder whether Dalton's Bond occasionally felt too "nice". Lacked that authentically rough streak the character needed. Craig managed to get it.
Bond might have influenced Ludlum (I haven't read the books, so I can't say for certain), but it can't be a coincidence that of all the combinations of initials, Ludlum chooses 'J' and 'B'. But Craig's Bond is in turn greatly influenced by the Bourne films, even down to the editing style of QOS.