Artificial Cheese

This will be the first of many in the “So I Was Wrong” series, where I shamelessly admit to being wrong and make petty excuses to defend myself.

A short while ago I wrote at article over at funksysteme.org about the problems with the James Bond series of movies. The article was called James Bond 101 (read it here), and in that piece of writing I may have insinuated that Daniel Craig would make a bad Bond…and that he should be cleaning toilets…

…So I was wrong. Big deal, he was a really good James Bond. I made a lot of good arguments in that article and if you watch Casino Royale you’ll be amazed at how many of my suggestions were employed in the movie.

Tone down special effects…check. Dialogue over action…check. Less recognizable Bond girls…check. Unethical yet gainful treatment of women…check.

So I was wrong about one of them, no one’s perfect. Daniel Craig came across as a very convincing version of a young inexperienced James Bond. He made mistakes, he felt pain, but I felt certain that he would eventually grow up into that seasoned Sean Connery-ish James Bond that everyone seems to love.

Casino Royale was certainly a step in the right direction for the evolution of Bond movies. It doesn’t play out like those older Bond movies, but we need to keep in mind that if Goldfinger were re-released today it would be a total disaster. If you like my thoughts on James Bond, and want to read more, check out my newest article, Bond Growing Up, also on funksysteme.org.